Luka Rejc, Damijan Knez, Gabriela Molina-Aguirre, Alba Espargaró, Jerneja Kladnik, Anže Meden, Lana Blinc, Matic Lozinšek, Ross D Jansen-van Vuuren, Matic Rogan, Bruno Aleksander Martek, Jernej Mlakar, Ana Dremelj, Andrej Petrič, Stanislav Gobec, Raimon Sabaté, Mara Bresjanac, Balazs Pinter, Janez Košmrlj
Fluorescent probes are a powerful tool for imaging amyloid β (Aβ) plaques, the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Herein, we report the synthesis and comprehensive characterization of 21 novel probes as well as their optical properties and binding affinities to Aβ fibrils. One of these dyes, 1Ae, exhibited several improvements over FDDNP, an established biomarker for Aβ- and Tau-aggregates. First, 1Ae had large Stokes shifts (138-213 nm) in various solvents, thereby reducing self-absorption...
May 8, 2024: Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy