Multifunctional nanoplatforms for imaging-guided synergistic antitumor treatment are highly desirable in biomedical applications. However, anticancer treatment is largely affected by the pre-existing hypoxic tumor microenvironment (TME), which not only causes the resistance of the
tumors to
photodynamic therapy (
PDT), but also promotes
tumorigenesis and
tumor progression. Here, a continuous O2 self-enriched nanoplatform is constructed for multimodal imaging-guided synergistic
phototherapy based on octahedral
gold nanoshells (GNSs), which are constructed by a more facile and straightforward one-step method using
platinum (Pt) nanozyme-decorated
metal-organic frameworks (MOF) as the inner template. The Pt-decorated MOF@GNSs (PtMGs) are further functionalized with
human serum albumin-chelated
gadolinium (HSA-Gd, HGd) and loaded with
indocyanine green (ICG) (ICG-PtMGs@HGd) to achieve a synergistic
PDT/PTT effect and fluorescence (FL)/multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT)/X-ray computed tomography (CT)/magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The Pt-decorated nanoplatform endows remarkable
catalase-like behavior and facilitates the continuous decomposition of the endogenous H2O2 into O2 to enhance the
PDT effect under hypoxic TME. HSA modification enhances the biocompatibility and
tumor-targeting ability of the nanocomposites. This TME-responsive and O2 self-supplement nanoparticle holds great potential as a multifunctional
theranostic nanoplatform for the multimodal imaging-guided synergistic
phototherapy of solid
tumors.