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Theranostics 2019; 9(21):6314-6333. doi:10.7150/thno.36252 This issue Cite

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Biomineralization-inspired Crystallization of Manganese Oxide on Silk Fibroin Nanoparticles for in vivo MR/fluorescence Imaging-assisted Tri-modal Therapy of Cancer

Ruihao Yang1,2, Mengmeng Hou1,2, Ya Gao1,2, Shiyu Lu1, Lei Zhang3, Zhigang Xu1,2, Chang Ming Li1, Yuejun Kang1,2,✉, Peng Xue1,2,✉

1. Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
2. Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Micro-Nano Biomedical Materials and Devices, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
3. Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China.

✉ Corresponding authors: E-mail: xuepengedu.cn (P. Xue); yjkangedu.cn (Y. Kang)

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Yang R, Hou M, Gao Y, Lu S, Zhang L, Xu Z, Li CM, Kang Y, Xue P. Biomineralization-inspired Crystallization of Manganese Oxide on Silk Fibroin Nanoparticles for in vivo MR/fluorescence Imaging-assisted Tri-modal Therapy of Cancer. Theranostics 2019; 9(21):6314-6333. doi:10.7150/thno.36252. https://www.thno.org/v09p6314.htm
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Regenerated silk fibroin (SF) is a type of natural biomacromolecules with outstanding biocompatibility and biodegradability. However, stimulus-responsive SF-based nanocomplex has seldom been reported for application in tumor diagnosis and therapy.

Methods: As a proof-of-concept study, a multifunctional SF@MnO2 nanoparticle-based platform was strategically synthesized using SF as a reductant and a template via a biomineralization-inspired crystallization process in an extremely facile way. Because of their mesoporous structure and abundant amino and carboxyl terminal residues, SF@MnO2 nanoparticles were co-loaded with a photodynamic agent indocyanine green (ICG) and a chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin (DOX) to form a SF@MnO2/ICG/DOX (SMID) nanocomplex.

Results: The obtained product was highly reactive with endogenous hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in tumor microenvironment, which was decomposed into O2 to enhance tumor-specific photodynamic therapy (PDT). Moreover, SMID nanocomplex produced a strong and stable photothermal effect upon near-infrared (NIR) irradiation for photothermal therapy (PTT) owing to the distinct photothermal response of SF@MnO2 and stably conjugated ICG. The concurrent NIR fluorescence and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in vivo both indicated effective tumor-specific enrichment of SMID nanoparticles via enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect. Animal studies further verified that SMID nanoparticles remarkably improved tumor inhibitive efficacy through combination PTT/PDT/chemotherapy with minimal systemic toxicity or adverse effect.

Conclusion: This study demonstrated the promising potential of SF-based nanomaterial to address some of the key challenges in cancer therapy due to unfavorable tumor microenvironment for drug delivery.

Keywords: Silk fibroin, Tumor microenvironment, Combination therapy, MR/fluorescence imaging, Manganese Oxide.

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Yang, R., Hou, M., Gao, Y., Lu, S., Zhang, L., Xu, Z., Li, C.M., Kang, Y., Xue, P. (2019). Biomineralization-inspired Crystallization of Manganese Oxide on Silk Fibroin Nanoparticles for in vivo MR/fluorescence Imaging-assisted Tri-modal Therapy of Cancer. Theranostics, 9(21), 6314-6333. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.36252.

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Yang, R.; Hou, M.; Gao, Y.; Lu, S.; Zhang, L.; Xu, Z.; Li, C.M.; Kang, Y.; Xue, P. Biomineralization-inspired Crystallization of Manganese Oxide on Silk Fibroin Nanoparticles for in vivo MR/fluorescence Imaging-assisted Tri-modal Therapy of Cancer. Theranostics 2019, 9 (21), 6314-6333. DOI: 10.7150/thno.36252.

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Yang R, Hou M, Gao Y, Lu S, Zhang L, Xu Z, Li CM, Kang Y, Xue P. Biomineralization-inspired Crystallization of Manganese Oxide on Silk Fibroin Nanoparticles for in vivo MR/fluorescence Imaging-assisted Tri-modal Therapy of Cancer. Theranostics 2019; 9(21):6314-6333. doi:10.7150/thno.36252. https://www.thno.org/v09p6314.htm

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Yang R, Hou M, Gao Y, Lu S, Zhang L, Xu Z, Li CM, Kang Y, Xue P. 2019. Biomineralization-inspired Crystallization of Manganese Oxide on Silk Fibroin Nanoparticles for in vivo MR/fluorescence Imaging-assisted Tri-modal Therapy of Cancer. Theranostics. 9(21):6314-6333.

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