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Perfluorocarbon-Loaded and Redox-Activatable Photosensitizing Agent with Oxygen Supply for Enhancement of Fluorescence/Photoacoustic Imaging Guided Tumor Photodynamic Therapy
摘要： The wide clinical application of photodynamic therapy (PDT) is hampered by poor water solubility, low tumor selectivity, and nonspecific activation of photosensitizers, as well as tumor hypoxia which is common for most solid tumors. To overcome these limitations, tumor-targeting, redox-activatable, and oxygen self-enriched theranostic nanoparticles are developed by synthesizing chlorin e6 (Ce6) conjugated hyaluronic acid (HA) with reducible disulfide bonds (HSC) and encapsulating perfluorohexane (PFH) within the nanoparticles (PFH@HSC). The fluorescence and phototoxicity of PFH@HSC nanoparticles are greatly inhibited by a self-quenching effect in an aqueous environment. However, after accumulating in tumors through passive and active tumor-targeting, PFH@HSC appear to be activated from “OFF” to “ON” in photoactivity by the redox-responsive destruction of the vehicle’s structure. In addition, PFH@HSC can load oxygen within lungs during blood circulation, and the oxygen dissolved in PFH is slowly released and diffuses over the entire tumor, finally resulting in remarkable tumor hypoxia relief and enhancement of PDT efficacy by generating more singlet oxygen. Taking advantage of the excellent imaging performance of Ce6, the tumor accumulation of PFH@HSC can be monitored by fluorescent and photoacoustic imaging after intravenous administration into tumor-bearing mice. This PFH@HSC nanoparticle might have good potential for dual imaging-guided PDT in hypoxic solid tumor treatment.
关键词： tumor hypoxia,hyaluronic acid nanoparticles,perfluorocarbon,redox-responsive,photodynamic therapy
更新于2025-11-19 16:46:39
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Glutathione Triggered Near Infrared Fluorescence Imaging-guided Chemotherapy by Cyanine Conjugated Polypeptide
摘要： Precise detection of tumor environment for cancer diagnosis was strongly demanded for further therapies. Here, a redox-responsive fluorescence switch off/on system PCQ was designed and synthesized conjugated with near infrared (NIR) cyanine dyes (Cy5.5) and relevant quencher (FQ) in mixed polymeric micelles (PCy and PFQ). The mixed PCQ micelles was prepared with two kinds of polymer with poly (oligo (ethylene glycol) methacrylate) (POEGMA) as the hydrophilic shell, in which fluorescence emission was quenched by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) effect. The FQ was conjugated with POEGMA by disulfide linkage, which could be broke with redox environment such as high glutathione (GSH) concentration in tumor cells. After the PCQ micelles got into tumor cells, PFQ block in PCQ would be disassembled to recompose PCy micelles. During that process, drugs like doxorubicin (DOX) could be loaded inside and formed PCQ@DOX nanoparticles and then released for accurate NIR bioimaging and drug delivery instantly.
关键词： redox responsive,polypeptide,imaging-guided,chemotherapy,Near infrared fluorescence (NIRF)
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:21
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<i>In My Element</i> : Selenium
摘要： Selenium-rich foods are very popular in southern China, such as Se-rich oranges, tea, rice and mushrooms. As southern China has Se-rich soils, Se can be bioconcentrated by orange and tea trees or by rice and mushrooms growing in these soils. It holds true with many other plants grown in these Se-rich soils, and their fruits are believed to be Se-rich too. Eating Se-rich food every day is considered beneficial to our health because of its antioxidant effect.
关键词： redox-responsive,diselenide,dynamic covalent bonds,drug delivery,micronutrient,Selenium,Keshan disease,dendrimer,antioxidant,glutathione peroxidase
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14