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McMullon G, Ezdoglian A, Booth AC, Jimenez-Royo P, Murphy PS, Jansen G, van der Laken CJ, Faulkner S. Synthesis and Characterization of Folic Acid-Conjugated Terbium Complexes as Luminescent Probes for Targeting Folate Receptor-Expressing Cells. J Med Chem 2024; 67:14062-14076. [PMID: 39138970 PMCID: PMC11345839 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2024] [Revised: 07/08/2024] [Accepted: 08/05/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
Abstract
Several conjugates between folic acid and a series of kinetically stable lanthanide complexes have been synthesized, using amide coupling and azide-alkyne cycloaddition methodologies to link the metal-binding domain to folate through a variety of spacer groups. While all these complexes exhibit affinity for the folate receptor, it is clear that the point of attachment to folate is essential, with linkage through the γ-carboxylic acid giving rise to significantly enhanced receptor affinity. All the conjugates studied show affinities consistent with displacing biological circulating folate derivatives, 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, from folate receptors. All the complexes exhibit luminescence with a short-lived component arising from ligand fluorescence overlaid on a much longer lived terbium-centered component. These can be separated using time-gating methods. From the results obtained, the most promising approach to achieve sensitized luminescence in these systems requires incorporating a sensitizing chromophore close to the lanthanide.
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- Grace
T. McMullon
- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical
Center, Location VU University Medical Center, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY, United Kingdom
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical
Center, Location VU University Medical Center, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department
of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical
Center, Location VU University Medical Center, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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Szymaszek P, Tyszka-Czochara M, Ortyl J. Application of Photoactive Compounds in Cancer Theranostics: Review on Recent Trends from Photoactive Chemistry to Artificial Intelligence. Molecules 2024; 29:3164. [PMID: 38999115 PMCID: PMC11243723 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29133164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2024] [Revised: 06/14/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/14/2024] Open
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the number of cancer cases and deaths worldwide is predicted to nearly double by 2030, reaching 21.7 million cases and 13 million fatalities. The increase in cancer mortality is due to limitations in the diagnosis and treatment options that are currently available. The close relationship between diagnostics and medicine has made it possible for cancer patients to receive precise diagnoses and individualized care. This article discusses newly developed compounds with potential for photodynamic therapy and diagnostic applications, as well as those already in use. In addition, it discusses the use of artificial intelligence in the analysis of diagnostic images obtained using, among other things, theranostic agents.
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- Patryk Szymaszek
- Department of Biotechnology and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Biotechnology and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland
- Photo HiTech Ltd., Bobrzyńskiego 14, 30-348 Kraków, Poland
- Photo4Chem Ltd., Juliusza Lea 114/416A-B, 31-133 Cracow, Poland
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Sasaki SI, Morioka Y, Maegawa K, Katsuragi Y, Nakamura T, Kamemura K, Tamiaki H. Pyrobacteriopheophorbide-a derivatives possessing various hydrophilic esterifying groups at the C17-propionate residues for photodynamic therapy. Photochem Photobiol 2024. [PMID: 38953399 DOI: 10.1111/php.13995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2024] [Revised: 06/19/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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Aiming at the application to photodynamic therapy, natural bacteriochlorophyll-a was converted to chemically stable free-base derivatives possessing different kinds of hydrophilic C17-propionate residues. These semi-synthetic bacteriochlorins were found to have self-assembling ability in an aqueous environment and formed stable J-type aggregates in a cell culture medium containing 0.2% DMSO. The electronic absorption spectra of all the sensitizers showed Qy absorption maxima at 754 nm in DMSO as their monomeric states, while a drastic shift of the red-most bands to ca. 880 nm was observed in the aqueous medium. The circular dichroism spectra in the medium showed much intense signals compared to those measured in DMSO, supporting the formation of well-ordered supramolecular structures. By introducing hydrophilic side chains, the bacteriochlorin sensitizers could be dispersed in the aqueous medium as their J-aggregates without the use of any surfactants. Cellular uptake efficiencies as well as photodynamic activities were evaluated using human cervical adenocarcinoma HeLa cells. Among the 11 photosensitizers investigated, the best result was obtained for a charged derivative possessing trimethylammonium terminal (17-CH2CH2COOCH2CH2N+(CH3)3I-) and photocytotoxicity of EC50 = 0.09 μM was achieved by far-red light illumination of 35 J/cm2 from an LED panel (730 nm).
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- Shin-Ichi Sasaki
- Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Shiga, Japan
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Shiga, Japan
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- Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Shiga, Japan
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- Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Shiga, Japan
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- Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Shiga, Japan
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- Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Shiga, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan
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Pal M, Bera A, Masarkar N, Upadhyay A, Mukherjee S, Roy M. Targeted Chemo-Phototherapy in Red Light with Novel Doxorubicin and Iron(III) Complex-Functionalized Gold Nanoconjugate (Dox-Fe@FA-AuNPs). Chem Asian J 2024:e202400616. [PMID: 38923831 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202400616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2024] [Revised: 06/25/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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The anticancer efficacy of doxorubicin, an anthracycline-based and FDA-approved chemotherapeutic drug, is significantly hindered by acquired chemoresistance and severe side effects despite its potent anticancer properties. To overcome these challenges, we developed an innovative therapeutic formulation that integrates targeted chemotherapy and phototherapy within a single platform using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). This novel nanoconjugate, designated as Dox-Fe@FA-AuNPs, is co-functionalized with folic acid, doxorubicin, and an iron(III)-phenolate/carboxylate complex, enabling cancer-specific drug activation. Here, we report the synthesis, characterization, and comprehensive physico-chemical and biological evaluations of Dox-Fe@FA-AuNPs. The nanoconjugate exhibited excellent solubility, stability, and enhanced cellular uptake in folate receptor-positive cancer cells. The nanoconjugate was potently cytotoxic against HeLa and MDA-MB-231 cancer cells (HeLa: 105.5±16.52 μg mL-1; MDA-MB-231: 112.0±12.31 μg mL-1; MDA-MB-231 (3D): 156.31±19.35 μg mL-1) while less cytotoxic to the folate(-) cancer cells (MCF-7, A549 and HepG2). The cytotoxicity was attributed to the pH-dependent release of doxorubicin, which preferentially occurs in the acidic tumor microenvironment. Additionally, under red light irradiation, the nanoconjugate generated ROS, inducing caspase-3/7-dependent apoptosis with a photo-index (PI) >50, and inhibited cancer cell migration. Our findings underscore the potential of Dox-Fe@FA-AuNPs as a highly effective and sustainable platform for targeted chemo-phototherapy.
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- Maynak Pal
- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Manipur, Langol, 795004, Imphal West, Manipur
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, 560012, Karnataka
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- Department of Biochemistry, AIIMS Bhopal, Saket Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, 560012, Karnataka
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- Department of Biochemistry, AIIMS Bhopal, Saket Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
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- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Manipur, Langol, 795004, Imphal West, Manipur
- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Agartala, Jirania, 799046, Tripura West
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Wu W, Luo C, Zhu C, Cai Z, Liu J. A Novel Boron Dipyrromethene-Erlotinib Conjugate for Precise Photodynamic Therapy against Liver Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:6421. [PMID: 38928126 PMCID: PMC11203698 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25126421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2024] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is recognized for its exceptional effectiveness as a promising cancer treatment method. However, it is noted that overexposure to the dosage and sunlight in traditional PDT can result in damage to healthy tissues, due to the low tumor selectivity of currently available photosensitizers (PSs). To address this challenge, we introduce herein a new strategy where the small molecule-targeted agent, erlotinib, is integrated into a boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY)-based PS to form conjugate 6 to enhance the precision of PDT. This conjugate demonstrates optical absorption, fluorescence emission, and singlet oxygen generation efficiency comparable to the reference compound 7, which lacks erlotinib. In vitro studies reveal that, after internalization, conjugate 6 predominantly accumulates in the lysosomes of HepG2 cells, exhibiting significant photocytotoxicity with an IC50 value of 3.01 µM. A distinct preference for HepG2 cells over HELF cells is observed with conjugate 6 but not with compound 7. In vivo experiments further confirm that conjugate 6 has a specific affinity for tumor tissues, and the combination treatment of conjugate 6 with laser illumination can effectively eradicate H22 tumors in mice with outstanding biosafety. This study presents a novel and potential PS for achieving precise PDT against cancer.
