Issue 4, 2017

Gold nanorod embedded large-pore mesoporous organosilica nanospheres for gene and photothermal cooperative therapy of triple negative breast cancer

Abstract

To date, clinicians still lack an effective strategy to treat triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). In this work, we design for the first time a gold nanorod embedded large-pore mesoporous organosilica (GNR@LPMO) nanoplatform for gene and photothermal cooperative therapy of TNBC. The synthesized GNR@LPMOs possess a uniform size (175 nm), high surface area (631 m2 g−1), large pore size, excellent photothermal efficiency, and good biocompatibility. Thanks to the large-pore mesoporous organosilica layer, the GNR@LPMO nanoplatforms display much higher loading capacity of siRNA compared with traditional liposome and bare gold nanorods. Thus, functional siRNA can be efficiently delivered into TNBC cells by GNR@LPMOs, causing much higher cell apoptosis through knocking down the PLK1 proteins. By combining the effective gene delivery and photothermal abilities, the GNR@LPMO nanoplatforms are further used for gene and photothermal cooperative therapy of TNBC, which induce a 15 fold higher mice tumor inhibition rate than sole therapy modality, indicating the potential clinical use of this novel nanoplatform in treating TNBC.

Graphical abstract: Gold nanorod embedded large-pore mesoporous organosilica nanospheres for gene and photothermal cooperative therapy of triple negative breast cancer

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 Sep 2016
Accepted
11 Dec 2016
First published
14 Dec 2016

Nanoscale, 2017,9, 1466-1474

Gold nanorod embedded large-pore mesoporous organosilica nanospheres for gene and photothermal cooperative therapy of triple negative breast cancer

Q. Ni, Z. Teng, M. Dang, Y. Tian, Y. Zhang, P. Huang, X. Su, N. Lu, Z. Yang, W. Tian, S. Wang, W. Liu, Y. Tang, G. Lu and L. Zhang, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 1466 DOI: 10.1039/C6NR07598C

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