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Zhu B, Xing X, Kim J, Rha H, Liu C, Zhang Q, Zeng L, Lan M, Kim JS. Endogenous CO imaging in bacterial pneumonia with a NIR fluorescent probe. Biomaterials 2024; 304:122419. [PMID: 38071848 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122419] [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] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
Abstract
Bacterial pneumonia is a serious respiratory illness that poses a great threat to human life. Rapid and precise diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia is crucial for symptomatic clinical treatment. Endogenous carbon monoxide (CO) is regarded as a significant indicator of bacterial pneumonia; herein, we developed a near-infrared (NIR) probe for fluorescence and photoacoustic (PA) dual-mode imaging of endogenous CO in bacterial pneumonia. NO2-BODIPY could rapidly and specifically react with CO to produce strong NIR fluorescence as well as ratiometric PA signals. NO2-BODIPY has outstanding features including fast response, fluorescence/PA dual mode signals, good specificity, and a low limit of detection (LOD = 20.3 nM), which enables it to image endogenous CO in cells and bacterial pneumonia mice with high sensitivity and high contrast ratio. In particular, NO2-BODIPY has two-photon excited (1340 nm, σ1 = 1671 GM) NIR fluorescence and has been utilized to image endogenous CO in bacterial pneumonia mice with deep tissue penetration. NO2-BODIPY has been demonstrated a good capability of fluorescence/PA dual-mode imaging of CO in bacterial pneumonia mice, providing a precise manner to diagnose bacterial pneumonia.
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- Beitong Zhu
- School of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Water Environment and Agriculture Product Safety, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, South Korea
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- Department of Respirology & Critical Care Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China
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- Department of Respirology & Critical Care Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China
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- School of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Water Environment and Agriculture Product Safety, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, South Korea.
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Wang S, Fu Q, Su L, Wu Y, Zhu K, Yang DC, Yang XZ, Weng XL, Liu JY, Song J. Self-Reporting Molecular Prodrug for In Situ Quantitative Sensing of Drug Release by Ratiometric Photoacoustic Imaging. ACS Sens 2023; 8:4737-4746. [PMID: 38008917 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.3c01824] [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: 11/28/2023]
Abstract
Understanding the pharmacokinetics of prodrugs in vivo necessitates quantitative, noninvasive, and real-time monitoring of drug release, despite its difficulty. Ratiometric photoacoustic (PA) imaging, a promising deep tissue imaging technology with a unique capacity for self-calibration, can aid in solving this problem. Here, for the first time, a methylamino-substituted Aza-BODIPY (BDP-N) and the chemotherapeutic drug camptothecin (CPT) are joined via a disulfide chain to produce the molecular theranostic prodrug (BSC) for real-time tumor mapping and quantitative visualization of intratumoral drug release using ratiometric PA imaging. Intact BSC has an extremely low toxicity, with a maximum absorption at ∼720 nm; however, endogenous glutathione (GSH), which is overexpressed in tumors, will cleave the disulfide bond and liberate CPT (with full toxicity) and BDP-N. This is accompanied by a significant redshift in absorption at ∼800 nm, resulting in the PA800/PA720 ratio. In vitro, a linear relationship is successfully established between PA800/PA720 values and CPT release rates, and subsequent experiments demonstrate that this relationship can also be applied to the quantitative detection of intratumoral CPT release in vivo. Notably, the novel ratiometric strategy eliminates nonresponsive interference and amplifies the multiples of the signal response to significantly improve the imaging contrast and detection precision. Therefore, this research offers a viable alternative for the design of molecular theranostic agents for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of tumors.
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- Shuai Wang
- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University) and National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China
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- Institute for Translational Medicine, College of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University) and National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China
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- State laboratory of Chemical Source Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 10010, P. R. China
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- State laboratory of Chemical Source Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 10010, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University) and National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University) and National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University) and National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University) and National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China
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- State laboratory of Chemical Source Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 10010, P. R. China
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Han J, Liu Y, Peng D, Liu J, Wu D. Biomedical Application of Porphyrin-Based Amphiphiles and Their Self-Assembled Nanomaterials. Bioconjug Chem 2023; 34:2155-2180. [PMID: 37955349 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.3c00432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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Porphyrins have been vastly explored and applied in many cutting-edge fields with plenty of encouraging achievements because of their excellent properties. As important derivatives of porphyrins, porphyrin-based amphiphiles (PBAs) not only maintain the advanced properties of porphyrins (catalysis, imaging, and energy transfer) but also possess self-assembly and encapsulation capability in aqueous solution. Accordingly, PBAs and their self-assembles have had important roles in diagnosing and treating tumors and inflammation lesions in vivo, but not limited to these. In this article, we introduce the research progress of PBAs, including their constitution, structure design strategies, and performances in tumor and inflammation lesion diagnosis and treatments. On that basis, the defects of synthesized PBAs during their application and the possible effective strategies to overcome the limitations are also proposed. Finally, perspectives on PBAs exploration are updated based on our knowledge. We hope this review will bring researchers from various domains insights about PBAs.
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- Jialei Han
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-Sen University, Gongchang Road 66, Guangming, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-Sen University, Gongchang Road 66, Guangming, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, China
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- Shenzhen International Institute for Biomedical Research, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518119, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-Sen University, Gongchang Road 66, Guangming, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-Sen University, Gongchang Road 66, Guangming, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, China
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Ma X, Liang X, Yao M, Gao Y, Luo Q, Li X, Yu Y, Sun Y, Cheng MHY, Chen J, Zheng G, Shi J, Wang F. Myoglobin-loaded gadolinium nanotexaphyrins for oxygen synergy and imaging-guided radiosensitization therapy. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6187. [PMID: 37794000 PMCID: PMC10550994 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41782-w] [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] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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Gadolinium (Gd3+)-coordinated texaphyrin (Gd-Tex) is a promising radiosensitizer that entered clinical trials, but temporarily fails largely due to insufficient radiosensitization efficacy. Little attention has been given to using nanovesicles to improve its efficacy. Herein, Gd-Tex is transformed into building blocks "Gd-Tex-lipids" to self-assemble nanovesicles called Gd-nanotexaphyrins (Gd-NTs), realizing high density packing of Gd-Tex in a single nanovesicle and achieving high Gd-Tex accumulation in tumors. To elucidate the impact of O2 concentration on Gd-Tex radiosensitization, myoglobin (Mb) is loaded into Gd-NTs (Mb@Gd-NTs), resulting in efficient relief of tumor hypoxia and significant enhancement of Gd-Tex radiosensitization, eventually inducing the obvious long-term antitumor immune memory to inhibit tumor recurrence. In addition to Gd3+, the versatile Mb@Gd-NTs can also chelate 177Lu3+ (Mb@177Lu/Gd-NTs), enabling SPECT/MRI dual-modality imaging for accurately monitoring drug delivery in real-time. This "one-for-all" nanoplatform with the capability of chelating various trivalent metal ions exhibits broad clinical application prospects in imaging-guided radiosensitization therapy.
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- Xiaotu Ma
- Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China
- Department of Ultrasound, Peking University Third Hospital, 100191, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Peking University Third Hospital, 100191, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Medical Isotopes Research Center and Department of Radiation Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Basic Medical Sciences, International Cancer Institute, Peking University, 100191, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Guangzhou National Laboratory, 510005, Guangzhou, P.R. China
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- Medical and Health Analysis Center, Peking University, 100191, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Tronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Tronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Tronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada.
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Tronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada.
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- Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China.
- Medical Isotopes Research Center and Department of Radiation Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Basic Medical Sciences, International Cancer Institute, Peking University, 100191, Beijing, P. R. China.
- Guangzhou National Laboratory, 510005, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
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Rani R, Raina N, Sharma A, Kumar P, Tulli HS, Gupta M. Advancement in nanotechnology for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: scope and potential applications. NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERG'S ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY 2023; 396:2287-2310. [PMID: 37166463 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-023-02514-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Rheumatoid arthritis is a hyperactive immune disorder that results in severe inflammation in synovial joints, cartilage, and bone deterioration, resulting in immobilization of joints. Traditional approaches for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis are associated with some limiting factors such as suboptimal patient compliance, inability to control the progression of disorder, and safety concerns. Therefore, innovative drug delivery carriers for efficient therapeutic delivery at inflamed synovial sites with better safety assessment are urgently needed to address these issues. From this perspective, nanotechnology is an outstanding alternative to traditional drug delivery approaches, and it has shown great promise in developing novel carriers to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Considering the current research and future application of nanocarriers, it is believed that nanocarriers can be a crucial element in rheumatoid arthritis treatment. This paper covers all currently available pathophysiological aspects of rheumatoid arthritis and treatment options. Future research for the reduction of synovial inflammation should focus on developing multifunction nanoparticles capable of delivering therapeutic agents with improved safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness to be commercialized.
