Abstract
Nanocarriers hold great promise for the controlled release of therapeutic payloads to target organs/tissues and extended duration of anticancer agents in the bloodstream. However, limited data on their in vivo pharmacokinetics and delivery process hamper clinical applications. Here we report a series of micellar nanocarriers selfassembled from new-generation thiophenthiadiazole (TTD)-based NIR-II fluorophores HLAnP (n = 1-4) for simultaneous bioimaging and drug delivery. The NIR-II HLA4P nanocarrier displays exceptional non-fouling performance, minimal immunogenicity, ultralong blood half-life, and high tumor accumulation even with different administration routes. When used as a drug carrier, HLA4P with encapsulated doxorubicin (DOX) realized accurate tumor targeting and continuous real-time in vivo NIR-II tracking of drug delivery and therapy, showing a sustained release rate, improved therapeutic effect, and diminished cardiotoxicity as compared to free DOX. This study provides a new perspective on the design of dual-functional NIR-II fluorophores for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 157-169 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Controlled Release |
Volume | 342 |
Early online date | 5 Jan 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2022 |
Bibliographical note
AcknowledgmentsThis work was partially supported by grants from the National Key R&D Program of China (2020YFA0908800), NSFC (82111530209, 81773674, 91959103, 81573383, 21763002), Shenzhen Science and Technology Research Grant (JCYJ20190808152019182), the Applied Basic Research Program of Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology (2019020701011429), Hubei Province Scientific and Technical Innovation Key Project (2020BAB058), the Local Development Funds of Science and Technology Department of Tibet (XZ202102YD0033C, XZ202001YD0028C), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
Keywords
- China
- Drug delivery
- Image-guided therapy
- Second near-infrared window (NIR-II)
- Self-assembly
- Fluorescence imaging