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- Wenqiang Wu
- China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 201203, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery, Fujian Province University, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China; (C.L.); (C.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery, Fujian Province University, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China; (C.L.); (C.Z.)
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- China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 201203, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery, Fujian Province University, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China; (C.L.); (C.Z.)
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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Pal M, Upadhyay A, Masarkar N, Bera A, Mukherjee S, Roy M. Folate-assisted targeted photocytotoxicity of red-light-activable iron(III) complex co-functionalized gold nanoconjugates (Fe@FA-AuNPs) against HeLa and triple-negative MDA-MB-231 cancer cells. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:2108-2119. [PMID: 38180438 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt03581f] [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: 01/06/2024]
Abstract
Photo-redox chemistry resulting from ligand to metal charge transfer in red-light-activable iron(III) complexes could be a potent strategic tool for next-generation photochemotherapeutic applications. Herein, we developed an iron(III) complex and folate co-functionalized gold nanoconjugate (Fe@FA-AuNPs) and thoroughly characterized it with NMR, ESI MS, UV-visible, EPR, EDX, XPS, powder X-ray diffraction, TEM and DLS studies. There was a remarkable shift in the SPR band of AuNPs to 680 nm, and singlet oxygen (1O2) and hydroxyl radicals were potently generated upon red-light activation, which were probed by UV-visible and EPR spectroscopic assays. Cellular uptake studies of the nanoconjugate (Fe@FA-AuNPs) revealed significantly higher uptake in folate(+) cancer cells (HeLa and MDA-MB-231) than folate(-) (A549) cancer cells or normal cells (HPL1D), indicating the targeting potential of the nanoconjugate. Confocal imaging indicated primarily mitochondrial localization. The IC50 values of the nanoconjugate determined from a cell viability assay in HeLa, MDA-MB-231, and A549 cells were 27.83, 39.91, and 69.54 μg mL-1, respectively in red light, while in the dark the values were >200 μg mL-1; the photocytotoxicity was correlated with the cellular uptake of the nanoconjugate. The nanocomposite exhibited similar photocytotoxicity (IC50 in red light, 37.35 ± 8.29 μg mL-1 and IC50 in the dark, >200 μg mL-1). Mechanistic studies revealed that intracellular generation of ROS upon red-light activation led to apoptosis in HeLa cells. Scratch-wound-healing assays indicated the inhibition of the migration of MDA-MB-231 cells treated with the nanoconjugate and upon photo-activation. Overall, the nanoconjugate has emerged as a potent tool for next-generation photo-chemotherapeutics in the clinical arena of targeted cancer therapy.
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- Maynak Pal
- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Manipur, Langol 795004, Imphal (Manipur), India.
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Saket Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462026, India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Saket Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462026, India
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- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Manipur, Langol 795004, Imphal (Manipur), India.
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Zhang X, Sukhanov AA, Liu X, Taddei M, Zhao J, Harriman A, Voronkova VK, Wan Y, Dick B, Di Donato M. Origin of intersystem crossing in highly distorted organic molecules: a case study with red light-absorbing N, N, O, O-boron-chelated Bodipys. Chem Sci 2023; 14:5014-5027. [PMID: 37206394 PMCID: PMC10189861 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc00854a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023] Open
Abstract
To explore the relationship between the twisted π-conjugation framework of aromatic chromophores and the efficacy of intersystem crossing (ISC), we have studied a N,N,O,O-boron-chelated Bodipy derivative possessing a severely distorted molecular structure. Surprisingly, this chromophore is highly fluorescent, showing inefficient ISC (singlet oxygen quantum yield, ΦΔ = 12%). These features differ from those of helical aromatic hydrocarbons, where the twisted framework promotes ISC. We attribute the inefficient ISC to a large singlet-triplet energy gap (ΔES1/T1 = 0.61 eV). This postulate is tested by critical examination of a distorted Bodipy having an anthryl unit at the meso-position, for which ΦΔ is increased to 40%. The improved ISC yield is rationalized by the presence of a T2 state, localized on the anthryl unit, with energy close to that of the S1 state. The electron spin polarization phase pattern of the triplet state is (e, e, e, a, a, a), with the Tz sublevel of the T1 state overpopulated. The small zero-field splitting D parameter (-1470 MHz) indicates that the electron spin density is delocalized over the twisted framework. It is concluded that twisting of π-conjugation framework does not necessarily induce ISC, but S1/Tn energy matching may be a generic feature for increasing ISC for a new-generation of heavy atom-free triplet photosensitizers.
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- Xue Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 P. R. China
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- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences Kazan 420029 Russia
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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- LENS (European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy) Via N. Carrara 1 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI) Italy
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 P. R. China
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- Molecular Photonics Laboratory, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU UK
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- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences Kazan 420029 Russia
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 P. R. China
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- Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Regensburg D-93053 Regensburg Germany
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- LENS (European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy) Via N. Carrara 1 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI) Italy
- ICCOM, Istituto di Chimica dei Complessi OrganoMetallici Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI) Italy
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Lin R, Zhang L, Ye B, Wang Y, Li YD, Jason H, Liu W, Hu P, Chen J, Chen ZS, Chen Z. A multi-functional nano-system combining PI3K-110α/β inhibitor overcomes P-glycoprotein mediated MDR and improves anti-cancer efficiency. Cancer Lett 2023; 563:216181. [PMID: 37086953 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2023.216181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 04/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/24/2023]
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P-glycoprotein (P-gp/ABCB1)-mediated multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancers severely limit chemotherapeutic efficacy. We recently reported that phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) 110α and 110β subunits can be novel targets for reversal of P-gp mediated MDR in cancers, and BAY-1082439 as an inhibitor specific for PI3K 110α and 110β subunits could reverse P-gp-mediated MDR by downregulating P-gp expression in cancer cells. However, BAY-1082439 has very low solubility, short half-life and high in-vivo clearance rate. Till now, nano-system with the functions to target PI3K P110α and P110β and reverse P-gp mediated MDR in cancers has not been reported. In our study, a tumor targeting drug delivery nano-system PBDF was established, which comprised doxorubicin (DOX) and BAY-1082439 respectively encapsulated by biodegradable PLGA-SH nanoparticles (NPs) that were grafted to gold nanorods (Au NRs) modified with FA-PEG-SH, to enhance the efficacy to reverse P-gp mediated MDR and to target tumor cells, further, to enhance the efficiency to inhibit MDR tumors overexpressing P-gp. In-vitro experiments indicated that PBDF NPs greatly enhanced uptake of DOX, improved the activity to reverse MDR, inhibited the cell proliferation, and induced S-phase arrest and apoptosis in KB-C2 cells, as compared with free DOX combining free BAY-1082439. In-vivo experiments further demonstrated that PBDF NPs improved the anti-tumor ability of DOX and inhibited development of KB-C2 tumors. Notably, the metastasis of KB-C2 cells in livers and lungs of nude mice were inhibited by treatment with PBDF NPs, which showed no obvious in-vitro or in-vivo toxicity.
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- Ruikun Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York, 11439, USA
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- College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York, 11439, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York, 11439, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China.
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Gao J, Jiang H, Chen P, Zhang R, Liu N. Photosensitizer-based small molecule theranostic agents for tumor-targeted monitoring and phototherapy. Bioorg Chem 2023; 136:106554. [PMID: 37094481 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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Small molecule theranostic agents for tumor treatment exhibited triadic properties in tumor targeting, imaging, and therapy, which have attracted increasing attention as a potential complement for, or improved to, classical small molecule antitumor drugs. Photosensitizer have dual functions of imaging and phototherapy, and have been widely used in the construction of small molecule theranostic agents over the last decade. In this review, we summarized representative agents that have been studied in the field of small molecule theranostic agents based on photosensitizer in the last decade, and highlighted their characteristics and application in tumor-targeted monitoring and phototherapy. The challenges and future perspectives of photosensitizers in building small molecule theranostic agents for diagnosis and therapy of tumors were also discussed.
