期刊
THERANOSTICS
卷 8, 期 21, 页码 5870-5889出版社
IVYSPRING INT PUBL
DOI: 10.7150/thno.27351
关键词
nanoscintillators; hypoxia-induced radioresistance; X-ray induced photodynamic therapy; nitric oxide; multimodal imaging
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81801828, 81425013]
- Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China [2017M621090]
Hypoxia-induced radioresistance is the primary reason for failure of tumor radiotherapy (RT). Changes within the irradiated tumor microenvironment (TME) including oxygen, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) are closely related to radioresistance. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop new approaches for overcoming hypoxic radioresistance by incorporating TME regulation into current radiotherapeutic strategies. Methods: Herein, we explored a radiation-responsive nanotheranostic system to enhance RT effects on hypoxic tumors by multi-way therapeutic effects. This system was developed by loading S-nitrosothiol groups (SNO, a NO donor) and indocyanine green (ICG, a photosensitizer) onto mesoporous silica shells of Eu3+-doped NaGdF4 scintillating nanocrystals (NSC). Results: Under X-ray radiation, this system can increase the local dosage by high-Z elements, promote ROS generation by X-ray-induced photodynamic therapy, and produce high levels of NO to enhance tumor-killing effects and improve hypoxia via NO-induced vasodilation. In vitro and in vivo studies revealed that this combined strategy can greatly reinforce DNA damage and apoptosis of hypoxic tumor cells, while significantly suppressing tumor growth, improving tumor hypoxia and promoting p(53) up-regulation and HIF1 alpha down-regulation. In addition, this system showed pronounced tumor contrast performance in T-1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography. Conclusion: This work demonstrates the great potential of scintillating nanotheranostics for multimodal imaging-guided X-ray radiation-triggered tumor combined therapy to overcome radioresistance.
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