Novel phthalocyanine-based micelles/PNIPAM composite hydrogels: spatially/temporally controlled drug release triggered by NIR laser irradiation

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (21) ◽  
pp. 8705-8709
Author(s):  
Lu Li ◽  
Wancheng Zhao ◽  
Zheng Qu ◽  
Lei Shi ◽  
Shengnan Tan ◽  
...  

Near-infrared (NIR) light-responsive hydrogels hold significant potential for biomedical application, especially in the remote-controlled release of anticancer drugs.

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (21) ◽  
pp. 3531-3540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Xiang ◽  
Xia Tong ◽  
Feng Shi ◽  
Qiang Yan ◽  
Bing Yu ◽  
...  

The preparation of a new near-infrared (NIR) light-responsive nanocarrier for controlled drug release is demonstrated.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranran Zhang ◽  
Risheng Yao ◽  
Binbin Ding ◽  
Yuxin Shen ◽  
Shengwen Shui ◽  
...  

Low tissue penetration and harmful effects of (ultraviolet) UV or visible light on normal tissue limit exploiting nanocarriers for the application of light-controlled drug release. Two strategies may solve the problem: one is to improve the sensitivity of the nanocarriers to light to decrease the radiation time; the other one is using more friendly light as the trigger. In this work, we fabricated a core-shell hybrid nanoparticle with an upconverting nanoparticle (UCNP) as the core and thermo- and light-responsive block copolymers as the shell to combine the two strategies together. The results indicated that the sensitivity of the block copolymer to light could be enhanced by decreasing the photolabile moieties in the polymer, and the UCNP could transfer near-infrared (NIR) light, which is more friendly to tissue and cell, to UV light to trigger the phase conversion of the block polymersin situ. Using Nile Red (NR) as the model drug, the hybrid nanoparticles were further proved to be able to act as carriers with the character of NIR triggered drug release.


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
Fasih Bintang Ilhami ◽  
Kai-Chen Peng ◽  
Yi-Shiuan Chang ◽  
Yihalem Abebe Alemayehu ◽  
Hsieh-Chih Tsai ◽  
...  

Development of stimuli-responsive supramolecular micelles that enable high levels of well-controlled drug release in cancer cells remains a grand challenge. Here, we encapsulated the antitumor drug doxorubicin (DOX) and pro-photosensitizer 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) within adenine-functionalized supramolecular micelles (A-PPG), in order to achieve effective drug delivery combined with photo-chemotherapy. The resulting DOX/5-ALA-loaded micelles exhibited excellent light and pH-responsive behavior in aqueous solution and high drug-entrapment stability in serum-rich media. A short duration (1–2 min) of laser irradiation with visible light induced the dissociation of the DOX/5-ALA complexes within the micelles, which disrupted micellular stability and resulted in rapid, immediate release of the physically entrapped drug from the micelles. In addition, in vitro assays of cellular reactive oxygen species generation and cellular internalization confirmed the drug-loaded micelles exhibited significantly enhanced cellular uptake after visible light irradiation, and that the light-triggered disassembly of micellar structures rapidly increased the production of reactive oxygen species within the cells. Importantly, flow cytometric analysis demonstrated that laser irradiation of cancer cells incubated with DOX/5-ALA-loaded A-PPG micelles effectively induced apoptotic cell death via endocytosis. Thus, this newly developed supramolecular system may offer a potential route towards improving the efficacy of synergistic chemotherapeutic approaches for cancer.


2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Qiu ◽  
Dou Wang ◽  
Weiyuan Liang ◽  
Liping Liu ◽  
Yin Zhang ◽  
...  

A biodegradable drug delivery system (DDS) is one the most promising therapeutic strategies for cancer therapy. Here, we propose a unique concept of light activation of black phosphorus (BP) at hydrogel nanostructures for cancer therapy. A photosensitizer converts light into heat that softens and melts drug-loaded hydrogel-based nanostructures. Drug release rates can be accurately controlled by light intensity, exposure duration, BP concentration, and hydrogel composition. Owing to sufficiently deep penetration of near-infrared (NIR) light through tissues, our BP-based system shows high therapeutic efficacy for treatment of s.c. cancers. Importantly, our drug delivery system is completely harmless and degradable in vivo. Together, our work proposes a unique concept for precision cancer therapy by external light excitation to release cancer drugs. If these findings are successfully translated into the clinic, millions of patients with cancer will benefit from our work.


