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Polyoxovanadate-iodobodipy supramolecular assemblies: new agents for high efficiency cancer photochemotherapy
Yaqi Gu1, Qi Li1, Yichao Huang1
1Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. yonggewei@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Two novel polyoxovanadate-iodoBodipy supramolecular assemblies, named as (2I-BDP-C6)2V6 and (2I-BDP-C6)3V10, were first synthesized by the self-assembly of anionic hexavanadate and decavanadate with cationic iodoBodipy for photochemotherapy, respectively. The mechanisms for synergistic photochemotherapy of the anion-cation pairs were determined. In particular, (2I-BDP-C6)3V10 can effectively kill lung cancer cells (HepG2) by synergetic chemotherapy as well as photodynamic therapy.

