Herein, we report the development of a macromolecular multifunctional imaging tool for biological investigations, which is comprised of an N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide backbone, iridium-based luminescent probe, glutamate carboxypeptidase II (GCPII) targeting ligand, and biotin affinity tag. The iridium luminophore is a tris-cyclometalated complex based on [Ir(ppy)3] with one of its 2-phenylpyridine ligands functionalized to allow conjugation. Synthesized macromolecular probes differed in the structure of the polymer and content of the iridium complex. The applicability of the developed imaging tools has been tested in flow cytometry (FACS) based assay, laser confocal microscopy, and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM). The FACS analysis has shown that the targeted iBodies containing the iridium luminophore exhibit selective labelling of GCPII expressing cells. This observation was also confirmed in the imaging experiments with laser confocal microscopy. The FLIM experiment has shown that the iBodies with the iridium label exhibit a lifetime greater than 100 ns, which distinguishes them from typically used systems labelled with organic fluorophores exhibiting short fluorescence lifetimes. The results of this investigation indicate that the system exhibits interesting properties, which supports the development of additional biological tools utilizing the key components (iridium complexes, iBody concept), primarily focusing on the longer lifetime of the iridium emitter.

Department of Biochemistry and Experimental Oncology 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University Kateřinská 32 121 08 Prague Czech Republic

Department of Biomedicinal Polymers Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Czech Academy of Sciences Heyrovského nám 2 160 00 Prague Czech Republic

Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence in Biomaterials Faculty of Science Naresuan University Phitsanulok 65000 Thailand

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Czech Academy of Sciences Flemingovo nám 542 2 160 00 Prague Czech Republic

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