The Nanoassembly of an Intrinsically Cytotoxic Near-Infrared Dye for Multifunctionally Synergistic Theranostics
Abstract
The combination of diagnostic and therapeutic functions in a single theranostic nanoagent generally requires the integration of multi-ingredients. Herein, a cytotoxic near-infrared (NIR) dye (IR-797) and its nanoassembly are reported for multifunctional cancer theranostics. The hydrophobic IR-797 molecules are self-assembled into nanoparticles, which are further modified with an amphiphilic polymer (C18PMH-PEG5000) on the surface. The prepared PEG-IR-797 nanoparticles (PEG-IR-797 NPs) possess inherent cytotoxicity from the IR-797 dye and work as a chemotherapeutic drug which induces apoptosis of cancer cells. The IR-797 NPs are found to have an ultrahigh mass extinction coefficient (444.3 L g-1 cm-1 at 797 nm and 385.9 L g-1 cm-1 at 808 nm) beyond all reported organic nanomaterials (<40 L g-1 cm-1 ) for superior photothermal therapy (PTT). In addition, IR-797 shows some aggregation-induced-emission (AIE) properties. Combining the merits of good NIR absorption, high photothermal energy conversion efficiency, and AIE, makes the PEG-IR-797 NPs useful for multimodal NIR AIE fluorescence, photoacoustic, and thermal imaging-guided therapy. The research exhibits the possibility of using a single ingredient and entity to perform multim...Continue Reading
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