Interaction of Hypocrellin B or Mono-cysteine Substituted Hypocrellin B with CT-DNA by Spectral Methods

The interaction of the anticancer drug hypocrellin B (FIB) or the mono-cysteine substituted hypocrellin B (MCHB) and calf thymus deoxyribonucleic acid (CT-DNA) has been investigated using spectral methods. The results of UV-visible spectra show that the HB and MCHB could intercalate into the base-stacking domain of the CT-DNA double helix. The studies of fluorescence spectra and circular dichroism(CD) spectra also support the interacalation mechanism.     

以上转换纳米颗粒和光动力疗法为基础的肿瘤联合治疗研究进展

光动力疗法作为一种非侵入性治疗手段已广泛应用于肿瘤的临床治疗。然而其疗效却深受紫外-可见光组织穿透深度的限制。镧系掺杂上转换纳米颗粒可以将近红外光转换为紫外-可见光,被广泛用于与传统光敏剂结合实现更为高效的光动力治疗。近年来,以上转换纳米颗粒和光动力疗法为基础的肿瘤联合治疗研究备受关注,本文重点介绍了该领域的最新研究进展,并对其未来发展方向作出了展望。     

酞菁在光动力治疗中的应用

光动力治疗因具有低毒、副作用小、抗癌广谱、高选择性等优势,正吸引着人们越来越多的关注。提高光敏剂的选择性和光毒性已经成为研究的热点。本文简单介绍了光敏剂的发展历程,并对酞菁类第三代光动力治疗光敏剂的最新研究进展进行了论述。     

酞菁在光动力治疗中的应用

光动力治疗因具有低毒、副作用小、抗癌广谱、高选择性等优势, 正吸引着人们越来越多的关注。提高光敏剂的选择性和光毒性已经成为研究的热点。本文简单介绍了光敏剂的发展历程, 并对酞菁类第三代光动力治疗光敏剂的最新研究进展进行了论述。     

A Tumor-Targeting Dual-Stimuli-Activatable Photodynamic Molecular Beacon for Precise Photodynamic Therapy

A multifunctional photodynamic molecular beacon (PMB) has been designed and synthesized which contains an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-targeting cyclic peptide and a trimeric phthalocyanine skeleton in which the three zinc(II) phthalocyanine units are each substituted with a glutathione (GSH)-responsive 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonate (DNBS) quencher and are linked via two cathepsin B-cleavable GFLG peptide chains. This tailor-made conjugate is fully quenched in the native form due to the photoinduced electron transfer effect of the DNBS moieties and the self-quenching of the phthalocyanine units. It can target the EGFR overexpressed in cancer cells, and after receptor-mediated endocytosis, it can be activated selectively by the co-existence of intracellular GSH and cathepsin B, both of which are also overproduced in cancer cells, in terms of fluorescence emission and singlet oxygen generation. The cell-selective behavior of this PMB has been demonstrated using a range of cancer cells with different expression levels of EGFR, while the stimuli-responsive properties have been studied both in vitro and in various aqueous media. The overall results show that this advanced PMB, which exhibits several levels of control of the tumor specificity, is a promising photosensitizer for precise antitumoral photodynamic therapy.     

血浆溶液中竹红菌乙素和2-牛磺酸修饰的竹红菌乙素的光漂白

光动力学疗法是应用光敏剂受激光激发后对靶体产生光化学作用来治疗病变。光漂白是光动力学治疗过程中普遍现象，在光动力疗法治疗血管类疾病中，光敏剂与血浆中的生物分子相互作用及其在血管中的光漂白行为直接关系到治疗效果。本文考察了HB和THB与血浆的作用和在血浆溶液中的光漂白过程，研究表明在富氧条件下，以单重态氧漂白为主；在有血浆生物分子溶液中光产物与水溶液中的光产物不同。研究表明光敏剂的结构和氧化电位导致了它们不同的光漂白机制，HB和THB与生物分子的相互作用加速了它们光漂白并影响了光产物。     

靶标性酞菁类光敏剂的光动力疗法研究进展

光动力治疗（Photodynamic therapy,PDT）作为一种有别于传统癌症治疗方式的新型疗法,近些年来受到了科学家们越来越多的关注.它凭借着自身创伤性小,毒性低微,适用性好,可协同手术治疗以及可重复治疗等独特优势,在许多肿瘤的治疗方面有着广泛的应用.本文简要概述了光动力疗法的原理以及光敏剂的发展历程,并对理想光敏剂的特点作了总结.目前,以酞菁类化合物为主的第三代光敏剂已经成为光动力疗法的研究热点,然而如何提高光敏剂分子的靶向性达到精准的光动力治疗仍然是亟待解决的问题.因此,主要综述了近年来靶向性酞菁类光敏剂的研究进展,并对未来光敏剂的重点研究方向做出了展望.从目前来看,如何克服癌症低氧微环境的限制,发展Type I型不依赖氧的体系以及光穿透力强的靶向光敏剂在光动力治疗方面存在着巨大的潜质,有望成为新一代十分优良的光动力疗法用光敏剂.     

