title: One-pot method to prepare a theranostic nanosystem with magnetic resonance imaging function and anticancer activity through multiple mechanisms.
abstract: A facile and robust one-pot approach to prepare a theranostic nanoplatform, based on chelation between Gd3+and hypericin photosensitizer (PS) and their controlled in situ hydrolysis precipitation, was developed. In this strategy, PS drugs and Gd3+were directly used as building blocks to construct theranostic nanoparticles, resulting in a greatly increased active substance-loading efficiency and ensuring their theranostic effect. The resulting nanoparticles have multifunction capabilities for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging and anticancer activity through adenosine triphosphate (ATP) deprivation and heavy atom effect (HAE)-improved photodynamic therapy (PDT) mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, Key Laboratory of Applied Photochemistry, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China. zhoulin@njnu.edu.cn zhoujiahong@njnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Enyi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiuxue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Shaohua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jiahong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000737:chemistry; D000873:Anthracenes; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005682:Gadolinium / Q000737:chemistry*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010569:Perylene / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D000068936:Theranostic Nanomedicine / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000873:Anthracenes; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D010569:Perylene; C004965:hypericin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005682:Gadolinium