Issue 5, 2024

D–A–D organic fluorescent probes for NIR-II fluorescence imaging and efficient photothermal therapy of breast cancer

Abstract

Near-infrared second region (NIR-II) fluorescent probes are used in the diagnosis of early cancer due to their high tissue penetration. However, there are still few reports on organic small molecule fluorescent probes with NIR-II fluorescence imaging (NIR-II FI) combined with efficient photothermal therapy (PTT). In this study, planar cyclopentadithiophene (CPDT) was incorporated into the twisted structural skeleton (D–A–D), and the strong acceptor TTQ molecule (A) and the donor triphenylamine (D) were introduced to synthesize an organic small molecule (TCT) with enhanced NIR-II fluorescence emission performance. To improve the hydrophilicity of TCT molecules, we used the nanoprecipitation method to coat DSPE-mPEG2000 on the TCT molecules and obtained nanoparticles (TCT-NPs) with a strong absorption band, good water dispersibility, and NIR-II FI ability, which realized NIR-II FI-guided PTT for breast cancer tumors. Due to their effective near-infrared absorption, TCT-NPs exhibit high photothermal conversion efficiency (η = 40.1%) under 660 nm laser irradiation, making them a photothermal therapeutic agent with good performance. Therefore, TCT-NPs have the potential to diagnose, eliminate, and monitor the diffusion of cancer.

Graphical abstract: D–A–D organic fluorescent probes for NIR-II fluorescence imaging and efficient photothermal therapy of breast cancer

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Oct 2023
Accepted
10 Dec 2023
First published
26 Jan 2024

Biomater. Sci., 2024,12, 1320-1331

D–A–D organic fluorescent probes for NIR-II fluorescence imaging and efficient photothermal therapy of breast cancer

J. Gao, L. Yuan, Y. Min, B. Yu, H. Cong and Y. Shen, Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12, 1320 DOI: 10.1039/D3BM01604H

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