Inside Front Cover: Efficient Top‐Gate,Ambipolar, Light‐Emitting Field‐Effect Transistors Based on a Green‐Light‐Emitting Polyfluorene (Adv. Mater. 20/2006)

The inside cover shows light emission from within the channel of an ambipolar field‐effect transistor based on the green‐light‐emitting conjugated polymer F8BT in a bottom contact/top gate structure, as reported by Sirringhaus and co‐workers on p. 2708. It visually demonstrates the formation of separate electron and hole accumulation layers in ambipolar transistors and radiative recombination of charge carriers where the two layers meet (schematic), which is controlled by the applied voltages.     

Quantitative evaluation of malignant gliomas damage induced by photoactivation of IR700 dye

The processes involved in malignant gliomas damage were quantitatively evaluated by microscopy. The near-infrared fluorescent dye IR700 that is conjugated to an anti-CD133 antibody (IR700-CD133) specifically targets malignant gliomas (U87MG) and stem cells (BT142) and is endocytosed into the cells. The gliomas are then photodamaged by the release of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the heat induced by illumination of IR700 by a red laser, and the motility of the vesicles within these cells is altered as a result of cellular damage. To investigate these changes in motility, we developed a new method that measures fluctuations in the intensity of phase-contrast images obtained from small areas within cells. The intensity fluctuation in U87MG cells gradually decreased as cell damage progressed, whereas the fluctuation in BT142 cells increased. The endocytosed IR700 dye was co-localized in acidic organelles such as endosomes and lysosomes. The pH in U87MG cells, as monitored by a pH indicator, was decreased and then gradually increased by the illumination of IR700, while the pH in BT142 cells increased monotonically. In these experiments, the processes of cell damage were quantitatively evaluated according to the motility of vesicles and changes in pH.     

高分子材料表面固定生物分子的光化学方法

综述了在高分子材料表面固定生物分子以增强其生物医学应用性能的光化学方法,该方法适用的生物分子有蛋白质和白蛋白,多糖类如肝素,其它如酶,抗体,多肽类,DNA片段等。此方法不会影响高分子材料的本位性能,可基本保持所固定的生物分子的活性,还可以设计材料表面改性区域,经改性的高分子材料可获得良好的生物相容性和多种优良的生物医学应用性能。     

Comparison of the Reactivity of Carbohydrate Photoaffinity Probes with Different Photoreactive Groups

A judicious choice of photoreactive group is critical in successful photoaffinity labeling studies of small molecule–protein interactions. A set of carbohydrate‐based photoaffinity probes was prepared to compare the effects of three major photoreactive groups on the efficiency and selectivity of crosslinking a binding protein with low affinity. We showed that, despite the low crosslinking yield, the diazirine probe displayed the high ligand‐dependent reactivity consistent with the ideal mechanism of photoaffinity labeling. Moreover, we demonstrated that, among the three photoreactive groups, only the diazirine probe achieved highly selective crosslinking of a low‐affinity binding protein in cell lysate.