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Fabrication of dopamine enveloped WO3?x quantum dots as single-NIR laser activated photonic nanodrug for synergistic photothermal/photodynamic therapy against cancer
摘要： Tungsten oxide is a promising nanodrug in phototherapy via transforming light energy to reactive oxygen species and heat. Nevertheless, the phototherapeutic activity of the tungsten oxide nanomaterials is generally activated under 980 nm laser, which is close to the absorption of normal tissue, resulting in unfavorable heating effect on normal tissues. Therefore, the tungsten oxide nanomaterials which can be excited under 808 nm are highly required to avoid overheating and obtain deep tissue penetration of near-infrared (NIR) laser. Here, we successfully synthesized a novel dopamine enveloped tungsten oxide nanodots (WO3?x/Dpa-Mel NPs) via facile one-step solvothermal route, using dopamine as the template and reductant in triethylene glycol solvent. Under the 808 nm laser irradiation, the as-obtained WO3?x/Dpa-Mel NPs exhibit excellent photodynamic activity and stability. Meanwhile, the WO3?x/Dpa-Mel NPs also possess high photothermal conversion property. Thus, the photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) can be triggered simultaneously under single 808 nm laser irradiation. Additionally, the inherited good biocompatibility and dispersity in aqueous solution from dopamine hydrochloride (Dpa-Mel) also make the WO3?x/Dpa-Mel NPs more suitable for in vivo application. The as-obtained WO3?x/Dpa-Mel NPs exhibit an excellent synergistic phototherapy effect on solid tumor ablation in vivo without damaging healthy tissues under single 808 nm NIR light irradiation, indicating WO3?x/Dpa-Mel NPs can serve as a multifunctional therapeutic nanoplatform to realize the synergistic cancer therapy.
关键词： Photothermal therapy,Combined cancer therapy,Tungsten oxide,Photodynamic therapy
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Stable and Well-Organized Near-Infrared Platinum(II)a??Acetylide-Based Metallacycles-Mediated Cancer Phototherapy
摘要： The development of metallacycles with high stability and intense near-infrared (NIR) absorption is important for biomedical applications. However, very few molecular design strategies have been developed on such metallacycles. Herein, we reported a new series of stable and well-defined NIR-absorbing metallacycles (M1-M3) through the Pt-acetylide coordination with highly efficient photoconversion performance for cancer phototherapy. The metallacycles showed high stability and strong NIR absorption, and the absorption peaks were red-shifted approximately 30 nm in comparision with their corresponding precursors. The introduction of Pt into metallacycles promotes significant photoconversions, including the singlet-to-triplet and nonradiative transitions. Moreover, the fabricated M3 nanoparticles (M3-NPs) showed favorable photoconversions into both thermal effect and singlet oxygen generation upon NIR irradiation, achieving tumor ablation. This novel design of Pt-acetylide metallacycles possess not only complex toplogical architectures but also a valuable paradigm for precise cancer phototherapy, which is important for grafting stimuli-responsive functional groups into metallacycles for the development of high-performance biomedical supramolecular materials.
关键词： photodynamic therapy,NIR-absorbing,Pt-acetylide,photothermal therapy,metallacycles
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Biomineralization-inspired nanozyme for single-wavelength laser activated photothermal-photodynamic synergistic treatment against hypoxic tumors
摘要： Hypoxia, one of the features of most solid tumors, can severely impede the efficiency of oxygen-dependent treatments such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and type-II photodynamic therapy. Herein, a catalase-like nanozyme RuO2@BSA (RB) was first prepared through a biomineralization strategy, and a high efficiency near-infrared photosensitizer (IR-808-Br2) was further loaded into the protein shell to generate the safe and versatile RuO2@BSA@IR-808-Br2 (RBIR) for the imaging-guided enhanced phototherapy against hypoxic tumors. RB not only acts like a catalase, but also serves as a photothermal agent that speeds up the oxygen supply under near-infrared irradiation (808 nm). The loaded NIR photosensitizer could immediately convert molecular oxygen (O2) to cytotoxic singlet oxygen (1O2) upon the same laser irradiation. Results indicated that RBIR achieved enhanced therapeutic outcomes with negligible side effects. Features such as a simple synthetic route and imaging-guided and single-wavelength-excited phototherapy make the nanozyme a promising agent for clinical applications.
关键词： biomineralization,solid tumors,photodynamic therapy,IR-808-Br2,photothermal therapy,nanozyme,RuO2@BSA,hypoxia
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Erythrocyte membrane nano-capsules: biomimetic delivery and controlled release of photothermala??photochemical coupling agents for cancer cell therapy
摘要： Photothermal therapy (PTT), which involves an increase in temperature triggered only by light signals at tumor sites to remove cancer cells, has been considered an attractive strategy in cancer therapy. Nevertheless, the in vivo applications of photosensitizer-based PTT are limited due to the poor biocompatibility of photothermal agents. Employing red blood cell (RBC) membranes to encapsulate photothermal agents can solve this issue, but the extra surface coating will suppress heat dissipation, which is unfavorable for the subsequent treatment. Herein, biomimetic nano-capsules have been fabricated for light signal-activated cancer therapy by encapsulating photocatalyst titanium dioxide colloid and photothermal agent gold nanorods (Au NRs) in erythrocyte membrane vesicles. The fabricated Au/TiO2@RBC nano-capsules can achieve the controlled release of Au NRs upon the photocatalytic degradation of their surface cell membrane coatings, and generate therapeutic signals after the released Au NRs are irradiated by an NIR laser. Meanwhile, the reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by photocatalysis are helpful for killing tumor cells photodynamically. Thus, the biomimetic nano-capsules prepared herein will contribute to the research and development in cancer cell therapy.
