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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2017-07-15

发表刊物：JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

收录刊物：SCIE、EI、PubMed、Scopus

卷号：498

页面范围：170-181

ISSN号：0021-9797

关键字：Photodynamic therapy; Nanoparticle; Pullulan; Self-quenching; Photosensitizer; Singlet oxygen

摘要：Activatable photosensitizers that can be activated by cancer-associated stimuli have drawn increasing attention for simultaneous fluorescence imaging and photodynamic ablation of cancer cells. Here, we developed a cancer-cell specific photosensitizer nano-delivery system by synthesizing protoporphyrin IX (PplX)-conjugated pullulan (P) with reducible disulfide bonds. The amphiphilic P-s-s-PpIX conjugate self-assembled in aqueous condition to form core-shell structured nanoparticles (P-s-s-PpIX NPs) with average size of 166 nm, showing reduction-controllable stability. In in vitro, the photoactivity of P-s-sPpIX NPs in an aqueous environment was significantly suppressed by the self-quenching effect, which kept P-s-s-PpIX NPs in a photo-inactive and quenched state. But in the presence of GSH, P-s-s-P-pIX NPs quickly dissociated by reductive breakage of disulfide linkers, followed by the significant recovery of fluorescent emission and singlet oxygen generation. In MCF-7 cells, compared to non-reducible P-PpIX NPs with stable amide linkages, P-s-s-PpIX NPs displayed higher cytotoxicity and induced higher apoptosis rate of tumor cells with light irradiation treatment. As a result, the P-s-s-PpIX NPs may serve as an effective smart nanomedicine platform for specific light-up and reduction-triggered cancer imaging and photodynamic therapy with the prominently reduced damage to normal tissues and cells. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.