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Ultrafast synthesis of gold nanosphere cluster coated by graphene quantum dot for active targeting PA/CT imaging and near-infrared laser/pH-triggered chemo-photothermal synergistic tumor therapy
摘要： In this work, simple raw materials and reaction conditions were used to synthesize a versatile nanoprobe using a one-step method. Graphene quantum dot (GQD) and gold chloride were mixed and irradiated with ultra-violet (UV) radiation for 1 min. Then, the gold nanosphere cluster with the diameter of 50 nm and coated using GQD was formed using a facile one-step approach. GQD played the roles of reducing agent, stabilizer and drug carrier instead of a harmful reducing agent or stabilizer. The nanoprobe had good dispersion, stability, excellent photoacoustic imaging (PAI) and computed tomography (CT) imaging performance, low cytotoxicity and photothermal conversion e?ciency of up to 51.31%. The results for cell and animal experiments showed that targeted PAI/CT imaging of tumor after modi?cation of folic acid (FA) could be obtained using the probe. Meanwhile, after the adsorption of doxorubicin, the chemo-photothermal combined therapy for tumor could be carried out through controlled drug release from GQD under heated and acidic environment of tumor. Additionally, the treatment e?ect was signi?cantly superior to single modes. The body weight, Hematoxylin and Eeosin (H&E) staining of main organs and blood biochemical indicators showed that the probe had good biological safety after injection. The current work proposes a new dual-mode bio-imaging and chemo-photothermal combined therapy nanoprobe, which presents good application prospect for tumor theragnostic.
关键词： CT imaging,One-step synthesis,Drug release,Photoacoustic imaging,Chemo-photothermal therapy
更新于2025-11-25 10:30:42
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Green Synthesis of Carrier-Free Curcumin Nanodrugs for Light-activated Breast Cancer Photodynamic Therapy
摘要： Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising procedure for breast cancer therapy. Curcumin (Cur), a hydrophobic polyphenol derived from the spice turmeric, has been considered as a potential photosensitizer for PDT with evoked immune response, excellent safety, and low cost. However, the translation of curcumin in clinical cancer therapy suffers from an insufficient therapeutic dose in tumor tissues due to its poor solubility and low bioavailability. In this study, carrier-free curcumin nanodrugs (Cur NDs) were prepared without using any toxic solvents through a facile and green reprecipitation method. Cur NDs exhibited distinct optical properties, light-sensitive drug release behavior, resulting in increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and PDT efficacy on breast cancer cells compared with free Cur. Furthermore, cell apoptosis during Cur-based PDT was concomitant with the activation of the ROS-mediated JNK/caspase-3 signaling pathway. Overall, our carrier-free Cur nanodrugs may be promising candidates for facilitating the efficacy and safety of PDT against breast cancer.
关键词： Carrier-free,Curcumin,Light-responsive drug release,Breast cancer,Photodynamic therapy
更新于2025-11-14 15:26:12
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NIR-Responsive Copolymer Upconversion Nanocomposites for Triggered Drug Release in Vitro and in Vivo
摘要： Light has several advantages as the stimulus for triggered drug release. Currently, the applications of phototriggered drug-release devices (PDDs) are largely limited by two factors: the limited tissue penetration and detrimental effects caused by excitation light (ultraviolet or visible light). To address this disadvantage, this study developed nanocomposites based on upconversion nanoparticles (UC), which could convert near-infrared light to ultraviolet-visible light and trigger drug release. By loading UC and doxorubicin (DOX) into photo-responsive copolymer PEG-NMAB-PLA (PNP), near-infrared responsive copolymer upconversion nanocomposites (PNP-DOX-UC) was constructed. We proved that PNP-DOX-UC showed the fast release and strong cytotoxicity under near infrared irradiation in vitro. The therapeutic efficacy study indicated that PNP-DOX-UC+hv had the enhanced antitumor efficiency. In the study, UC becoming an internal ultraviolet-visible light source for near infrared excitation developes an applicable and efficient approach to meet the requirements for UV/Vis excitation, which is a major disadvantage in photosensitive materials developed for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications.