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- Radha Rani
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi, India
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (INMAS-DRDO), Ministry of Defence, Brig. SK Mazumdar Marg, Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi-110054, India
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- Institute of Lung Health and Immunity, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar Engineering College, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to Be University), Mullana-Ambala, 133207, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University, New Delhi, India.
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Nandakumar A, Ito Y, Ueda M. Peptide-lipid hybrid vesicles with stimuli-responsive phase separation for controlled membrane functions. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:10644-10647. [PMID: 37580993 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc02954a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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A disulfide-tethered peptide-lipid conjugate self-assembled into a homogeneously distributed peptide-lipid hybrid vesicle. Upon dithiothreitol treatment, the homogeneous peptide-lipid membrane spontaneously divided into lipid-rich and peptide-rich domains, while the vesicle retained its size and shape. Membrane phase separation enhanced temperature-dependent cargo release.
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- Avanashiappan Nandakumar
- Nano Medical Engineering Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.
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- Nano Medical Engineering Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.
- Emergent Bioengineering Materials Research Team, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Nano Medical Engineering Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.
- Emergent Bioengineering Materials Research Team, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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Kommineni N, Chaudhari R, Conde J, Tamburaci S, Cecen B, Chandra P, Prasad R. Engineered Liposomes in Interventional Theranostics of Solid Tumors. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2023; 9:4527-4557. [PMID: 37450683 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c00510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Engineered liposomal nanoparticles have unique characteristics as cargo carriers in cancer care and therapeutics. Liposomal theranostics have shown significant progress in preclinical and clinical cancer models in the past few years. Liposomal hybrid systems have not only been approved by the FDA but have also reached the market level. Nanosized liposomes are clinically proven systems for delivering multiple therapeutic as well as imaging agents to the target sites in (i) cancer theranostics of solid tumors, (ii) image-guided therapeutics, and (iii) combination therapeutic applications. The choice of diagnostics and therapeutics can intervene in the theranostics property of the engineered system. However, integrating imaging and therapeutics probes within lipid self-assembly "liposome" may compromise their overall theranostics performance. On the other hand, liposomal systems suffer from their fragile nature, site-selective tumor targeting, specific biodistribution and premature leakage of loaded cargo molecules before reaching the target site. Various engineering approaches, viz., grafting, conjugation, encapsulations, etc., have been investigated to overcome the aforementioned issues. It has been studied that surface-engineered liposomes demonstrate better tumor selectivity and improved therapeutic activity and retention in cells/or solid tumors. It should be noted that several other parameters like reproducibility, stability, smooth circulation, toxicity of vital organs, patient compliance, etc. must be addressed before using liposomal theranostics agents in solid tumors or clinical models. Herein, we have reviewed the importance and challenges of liposomal medicines in targeted cancer theranostics with their preclinical and clinical progress and a translational overview.
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- Nagavendra Kommineni
- Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- School of Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, India
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- ToxOmics, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS|FCM, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa; Lisboa 1169-056, Portugal
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Gulbahce Campus, Izmir 35430, Turkey
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028, United States
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028, United States
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- School of Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, India
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- School of Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, India
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Liu C, Wang X, Zhu H, Wang K, Yu M, Zhang Y, Su M, Rong X, Sheng W, Zhu B. Multifunctional Theranostic Probe Based on the Pim-1 Kinase Inhibitor with the Function of Tracking pH Fluctuations during Treatment. Anal Chem 2023; 95:11732-11740. [PMID: 37490364 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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Currently, kinase inhibitors have been applied in the diagnosis or treatment of cancer with their unique advantages. It is of great significance to develop some comprehensive theranostic reagents based on kinase inhibitors to improve the performance of reagents for biomedical applications. Besides, tracking changes in the intracellular environment (e.g., pH) during cancer development and drug delivery is also critical for cancer research and treatment. Therefore, it is an urgent desire to design some novel multifunctional reagents based on kinase inhibitor strategies that can trace changes in the microenvironment of cancer cells. In this paper, a multifunctional theranostic reagent based on Pim-1 kinase inhibitor 5-bromobenzofuran-2-carboxylic acid is proposed. The theranostic probe binds to tumor-specific Pim-1 kinase, releases strong fluorescence, and produces cytotoxicity, thus achieving cell screening and killing effects. Furthermore, the probe can specifically target lysosomes and sensitively respond to pH. It can be used to track the pH changes in the intracellular environment under conditions of autophagy and external stimulation, as a visual tool to monitor pH fluctuations during cancer treatment. In conclusion, this simple but multifunctional theranostic reagent proposed in this work is expected to provide a promising method for cancer diagnosis and therapy.
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- Caiyun Liu
- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250022, China
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- Biology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250103, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250022, China
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- Biology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250103, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250022, China
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Zhao H, Yu J, Zhang R, Chen P, Jiang H, Yu W. Doxorubicin prodrug-based nanomedicines for the treatment of cancer. Eur J Med Chem 2023; 258:115612. [PMID: 37441851 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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The chemotherapeutic drug of doxorubicin (DOX) has witnessed widespread applications for treating various cancers. DOX-treated dying cells bear cellular modifications which allow enhanced presentation of tumor antigen and neighboring dendritic cell activation. Furthermore, DOX also facilitate the immune-mediated clearance of tumor cells. However, disadvantages such as severe off-target toxicity, and prominent hydrophobicity have resulted in unsatisfactory clinical therapeutic outcomes. The effective delivery of DOX drug molecules is still challenging despite the rapid advances in nanotechnology and biomaterials. Huge progress has been witnessed in DOX nanoprodrugs owing to their brilliant benefits such as tumor stimuli-responsive drug release capacity, high drug loading efficiency and so on. This review summarized recent progresses of DOX prodrug-based nanomedicines to provide deep insights into future development and inspire researchers to explore DOX nanoprodrugs with real clinical applications.
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- Haibo Zhao
- Cancer Institute of the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Qingdao Hospital, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Cancer Institute of the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Product from Li Folk Medicine, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571101, China
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- Cancer Institute of the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China.
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- Qingdao Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China.
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Han T, Zhang J, Mu S, Li H, Wu S, Liu X, Zhang H. ATP-triggered highly sensitive probes for super-resolution mitochondrial imaging and low-dose bioimaging. J Mater Chem B 2023; 11:4776-4784. [PMID: 37183594 DOI: 10.1039/d3tb00534h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), mainly produced in mitochondria, plays an important role in various pathological processes such as inflammation and acute liver injury. Fluorescence imaging is a powerful tool for imaging tissue structure and function in vivo. To date, the lack of biocompatible ATP probes with bright fluorescence emission has hindered their application in basic research and clinical trials. Here, we report a method for preparing ATP probes using a ZIF-90 potting dye, which produces bright ATP probes by encapsulating a modified high fluorescence quantum yield dye into a ZIF-90 skeleton. The nanoprobe does not fluoresce due to the coating. ATP can cooperate with Zn2+ to decompose the nanoprobe structure, release the dye and restore the fluorescence. Both nanoprobes ORhBSO2@ZIF-90 and SiRhBSO2@ZIF-90 showed higher sensitivity than the reported ATP nanoprobes with detection limits of 7.56 μM and 6.6 μM, and with lower doses (10 μg mL-1) of probes for cell imaging. In addition, SiRhBSO2@ZIF-90 has also been successfully used in the liver injury model. The ZIF-90 encapsulation strategy can retain the high fluorescence quantum yield and improve the biocompatibility of the dye.
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- Taihe Han
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education, College of Science, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China.
