Theranostics 2020; 10(4):1544-1554. doi:10.7150/thno.40439 This issue Cite
Research Paper
1. Marshall Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, International Cancer Center, Laboratory of Evolutionary Theranostics (LET), School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen 518060, China.
2. Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
3. Department of General Surgery, Shenzhen University General Hospital, Shenzhen 518055, China.
*These authors contributed equally to this work.
Cancer theranostics based on glucose oxidase (GOx)-induced starvation therapy has got more and more attention in cancer management. Herein, GOx armed manganese dioxide nanosheets (denoted as MNS-GOx) were developed as cancer nanotheranostic agent for magnetic resonance (MR)/photoacoustic (PA) dual-modal imaging guided self-oxygenation/hyperthermia dually enhanced starvation cancer therapy. The manganese dioxide nanomaterials with different morphologies (such as nanoflowers, nanosheets and nanowires) were synthesized by a biomimetic approach using melanin as a biotemplate. Afterwards, the manganese dioxide nanosheets (MNS) with two sides and large surface area were selected as the vehicle to carry and deliver GOx. The as-prepared MNS-GOx can perform the circular reaction of glucose oxidation and H2O2 decomposition for enhanced starvation therapy. Moreover, the catalytic activity of GOx could be further improved by the hyperthermia of MNS-GOx upon near-infrared laser irradiation. Most intriguingly, MNS-GOx could achieve “turn-on” MR imaging and “turn-off” PA imaging simultaneously. The theranostic capability of MNS-GOx was evaluated on A375 tumor-bearing mice with all tumor elimination. Our findings integrated molecular imaging and starvation-based synergistic cancer therapy, which provided a new platform for cancer nanotheranostics.
Keywords: manganese oxidase, melanin, photothermal therapy, starvation therapy, synergistic therapy.