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Wang R, Hua S, Xing Y, Wang R, Wang H, Jiang T, Yu F. Organic dye-based photosensitizers for fluorescence imaging-guided cancer phototheranostics. Coord Chem Rev 2024; 513:215866. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2024.215866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/08/2024]
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Zhao W, Wang L, Zhang M, Liu Z, Wu C, Pan X, Huang Z, Lu C, Quan G. Photodynamic therapy for cancer: mechanisms, photosensitizers, nanocarriers, and clinical studies. MedComm (Beijing) 2024; 5:e603. [PMID: 38911063 PMCID: PMC11193138 DOI: 10.1002/mco2.603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024] Open
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a temporally and spatially precisely controllable, noninvasive, and potentially highly efficient method of phototherapy. The three components of PDT primarily include photosensitizers, oxygen, and light. PDT employs specific wavelengths of light to active photosensitizers at the tumor site, generating reactive oxygen species that are fatal to tumor cells. Nevertheless, traditional photosensitizers have disadvantages such as poor water solubility, severe oxygen-dependency, and low targetability, and the light is difficult to penetrate the deep tumor tissue, which remains the toughest task in the application of PDT in the clinic. Here, we systematically summarize the development and the molecular mechanisms of photosensitizers, and the challenges of PDT in tumor management, highlighting the advantages of nanocarriers-based PDT against cancer. The development of third generation photosensitizers has opened up new horizons in PDT, and the cooperation between nanocarriers and PDT has attained satisfactory achievements. Finally, the clinical studies of PDT are discussed. Overall, we present an overview and our perspective of PDT in the field of tumor management, and we believe this work will provide a new insight into tumor-based PDT.
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- Wanchen Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability AssessmentJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
- College of PharmacyJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability AssessmentJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
- College of PharmacyJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability AssessmentJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
- College of PharmacyJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability AssessmentJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
- College of PharmacyJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability AssessmentJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
- College of PharmacyJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- School of Pharmaceutical SciencesSun Yat‐sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability AssessmentJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
- College of PharmacyJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability AssessmentJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
- College of PharmacyJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability AssessmentJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
- College of PharmacyJinan UniversityGuangzhouChina
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Zhang M, Wang S, Bai Y, Wang D, Fu Y, Su Z, Zhang G, Meng M, Yu F, Wang B, Jin H, Zhao W. A Dual-Function Hemicyanine Material with Highly Efficient Photothermal and Photodynamic Effect Used for Tumor Therapy. Adv Healthc Mater 2024; 13:e2303432. [PMID: 38069831 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202303432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Revised: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Small molecular organic optical agents with synergistic effects of photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT), hold credible promise for anti-tumor therapy by overcoming individual drawbacks and enhancing photon utilization efficiency. However, developing effective dual-function PTT-PDT photosensitizers (PSs) for efficient synergistic phototherapy remains challenging. Here, a benz[c,d]indolium-substituted hemicyanine named Rh-BI, which possesses a high photothermal conversion efficiency of 41.67% by exhaustively suppressing fluorescence emission, is presented. Meanwhile, the rotating phenyl group at meso-site induces charge recombination to enhance the molar extinction coefficient up to 13.58 × 104 M-1cm-1, thereby potentiating the photodynamic effect. Under 808 nm irradiation, Rh-BI exhibits significant phototoxicity in several cancer cell types in vitro with IC50 values as low as ≈0.5 µM. Moreover, treatment of 4T1 tumor-bearing mice with Rh-BI under laser irradiation successfully inhibits tumor growth. In a word, an effective strategy is developed to build PTT-PDT dual-functional optical materials based on hemicyanine backbone for tumor therapy by modulating conjugation system interaction to adjust the energy consumption pathway.
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- Minglu Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research and KLMDASR of Tianjin, Nankai University, Tongyan Road, Haihe Education Park, Tianjin, 300350, China
- School of Health and Life Sciences, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research and KLMDASR of Tianjin, Nankai University, Tongyan Road, Haihe Education Park, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research and KLMDASR of Tianjin, Nankai University, Tongyan Road, Haihe Education Park, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research and KLMDASR of Tianjin, Nankai University, Tongyan Road, Haihe Education Park, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research and KLMDASR of Tianjin, Nankai University, Tongyan Road, Haihe Education Park, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Evaluation (Yantai University), Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Drug Delivery System and Biotech Drugs in Universities of Shandong, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research and KLMDASR of Tianjin, Nankai University, Tongyan Road, Haihe Education Park, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research and KLMDASR of Tianjin, Nankai University, Tongyan Road, Haihe Education Park, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Health and Life Sciences, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research and KLMDASR of Tianjin, Nankai University, Tongyan Road, Haihe Education Park, Tianjin, 300350, China
- School of Health and Life Sciences, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research and KLMDASR of Tianjin, Nankai University, Tongyan Road, Haihe Education Park, Tianjin, 300350, China
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Bashiru M, Macchi S, Forson M, Khan A, Ishtiaq A, Oyebade A, Jalihal A, Ali N, Griffin RJ, Oyelere AK, Hooshmand N, Siraj N. Doxorubicin-Based Ionic Nanomedicines for Combined Chemo-Phototherapy of Cancer. ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS 2024; 7:2176-2189. [PMID: 38410412 PMCID: PMC10896075 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.3c05464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Synergistic combination therapy approach offers lots of options for delivery of materials with anticancer properties, which is a very promising strategy to treat a variety of malignant lesions with enhanced therapeutic efficacy. The current study involves a detailed investigation of combination ionic nanomedicines where a chemotherapeutic drug is coupled with a photothermal agent to attain dual mechanisms (chemotherapy (chemo) and photothermal therapy (PTT)) to improve the drug's efficacy. An FDA-approved Doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX·HCl) is electrostatically attached with a near-infrared cyanine dye (ICG, IR783, and IR820), which serves as a PTT drug using ionic liquid chemistry to develop three ionic material (IM)-based chemo-PTT drugs. Carrier-free ionic nanomedicines (INMs) are derived from ionic materials (IMs). The photophysical properties of the developed combination IMs and their INMs were studied in depth. The phototherapeutic efficiency of the combination drugs was evaluated by measuring the photothermal conversion efficiency and singlet-oxygen quantum yield. The improved photophysical properties of the combination nanomedicines in comparison to their parent compounds significantly enhanced INMs' photothermal efficiency. Cellular uptake, dark and light toxicity studies, and cell death mechanisms of the chemo-PTT nanoparticles were also studied in vitro. The combination INMs exhibited enhanced cytotoxicity compared to their respective parent compounds. Moreover, the apoptosis cell death mechanism was almost doubled for combination nanomedicine than the free DOX, which is attributed to enhanced cellular uptake. Examination of the combination index and improved in vitro cytotoxicity results revealed a great synergy between chemo and PTT drugs in the developed combination nanomedicines.
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- Mujeebat Bashiru
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Arkansas Nanomedicine Center, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Laser Dynamics Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204, United States
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Xue X, Li Q, Zhang P, Xue Y, Zhao Y, Ye Y, Li J, Li Y, Zhao L, Shao G. PET/NIR Fluorescence Bimodal Imaging for Targeted Tumor Detection. Mol Pharm 2023; 20:6262-6271. [PMID: 37948165 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c00660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Cancer is one of the greatest threats to human health due to late diagnosis and incomplete resection. The bimodal probe combines positron emission tomography (PET) imaging for noninvasive whole-body scanning with intraoperative near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) surgical guidance for preoperative tumor detection, tumor resection during surgery, and postoperative monitoring. We developed a new PET/NIRF bimodal imaging agent, [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-NPC, covalently coupled to DCDSTCY and DOTA via ethylenediamine and radiolabeled with gallium-68, and investigated it in vitro and in vivo. The probe was found to be preferential for colon cancer cells due to the organic anion-transporting polypeptide1B3 (OATP1B3). PET/NIRF imaging allowed us to confirm [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-NPC as a promising probe for tumor detection, as it provides good biosafety and high-contrast tumor accumulation. Orthotopic and subcutaneous colon tumors were successfully resected under real-time NIRF guidance. [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-NPC provides highly sensitive and unlimited tissue-penetrating PET/NIRF imaging, helping to visualize and differentiate tumors from adjacent tissue.
