Chen Huachao, He Weijiang, Guo Zijian
State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry Institute, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Sep 4;50(68):9714-7. doi: 10.1039/c4cc03385j.
Synergistic release of platinum anticancer drugs and O2 can be achieved in an H2O2-responsive nanocarrier incorporated with catalase. Such a system combines the advantages of chemotherapy and oxygen therapy and demonstrated improved therapeutic efficacy against cisplatin resistant cell lines which often appear to be in hypoxia.