Journal
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Volume 28, Issue 44, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201804362
Keywords
aggregation-induced emission; chemotherapy; organelle; photodynamic therapy; self-monitoring
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21788102, 51620105009, 21877040, 21602063]
- National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFC0311103, 2017YFC1105004, 2017YFC1103402]
- Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangzhou [201607020015, 201704030069]
- Pearl River S& T Nova Program of Guangzhou [201806010152]
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [2016A030313852, 2016A030312002]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2018JQ01]
- Innovation and Technology Commission of Hong Kong [ITC-CNERC14SC01]
- Guangdong Innovative Research Team Program [201101C0105067115]
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The current cancer therapy faces great challenges on improving the treatment efficiency and overcoming the drug resistance. To tackle these challenges, herein dual-organelle-targeted nanoparticles (NPs) are developed with synergistic chemo-photodynamic therapy functions through self-assembly of mitochondria-targeted chemotherapeutic agent AIE-Mito-TPP and lysosomes-targeted photosensitizer AlPcSNa4. The dual-organelle-targeted NPs can be quickly taken up by cancer cells through endocytosis and gradually decompose to release AIE-Mito-TPP and AlPcSNa4, which, respectively, accumulate in mitochondria and lysosomes. The AIE-Mito-TPP can efficiently destroy mitochondrial functions, while the AlPcSNa4 can efficiently destroy lysosomes via reactive oxygen species generation under NIR light irradiation. The dual-organelle-targeted drug delivery process can also be self-monitored by the dual light-up fluorescence of green-emissive AIE-Mito-TPP and red-emissive AlPcSNa4. With A375 cells and A375-bearing nude mice as a model, the theranostic potential of the AIE-Mito-TPP/AlPcSNa4 NPs is systematically investigated both in vitro and in vivo. Under NIR light irradiation, the AIE-Mito-TPP/AlPcSNa4 NPs show a remarkable cytotoxicity against A375 cells and efficiently inhibit the in vivo tumor growth. Therefore, the theranostic NPs with dual-organelle-targeted and synergistic chemo-photodynamic therapy functions associated with self-monitoring ability are expected to have promising applications in imaging-guided precise cancer therapy.
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