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Carbon dots/platinum nanoparticles-loaded mesoporous silica for synergistic photodynamic/catalytic therapy of hypoxic tumors
The therapeutic efficacy of reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated cancer treatments is significantly limited by a shortage of substrates, such as hypoxia in photodynamic therapy (PDT). The development of an effective nanoplatform based on PDT toward hypoxic tumors remains a research imperative. Her...
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Published in: | Materials chemistry frontiers 2023-06, Vol.7 (13), p.276-272 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | The therapeutic efficacy of reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated cancer treatments is significantly limited by a shortage of substrates, such as hypoxia in photodynamic therapy (PDT). The development of an effective nanoplatform based on PDT toward hypoxic tumors remains a research imperative. Here, we report a triple ROS-generator, hyaluronic acid-modified Pt nanoparticles/carbon dots-loaded mesoporous silica (HA-PCD), which consists of Pt nanoparticles (NPs) and carbon dots (CDs)-loaded dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles (DMSNs) with further surface modifying hyaluronic acid (HA) for photodynamic/catalytic combination therapy of hypoxic tumors. Under 635 nm laser irradiation, HA-PCD generates singlet oxygen (
1
O
2
) due to the involvement of CDs photosensitizers. The loaded Pt NPs can not only enhance photodynamic therapy under hypoxic conditions by producing oxygen
via
catalase-mimicking activity, but also generate hydroxyl radicals (&z.rad;OH) and superoxide anions (O
2
&z.rad;
−
) for catalytic therapy because of its peroxidase- and oxidase-mimicking activities. Additionally, due to the interaction between HA and overexpressed receptors (cluster determinant 44) in cancer cells, HA-PCD exhibits tumor cell targetability. In this work, a novel nanoplatform for multiple ROS-mediated synergistic photodynamic/catalytic therapy of hypoxic tumors has been fabricated.
The HA-PCD therapeutic mechanism for synergistic photodynamic/catalytic therapy of hypoxic tumors. |
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ISSN: | 2052-1537 2052-1537 |
DOI: | 10.1039/d3qm00008g |