基于光敏剂的光动力疗法

光动力治疗日益受到关注。本文综述了光敏剂在光动力疗法领域中的研究进展,包括它的性能改进、作用机理和靶点。并对光动力疗法的发展前景进行了展望。     

基于长波长光激发的光敏剂和载体在肿瘤光动力治疗中的应用

光动力疗法是近年来兴起的一种新型的微创性治疗肿瘤的方法,目前已经成功地应用于临床上多种恶性肿瘤治疗中,并取得了良好的效果。然而,由于生物组织对可见光的吸收和散射,使得光线无法穿透组织到达身体内的目标区域,所以该疗法更适用于浅表肿瘤的治疗。长波长光尤其是近红外光具有良好的组织穿透深度,其在治疗组织深处的肿瘤方面具有显著的优势。基于长波长光激发的光敏剂及载体在实体肿瘤的治疗领域已经取得了丰硕的研究成果。本文将从光敏剂的研发、双光子激光的使用、上转换纳米粒子的引入等方面简要概述近十年来用于光动力治疗中的组装体系,以及长波长激发光在光动力治疗方面的发展趋势。     

Chemiluminescence and Bioluminescence as an Excitation Source in the Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer: A Critical Review

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer is known for its limited number of side effects, and requires light, oxygen and photosensitizer. However, PDT is limited by poor penetration of light into deeply localized tissues, and the use of external light sources is required. Thus, researchers have been studying ways to improve the effectiveness of this phototherapy and expand it for the treatment of the deepest cancers, by using chemiluminescent or bioluminescent formulations to excite the photosensitizer by intracellular generation of light. The aim of this Minireview is to give a précis of the most important general chemi‐/bioluminescence mechanisms and to analyze several studies that apply them for PDT. These studies have demonstrated the potential of utilizing chemi‐/bioluminescence as excitation source in the PDT of cancer, besides combining new approaches to overcome the limitations of this mode of treatment.     

用于光动力治疗的四苯基卟啉衍生物研究进展

四苯基卟啉(TPP)衍生物的重要用途之一是用于光动力治疗(PDT)来破坏肿瘤组织.本文综述了近年来可用于光动力治疗的四苯基卟啉(TPP)衍生物的合成.通过对TPP衍生物进行官能团修饰,可以改善其物理、化学及生物性质,从而合成出可能用于PDT的卟啉衍生物.     

血红蛋白/光敏剂复合药物体系用于光动力治疗

通过等电点法实现了血红蛋白(Hb)与光敏剂药物七甲川花菁类小分子:11-氯-1,1'-二正丙基-3,3,3',3'-四甲基-10,12-三亚甲基吲哚三碳花青碘盐(IR780)的共担载,并研究了Hb供氧治疗与光动力治疗的联合治疗效果。 通过透射电子显微镜和动态光散射研究了Hb/IR780复合药物载体的形貌与稳定性,证明了药物载体在生理条件下能够稳定存在。 通过对药物在体外溶液和细胞水平的活性氧(ROS)检测,验证了Hb供氧能够有效地促进光敏剂ROS的产生,并且细胞毒性实验也证实了Hb/IR780复合药物载体拥有比单组份IR780药物更明显的肿瘤细胞杀伤效果。     

光动力疗法用糖基光敏剂的研究进展

作为光动力疗法中至关重要的决定性因素,光敏剂的研究受到越来越多的重视.而糖基的引入,可以大大提高光敏剂母体的膜透过性和特异吸收性.从糖基光敏剂的母体结构、糖基光敏剂分子的构效关系、糖基的作用机理以及糖基光敏剂的药物动力学和代谢产物这四个方面对近年来糖基光敏剂的研究现状进行了综述,对其发展趋势进行了展望.     

