A redox-activatable biopolymer-based micelle for sequentially enhanced mitochondria-targeted photodynamic therapy and hypoxia-dependent chemotherapy
Journal: 2020/August - Chemical Communications
Abstract:
A tumor redox-activatable micellar nanoplatform based on the naturally occurring biomacromolecule hyaluronic acid (HA) was developed for complementary photodynamic/chemotherapy against CD44-positive tumors. Here HA was first conjugated with l-carnitine (Lc)-modified zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) via disulfide linkage and then co-assembled with tirapazamine (TPZ) to afford the physiologically stable micellar nanostructure. The mitochondria-targeted photodynamic activity of ZnPc-Lc could efficiently activate the mitochondrial apoptosis cascade and deplete the oxygen in the tumor intracellular environment to amplify the hypoxia-dependent cytotoxic effect of TPZ.
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