Issue 11, 2020

A synergistic optical strategy for enhanced deep-tumor penetration and therapy in the second near-infrared window

Abstract

Dense tumor stroma can severely restrict the ability of therapeutic drugs to penetrate into the deep tissue of solid tumors, and thereby inhibit the therapeutic efficacy of cancer nanomedicines. To address this issue, we have developed a synergistic optical strategy for deep-tumor penetration, in which thermophilic enzymes that can deplete tumor stroma are loaded and delivered by mesoporous polydopamine-coated plasmonic nanorods (termed AuNR@mPDA). Due to its high efficiency of photothermal conversion (56.5%) in the second near-infrared (NIR-II) window, AuNR@mPDA can activate thermophilic enzymes to enable on-demand enzymatic depletion of the tumor stroma, thus greatly promoting deep-tumor penetration of AuNR@mPDA. The excellent ability of NIR-II light to penetrate tissue is also crucial to facilitate photothermal therapy in the deep tissue of tumors to enhance in vivo therapeutic efficacy. The current NIR-II optical strategy for the synergistic enzymatic depletion of tumor stroma and photothermal therapy in deep tissue opens a promising avenue for effective treatment of solid tumors.

Graphical abstract: A synergistic optical strategy for enhanced deep-tumor penetration and therapy in the second near-infrared window

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 May 2020
Accepted
07 Aug 2020
First published
08 Aug 2020

Mater. Horiz., 2020,7, 2929-2935

A synergistic optical strategy for enhanced deep-tumor penetration and therapy in the second near-infrared window

D. Wu, X. Chen, J. Zhou, Y. Chen, T. Wan, Y. Wang, A. Lin, Y. Ruan, Z. Chen, X. Song, W. Fang, H. Duan and Y. Ping, Mater. Horiz., 2020, 7, 2929 DOI: 10.1039/D0MH00870B

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