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Sharma VK, Assaraf YG, Gross Z. Hallmarks of anticancer and antimicrobial activities of corroles. Drug Resist Updat 2023; 67:100931. [PMID: 36739808 DOI: 10.1016/j.drup.2023.100931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Corroles provide a remarkable opportunity for the development of cancer theranostic agents among other porphyrinoids. While most transition metal corrole complexes are only therapeutic, post-transition metallocorroles also find their applications in bioimaging. Moreover, corroles exhibit excellent photo-physicochemical properties, which can be harnessed for antitumor and antimicrobial interventions. Nevertheless, these intriguing, yet distinct properties of corroles, have not attained sufficient momentum in cancer research. The current review provides a comprehensive summary of various cancer-relevant features of corroles ranging from their structural and photophysical properties, chelation, protein/corrole interactions, to DNA intercalation. Another aspect of the paper deals with the studies of corroles conducted in vitro and in vivo with an emphasis on medical imaging (optical and magnetic resonance), photo/sonodynamic therapies, and photodynamic inactivation. Special attention is also given to a most recent finding that shows the development of pH-responsive phosphorus corrole as a potent antitumor drug for organelle selective antitumor cytotoxicity in preclinical studies. Another biomedical application of corroles is also highlighted, signifying the application of water-soluble and completely lipophilic corroles in the photodynamic inactivation of microorganisms. We strongly believe that future studies will offer a greater possibility of utilizing advanced corroles for selective tumor targeting and antitumor cytotoxicity. In the line with future developments, an ideal pipeline is envisioned on grounds of cancer targeting nanoparticle systems upon decoration with tumor-specific ligands. Hence, we envision that a bright future lies ahead of corrole anticancer research and therapeutics.
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- Vinay K Sharma
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.
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- The Fred Wyszkowski Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.
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Xu Y, Xiong H, Zhang B, Lee I, Xie J, Li M, Zhang H, Seung Kim J. Photodynamic Alzheimer’s disease therapy: From molecular catalysis to photo-nanomedicine. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Lyons T, Kekedjian C, Glaser P, Ohlin CA, van Eldik R, Rodriguez O, Albanese C, Van Keuren E, Stoll SL. Molecular Parameters Promoting High Relaxivity in Cluster-Nanocarrier Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:10.1021/acsami.2c12584. [PMID: 36283049 PMCID: PMC10502962 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c12584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We have investigated the mechanism of relaxivity for two magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents that both employ a cluster-nanocarrier design. The first system termed Mn8Fe4-coPS comprises the cluster Mn8Fe4O12(L)16(H2O)4 or Mn8Fe4 (1) (L = carboxylate) co-polymerized with polystyrene to form ∼75 nm nanobeads. The second system termed Mn3Bpy-PAm used the cluster Mn3(O2CCH3)6(Bpy)2 or Mn3Bpy (2) where Bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, entrapped in ∼180 nm polyacrylamide nanobeads. Here, we investigate the rate of water exchange of the two clusters, and corresponding cluster-nanocarriers, in order to elucidate the mechanism of relaxivity in the cluster-nanocarrier. Swift-Connick analysis of O-17 NMR was used to determine the water exchange rates of the clusters and cluster-nanocarriers. We found distinct differences in the water exchange rate between Mn8Fe4 and Mn8Fe4-coPS, and we utilized these differences to elucidate the nanobead structure. Using the transverse relaxivity from O-17 NMR line widths, we were able to determine the hydration state of the Mn3Bpy (2) cluster as well as Mn3Bpy-PAm. Using these hydration states in the Swift-Connick analysis of O-17 NMR, we found the water exchange rate to be extremely close in value for the cluster Mn3Bpy and cluster-nanocarrier Mn3Bpy-PAm.
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- Trevor Lyons
- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, D.C.20057, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, D.C.20057, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, D.C.20057, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå907 36, Sweden
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun87 100, Poland
- Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Egerlandstrasse 1, Erlangen91058, Germany
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- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.20057, United States
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- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.20057, United States
- Department of Radiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.20057, United States
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- Department of Physics, and Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, D.C.20057, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, D.C.20057, United States
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Cui S, Dai S, Lin N, Wu X, Shi J, Tong B, Liu P, Cai Z, Dong Y. Constructing Hypoxia-Tolerant and Host Tumor-Enriched Aggregation-Induced Emission Photosensitizer for Suppressing Malignant Tumors Relapse and Metastasis. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2203825. [PMID: 36071022 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202203825] [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: 06/20/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Photodynamic immunotherapy is a promising treatment strategy that destroys primary tumors and inhibits the metastasis and relapse of distant tumors. As reactive oxygen species are an intermediary for triggering immune responses, photosensitizers (PSs) that can actively target and efficiently trigger oxidative stress are urgently required. Herein, pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole as an electronic donor is introduced in acceptor-donor-acceptor skeleton PSs (TP-IS1 and TP-IS2) with aggregation-induced emission properties and high absorptivity. Meanwhile, pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole derivatives innovatively prove their ability of type I photoreaction, indicating their promising hypoxia-tolerant advantages. Moreover, M1 macrophages depicting an ultrafast delivery through the cell-to-cell tunneling nanotube pathway emerge to construct TP-IS1@M1 by coating the photosensitizer TP-IS1. Under low concentration of TP-IS1@M1, an effective immune response of TP-IS1@M1 is demonstrated by releasing damage-associated molecular patterns, maturating dendritic cells, and vanishing the distant tumor. These findings reveal insights into developing hypoxia-tolerant PSs and an efficient delivery method with unprecedented performance against tumor metastasis.
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- Shisheng Cui
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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Park YK, Jangili P, Zi S, Kang RH, Kim D, Kim JS. SIWV tetrapeptide and ROS-responsive prodrug conjugate for advanced glioblastoma therapy. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:10941-10944. [PMID: 36082694 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc03777g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new conjugate formulation, SIWV-PB-SN, based on glioblastoma (GBM)-homing SIWV tetrapeptide and an ROS-responsive prodrug is reported. SIWV-PB-SN selectively penetrates the GBM cells and releases anti-GBM drug (SN-38) via ROS-induced linker cleavage. This study presents a new insight for a more advanced therapeutic approach to overcoming GBM.
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- Yoon Kyung Park
- Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
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- Medical Research Center for Bioreaction to Reactive Oxygen Species and Biomedical Science Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea. .,Medical Research Center for Bioreaction to Reactive Oxygen Species and Biomedical Science Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea. .,KHU-KIST Department of Converging Science and Technology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.,Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.,Center for Converging Humanities, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
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Li J, Li H, Pei S, Kang N, Zhang G, Zhang C, Shuang S. Sensitive Detection of Sulfur Dioxide by Constructing a Protein Supramolecular Complex: a New Fluorescence Sensing Strategy. FOOD ANAL METHOD 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12161-022-02365-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Li C, Guan X, Zhang X, Zhou D, Son S, Xu Y, Deng M, Guo Z, Sun Y, Kim JS. NIR-II bioimaging of small molecule fluorophores: From basic research to clinical applications. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 216:114620. [PMID: 36001931 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Revised: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Due to the low autofluorescence and deep-photo penetration, the second near-infrared region fluorescence imaging technology (NIR-II, 1000-2000 nm) has been widely utilized in basic scientific research and preclinical practice throughout the past decade. The most attractive candidates for clinical translation are organic NIR-II fluorophores with a small-molecule framework, owing to their low toxicity, high synthetic repeatability, and simplicity of chemical modification. In order to enhance the translation of small molecule applications in NIR-II bioimaging, NIR-II fluorescence imaging technology has evolved from its usage in cells to the diagnosis of diseases in large animals and even humans. Although several examples of NIR-II fluorescence imaging have been used in preclinical studies, there are still many challenges that need to be addressed before they can finally be used in clinical settings. In this paper, we reviewed the evolution of the chemical structures and photophysical properties of small-molecule fluorophores, with an emphasis on their biomedical applications ranging from small animals to humans. We also explored the potential of small-molecule fluorophores.
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- Chonglu Li
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Occupational Hazard Identification and Control, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, China; Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Experimental Medicine Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, South Korea
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- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Occupational Hazard Identification and Control, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, China
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- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Occupational Hazard Identification and Control, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, South Korea.