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- Jiake Gao
- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Products from Li Folk Medicine, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China.
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China.
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China.
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Pham TC, Nguyen VN, Choi Y, Lee S, Yoon J. Recent Strategies to Develop Innovative Photosensitizers for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy. Chem Rev 2021; 121:13454-13619. [PMID: 34582186 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 588] [Impact Index Per Article: 196.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the use of light combined with a light-activated chemical, referred to as a PS. Attractively, PDT is one of the alternatives to conventional cancer treatment due to its noninvasive nature, high cure rates, and low side effects. PSs play an important factor in photoinduced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. Although the concept of photosensitizer-based photodynamic therapy has been widely adopted for clinical trials and bioimaging, until now, to our surprise, there has been no relevant review article on rational designs of organic PSs for PDT. Furthermore, most of published review articles in PDT focused on nanomaterials and nanotechnology based on traditional PSs. Therefore, this review aimed at reporting recent strategies to develop innovative organic photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy, with each example described in detail instead of providing only a general overview, as is typically done in previous reviews of PDT, to provide intuitive, vivid, and specific insights to the readers.
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- Thanh Chung Pham
- Industry 4.0 Convergence Bionics Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Industry 4.0 Convergence Bionics Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea.,Industry 4.0 Convergence Bionics Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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Prieto-Montero R, Prieto-Castañeda A, Katsumiti A, Cajaraville MP, Agarrabeitia AR, Ortiz MJ, Martínez-Martínez V. Functionalization of Photosensitized Silica Nanoparticles for Advanced Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:6618. [PMID: 34205599 PMCID: PMC8234454 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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BODIPY dyes have recently attracted attention as potential photosensitizers. In this work, commercial and novel photosensitizers (PSs) based on BODIPY chromophores (haloBODIPYs and orthogonal dimers strategically designed with intense bands in the blue, green or red region of the visible spectra and high singlet oxygen production) were covalently linked to mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) further functionalized with PEG and folic acid (FA). MSNs approximately 50 nm in size with different functional groups were synthesized to allow multiple alternatives of PS-PEG-FA decoration of their external surface. Different combinations varying the type of PS (commercial Rose Bengal, Thionine and Chlorine e6 or custom-made BODIPY-based), the linkage design, and the length of PEG are detailed. All the nanosystems were physicochemically characterized (morphology, diameter, size distribution and PS loaded amount) and photophysically studied (absorption capacity, fluorescence efficiency, and singlet oxygen production) in suspension. For the most promising PS-PEG-FA silica nanoplatforms, the biocompatibility in dark conditions and the phototoxicity under suitable irradiation wavelengths (blue, green, or red) at regulated light doses (10-15 J/cm2) were compared with PSs free in solution in HeLa cells in vitro.
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- Ruth Prieto-Montero
- Departamento de Química Física, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), 48080 Bilbao, Spain;
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de CC. Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (A.P.-C.); (A.R.A.)
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- CBET Research Group, Department Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology and Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology PiE, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48620 Basque Country, Spain; (M.P.C.)
- GAIKER Technology Centre, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), 48170 Zamudio, Spain; (A.K.)
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- CBET Research Group, Department Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology and Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology PiE, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48620 Basque Country, Spain; (M.P.C.)
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de CC. Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (A.P.-C.); (A.R.A.)
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de CC. Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (A.P.-C.); (A.R.A.)
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- Departamento de Química Física, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), 48080 Bilbao, Spain;
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Degirmenci A, Sonkaya Ö, Soylukan C, Karaduman T, Algi F. BODIPY and 2,3-Dihydrophthalazine-1,4-Dione Conjugates As Heavy Atom-Free Chemiluminogenic Photosensitizers. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2021; 4:5090-5098. [PMID: 35007057 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.1c00328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We disclose an interesting concept for developing heavy atom-free chemiluminogenic photosensitizers. To accomplish this, conjugates 2 and 3, which are composed of boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) and 2,3-dihydrophthalazine-1,4-dione units, are investigated. 2 and 3 are compared in terms of their photophysical properties, chemiluminescence responses, and singlet oxygen production. Strikingly, the results indicate that decoration of BODIPY with the 2,3-dihydrophthalazine-1,4-dione scaffold boosts the singlet oxygen generation. Furthermore, treatment of epidermoid laryngeal carcinoma Hep-2 (Hep-2) cells with conjugates 2 and 3 results in efficient cellular internalization which ensures live- cell imaging of Hep-2 cells. Finally, it is noteworthy that in vitro cytotoxicity assays reveal that both 2 and 3 induce cytotoxicity when illuminated with red light. Thus, 2 and 3 represent heavy atom-free chemiluminogenic photosensitizers.
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- Aysun Degirmenci
- Department of Biotechnology & ASUBTAM M. Bilmez BioNanoTech Lab., Aksaray University, TR-68100 Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry & ASUBTAM M. Bilmez BioNanoTech Lab., Aksaray University, TR-68100 Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Biotechnology & ASUBTAM M. Bilmez BioNanoTech Lab., Aksaray University, TR-68100 Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Biotechnology & ASUBTAM M. Bilmez BioNanoTech Lab., Aksaray University, TR-68100 Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Biotechnology & ASUBTAM M. Bilmez BioNanoTech Lab., Aksaray University, TR-68100 Aksaray, Turkey
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Gandioso A, Rovira A, Shi H, Sadler PJ, Marchán V. Unexpected photoactivation pathways in a folate-receptor-targeted trans-diazido Pt(IV) anticancer pro-drug. Dalton Trans 2021; 49:11828-11834. [PMID: 32815971 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt02577a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A conjugate between a photoactive trans-diazido Pt(iv) pro-drug, trans,trans,trans-[Pt(N3)2(OH)2(py)2], and folic acid has been synthesized and fully characterized by high resolution ESI-MS, NMR and UV-vis spectroscopy. Photoactivation of the Pt-folate conjugate with visible light confirmed the generation of cytotoxic Pt(ii) species capable of binding to guanine nucleobases. Importantly, photoreduction of the Pt(iv) complex triggered the photodecomposition of the folate vector into a p-aminobenzoate-containing fragment and several pterin derivatives, including 6-formylpterin. Besides exhibiting high dark stability in physiological-like conditions, the Pt-folate conjugate was ca. 2× more photocytotoxic towards MCF-7 breast cancer cell line than its parent Pt(iv) complex with a high photoselectivity index (PI > 6.9). The higher photocytotoxicity of the conjugate may be a consequence of its higher cellular accumulation and of the generation of a set of different cytotoxic species, including Pt(ii) photoproducts and several pterin derivatives, which are known to generate ROS.
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- Albert Gandioso
- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica, Secció de Química Orgànica, IBUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica, Secció de Química Orgànica, IBUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica, Secció de Química Orgànica, IBUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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Xu G, Zhang HX, Li XQ, Yang DC, Liu JY. Red light triggered photodynamic-chemo combination therapy using a prodrug caged by photosensitizer. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 215:113251. [PMID: 33611187 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Development of the drug with high therapeutic efficacy and low toxicity is crucial to cancer ablation. In this study, we have demonstrated a red light-responsive prodrug BDP-TK-CPT by connecting the chemotherapeutic agent camptothecin with a boron dipyrromethene (BDP)-based photosensitizer via a reactive oxygen species (ROS)-labile thioketal chain. Since camptothecin is modified by a BDP-based macrocycle at the active site, the formed prodrug displays an extremely low toxicity in dark. However, upon illumination by red light, it can efficiently generate ROS leading to cell death by photodynamic therapy. Meanwhile, the ROS generated can destroy thioketal group to release free camptothecin which further results in local cell death by chemotherapy. The combined antitumor effects of the prodrug have been verified in HepG2, EC109, and HeLa cancer cells and mice bearing H22 tumors. This study may provide an alternative strategy for stimuli-responsive combination treatment of tumors by conjugation of ROS-activatable prodrugs with photosensitizing agents.
