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A near-infrared light-controlled smart nanocarrier with reversible polypeptide-engineered valve for targeted fluorescence-photoacoustic bimodal imaging-guided chemo-photothermal therapy

Cheng Li1,2, Xiao-Quan Yang1, Jie An1, Kai Cheng1, Xiao-Lin Hou1, Xiao-Shuai Zhang1, Xian-Lin Song1, Kai-Chen Huang4, Wei Chen1, Bo Liu1, Yuan-Di Zhao1,3✉, Tian-Cai Liu4,5✉

1. Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Hubei Bioinformatics & Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, P. R. China.
2. Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, School of medicine, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China.
3. Key Laboratory of Biomedical Photonics (HUST), Ministry of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, P. R. China.
4. Institute of Antibody Engineering, School of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong, P. R. China.
5. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong, P. R. China.

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Li C, Yang XQ, An J, Cheng K, Hou XL, Zhang XS, Song XL, Huang KC, Chen W, Liu B, Zhao YD, Liu TC. A near-infrared light-controlled smart nanocarrier with reversible polypeptide-engineered valve for targeted fluorescence-photoacoustic bimodal imaging-guided chemo-photothermal therapy. Theranostics 2019; 9(25):7666-7679. doi:10.7150/thno.37047. https://www.thno.org/v09p7666.htm
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Despite burgeoning development of nanoplatform made in the past few years, it remains a challenge to produce drug nanocarrier that enables requested on/off drug release. Thus, this study aimed to develop an ideal near-infrared light-triggered smart nanocarrier for targeted imaging-guided treatment of cancer that tactfully integrated photothermal therapy with chemotherapy to accurately control drug release time and dosage.

Methods: This delivery system was composed of Ag2S QD coating with dendritic mesoporous silica (DMSN), which acted as nanocarrier of doxorubicin localized inside pores. To provide the nanocarrier with controlled release capability, a polypeptide-engineered that structure was reversible to photothermal effect of Ag2S QD, was covalently grafted to the external surface of drug-loaded DMSN.

Results: This nanocarrier with the size of 40~60 nm had satisfactory biocompatibility and photothermal conversion efficiency up to 28.35%. Due to acidity-triggered charge reversal of polypeptide, which significantly extended circulation time and improved targeting ability, fluorescence and photoacoustic signals were still obvious at tumor site post-24 h by tail vein injection and chemo-photothermal synergistic therapy obviously enhanced antitumor efficacy. Mild PTT with multiple short-term exposures not only reduced the side effect of overdose drug but also avoided skin damage caused by long-term irradiation.

Conclusion: By adjusting irradiation time and on/off cycle, multiple small amount local drug release reduced the side effect of overdose drug and skin damage. This novel approach provided an ideal near-infrared light-triggered nanocarrier with accurate control of area, time, and especially dosage.

Keywords: cancer therapy, charge reversible, drug delivery, protein engineering, dendritic mesoporous silica


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Li, C., Yang, X.Q., An, J., Cheng, K., Hou, X.L., Zhang, X.S., Song, X.L., Huang, K.C., Chen, W., Liu, B., Zhao, Y.D., Liu, T.C. (2019). A near-infrared light-controlled smart nanocarrier with reversible polypeptide-engineered valve for targeted fluorescence-photoacoustic bimodal imaging-guided chemo-photothermal therapy. Theranostics, 9(25), 7666-7679. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.37047.

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Li, C.; Yang, X.Q.; An, J.; Cheng, K.; Hou, X.L.; Zhang, X.S.; Song, X.L.; Huang, K.C.; Chen, W.; Liu, B.; Zhao, Y.D.; Liu, T.C. A near-infrared light-controlled smart nanocarrier with reversible polypeptide-engineered valve for targeted fluorescence-photoacoustic bimodal imaging-guided chemo-photothermal therapy. Theranostics 2019, 9 (25), 7666-7679. DOI: 10.7150/thno.37047.

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Li C, Yang XQ, An J, Cheng K, Hou XL, Zhang XS, Song XL, Huang KC, Chen W, Liu B, Zhao YD, Liu TC. A near-infrared light-controlled smart nanocarrier with reversible polypeptide-engineered valve for targeted fluorescence-photoacoustic bimodal imaging-guided chemo-photothermal therapy. Theranostics 2019; 9(25):7666-7679. doi:10.7150/thno.37047. https://www.thno.org/v09p7666.htm

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Li C, Yang XQ, An J, Cheng K, Hou XL, Zhang XS, Song XL, Huang KC, Chen W, Liu B, Zhao YD, Liu TC. 2019. A near-infrared light-controlled smart nanocarrier with reversible polypeptide-engineered valve for targeted fluorescence-photoacoustic bimodal imaging-guided chemo-photothermal therapy. Theranostics. 9(25):7666-7679.

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