Ultrafast synthesis of ultrasmall polyethylenimine-protected AgBiS2 nanodots by "rookie method" for in vivo dual-modal CT/PA imaging and simultaneous photothermal therapyElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c8nr04870c

Developing a biocompatible nanotheranostic platform integrating diagnostic and therapeutic functions is a great prospect for cancer treatment. However, it is still a great challenge to synthesize nanotheranostic agents using an ultra-facile method. In the research reported here, ultrasmall polyethyl...

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Main Authors Lei, Pengpeng, An, Ran, Zheng, Xiaohua, Zhang, Peng, Du, Kaimin, Zhang, Manli, Dong, Lile, Gao, Xuan, Feng, Jing, Zhang, Hongjie
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Published 13.09.2018
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Summary:Developing a biocompatible nanotheranostic platform integrating diagnostic and therapeutic functions is a great prospect for cancer treatment. However, it is still a great challenge to synthesize nanotheranostic agents using an ultra-facile method. In the research reported here, ultrasmall polyethylenimine-protected silver bismuth sulfide (PEI-AgBiS 2 ) nanodots were successfully synthesized using an ultra-facile and environmentally friendly strategy (1 min only at room temperature), which could be described as a "rookie method". PEI-AgBiS 2 nanodots show good monodispersity and biocompatibility. For the first time, PEI-AgBiS 2 nanodots were reported as a powerful and safe nanotheranostic agent for cancer treatment. PEI-AgBiS 2 nanodots exhibit excellent computed tomography (CT) and photoacoustic (PA) dual-modal imaging ability, which could effectively guide photothermal cancer therapy. Furthermore, PEI-AgBiS 2 nanodots exhibit a high photothermal conversion efficiency ( η = 35.2%). The photothermal therapy (PTT) results demonstrated a highly efficient tumor ablation ability. More importantly, the blood biochemistry and histology analyses verify that the PEI-AgBiS 2 nanodots have negligible long-term toxicity. This work highlights that PEI-AgBiS 2 nanodots produced using this extremely effective method are a high-performance and safe PTT agent. These findings open a new gateway for synthesizing nanotheranostic agents by using this ultra-facile method in the future. Ultrasmall PEI-AgBiS 2 nanodots were synthesized using an ultra-facile strategy, which could be used as highly efficient cancer theranostic agent.
Bibliography:10.1039/c8nr04870c
Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI
ISSN:2040-3364
2040-3372
DOI:10.1039/c8nr04870c