关键词： Near-infrared light,Photo-responsive,Nanocomposites,Copolymer,Triggered drug release,Upconversion Nanoparticle
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Core–Satellite Nanomedicines for <i>in Vivo</i> Real-Time Monitoring of Enzyme-Activatable Drug Release by Fluorescence and Photoacoustic Dual-Modal Imaging
摘要： It remains an unresolved challenge to achieve spatial and temporal monitoring of drug release from nanomedicines (NMs) in vivo, which is of crucial importance in disease treatment. To tackle this issue, we constructed core?satellite ICG/DOX@Gel-CuS NMs, which consist of gelatin (Gel) nanoparticles (NPs) with payloads of near-infrared fluorochrome indocyanine green (ICG) and chemo-drug doxorubicin (DOX) and surrounding CuS NPs. The fluorescence of ICG was initially shielded by satellite CuS NPs within the intact ICG/DOX@Gel-CuS NMs and increased in proportion to the amount of DOX released from NMs in response to enzyme-activated NMs degradation. For more comprehensive understanding of the drug-release profile, a theoretical model derived from computer simulation was employed to reconstruct the enzyme-activatable drug release of the ICG/DOX@Gel-CuS NMs, which demonstrated the underlying kinetics functional relationship between the released DOX amount and recovered ICG fluorescence intensity. The kinetics of drug release in vivo was assessed by administrating ICG/DOX@Gel-CuS NMs both locally and systemically into MDA-MB-231 tumor-bearing mice. Upon accumulation of ICG/DOX@Gel-CuS NMs in the tumor, overexpressed enzymes triggered the degradation of the gelatin scaffold as well as the release of DOX and ICG, which can be visually depicted with the ICG fluorescence signal increasing only in the tumor area by fluorescence imaging. Additionally, the photoacoustic signal from CuS NPs was independent from the physical status of ICG/DOX@Gel-CuS NMs and hence was utilized for real-time NMs tracking. Thus, by taking advantage of the core?satellite architecture and NMs degradability in tumor site, the DOX release profile of ICG/DOX@Gel-CuS NMs was monitored by fluorescence and photoacoustic dual-modal imaging in a real-time noninvasive manner.
关键词： core?satellite,nanomedicines,drug release in vivo,dual-modal imaging,computer simulation
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Smart Supramolecular “Trojan Horse”-Inspired Nanogels for Realizing Light-Triggered Nuclear Drug Influx in Drug-Resistant Cancer Cells
摘要： Efficient nuclear delivery of anticancer drugs evading drug efflux transporters (DETs) on the plasma and nuclear membranes of multidrug-resistant cancer cells is highly challenging. Here, smart nanogels are designed via a one-step self-assembly of three functional components including a biocompatible copolymer, a fluorescent organosilica nanodot, and a photodegradable near-infrared (NIR) dye indocyanine green (ICG). The rationally designed nanogels have high drug encapsulation efficiency (≈99%) for anticancer drug doxorubicin (Dox), self-traceability for bioimaging, proper size for passive tumor targeting, prolonged blood circulation time for enhanced drug accumulation in tumor, and photocontrolled disassemblability. Moreover, the Dox-loaded nanogels can effectively kill multidrug-resistant cells via two steps: 1) They behave like a “Trojan horse” to escape from the DETs on the plasma membrane for efficiently transporting the anticancer “soldier” (Dox) into the cytoplasm and preventing the drugs from being excreted from the cells; 2) Upon NIR light irradiation, the photodegradation of ICG leads to the disassembly of the nanogels to release massive Dox molecules, which can evade the DETs on the nuclear membrane to exert their intranuclear efficacy in multidrug-resistant cells. Combined with their excellent biocompatibility, the nanogels may provide an alternative solution for overcoming cancer multidrug resistance.
关键词： nuclear delivery,photocontrollable drug release,cancer theranostics,silicon-based nanomaterials,supramolecular assembly
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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PEGylated mesoporous Bi2S3 Nanostars loaded with Chlorin e6 and doxorubicin for fluorescence/CT imaging-guided multimodal therapy of Cancer
摘要： Taking advantage of the mesoporous structure of bismuth sulfide nanostars (Bi2S3 NSs), a chemotherapeutic drug of doxorubicin (DOX) and a photosensitizer of chlorin e6 (Ce6) were concurrently loaded in the PEGylated Bi2S3 NSs to formulate a multifunctional nanocomplex (BPDC NSs) for theranostics. BPDC NSs have excellent photothermal conversion efficiency and a capacity of yielding reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon laser irradiation, and can realize on-demand drug release by either pH-activation or thermal induction. Accumulation of the nanodrug could be monitored in real-time by infrared thermal imaging, fluorescence imaging and computed tomography (CT). More importantly, the combination effects of photothermal therapy (PTT), photodynamic therapy (PDT) and chemotherapy was demonstrated to dramatically suppress solid tumors without recurrence in vivo. Featured by the low systemic toxicity and high biocompatibility, this nanoplatform could be a promising derivative of Bi2S3 NSs for imaging-guided theranostics of cancer.
关键词： Controlled drug release,Cancer theranostics,Doxorubicin,Chlorin e6,Bismuth (Bi) chalcogenides
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Molecular imaging of telomerase and the enzyme activity-triggered drug release by using a conformation-switchable nanoprobe in cancerous cells
摘要： So far, the development of a unique strategy for specific biomolecules activity monitoring and precise drugs release in cancerous cells is still challenging. Here, we designed a conformation-switchable smart nanoprobe to monitor telomerase activity and to enable activity-triggered drug release in cancerous cells. The straightforward nanoprobe contained a gold nanoparticle (AuNP) core and a dense layer of 5-carboxyfluorescein (FAM)-labeled hairpin DNA shell. The 3′ region of hairpin DNA sequence could function as the telomerase primer to be elongated in the presence of telomerase, resulting in the conformational switch of hairpin DNA. As a result, the FAM fluorescence was activated and the anticancer drug doxorubicin (Dox) molecules which intercalated into the stem region of the hairpin DNA sequence were released into cancerous cells simultaneously. The smart method could specifically distinguish cancerous cells from normal cells based on telomerase activity. It also showed a good performance for monitoring telomerase activity in the cytoplasm by molecular imaging and precise release of Dox triggered by telomerase activity in cancerous cells. These advantages may offer a great potential of this method for monitoring telomerase activity in cancer progression and estimating therapeutic effect.