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (48) ◽  
pp. 29986-29996
Author(s):  
Xiuxiu Qi ◽  
Hongmei Yan ◽  
Yingxue Li

A pH-sensitive core–shell nanoparticle (HMS@C18@PSDMA-b-POEGMA) was developed via a self-assembly process as the carrier of anticancer drug doxorubicin (DOX) for drug loading and controlled release.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biswajit Roy ◽  
Rakesh Mengji ◽  
Samrat Roy ◽  
Bipul Pal ◽  
Avijit Jana ◽  
...  

In recent times, organelle-targeted drug delivery systems gained tremendous attention due to the site specific delivery of active drug molecules resulting in enhanced bioefficacy. In this context, the phototriggered drug delivery system (DDS) for releasing an active molecule is superior as it provides spatial and temporal control over the release. So far, near infrared (NIR) light responsive organelle targeted DDS has not yet been developed. Hence, we introduced a two-photon NIR-light responsive lysosome targeted ʽAIE + ESIPTʼ active single component DDS based on naphthalene chromophore. The Two-photon absorption cross-section of our DDS is 142 GM at 850 nm. The DDS was converted into pure organic nanoparticles for biological applications. Our nano-DDS is capable of selective targeting, AIE-luminogenic imaging, and drug release within the lysosome. In vitro studies using cancerous cell lines showed that our single component photoresponsive nanocarrier exhibited enhanced cytotoxicity and real-time monitoring ability of the drug release.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (25) ◽  
pp. 5425-5433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Álvaro Cárcamo-Martínez ◽  
Brónach Mallon ◽  
Juan Domínguez-Robles ◽  
A. Sara Cordeiro ◽  
Maurizio Celentano ◽  
...  

We report, for the first time, crosslinked polymeric microneedle (MN) arrays and single needles (2 mm and 4.5 mm length) coated with gold nanorods (GnRs) to induce deep hyperthermia in a 3 mm-thickness skin model upon near infrared (NIR) laser irradiation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 7219-7227
Author(s):  
Ho Ying Huang ◽  
Artiom Skripka ◽  
Liana Zaroubi ◽  
Brandon L. Findlay ◽  
Fiorenzo Vetrone ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (48) ◽  
pp. 8188-8195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Wang ◽  
Zemin Wang ◽  
Yansheng Li ◽  
Liang Zhao ◽  
Yongqiang Wen ◽  
...  

The cap-free nanocarrier with fast biodegradability achieved controlled release and chemo-photothermal therapy in vitro.


Nanomedicine ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (16) ◽  
pp. 2189-2207
Author(s):  
Yiming Yu ◽  
Li Zhang ◽  
Miao Wang ◽  
Zhe Yang ◽  
Leping Lin ◽  
...  

Aim: To develop a H2O2/near-infrared (NIR) laser light-responsive nanoplatform (manganese-doped Prussian blue@polypyrrole [MnPB@PPy]) for synergistic chemo/photothermal cancer theranostics. Materials & methods: Doxorubicin (DOX) was loaded onto the surface of polypyrrole shells. The in vitro and in vivo MRI performance and anticancer effects of these nanoparticles (NPs) were evaluated. Results: The MnPB@PPy NPs could not only generate heat under NIR laser irradiation for cancer photothermal therapy but also act as an excellent MRI contrast agent. The loaded DOX could be triggered to release by both NIR light and H2O2 to enhance synergistic therapeutic efficacy. The antitumor effects were confirmed by in vitro cellular cytotoxicity assays and in vivo treatment in a xenograft tumor model. Conclusion: The designed H2O2/NIR light-responsive MnPB@PPy-DOX NPs hold great potential for future biomedical applications.


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