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Modulating planarity of cyanine dye to construct highly stable H-aggregates for enhanced photothermal therapy

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NANO RESEARCH
卷 16, 期 1, 页码 970-979

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TSINGHUA UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4818-0

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H-aggregation-enhanced photothermal effect; molecular planarity; quinoline cyanine; mitochondrial anchoring; low-dose

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In this study, a quinoline cyanine (QCy) was developed to construct stable H-aggregated nanoparticles (NPs) and significantly improve photostability and photothermal conversion efficiency (PCE). The resulting QCy NPs showed a spherical structure and high stability, and the formation of H-aggregates greatly enhanced PCE. Moreover, the positive charge of quaternarized quinoline enhanced the photothermal effect, making QCy NPs potential candidates for photoacoustic imaging-guided tumor photothermal therapy.
Self-assembly of dyes has become a flexible strategy to modulate their photophysical properties. H-aggregates show great potential to increase heat generation, while the precise designing of H-aggregates as efficient photothermal agents is still challenging. Herein, a quinoline cyanine (QCy) is developed for constructing stable H-aggregated nanoparticles (NPs) to significantly enhance photostability and photothermal conversion efficiency (PCE). With symmetrical rigid planar quinoline structures, QCy has a small and symmetrical dihedral angle (11.9 degrees), which ensures excellent molecular planarity. In aqueous solution, the planar QCy can form close pi-pi molecular stacking, and fast self-assemble into stable H-aggregates even at low concentrations (1 x 10(-7) M). QCy H-aggregates are sphere-like NPs (QCy NPs) with an average diameter of 120 nm and exhibit high stability. H-aggregation of QCy significantly enhances PCE from 20.1% (non-H-aggregated QCy) to 63.8% (QCy NPs). In addition, the positive charge of quaternarized quinoline provides mitochondrial anchoring ability, which further enhances the photothermal effect. With high PCE and tumor accumulation, QCy NPs in low-doses have been successfully used in photoacoustic imaging-guided tumor photothermal therapy.

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