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- Xin Xue
- Department of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, Jiangsu China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design & Optimization, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211100, Jiangsu China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Department of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, Jiangsu China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Pathology and PDX Efficacy Center, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211100, China
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- Pathology and PDX Efficacy Center, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design & Optimization, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211100, Jiangsu China
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- Department of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, Jiangsu China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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Zhao Y, Zhang M, Lv B, Xue G, Jiang H, Chen G, Ma Y, Sun Y, Cao J. "Closed-Loop" O 2-Economizer Induced In Situ Therapeutic Vaccine against Hypoxic Tumors. ACS NANO 2023; 17:21170-21181. [PMID: 37877944 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c05034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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Therapeutic tumor vaccines, which use tumor antigens to stimulate a cancer patient's immune system to eventually kill the tumor tissues, have emerged as one of the most attractive strategies in anticancer research. Especially, exploring in situ vaccines has become a potential field in cancer immunotherapy. However, due to the hypoxic tumor microenvironment, the generation of tumor antigens is always mild and not sufficient. Hence, in this study, we designed a closed-loop mitochondrial oxygen-economizer (TPCA) to induce enhanced phototherapy-driven in situ vaccines. The O2-economizer was developed by the integration of the photosensitizer CyI and the mitochondrial inhibitor atovaquone into the PAMAM dendrimer. In vitro and in vivo studies showed that TPCA could enter the mitochondria through (3-propylcarboxyl) triphenylphosphine bromide (TPP) and effectively restrict the respiration of tumor cells to reduce tumor hypoxia, thus providing continuous oxygen for enhanced iodinated cyanine dye mediated photodynamic therapy, which could further induce in situ vaccines for ablating the primary tumor directly and inhibiting the tumor metastasis and recurrence. Furthermore, the antitumor mechanism revealed that O2-economizer-based oxygen-boosted PDT elicited immunogenic cancer cell death with enhanced exposure and release of DAMPs and altered the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment with increased recruitment of T cells in tumors, thereby inducing in situ vaccines and provoking the systematic antitumor responses against CT26 tumors. This study will provide innovative approaches for local, abscopal, and metastatic tumor treatment.
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- Yifan Zhao
- School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering, College of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- School of Rehabilitation Science and Engineering, Qingdao Hospital (Qingdao Municipal Hospital), University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao 266024, China
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- School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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Zhao T, Xu Y, Liu R, Shang X, Huang C, Dong W, Long M, Zou B, Wang X, Li G, Shen Y, Liu T, Tang B. Molecular Engineering Design of Enhanced Donor-Acceptor Therapeutic Reagent for Efficient Image-Guided Photodynamic Therapy. Adv Healthc Mater 2023; 12:e2301035. [PMID: 37450348 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202301035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2023] [Revised: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
Abstract
The greatest barrier to the further development and clinical application of tumor image-guided photodynamic therapy (PDT), is the inconsistency between the fluorescence intensity and singlet oxygen generation yield of the photosensitizer under light excitation. Herein, a novel donor-acceptor (D-A) system is designed from the point of molecular selection by wrapping a classical porphyrin molecule (5,10,15,20-tetraphenylphorphyrin, H2 TPP) as an acceptor into conjugated polymer (Poly[N,N'-bis(4-butylpheny)-N,N'-bis(phenyl)benzidine], ADS254BE) as a donor through fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) mechanism, which exhibits bright red emission centered at 650 nm (quantum yield, 0.12), relatively large Stoke shift of 276 nm, enhanced singlet oxygen generation rate of 0.73, and excellent photostability. The investigations on distribution and killing effect of nanomaterials in cancer cells reveal that ADS254BE/H2 TPP NPs can accumulate in the cytoplasm for imaging while simultaneously producing a large amount of singlet oxygen to remarkably kill cancer cells, which can be used for real-time image-guided PDT. In the xenograft tumor model, real-time imaging and long-term tracing in tumor tissue with ADS254BE/H2 TPP NPs disclose that the growth of lung cancer in mice can be effectively inhibited during in situ imaging. From the standpoint of molecular engineering design, this work provides a feasible strategy for novel D-A systems to improve the development of image-guided PDT.
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- Tingting Zhao
- School, of Basic Medical Sciences, Biopharmaceutical Research Institute, Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China
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- School, of Basic Medical Sciences, Biopharmaceutical Research Institute, Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China
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- School, of Basic Medical Sciences, Biopharmaceutical Research Institute, Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China
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- School, of Basic Medical Sciences, Biopharmaceutical Research Institute, Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China
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- Guangxi Key Lab of Processing for Nonferrous Metals and Featured Materials and Key Lab of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, Ministry of Education; School of Resources, Environments and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- School, of Basic Medical Sciences, Biopharmaceutical Research Institute, Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China
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- Guangxi Key Lab of Processing for Nonferrous Metals and Featured Materials and Key Lab of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, Ministry of Education; School of Resources, Environments and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Guangxi Key Lab of Processing for Nonferrous Metals and Featured Materials and Key Lab of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, Ministry of Education; School of Resources, Environments and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Molecular and Nano Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, China
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- School, of Basic Medical Sciences, Biopharmaceutical Research Institute, Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China
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- Guangxi Key Lab of Processing for Nonferrous Metals and Featured Materials and Key Lab of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, Ministry of Education; School of Resources, Environments and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Molecular and Nano Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, China
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Guo S, Gu D, Yang Y, Tian J, Chen X. Near-infrared photodynamic and photothermal co-therapy based on organic small molecular dyes. J Nanobiotechnology 2023; 21:348. [PMID: 37759287 PMCID: PMC10523653 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-023-02111-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Near-infrared (NIR) organic small molecule dyes (OSMDs) are effective photothermal agents for photothermal therapy (PTT) due to their advantages of low cost and toxicity, good biodegradation, and strong NIR absorption over a wide wavelength range. Nevertheless, OSMDs have limited applicability in PTT due to their low photothermal conversion efficiency and inadequate destruction of tumor regions that are nonirradiated by NIR light. However, they can also act as photosensitizers (PSs) to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can be further eradicated by using ROS-related therapies to address the above limitations of PTT. In this review, the synergistic mechanism, composition, and properties of photodynamic therapy (PDT)-PTT nanoplatforms were comprehensively discussed. In addition, some specific strategies for further improving the combined PTT and PDT based on OSMDs for cancer to completely eradicate cancer cells were outlined. These strategies include performing image-guided co-therapy, enhancing tumor infiltration, increasing H2O2 or O2 in the tumor microenvironment, and loading anticancer drugs onto nanoplatforms to enable combined therapy with phototherapy and chemotherapy. Meanwhile, the intriguing prospects and challenges of this treatment modality were also summarized with a focus on the future trends of its clinical application.
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- Shuang Guo
- School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China
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- College of Marine Science and Environment, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, 116023, China
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- School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China.
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- School of Biological Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China.
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- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117597, Singapore.
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Tsopoe SP, Borgohain C, Kar M, Kumar Panda S, Borah JP. An exhaustive scrutiny to amplify the heating prospects by devising a core@shell nanostructure for constructive magnetic hyperthermia applications. Sci Rep 2023; 13:13669. [PMID: 37608046 PMCID: PMC10444858 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-39766-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023] Open
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An interfacial integration at the nanoscale domain through a core@shell (CS) nanostructure has constructively unbarred a wide dimension to researchers on biomedical applications, especially for magnetic fluid hyperthermia. Lately, the interconnection of the exchange bias effect (EBE) through the interface coupling to the magnetic heating efficiency has uttered its utmost prominence for researchers. Here, we delineate the ascendency of the heating ability through a coalescing assembly of mixed ferrite Co0.5Zn0.5 Fe2O4 (CZ) and soft magnetic material Fe3O4 (F), by devising a network of CoZnFe2O4@Fe3O4 (CZF) CS nanostructure. A hefty interface activity with validation of the EBE phenomenon is divulged through magnetic scrutiny for the CS sample. The magnetic nanoparticles heating response to applied magnetic field and frequency is discerned at three distinct fields, where the outcome prevailed to inflated specific loss power for CS CZF in distinction to bare F and CZ samples for all the assessments. Remarkably; a lofty intrinsic loss parameter is also perceived for the CS sample recorded to about 5.36 nHm2 g-1; which is another eccentric outcome that significantly labels the CS CZF sample as a potentially high heating competence agent. This comprehension accords to a finer perspective to meliorate the theranostic environment for hyperthermia applications.
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- S P Tsopoe
- Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Nagaland, Dimapur, Nagaland, 797103, India
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- Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF), Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, 781039, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, Bihar, 801106, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, Bihar, 801106, India
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- Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Nagaland, Dimapur, Nagaland, 797103, India.
