期刊
DYES AND PIGMENTS
卷 198, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2021.109997
关键词
Photodynamic therapy; Cyclooxygenase-2; Photosensitizer; Indomethacin; Golgi apparatus; Targeting
资金
- National Health and Family Planning Commission jointly established scientific research fund [WKJ2016-2-14]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81703345, 21974009]
- Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province [2021J01549]
Introducing indomethacin to conjugate with zinc phthalocyanines successfully addresses the issues of photosensitizer aggregation, poor tumor targeting, and limited action radius of reactive oxygen species. The designed photosensitizer IMC-Pc shows improved efficiency in intracellular reactive oxygen species generation and anticancer efficacy through cyclooxygenase-2-driven dual targeting and aggregation inhibition.
Photodynamic therapy, during which nontoxic photosensitizers can be photo-activated to generate cytotoxic reactive oxygen species, has attracted great interest. However, the strong aggregation and poor tumor targeting of photosensitizers, the short action radius and lifetime of reactive oxygen species limit the therapeutic efficiency greatly. Herein, indomethacin, an inhibitor and substrate of cyclooxygenase-2, is introduced to conjugate with zinc phthalocyanines for successively solving these three problems. Own to indomethacin moiety, our designed photosensitizer IMC-Pc can bind to cyclooxygenase-2 with reduced aggregation, and its binding mechanism was demonstrated by fluorescence enhancement and docking calculations. Subsequently, the indomethacin moiety assists ZnPc selectively targeting to cyclooxygenase-2 expressive tumor cells, and further accumulating in Golgi apparatus. Importantly, our results exhibit the improved intracellular reactive oxygen species generation and enhanced anticancer efficacy of IMC-Pc. Overall, such a novel photosensitizer with three-in-one cyclooxygenase-2-driven dual targeting and aggregation inhibition is a promising candidate for improving therapeutic efficacy.
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