关键词： cancer therapy,titanium dioxide,red blood cell membranes,biomimetic nano-capsules,gold nanorods,Photothermal therapy
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Rod-based urchin-like hollow microspheres of Bi2S3: Facile synthesis, photo-controlled drug release for photoacoustic imaging and chemo-photothermal therapy of tumor ablation
摘要： Hollow nanostructures have been evoked considerable attention owing to their intriguing hollow interior for important and potential applications in drug delivery, lithium battery, catalysis and etc. Herein, Bi2S3 hollow microspheres with rod-based urchin-like nanostructures (denoted as U-BSHM) were synthesized through a facile and rapid ion exchanging method using a particular hard template. The growth mechanism of the U-BSHM has been investigated and illustrated by the morphological evolution of the different samples at early stages. The obtained U-BSHM exhibited strong and wide UV-vis-NIR absorption ability and outstanding photothermal conversion efficiency. Thus, the U-BSHM can be used as spatio-temporal precisely controlled carrier by loading the mixture of 1-tetradecanol (phase change material, PCM) with melting point around 38 oC and hydrophilic chemotherapeutic doxorubicin hydrochloride (denoted as DOX) into the hollow interior to form (PCM+DOX)@Bi2S3 nanocomposites (denoted as PD@BS) for photoacoustic (PA) imaging and chemo-photothermal therapy of the tumors. When exposed to 808 nm near infrared light (NIR) laser irradiation, this nanocomposites could elevate the temperature of the surroundings by absorption and conversion of the NIR photons into heat energy, which inducing the triggered release of DOX from the hollow interior once the temperature reach up to the melting point of PCM. The killing efficiency of the chemo-photothermal therapy was systematically validated both in vitro and in vivo. In the meanwhile, the implanted tumor was completely restrained through PA imaging and combined therapies. Therefore, this kind of urchin-like hollow nanostructures would be used as important candidates for the multimodal bioimaging and therapy of tumors.
关键词： chemo-photothermal therapy,sacrificed template method,photo-controlled drug release,photoacoustic imaging,Bi2S3
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Gambogic Acid Augments Black Phosphorus Quantum Dots (BPQDs)-Based Synergistic Chemo-Photothermal Therapy through Downregulating Heat Shock Protein Expression
摘要： In an attempt to attain synergistic therapeutic benefits and address various intrinsic limitations of the highly efficient black phosphorus quantum dots (BPQDs), we fabricated poly(L-lactide)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(L-lactide) triblock copolymer (PLLA-PEG-PLLA)-based nanocomposites co-loaded with BPQDs and gambogic acid (GA) using the supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) technology to achieve photoacoustic (PA) imaging-guided synergistic chemo-photothermal therapy. On the one hand, BPQDs displayed near-infrared (NIR)-induced hyperthermia through the high photothermal conversion efficiency. On the other hand, the NIR-responsive release of GA facilitated early apoptosis through specific binding to stress-induced overexpression of heat shock protein (HSP)-90 for combating thermoresistant tumor cells. GA significantly promoted the photothermal therapy (PTT) efficiency by enhancing both early and late apoptosis of BPQDs. Moreover, the encapsulation of BPQDs in the polymer significantly improved their chemical as well as photothermal stabilities. Our findings suggested that these nanocomposites fabricated using the eco-friendly supercritical fluid (SCF) technology provided good protection to the biodegradable BPQDs, offering a great potential towards cancer ablation through augmented synergistic effects.
关键词： Synergism,NIR-responsive,Black phosphorus,Heat shock protein,Photothermal therapy
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles as Theranostic System for Near-Infrared II Fluorescence Imaging and Photothermal Therapy under Safe Laser Fluence
摘要： Theranostic systems combining fluorescence imaging in the second near infrared window (NIR-II, 1000-1700 nm) and photothermal therapy (PTT) under safe laser fluence have great potential in preclinical research and clinical practice, but the development of such systems with sufficient effective NIR-II brightness and excellent photothermal properties is still challenging. Here we report a theranostic system based on semiconducting polymer nanoparticles (L1057 NPs) for NIR-II fluorescence imaging and PTT under a 980 nm laser irradiation, with low (25 mW/cm2) and high (720 mW/cm2) laser fluence, respectively. Taking into consideration multiple parameters including extinction coefficient, quantum yield and portion of emission in the NIR-II region, L1057 NPs have much higher effective NIR-II brightness than most reported organic NIR-II fluorophores. The high brightness, together with good stability and excellent biocompatibility, allows for real-time visualization of whole-body and brain vessels and detection of cerebral ischemic stroke and tumors with high clarity. The excellent photothermal properties and high maximal permissible exposure (MPE) limit at 980 nm allow L1057 NPs for PTT of tumors under safe laser fluence. This study demonstrates that L1057 NPs behave as an excellent theranostic system for NIR-II imaging and PTT under safe laser fluence and have great potential for a wide range of biomedical applications.
