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Fabrication of G-quadruplex/porphyrin conjugated gold/persistent luminescence theranostic nanoprobe for imaging-guided photodynamic therapy

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TALANTA
Volume 233, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122567

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Photodynamic therapy; Persistent luminescence nanoparticles; Theranostics; Imaging-guided therapy

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21934002, 21804056, 21804057]
  2. Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China [BK20180581, BK20180584]
  3. National First-class Discipline Program of Food Science and Technology [JUFSTR20180301]
  4. Collaborative Innovation Center of Food Safety and Quality Control in Jiangsu Province

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The development of a novel theranostic nanoprobe for imaging-guided PDT is reported in this study. The nanoprobe integrates PLNP for autofluorescence-free bioimaging, TCPP for PDT, and AS1411 aptamer-contained DNA for specific binding to cancer cells. This work provides a new imaging-guided PDT nanoplatform for theranostics.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) received great attention in cancer therapy due to the advantages of negligible drug resistance, low side effects, and minimal invasiveness. Development of theranostic nanoprobes with specific imaging-guided PDT is of great significance in the field. Herein we report the fabrication of a novel theranostic nanoprobe porphyrin/G-quadruplex conjugated gold/persistent luminescence nanocomposites for imaging-guided PDT. The developed nanoprobe contains NIR-emitting persistent luminescent nanoparticles (PLNP) as the core for autofluorescence-free bioimaging and Au coating on PLNP for facile subsequent DNA conjugation. The DNA sequence is designed to contain G-rich AS1411 aptamer for recognizing the over-expressed cellular nucleolin of cancer cell and forming a G-quadruplex structure to combine with tetrakis (4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin (TCPP) to realize PDT. The AS1411 aptamer-contained DNA conjugated Au-coated PLNP is rapidly prepared via a freezing method with high content of DNA and good aqueous stability. Meanwhile, TCPP is easily loaded into the G-quadruplex structure formed from G-rich AS1411 aptamer on the surface of Au/PLNP in presence of K+. The theranostic nanoprobe gives integrated merits of PLNP for autofluorescence-free bioimging, TCPP for PDT and AS1411 aptamer-contained DNA for specific binding to cancer cells. This work provides a new specially designed imaging-guided PDT nanoplatform for theranostics.

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