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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2010
Maciej Szczepanik, Mount Sinai, NY (US);
Irina V. Lebedeva, Bronx, NY (US);
Yuejun Xiang, Hollis Hills, NY (US);
Praveen Pande, Holbrook, NY (US);
Wayne Forrest Patton, Dix Hills, NY (US);
Maciej Szczepanik, Mount Sinai, NY (US);
Irina V. Lebedeva, Bronx, NY (US);
Yuejun Xiang, Hollis Hills, NY (US);
Praveen Pande, Holbrook, NY (US);
Wayne Forrest Patton, Dix Hills, NY (US);
Enzo Life Sciences, Inc., Farmingdale, NY (US);
Abstract
A compound comprising the structure:(SIG)-(SI-MOD).is provided in which SIG is a signaling molecule, SI is a self-immolative structure bound to SIG such that SIG has a reduced signal relative to the signal of SIG without SI, MOD is a moiety bound to SI that is subject to modification by an activator, and m is an integer from 1 to about 10. When MOD is modified by an activator, SI is destabilized and self-cleaved from SIG such that SIG generates an increased signal. Also provided are methods of determining whether a sample comprises an activator such as a nitroreductase, and methods of determining whether a mammalian cell is hypoxic using a compound of the formula (SIG)-(SI-MOD).