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- Gan Xu
- National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies & Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University), College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies & Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University), College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies & Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University), College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies & Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University), College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies & Key Laboratory of Molecule Synthesis and Function Discovery (Fujian Province University), College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China.
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Hu Y, Hou Y, Wang Z, Li Y, Zhao J. 3,5-Anthryl-Bodipy dyad/triad: Preparation, effect of F-B-F induced conformation restriction on the photophysical properties, and application in triplet-triplet-annihilation upconversion. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:224304. [PMID: 33317285 DOI: 10.1063/5.0025224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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We prepared a series of compact Bodipy-anthryl electron donor/acceptor triads and dyads by attaching anthryl moieties at the 3-,5-positions of the Bodipy core, with a novel conformation restriction approach, to study the spin-orbit charge transfer intersystem crossing (SOCT-ISC). The conformation restrictions are imposed by the BF2 unit of Bodipy without invoking the previously reported method with 1,7-dimethyl or 1,3-dimethyl groups. Our new approach shows a few advantages, including the stronger electron accepting ability of the methyl-free Bodipy core (reduction potential anodically shifted by +0.3 V vs the methylated Bodipy), red-shifted absorption (by 21 nm), and longer triplet state lifetime (372 µs vs 126 µs). The effects of the different mutual orientations of the electron donor and acceptor on ultraviolet-visible absorption, fluorescence, triplet state quantum yields, and lifetimes were studied. Triads with orthogonal geometries show higher singlet oxygen quantum yields (ΦΔ = 37%) than those with more coplanar geometries. Since the non-radiative decay for the S1 state is significant in the parent Bodipy chromophore (ΦF = 6.0%), we propose that in dyads/triads, the charge separation and recombination-induced ISC outcompete the non-radiative decay to the ground state, which is new in the study of SOCT-ISC. Density functional theory computation indicated a shallow torsion potential energy curve as compared to the meso-anthryl-Bodipy dyad analog, which may contribute a low triplet state quantum yield of the new dyads/triads. Triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion was performed with the electron donor/acceptor dyads as the triplet photosensitizer, with an upconversion quantum yield of 12.3%.
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- Yingqi Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, E-208 West Campus, 2 Ling Gong Rd., Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, E-208 West Campus, 2 Ling Gong Rd., Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, E-208 West Campus, 2 Ling Gong Rd., Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, E-208 West Campus, 2 Ling Gong Rd., Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, E-208 West Campus, 2 Ling Gong Rd., Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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Simões JCS, Sarpaki S, Papadimitroulas P, Therrien B, Loudos G. Conjugated Photosensitizers for Imaging and PDT in Cancer Research. J Med Chem 2020; 63:14119-14150. [PMID: 32990442 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Early cancer detection and perfect understanding of the disease are imperative toward efficient treatments. It is straightforward that, for choosing a specific cancer treatment methodology, diagnostic agents undertake a critical role. Imaging is an extremely intriguing tool since it assumes a follow up to treatments to survey the accomplishment of the treatment and to recognize any conceivable repeating injuries. It also permits analysis of the disease, as well as to pursue treatment and monitor the possible changes that happen on the tumor. Likewise, it allows screening the adequacy of treatment and visualizing the state of the tumor. Additionally, when the treatment is finished, observing the patient is imperative to evaluate the treatment methodology and adjust the treatment if necessary. The goal of this review is to present an overview of conjugated photosensitizers for imaging and therapy.
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- João C S Simões
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Neuchatel, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland.,BioEmission Technology Solutions, Alexandras Avenue 116, 11472 Athens, Greece
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- BioEmission Technology Solutions, Alexandras Avenue 116, 11472 Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Neuchatel, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland
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- BioEmission Technology Solutions, Alexandras Avenue 116, 11472 Athens, Greece
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Yang T, Cao X, Zhang XX, Ou Y, Au CT, Yin SF, Qiu R. Iodine-Catalyzed Synthesis of N,N'-Chelate Organoboron Aminoquinolate. J Org Chem 2020; 85:12430-12443. [PMID: 32929959 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c01649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We disclose a novel method for the synthesis of fluorescent N,N'-chelate organoboron compounds in high efficiency by treatment of aminoquinolates with NaBAr4/R'COOH in the presence of an iodine catalyst. These compounds display high air and thermal stability. A possible catalytic mechanism based on the results of control experiments has been proposed. Fluorescence quantum yield of 3b is up to 0.79 in dichloromethane.
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- Tianbao Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering, Xiangtan, 411104 Hunan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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Sasaki S, Hashimoto Y, Kinoshita Y, Tamiaki H, Duan S, Wang X, Saga Y, Yamamoto H, Ikeuchi T, Shishioh N. Synthesis of C3/C13‐Substituted Semi‐Synthetic Bacteriochlorophyll‐
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Derivatives and Their Properties as Functional Dyes. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202000169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Shin‐ichi Sasaki
- Faculty of Bioscience Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology Nagahama Shiga 526-0829 Japan
- Graduate School of Life Sciences Ritsumeikan University Kusatsu Shiga 525-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences Ritsumeikan University Kusatsu Shiga 525-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences Ritsumeikan University Kusatsu Shiga 525-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences Ritsumeikan University Kusatsu Shiga 525-8577 Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 PR China
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering Kindai University Higashi-Osaka Osaka 577-8502 Japan
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- Faculty of Bioscience Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology Nagahama Shiga 526-0829 Japan
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- Faculty of Bioscience Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology Nagahama Shiga 526-0829 Japan
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- Faculty of Bioscience Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology Nagahama Shiga 526-0829 Japan
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Wang J, Gong Q, Wang L, Hao E, Jiao L. The main strategies for tuning BODIPY fluorophores into photosensitizers. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2020. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424619300234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive technique for the treatment of target malignant tumors via the generation of highly reactive singlet oxygen species. PDT treatment of cancer/tumor tissues greatly relies on the development of suitable stable, highly specific and efficient photosensitizers. BODIPY (Boron dipyrromethene) derivatives, as a class of well-developed, versatile fluorescent dyes, has emerged as a new class of PDT agents over the past decade. Many elegant strategies have been developed to enhance the singlet oxygen generation efficiency and the cancer/tumor cell selectivity of BODIPY-based photosensitizers to improve the therapeutic outcomes as well as to minimize the side effects. Many of the currently reported BODIPY-based photosensitizers are valuable dual imaging and therapeutic agents, which can efficiently generate singlet oxygen for PDT and emit fluorescence for in vivo imaging. Although the currently approved PDT agents used for clinical trials do not feature BODIPYs, this situation is expected to change. In this review, we provide an overview of the various strategies that have been used to improve the singlet oxygen generation efficiency for tuning BODIPY fluorophores into photosensitizers and dual imaging/therapeutic agents. Their photophysical properties and photocytotoxic activity including the absorption/emission wavelengths, the singlet oxygen generation efficiency ([Formula: see text] and the half maximal inhibitory concentration [Formula: see text] of these currently reported photosensitizers are summarized. We believe these newly developed BODIPY-based photosensitizers will broaden current concepts of strategies for PDT agent design, and promise to make an important contribution to the diagnosis and therapeutics for the treatment of cancer.
