State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200080, China.
J Mater Chem B. 2023 Sep 13;11(35):8484-8491. doi: 10.1039/d3tb00642e.
Chemodynamic therapy (CDT) is an emerging treatment strategy for cancer, but the low therapeutic efficacy and potential side effects still limit its applications. In this study, we report a semiconducting polymer nanocatalyst (PGFe) that can generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) only upon near-infrared (NIR) light-activation for photodynamic therapy (PDT)-synergized CDT. Such PGFe consists of a semiconducting polymer as a photosensitizer, iron oxide (FeO) nanoparticles as CDT agents, and glucose oxidase (GOx), all of which are loaded into a singlet oxygen (O)-responsive nanocarrier. Under NIR laser irradiation, PGFe produces O through a photosensitizer-mediated PDT effect, and the produced O destroys the O-responsive nanocarriers, leading to controlled releases of FeO nanoparticles and GOx. In a tumor microenvironment, GOx catalyzes glucose degradation to form hydrogen peroxide (HO), and thus the CDT effect of FeO nanoparticles is greatly improved. As such, an amplified ROS level in tumor cells is obtained by PGFe to induce cell death. PGFe can be utilized to treat subcutaneous 4T1 tumors, observably inhibiting the tumor growth and suppressing lung and liver metastasis. This study thus provides a NIR light-activated ROS generation strategy for precise and effective treatments of tumors.
化学动力学疗法(CDT)是一种新兴的癌症治疗策略,但低治疗效果和潜在的副作用仍然限制了它的应用。在本研究中,我们报告了一种半导体聚合物纳米催化剂(PGFe),它只能在近红外(NIR)光激活下产生活性氧(ROS),用于光动力疗法(PDT)协同 CDT。这种 PGFe 由半导体聚合物作为光敏剂、氧化铁(FeO)纳米粒子作为 CDT 剂以及葡萄糖氧化酶(GOx)组成,所有这些都被装载到单重态氧(O)响应纳米载体中。在近红外激光照射下,PGFe 通过光敏剂介导的 PDT 效应产生 O,产生的 O 破坏 O 响应纳米载体,导致 FeO 纳米粒子和 GOx 的受控释放。在肿瘤微环境中,GOx 催化葡萄糖降解形成过氧化氢(HO),从而大大提高了 FeO 纳米粒子的 CDT 效应。因此,PGFe 在肿瘤细胞中产生放大的 ROS 水平,诱导细胞死亡。PGFe 可用于治疗皮下 4T1 肿瘤,显著抑制肿瘤生长并抑制肺和肝转移。因此,本研究为肿瘤的精确和有效治疗提供了一种近红外光激活的 ROS 产生策略。