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Fu D, Wang Y, Lin K, Huang L, Xu J, Wu H. Engineering of a GSH activatable photosensitizer for enhanced photodynamic therapy through disrupting redox homeostasis. RSC Adv 2023; 13:22367-22374. [PMID: 37497090 PMCID: PMC10366568 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra04074g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Although disrupted redox homeostasis has emerged as a promising approach for tumor therapy, most existing photosensitizers are not able to simultaneously improve the reactive oxygen species level and reduce the glutathione (GSH) level. Therefore, designing photosensitizers that can achieve these two aspects of this goal is still urgent and challenging. In this work, an organic activatable near-infrared (NIR) photosensitizer, CyI-S-diCF3, is developed for GSH depletion-assisted enhanced photodynamic therapy. CyI-S-diCF3, composed of an iodinated heptamethine cyanine skeleton linked with a recognition unit of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzenethiol, can specifically react with GSH by nucleophilic substitution, resulting in intracellular GSH depletion and redox imbalance. Moreover, the activated photosensitizer can produce abundant singlet oxygen (1O2) under NIR light irradiation, further heightening the cellular oxidative stress. By this unique nature, CyI-S-diCF3 exhibits excellent toxicity to cancer cells, followed by inducing earlier apoptosis. Thus, our study may propose a new strategy to design an activatable photosensitizer for breaking the redox homeostasis in tumor cells.
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- Datian Fu
- Department of Pharmacy, Hainan Women and Children's Medical Center Haikou Hainan 570100 China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Hainan Women and Children's Medical Center Haikou Hainan 570100 China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Hainan Women and Children's Medical Center Haikou Hainan 570100 China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Hainan Cancer Hospital Haikou Hainan 570100 China
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- Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering School, Hunan Chemical Vocational Technology College Zhuzhou 412006 China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Hainan Cancer Hospital Haikou Hainan 570100 China
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Zhao Y, Lv B, Xue G, Sun Y, Cao J. Smart Nanosystem-Mediated Inhibition of Mitochondrial Respiration for Enhanced Phototherapy-Induced Antitumor Immunity. Int J Nanomedicine 2023; 18:3443-3457. [PMID: 37396434 PMCID: PMC10312333 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s413204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
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Introduction Here, based on oxygen-dependent photodynamic therapy (PDT) and oxygen-consumed oxidative phosphorylation of cancer tissues, we designed and developed a nanosystem (named CyI&Met-Liposome, LCM) to co-encapsulate the photosensitizer CyI and mitochondrial respiration inhibitor metformin (Met) as a PDT enhancer. Methods We synthesized nanoliposomes encapsulating Met and CyI with excellent photodynamic/photothermal and anti-tumor immune properties using a thin film dispersion method. Confocal microscopy and flow cytometry were used to assess the cellular uptake, PDT, photothermal therapy (PTT) and immunogenicity of nanosystem in vitro. Finally, two tumor models in mice were constructed to investigate the tumor suppression and immunity in vivo. Results The resulting nanosystem relieved hypoxia in tumor tissues, enhanced PDT efficiency, and amplified antitumor immunity induced by phototherapy. As a photosensitizer, CyI effectively killed the tumor by generating toxic singlet reactive oxygen species (ROS), while the addition of Met reduced oxygen consumption in tumor tissues, thereby evoking an immune response via oxygen-boosted PDT. Both in vitro and in vivo results illustrated that LCM effectively restricted the respiration of tumor cells to reduce tumor hypoxia, thus providing continuous oxygen for enhanced CyI-mediated PDT. Furthermore, T cells were recruited and activated at high levels, providing a promising platform to eliminate the primary tumors and synchronously realize effective inhibition of distant tumors.
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- Yifan Zhao
- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, People’s Republic of China
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Bertocchi F, Delledonne A, Vargas-Nadal G, Terenziani F, Painelli A, Sissa C. Aggregates of Cyanine Dyes: When Molecular Vibrations and Electrostatic Screening Make the Difference. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2023; 127:10185-10196. [PMID: 37284292 PMCID: PMC10240496 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c01253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Aggregates of cyanine dyes are currently investigated as promising materials for advanced electronic and photonic applications. The spectral properties of aggregates of cyanine dyes can be tuned by altering the supramolecular packing, which is affected by the length of the dye, the presence of alkyl chains, or the nature of the counterions. In this work, we present a joint experimental and theoretical study of a family of cyanine dyes forming aggregates of different types according to the length of the polymethinic chain. Linear and nonlinear optical spectra of aggregates are rationalized here in terms of an essential-state model accounting for intermolecular interactions together with the molecular polarizability and vibronic coupling. A strategy is implemented to properly account for screening effects, distinguishing between electrostatic intermolecular interactions relevant to the ground state (mean-field effect) and the interactions relevant to the excited states (excitonic effects). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt to simulate nonlinear spectral properties of aggregates of symmetric dyes accounting for molecular vibrations.
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Ye Y, Yu H, Chen B, Zhao Y, Lv B, Xue G, Sun Y, Cao J. Engineering nanoenzymes integrating Iron-based metal organic frameworks with Pt nanoparticles for enhanced Photodynamic-Ferroptosis therapy. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 645:882-894. [PMID: 37178565 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT), as a promising strategy in cancer treatment that utilizes photosensitizers (PSs) to produce reactive oxygen species, has been widely used for eliminating cancer cells under specific wavelength light irradiation. However, the low aqueous solubility of PSs and special tumor microenvironments (TME), such as high glutathione (GSH) and tumor hypoxia remain challenges towards PDT for hypoxic tumor treatment. To address these problems, we constructed a novel nanoenzyme for enhanced PDT-ferroptosis therapy by integrating small Pt nanoparticles (Pt NPs) and near-infrared photosensitizer CyI into iron-based metal organic frameworks (MOFs). In addition, hyaluronic acid was adhered to the surface of the nanoenzymes to enhance the targeting ability. In this design, MOFs act not only as a delivery vector for PSs, but also a ferroptosis inducer. Pt NPs stabilized by MOFs were functioned as an oxygen (O2) generator by catalyzing hydrogen peroxide into O2 to relieve tumor hypoxia and increase singlet oxygen generation. In vitro and in vivo results demonstrated that under laser irradiation, this nanoenzyme could effectively relive the tumor hypoxia and decrease the level of GSH, resulting in enhanced PDT-ferroptosis therapy against hypoxic tumor. The proposed nanoenzymes represent an important advance in altering TME for improved clinical PDT-ferroptosis therapy, as well as their potential as effective theranostic agents for hypoxic tumors.
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- Yuyun Ye
- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, China.
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, China.
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Tovtik R, Muchová E, Štacková L, Slavíček P, Klán P. Spin-Vibronic Control of Intersystem Crossing in Iodine-Substituted Heptamethine Cyanines. J Org Chem 2023. [PMID: 37146036 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Spin-orbit coupling between electronic states of different multiplicity can be strongly coupled to molecular vibrations, and this interaction is becoming recognized as an important mechanism for controlling the course of photochemical reactions. Here, we show that the involvement of spin-vibronic coupling is essential for understanding the photophysics and photochemistry of heptamethine cyanines (Cy7), bearing iodine as a heavy atom in the C3' position of the chain and/or a 3H-indolium core, as potential triplet sensitizers and singlet oxygen producers in methanol and aqueous solutions. The sensitization efficiency was found to be an order of magnitude higher for the chain-substituted than the 3H-indolium core-substituted derivatives. Our ab initio calculations demonstrate that while all optimal structures of Cy7 are characterized by negligible spin-orbit coupling (tenths of cm-1) with no dependence on the position of the substituent, molecular vibrations lead to its significant increase (tens of cm-1 for the chain-substituted cyanines), which allowed us to interpret the observed position dependence.
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- Radek Tovtik
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Technické 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Technické 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Ishchenko AA, Syniugina AT. Structure and Photosensitaizer Ability of Polymethine Dyes in Photodynamic Therapy: A Review. THEOR EXP CHEM+ 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s11237-023-09754-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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Muhammad Usama S, Gao Z, Arancillo M, Burgess K. Cytotoxicities of Tumor-Seeking Dyes: Impact on Future Clinical Trials. ChemMedChem 2023; 18:e202200561. [PMID: 36630600 PMCID: PMC10010615 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202200561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Heptamethine (Cy7) dyes with meso-Cl substituents injected intravenously (iv) into mice accumulate in tumors and persist there over several days. We believe this occurs via meso-Cl displacement by the only free cysteine residues of albumin; therefore, conjugating tumor-seeking dyes with fragments can increase selective therapeutic delivery to tumors and drug residence. This strategy has elevated significance recently because the first tumor-seeking dye-drug conjugate has moved into clinical trials. Options for further clinical research include modifying the dye, and use of preformed albumin adducts instead of dyes alone. Herein we show correlations of cytotoxicities, lipophilicities, organelle localization, apoptosis, cell-cycle arrest, wound healing/migration assays, and reactivities/affinities with human serum albumin are difficult to observe. However, our studies arrived at an important conclusion: preformed dye-drug-HSA adducts are less cytotoxic, and therefore preferable for subsequent clinical work, relative to direct injection of meso-Cl-containing forms.
