A two-photon AIE fluorophore as a photosensitizer for highly efficient mitochondria-targeted photodynamic therapy

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (22) ◽  
pp. 9355-9364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qunshou Kong ◽  
Boxuan Ma ◽  
Tao Yu ◽  
Cheng Hu ◽  
Gaocan Li ◽  
...  

Nowadays, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has become an effective method for cancer therapy.

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (71) ◽  
pp. 9878-9881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiangping Liu ◽  
Chengzhi Jin ◽  
Bo Yuan ◽  
Yu Chen ◽  
Xingguo Liu ◽  
...  

A series of DCA-Ir(iii) co-drug complexes were demonstrated to act in synergy by sensitizing cancer cell for PDT to achieve cancer-specifically enhanced two-photon PDT in the hypoxic muticellular tumor spheroids.


2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (10) ◽  
pp. 1680-1683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenbo Hu ◽  
Tingchao He ◽  
Rongcui Jiang ◽  
Jun Yin ◽  
Lin Li ◽  
...  

An inner salt-shaped small-molecular photosensitizer with unprecedentedly strong two-photon absorption was developed for highly efficient two-photon photodynamic therapyviaa mitochondrial apoptosis pathway.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2494-2503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Zheng ◽  
Haixiang Liu ◽  
Shaodong Zhai ◽  
Haoke Zhang ◽  
Guogang Shan ◽  
...  

Mitochondria-targeted photosensitizers with highly efficient singlet oxygen generation, bright near-infrared AIE and good two-photon absorption are obtained through ingenious molecular engineering for cancer cell-selective photodynamic therapy.


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (42) ◽  
pp. 26403-26407
Author(s):  
Keita Hoshi ◽  
Masami Itaya ◽  
Koki Tahara ◽  
Airi Matsumoto ◽  
Atsuhi Tabata ◽  
...  

We have synthesized a cyan fluorescent boron complex based on a tridentate imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine ligand.


Nanoscale ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (47) ◽  
pp. 20197-20210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenchen Qin ◽  
Jinbo Fei ◽  
Anhe Wang ◽  
Yang Yang ◽  
Junbai Li

A biointerfaced nanocomplex with well-defined core@shell nanostructures is rationally assembled for combining photothermal and photodynamic therapy in a one-time synergistic manner under NIR two-photon illumination.


2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (38) ◽  
pp. 7571-7576
Author(s):  
Eiji Hase ◽  
Hiroki Takanari ◽  
Keita Hoshi ◽  
Masaki Okamoto ◽  
Atsushi Tabata ◽  
...  

We have synthesized four blue fluorescent imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines. One specific compound work as not only a two- and three-photon fluorescence imaging agent for the visualization of mitochondria, but also a potent mitochondria-targeted photodynamic therapy agent.


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