Rattle-structured multifunctional nanotheranostics for synergetic chemo-/radiotherapy and simultaneous magnetic/luminescent dual-mode imaging

  • Wenpei Fan
  • , Bo Shen
  • , Wenbo Bu*
  • , Feng Chen
  • , Kuaile Zhao
  • , Shengjian Zhang
  • , Liangping Zhou
  • , Weijun Peng
  • , Qingfeng Xiao
  • , Huaiyong Xing
  • , Jianan Liu
  • , Dalong Ni
  • , Qianjun He
  • , Jianlin Shi
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Most hypoxic tumors are insensitive to radiation, which is a major obstacle in the development of conventional radiotherapy for tumor treatment. Some drugs, such as cisplatin (CDDP), have been extensively used both as an anticancer drug and clinically as a radiosensitizer to enhance radiotherapy. Herein, we develop rattle-structured multifunctional up-conversion core/porous silica shell nanotheranostics (UCSNs) for delivering CDDP to tumors for synergetic chemo-/radiotherapy by CDDP radiosensitization and magnetic/luminescent dual-mode imaging. UCSNs had a dynamic light scattering diameter of 79.1 nm and excellent water dispersity and stability. In vitro studies showed that CDDP loaded in UCSNs (UCSNs-CDDP) was more effective than free CDDP as a radiosensitizer. After injection, UCSNs-CDDP also demonstrated unambiguously enhanced radiotherapy efficacy in vivo. Our report aims at presenting a novel strategy in biomedical nanotechnology that allows simultaneous dual-mode imaging and localized therapy via synergetic chemo-/radiotherapy, which may achieve optimized therapeutic efficacy in cancer treatment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6494-6503
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume135
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2013
Externally publishedYes

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