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- Syed Muhammad Usama
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, Box 30012, College Station, TX 77842, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, Box 30012, College Station, TX 77842, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, Box 30012, College Station, TX 77842, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, Box 30012, College Station, TX 77842, USA
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H 2S Sensors: Synthesis, Optical Properties, and Selected Biomedical Applications under Visible and NIR Light. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28031295. [PMID: 36770961 PMCID: PMC9919052 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28031295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an essential signaling gas within the cell, and its endogenous levels are correlated with various health diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, Down's syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. Because it plays such diverse biological functions, being able to detect H2S quickly and accurately in vivo is an area of heightened scientific interest. Using probes that fluoresce in the near-infrared (NIR) region is an effective and convenient method of detecting H2S. This approach allows for compounds of high sensitivity and selectivity to be developed while minimizing cytotoxicity. Herein, we report a review on the synthesis, mechanisms, optical properties, and selected biomedical applications of H2S sensors.
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Zhang Y, Liu X, Geng C, Shen H, Zhang Q, Miao Y, Wu J, Ouyang R, Zhou S. Two Hawks with One Arrow: A Review on Bifunctional Scaffolds for Photothermal Therapy and Bone Regeneration. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:nano13030551. [PMID: 36770512 PMCID: PMC9920372 DOI: 10.3390/nano13030551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Despite the significant improvement in the survival rate of cancer patients, the total cure of bone cancer is still a knotty clinical challenge. Traditional surgical resectionof bone tumors is less than satisfactory, which inevitably results in bone defects and the inevitable residual tumor cells. For the purpose of realizing minimal invasiveness and local curative effects, photothermal therapy (PTT) under the irradiation of near-infrared light has made extensive progress in ablating tumors, and various photothermal therapeutic agents (PTAs) for the treatment of bone tumors have thus been reported in the past few years, has and have tended to focus on osteogenic bio-scaffolds modified with PTAs in order to break through the limitation that PTT lacks, osteogenic capacity. These so-called bifunctional scaffolds simultaneously ablate bone tumors and generate new tissues at the bone defects. This review summarizes the recent application progress of various bifunctional scaffolds and puts forward some practical constraints and future perspectives on bifunctional scaffolds for tumor therapy and bone regeneration: two hawks with one arrow.
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- Yulong Zhang
- Institute of Bismuth and Rhenium Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- Institute of Bismuth and Rhenium Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- Institute of Bismuth and Rhenium Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- Institute of Bismuth and Rhenium Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- Institute of Bismuth and Rhenium Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- Institute of Bismuth and Rhenium Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
- Correspondence: (Y.M.); (J.W.); (R.O.)
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- Shanghai Chest Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
- Correspondence: (Y.M.); (J.W.); (R.O.)
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- Institute of Bismuth and Rhenium Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
- Correspondence: (Y.M.); (J.W.); (R.O.)
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- Cancer Institute, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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Effect of Solubilizing Group on the Antibacterial Activity of Heptamethine Cyanine Photosensitizers. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:pharmaceutics15010247. [PMID: 36678875 PMCID: PMC9864305 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15010247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Antibiotic resistance of pathogenic bacteria dictates the development of novel treatment modalities such as antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (APDT) utilizing organic dyes termed photosensitizers that exhibit a high cytotoxicity upon light irradiation. Most of the clinically approved photosensitizers are porphyrins that are poorly excitable in the therapeutic near-IR spectral range. In contrast, cyanine dyes function well in the near-IR region, but their phototoxicity, in general, is very low. The introduction of iodine atoms in the cyanine molecules was recently demonstrated to greatly increase their phototoxicity. Herein, we synthesized a series of the new iodinated heptamethine cyanine dyes (ICy7) containing various solubilizing moieties, i.e., negatively charged carboxylic (ICy7COOH) and sulfonic (ICy7SO3H) groups, positively charged triphenylphosphonium (ICy7PPh3), triethylammonium (ICy7NEt3) and amino (ICy7NH2) groups, and neutral amide (ICy7CONHPr) group. The effect of these substituents on the photodynamic eradication of Gram-positive (S. aureus) and Gram-negative (E. coli and P. aeruginosa) pathogens was studied. Cyanine dyes containing the amide and triphenylphosphonium groups were found to be the most efficient for eradication of the investigated bacteria. These dyes are effective at low concentrations of 0.05 µM (33 J/cm2) for S. aureus, 50 µM (200 J/cm2) for E. coli, and 5 µM (100 J/cm2) for P. aeruginosa and considered, therefore, promising photosensitizers for APDT applications. The innovation of the new photosensitizers consisted of a combination of the heavy-atom effect that increases singlet oxygen generation with the solubilizing group's effect improving cell uptake, and with effective near-IR excitation. Such a combination helped to noticeably increase the APDT efficacy and should pave the way for the development of more advanced photosensitizers for clinical use.
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Mariewskaya KA, Krasilnikov MS, Korshun VA, Ustinov AV, Alferova VA. Near-Infrared Dyes: Towards Broad-Spectrum Antivirals. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 24:ijms24010188. [PMID: 36613629 PMCID: PMC9820607 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24010188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Broad antiviral activity in vitro is known for many organic photosensitizers generating reactive oxygen species under irradiation with visible light. Low tissue penetration of visible light prevents further development of antiviral therapeutics based on these compounds. One possible solution to this problem is the development of photosensitizers with near-infrared absorption (NIR dyes). These compounds found diverse applications in the photodynamic therapy of tumors and bacterial infections, but they are scarcely mentioned as antivirals. In this account, we aimed to evaluate the therapeutic prospects of various NIR-absorbing and singlet oxygen-generating chromophores for the development of broad-spectrum photosensitizing antivirals.
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- Kseniya A. Mariewskaya
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-3, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +7-4957246715
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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Itoo AM, Paul M, Padaga SG, Ghosh B, Biswas S. Nanotherapeutic Intervention in Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:45882-45909. [PMID: 36570217 PMCID: PMC9773346 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The clinical need for photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been growing for several decades. Notably, PDT is often used in oncology to treat a variety of tumors since it is a low-risk therapy with excellent selectivity, does not conflict with other therapies, and may be repeated as necessary. The mechanism of action of PDT is the photoactivation of a particular photosensitizer (PS) in a tumor microenvironment in the presence of oxygen. During PDT, cancer cells produce singlet oxygen (1O2) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon activation of PSs by irradiation, which efficiently kills the tumor. However, PDT's effectiveness in curing a deep-seated malignancy is constrained by three key reasons: a tumor's inadequate PS accumulation in tumor tissues, a hypoxic core with low oxygen content in solid tumors, and limited depth of light penetration. PDTs are therefore restricted to the management of thin and superficial cancers. With the development of nanotechnology, PDT's ability to penetrate deep tumor tissues and exert desired therapeutic effects has become a reality. However, further advancement in this field of research is necessary to address the challenges with PDT and ameliorate the therapeutic outcome. This review presents an overview of PSs, the mechanism of loading of PSs, nanomedicine-based solutions for enhancing PDT, and their biological applications including chemodynamic therapy, chemo-photodynamic therapy, PDT-electroporation, photodynamic-photothermal (PDT-PTT) therapy, and PDT-immunotherapy. Furthermore, the review discusses the mechanism of ROS generation in PDT advantages and challenges of PSs in PDT.
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Meng D, Yang S, Yang Y, Zhang L, Cui L. Synergistic chemotherapy and phototherapy based on red blood cell biomimetic nanomaterials. J Control Release 2022; 352:146-162. [PMID: 36252749 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Revised: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Novel drug delivery systems (DDSs) have become the mainstay of research in targeted cancer therapy. By combining different therapeutic strategies, potential DDSs and synergistic treatment approaches are needed to effectively deal with evolving drug resistance and the adverse effects of cancer. Nowadays, developing and optimizing human cell-based DDSs has become a new research strategy. Among them, red blood cells can be used as DDSs as they significantly enhance the pharmacokinetics of the transported drug cargo. Phototherapy, as a novel adjuvant in cancer treatment, can be divided into photodynamic therapy and photothermal therapy. Phototherapy using erythropoietic nanocarriers to mimic the unique properties of erythrocytes and overcome the limitations of existing DDSs shows excellent prospects in clinical settings. This review provides an overview of the development of photosensitizers and research on bio-nano-delivery systems based on erythrocytes and erythrocyte membranes that are used in achieving synergistic outcomes during phototherapy/chemotherapy.
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- Di Meng
- College of Bioengineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, PR China
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- College of Bioengineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, PR China; Key Laboratory of Functional Molecules for Biomedical Research, Zhengzhou, PR China.
