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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 141, Issue 22, Pages 8943-8950Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b02726
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- NSFC/China [21625202]
- Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission [201701070005E00020, 2019-01-07-00-05-E00012]
- Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21635003, 21827814]
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Noninvasive control over the reversible generation of singlet oxygen (O-1(2)) has found the practical significance in benefiting photodynamic therapy. In this study, we developed a new dual-stage metallacycle (M) by using a photosensitizer and photochromic switch as the functional building blocks, which enables the noninvasive off-on switching of O-1(2) generation through the efficient intramolecular energy transfer. Due to the proximal placement of the functional entities within the well-defined metallacyclic scaffold, O-1(2) generation in the ring-closed form state of the photochromic switch (C-M) is quenched by photoinduced energy transfer, whereas the generation of O-1(2) in the ring-open form state (O-M) is activated upon light irradiation. More interestingly, the metallacycle-loaded nanoparticles with relatively high stability and water solubility were prepared, which allow for the delivery of metallacycles to cancer cells via endocytosis. Their theranostic potential has been systematically investigated both in vitro and in vivo. Under the light irradiation, the designed ring-open form nanoparticles (O-NPs) show remarkable higher cytotoxicity against cancer cells compared to the ring-closed form nanoparticles (C-NPs). In vivo experiments also revealed that tumors can be very efficiently eliminated by the designed nanoparticles under light irradiation with the ability to regulate in vivo generation of singlet oxygen. All these results demonstrated that the supramolecular coordination complexes with a dual-stage state provide a highly efficient nanoplatform for noninvasive control over the reversible generation of O-1(2), thus allowing for their promising applications in tumor treatment and beyond.
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