Figure 8.
Chemical structures of fluorophore conjugates with small molecule ligands; (a) Cy5.5 dye conjugated with folic acid via a PEG linker; (b) bone-targeted IRDye78 pamidronate Pam78; (c) IRDye78 conjugate with PSMA (Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen) ligand GPI; (d) progesterone receptor antagonist mifepristone labeled with FITC; (e) Cy 5.5 dye conjugated photoprobe for ETAR receptor; (f) Barbiturate based Cy5.5 conjugated probe for monitoring MMPs; (g) Hydroxamic based Cy5.5 conjugated probe for MMPs and (h) computationally screened Cy5.5 labeled probe for αvβ3 integrins.