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Polydopamine-functionalized black phosphorus quantum dots for cancer theranostics
摘要： Black phosphorus (BP) is a promising theranostic agent owing to its excellent photothermal property, biocompatibility and biodegradability. However, the rapid degradation of BP with oxygen and moisture causes the innate instability that is the Achilles’ heel of BP, hindering its further applications in cancer theranostics. Herein, a facile surface passivation strategy was developed to prepare polydopamine (PDA) coated BP quantum dots (QDs) (denoted as BP@PDA) through self-polymerization method. PDA with enriched phenol groups plays as a scavenger of reactive oxygen, which can efficiently prevent the oxidation of BP quantum dots and make them much stable in water (～90% for BP@PDA vs. only 10% for pure BP QDs after 10 days storage). Furthermore, PDA with strong near-infrared (NIR) absorption could greatly improve the photothermal conversion efficiency (PCE) of BP QDs from 22.6% to 64.2% (～2.84-fold higher). Considering the excellent biodegradability and good biocompability of both BP QDs and PDA, the as-prepared BP@PDA hold great potential for cancer theranostics.
关键词： Photoacoustic imaging,Black phosphorus,Photothermal therapy,Cancer theranostics,Polydopamine
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:42
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Smart Supramolecular “Trojan Horse”-Inspired Nanogels for Realizing Light-Triggered Nuclear Drug Influx in Drug-Resistant Cancer Cells
摘要： Efficient nuclear delivery of anticancer drugs evading drug efflux transporters (DETs) on the plasma and nuclear membranes of multidrug-resistant cancer cells is highly challenging. Here, smart nanogels are designed via a one-step self-assembly of three functional components including a biocompatible copolymer, a fluorescent organosilica nanodot, and a photodegradable near-infrared (NIR) dye indocyanine green (ICG). The rationally designed nanogels have high drug encapsulation efficiency (≈99%) for anticancer drug doxorubicin (Dox), self-traceability for bioimaging, proper size for passive tumor targeting, prolonged blood circulation time for enhanced drug accumulation in tumor, and photocontrolled disassemblability. Moreover, the Dox-loaded nanogels can effectively kill multidrug-resistant cells via two steps: 1) They behave like a “Trojan horse” to escape from the DETs on the plasma membrane for efficiently transporting the anticancer “soldier” (Dox) into the cytoplasm and preventing the drugs from being excreted from the cells; 2) Upon NIR light irradiation, the photodegradation of ICG leads to the disassembly of the nanogels to release massive Dox molecules, which can evade the DETs on the nuclear membrane to exert their intranuclear efficacy in multidrug-resistant cells. Combined with their excellent biocompatibility, the nanogels may provide an alternative solution for overcoming cancer multidrug resistance.
关键词： nuclear delivery,photocontrollable drug release,cancer theranostics,silicon-based nanomaterials,supramolecular assembly
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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PEGylated mesoporous Bi2S3 Nanostars loaded with Chlorin e6 and doxorubicin for fluorescence/CT imaging-guided multimodal therapy of Cancer
摘要： Taking advantage of the mesoporous structure of bismuth sulfide nanostars (Bi2S3 NSs), a chemotherapeutic drug of doxorubicin (DOX) and a photosensitizer of chlorin e6 (Ce6) were concurrently loaded in the PEGylated Bi2S3 NSs to formulate a multifunctional nanocomplex (BPDC NSs) for theranostics. BPDC NSs have excellent photothermal conversion efficiency and a capacity of yielding reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon laser irradiation, and can realize on-demand drug release by either pH-activation or thermal induction. Accumulation of the nanodrug could be monitored in real-time by infrared thermal imaging, fluorescence imaging and computed tomography (CT). More importantly, the combination effects of photothermal therapy (PTT), photodynamic therapy (PDT) and chemotherapy was demonstrated to dramatically suppress solid tumors without recurrence in vivo. Featured by the low systemic toxicity and high biocompatibility, this nanoplatform could be a promising derivative of Bi2S3 NSs for imaging-guided theranostics of cancer.
关键词： Controlled drug release,Cancer theranostics,Doxorubicin,Chlorin e6,Bismuth (Bi) chalcogenides
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Hybrid quantum dot-based theranostic nanomedicines for tumor-targeted drug delivery and cancer imaging
摘要： Quantum dots (QDs) are considered one of the most efficient tools used in theranostic applications for diagnosis and therapy due to their unique physiochemical characteristics. QDs are semiconductor crystals in the nano-scale range of 2–10 nm which exhibit unique photoluminescence characteristics as well as electronic properties such as tunable emission from visible to near infrared wavelengths and superior light stability. QDs possess strong photoluminescence with high molar extinction coefficient values, which make them the best candidates for cell labeling and detection of cancer biomarkers. QDs are characterized by symmetric narrow-emission spectra and broad-absorption spectra. However, some fears have been raised regarding the toxicity of QDs, especially Cd-containing QDs, due to the release of Cd ions and the generation of reactive oxygen species. Therefore, strategies have been developed to reduce their toxicity and enhance their biocompatibility through hybridization with other moieties such as polymers, proteins, polysaccharides or lipids, offering efficient tumor targeting in addition to inhibiting their release into the systemic circulation. This article discusses QD-based nanohybrids for delivery of anticancer drugs in combination with cancer imaging.
关键词： lipids,proteins,nanohybrids,tumor targeting,inorganic nanoparticles,polymers,cancer theranostics,quantum dots,polysaccharides,drug delivery
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Graphene quantum dot-rare earth upconversion nanocages with extremely high efficiency of upconversion luminescence, stability and drug loading towards controlled delivery and cancer theranostics
摘要： The study reported one concept for fabrication of functional graphene quantum dot-rare earth upconversion nanocage. The nanocage exhibits extremely high efficiency of upconversion luminescence, stability and drug loading toward controlled delivery and cancer theranostics.
关键词： Cancer theranostics,Rare earth-based upconversion nanoparticle,Graphene quantum dot,Drug delivery
更新于2025-09-16 10:30:52
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Phase‐Change Materials Based Nanoparticles for Controlled Hypoxia Modulation and Enhanced Phototherapy
摘要： Tumor hypoxia strengthens tumor resistance to different therapies especially oxygen involved strategies, such as photodynamic therapy (PDT). Herein, the thermal responsive phase change materials (PCM) are utilized to coencapsulate ultrasmall manganese dioxide (sMnO2) and organic photosensitizer IR780 to obtain IR780-sMnO2-PCM nanoparticles for controlled tumor hypoxia modulation and enhanced phototherapy. The thermal responsive protective PCM layer can not only prevent IR780 from photodegradation, but also immediately release sMnO2 to decompose endogenous H2O2 and generate enough oxygen for PDT under laser irradiation. Owing to the efficient accumulation of IR780-sMnO2-PCM nanoparticles in tumor under intravenous injection as revealed by both florescence imaging and photoacoustic imaging, the tumor hypoxia is greatly relieved. Furthermore, in vivo combined photothermal therapy (PTT) and PDT, IR780-sMnO2-PCM nanoparticles, compared to IR780-PCM nanoparticles, exhibit better performance in inhibiting tumor growth. The results highlight the promise of IR780-sMnO2-PCM in controlled modulation of tumor hypoxia to overcome current limitations of cancer therapies.
关键词： hypoxia modulation,cancer theranostics,photodynamic therapy,phase change materials
更新于2025-09-11 14:15:04