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- Jun Wang
- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education; School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
- Department of Chemical and Chemical Engineering, Hefei Normal University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education; School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education; School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education; School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education; School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
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Chinna Ayya Swamy P, Sivaraman G, Priyanka RN, Raja SO, Ponnuvel K, Shanmugpriya J, Gulyani A. Near Infrared (NIR) absorbing dyes as promising photosensitizer for photo dynamic therapy. Coord Chem Rev 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A glutathione-responsive photosensitizer with fluorescence resonance energy transfer characteristics for imaging-guided targeting photodynamic therapy. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 193:112203. [PMID: 32197150 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Revised: 03/01/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Here, we have synthesized and characterized a novel activatable photosensitizer (PS) 8a in which two well-designed boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) derivatives are utilized as the photosensitizing fluorophore and quencher respectively, which are connected by a disulfide linker via two successive Cu (І) catalyzed click reactions. The fluorescence emission and singlet oxygen production of 8a are suppressed via intramolecular fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) from the excited BODIPY-based PS part to quencher unit, but both of them can be simultaneously switched on by cancer-related biothiol glutathione (GSH) in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) solution with 0.05% Tween 80 as a result of cleavage of disulfide. Also, 8a exhibits a bright fluorescence image and a substantial ROS production in A549 human lung adenocarcinoma, HeLa human cervical carcinoma and H22 mouse hepatoma cells having a relatively high concentration of GSH, thereby leading to a significant photocytotoxicity, with IC50 values as low as 0.44 μM, 0.67 μM and 0.48 μM, respectively. In addition, the photosensitizer can be effectively activated and imaged in H22 transplanted hepatoma tumors of mice and shows a strong inhibition on tumor growth. All these results suggest that such a GSH-responsive photosensitizer based on FRET mechanism may provide a new strategy for tumor-targeted and fluorescence imaging-guided cancer therapy.
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Liu Y, Xu C, Teng L, Liu HW, Ren TB, Xu S, Lou X, Guo H, Yuan L, Zhang XB. pH stimulus-disaggregated BODIPY: an activated photodynamic/photothermal sensitizer applicable to tumor ablation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:1956-1959. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc09790b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A pH activated photodynamic/photothermal sensitizer applicable to tumor ablation.
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Hou Y, Liu Q, Zhao J. An exceptionally long-lived triplet state of red light-absorbing compact phenothiazine-styrylBodipy electron donor/acceptor dyads: a better alternative to the heavy atom-effect? Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:1721-1724. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc09058d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Heavy atom-free dyads showing a red light-absorbing and exceptionally long-lived triplet state based on a spin–orbital charge transfer intersystem crossing mechanism.
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- Yuqi Hou
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Shandong University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266590
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- P. R. China
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Otvagin VF, Kuzmina NS, Krylova LV, Volovetsky AB, Nyuchev AV, Gavryushin AE, Meshkov IN, Gorbunova YG, Romanenko YV, Koifman OI, Balalaeva IV, Fedorov AY. Water-Soluble Chlorin/Arylaminoquinazoline Conjugate for Photodynamic and Targeted Therapy. J Med Chem 2019; 62:11182-11193. [PMID: 31782925 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A new water-soluble conjugate, consisting of a chlorin-e6 photosensitizer part, a 4-arylaminoquinazoline moiety with affinity to epidermal growth factor receptors, and a hydrophilic β-d-maltose fragment, was synthesized starting from methylpheophorbide-a in seven steps. The prepared conjugate exhibited low levels of dark cytotoxicity and pronounced photoinduced cytotoxicity at submicromolar concentrations in vitro, with an IC50(dark)/IC50(light) ratio of ∼368 and a singlet oxygen quantum yield of about 20%. In tumor-bearing Balb/c nude mice, conjugate 1 preferentially accumulates in the tumor tissue. Irradiation of the nude mice bearing A431 xenograft tumors after intravenous administration of the prepared conjugate with a relatively low light dose (50 J/cm2) produced an excellent therapeutic effect with profound tumor regression and low systemic toxicity.
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- Vasilii F Otvagin
- Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod , Gagarina Avenue 23 , Nizhny Novgorod 603950 , Russia
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- Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod , Gagarina Avenue 23 , Nizhny Novgorod 603950 , Russia
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- Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod , Gagarina Avenue 23 , Nizhny Novgorod 603950 , Russia
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- Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod , Gagarina Avenue 23 , Nizhny Novgorod 603950 , Russia
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- Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod , Gagarina Avenue 23 , Nizhny Novgorod 603950 , Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry , Russian Academy of Sciences , Leninsky pr. 31-4 , Moscow 119071 , Russia
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry , Russian Academy of Sciences , Leninsky pr. 31-4 , Moscow 119071 , Russia.,Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry , Russian Academy of Sciences , Leninsky pr. 31 , Moscow 119991 , Russia
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- Research Institute of Macroheterocycles , Ivanovo State University of Chemical Technology , 153000 Ivanovo , Russia
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- Research Institute of Macroheterocycles , Ivanovo State University of Chemical Technology , 153000 Ivanovo , Russia
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- Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod , Gagarina Avenue 23 , Nizhny Novgorod 603950 , Russia
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- Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod , Gagarina Avenue 23 , Nizhny Novgorod 603950 , Russia
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Paul S, Kundu P, Bhattacharyya U, Garai A, Maji RC, Kondaiah P, Chakravarty AR. Ruthenium(II) Conjugates of Boron-Dipyrromethene and Biotin for Targeted Photodynamic Therapy in Red Light. Inorg Chem 2019; 59:913-924. [PMID: 31825210 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The ruthenium(II) complexes [RuCl(L1)(L3)]Cl (1), [RuCl(L1)(L4)]Cl (2), [RuCl(L2)(L4)]Cl (3), [RuCl(L1)(L5)]Cl (4), and [RuCl(L2)(L5)]Cl (5) of NNN-donor dipicolylamine (dpa) bases (L4, L5) having BODIPY (boron-dipyrromethene) moieties, NN-donor phenanthroline derivatives (L1, L2), and benzyldipicolylamine (bzdpa, L3) were prepared and characterized by spectroscopic techniques and their cellular localization/uptake and photocytotoxicity studied. Complex 1, as its PF6 salt (1a), has been structurally characterized with help of a single-crystal X-ray diffraction technique. It has a RuN5Cl core with the Cl bonded trans to the amine nitrogen atom of bzdpa. The complexes showed intense absorption spectral bands near 500 nm (ε ≈ 58000 M-1 cm-1) in 2 and 3 and 654 nm (ε ≈ 80000 M-1 cm-1) in 4 and 5 in 1/1 DMSO/DPBS (v/v). Complex 5 having biotin and PEGylated-disteryl BODIPY gave a singlet oxygen quantum yield (ΦΔ) of ∼0.65 in DMSO. Complex 5 exhibited remarkable PDT (photodynamic therapy) activity (IC50 ≈ 0.02 μM) with a photocytotoxicity index (PI) value of >5000 in red light of 600-720 nm in A549 cancer cells. The biotin-conjugated complexes showed better photocytotoxicity in comparison to nonbiotinylated analogues in A549 cells. The complexes displayed less toxicity in HPL1D normal cells in comparison to A549 cancer cells. The emissive BODIPY complexes 3 and 5 (ΦF ≈ 0.07 in DMSO) showed significant mitochondrial localization.
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Zhang FL, Huang N, Weng HL, Xue JP. Tamoxifen-zinc(II) phthalocyanine conjugates for target-based photodynamic therapy and hormone therapy. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2019. [DOI: 10.1142/s108842461950161x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Although photodynamic therapy has been extensively studied in recent years and preclinical studies have shown promising results, strategies for enhancing PDT outcomes and reducing side effects still urgently need to be developed. In this study, a series of Tamoxifen-zinc(II) phthalocyanine conjugates have been designed and synthesized. In these “double-headed” conjugates, photodynamic therapy agent zinc(II) phthalocyanine and hormone therapy drug Tamoxifen were combined via oligoethylene glycol linkers. The conjugates show high specificity, and some of them show cytotoxic effects against the MCF-7 cells overexpressed Estrogen receptor, due to the targeting and cytostatic Tamoxifen moiety. Upon illumination, all these conjugates show high cytotoxicity due to the photosensitizing phthalocyanine unit. Their structure-activity relationship was also assessed. The results show that [Formula: see text]-substituted Tamoxifen-zinc(II) phthalocyanine conjugates are highly promising anticancer targeting agents which exhibit additive effects of photodynamic therapy and hormone therapy.
