Journal
WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1786
Keywords
enzyme; intratumoral; nanotheranostics; self-assembly
Funding
- Central University Basic Research Fund of China [WK2060000020]
- National Institutes of Health [R01 EB030376]
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Enzyme-mediated intratumoral self-assembled (EMISA) nanotheranostics are a new class of smart agents for combined imaging and therapy of cancer. The self-assembly of nanostructures in tumor cells is induced by conjugating small molecules with an enzyme-specific cleavage site. This approach avoids limitations of pre-assembled nanotheranostics and results in amplified imaging signal and therapeutic efficacy.
Enzyme-mediated intratumoral self-assembled (EMISA) nanotheranostics represent a new class of smart agents for combined imaging and therapy of cancer. Cancer cells overexpress various enzymes that are essential for high metabolism, fast proliferation, and tissue invasion and metastasis. By conjugating small molecules that contain an enzyme-specific cleavage site to appropriate chemical linkers, it is possible to induce self-assembly of nanostructures in tumor cells having the target enzyme. This approach of injecting small theranostic molecules that eventually become larger nanotheranostics in situ avoids some of the major limitations that are encountered when injecting larger, pre-assembled nanotheranostics. The advantage of EMISA nanotheranostics include the avoidance of nonspecific uptake and rapid clearance by phagocytic cells, increased cellular accumulation, reduced drug efflux and prolonged cellular exposure time, all of which lead to an amplified imaging signal and therapeutic efficacy. We review here the different approaches that can be used for preparing EMISA-based organic, inorganic, or organic/inorganic hybrid nanotheranostics based on noncovalent interactions and/or covalent bonding. Imaging examples are shown for fluorescence imaging, nuclear imaging, photoacoustic imaging, Raman imaging, computed tomography imaging, bioluminescent imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging. This article is categorized under: Diagnostic Tools > In Vivo Nanodiagnostics and Imaging Biology-Inspired Nanomaterials > Peptide-Based Structures
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