These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Folate receptor-targeted theranostic IrSx nanoparticles for multimodal imaging-guided combined chemo-photothermal therapy.
    Author: Zhang DY, Zheng Y, Zhang H, Yang GG, Tan CP, He L, Ji LN, Mao ZW.
    Journal: Nanoscale; 2018 Dec 21; 10(47):22252-22262. PubMed ID: 30465053.
    Abstract:
    Nano-drug delivery systems with multi-modality imaging capacities are worth pursuing because they integrate diagnostic and therapeutic functions. Herein, we report the design, synthesis and evaluation of modified iridium sulfide (IrSx) nanoparticles (NPs) for cancer therapy in vitro and in vivo. This nanosystem was prepared by modifying IrSx with polyethylene glycol (PEG) conjugated to the targeting ligand folate (FA) for multimodal imaging-guided combined chemo-photothermal therapy. Upon PEG modification, the small IrSx NPs (about 4 nm) self-assembled into much larger (about 120 nm) IrSx-PEG-FA NPs, which exhibited high photostability, ideal photothermal effect, high drug loading and pH-/photothermal-responsive drug release properties. By using the model anticancer drug camptothecin (CPT), we demonstrated that CPT@IrSx-PEG-FA can effectively target FA-receptor-positive cancer cells in vitro and show efficient tumor accumulation in vivo. The combination of CPT@IrSx-PEG-FA treatment and irradiation with an 808 nm laser resulted in complete tumor elimination. Moreover, photothermal/photoacoustic (PA)/computed tomography (CT) imaging provided an effective means to monitor the therapeutic effects. Interestingly, the nanoparticles can be cleared, resulting in low systematic toxicity of CPT@IrSx-PEG-FA. Our work demonstrates that the as-prepared IrSx-PEG-FA NPs present a promising platform for the construction of multifunctional theranostic agents for cancer therapy.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]