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- Feng-Ling Zhang
- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, 548 Binwen Road, Hangzhou, 310053, P. R. China
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- The Second People’s Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 282 Wusi Road, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, P. R. China
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- The Second People’s Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 282 Wusi Road, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, P. R. China
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- National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, and Fujian Engineering Research Center for Drug and Diagnoses and Treatment of Photodynamic Therapy, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, P. R. China
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Zhao X, Ma H, Chen J, Zhang F, Jia X, Xue J. An epidermal growth factor receptor-targeted and endoplasmic reticulum-localized organic photosensitizer toward photodynamic anticancer therapy. Eur J Med Chem 2019; 182:111625. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.111625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Shi W, Ng DKP, Zhao S, Lo P. A Phthalocyanine‐Based Glutathione‐Activated Photosensitizer with a Ferrocenyl Boron Dipyrromethene Dark Quencher for Photodynamic Therapy. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.201900115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Wen‐Jing Shi
- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringGuangzhou University Guangzhou 510006 China
- Department of ChemistryThe Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong China
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- Department of ChemistryThe Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong China
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- Department of ChemistryThe Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong China
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- Department of Biomedical SciencesCity University of Hong Kong Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Hong Kong China
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Zhao X, Huang Y, Yuan G, Zuo K, Huang Y, Chen J, Li J, Xue J. A novel tumor and mitochondria dual-targeted photosensitizer showing ultra-efficient photodynamic anticancer activities. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:866-869. [PMID: 30601489 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc09456j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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We designed and synthesized a simple, but highly effective photosensitizer (G-Mito-Pc), which can precisely target the mitochondria of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-overexpressing cancer cells, to achieve dual targeting function at both cell and organelle levels in cancer therapy. We further explored the possible molecular mechanism of the enhanced bioactivity of G-Mito-Pc compared to that of the reference photosensitizer using molecular dynamics simulations on their interactions with a physiologically relevant mitochondrial membrane model.
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- Xuan Zhao
- College of Chemistry, National & Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China.
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Jenni S, Sour A, Bolze F, Ventura B, Heitz V. Tumour-targeting photosensitisers for one- and two-photon activated photodynamic therapy. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:6585-6594. [DOI: 10.1039/c9ob00731h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Efficient receptor-mediated delivery of a folate-targeted photosensitiser to kill cancer cells following two-photon excitation in the near-infrared is demonstrated.
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- Sébastien Jenni
- Laboratoire de Synthèse des Assemblages Moléculaires Multifonctionnels
- Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg UMR 7177/CNRS
- Université de Strasbourg
- 67000 Strasbourg
- France
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- Laboratoire de Synthèse des Assemblages Moléculaires Multifonctionnels
- Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg UMR 7177/CNRS
- Université de Strasbourg
- 67000 Strasbourg
- France
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- CAMB
- UMR 7199
- UdS/CNRS
- Faculté de Pharmacie
- Université de Strasbourg
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- Laboratoire de Synthèse des Assemblages Moléculaires Multifonctionnels
- Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg UMR 7177/CNRS
- Université de Strasbourg
- 67000 Strasbourg
- France
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Mitochondria-targeting BODIPY-loaded micelles as novel class of photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 157:599-609. [PMID: 30125721 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Revised: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this paper, a series of novel BODIPY-based photosensitizers have been designed and synthesized for photodynamic therapy. BODIPY3 was screened out as the most potential photosensitizer due to its excellent optical properties, high singlet oxygen efficiency and good photostability. However, as an organic photosensitizer, BODIPY3 still suffered from the drawbacks of insolubility and instability in aqueous system. In view of these problems, DSPE-PEG2000 was used to trap BODIPY3 into the hydrophobic core of micelles to obtain well-dispersing nano complexes BODIPY3-PEG3 in aqueous system. More importantly, BODIPY3-PEG3 not only has better solubility and stability in aqueous media but can generate significant singlet oxygen (1O2, one of the reactive oxygen species, the real cytotoxic agent in photodynamic therapy) in living cells and exhibit high light cytotoxicity to three cancer cell lines. The mechanism studies indicated the mitochondrial localization of BODIPY3-PEG3 was able to generate ROS in mitochondria, which further result in mitochondrial dysfunction and photoinduced apoptosis via caspase-8 and caspase-3 pathway.
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Zhao X, Li M, Sun W, Fan J, Du J, Peng X. An estrogen receptor targeted ruthenium complex as a two-photon photodynamic therapy agent for breast cancer cells. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:7038-7041. [PMID: 29873358 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc03786h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In this study, we reported a tamoxifen modified Ru(ii) polypyridyl complex (Ru-tmxf) as an estrogen receptor (ER) targeted photosensitizer. Ru-tmxf displays enhanced cellular uptake and PDT efficiency toward breast cancer cells with high ER expression due to the specific targeting of tamoxifen to ER and finally localizes in lysosomes. Moreover, Ru-tmxf can be activated by two-photon excitation, generating 1O2 to damage lysosomes and result in cell death.
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- Xueze Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, No. 2 Linggong Road, High-tech District, Dalian 116024, China.
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Fadlan A, Tanimoto H, Ito T, Aritomi Y, Ueno M, Tokuda M, Hirohara S, Obata M, Morimoto T, Kakiuchi K. Synthesis, photophysical properties, and photodynamic activity of positional isomers of TFPP-glucose conjugates. Bioorg Med Chem 2018; 26:1848-1858. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2018.02.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 02/13/2018] [Accepted: 02/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Xu K, Sukhanov AA, Zhao Y, Zhao J, Ji W, Peng X, Escudero D, Jacquemin D, Voronkova VK. Unexpected Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction of BODIPY: Preparation of the BODIPY-TEMPO Triad Showing Radical-Enhanced Intersystem Crossing. European J Org Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201701724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Kejing Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; E-208 West Campus, 2 Ling Gong Rd. 116024 Dalian China
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- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute; FIC KazanSC; Russian Academy of Sciences; Sibirsky trakt 10/7 420029 Kazan Russia
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; E-208 West Campus, 2 Ling Gong Rd. 116024 Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; E-208 West Campus, 2 Ling Gong Rd. 116024 Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; E-208 West Campus, 2 Ling Gong Rd. 116024 Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals; School of Chemical Engineering; Dalian University of Technology; E-208 West Campus, 2 Ling Gong Rd. 116024 Dalian China
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- CEISAM UMR CNRS 6230; Université de Nantes; 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208 44322 Nantes Cedex 3 France
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- CEISAM UMR CNRS 6230; Université de Nantes; 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208 44322 Nantes Cedex 3 France
- Institut Universitaire de France; 1, rue Descartes 75005 Paris Cedex 5 France
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- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute; FIC KazanSC; Russian Academy of Sciences; Sibirsky trakt 10/7 420029 Kazan Russia
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Fernández M, Javaid F, Chudasama V. Advances in targeting the folate receptor in the treatment/imaging of cancers. Chem Sci 2018; 9:790-810. [PMID: 29675145 PMCID: PMC5890329 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc04004k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 317] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The folate receptor (FR) is a recognised biomarker for tumour cells due to its overexpression on a large number of tumours. Consequently, the FR has been exploited by many diagnostic and therapeutic tools to allow targeted delivery to, and imaging of, cancer cells. Herein, we describe the many different approaches by which this has been achieved, including the attachment of folate to potent chemotherapeutic drugs to form FR-targeting small molecule-drug conjugates (SMDCs), FR-targeting antibodies (as antibody alone and as an antibody-drug conjugate), and in the form of complementary nanotechnology-folate platforms; as well as imaging variants thereof. The potential of exploiting the FR for targeted therapy/imaging has the potential to revolutionise the way several cancers are treated. These FR-targeted technologies can also pave the way for inspiring further sophisticated drug conjugates, especially as this receptor is being targeted by use of several complementary technologies: small molecule, nanoparticle and protein-based - thus providing broad and distinct knowledge in the area.
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- Marcos Fernández
- Department of Chemistry , University College London , London , UK
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- Department of Chemistry , University College London , London , UK
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- Department of Chemistry , University College London , London , UK
- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa) , Faculty of Pharmacy , Universidade de Lisboa , Lisbon , Portugal .
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Toffoletti A, Wang Z, Zhao J, Tommasini M, Barbon A. Precise determination of the orientation of the transition dipole moment in a Bodipy derivative by analysis of the magnetophotoselection effect. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:20497-20503. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp01984c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Precise determination, in isotropic samples, of the electronic transition dipole moment orientation in the molecular frame by exploiting magnetophotoselection effects.