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Ye J, Yi Y, Wang H, Wang G, Sun Y, Liu E, Tao X, He C. A Study of Glutathione-Responsive Dual-Drug-Loaded Nanoparticles in Anti-Osteosarcoma Treatment. J Biomed Nanotechnol 2022. [DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2022.3411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
We connected polyglutamic acid and methotrexate (MTX) through disulfide bonds to prepare glutathione-responsive nanoparticles (MTX NPs) and encapsulated doxorubicin (DOX) to obtain dual drug-loaded NPs (DOX/MTX NPs) (Fig. 1). The appearance of the carbonyl stretching vibration peak
at approximately 1640 cm−1 in the results of the infrared spectrum proved the successful synthesis of three kinds of nanoparticles (NPs) with different feeding ratios. The particle sizes of NPs with different feeding ratios were 100–200 nm, and the encapsulation of DOX
slightly increased the size, while the surface charge was always negative. The release of MTX at 10 mM glutathione (GSH) was as high as 91.45%, and that of DOX was 89.44%, suggesting that the breakage of disulfide bonds leads to the disintegration of NPs. The results of the cell experiment
showed that the encapsulation of DOX effectively increased toxicity and side effects in 143B cells and significantly induced cell apoptosis, and the inhibition of the migration rate increased as the feeding ratio increased. In animal experiments, DOX/MTX NPs significantly induced tumor cell
apoptosis and inhibited cell proliferation and tumor growth. The nanoparticles had excellent tumor-targeting properties. Tumor-targeted NPs with the combined action of the two drugs provided a good strategy for the efficient and precise treatment of osteosarcoma.
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- Jia Ye
- Key Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province and Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410013, China
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- Key Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province and Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410013, China
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- Key Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province and Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410013, China
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- Key Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province and Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410013, China
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- Key Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province and Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410013, China
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- Key Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province and Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410013, China
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- Key Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province and Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410013, China
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- Key Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province and Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410013, China
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Jin GQ, Chau CV, Arambula JF, Gao S, Sessler JL, Zhang JL. Lanthanide porphyrinoids as molecular theranostics. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:6177-6209. [PMID: 35792133 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00275b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In recent years, lanthanide (Ln) porphyrinoids have received increasing attention as theranostics. Broadly speaking, the term 'theranostics' refers to agents designed to allow both disease diagnosis and therapeutic intervention. This Review summarises the history and the 'state-of-the-art' development of Ln porphyrinoids as theranostic agents. The emphasis is on the progress made within the past decade. Applications of Ln porphyrinoids in near-infrared (NIR, 650-1700 nm) fluorescence imaging (FL), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), radiotherapy, and chemotherapy will be discussed. The use of Ln porphyrinoids as photo-activated agents ('phototheranostics') will also be highlighted in the context of three promising strategies for regulation of porphyrinic triplet energy dissipation pathways, namely: regioisomeric effects, metal regulation, and the use of expanded porphyrinoids. The goal of this Review is to showcase some of the ongoing efforts being made to optimise Ln porphyrinoids as theranostics and as phototheranostics, in order to provide a platform for understanding likely future developments in the area, including those associated with structure-based innovations, functional improvements, and emerging biological activation strategies.
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- Guo-Qing Jin
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, USA. .,InnovoTEX, Inc. 3800 N. Lamar Blvd, Austin, Texas 78756, USA.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China. .,Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Shantou 515031, P. R. China.,Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory of Optoelectronic and Magnetic Functional Materials, Spin-X Institute, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, USA.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China. .,Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Shantou 515031, P. R. China
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Zhang Y, Liu C, Sun W, Yu Z, Su M, Rong X, Wang X, Wang K, Li X, Zhu H, Yu M, Sheng W, Zhu B. Concise Biothiol-Activatable HPQ-NBD Conjugate as a Targeted Theranostic Probe for Tumor Cells. Anal Chem 2022; 94:7140-7147. [PMID: 35522825 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c01459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Cancer, as a malignant tumor, seriously endangers human health. The study of cancer diagnosis and therapy has great practical significance. The development of theranostic agents has become a very important research topic. Nevertheless, some existing agents still have imperfections, such as complex structures and difficult syntheses. Therefore, it is urgent for researchers to develop simple novel theranostic agents. In this study, the precipitated fluorophore HAPQ was used as a simple drug molecule for the first time and combined with NBD-Cl to construct a simple and efficient theranostic probe (HAPQ-NBD). The theranostic probe can distinguish between tumor cells and normal cells based on the higher levels of biothiol in tumor cells. In addition, the probe can use biothiol as a control switch to release higher levels of precipitated fluorophore HAPQ in tumor cells, leading to selective high toxicity to tumor cells, thus achieving the goal of selectively killing tumor cells. The construction of probe HAPQ-NBD provides a practical tool for the diagnosis and therapy of cancer. It is expected that the development and utilization of precipitated fluorophore will provide a new method and strategy for cancer diagnosis and therapy.
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- Yan Zhang
- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- Biology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250103, China
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- Biology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250103, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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Zhao L, Qu Y, Zhang F, Ma D, Gao H, Gan L, Zhang H, Zhang S, Fang J. Baylis–Hillman Adducts as a Versatile Module for Constructing Fluorogenic Release System. J Med Chem 2022; 65:6056-6069. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Lanning Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environmental Pollution, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environmental Pollution, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Heavy Ion Radiation Medicine, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Heavy Ion Radiation Medicine, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environmental Pollution, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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Xu G, Tang K, Hao Y, Wang X, Sui L. Polymeric Nanocarriers Loaded with a Combination of Gemcitabine and Salinomycin: Potential Therapeutics for Liver Cancer Treatment. J CLUST SCI 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10876-022-02251-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Luo LJ, Liu XM, Zhang X, Liu J, Gao Y, Sun TY, Li LL. Quantitative Detection of In Vivo Aggregation Degree for Enhanced M2 Macrophage MR Imaging. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:1694-1702. [PMID: 35129358 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04711] [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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In situ self-assembly in vivo can be used in the enhanced diagnosis and therapy of major diseases such as cancer and bacterial infections on the basis of an assembly/aggregation-induced-retention (AIR) effect. However, the aggregation degree (αagg) is a significant parameter for determining the delivery efficiency to lesions in a complex physiological environment and a real-time quantitative calculation of the aggregation degree in vivo is still a great challenge. Here, we developed a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method for sensitive and quantitative calculation of αagg with a detection limit of 10-4 M and a bioactivated in vivo assembly (BIVA) magnetic resonance (MR) probe was optimized for enhanced T1-weighted MR imaging of M2 macrophages in tumors. Our MRI quantitative calculation method had a high fitting degree (R2 = 0.987) with the gold standard fluorescence (FL) method. On the basis of the BIVA mechanism of CD206 active targeting and cathepsin B specific tailoring to induce an in situ nanofiber assembly, our optimized BIVA probe exhibited a high intracellular aggregation degree of over 70% and a high in vivo αagg value of over 55%. Finally, the aggregation-enhanced T1 MR signal and the AIR effect both contributed to enhanced T1-weighted MR imaging of M2 macrophages in triple-negative breast cancer. We believe that our αagg real-time quantitative calculation method of MRI will help to further screen and optimize the in vivo enhanced imaging and treatment of the BIVA drug.
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- Lu-Jun Luo
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
- School of Pharmacy, Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
- School of Pharmacy, Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Proteins and Peptides Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shandong Universities, Key Laboratory of Biopharmaceuticals, School of Life Science and Technology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261053, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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Yang K, Yang Z, Yu G, Nie Z, Wang R, Chen X. Polyprodrug Nanomedicines: An Emerging Paradigm for Cancer Therapy. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2107434. [PMID: 34693571 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202107434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Revised: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Nanomedicines have the potential to provide advanced therapeutic strategies in combating tumors. Polymer-prodrug-based nanomedicines are particularly attractive in cancer therapies owing to the maximum drug loading, prolonged blood circulation, and reduced premature leakage and side effects in comparison with conventional nanomaterials. However, the difficulty in precisely tuning the composition and drug loading of polymer-drug conjugates leads to batch-to-batch variations of the prodrugs, thus significantly restricting their clinical translation. Polyprodrug nanomedicines inherit the numerous intrinsic advantages of polymer-drug conjugates and exhibit well-controlled composition and drug loading via direct polymerization of therapeutic monomers, representing a promising nanomedicine for clinical tumor therapies. In this review, recent advances in the development of polyprodrug nanomedicines are summarized for tumor elimination. Various types of polyprodrug nanomedicines and the corresponding properties are first summarized. The unique advantages of polyprodrug nanomedicines and their key roles in various tumor therapies are further highlighted. Finally, current challenges and the perspectives on future research of polyprodrug nanomedicines are discussed.
