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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 385, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2019.123893
Keywords
Tumor microenvironment; Polyphosphazene; Biodegradability; Multimodal imaging; Chemo-photodynamic therapy
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21674085]
- key Laboratory Construction Program of Xi'an Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology [201805056ZD7CG40]
- Young Talent Fund of University Association for Science and Technology in Shaanxi, China [20180601]
- Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China [2019JM-040]
- Innovation Capability Support Program of Shaanxi [2018PT-28, 2017KTPT-04]
- Fundamental Fund of Xi'an Jiaotong University [xjj2018218]
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It is of great importance to develop tumor microenvironment (TME) responsive and adjustable theranostic nanosystems for specific and efficient cancer treatment. However, carrier-based nanomedicines are often inefficacious in vivo due to low drug-loading efficiency, lack of synergistic effects, poor targeting specificity and limited drug accumulation in tumor tissues. Herein, we report a new multimodal theranostic nanoplatform which is assembled from Fe3O4 nanoclusters, MnO2 nanosheets with multifunctional and cross-linked polyphosphazene. This peanut-like nanoplatform exhibited enhanced chemo/photodynamic therapy (CT/PDT) effect as well as significant tumor-targeting capacity. In addition, Fe3O4 cores and MnO2 nanoshells enables T-1/T-2 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of tumor tissues, while photosensitizer methylene blue (MB) allows for fluorescence imaging and PDT simultaneously. Importantly, nanopeanut agents could dual-regulate intracellular oxygen and glutathione (GSH) levels in TME by MnO2 shells, to relieve hypoxic condition and produce enough ROS to induce cell apoptosis. Our research demonstrated that the multistage TME-responsive nanoplatform is ideally suitable for tumor specific drug delivery and real-time disease tracking with enhanced theranostic properties.
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