Persistent Regulation of Tumor Hypoxia Microenvironment via a Bioinspired Pt‐Based Oxygen Nanogenerator for Multimodal Imaging‐Guided Synergistic Phototherapy

• Published in: Advanced science Vol. 7; no. 17; pp. 1903341 - n/a
• Main Authors: You, Qing, Zhang, Kaiyue, Liu, Jingyi, Liu, Changliang, Wang, Huayi, Wang, Mengting, Ye, Siyuan, Gao, Houqian, Lv, Letian, Wang, Chen, Zhu, Ling, Yang, Yanlian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: cancer theranostics; Cancer therapies; DNA methylation; FDA approval; Federal regulation; Gold; Hypoxia; hypoxia alleviation; Ligands; Light therapy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metastasis; multimodal imaging; Nanoparticles; O2 self‐enriched photodynamic therapy; Particle size; photothermal therapy; Tumors; cancer theranostics; O2 self‐enriched photodynamic therapy; multimodal imaging; hypoxia alleviation; photothermal therapy
• ISSN: 2198-3844; 2198-3844
• DOI: 10.1002/advs.201903341

Multifunctional nanoplatforms for imaging‐guided synergistic antitumor treatment are highly desirable in biomedical applications. However, anticancer treatment is largely affected by the pre‐existing hypoxic tumor microenvironment (TME), which not only causes the resistance of the tumors to photodynamic therapy (PDT), but also promotes tumorigenesis and tumor progression. Here, a continuous O2 self‐enriched nanoplatform is constructed for multimodal imaging‐guided synergistic phototherapy based on octahedral gold nanoshells (GNSs), which are constructed by a more facile and straightforward one‐step method using platinum (Pt) nanozyme‐decorated metal–organic frameworks (MOF) as the inner template. The Pt‐decorated MOF@GNSs (PtMGs) are further functionalized with human serum albumin‐chelated gadolinium (HSA‐Gd, HGd) and loaded with indocyanine green (ICG) (ICG‐PtMGs@HGd) to achieve a synergistic PDT/PTT effect and fluorescence (FL)/multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT)/X‐ray computed tomography (CT)/magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The Pt‐decorated nanoplatform endows remarkable catalase‐like behavior and facilitates the continuous decomposition of the endogenous H2O2 into O2 to enhance the PDT effect under hypoxic TME. HSA modification enhances the biocompatibility and tumor‐targeting ability of the nanocomposites. This TME‐responsive and O2 self‐supplement nanoparticle holds great potential as a multifunctional theranostic nanoplatform for the multimodal imaging‐guided synergistic phototherapy of solid tumors. In this research, a tumor environment (TEM)‐responsive and continuous O2 self‐enriched drug delivery platform based on octahedral gold nanoshells (GNSs) using Pt‐decorated metal–organic frameworks (MOF) as inner template is constructed. The obtained nanostructures are further functionalized with human serum albumin‐gadolinium hybrid (HSA‐Gd, HGd) and loaded with indocyanine green (ICG) (ICG‐PtMGs@HGd) to achieve a multimodal imaging guided enhanced photodynamic therapy/photothermal therapy PDT/PTT effect.