Near-Infrared Triggered Decomposition of Nanocapsules with High Tumor Accumulation and Stimuli Responsive Fast Elimination

Autor: Xiaomin Li, Peiyuan Wang, Areej Abdulkareem Al-Khalaf, Wael N. Hozzein, Qin Li, Fan Zhang, Tiancong Zhao, Dongyuan Zhao
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57:2611-2615
ISSN: 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201711354
Popis: A near-infrared (NIR) induced decomposable polymer nanocapsule is demonstrated. The nanocapsules are fabricated based on layer-by-layer co-assembly of azobenzene functionalized polymers and up/downconversion nanoparticles (U/DCNPs). When the nanocapsules are exposed to 980 nm light, ultraviolet/visible photons emitted by the U/DCNPs can trigger the photoisomerization of azobenzene groups in the framework. The nanocapsules could decompose from large-sized nanocapsule to small U/DCNPs. Owing to their optimized original size (ca. 180 nm), the nanocapsules can effectively avoid biological barriers, provide a long blood circulation (ca. 5 h, half-life time) and achieve four-fold tumor accumulation. It can fast eliminate from tumor within one hour and release the loaded drugs for chemotherapy after NIR-induced dissociation from initial 180 nm capsules to small 20 nm U/DCNPs.
Databáze: OpenAIRE