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- Kuikun Yang
- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150080, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Science, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, 999078, P. R. China
- MoE Frontiers Science Center for Precision Oncology, University of Macau, Macau, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Science, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, 999078, P. R. China
- MoE Frontiers Science Center for Precision Oncology, University of Macau, Macau, P. R. China
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- Departments of Diagnostic Radiology, Surgery, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119074, Singapore
- Clinical Imaging Research Centre, Centre for Translational Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117599, Singapore
- Nanomedicine Translational Research Program, NUS Center for Nanomedicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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Fan N, Li P, Zhou Y, Wu C, Wang X, Liu Z, Tang B. Demystifying Lysosomal α-l-Fucosidase in Liver Cancer-Bearing Mice by Specific Two-Photon Fluorescence Imaging. ACS Sens 2022; 7:71-81. [PMID: 34968045 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c01630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Liver cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers and has high mortality. However, the early treatment and prognosis can greatly prolong the survival time of patients, which depends on its early detection. α-l-Fucosidase (AFU), as a vital lysosomal hydrolase, is considered to be an ideal biomarker for early stage liver cancer. So, in vivo monitoring of AFU is essential for the early and accurate diagnosis of liver cancer. Hence, we designed the first two-photon turn-on fluorescent reporter, termed HcyCl-F, which localized to lysosomes for fast imaging of AFU. The 2-chloro-4-phenyl-α-l-fucoside bond of HcyCl-F could be effectively hydrolyzed by AFU and released the hydroxyl on the benzene ring, eventually obtaining a strong conjugated compound (HcyCl-OH) with shiny fluorescence. We demonstrated that HcyCl-F was able to rapidly and accurately respond to AFU. Using a two-photon fluorescence microscope, we successfully visualized the fluctuation of AFU in lysosomes. More importantly, a fascinatingly strong fluorescence signal was observed in the tumor tissue of liver cancer-bearing mice. Of note, we confirmed that HcyCl-F could clearly detect liver tumors in stage I. Altogether, our work provides a simple and convenient method for deciphering the critical pathological function of AFU in depth and facilitates the nondestructive and effective diagnosis of liver cancer in the early stage.
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- Nannan Fan
- 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, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People’s Republic of 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, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People’s Republic of 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, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People’s Republic of 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, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People’s Republic of 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, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People’s Republic of 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, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People’s Republic of 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, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People’s Republic of China
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Engineering of combination drug delivery of pH/reduction response potential nanocarrier for the treatment of liver cancer. APPLIED NANOSCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-021-02312-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Mallik R, Saha M, Mukherjee C. Porous Silica Nanospheres with a Confined Mono(aquated) Mn(II)-Complex: A Potential T1- T2 Dual Contrast Agent for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2021; 4:8356-8367. [PMID: 35005912 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.1c00937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Magnetic resonance imaging has emerged as an indispensable imaging modality for the early-stage diagnosis of many diseases. The imaging in the presence of a contrast agent is always advantageous, as it mitigates the low-sensitivity issue of the measurements and provides excellent contrast in the acquired images even in a short acquisition time. However, the stability and high relaxivity of the contrast agents remained a challenge. Here, molecules of a mononuclear, mono(aquated), thermodynamically stable [log KMnL = 14.80(7) and pMn = 8.97] Mn(II)-complex (1), based on a hexadentate pyridine-picolinate unit-containing ligand (H2PyDPA), were confined within a porous silica nanosphere in a noncovalent fashion to render a stable nanosystem, complex 1@SiO2NP. The entrapped complex 1 (complex 1@SiO2) exhibited r1 = 8.46 mM-1 s-1 and r2 = 33.15 mM-1 s-1 at pH = 7.4, 25 °C, and 1.41 T in N-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazine-N'-ethanesulfonic acid buffer. The values were about 2.9 times higher compared to the free (unentrapped)-complex 1 molecules. The synthesized complex 1@SiO2NP interacted significantly with albumin protein and consequently boosted both the relaxivity values to r1 = 24.76 mM-1 s-1 and r2 = 63.96 mM-1 s-1 at pH = 7.4, 37 °C, and 1.41 T. The kinetic inertness of the entrapped molecules was established by recognizing no appreciable change in the r1 value upon challenging complex 1@SiO2NP with 30 and 40 times excess of Zn(II) ions at pH 6 and 25 °C. The water molecule coordinated to the Mn(II) ion in complex 1@SiO2 was also impervious to the physiologically relevant anions (bicarbonate, biphosphate, and citrate) and pH of the medium. Thus, it ensured the availability of the inner-coordination site of complex 1 for the coordination of water molecules in the biological media. The concentration-dependent changes in image intensities in T1- and T2-weighted phantom images and uptake of the nanoparticles by the HeLa cell put forward the biocompatible complex 1@SiO2NP as a potential dual-mode MRI contrast agent, an alternative to Gd(III)-containing contrast agents.
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- Riya Mallik
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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Wang C, Zhang Y, Wang Z, Li Y, Guan Q, Xing D, Zhang W. Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of biotinylated colchicine derivatives as potential antitumor agents. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2021; 37:411-420. [PMID: 34915785 PMCID: PMC8725855 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2021.2013832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Chemical drug design based on the biochemical characteristics of cancer cells has become an important strategy for discovering new anti-tumour drugs to improve tumour targeting effects and reduce off-target toxicities. Colchicine is one of the most prominent and historically microtubule-targeting drugs, but its clinical applications are hindered by notorious adverse effects. In this study, we presented a novel tumour-specific conjugate 9 that consists of deacetylcolchicine (Deac), biotin, and a cleavable disulphide linker. 9 was found to exhibit potent anti-tumour activity and exerted higher selectivity between tumour and nontarget cells than Deac. The targeting moiety biotin might enhance the transport capability and selectivity of 9 to tumour cells via biotin receptor-mediated endocytosis. The tubulin polymerisation activity of 9 (with DTT) was close to the parent drug Deac. These preliminary results suggested that 9 is a high potency and reduced toxicity antitumor agent and worthy of further investigation.
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- Chao Wang
- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Cancer Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- The Affiliated Cardiovascular Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Cancer Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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Zhang Z, Su T, Han Y, Yang Z, Wei J, Jin L, Fan H. A convergent synthetic platform for dual anticancer drugs functionalized by reduced graphene nanocomposite delivery for hepatocellular cancer. Drug Deliv 2021; 28:1982-1994. [PMID: 34569406 PMCID: PMC8477966 DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2021.1974606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is widespread cancer with a high degree of morbidity and mortality in individuals worldwide and a serious concern for its resistance to present chemotherapy drugs. In this investigation, the combination of cisplatin (CPT) and metformin (MET) to kill the HepG2 and caco-2 cells was developed into a new pH-responding magnetic nanocomposite based on reduced graphene oxide. Polyhydroxyethyl methacrylic (PHEA) was then linked employing grafting from approach to the reduced graphene oxide by ATRP polymerization (Fe3O4@rGO-G-PSEA). FT-IR, SEM, XRD, DLS, and TGA analyses evaluated physicochemical characteristics of the nanocomposite. In addition, the cellular uptake property of the nanocomposites was examined by the HepG2 cells. The outcomes of cell viability results indicate that the nanoparticles loaded with MET&CPT showed the lowest concentration rate of HepG2 and Caco-2 cells compared to the drug-loaded single nanocomposite groups and free drugs. The histological analysis has demonstrated relatively safe and does not produce different stress such as swelling and inflammation of the mice organs. Our results show the enhancement in cytotoxicity in HepG2 and Cocoa-2 cells by MET and CPT graphene oxide-based nanocomposite by promoting apoptotic response. Moreover, Fe3O4@rGO-G-PSEA showed potent in vivo antitumor efficacy but showed no adverse toxicity to normal tissues. Together, this study can provide insight into how surface embellishment may tune these nanocomposites' tumor specificity and provide the basis for developing anticancer efficacy.