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- College of Bioengineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, PR China
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- College of Bioengineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, PR China; Key Laboratory of Functional Molecules for Biomedical Research, Zhengzhou, PR China
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- College of Bioengineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, PR China; Key Laboratory of Functional Molecules for Biomedical Research, Zhengzhou, PR China
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Xu J, Ning J, Wang Y, Xu M, Yi C, Yan F. Carbon dots as a promising therapeutic approach for combating cancer. Bioorg Med Chem 2022; 72:116987. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2022.116987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2022] [Revised: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Heng H, Song G, Cai X, Sun J, Du K, Zhang X, Wang X, Feng F, Wang S. Intrinsic Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Activate the In Situ Synthesis of Trimethine Cyanines in Cancer Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202203444. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Hao Heng
- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Nanjing University Jiangsu Nanjing 210023 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Key Laboratory of Organic Solids Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- College of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Nanjing University Jiangsu Nanjing 210023 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Key Laboratory of Organic Solids Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Nanjing University Jiangsu Nanjing 210023 P. R. China
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- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Nanjing University Jiangsu Nanjing 210023 P. R. China
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- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Nanjing University Jiangsu Nanjing 210023 P. R. China
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- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Nanjing University Jiangsu Nanjing 210023 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Key Laboratory of Organic Solids Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- College of Chemistry University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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Li Q, Xue X, Wang J, Ye Y, Li J, Ren Y, Wang D, Liu B, Li Y, Zhao L, Xu Q. Tumor-Targeting NIRF/MR Dual-Modal Molecular Imaging Probe for Surgery Navigation. Anal Chem 2022; 94:11255-11263. [PMID: 35921653 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c01790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Multimodality imaging recognized as a promising monitoring strategy can serve the needs of accurate diagnosis and treatment of cancer by providing molecular and anatomic information about tumor sites. However, the probes based on multiple imaging modalities for surgery navigation remain limited due to poor biocompatibility and tumor targeting specificity. Herein, we present a small-molecule near-infrared fluorescence/magnetic resonance (NIRF/MR) imaging probe, Gd-NMC-3, covalently coupled with DCDSTCY and Gd-DOTA via butane diamine, for precise detection and intraoperative visualization. The in vitro and in vivo studies demonstrated that Gd-NMC-3 could be effectively accumulated in tumor sites as a bimodal imaging molecule exhibiting significant fluorescence accumulation and reasonable relaxation property in tumors with low cytotoxicity and good biocompatibility. Furthermore, Gd-NMC-3 was successfully applied to provide real-time visual navigation in LM3 orthotopic and subcutaneous tumor models to guide the resection of tumors. Importantly, no more fluorescence was observed in mice after operation, implying the total removal of tumor tissues. In conclusion, Gd-NMC-3 has great potential to be applied in the clinic based on its high resolution and sensitivity in tumor imaging.
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- Qiyi Li
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design & Optimization, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211100, China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design & Optimization, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211100, China
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- Pathology and PDX Efficacy Center, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211100, China
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- Pathology and PDX Efficacy Center, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design & Optimization, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design & Optimization, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design & Optimization, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design & Optimization, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211100, China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211100, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated to Medical College of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, China
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Xing J, Gong Q, Zou R, Yao J, Xiang L, Wu A. GSH responsive traditional clinical drugs probe for cancer cell fluorescence imaging and therapy. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.107786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Heng H, Song G, Cai X, Sun J, Du K, Zhang X, Wang X, Feng F, Wang S. Intrinsic‐Mitochondrial‐ROS‐Activated In Situ Synthesis of Trimethine Cyanines in Cancer Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202203444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Hao Heng
- Nanjing University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 163 Xianlin Avenue 210023 Nanjing CHINA
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- Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Organic Solids Zhongguancun North First Street 100190 Beijing CHINA
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- Nanjing University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 163 Xianlin Avenue 210023 Nanjing CHINA
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- Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Organic Solids Zhongguancun North First Street 100190 Beijing CHINA
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- Nanjing University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 163 Xianlin Avenue 210023 Nanjing CHINA
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- Nanjing University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 163 Xianlin Avenue 210023 Nanjing CHINA
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- Nanjing University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 163 Xianlin Avenue 210023 Nanjing CHINA
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- Nanjing University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering No. 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District 210023 Nanjing CHINA
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- Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Organic Solids Zhongguancun North First Street 100190 Beijing CHINA
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Yao Y, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Yang X, Ding D, Shi Y, Xu H, Gao X. Azulene-Containing Squaraines for Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:19192-19203. [PMID: 35438482 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c02308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) guided photothermal therapy (PTT) can realize real-time diagnosis and in situ treatment of cancer at the same time. Absorption in the near-infrared (NIR) region with large molar extinction coefficient (ε) and high value of photothermal conversion efficiency (PCE) are key prerequisites for photothermal agents (PTAs) to realize dual PAI and PTT treatments. Squaraines have stable quinoid structures with strong planarity and rigidity, in favor of the NIR absorption and high ε values. On the other hand, azulene derivatives mostly have very faint fluorescence emission, which is beneficial for photothermal transformation. Herein, two azulene-containing squaraines Az-SQ-1 and Az-SQ-2 are synthesized as high-performance PTAs. In comparison with Az-SQ-1, Az-SQ-2 possesses larger εmax of 3 × 105 M-1 cm-1 at 780 nm in organic solution and higher PCE of 53.2% in the form of nanoparticles under 808 nm laser irradiation. Accordingly, Az-SQ-2 NPs present stronger photoacoustic signals (about 15.1-times the background signal) and more efficient suppression of tumor growth. Our research indicates that the introduction of azulene unit to traditional NIR dyes is a simple but effective approach to obtain outstanding PTAs in the aspect of phototheranostics.
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- Yiming Yao
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self-Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211116, China
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education, and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
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- Innovation Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Innovation Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education, and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education, and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211116, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self-Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China
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Savani S, Onbasli K, Gunduz H, Aydındogan E, Erkısa M, Muti A, Khan M, Sennaroglu A, Ulukaya E, Yagci Acar H, Kolemen S. Development of a cysteine responsive chlorinated hemicyanine for image-guided dual phototherapy. Bioorg Chem 2022; 122:105725. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.105725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Huang H, Zhu Y, Yu ZP, Wang J, Chen L, Wu Z, Yu J, Zhong F, Zhu X, Zhou H. Near-Infrared multifunctional theranostic agent with Wave-Like aggregates modulated by substituent position effect. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 271:120881. [PMID: 35042042 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.120881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Revised: 12/31/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Precise design of organic photosensitizers (PSs) promoted the technological innovation for multimodal imaging-guided synergistic therapy. Nonetheless, various group substitution could not only optimize the basic photophysical behavior, but possibly change the aggregate, which handicaps the deep understanding of the "Formula-Aggergete-Property" relationship. Bearing this in mind, herein two isomers, named 6-TDE and 7-TDE, were prepared via substituting position modification. Among them, 6-TDE exhibited the grid-like structure, while 7-TDE presented wavy-like structure. Despite the aggregates were different, 6-TDE and 7-TDE shared common features including partly twisted backbone and non-overlapped-orbit, hence resulting in similar optical physical behavior such as decent extinction coefficient, near-IR emission, large stockes shifts, etc. Meanwhile, though two PSs could both generated Type-I and Type-II ROS, 7-TDE possessed smaller singlet-triplet splitting (ΔEST), which exhibited favorable ROS as well as outstanding mitochondrial targeting, achieving efficient photodynamic therapy (PDT) effect. During this process, mitochondrial autophagy could be tracked and observed effectively and in real-time. Moreover, 7-TDE presented outstanding performance in multimodal imaging, including fluorescence imaging (FLI), photoacousticimaging (PAI) and photothermal imaging (PTI). This study enriches the strategy of precise molecular engineering to optimize theranostic agents.
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- Houshi Huang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials, Anhui University and Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry of Anhui Province, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University) Ministry of Education, Hefei, 230601, PR China
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- College of Life Science, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials, Anhui University and Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry of Anhui Province, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University) Ministry of Education, Hefei, 230601, PR China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials, Anhui University and Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry of Anhui Province, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University) Ministry of Education, Hefei, 230601, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials, Anhui University and Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry of Anhui Province, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University) Ministry of Education, Hefei, 230601, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials, Anhui University and Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry of Anhui Province, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University) Ministry of Education, Hefei, 230601, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials, Anhui University and Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry of Anhui Province, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University) Ministry of Education, Hefei, 230601, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials, Anhui University and Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry of Anhui Province, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University) Ministry of Education, Hefei, 230601, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials, Anhui University and Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry of Anhui Province, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University) Ministry of Education, Hefei, 230601, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Polymer Materials, Anhui University and Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry of Anhui Province, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University) Ministry of Education, Hefei, 230601, PR China.
