Copper complex marks malfunctioning mitochondria

摘要

A copper complex under investigation as an imaging agent for the diagnosis of tumours is selectively trapped in cells with impaired mitochondrial electron transport (Donnelly P.S., Liddell J.R., Lim S.-C, Paterson B.M., Cater M.A., Savva M.S., Mot A.I., James J.L., Trounce LA., White A.R., Crouch P.J. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. 2011, 109, 47-52).