Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular & Cerebrovascular Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. .
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 May 27;63(22):e202403581. doi: 10.1002/anie.202403581. Epub 2024 Apr 11.
Nanozymes possess multi-enzyme activities over the natural enzymes, which produce multi-pathway synergistic effects for varies of biomedical applications. Unfortunately, their multi-enzyme activities are in fighting, significantly reducing the synergistic effects. Dynamic regulation of their multi-enzyme activities is the bottleneck for intelligent therapies. Herein, we construct a novel oxygen-nitrogen functionalized carbon quantum dots (O/N-CQDs) with peroxidase-like (Reactive oxygen species (ROS) producer) activity. Interestingly, the peroxidase-like activity can be reversibly converted to catalase-like (ROS scavenger) activity under visible light irradiation. It is found that both the peroxidase/catalase-like activity of O/N-CQDs can be precisely manipulated by the light intensity. The mechanism of switchable enzyme activities is attributed to the polarization of quinoid nitrogen in polyaniline (PANI) precursor retained on O/N-CQDs under visible light, which consumes the ROS to produce O and HO. As a proof-of-concept demonstration, we are able to non-intrusively up and down regulate the ROS level in cells successfully by simply switching off and on the light respectively, potentially facilitating the precise medicine based on the development of the disease. Indeed, the photo-switchable peroxidase/catalase-like activity of O/N-CQDs opens a non-invasive strategy for better manipulations of the multi-activity of nanozymes, promising their wider and more intelligent biomedical applications.
纳米酶具有比天然酶更多的酶活性,为各种生物医学应用产生多途径协同效应。不幸的是,它们的多酶活性相互竞争,显著降低了协同效应。动态调节它们的多酶活性是智能治疗的瓶颈。在这里,我们构建了一种具有过氧化物酶样(活性氧(ROS)产生剂)活性的新型氧氮功能化碳量子点(O/N-CQDs)。有趣的是,在可见光照射下,过氧化物酶样活性可以可逆地转化为过氧化氢酶样(ROS 清除剂)活性。研究发现,O/N-CQDs 的过氧化物酶/过氧化氢酶样活性均可通过光强精确调控。开关酶活性的机制归因于可见光下保留在 O/N-CQDs 上的聚苯胺(PANI)前体中醌式氮的极化,该极化消耗 ROS 以产生 O 和 HO。作为概念验证演示,我们能够通过简单地关闭和打开光源,成功地非侵入性地上调和下调细胞中的 ROS 水平,从而有可能促进基于疾病发展的精确医学。实际上,O/N-CQDs 的光开关过氧化物酶/过氧化氢酶样活性为更好地控制纳米酶的多种活性开辟了一种非侵入性策略,有望实现更广泛、更智能的生物医学应用。
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