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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24961-5
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81801826, 32071322]
- US METAvivor Early Career Investigator Award [2018A020560]
- Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Anesthesiology Basic Scientist Grant [2420 BPA075]
- Center for Nanomedicine Research Fund [2019A014810]
- Khoury Innovation Award [2020A003219]
- Gillian Reny Stepping Strong Center for Trauma Innovation Breakthrough Innovator Award [113548]
- American Heart Association (AHA) Collaborative Science Award [2018A004190]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [4120200213669] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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The regulation of intracellular ROS levels is crucial for cellular homeostasis and fate determination, with moderate levels promoting cell proliferation and differentiation, and excessive levels inducing apoptosis. Surface-oxidized arsenene nanosheets with engineered modifications serve as an intelligent theranostic platform for cancer therapy, enabling targeted delivery and prolonged circulation for effective treatment.
The modulation of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels is crucial for cellular homeostasis and determination of cellular fate. A sublethal level of ROS sustains cell proliferation, differentiation and promotes tumor metastasis, while a drastic ROS burst directly induces apoptosis. Herein, surface-oxidized arsenene nanosheets (As/AsxOy NSs) with type II heterojunction are fabricated with efficient .O-2(-) and O-1(2) production and glutathione consumption through prolonging the lifetime of photo-excited electron-hole pairs. Moreover, the portion of AsxOy with oxygen vacancies not only catalyzes a Fenton-like reaction, generating .OH and O-2 from H2O2, but also inactivates main anti-oxidants to cut off the retreat routes of ROS. After polydopamine (PDA) and cancer cell membrane (M) coating, the engineered As/AsxOy@PDA@M NSs serve as an intelligent theranostic platform with active tumor targeting and long-term blood circulation. Given its narrow-band-gap-enabled in vivo fluorescence imaging properties, As/AsxOy@PDA@M NSs could be applied as an imaging-guided non-invasive and real-time nanomedicine for cancer therapy. Multifunctional materials with a number of effects are important for dealing with the complex environment in cancer therapy. Here, the authors report on surface-oxidized arsenene nanosheets coated with polydopamine and cancer cell membrane as a multi theranostic tumour targeting cancer therapy.
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