Mesoporous persistent nanophosphors for in vivo optical bioimaging and drug-deliveryElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: The BET plot curve of ZGO@SiO2 nanoparticles, zeta potential data, absorption spectrum and release profile of doxorubicin in ZGO@SiO2-Dox nanoparticles as well as the biodistribution pattern 24 h after intravenous injection in living mice. See DOI: 10.1039/c4nr03843f
Based upon the ambitious idea that one single particle could serve multiple purposes at the same time, the combination and simultaneous use of imaging and therapeutics has lately arisen as one of the most promising prospects among nanotechnologies directed toward biomedical applications. Intended fo...
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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24.10.2014
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Summary: | Based upon the ambitious idea that one single particle could serve multiple purposes at the same time, the combination and simultaneous use of imaging and therapeutics has lately arisen as one of the most promising prospects among nanotechnologies directed toward biomedical applications. Intended for both therapeutics and diagnostics
in vivo
, highly complex nanostructures were specifically designed to simultaneously act as optical imaging probes and delivery vehicles. Yet, such multifunctional photonic nanoplatforms usually exploit fluorescence phenomena which require constant excitation light through biological tissues and thus significantly reduce the detection sensitivity due to the autofluorescence from living animals. In order to overcome this critical issue, the present article introduces a novel multifunctional agent based on persistent luminescence mesoporous nanoparticles. Being composed of a hybrid chromium-doped zinc gallate core/mesoporous silica shell architecture, we show that this nanotechnology can be used as an efficient doxorubicin-delivery vehicle presenting a higher cytotoxicity toward U87MG cells than its unloaded counterpart
in vitro
. In addition, we demonstrate that a persistent luminescence signal from these doxorubicin-loaded mesoporous nanophosphors opens a new way to highly sensitive detection
in vivo
, giving access to the real-time biodistribution of the carrier without any autofluorescence from the animal tissues. This new persistent luminescence-based hybrid nanotechnology can be easily applied to the delivery of any therapeutic agent, thus constituting a versatile and sensitive optical nanotool dedicated to both therapeutic and diagnostic applications
in vivo
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Based upon the ambitious idea that one single particle could serve multiple purposes at the same time, the combination and simultaneous use of imaging and therapeutics has lately arisen as one of the most promising prospects among nanotechnologies directed toward biomedical applications. |
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Bibliography: | nanoparticles, zeta potential data, absorption spectrum and release profile of doxorubicin in ZGO@SiO 2 Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: The BET plot curve of ZGO@SiO 10.1039/c4nr03843f Dox nanoparticles as well as the biodistribution pattern 24 h after intravenous injection in living mice. See DOI |
ISSN: | 2040-3364 2040-3372 |
DOI: | 10.1039/c4nr03843f |