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- Zhiyuan Zhang
- Department of Interventional Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University, Xining, China
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Zhan J, Wang Y, Ma S, Qin Q, Wang L, Cai Y, Yang Z. Organelle-inspired supramolecular nanomedicine to precisely abolish liver tumor growth and metastasis. Bioact Mater 2021; 9:120-133. [PMID: 34820560 PMCID: PMC8586590 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 06/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Organelles are responsible for the efficient storage and transport of substances in living systems. A myriad of extracellular vesicles (EVs) acts as a bridge to exchange signaling molecules in cell–cell communication, and the highly dynamic tubulins and actins contribute to efficient intracellular substance transport. The inexhaustible cues of natural cargo delivery by organelles inspire researchers to explore the construction of biomimetic architectures for “smart” delivery carriers. Herein, we report a 10-hydroxycamptothecin (HCPT)-peptide conjugate HpYss that simulates the artificial EV-to-filament transformation process for precise liver cancer therapy. Under the sequential stimulus of extracellular alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and intracellular glutathione (GSH), HpYss proceeds via tandem self-assembly with a morphological transformation from nanoparticles to nanofibers. The experimental phase diagram elucidates the influence of ALP and GSH contents on the self-assembled nanostructures. In addition, the dynamic transformation of organelle-mimetic architectures that are formed by HpYss in HepG2 cells enables the efficient delivery of the anticancer drug HCPT to the nucleus, and the size–shape change from extracellular nanoparticles (50–100 nm) to intracellular nanofibers (4–9 nm) is verified to be of key importance for nuclear delivery. Nuclear targeting of HpYss amplifies apoptosis, thus significantly enhancing the inhibitory effect of HCPT (>10-fold) to HepG2 cells. Benefitting from the spatiotemporally controlled nanostructures, HpYss exhibited deep penetration, enhanced accumulation, and long-term retention in multicellular spheroid and xenograft models, potently abolishing liver tumor growth and preventing lung metastasis. We envision that our organelle-mimicking delivery strategy provides a novel paradigm for designing nanomedicine to cancer therapy. An organelle-inspired nanomedicine for precise liver cancer therapy is proposed. The delivery process mimics the transport of extracellular vesicles and filaments. The extra- and intracellular tandem self-assembly influence the nanostructures. The dynamic size–shape change of nanomedicine actuates the nuclear delivery. Spatiotemporally controlled nanomedicine abolishes liver tumor growth and lung metastasis.
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- Jie Zhan
- Shunde Hospital, Southern Medical University, The First People's Hospital of Shunde, Foshan, 528300, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, And National Institute of Functional Materials, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Biomedical Engineering Technology Research Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology and Laboratory of Heart Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510280, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, And National Institute of Functional Materials, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Biomedical Engineering Technology Research Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology and Laboratory of Heart Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510280, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China.,State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, And National Institute of Functional Materials, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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Jiang M, Wang K, Xiao X, Zong Q, Zheng R, Yuan Y. Theranostic Heterodimeric Prodrug with Dual-Channel Fluorescence Turn-On and Dual-Prodrug Activation for Synergistic Cancer Therapy. Adv Healthc Mater 2021; 10:e2101144. [PMID: 34453773 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202101144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Theranostic prodrugs that can precisely monitor drug activation with synergistic therapeutic effects are highly desirable for personalized medicine. In this study, a theranostic heterodimeric prodrug, CyNH-SS-DOX, with synchronous and independent dual-channel fluorescence turn-on and dual-prodrug activation for synergistic cancer therapy is developed. A hemicyanine fluorescent drug, CyNH2 , with good therapeutic effects found in this work, is conjugated to doxorubicin (DOX) through a disulfide linker to form CyNH-SS-DOX. Before activation, both the fluorescence of DOX and CyNH2 are in the off state and the toxicity is low. In the presence of intracellular glutathione, both the fluorescence of DOX and CyNH2 at different channels are turned on. Meanwhile, DOX and CyNH2 are activated in a synergistic anticancer effect. It is believed that CyNH-SS-DOX is promising for monitoring prodrug activation in dual-fluorescence channels and for enhancing therapeutic efficacy with few side effects.
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- Maolin Jiang
- School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Guangzhou International Campus South China University of Technology Guangzhou 511442 P. R. China
- National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510006 P. R. China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Guangzhou International Campus South China University of Technology Guangzhou 511442 P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510006 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Guangdong Province South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510006 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials and Engineering of the Ministry of Education and Innovation Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510006 P. R. China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Guangzhou International Campus South China University of Technology Guangzhou 511442 P. R. China
- National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510006 P. R. China
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Brito B, Price TW, Gallo J, Bañobre-López M, Stasiuk GJ. Smart magnetic resonance imaging-based theranostics for cancer. Theranostics 2021; 11:8706-8737. [PMID: 34522208 PMCID: PMC8419031 DOI: 10.7150/thno.57004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Smart theranostics are dynamic platforms that integrate multiple functions, including at least imaging, therapy, and responsiveness, in a single agent. This review showcases a variety of responsive theranostic agents developed specifically for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), due to the privileged position this non-invasive, non-ionising imaging modality continues to hold within the clinical imaging field. Different MRI smart theranostic designs have been devised in the search for more efficient cancer therapy, and improved diagnostic efficiency, through the increase of the local concentration of therapeutic effectors and MRI signal intensity in pathological tissues. This review explores novel small-molecule and nanosized MRI theranostic agents for cancer that exhibit responsiveness to endogenous (change in pH, redox environment, or enzymes) or exogenous (temperature, ultrasound, or light) stimuli. The challenges and obstacles in the design and in vivo application of responsive theranostics are also discussed to guide future research in this interdisciplinary field towards more controllable, efficient, and diagnostically relevant smart theranostics agents.
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- Beatriz Brito
- Department of Imaging Chemistry and Biology, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, Strand, London, UK, SE1 7EH
- School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
- Advanced Magnetic Theranostic Nanostructures Lab, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Av. Mestre José Veiga, 4715-330 Braga
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- Department of Imaging Chemistry and Biology, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, Strand, London, UK, SE1 7EH
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- Advanced Magnetic Theranostic Nanostructures Lab, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Av. Mestre José Veiga, 4715-330 Braga
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- Advanced Magnetic Theranostic Nanostructures Lab, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Av. Mestre José Veiga, 4715-330 Braga
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- Department of Imaging Chemistry and Biology, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, Strand, London, UK, SE1 7EH
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Sun Q, Liu H, Qiu Y, Chen J, Wu FS, Luo XG, Wang DW. A highly sensitive and selective fluorescence turn-on probe for the sensing of H 2S in vitro and in vivo. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2021; 254:119620. [PMID: 33684854 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.119620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A fluorescence turn-on probe, 2-butyl-1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[de]isoquinolin-6-yl 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonate (NT-SH), has been constructed for sensing of hydrogen sulfide (H2S). NT-SH exhibited excellent detection performance including favorable water solubility, low fluorescence background, high enhancement (45-fold), large linear response range (0-50 μM) and low detection limit (80.01 nM) for H2S in aqueous. In addition, the response mechanism of NT-SH for H2S was confirmed by the theoretical calculation and mass spectral analysis. More importantly, the imaging experiments of H2S in vitro and in vivo confirmed that NT-SH had low cytotoxicity, and favorable biocompatibility. In addition, it illustrated that NT-SH was able to detected exogenous H2S in living cells and zebrafish. These results suggested that NT-SH can be act as a potential molecular tool for detecting of H2S in aqueous solution, in vitro and in vivo.
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- Qi Sun
- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education and School of Chemistry and School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
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- Institute of Functional Materials and Molecular Imaging, Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Hainan Trauma and Disaster Rescue, College of Clinical Medicine, College of Emergency and Trauma, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 571199, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education and School of Chemistry and School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education and School of Chemistry and School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education and School of Chemistry and School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education and School of Chemistry and School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, No.100 Science Avenue, Zhengzhou City 450001, Henan Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, and Department of Chemical Biology, National Pesticide Engineering Research Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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Zhang X, Li X, Sun S, Wang P, Ma X, Hou R, Liang X. Anti-Tumor Metastasis via Platelet Inhibitor Combined with Photothermal Therapy under Activatable Fluorescence/Magnetic Resonance Bimodal Imaging Guidance. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:19679-19694. [PMID: 33876926 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c02302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Photothermal therapy (PTT) is a promising tumor therapy strategy; however, heterogeneous heat distribution over the tumor often exists, resulting in insufficient photothermal ablation and potential risk of cancer metastasis, which has been demonstrated to be associate with platelets. Herein, a near-infrared (NIR) photothermal agent of IR780 was conjugated with MRI agent of Gd-DOTA via a disulfide linkage (ICD-Gd), which was coassembly with lipid connecting tumor-homing pentapeptide CREKA (Cys-Arg-Glu-Lys-Ala) (DSPE-PEG-CREKA) to encapsulate a platelet inhibitor of ticagrelor (Tic), affording a multistimuli-responsive nanosystem (DPC@ICD-Gd-Tic). The nanosystem with completely quenching fluorescence could specifically target the tumor-associated platelets and showed pH/reduction/NIR light-responsive drug release, which simultaneously resulting in dis-assembly of nanoparticle and fluorescence recovery, enabling the drug delivery visualization in tumor in situ via activatable NIR fluorescence/MR bimodal imaging. Finally, DPC@ICD-Gd-Tic further integrated the photoinduced hyperthermia and platelet function inhibitor to achieve synergistic anticancer therapy, leading to ablation of primary tumor cells and effectively suppressed their distant metastasis. The number of lung metastases in 4T1 tumor bearing mice was reduced by about 90%, and the size of tumor was reduced by about 70%, while half of the mouse was completely cured by this smart nanosystem.
