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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Wu, Dan author Cheung, Shane author Durán Sampedro, Gonzalo author Chen, Zhi-Long author Cahill, Ronan author O'Shea, Donal author 2018 It is challenging to achieve selective off to on modulation of the emissive state of a fluorophore within a complex and heterogeneous cellular environment. Herein we show that the dis-assembly of a non-fluorescent aggregate to produce individual fluorescent molecules, termed disaggregation induced emission (DIE), can be utilised to achieve this goal with an amphiphilic BF2-azadipyrromethene (NIR-AZA) probe. Optical near-infrared properties of the NIR-AZA probe used in this study include absorption and emission maxima at 700 and 726 nm respectively when in the emissive non-aggregated state. Key to the success of the probe is the bis-sulfonic acid substitution of the NIR-AZA fluorophore, which is atypical for membrane probes as it does not contain zwitterionic lipid substituents. The aggregation/disaggregation properties of the NIR-fluorophore have been investigated in model surfactant and synthetic liposomal systems and shown to be emissive responsive to both. Real-time live cell imaging experiments in HeLa Kyoto and MC3T3 cells showed a rapid switch on of emission specific to the plasma membrane of viable and apoptotic cells attributable to a disaggregation-induced emission of the probe. Image analysis software confirmed localisation of fluorescence to the plasma membrane. Cell membrane staining was also effective for formaldehyde fixed cells, with staining possible either before or after fixation. This study adds new and important findings to recent developments of DIE responsive probes and further applications of this controllable emission-switching event are anticipated. Wu, Dan, et al. «A DIE Responsive NIR-Fluorescent Cell Membrane Probe». Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, vol. 1860, n.o 11, noviembre de 2018, pp. 2272-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.09.006. 0005-2736 10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.09.006 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95508 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.09.006 A DIE responsive NIR-fluorescent cell membrane probe