Photo/chemo dynamic insights into the modulation of CuSex via Fe dopant for enhanced synergistic therapy
摘要
Nanodynamic therapy integrating the merits of different dynamic therapy for maximizing the reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation serves as a highly efficient anti-tumor strategy. Gaining dynamic insights into how nanomaterials modulate the anti-tumor performance guides the rational design of nano-drugs. Herein, over biocompatible CuSex nanoparticles which have been applied in photothermal therapy, Fe species are doped for modulating the absorption profiles for ROS and bandgap of CuSex, finally regulating the chemodynamic (CDT) and photodynamic (PDT) therapeutic performance. Experimental evidence demonstrates that Fe doped materials (FCS) endow the CuSex with enhanced photothermal efficiency, thus thermodynamically promotes the temperature-dependent peroxidase (POD)-like and oxidase (OXD)-like catalytic performance for transforming the abundant endogenous H2O2 into more highly toxic ROS. In addition, the dopant of Fe species decreases the bandgap of CuSex from 1.45 to 1.30 eV, suggesting that the PDT could be realized over FCS under the irradiation of redshifted NIR light, which is more clinically favorable. In vitro and in vivo experiments manifests that that FCS overtakes CuSex by effectively generating ROS storms under NIR light while depleting overexpressed GSH, inducing tumor cell death through dual pathways. This work offers a novel perspective for the design of smart-responsive nanomedicine.
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