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- Antonio Toffoletti
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche
- Università degli Studi di Padova
- 35131 Padova
- Italy
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- People's Republic of China
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica
- Politecnico di Milano
- 20133 Milano
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche
- Università degli Studi di Padova
- 35131 Padova
- Italy
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Zhao Y, Duan R, Zhao J, Li C. Spin–orbit charge transfer intersystem crossing in perylenemonoimide–phenothiazine compact electron donor–acceptor dyads. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:12329-12332. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc07012a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Efficient triplet excited state production (57%) was observed for perylenemonoimide–phenothiazine compact electron donor–acceptor dyads based on spin–orbit charge transfer ISC.
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- Yingjie Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- P. R. China
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- School of Environment and Civil Engineering
- Dongguan University of Technology
- Dongguan
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Chemical Engineering
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- P. R. China
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- School of Environment and Civil Engineering
- Dongguan University of Technology
- Dongguan
- P. R. China
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Wang Q, Ng DKP, Lo PC. Functional aza-boron dipyrromethenes for subcellular imaging and organelle-specific photodynamic therapy. J Mater Chem B 2018; 6:3285-3296. [DOI: 10.1039/c8tb00593a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A series of aza-BODIPY derivatives which can serve as specific fluorescent probes for the mitochondria and lysosomes of a range of cancer cell lines and photosensitisers acting specifically on these subcellular compartments are reported.
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- Qiong Wang
- Department of Chemistry
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Shatin, N.T
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Shatin, N.T
- China
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences
- City University of Hong Kong
- Kowloon
- China
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Garai A, Pant I, Bhattacharyya A, Kondaiah P, Chakravarty AR. Mitochondria-Targeted Anticancer Activity of BODIPY-Appended Iron(III) Catecholates in Red Light. ChemistrySelect 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201702166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Aditya Garai
- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry; Indian Institute of Science; Bangalore 560012 Karnataka India
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- Department of Molecular Reproduction; Development and Genetics; Indian Institute of Science; Bangalore 560012 Karnataka India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry; Indian Institute of Science; Bangalore 560012 Karnataka India
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- Department of Molecular Reproduction; Development and Genetics; Indian Institute of Science; Bangalore 560012 Karnataka India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry; Indian Institute of Science; Bangalore 560012 Karnataka India
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Meares A, Satraitis A, Ptaszek M. BODIPY-Bacteriochlorin Energy Transfer Arrays: Toward Near-IR Emitters with Broadly Tunable, Multiple Absorption Bands. J Org Chem 2017; 82:13068-13075. [PMID: 29119786 PMCID: PMC5873296 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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A series of energy transfer arrays, comprising a near-IR absorbing and emitting bacteriochlorin, and BODIPY derivatives with different absorption bands in the visible region (503-668 nm) have been synthesized. Absorption band of BODIPY was tuned by installation of 0, 1, or 2 styryl substituents [2-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)ethenyl], which leads to derivatives with absorption maxima at 503, 587, and 668 nm, respectively. Efficient energy transfer (>0.90) is observed for each dyad, which is manifested by nearly exclusive emission from bacteriochlorin moiety upon BODIPY excitation. Fluorescence quantum yield of each dyad in nonpolar solvent (toluene) is comparable with that observed for corresponding bacteriochlorin monomer, and is significantly reduced in solvent of high dielectric constants (DMF), most likely by photoinduced electron transfer. Given the availability of diverse BODIPY derivatives, with absorption between 500-700 nm, BODIPY-bacteriochlorin arrays should allow for construction of near-IR emitting agents with multiple and broadly tunable absorption bands. Solvent-dielectric constant dependence of Φf in dyads gives an opportunity to construct environmentally sensitive fluorophores and probes.
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- Adam Meares
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore County , 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore County , 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore County , 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, United States
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Zhang Q, Cai Y, Li QY, Hao LN, Ma Z, Wang XJ, Yin J. Targeted Delivery of a Mannose-Conjugated BODIPY Photosensitizer by Nanomicelles for Photodynamic Breast Cancer Therapy. Chemistry 2017; 23:14307-14315. [PMID: 28753238 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201702935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The targeted delivery of a photosensitizer (PS) with appropriate carriers represents an attractive means of selectively delivering cargo to target tissues or subcellular compartments for photodynamic therapy (PDT). Herein, a three-arm distyryl BODIPY derivative conjugated with mannose units (denoted by BTM) that can co-assemble with Tween 80 to form nanomicelles (BTM-NMs) for targeted PDT is reported. MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells recognized and specifically internalized BTM-NMs via mannose-receptor-mediated endocytosis with preferential accumulation in the lysosomes. These NMs could disassemble in cell lysosomes and subsequently induce highly efficient singlet oxygen (1 O2 ) generation upon light irradiation. 1 O2 disrupted the lysosomal membrane and promoted the escape of BTM from the lysosome into the cytoplasm, thereby resulting in the efficient and selective killing of cancer cells through PDT. This study may provide a new strategy for designing targeted PDT systems to fight cancer.
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- Quan Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, P. R. China
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Zhang FL, Song MR, Yuan GK, Ye HN, Tian Y, Huang MD, Xue JP, Zhang ZH, Liu JY. A Molecular Combination of Zinc(II) Phthalocyanine and Tamoxifen Derivative for Dual Targeting Photodynamic Therapy and Hormone Therapy. J Med Chem 2017; 60:6693-6703. [PMID: 28699738 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The combination of photodynamic therapy and other cancer treatment modalities is a promising strategy to enhance therapeutic efficacy and reduce side effects. In this study, a tamoxifen-zinc(II) phthalocyanine conjugate linked by a triethylene glycol chain has been synthesized and characterized. Having tamoxifen as the targeting moiety, the conjugate shows high specific affinity to MCF-7 breast cancer cells overexpressed estrogen receptors (ERs) and tumor tissues, therefore leading to a cytotoxic effect in the dark due to the cytostatic tamoxifen moiety, and a high photocytotoxicity due to the photosensitizing phthalocyanine unit against the MCF-7 cancer cells. The high photodynamic activity of the conjugate can be attributed to its high cellular uptake and efficiency in generating intracellular reactive oxygen species. Upon addition of exogenous 17β-estradiol as an ER inhibitor, the cellular uptake and photocytotoxicity of the conjugate are reduced significantly. As shown by confocal microscopy, the conjugate is preferentially localized in the lysosomes of the MCF-7 cells.
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- Feng-Ling Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & Fujian Engineering Research Center of Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University , 2 Xueyuan Road, University Town, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, P. R. China.,College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University , 548 Binwen Road, Hangzhou, 310053, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & Fujian Engineering Research Center of Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University , 2 Xueyuan Road, University Town, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & Fujian Engineering Research Center of Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University , 2 Xueyuan Road, University Town, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & Fujian Engineering Research Center of Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University , 2 Xueyuan Road, University Town, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & Fujian Engineering Research Center of Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University , 2 Xueyuan Road, University Town, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & Fujian Engineering Research Center of Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University , 2 Xueyuan Road, University Town, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & Fujian Engineering Research Center of Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University , 2 Xueyuan Road, University Town, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, P. R. China
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- Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command , 156 West Second Ring Road, Fuzhou 350005, Fujian, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment & Fujian Engineering Research Center of Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University , 2 Xueyuan Road, University Town, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, P. R. China
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Meares A, Satraitis A, Akhigbe J, Santhanam N, Swaminathan S, Ehudin M, Ptaszek M. Amphiphilic BODIPY-Hydroporphyrin Energy Transfer Arrays with Broadly Tunable Absorption and Deep Red/Near-Infrared Emission in Aqueous Micelles. J Org Chem 2017; 82:6054-6070. [PMID: 28516773 PMCID: PMC5873324 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BODIPY-hydroporphyrin energy transfer arrays allow for development of a family of fluorophores featuring a common excitation band at 500 nm, tunable excitation band in the deep red/near-infrared window, and tunable emission. Their biomedical applications are contingent upon retaining their optical properties in an aqueous environment. Amphiphilic arrays containing PEG-substituted BODIPY and chlorins or bacteriochlorins were prepared and their optical and fluorescence properties were determined in organic solvents and aqueous surfactants. The first series of arrays contains BODIPYs with PEG substituents attached to the boron, whereas in the second series, PEG substituents are attached to the aryl at the meso positions of BODIPY. For both series of arrays, excitation of BODIPY at 500 nm results in efficient energy transfer to and bright emission of hydroporphyrin in the deep-red (640-660 nm) or near-infrared (740-760 nm) spectral windows. In aqueous solution of nonionic surfactants (Triton X-100 and Tween 20) arrays from the second series exhibit significant quenching of fluorescence, whereas properties of arrays from the first series are comparable to those observed in polar organic solvents. Reported arrays possess large effective Stokes shift (115-260 nm), multiple excitation wavelengths, and narrow, tunable deep-red/near-IR fluorescence in aqueous surfactants, and are promising candidates for a variety of biomedical-related applications.
