Koushambi Mitra, Montserrat Samsó, Charles E. Lyons and Matthew C. T. Hartman
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2018,6, 7373-7377
DOI:
10.1039/C8TB02533A,
Communication
Herein, we report novel hyaluronic acid formulated nanoparticles containing a platinum(II) conjugated silicon(IV) phthalocyanine (SiPc–Pt–HA) for tumor targeted red light photodynamic therapy and chemotherapy. The SiPc–Pt–HA conjugate showed specific uptake, photo-enhanced cytotoxicity (∼1500 fold) and mitochondrial accumulation in breast cancer over normal cells.