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Controlled sequential in situ self-assembly and disassembly of a fluorogenic cisplatin prodrug for cancer theranostics

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  • Xidan Wen

    (Nanjing University)

  • Rui Zhang

    (Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yuxuan Hu

    (Nanjing University)

  • Luyan Wu

    (Nanjing University)

  • He Bai

    (Nanjing University)

  • Dongfan Song

    (Nanjing University)

  • Yanfeng Wang

    (Nanjing University)

  • Ruibing An

    (Nanjing University)

  • Jianhui Weng

    (Nanjing University)

  • Shuren Zhang

    (Nanjing University)

  • Rong Wang

    (Nanjing University)

  • Ling Qiu

    (Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine)

  • Jianguo Lin

    (Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine)

  • Guandao Gao

    (Nanjing University)

  • Hong Liu

    (Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Zijian Guo

    (Nanjing University)

  • Deju Ye

    (Nanjing University)

Abstract

Temporal control of delivery and release of drugs in tumors are important in improving therapeutic outcomes to patients. Here, we report a sequential stimuli-triggered in situ self-assembly and disassembly strategy to direct delivery and release of theranostic drugs in vivo. Using cisplatin as a model anticancer drug, we design a stimuli-responsive small-molecule cisplatin prodrug (P-CyPt), which undergoes extracellular alkaline phosphatase-triggered in situ self-assembly and succeeding intracellular glutathione-triggered disassembly process, allowing to enhance accumulation and elicit burst release of cisplatin in tumor cells. Compared with cisplatin, P-CyPt greatly improves antitumor efficacy while mitigates off-target toxicity in mice with subcutaneous HeLa tumors and orthotopic HepG2 liver tumors after systemic administration. Moreover, P-CyPt also produces activated near-infrared fluorescence (at 710 nm) and dual photoacoustic imaging signals (at 700 and 750 nm), permitting high sensitivity and spatial-resolution delineation of tumor foci and real-time monitoring of drug delivery and release in vivo. This strategy leverages the advantages offered by in situ self-assembly with those of intracellular disassembly, which may act as a general platform for the design of prodrugs capable of improving drug delivery for cancer theranostics.

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  • Xidan Wen & Rui Zhang & Yuxuan Hu & Luyan Wu & He Bai & Dongfan Song & Yanfeng Wang & Ruibing An & Jianhui Weng & Shuren Zhang & Rong Wang & Ling Qiu & Jianguo Lin & Guandao Gao & Hong Liu & Zijian Gu, 2023. "Controlled sequential in situ self-assembly and disassembly of a fluorogenic cisplatin prodrug for cancer theranostics," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-36469-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36469-1
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