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- Xu Zhang
- Department of Ultrasound, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, School of Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety and CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
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Karan S, Cho MY, Lee H, Lee H, Park HS, Sundararajan M, Sessler JL, Hong KS. Near-Infrared Fluorescent Probe Activated by Nitroreductase for In Vitro and In Vivo Hypoxic Tumor Detection. J Med Chem 2021; 64:2971-2981. [PMID: 33711229 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c02162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Tumor hypoxia is correlated with increased resistance to chemotherapy and poor overall prognoses across a number of cancer types. We present here a cancer cell-selective and hypoxia-responsive probe (fol-BODIPY) designed on the basis of density functional theory (DFT)-optimized quantum chemical calculations. The fol-BODIPY probe was found to provide a rapid fluorescence "off-on" response to hypoxia relative to controls, which lack the folate or nitro-benzyl moieties. In vitro confocal microscopy and flow cytometry analyses, as well as in vivo near-infrared optical imaging of CT26 solid tumor-bearing mice, provided support for the contention that fol-BODIPY is more readily accepted by folate receptor-positive CT26 cancer cells and provides a superior fluorescence "off-on" signal under hypoxic conditions than the controls. Based on the findings of this study, we propose that fol-BODIPY may serve as a tumor-targeting, hypoxia-activatable probe that allows for direct cancer monitoring both in vitro and in vivo.
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- Sanu Karan
- Research Center for Bioconvergence Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju 28119, Republic of Korea
- Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center for Bioconvergence Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju 28119, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center for Bioconvergence Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju 28119, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center for Bioconvergence Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju 28119, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center for Bioconvergence Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju 28119, Republic of Korea
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- Theoretical Chemistry Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
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- Research Center for Bioconvergence Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju 28119, Republic of Korea
- Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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Engineering molecular self-assembly of theranostic nanoprobes for dual-modal imaging-guided precise chemotherapy. Sci China Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-021-9970-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Liao W, Tang Y, Hu Z, Wang C, Chen Y, Zhang Y, Fan W. Preparation of Galactosyl Nanoparticles and Their Targeting Efficiency to Hepatocellular Carcinoma. JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 21:987-994. [PMID: 33183434 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2021.18666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Liver diseases seriously endanger people's physical health, especially liver cancer, and its morbidity and mortality have increased year by year. The reason why liver cancer is difficult to cure is that in addition to the low lethality of cancer drugs to cancer cells, another important factor is that the drugs do not have liver targeting, and there is no way to efficiently deliver anti-cancer drugs to the liver lesions. Hepatocytes can specifically recognize galactose, therefore the galactosyl liver-targeted drug carrier can deliver the drug to the liver in a targeted manner, so that the drug can be directed to the liver, reduce the dose and times of drug administration, reduce toxic side effects, and reduce the adverse reactions of patients, which is of great significance for the treatment of liver cancer. In this thesis, paclitaxel long-circulating nano-liposomes targeting liver cancer constructed with galactose as raw materials can improve the pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution of traditional formulations of paclitaxel, and enhance the safety and tumor suppressive effect of paclitaxel in vivo.
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- Wei Liao
- Infection Division, Changhai Hospital, No. 168 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Meilong Community Health Service Center, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Infection Division, Changhai Hospital, No. 168 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Infection Division, Changhai Hospital, No. 168 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Infection Division, Changhai Hospital, No. 168 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Shanghai, 201508, China
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- Infection Division, Changhai Hospital, No. 168 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200433, China
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Luo Q, Zhang J, Xia J. Developing strong NIR absorption materials through linear planar π-conjugated cyclopalladated complex dimers. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:1344-1348. [DOI: 10.1039/d0dt03659e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Strong near-infrared absorption complexes with linear planar π-conjugated structure were presented.
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- Qi Luo
- Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan 430072
- People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan 430072
- People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan 430072
- People's Republic of China
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Robertson AG, Rendina LM. Gadolinium theranostics for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:4231-4244. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01075h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Combining therapeutic and diagnostic tools into a single ‘theranostic’ platform lies at the forefront of cancer research. Some of the most promising theranostics exploit the unique nuclear and electronic properties of the lanthanoid metal gadolinium.
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- School of Chemistry
- The University of Sydney
- Sydney
- Australia
- The University of Sydney
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Zhao J, Chen X, Ho KH, Cai C, Li CW, Yang M, Yi C. Nanotechnology for diagnosis and therapy of rheumatoid arthritis: Evolution towards theranostic approaches. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.11.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Li M, Cui X, Wei F, Wang Z, Han X. Red blood cell membrane-coated biomimetic upconversion nanoarchitectures for synergistic chemo-photodynamic therapy. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj04305f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The red blood cell (RBC) membrane camouflaged core–shell upconversion/mesoporous silica nanoparticles (UCNPs@mSiO2 NPs) were constructed for synergistic chemo-photodynamic therapy.
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- Minghui Li
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Department of Public Health, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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Zhang Z, Wang R, Huang X, Zhu W, He Y, Liu W, Liu F, Feng F, Qu W. A Simple Aggregation-Induced Emission Nanoprobe with Deep Tumor Penetration for Hypoxia Detection and Imaging-Guided Surgery in Vivo. Anal Chem 2020; 93:1627-1635. [PMID: 33377760 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The pan-cancer detection and precise visualization of tiny tumors in surgery still face great challenges. As tumors grow aggressively, hypoxia is a common feature of solid tumors and has supplied a general way for detecting tumors. Herein, we report a simple aggregation-induced emission nanoprobe-TPE-4NE-O that can specifically switch on their fluorescence in the presence of cytochrome P450 reductase, a reductase which is overexpressed under hypoxia conditions. The probe can selectively light up the hypoxia cells and has shown enhanced deep tumor penetration via charge conversion both in vitro and in vivo. After being modified with FA-DSPE-PEG, higher tumor uptake can be seen and FA-DSPE/TPE-4NE-O showed specific visualization to the hypoxia cancer cells. Excitingly, much brighter fluorescence was accumulated at the tumors in the FA-DSPE/TPE-4NE-O group, even though the tumor was as small as 2.66 mm. The excellent performance of FA-DSPE/TPE-4NE-O in detecting tiny tumors has made it possible for imaging-guided tumor resection. More importantly, the probe exhibited good biocompatibility with negligible organ damage and eliminated a hemolysis risk. The simple but promising probe has supplied a new strategy for pan-cancer detection and tiny tumor visualization, which have shown great potential in clinical translation.
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- Zhongtao Zhang
- Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.,Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, Ministry of Education, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- The Joint Laboratory of China Pharmaceutical University and Taian City Central Hospital, Taian City Central Hospital, Taian 271000, China.,Pharmaceutical Department, Taian City Central Hospital, Taian 271000, China
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- Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.,Jiangsu Food and Pharmaceutical Science College, Huaian 223003, China
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- Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.,Key Laboratory of Biomedical Functional Materials, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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Faustova M, Nikolskaya E, Sokol M, Fomicheva M, Petrov R, Yabbarov N. Metalloporphyrins in Medicine: From History to Recent Trends. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:8146-8171. [PMID: 35019597 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The history of metalloporphyrins dates back more than 200 years ago. Metalloporphyrins are excellent catalysts, capable of forming supramolecular systems, participate in oxygen photosynthesis, transport, and used as contrast agents or superoxide dismutase mimetics. Today, metalloporphyrins represent complexes of conjugated π-electron system and metals from the entire periodic system. However, the effect of these compounds on living systems has not been fully understood, and researchers are exploring the properties of metalloporphyrins thereby extending their further application. This review provides an overview of the variety of metalloporphyrins that are currently used in different medicine fields and how metalloporphyrins became the subject of scientists' interest. Currently, metalloporphyrins utilization has expanded significantly, which gave us an opprotunuty to summarize recent progress in metalloporphyrins derivatives and prospects of their application in the treatment and diagnosis of different diseases.