纳米材料在肿瘤光动力治疗中的研究进展

光动力治疗是新兴的非侵入性癌症治疗方法。纳米材料以其独特的结构以及光物理、光化学性质成为可用于光动力治疗的光敏剂。根据纳米材料的不同种类,分别对无机非金属纳米材料、无机金属纳米材料、有机小分子纳米材料以及有机聚合物纳米材料等的构建策略及其在光动力治疗肿瘤中的应用进行综述。展望了纳米材料在未来肿瘤光动力治疗中的挑战和发展方向。为新一代纳米光敏剂的构建提供创新思路,并扩展其在癌症治疗中的潜力。     

Luminescent,Oxygen‐Supplying,Hemoglobin‐Linked Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising method for cancer treatment. Two parameters that influence the efficacy of PDT are the light source and oxygen supply. Herein, we prepared a system for PDT using hemoglobin (Hb)‐linked conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNs), which can luminesce and supply oxygen. Hb catalyzes the activation of luminol, the conjugated polymer poly[2‐methoxy‐5‐(2‐ethylhexyloxy)‐1,4‐phenylenevinylene] (MEH–PPV) nanoparticles can absorb the chemiluminescence of luminol through chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer (CRET) and then sensitize the oxygen supplied by Hb to produce reactive oxygen species that kill cancer cells. This system could be used for the controlled release of an anticancer prodrug. The system does not need an external light source and circumvents the insufficient level molecular oxygen under hypoxia. This work provides a proof‐of‐concept to explore smart and multifunctional nanoplatforms for phototherapy.     

Programming DNA Nanoassembly for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has extraordinary promise for the treatment of many cancers. However, its clinical progress is impaired by the intrinsic hypoxic tumor microenvironment that limits PDT efficacy and the safety concern associated with biological specificity of photosensitizers or vehicles. Now it is demonstrated that rationally designed DNA nanosponges can load and delivery photosensitizer effectively, target tumor precisely, and relieve hypoxia‐associated resistance remarkably to enhance the efficacy of PDT. Specifically, the approach exhibits a facile assembly process, provides programmable and versatile nanocarriers, and enables robust in vitro and in vivo anti‐cancer efficacy with excellent biosafety. These findings represent a practical and safe approach by designer DNA nanoassemblies to combat cancer effectively and suggest a powerful strategy for broad biomedical application of PDT.     

Enhanced Photodynamic Efficacy Using 1,8-Naphthalimides: Potential Application in Antibacterial Photodynamic Therapy

This study addresses the need for antibacterial medication that can overcome the current problems of antibiotics. It does so by suggesting two 1,8-naphthalimides (NI1 and NI2) containing a pyridinium nucleus become attached to the imide-nitrogen atom via a methylene spacer. Those fluorescent derivatives are covalently bonded to the surface of a chloroacetyl-chloride-modified cotton fabric. The iodometric method was used to study the generation of singlet oxygen (¹O₂) by irradiation of KI in the presence of monomeric 1,8-naphthalimides and the dyed textile material. Both compounds generated reactive singlet oxygen, and their activity was preserved even after they were deposited onto the cotton fabric. The antibacterial activity of NI1 and NI2 in solution and after their covalent bonding to the cotton fabric was investigated. In vitro tests were performed against the model gram-positive bacteria B. cereus and gram-negative P. aeruginosa bacteria in dark and under light iradiation. Compound NI2 showed higher antibacterial activity than compound NI1. The light irradiation enhanced the antimicrobial activity of the compounds, with a better effect achieved against B. cereus.     

Developments in Vascular-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy for Urologic Malignancies

With improved understanding of cancer biology and technical advancements in non-invasive management of urological malignancies, there is renewed interest in photodynamic therapy (PDT) as a means of focal cancer treatment. The application of PDT has also broadened as a result of development of better-tolerated and more effective photosensitizers. Vascular-targeted PDT (VTP) using padeliporfin, which is a water-soluble chlorophyll derivative, allows for tumor-specific cytotoxicity and has demonstrated efficacy in the management of urologic malignancies. Herein, we describe the evolution of photodynamic therapy in urologic oncology and the role of VTP in emerging treatment paradigms.     

Biomimetic Cascade Polymer Nanoreactors for Starvation and Photodynamic Cancer Therapy

The selective disruption of nutritional supplements and the metabolic routes of cancer cells offer a promising opportunity for more efficient cancer therapeutics. Herein, a biomimetic cascade polymer nanoreactor (GOx/CAT-NC) was fabricated by encapsulating glucose oxidase (GOx) and catalase (CAT) in a porphyrin polymer nanocapsule for combined starvation and photodynamic anticancer therapy. Internalized by cancer cells, the GOx/CAT-NCs facilitate microenvironmental oxidation by catalyzing endogenous H₂O₂ to form O₂, thereby accelerating intracellular glucose catabolism and enhancing cytotoxic singlet oxygen (¹O₂) production with infrared irradiation. The GOx/CAT-NCs have demonstrated synergistic advantages in long-term starvation therapy and powerful photodynamic therapy (PDT) in cancer treatment, which inhibits tumor cells at more than twice the rate of starvation therapy alone. The biomimetic polymer nanoreactor will further contribute to the advancement of complementary modes of spatiotemporal control of cancer therapy.