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Zhu W, Miao Z, Chu Y, Li L, Wang L, Wang D. Photoacoustic Effect of Near-Infrared Absorbing Organic Molecules via Click Chemistry. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27072329. [PMID: 35408728 PMCID: PMC9000579 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27072329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Near-infrared dyes were developed to be contrast agents due to their ability to improve the productivity of photoacoustic (PA) imaging and photothermal therapy (PTT) treatments. During the article, we described in detail the PA and PT effects of a category of organic molecules. F4-TCNQ could potentially cause a red-shift in the peak PA intensity. The results show that the PTT intensity of the near-infrared dyes with phenyl groups were higher than near-infrared dyes with thiophene groups. We also investigated the photodynamic treatment effect of C1b to demonstrate that these dyes are highly desirable in biochemistry. The high photoacoustic intensity of the organic molecules and the good yield of reactive oxygen species could indicate that these dyes have good potential for a wide range of imaging applications. Finally, we embedded the dye (C1b) in a liposomal hydrophobic phospholipid bilayer (C1b⊂L) to facilitate the application of hydrophobic dyes in biomedical applications, which can be absorbed by cells with good compatible and high stability for the imaging of cellular PA.
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- Wenqing Zhu
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu 241000, China; (W.Z.); (Y.C.)
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu 241000, China; (W.Z.); (Y.C.)
- Correspondence: (Z.M.); (L.W.); (D.W.); Tel.: +86-189-9115-0632 (Z.M.)
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu 241000, China; (W.Z.); (Y.C.)
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Auxiliary Chemistry and Technology for Chemical Industry, Ministry of Education, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710021, China
- Correspondence: (Z.M.); (L.W.); (D.W.); Tel.: +86-189-9115-0632 (Z.M.)
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;
- Correspondence: (Z.M.); (L.W.); (D.W.); Tel.: +86-189-9115-0632 (Z.M.)
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Schmitt RR, Mahajan SD, Pliss A, Prasad PN. Small molecule based EGFR targeting of biodegradable nanoparticles containing temozolomide and Cy5 dye for greatly enhanced image-guided glioblastoma therapy. NANOMEDICINE : NANOTECHNOLOGY, BIOLOGY, AND MEDICINE 2022; 41:102513. [PMID: 34954380 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2021.102513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Current glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) treatment is insufficient, facing obstacles like poor tumor accumulation and dose limiting side effects of chemotherapeutic agents. Targeted nanomaterials offer breakthrough potential in GBM treatment; however, traditional antibody-based targeting poses challenges for live brain application. To overcome current obstacles, we introduce here the development of a small molecule targeting agent, CFMQ, coupled to biocompatible chitosan coated poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid nanoparticles. These targeted nanoparticles enhance cellular uptake and show rapid blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability in-vitro, demonstrating the ability to effectively deliver their load to tumor cells. Encapsulation of the chemotherapeutic agent, temozolomide (TMZ), decreases the IC50 ~34-fold compared to free-drug. Also, CFMQ synergistically suppresses tumor cell progression, reducing colony formation (98%), cell migration (84%), and cell invasion (77%). Co-encapsulation of Cy5 enables optical image guided therapy. This biocompatible theranostic nanoformulation shows early promise in significantly enhancing the efficacy of TMZ, while providing potential for image-guided therapy for GBM.
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- Rebecca R Schmitt
- Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Clinical Translational Research Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
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Medeiros NG, Braga CA, Câmara VS, Duarte RC, Rodembusch FS. Near‐infrared fluorophores based on heptamethine cyanine dyes: from their synthesis and photophysical properties to recent optical sensing and bioimaging applications. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202200095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Natália G Medeiros
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Organic Chemistry Av. Bento Goncalves 9500. Bairro Agronomia 91501-970 Porto Alegre BRAZIL
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Organic Chemistry Av. Bento Goncalves 9500. Bairro Agronomia 91501-970 Porto Alegre BRAZIL
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Organic Chemistry Av. Bento Goncalves 9500. Bairro Agronomia 91501-970 Porto Alegre BRAZIL
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Organic Chemistry Av. Bento Goncalves 9500. Bairro Agronomia 91501-970 Porto Alegre BRAZIL
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Organic Chemistry Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500Bairro Agronomia 91501-970 Porto Alegre BRAZIL
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Dereje DM, Pontremoli C, Moran Plata MJ, Visentin S, Barbero N. Polymethine dyes for PDT: recent advances and perspectives to drive future applications. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2022; 21:397-419. [PMID: 35103979 DOI: 10.1007/s43630-022-00175-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/15/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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It has been proved that the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) is closely related to the intrinsic features of the photosensitizer (PS). Over the recent years, several efforts have been devoted to the discovery of novel and more efficient photosensitizers showing higher efficacy and lower side effects. In this context, squaraine and cyanine dyes have been reported to potentially overcome the drawbacks related to the traditional PSs. In fact, squaraines and cyanines are characterized by sharp and intense absorption bands and narrow emission bands with high extinction coefficients typically in the red and near-infrared region, good photo and thermal stability and a strong fluorescent emission in organic solvents. In addition, biocompatibility and low toxicity make them suitable for biological applications. Despite these interesting intrinsic features, their chemical instability and self-aggregation properties in biological media still limit their use in PDT. To overcome these drawbacks, the self-assembly and incorporation into smart nanoparticle systems are forwarded promising approaches that can control their physicochemical properties, providing rational solutions for the limitation of free dye administration in the PDT application. The present review summarizes the latest advances in squaraine and cyanine dyes for PDT application, analyzing the different strategies, i.e.the self-assembly and the incorporation into nanoparticles, to further enhance their photochemical properties and therapeutic potential. The in vivo assessments are still limited, thus further delaying their effective application in PDT.
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- Degnet Melese Dereje
- Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Torino, Via P. Giuria 7, 10125, Turin, Italy.,Department of Chemical Engineering, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University, Polypeda 01, 0026, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Torino, Via P. Giuria 7, 10125, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Torino, Via P. Giuria 7, 10125, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Science, University of Torino, Via Quarello 15/A, 10135, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS Interdepartmental and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Torino, Via P. Giuria 7, 10125, Turin, Italy.
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Zhang L, Jia H, Liu X, Zou Y, Sun J, Liu M, Jia S, Liu N, Li Y, Wang Q. Heptamethine Cyanine–Based Application for Cancer Theranostics. Front Pharmacol 2022; 12:764654. [PMID: 35222006 PMCID: PMC8874131 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.764654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Cancer is the most common life-threatening malignant disease. The future of personalized cancer treatments relies on the development of functional agents that have tumor-targeted anticancer activities and can be detected in tumors through imaging. Cyanines, especially heptamethine cyanine (Cy7), have prospective application because of their excellent tumor-targeting capacity, high quantum yield, low tissue autofluorescence, long absorption wavelength, and low background interference. In this review, the application of Cy7 and its derivatives in tumors is comprehensively explored. Cy7 is enormously acknowledged in the field of non-invasive therapy that can “detect” and “kill” tumor cells via near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging, photothermal therapy (PTT), and photodynamic therapy (PDT). Furthermore, Cy7 is more available and has excellent properties in cancer theranostics by the presence of multifunctional nanoparticles via fulfilling multimodal imaging and combination therapy simultaneously. This review provides a comprehensive scope of Cy7’s application for cancer NIRF imaging, phototherapy, nanoprobe-based combination therapy in recent years. A deeper understanding of the application of imaging and treatment underlying Cy7 in cancer may provide new strategies for drug development based on cyanine. Thus, the review will lead the way to new types with optical properties and practical transformation to clinical practice.
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- Lei Zhang
- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Laboratory for Nanomedicine, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Laboratory for Nanomedicine, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- Obstetrics Department, Kaifeng Maternity Hospital, Kaifeng, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Laboratory for Nanomedicine, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
- *Correspondence: Qun Wang, ; Yanzhang Li,
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Laboratory for Nanomedicine, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
- *Correspondence: Qun Wang, ; Yanzhang Li,
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Thankarajan E, Tuchinsky H, Aviel-Ronen S, Bazylevich A, Gellerman G, Patsenker L. Antibody guided activatable NIR photosensitizing system for fluorescently monitored photodynamic therapy with reduced side effects. J Control Release 2022; 343:506-517. [PMID: 35150812 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) utilizing an organic dye (photosensitizer) capable of killing cancer cells in the body upon light irradiation is one of the promising non-invasive treatment modalities for many cancers. A known drawback of PDT is a side-effect caused by existing photosensitizers to organs due to insufficient specificity and accidental light exposure of a patient during the delivery of the photosensitizer in the bloodstream. To overcome this issue, we developed a novel antibody guided, activatable photosensitizing system, Ab-mI2XCy-Ac, where the trastuzumab (Ab) is linked to the non-active (not phototoxic and not fluorescent) dye, mI2XCy-Ac, that contains the hydroxyl group protected by acetyl (Ac). This targeting, non-photo-active conjugate was shown to be safely (without detectable side-effects) delivered to the targeted tumor, where it is activated by the esterase-mediated acetyl group cleavage and effectively treats the tumor upon NIR light irradiation. It was demonstrated in the Her2 positive BT-474 tumor mouse model that the treatment efficacy of the activatable photosensitizing system is about the same as for the permanently active photosensitizer, Ab-mI2XCy, while the side-effects are noticeably reduced. In addition, this activatable system enables fluorescence monitoring of the photosensitizer activation events.
