Detection of oligomers and fibrils of α-synuclein by AIEgen with strong fluorescence

  • Chris Wai Tung Leung
  • , Feng Guo
  • , Yuning Hong
  • , Engui Zhao
  • , Ryan Tsz Kin Kwok
  • , Nelson Lik Ching Leung
  • , Sijie Chen
  • , Nishant N. Vaikath
  • , Omar Mukhtar El-Agnaf
  • , Youhong Tang*
  • , Wei Ping Gai
  • , Ben Zhong Tang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We report a fluorophore, TPE-TPP, with AIE characteristics which is utilized as a fluorescence probe to monitor the α-synuclein (α-Syn) fibrillation process. Compared with ThT, TPE-TPP shows a higher sensitivity in the detection of α-Syn oligomers as well as fibrils with a stronger fluorescence. The performance of TPE-TPP was evaluated using fluorescence, AFM, dot blot, and SEC.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1866-1869
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume51
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Feb 2015
Externally publishedYes

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