关键词： nanoparticle,effective NIR-II brightness,semiconducting polymer,photothermal therapy,fluorescence imaging
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Temperature-controlled synthesis of hollow, porous gold nanoparticles with wide range light absorption
摘要： An easy synthesis method of hollow, porous gold nanoparticles (AuHP NPs) with controlled diameter and pores sizes and with a wide range of light absorbance (continuous between 500 and 900 nm) is presented together with the explanation of the nanoparticle formation mechanism. The NPs were investigated using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) combined with the selected area electron diffraction patterns, X-ray diffraction and ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy. TEM images showed that changing the synthesis temperature allows to obtain AuHP NPs with sizes from 35 ± 4 nm at 60 °C to 76 ± 8 nm at 90 °C. The effects of nanoscale porosity on the far- and near-field optical properties of the nanoparticles, as well as on effective conversion of electromagnetic energy into thermal energy, were applied in simulated photothermal cancer therapy. The latter one was simulated by irradiation of two cancer cell lines SW480 and SW620 with lasers operating at 650 nm and 808 nm wavelengths. The mortality of cells after using the synthesized AuHP NPs as photosensitizers is between 20 and 50% and increases with the decrease in the diameter of the AuHP NPs. All these attractive properties of the AuHP NPs make them find application in many biomedical studies.
关键词： photothermal therapy,wide range light absorption,temperature-controlled synthesis,hollow porous gold nanoparticles
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Single-Cell ATP Content Monitoring during Hyperthermia Cell Death by using Plasmonic Fluorescent Nanoflare
摘要： Gold nanorods-based plasmonic photothermal therapy (AuNRs-PPTT) has been a prospective anti-cancer approach in which AuNRs absorbs near-infrared (NIR) light and converts it into heat, leading to cell death. Investigating molecular energy metabolism of single cells, especially cancer cells, during hyperthermia cell death process is therefore of great significance, as it can help us to better understand the photothermal lethal mechanism of cancer cells and design new photothermal probes more rationally. However, during the AuNRs-PPTT process, how the cells respond to heat stimulation, and how their energy metabolism changes, these basic issues have rarely been studied. Herein, we selected adenosine triphosphate (ATP) as a target molecule, and by preparing a plasmonic and turn-on type fluorescent nanoprobe we examined the ATP metabolism difference between cancerous cells and normal cells during the AuNRs-PPTT process. We found that the fluorescence intensity increased ~ 60% after 5 min laser irradiation as compared to the initial intensity in single HeLa cells, but only ~ 20% increasement was observed for single H8 cells; obviously the increase of ATP content in cancerous cells was notably higher than that in normal cells during the hyperthermia cell death.
关键词： Plasmonic photothermal therapy,Fluorescent nanoprobe,ATP,Gold nanorods,Hyperthermia cell death
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Plasmonic Gold Nanorattle Impregnated Chitosan Nanocarrier for Stimulus Responsive Theranostics
摘要： Herein, a stimulus-responsive theranostic nanosystem comprising gold nanorattles (AuNRTs), having a solid octahedron core and thin porous cubic shell, encapsulated within chitosan nanocarriers (CS-AuNRT) has been reported. Due to the plasmonic AuNRTs, CS-AuNRT demonstrated unique features of near infrared (NIR) absorbance and accessible intrinsic electromagnetic “hot spots” arising due to coupling of inner solid core and outer porous shell. These properties enabled CS-AuNRTs to be used for NIR-responsive drug delivery, photothermal therapy, and surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) based bioimaging. Following loading of chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin (DOX) within AuNRTs along with a phase changing material (PCM), application of NIR irradiation resulted in photothermal melting of the PCM and simultaneous payload release in the surrounding medium. Although being nontoxic themselves, CS-AuNRTs with or without loaded DOX could mount signi?cant cell death in breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) in the presence of NIR light as external stimulus. The oxidative stress generated by DOX-loaded and empty CS-AuNRTs upon NIR irradiation were con?rmed by ?ow-cytometric determination of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). Further, the ROS-led induction of apoptosis in treated MCF-7 cells was established from characteristic nuclear fragmentation, morphological changes and membrane blebbing as observed through confocal ?uorescence and scanning electron microscopy. Thus, with NIR responsive chemo-photothermal therapy and SERS based bioimaging, the present nanocarrier system holds potential for cancer theranostics.
关键词： bioimaging,drug delivery,photothermal therapy,stimuli responsive,nanorattle,chitosan nanoparticle
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59