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BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 8, Issue 8, Pages 2156-2163Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9bm01912j
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21773268, 21661132006, 21533012]
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The construction of intelligent self-assembly systems with cancer targeting photodynamic therapy abilities is highly required for increasing the precise therapeutic efficiency in clinical treatment. Herein, a cationic water soluble conjugated polymer (PFT-SH) functionalized with thiol groups was designed and synthesized via a palladium-catalyzed Suzuki coupling reaction. Firstly, PFT-SH can enter cells and form loose aggregations by hydrophobic and pi-pi stacking interactions. Secondly, a high level of H2O2 in cancer cells oxidizes sulfhydryl groups to disulfide bonds and then forms more and larger aggregations. Finally, PFT-SH showed remarkable ROS producing ability under white light irradiation with 78% quantum yields (phi(Delta)). Due to this unique self-aggregation property, PFT-SH was successfully used to achieve in situ self-assembly specifically inside cancer cells for targeted imaging. Both the specific aggregation of PFT-SH in cancer cells and its ROS producing ability led to its use in the targeted killing of cancer cells through efficient photodynamic therapy.
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