关键词： drug release,molecular imaging,nanoprobe,telomerase,cancerous cells
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:21
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Drug-releasing Biopolymeric Structures Manufactured via Stereolithography
摘要： Additive manufacturing (AM) techniques, such as stereolithography (SLA), enable the preparation of designed complex structures. AM has gained interest especially in the tissue engineering field due to the possibility to manufacture patient specific implants. However, AM could be useful also in controlled drug release applications, since the size and shape of the device, pore architecture and surface to volume ratio can be accurately designed. In this study, SLA was used to prepare polycaprolactone scaffold structures containing the model drug lidocaine. The release of lidocaine was studied and the influence of porosity and surface to volume ratio of structures to the drug release was analyzed. Porous samples released lidocaine faster compared to solid ones, whereas the degree of porosity and surface to volume ratio did not have a clear effect on the drug release profile.
关键词： drug delivery,stereolithography,additive manufacturing,drug release,lidocaine,scaffold,controlled release,polycaprolactone
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Thermoplasmonica??Triggered Release of Loads from DNAa??Modified Hydrogel Microcapsules Functionalized with Au Nanoparticles or Au Nanorods
摘要： Microcapsules consisting of hydrogel shells cross-linked by glucosamine–boronate ester complexes and duplex nucleic acids, loaded with dyes or drugs and functionalized with Au nanoparticles (Au NPs) or Au nanorods (Au NRs), are developed. Irradiation of Au NPs or Au NRs results in the thermoplasmonic heating of the microcapsules, and the dissociation of the nucleic acid cross-linkers. The separation of duplex nucleic acid cross-linkers leads to low-stiffness hydrogel shells, allowing the release of loads. Switching off the light-induced plasmonic heating results in the regeneration of stiff hydrogel shells protecting the microcapsules, leading to the blockage of release processes. The thermoplasmonic release of tetramethylrhodamine-dextran, Texas Red-dextran, doxorubicin-dextran (DOX-D), or camptothecin-carboxymethylcellulose (CPT-CMC) from the microcapsules is introduced. By loading the microcapsules with two different drugs (DOX-D and CPT-CMC), the light-controlled dose release is demonstrated. Cellular experiments show efficient permeation of Au NPs/DOX-D or Au NRs/DOX-D microcapsules into MDA-MB-231 cancer cells and inefficient uptake by MCF-10A epithelial breast cells. Cytotoxicity experiments reveal selective thermoplasmon-induced cytotoxicity of the microcapsules toward MDA-MB-231 cancer cells as compared to MCF-10A cells. Also, selective cytotoxicity towards MDA-MB-231 cancer cells upon irradiation of the Au NPs- and Au NRs-functionalized microcapsules at λ = 532 or 910 nm is demonstrated.
关键词： doxorubicin,cytotoxicity,DNA nanotechnology,plasmon,switchable drug release
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Multifunctional Nanoparticle Loaded Injectable Thermoresponsive Hydrogel as NIR Controlled Release Platform for Local Photothermal Immunotherapy to Prevent Breast Cancer Postoperative Recurrence and Metastases
摘要： For breast cancer patients who have undergone breast-conserving surgery, effective treatments to prevent local recurrences and metastases is very essential. Here, a local injectable therapeutic platform based on a thermo-sensitive PLEL hydrogel with near-infrared (NIR)-stimulated drug release is developed to achieve synergistic photothermal immunotherapy for prevention of breast cancer postoperative relapse. Self-assembled multifunctional nanoparticles (RIC NPs) are composed of three therapeutic components including indocyanine green, a photothermal agent; resiquimod (R848), a TLR-7/8 agonist; and CPG ODNs, a TLR-9 agonist. RIC NPs are physically incorporated into the thermosensitive PLEL hydrogel. The RIC NPs encapsulated PLEL hydrogel (RIC NPs@PLEL) is then locally injected into the tumor resection cavity for local photothermal therapy to ablate residue tumor tissues and produce tumor-associated antigens. At the same time, NIR also triggers the release of immune components CPG ODNs and R848 from thermoresponsive hydrogels PLEL. The released immune components, together with tumor-associated antigens, work as an in situ cancer vaccine for postsurgical immunotherapy by inducing effective and sustained antitumor immune effect. Overall, this work suggests that photothermal immunotherapy based on local hydrogel delivery system has great potential as a promising tool for the postsurgical management of breast cancer to prevent recurrences and metastases.
关键词： cancer recurrence,thermal-responsive hydrogels,immunotherapy,controlled drug release,photothermal
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01