Department of Orthodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, 30 Zhongyang Road, 210008, Nanjing, China and Central Laboratory of Stomatology, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, 30 Zhongyang Road, 210008, Nanjing, China.
Fourth Clinical Division, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, 30 Zhongyang Road, 210008, Nanjing, China and Central Laboratory of Stomatology, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, 30 Zhongyang Road, 210008, Nanjing, China.
J Mater Chem B. 2021 Jul 7;9(26):5318-5328. doi: 10.1039/d1tb00659b.
For cancer treatment, the traditional monotherapy has the problems of low drug utilization rate, poor efficacy and easy recurrence of the cancer. Herein, nanoparticles (NPs) based on a novel semiconducting molecule (ITTC) are developed with excellent photostability, high photothermal conversion efficiency and good 1O2 generation ability. The chemotherapy of the hypoxia-activated prodrug tirapazamine (TPZ) was improved accordingly after oxygen consumption by the photodynamic therapy of ITTC NPs. Additionally, the metabolic process of ITTC NPs in vivo could be monitored in real time for fluorescence imaging guided phototherapy, which presented great passive targeting ability to the tumor site. Remarkably, both in vitro and in vivo experiments demonstrated that the combination of ITTC NPs and TPZ presented excellent synergistic tumor ablation through photothermal therapy, photodynamic therapy and hypoxia-activated chemotherapy with great potential for clinical applications in the future.
对于癌症治疗,传统的单一疗法存在药物利用率低、疗效差、癌症易复发等问题。在此,开发了一种基于新型半导体分子(ITTC)的纳米粒子(NPs),具有优异的光稳定性、高光热转换效率和良好的 1O2 生成能力。ITTC NPs 的光动力疗法可消耗氧气,从而改善缺氧激活前药替拉扎明(TPZ)的化疗效果。此外,还可以实时监测 ITTC NPs 在体内的代谢过程,进行荧光成像引导的光疗,使其对肿瘤部位具有巨大的被动靶向能力。值得注意的是,体外和体内实验均表明,ITTC NPs 与 TPZ 的联合治疗通过光热疗法、光动力疗法和缺氧激活化学疗法具有出色的协同肿瘤消融作用,具有很大的临床应用潜力。