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- Adam Meares
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County , 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, 21250 Maryland, United States
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- University of Maryland, Baltimore County , 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, 21250 Maryland, United States
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- University of Maryland, Baltimore County , 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, 21250 Maryland, United States
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- University of Maryland, Baltimore County , 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, 21250 Maryland, United States
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- University of Maryland, Baltimore County , 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, 21250 Maryland, United States
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- University of Maryland, Baltimore County , 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, 21250 Maryland, United States
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- University of Maryland, Baltimore County , 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, 21250 Maryland, United States
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Preparation and In Vitro Photodynamic Activity of Glucosylated Zinc(II) Phthalocyanines as Underlying Targeting Photosensitizers. Molecules 2017; 22:molecules22050845. [PMID: 28534823 PMCID: PMC6154674 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22050845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Two novel glucosylated zinc(II) phthalocyanines 7a–7b, as well as the acetyl-protected counterparts 6a–6b, have been synthesized by the Cu(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between the propargylated phthalocyanine and azide-substituted glucoses. All of these phthalocyanines were characterized with various spectroscopic methods and studied for their photo-physical, photo-chemical, and photo-biological properties. With glucose as the targeting unit, phthalocyanines 7a–7b exhibit a specific affinity to MCF-7 breast cancer cells over human embryonic lung fibroblast (HELF) cells, showing higher cellular uptake. Upon illumination, both photosensitizers show high cytotoxicity with IC50 as low as 0.032 µM toward MCF-7 cells, which are attributed to their high cellular uptake and low aggregation tendency in the biological media, promoting the generation of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). Confocal laser fluorescence microscopic studies have also revealed that they have high and selective affinities to the lysosomes, but not the mitochondria, of MCF-7 cells. The results show that these two glucosylated zinc(II) phthalocyanines are potential anticancer agents for targeting photodynamic therapy.
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Lan YQ, Xiao KJ, Wu YJ, Chen QY. Characterization, catalyzed water oxidation and anticancer activities of a NIR BODIPY-Mn polymer. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2017; 177:28-32. [PMID: 28113138 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2017.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Revised: 12/24/2016] [Accepted: 01/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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To obtain near-IR absorbing biomaterials as fluorescence cellular imaging and anticancer agents for hypoxic cancer cell, a nano NIR fluorescence Mn(III/IV) polymer (PMnD) was spectroscopically characterized. The PMnD shows strong emission at 661nm when excited with 643nm. Furthermore, PMnD can catalyze water oxidation to generate dioxygen when irradiated by red LED light (10W). In particular, the PMnD can enter into HepG-2 cells and mitochondria. Both anticancer activity and the inhibition of the expression of HIF-1α for PMnD were concentration dependent. Our results demonstrate that PMnD can be developed as mitochondria targeted imaging agents and new inhibitors for HIF-1 in hypoxic cancer cells.
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- Ya-Quan Lan
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, PR China.
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Folic acid conjugates with photosensitizers for cancer targeting in photodynamic therapy: Synthesis and photophysical properties. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:1-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Revised: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Zhang Q, Cai Y, Wang XJ, Xu JL, Ye Z, Wang S, Seeberger PH, Yin J. Targeted Photodynamic Killing of Breast Cancer Cells Employing Heptamannosylated β-Cyclodextrin-Mediated Nanoparticle Formation of an Adamantane-Functionalized BODIPY Photosensitizer. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:33405-33411. [PMID: 27960381 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b13612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The targeted delivery of a photosensitizer (PS) into specific cancer cells is an effective way to enhance the efficacy and minimize the side effects of photodynamic therapy. Herein, heptamannosylated β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) was used to mediate the formation of an adamantane (Ad)-functionalized BODIPY PS nanoparticle via strong β-CD/Ad complexation. The mannose-functionalized PS nanoparticles are selectively internalized by mannose-receptor-rich MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells via receptor-mediated endocytosis, facilitating singlet oxygen generation to trigger apoptosis in cancer cells upon red-light irradiation. These nanoparticles exhibit excellent targeted delivery of the PS, leading to cancer cell death after irradiation both in vitro and in vivo.
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- Quan Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University , Wuxi 214122, P. R. China
- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces , Potsdam-Golm 14476, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University , Wuxi 214122, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University , Xuzhou 221116, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University , Xuzhou 221116, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University , Wuxi 214122, P. R. China
- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces , Potsdam-Golm 14476, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University , Wuxi 214122, P. R. China
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces , Potsdam-Golm 14476, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University , Wuxi 214122, P. R. China
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Lee SM, Ahn YD, Mun H, Goh B, Kim TY, Seo J, Kim MG. Solid-phase Synthesis of Folate-Chlorin Conjugates for Selective Photodynamic Therapy and the Effect of Linker Variation. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.11028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Seon-Min Lee
- Department of Chemistry; School of Physics and Chemistry; Gwangju 500-712 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; School of Physics and Chemistry; Gwangju 500-712 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; School of Physics and Chemistry; Gwangju 500-712 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; School of Physics and Chemistry; Gwangju 500-712 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; School of Physics and Chemistry; Gwangju 500-712 Republic of Korea
- School of Earch Sciences and Engineering; Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology; Gwangju 500-712 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; School of Physics and Chemistry; Gwangju 500-712 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; School of Physics and Chemistry; Gwangju 500-712 Republic of Korea
- Advanced Photonics Research Institute; Gwangju 500-712 Republic of Korea
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Huang L, Li Z, Zhao Y, Zhang Y, Wu S, Zhao J, Han G. Ultralow-Power Near Infrared Lamp Light Operable Targeted Organic Nanoparticle Photodynamic Therapy. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:14586-14591. [PMID: 27786443 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b05390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Ling Huang
- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
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Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, E-208 West Campus, 2 Ling-Gong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
- Department
of Radiology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211 China
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
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Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, E-208 West Campus, 2 Ling-Gong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, E-208 West Campus, 2 Ling-Gong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, United States
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Feng Z, Jiao L, Feng Y, Yu C, Chen N, Wei Y, Mu X, Hao E. Regioselective and Stepwise Syntheses of Functionalized BODIPY Dyes through Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions and Direct C-H Arylations. J Org Chem 2016; 81:6281-91. [PMID: 27362954 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b00858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Regioselective and stepwise syntheses of a series of functionalized BODIPY dyes through palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions and direct C-H arylations have been developed. In particular, this method allows the straightforward synthesis of 2,6-dibromo-3,5-diarylBODIPYs and 2-bromo-3-arylBODIPYs from polybrominated BODIPYs. The X-ray structure of intermediates 5a-c indicated that the palladium was first inserted into the C-Br bonds at 3,5-positions of brominated BODIPYs. The resulting 2,6-dibromo-substituted BODIPYs are potential long wavelength photosensitizers which are not easily accessible using previous methods.
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- Zeya Feng
- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu 241000, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu 241000, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu 241000, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu 241000, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu 241000, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu 241000, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu 241000, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu 241000, China
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