The present invention discloses a RGD-labeled fluorescent gold nano-cluster preparation method, which comprises: preparing gold nanoparticles with a particle size of less than 2 nm by using a BSA method; and carrying out an amidation reaction on the prepared gold nano-cluster and RGD having amino to obtain the RGD-labeled fluorescent gold nano-clusters. According to the present invention, the obtained gold nano-cluster (Au
Nanoclusters, AuNCs) is the novel
precious metal fluorescent nanometer material, and has characteristics of simple preparation conditions, simple preparation steps, near-
infrared light emitting under a visible
light source,
small particle size, good monodispersity, good stability, low toxic-
side effect, high safety, stable fluorescent property, and high
CT imaging contrast resolution; a small amount of expression of
integrin [alpha]v[beat]3 exists in most normal tissues and mature vascular endothelial cells while the over-expression of the
integrin [alpha]v[beat]3 exists in a variety of
cancer cells and neovessel endothelial cells, and the ligand is called RGD polypeptide sequence; and the RGD is selected as the targeting molecule, and the AuNCs and the RGD polypeptide sequence are conjugated to prepare the RGD-labeled fluorescent gold nano-cluster RGD-AuNCs@BSA.