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. 2022 May 23;13:2853. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30304-9

Fig. 6. Dye@TDIII exhibited albumin-like pharmacokinetics and 2.7-fold brightness enhancement.

Fig. 6

a Schematic representation of TDIII expression using recombinant Pichia pastoris (pPIC9 strain). b Electrophoresis results of TDIII 1 (linkers: Leu-Glu) and TDIII 2 (linkers: -[Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-Ser]2-). c The tendencies of mixtures of dye and albumin, DIII, TDIII as the dye-to-protein molar ratio increased from 0.25:1 to 16:1. d Comparison of half-life for IR-783@TDIII and IR-783@HSA using Non-linear regression and two-phase exponential decay analysis. ef High-magnification (2.5×) NIR-II images (e) and ROI analysis (f) of blood vessels under the skull of a shaved mouse injected with IR-783@TDIII. gi High-magnification (2.5×) NIR-I and NIR-II images (g), cross-sectional intensity profiles (h), and ROI analysis (i) of a mouse suffering from congenital lymphedema injected with IR-783@TDIII. The white arrows indicate the tortuous lymphatic vessels surrounding the inguinal LN and the yellow arrow indicates the edematous LN. j High-magnification (2.5×) NIR-II image of a mouse bearing a PC3 tumor at 15 min p.i. of IR-783@TDIII. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.