Journal
NANO TODAY
Volume 36, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.nantod.2020.101020
Keywords
Nano vector; Photothermal enhanced drug retention; Copper selenide; Phase change material; Overcoming multidrug resistance
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- Beijing Natural Science Foundation [2202043]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51903014, 21774007, 81671800]
- Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality [7172204]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2020T130044]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [ZY2024, PT1811]
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Development of a Cu2-xSe-based photothermal vector for delivering triphenylphosphine-modified doxorubicin to mitochondria shows promising results in overcoming cancer multidrug resistance. The photothermal effect of the vector enhances drug release and cellular retention, leading to effective mitochondria targeting and powerful therapeutic ability against MDR tumors.
Developing a simple and effective drug delivery system for overcoming cancer multidrug resistance (MDR) is challenging. Herein, a Cu2-xSe-based photothermal vector (PT-V) with a photothermal conversion efficiency of 42.8 % was designed and synthesized to effectively deliver triphenylphosphine-modified doxorubicin (TPDOX) to mitochondria for overcoming cancer MDR. A phase change material was co-loaded to the vector to prevent drug leakage. Decorated with a folic acid group, PT-V@TPDOX was developed into a multifunctional theranostic agent. The photothermal effect brings several advantages to the PT-V. First, photothermal regulation makes TPDOX release highly controllable. Then, photothermally enhanced drug release and cellular retention are achieved in MDR cells, resulting in effective mitochondria targeting of TPDOX. Finally, photothermal therapy combined with DOX-based chemotherapy shows powerful therapeutic ability with an inhibition rate of 97.3 % against tumors with MDR. This study provides a simple and effective platform to overcome MDR with a photothermal vector. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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