Multidetector: A novel nanoprobe, based on multicolor nanoflares, for the simultaneous detection and imaging of three tumor‐related mRNAs in living cells has been developed. The nanoprobe possesses high specificity, nuclease stability, and good biocompatibility. It can also effectively distinguish cancer cells from normal cells and identify changes in the levels of mRNA expression.
In this work, three near‐infrared (NIR) absorption nonfullerene small‐molecule acceptors (NF‐SMAs) (BDSeIC, BDSeIC2Br, and BDSeIC4Br) based on a fused benzo[1,2‐b:4,5‐b′]diselenophene unit as the electron‐rich central core and 2‐(2,3‐dihydro‐3‐oxo‐1H‐inden‐1‐ylidene)propanedinitrile (INCN) without or with one or two bromine substituents as the electron‐deficient group have been synthesized for polymer solar cells. Compared to BDSeIC without bromine substitution, these multibrominated materials BDSeIC2Br and BDSeIC4Br exhibit lower energy levels, stronger absorption in the range of 500–900 nm, better crystalline quality, and enhanced electron mobility. The optimal BDSeIC2Br‐based devices with PM6 as the donor, achieved a high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of up to 12.5% with a relatively low energy loss (Eloss) of 0.52 eV. The PCE of 12.5% for the BDSeIC2Br‐based devices are much higher than those devices based on PM6:BDSeIC (7.1%) or PM6:BDSeIC4Br (9.6%) blend films, and it is the highest reported PCE in binary PSCs with the brominated INCN end‐capped NF‐SMAs. Such outstanding PCE of BDSeIC2Br‐based device is attributed to more balanced electron/hole mobility, higher charge dissociation and charge collection efficiency, and more proper phase separation features. These results indicate that introducing a benzo[1,2‐b:4,5‐b′]diselenophene core unit and bromine substiution on the end groups is an effective way to achieve high‐performance NIR absorption NF‐SMAs.
How organ growth is regulated in multicellular organisms is a long-standing question in developmental biology. It is known that coordination of cell apoptosis and proliferation is critical in cell number and overall organ size control, while how these processes are regulated is still under investigation. In this study, we found that functional loss of a gene in Drosophila, named Drosophila defender against apoptotic cell death 1 (dDad1), leads to a reduction of tissue growth due to increased apoptosis and lack of cell proliferation. The dDad1 protein, an orthologue of mammalian Dad1, was found to be crucial for protein N-glycosylation in developing tissues. Our study demonstrated that loss of dDad1 function activates JNK signaling and blocking the JNK pathway in dDad1 knock-down tissues suppresses cell apoptosis and partially restores organ size. In addition, reduction of dDad1 triggers ER stress and activates unfolded protein response (UPR) signaling, prior to the activation of JNK signaling. Furthermore, Perk-Atf4 signaling, one branch of UPR pathways, appears to play a dual role in inducing cell apoptosis and mediating compensatory cell proliferation in this dDad1 knock-down model.
A novel fluorescent nanoprobe with high sensitivity and selectivity for detection and imaging of the superoxide anion radical O(2)(·-) in living cells was designed and synthesized by a simple self-assembly method based on 2-chloro-1,3-dibenzothiazoline-cyclohexene (DBZTC) and Ag@SiO(2) core-shell nanoparticles.
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