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- Mariia Faustova
- MIREA-Russian Technological University, Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies, 119454 Moscow, Russia.,N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia.,JSC Russian Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy, 117149 Moscow Russia
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- N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia.,JSC Russian Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy, 117149 Moscow Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow 117997, Russia
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- N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia.,JSC Russian Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy, 117149 Moscow Russia
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Wang Y, Zhang C, Wu H, Feng P. Activation and Delivery of Tetrazine-Responsive Bioorthogonal Prodrugs. Molecules 2020; 25:E5640. [PMID: 33266075 PMCID: PMC7731009 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25235640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Prodrugs, which remain inert until they are activated under appropriate conditions at the target site, have emerged as an attractive alternative to drugs that lack selectivity and show off-target effects. Prodrugs have traditionally been activated by enzymes, pH or other trigger factors associated with the disease. In recent years, bioorthogonal chemistry has allowed the creation of prodrugs that can be chemically activated with spatio-temporal precision. In particular, tetrazine-responsive bioorthogonal reactions can rapidly activate prodrugs with excellent biocompatibility. This review summarized the recent development of tetrazine bioorthogonal cleavage reaction and great promise for prodrug systems.
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- Yayue Wang
- Huaxi MR Research Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; (Y.W.); (C.Z.)
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- Huaxi MR Research Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; (Y.W.); (C.Z.)
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- Huaxi MR Research Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; (Y.W.); (C.Z.)
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- Institute of Clinical Trials, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Luo X, Gong X, Su L, Lin H, Yang Z, Yan X, Gao J. Activatable Mitochondria‐Targeting Organoarsenic Prodrugs for Bioenergetic Cancer Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202012237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Xiangjie Luo
- Department of Chemical Biology The MOE Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Department of Chemical Biology The MOE Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Department of Chemical Biology The MOE Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Department of Chemical Biology The MOE Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Department of Chemical Biology The MOE Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Department of Chemical Biology The MOE Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Department of Chemical Biology The MOE Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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Luo X, Gong X, Su L, Lin H, Yang Z, Yan X, Gao J. Activatable Mitochondria‐Targeting Organoarsenic Prodrugs for Bioenergetic Cancer Therapy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 60:1403-1410. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202012237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Xiangjie Luo
- Department of Chemical Biology The MOE Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Department of Chemical Biology The MOE Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Department of Chemical Biology The MOE Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Department of Chemical Biology The MOE Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Department of Chemical Biology The MOE Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Department of Chemical Biology The MOE Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Department of Chemical Biology The MOE Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, and the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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Tian J, Huang B, Nawaz MH, Zhang W. Recent advances of multi-dimensional porphyrin-based functional materials in photodynamic therapy. Coord Chem Rev 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ren Y, Sedgwick AC, Chen J, Thiabaud G, Chau CV, An J, Arambula JF, He XP, Kim JS, Sessler JL, Liu C. Manganese(II) Texaphyrin: A Paramagnetic Photoacoustic Contrast Agent Activated by Near-IR Light. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:16156-16160. [PMID: 32914968 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c04387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The NIR absorptivity of the metallotexaphyrin derivatives MMn, MGd, and MLu for photoacoustic (PA)-based imaging is explored in this study. All three complexes demonstrated excellent photostabilities; however, MMn provided the greatest PA signal intensities in both doubly distilled water and RAW 264.7 cells. In vivo experiments using a prostate tumor mouse model were performed. MMn displayed no adverse toxicity to major organs as inferred from hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining and cell blood count testing. MMn also allowed for PA-based imaging of tumors with excellent in vivo stability to provide 3D tumor diagnostic information. Based on the present findings and previous magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies, we believe MMn may have a role to play either as a stand-alone PA contrast agent or as a single molecule dual modal (PA and MR) imaging agent for tumor diagnosis.
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- Yaguang Ren
- Research Laboratory for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street-A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
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- Research Laboratory for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street-A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street-A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street-A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street-A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
- OncoTEX, Inc., Austin, Texas 78701, United States
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Frontiers Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street-A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
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- Research Laboratory for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Hu Y, Wang Y, Wen X, Pan Y, Cheng X, An R, Gao G, Chen HY, Ye D. Responsive Trimodal Probes for In Vivo Imaging of Liver Inflammation by Coassembly and GSH-Driven Disassembly. RESEARCH 2020; 2020:4087069. [PMID: 33029587 PMCID: PMC7520820 DOI: 10.34133/2020/4087069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Noninvasive in vivo imaging of hepatic glutathione (GSH) levels is essential to early diagnosis and prognosis of acute hepatitis. Although GSH-responsive fluorescence imaging probes have been reported for evaluation of hepatitis conditions, the low penetration depth of light in liver tissue has impeded reliable GSH visualization in the human liver. We present a liver-targeted and GSH-responsive trimodal probe (GdNPs-Gal) for rapid evaluation of lipopolysaccharide- (LPS-) induced acute liver inflammation via noninvasive, real-time in vivo imaging of hepatic GSH depletion. GdNPs-Gal are formed by molecular coassembly of a GSH-responsive Gd(III)-based MRI probe (1-Gd) and a liver-targeted probe (1-Gal) at a mole ratio of 5/1 (1-Gd/1-Gal), which shows high r 1 relaxivity with low fluorescence and fluorine magnetic resonance spectroscopic (19F-MRS) signals. Upon interaction with GSH, 1-Gd and 1-Gal are cleaved and GdNPs-Gal rapidly disassemble into small molecules 2-Gd, 2-Gal, and 3, producing a substantial decline in r 1 relaxivity with compensatory enhancements in fluorescence and 19F-MRS. By combining in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (1H-MRI) with ex vivo fluorescence imaging and 19F-MRS analysis, GdNPs-Gal efficiently detect hepatic GSH using three independent modalities. We noninvasively visualized LPS-induced liver inflammation and longitudinally monitored its remediation in mice after treatment with an anti-inflammatory drug, dexamethasone (DEX). Findings highlight the potential of GdNPs-Gal for in vivo imaging of liver inflammation by integrating molecular coassembly with GSH-driven disassembly, which can be applied to other responsive molecular probes for improved in vivo imaging.
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- Yuxuan Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Teng KX, Niu LY, Kang YF, Yang QZ. Rational design of a "dual lock-and-key" supramolecular photosensitizer based on aromatic nucleophilic substitution for specific and enhanced photodynamic therapy. Chem Sci 2020; 11:9703-9711. [PMID: 34094236 PMCID: PMC8162035 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc01122c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Photosensitizing agents are essential for precise and efficient photodynamic therapy (PDT). However, most of the conventional photosensitizers still suffer from limitations such as aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) in physiological environments and toxic side-effects on normal tissues during treatment, leading to reduced therapeutic efficacy. Thus, integrating excellent photophysical properties and accurate carcinoma selectivity in a photosensitizer system remains highly desired. Herein, a “dual lock-and-key” supramolecular photosensitizer BIBCl–PAE NPs for specific and enhanced cancer therapy is reported. BIBCl–PAE NPs are constructed by encapsulating a rationally designed glutathione (GSH)-activatable photosensitizer BIBCl in a pH-responsive diblock copolymer. In normal tissues, BIBCl is “locked” in the hydrophobic core of the polymeric micelles due to ACQ. Under the “dual key” activation of low pH and high levels of GSH in a tumor microenvironment, the disassembly of micelles facilitates the reaction of BIBCl with GSH to release water-soluble BIBSG with ideal biocompatibility, enabling the highly efficient PDT. Moreover, benefiting from the Förster resonance energy transfer effect of BIBSG, improved light harvesting ability and 1O2 production are achieved. In vitro and vivo experiments have demonstrated that BIBCl–PAE NPs are effective in targeting and inhibiting carcinoma. BIBCl–PAE NPs show superior anticancer efficiency relative to non-activatable controls. The “dual lock-and-key” supramolecular photosensitizers enable specific and enhanced photodynamic therapy (PDT).![]()
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- Kun-Xu Teng
- Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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