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- Ebaston Thankarajan
- Department of Chemical Sciences, the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel
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- Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel; Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel.
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Zheng N, Chen Y, Jiang L, Ma H. Fabrication of denatured BSA-hemin-IR780 (dBHI) nanoplatform for synergistic combination of phototherapy and chemodynamic therapy. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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NIR and Reduction Dual-Sensitive Polymeric Prodrug Nanoparticles for Bioimaging and Combined Chemo-Phototherapy. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14020287. [PMID: 35054697 PMCID: PMC8779475 DOI: 10.3390/polym14020287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Revised: 12/31/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The combination of chemotherapy, photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) based on a single nanosystem is highly desirable for cancer treatment. In this study, we developed a versatile Pt(IV) prodrug-based nanodrug, PVPt@Cy NPs, to realize synchronous chemotherapy, PDT and PTT and integrate cancer treatment with bioimaging. To construct PVPt@Cy NPs, the amphiphilic Pt(IV)-based polymeric prodrug PVPt was synthesized by a facile one-pot coupling reaction, and then it was used to encapsulate an optotheranostic agent (HOCyOH, Cy) via hydrophobic interaction-induced self-assembly. These NPs would disaggregate under acidic, reductive conditions and NIR irradiation, which are accompanied by photothermal conversion and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Moreover, the PVPt@Cy NPs exhibited an enhanced in vitro anticancer efficiency with 808-nm light irradiation. Furthermore, the PVPt@Cy NPs showed strong NIR fluorescence and photothermal imaging in H22 tumor-bearing mice, allowing the detection of the tumor site and monitoring of the drug biodistribution. Therefore, PVPt@Cy NPs displayed an enormous potential in combined chemo-phototherapy.
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Dong Y, Zhou L, Shen Z, Ma Q, Zhao Y, Sun Y, Cao J. Iodinated cyanine dye-based nanosystem for synergistic phototherapy and hypoxia-activated bioreductive therapy. Drug Deliv 2022; 29:238-253. [PMID: 35001784 PMCID: PMC8745379 DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2021.2023701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been applied in cancer treatment by utilizing reactive oxygen species (ROS) to kill cancer cells. However, the effectiveness of PDT is greatly reduced due to local hypoxia. Hypoxic activated chemotherapy combined with PDT is expected to be a novel strategy to enhance anti-cancer therapy. Herein, a novel liposome (LCT) incorporated with photosensitizer (PS) and bioreductive prodrugs was developed for PDT-activated chemotherapy. In the design, CyI, an iodinated cyanine dye, which could simultaneously generate enhanced ROS and heat than other commonly used cyanine dyes, was loaded into the lipid bilayer; while tirapazamine (TPZ), a hypoxia-activated prodrug was encapsulated in the hydrophilic nucleus. Upon appropriate near-infrared (NIR) irradiation, CyI could simultaneously produce ROS and heat for synergistic PDT and photothermal therapy (PTT), as well as provide fluorescence signals for precise real-time imaging. Meanwhile, the continuous consumption of oxygen would result in a hypoxia microenvironment, further activating TPZ free radicals for chemotherapy, which could induce DNA double-strand breakage and chromosome aberration. Moreover, the prepared LCT could stimulate acute immune response through PDT activation, leading to synergistic PDT/PTT/chemo/immunotherapy to kill cancer cells and reduce tumor metastasis. Both in vitro and in vivo results demonstrated improved anticancer efficacy of LCT compared with traditional PDT or chemotherapy. It is expected that these iodinated cyanine dyes-based liposomes will provide a powerful and versatile theranostic strategy for tumor target phototherapy and PDT-induced chemotherapy.
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- Yunxia Dong
- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescription Effect and Clinical Evaluation of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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Pham TC, Nguyen VN, Choi Y, Lee S, Yoon J. Recent Strategies to Develop Innovative Photosensitizers for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy. Chem Rev 2021; 121:13454-13619. [PMID: 34582186 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 526] [Impact Index Per Article: 175.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the use of light combined with a light-activated chemical, referred to as a PS. Attractively, PDT is one of the alternatives to conventional cancer treatment due to its noninvasive nature, high cure rates, and low side effects. PSs play an important factor in photoinduced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Although the concept of photosensitizer-based photodynamic therapy has been widely adopted for clinical trials and bioimaging, until now, to our surprise, there has been no relevant review article on rational designs of organic PSs for PDT. Furthermore, most of published review articles in PDT focused on nanomaterials and nanotechnology based on traditional PSs. Therefore, this review aimed at reporting recent strategies to develop innovative organic photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy, with each example described in detail instead of providing only a general overview, as is typically done in previous reviews of PDT, to provide intuitive, vivid, and specific insights to the readers.
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- Thanh Chung Pham
- Industry 4.0 Convergence Bionics Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Industry 4.0 Convergence Bionics Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea.,Industry 4.0 Convergence Bionics Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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Fei G, Ma S, Wang C, Chen T, Li Y, Liu Y, Tang B, James TD, Chen G. Imaging strategies using cyanine probes and materials for biomedical visualization of live animals. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Dong Y, Cao W, Cao J. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by phototherapy: advances and perspectives. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:14591-14608. [PMID: 34473167 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr03623h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease that is prevalent worldwide and seriously threatens human health. Though traditional drug therapy can alleviate RA symptoms and slow progression, high dosage and frequent administration would cause unfavorable side effects. Phototherapy including photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT) has demonstrated distinctive potential in RA treatment. Under light irradiation, phototherapy can convert light into heat, or generate ROS, to promote necrosis or apoptosis of RA inflammatory cells, thus reducing the concentration of related inflammatory factors and relieving the symptoms of RA. In this review, we will summarize the development in the application of phototherapy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
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- Yunxia Dong
- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266021, China.
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The People's Hospital of Feixian, Linyi, 273400, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266021, China.
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Dube T, Kumar N, Bishnoi M, Panda JJ. Dual Blood-Brain Barrier-Glioma Targeting Peptide-Poly(levodopamine) Hybrid Nanoplatforms as Potential Near Infrared Phototheranostic Agents in Glioblastoma. Bioconjug Chem 2021; 32:2014-2031. [PMID: 34461019 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Combined chemo-phototherapy for boosting the efficacy of individual modalities by synergism for antiglioma treatments is in its embryonic stage and far away from effective clinical translation. Herein, moving a step closer, we recommend a facile stratagem to fabricate smart biocompatible and biodegradable multifunctional nanoplatforms comprising inherently fluorescent poly(levodopamine) nanoparticles (FLs) co-loaded with doxorubicin (DOX) and indocyanine green (ICG). The designed near-infrared (NIR) phototheranostic agents upon NIR laser irradiation helped precipitate combined chemo-phototherapy [both photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT)] and optical imaging under one roof. Excellent glioma-targeting ability was allocated to the nanoplatforms by conjugating them with a novel chimeric therapeutic peptide with glioma homing and antiglioma dual functionality. Further, DOX/ICG/peptide co-loaded nanoplatforms (FLDIPs) exhibited triggered drug release in response to multiple stimuli. Studies performed in 2D C6 glioma cells and 3D spheroids exhibited superior combined chemo-PDT/PTT effects (∼94% killing in cells and ∼87% in spheroids) of the designed FL based nanoplatforms compared to individual therapeutic components. Herein, the FL based multifunctional nanoplatforms with active targeting ability and stimuli responsive drug release behavior will further help in nullifying chemotherapy based adverse effects and mitigate chemo-resistance by adopting a combinatorial approach.
