Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (12): 20220557.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20220557

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Recent Advances in the Development of Molecular Probes for Targeting Carbonic Anhydrases

YANG Yanling, YE Deju()   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center(ChemBIC),Nanjing University,Nanjing 210023,China
  • Received:2022-08-21 Online:2022-12-10 Published:2022-09-29
  • Contact: YE Deju E-mail:dejuye@nju.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22104056);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China(BK20210176)

Abstract:

Carbonic anhydrases(CAs) are a class of enzymes, which are over-expressed in many tumor cells, participating in the regulation of hypoxic and acidic tumor microenvironments. CAs have become as an important type of targets for tumor diagnosis and treatment. Here, we briefly introduced the biological functions of CAs, and summarized the recent advances in the development of CAs-targeting molecular probes for tumor imaging and therapy. Moreover, the current challenges and perspectives in designing new CAs-targeted probes for cancer theranostics were also discussed.

Key words: Carbonic anhydrases(CAs), Tumor, Molecular imaging, Fluorescent probe, Theranostics

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