• Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences
  • Vol. 14, Issue 3, 2150009 (2021)
Xiaofu Weng1, Zhouzhou Bao2、3、*, and Xunbin Wei1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Biomedical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200030, P. R. China
  • 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200127, P. R. China
  • 3Shanghai Key Laboratory of Gynecologic Oncology Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200127, P. R. China
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    DOI: 10.1142/s1793545821500097 Cite this Article
    Xiaofu Weng, Zhouzhou Bao, Xunbin Wei. Binary organic nanoparticles with enhanced reactive oxygen species generation capability for photodynamic therapy[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2021, 14(3): 2150009 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Photodynamic therapy (PDT) takes advantage of photosensitizers (PSs) to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) for cell killing when excited by light. It has been widely used in clinic for therapy of multiple cancers. Currently, all the FDA-approved PSs, including porphyrin, are all small organic molecules, suffering from aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) issues in biological environment and lacking tumor targeting capability. Nanoparticles (NPs) with size between 20 nm and 200 nm possess tumor targeting capability due to the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect. It is urgent to develop a new strategy to form clinical-approved-PSs-based NPs with improved ROS generation capability. In this study, we report a strategy to overwhelm the ACQ of porphyrin by doping it with a type of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) luminogen to produce a binary NPs with high biocompatibility, and enhanced fluorescence and ROS generation capability. Such NPs can be readily synthesized by mixing a porphyrin derivative, Ce6 with a typical AIE luminogen, TPE-Br. Here, our experimental results have demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of this strategy, endowing it a great potential in clinical applications.
    Xiaofu Weng, Zhouzhou Bao, Xunbin Wei. Binary organic nanoparticles with enhanced reactive oxygen species generation capability for photodynamic therapy[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2021, 14(3): 2150009
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