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- Taru Dube
- Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, Punjab 160062, India
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, Punjab 160062, India
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- National Agri-food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali, Punjab 140308, India
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, Punjab 160062, India
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Bilici K, Cetin S, Celikbas E, Yagci Acar H, Kolemen S. Recent Advances in Cyanine-Based Phototherapy Agents. Front Chem 2021; 9:707876. [PMID: 34249874 PMCID: PMC8263920 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.707876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Phototherapies, in the form of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT), are very promising treatment modalities for cancer since they provide locality and turn-on mechanism for toxicity, both of which are critical in reducing off-site toxicity. Irradiation of photosensitive agents demonstrated successful therapeutic outcomes; however, each approach has its limitations and needs to be improved for clinical success. The combination of PTT and PDT may work in a synergistic way to overcome the limitations of each method and indeed improve the treatment efficacy. The development of single photosensitive agents capable of inducing both PDT and PTT is, therefore, extremely advantageous and highly desired. Cyanine dyes are shown to have such potential, hence have been very popular in the recent years. Luminescence of cyanine dyes renders them as phototheranostic molecules, reporting the localization of the photosensitive agent prior to irradiation to induce phototoxicity, hence allowing image-guided phototherapy. In this review, we mainly focus on the cyanine dye-based phototherapy of different cancer cells, concentrating on the advancements achieved in the last ten years.
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- Kubra Bilici
- Department of Chemistry, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey,Surface Science and Technology Center (KUYTAM), Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey,Graduate School of Materials Science and Engineering, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey,*Correspondence: Havva Yagci Acar, ; Safacan Kolemen,
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- Department of Chemistry, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey,Surface Science and Technology Center (KUYTAM), Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey,Boron and Advanced Materials Application and Research Center, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey,TUPRAS Energy Center (KUTEM), Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey,*Correspondence: Havva Yagci Acar, ; Safacan Kolemen,
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Lange N, Szlasa W, Saczko J, Chwiłkowska A. Potential of Cyanine Derived Dyes in Photodynamic Therapy. Pharmaceutics 2021; 13:818. [PMID: 34072719 PMCID: PMC8229084 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13060818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a method of cancer treatment that leads to the disintegration of cancer cells and has developed significantly in recent years. The clinically used photosensitizers are primarily porphyrin, which absorbs light in the red spectrum and their absorbance maxima are relatively short. This review presents group of compounds and their derivatives that are considered to be potential photosensitizers in PDT. Cyanine dyes are compounds that typically absorb light in the visible to near-infrared-I (NIR-I) spectrum range (750-900 nm). This meta-analysis comprises the current studies on cyanine dye derivatives, such as indocyanine green (so far used solely as a diagnostic agent), heptamethine and pentamethine dyes, squaraine dyes, merocyanines and phthalocyanines. The wide array of the cyanine derivatives arises from their structural modifications (e.g., halogenation, incorporation of metal atoms or organic structures, or synthesis of lactosomes, emulsions or conjugation). All the following modifications aim to increase solubility in aqueous media, enhance phototoxicity, and decrease photobleaching. In addition, the changes introduce new features like pH-sensitivity. The cyanine dyes involved in photodynamic reactions could be incorporated into sets of PDT agents.
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- Natalia Lange
- Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 5, 50-345 Wroclaw, Poland; (N.L.); (W.S.)
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- Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 5, 50-345 Wroclaw, Poland; (N.L.); (W.S.)
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland;
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Gunduz H, Bilici K, Cetin S, Muti A, Sennaroglu A, Yagci Acar H, Kolemen S. Dual laser activatable brominated hemicyanine as a highly efficient and photostable multimodal phototherapy agent. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2021; 217:112171. [PMID: 33711563 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2021.112171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Dual phototherapy agents have attracted great interest in recent years as they offer enhanced cytotoxicity on cancer cells due to the synergistic effect of photodynamic and photothermal therapies (PDT/PTT). In this study, we demonstrate a brominated hemicyanine (HC-1), which is previously shown as mitochondria targeting PDT agent, can also serve as an effective photosensitizer for PTT for the first time under a single (640 nm or 808 nm) and dual laser (640 nm + 808 nm) irradiation. Generation of reactive oxygen species and photothermal conversion as a function of irradiation wavelength and power were studied. Both single wavelength irradiations caused significant phototoxicity in colon and cervical cancer cells after 5 min of irradiation. However, co-irradiation provided near-complete elimination of cancer cells due to synergistic action. This work introduces an easily accessible small molecule-based synergistic phototherapy agent, which holds a great promise towards the realization of local, rapid and highly efficient treatment modalities against cancer.
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- Hande Gunduz
- Koc University, Department of Chemistry, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey
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- Koc University, Department of Chemistry, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey
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- Koc University, Department of Chemistry, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey
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- Koc University, Departments of Physics and Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey
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- Koc University, Departments of Physics and Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey; Koc University, Surface Science and Technology Center (KUYTAM), Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey.
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- Koc University, Department of Chemistry, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey; Koc University, Surface Science and Technology Center (KUYTAM), Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey.
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- Koc University, Department of Chemistry, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey; Koc University, Surface Science and Technology Center (KUYTAM), Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey; Koc University, Boron and Advanced Materials Application and Research Center (KUBAM), Sariyer, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey; Koc University, TUPRAS Energy Center (KUTEM), Sariyer, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey.
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Zhao X, Liu J, Fan J, Chao H, Peng X. Recent progress in photosensitizers for overcoming the challenges of photodynamic therapy: from molecular design to application. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:4185-4219. [PMID: 33527104 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00173b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 442] [Impact Index Per Article: 147.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a therapeutic mode involving light triggering, has been recognized as an attractive oncotherapy treatment. However, nonnegligible challenges remain for its further clinical use, including finite tumor suppression, poor tumor targeting, and limited therapeutic depth. The photosensitizer (PS), being the most important element of PDT, plays a decisive role in PDT treatment. This review summarizes recent progress made in the development of PSs for overcoming the above challenges. This progress has included PSs developed to display enhanced tolerance of the tumor microenvironment, improved tumor-specific selectivity, and feasibility of use in deep tissue. Based on their molecular photophysical properties and design directions, the PSs are classified by parent structures, which are discussed in detail from the molecular design to application. Finally, a brief summary of current strategies for designing PSs and future perspectives are also presented. We expect the information provided in this review to spur the further design of PSs and the clinical development of PDT-mediated cancer treatments.
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- Xueze Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, 116024 Dalian, China.
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Xu Y, Li H, Fan L, Chen Y, Li L, Zhou X, Li R, Cheng Y, Chen H, Yuan Z. Development of photosensitizer-loaded lipid droplets for photothermal therapy based on thiophene analogs. J Adv Res 2021; 28:165-174. [PMID: 33364053 PMCID: PMC7753963 DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2020.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 08/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Photothermal therapy (PTT) was considered as one of the most promising cancer therapies to overcome the severe side effects caused by chemotherapy. Hence, four thiophene analogs were developed to construct novel organic photothermal agents (PTAs) for many biomedical applications in cancer biosensing and photothermal therapies. The efficacy of four compounds was demonstrated by studies of photothermal properties as well as photothermal therapeutic effects. Besides, tumor ablation experiments indicated that HTN2 can effectively suppress tumors in vivo and in vitro as a novel PTA. Hence, PTAs that we designed and synthesized with their advantage of good biocompatibility and facile structural design could be candidates for PTT.
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- Yue Xu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Lane, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Lane, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Lane, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Lane, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Lane, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Georgetown University, 3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Lane, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 818 Xingwan Road, Wanli District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Lane, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjia Lane, Gulou District, Nanjing 210009, China
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Wang Y, Lei Z, Wang C, Cao C, Hu J, Du L, Han L, Li C. Unsymmetrical pentamethine cyanines for visualizing physiological acidities from the whole-animal to the cellular scale with pH-responsive deep-red fluorescence. RSC Adv 2021; 11:17871-17879. [PMID: 35480181 PMCID: PMC9033229 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra02217b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Unsymmetrical pentamethine cyanine fluorophores were developed and used to visualize physiological acidities from the whole-animal to the cellular scale with pH-responsive deep-red fluorescence.
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- Yicheng Wang
- Minhang Hospital and Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery
- Ministry of Education
- School of Pharmacy
- Fudan University
- Shanghai
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- Minhang Hospital and Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery
- Ministry of Education
- School of Pharmacy
- Fudan University
- Shanghai
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- Minhang Hospital and Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery
- Ministry of Education
- School of Pharmacy
- Fudan University
- Shanghai
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- Minhang Hospital and Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery
- Ministry of Education
- School of Pharmacy
- Fudan University
- Shanghai
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- Minhang Hospital and Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery
- Ministry of Education
- School of Pharmacy
- Fudan University
- Shanghai
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- Key Laboratory of Digestive Cancer Full Cycle Monitoring and Precise Intervention of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission
- Minhang Hospital
- Fudan University
- Shangha
- China
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- Minhang Hospital and Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery
- Ministry of Education
- School of Pharmacy
- Fudan University
- Shanghai
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- Minhang Hospital and Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery
- Ministry of Education
- School of Pharmacy
- Fudan University
- Shanghai
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