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BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY
Volume 31, Issue 5, Pages 1522-1528Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.0c00172
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [R01DK103363, R01DK115986]
- Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) [RP200233]
- Welch Research Foundation from the University of Texas at Dallas [AT-1974-20180324]
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The coming era of precision nanomedicine demands engineered nanoparticles that can be readily translated into the clinic, like that of molecular agents, without being hindered by intrinsic size heterogeneity and long-term body retention. Herein we report that conjugation of indocyanine green (ICG), an FDA-approved near-infrared (NIR) dye, onto an atomically precise glutathione-coated Au25 (GS-Au25) nanocluster led to a molecular-like photothermal nanoparticle (ICG(4)-GS-Au25) with significantly enhanced ICG photostability and tumor targeting. Under weak NIR light irradiation conditions, free ICG failed to suppress tumor growth but the original tumors were completely eradicated with ICG(4)-GS-Au25. In the meantime, off-target ICG(4)-GS-Au25 was effectively cleared out from the body like small-molecule drugs after glutathione-mediated biotransformation in the liver. These findings highlight the merits of molecular-like nanomedicines, offering a new pathway to meet FDA's criteria for the clinical translation of nanomedicines.
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