Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Hubei Bioinformatics & Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Nanotechnology. 2020 May 15;31(20):205102. doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab72b9. Epub 2020 Feb 4.
A multifunctional PCA/DOX/MoS hydrogel was designed and prepared for chemotherapy/photothermal therapy/photodynamic therapy of 4T1 tumor, and the immune responses triggered by photothermal and photodynamic effect of MoS nanosheet in the hydrogel were also studied. Positively charged DOX and negatively charged PCA were loaded on the surface of MoS nanosheet through layer-by-layer method to prepare hybrid PCA/DOX/MoS nanoparticles. PCA/DOX/MoS nanoparticles were dispersed in PCA hydrogel to prepare PCA/DOX/MoS hydrogel. 2D MoS nanosheet in the hydrogel was simultaneously utilized as photothermal agent and photodynamic agent for the generation of hyperthermia and reactive oxygen species, respectively. This PCA/DOX/MoS hydrogel was injectable and possessed excellent biocompatibility. The results of in vivo tumor-bearing mice experiments showed that a remarkably enhance tumor inhibition was observed by the combination of chemo-photothermal-photodynamic therapy compared with photothermal therapy, photodynamic therapy, or chemotherapy alone. In addition, the results of in vivo therapy exhibited that the PCA/DOX/MoS hydrogel with laser irradiation could activate antitumor immune effects to suppress the growth of primary 4T1 breast tumors and distal lung metastatic nodules. Therefore, these results demonstrated that the PCA/DOX/MoS hydrogel was promising to be utilized in antitumor immunity therapy triggered by photothermal therapy and photodynamic therapy for malignant tumor.
一种多功能 PCA/DOX/MoS 水凝胶被设计并制备用于 4T1 肿瘤的化学疗法/光热疗法/光动力疗法,并且还研究了水凝胶中 MoS 纳米片的光热和光动力效应引发的免疫反应。通过层层方法将带正电荷的 DOX 和带负电荷的 PCA 装载在 MoS 纳米片的表面上,以制备混合 PCA/DOX/MoS 纳米粒子。将 PCA/DOX/MoS 纳米粒子分散在 PCA 水凝胶中以制备 PCA/DOX/MoS 水凝胶。水凝胶中的 2D MoS 纳米片同时用作光热剂和光动力剂,分别用于产生高热和活性氧。这种 PCA/DOX/MoS 水凝胶是可注射的,具有优异的生物相容性。体内荷瘤小鼠实验的结果表明,与单独的光热疗法、光动力疗法或化学疗法相比,化学-光热-光动力疗法的联合治疗观察到明显增强的肿瘤抑制作用。此外,体内治疗结果表明,激光照射的 PCA/DOX/MoS 水凝胶可以激活抗肿瘤免疫作用,抑制原发性 4T1 乳腺癌肿瘤和远端肺转移结节的生长。因此,这些结果表明,PCA/DOX/MoS 水凝胶有望用于光热疗法和光动力疗法引发的抗肿瘤免疫治疗恶性肿瘤。