title: Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Capped with Graphene Quantum Dots for Potential Chemo-Photothermal Synergistic Cancer Therapy.
abstract: In this study, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) have been successfully capped with graphene quantum dots (GQDs) to form multifunctional GQD-MSNs with the potential for synergistic chemo-photothermal therapy. The structure, drug-release behavior, photothermal effect, and synergistic therapeutic efficiency of GQD-MSNs to 4T1 breast cancer cells were investigated. The results showed that GQD-MSNs were monodisperse and had a particle size of 50-60 nm. Using doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX) as a model drug, the DOX-loaded GQD-MSNs (DOX-GQD-MSNs) not only exhibited pH- and temperature-responsive drug-release behavior, but using near-infrared irradiation, they efficiently generated heat to kill cancer cells. Furthermore, GQD-MSNs were biocompatible and were internalized by 4T1 cells. Compared with chemotherapy and photothermal therapy alone, DOX-GQD-MSNs were much more effective in killing the 4T1 cells owing to a synergistic chemo-photothermal effect. Therefore, GQD-MSNs may have promising applications in cancer therapy.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology , 516 Jungong Road, Shanghai 200093, China.
authors.forename: Xianxian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Hubei Key Laboratory of Processing and Application of Catalytic Materials, College of Chemical Engineering, Huanggang Normal University , Huanggang 438000, China.
authors.forename: Zhengfang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology , 516 Jungong Road, Shanghai 200093, China.
authors.forename: Jiaxing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology , 516 Jungong Road, Shanghai 200093, China.|Hubei Key Laboratory of Processing and Application of Catalytic Materials, College of Chemical Engineering, Huanggang Normal University , Huanggang 438000, China.
authors.forename: Yufang
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-9031-8861
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Nanotechnology Innovation Station, National Institute for Materials Science , 1-2-1 Segen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobutaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hanagata