Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 14, Issue 3, Pages 3640-3650Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c00118
Keywords
dye aggregates; aza-BODIPY; nanodrugs; in situ morphology transformation; photothermal; enhanced tumor penetration
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51725302, 21676186, 21674027, 21704020, 31870998, 51573032]
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The shape of a drug delivery system impacts its in vivo behavior such as circulation time, accumulation, and penetration. Considering the advantages of functional dyes in bioapplications, we synthesize a class of nanoaggregates based on BF2-azadipyrromethene (aza-BODIPY) dyes, which can realize long blood circulation and deep tumor penetration simultaneously in vivo through morphological transformation modulated by a near-infrared (NIR) laser. First, when the temperature increases, the wormlike nanofibers of the aza-BODIPY-1 aggregate, possessing a long blood circulation time, can be transformed into spherical nanoparticles, which are conducive to increasing the penetration in the solid tumor. Second, without any postmodification, the nanofibers exhibit an outstandingly narrow absorption band in the NIR spectral range, so that they possess ideal photothermal properties. Through 655 nm laser irradiation, the intrinsic photothermal effect causes a local temperature increase to similar to 48 degrees C, realizing the transformation of 1-NFs to 1-NPs. Third, the morphological transformation is real-time detected by photoacoustic (PA) imaging. By monitoring the change of the PA signal at a specific wavelength, the in vivo deformation process of nanomaterials can be traced. Consequently, the in situ morphology transformation of aza-BODIPY-based nanomaterials can simultaneously realize long blood circulation and deep penetration, resulting in the enhanced antitumor outcome.
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