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Self-Sacrificially Degradable Pseudo-Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles that Integrate NIR-II Fluorescence Bioimaging, Photodynamic Immunotherapy, and Photo-Activated Chemotherapy.

Abstract
Semiconducting polymers (SP) hold great promise for cancer phototherapy due to their excellent optical properties; however, their clinical application is still hampered by their poor biodegradability. Herein, a self-sacrificially biodegradable pseudo-semiconducting polymer (PSP) for NIR-II fluorescence bioimaging, photodynamic immunotherapy, and photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT) is reported. The PSP can further co-assemble with an amphiphilic polyester with pendant doxorubicin (DOX) in its side chains via reactive oxygen species (ROS)-responsive thioketal linkages (PEDOX ), which are denoted as NP@PEDOX /PSP. The NP@PEDOX /PSP can accumulate at tumor sites and generate ROS for photodynamic immunotherapy as well as near-infrared-II fluorescence (NIR-II) for bioimaging upon irradition at 808 nm. The ROS could break up thioketal linkages in PEDOX , resulting in rapid doxorubicin (DOX) release for PACT. Finally, both PEDOX and PSP are degraded sacrificially by intracellular glutathione (GSH), resulting in the dissociation of NP@PEDOX /PSP. This work highlights the application of self-sacrificially degradable PSP for NIR-II fluorescence bioimaging, photodynamic immunotherapy, and PACT in cancer therapy.
AuthorsDongsheng Tang, Yingjie Yu, Jinbo Zhang, Xiying Dong, Chaoyong Liu, Haihua Xiao
JournalAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) (Adv Mater) Vol. 34 Issue 34 Pg. e2203820 (Aug 2022) ISSN: 1521-4095 [Electronic] Germany
PMID35817731 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Copyright© 2022 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
Chemical References
  • Polymers
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Doxorubicin
  • Glutathione
Topics
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Doxorubicin (chemistry)
  • Fluorescence
  • Glutathione (chemistry)
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy
  • Nanoparticles (chemistry)
  • Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, drug therapy)
  • Photochemotherapy (methods)
  • Polymers (chemistry)
  • Reactive Oxygen Species (metabolism)

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