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An In Vitro Approach to Photodynamic Therapy
Published on: August 17, 2018
An Assembled Nanocomplex for Improving both Therapeutic Efficiency and Treatment Depth in Photodynamic Therapy
Hongqian Cao1,2, Lei Wang1, Yang Yang1
1CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China.
Abstract:
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) shows unique selectivity and irreversible destruction toward treated tissues or cells, but still has several problems in clinical practice. One is limited therapeutic efficiency, which is attributed to hypoxia in tumor sites. Another is the limited treatment depth because traditional photosensitizes are excited by short wavelength light (<700 nm). An assembled nano-complex system composed of oxygen donor, two-photon absorption (TPA) species, and photosensitizer (PS) was synthesized to address both problems. The photosensitizer is excited indirectly by two-photon laser through intraparticle FRET mechanism for improving treatment depth. The oxygen donor, hemoglobin, can supply extra oxygen into tumor location through targeting effect for enhanced PDT efficiency. The mechanism and PDT effect were verified through both in vitro and in vivo experiments. The simple system is promising to promote two-photon PDT for clinical applications.
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