A hypoxia-activatable theranostic agent with intrinsic endoplasmic reticulum affinity and type-I photosensitivity
作者:
Zhang, JQ (Zhang, Junqing) [1] ; Zhang, YK (Zhang, Yongkang) [1] ; Zhang, H (Zhang, Hao) [1] ; Zhai, WH (Zhai, Wenhao) [1] ; Shi, XQ (Shi, Xiaoqian) [1] ; Li, CH (Li, Changhua) [1]
DOI
10.1039/d3tb00328k
在线发表
APR 2023
已索引
2023-05-09
文献类型
Article; Early Access
摘要
A unique photosensitizer (PS), (PS)-P-ER, with intrinsic endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-targeting ability and low oxygen-depletion type-I photosensitivity, is developed and used as a scaffold to construct an activatable theranostic agent for precise photodynamic therapy (PDT). The ER-targeted feature coupled with type-I photosensitivity endows (PS)-P-ER with high phototoxicity toward tumor cells under both normoxic and hypoxic conditions. In addition, caging the phenol group of (PS)-P-ER with a nitroreductase-sensitive triggering group provided a hypoxia-activatable PS ((ER)PSIm) that is encapsulated within a polymeric micelle to obtain a water-stable Im@NP nanoparticle for in vivo applications. After intravenous administration to 4T1 tumor-bearing BALB/c mice, Im@NP demonstrated highly efficient imaging-guided PDT ablation of implanted tumors. This is because the delivered (ER)PSIm cargos of Im@NP are specifically activated in the hypoxic microenvironment of solid tumor, and the activated (PS)-P-ER molecules have efficient ER-targeted type-I photosensitivity.