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Size-Tunable Gd2O3@Albumin Nanoparticles Conjugating Chlorin e6 for Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Photo-Induced Therapy

Lijuan Zhou1,5*, Tao Yang2*, Junxing Wang1*, Qiaoli Wang2, Xiaoyan Lv2, Hengte Ke2, Zhengqing Guo3, Junkang Shen1,5, Yong Wang3✉, Chungen Xing4✉, Huabing Chen2,3✉

1. Department of Radiology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou215004, Jiangsu, China;
2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Translational Research and Therapy for Neuro-Psycho-Diseases, and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China;
3. School for Radiological & Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, and School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China;
4. Department of General Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, Jiangsu, China;
5. Institute of Radiotherapy & Oncology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, Jiangsu, China.
*Equal contribution to this study.

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Zhou L, Yang T, Wang J, Wang Q, Lv X, Ke H, Guo Z, Shen J, Wang Y, Xing C, Chen H. Size-Tunable Gd2O3@Albumin Nanoparticles Conjugating Chlorin e6 for Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Photo-Induced Therapy. Theranostics 2017; 7(3):764-774. doi:10.7150/thno.15757. https://www.thno.org/v07p0764.htm
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Protein nanoparticles as nanocarriers are of particular interest in the field of cancer therapy. Nevertheless, so far a facile fabrication of theranostic protein nanoparticles have been explored with limited success for cancer imaging and therapy. In this work, we demonstrate the controllable synthesis of size-tunable Gd2O3@albumin conjugating photosensitizer (PS) (GA-NPs) using hollow albumin as the nanoreactor for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided photo-induced therapy. The growth of Gd2O3 nanocrystals within the hollow nanoreactors is well regulated through reaction time, and a typical PS (e.g. chlorin e6) is further conjugated with the protein corona of the nanoreactor through facile chemical coupling, followed by the formation of theranostic GA-NPs. GA-NPs exhibit good longitudinal relaxivity, ideal photostability, enhanced cellular uptakes, and preferable size-dependent tumor accumulation. Moreover, GA-NPs effectively generate remarkable photothermal effect, intracellular reactive oxygen species from Ce6, and subsequent cytoplasmic drug translocation, thereby leading to severe synergistic photothermal and photodynamic cell damages. Consequently, GA-NPs exhibit an in vivo size-dependent MRI capacity with enhanced imaging contrast for effective tumor localization, and also generate a potent synergistic photodynamic therapy/photothermal therapy efficacy under irradiation owing to their enhanced tumor accumulation and strong photo-induced cytotoxicity. These results suggest that GA-NPs can act as a promising theranostic protein nanoplatform for cancer imaging and photo-induced therapy.

Keywords: albumin nanoreactor, gadolinium oxide, photosensitizer, magnetic resonance imaging, photodynamic therapy.


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Zhou, L., Yang, T., Wang, J., Wang, Q., Lv, X., Ke, H., Guo, Z., Shen, J., Wang, Y., Xing, C., Chen, H. (2017). Size-Tunable Gd2O3@Albumin Nanoparticles Conjugating Chlorin e6 for Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Photo-Induced Therapy. Theranostics, 7(3), 764-774. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.15757.

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Zhou, L.; Yang, T.; Wang, J.; Wang, Q.; Lv, X.; Ke, H.; Guo, Z.; Shen, J.; Wang, Y.; Xing, C.; Chen, H. Size-Tunable Gd2O3@Albumin Nanoparticles Conjugating Chlorin e6 for Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Photo-Induced Therapy. Theranostics 2017, 7 (3), 764-774. DOI: 10.7150/thno.15757.

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Zhou L, Yang T, Wang J, Wang Q, Lv X, Ke H, Guo Z, Shen J, Wang Y, Xing C, Chen H. Size-Tunable Gd2O3@Albumin Nanoparticles Conjugating Chlorin e6 for Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Photo-Induced Therapy. Theranostics 2017; 7(3):764-774. doi:10.7150/thno.15757. https://www.thno.org/v07p0764.htm

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Zhou L, Yang T, Wang J, Wang Q, Lv X, Ke H, Guo Z, Shen J, Wang Y, Xing C, Chen H. 2017. Size-Tunable Gd2O3@Albumin Nanoparticles Conjugating Chlorin e6 for Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Photo-Induced Therapy. Theranostics. 7(3):764-774.

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