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Porous platinum nanoparticles as a high-Z and oxygen generating nanozyme for enhanced radiotherapy in vivo

Radiotherapy (RT), along with surgery and chemotherapy, is a major modality of cancer therapy. Nevertheless, insufficient deposition of radiation energy in tumors and hypoxia-associated radioresistance remain the greatest challenges in RT. Here, we propose porous platinum nanoparticles as a new nano...

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Published in:Biomaterials 2019-03, Vol.197, p.12-19
Main Authors: Li, Yan, Yun, Kum-Hee, Lee, Hyeri, Goh, Sung-Ho, Suh, Yang-Gun, Choi, Yongdoo
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Language:English
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Summary:Radiotherapy (RT), along with surgery and chemotherapy, is a major modality of cancer therapy. Nevertheless, insufficient deposition of radiation energy in tumors and hypoxia-associated radioresistance remain the greatest challenges in RT. Here, we propose porous platinum nanoparticles as a new nanomedicine platform for solving these two problems at the same time using a single agent. Because of the combined advantages of a high-Z element and oxygen generation capability, porous platinum nanoparticles can significantly increase radiation-induced DNA damage, ROS stress, and cell cycle arrest by effectively depositing X-ray radiation energy within the cancer cells. Further, porous platinum nanoparticles increase tumor oxygenation by converting endogenic H2O2 to O2, thus greatly enhancing RT with no apparent in vivo toxicity to animals. This study presents a new nanomedicine strategy based on the use of porous high-Z metal nanoparticles with oxygen generation function for the synergistic enhancement of RT in cancer treatment. [Display omitted]
ISSN:0142-9612
1878-5905
DOI:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.01.004