Peroxidase-mimicking evodiamine/indocyanine green nanoliposomes for multimodal imaging-guided theranostics for oral squamous cell carcinoma

Here,evodiamine(EVO)and the photosensitizer indocyanine green(ICG)were integrated into a liposomal nanoplatform for noninvasive diagnostic imaging and combinatorial therapy against oral squamous cell carcinoma(OSCC).EVO,as an active component extracted from traditional Chinese medicine,not only functioned as an antitumor chemotherapeutic agent but was also capable of 68Ga-chelation,thus working as a contrast agent for positron emission tomography/computed tomography(PET/CT)imaging.Moreover,EVO could exhibit peroxidase-like catalytic activity,converting endogenous tumor H2O2 into cytotoxic reactive oxygen species(ROS),enabling Chemo catalytic therapy beyond the well-known chemotherapy effect of EVO.As proven by in vitro and in vivo experiments,guided by optical imaging and PET/CT imaging,we show that the theragnostic liposomes have a significant inhibiting effect on in situ tongue tumor through photodynamic therapy combined with chemodynamic chemotherapy.

Polycyclic naphthalenediimide-based nanoparticles for NIR-Ⅱ fluorescence imaging guided phototherapy

Optical imaging and phototherapy in the second near-infrared window(NIR-Ⅱ, 900–1700 nm) can reduce tissue auto-fluorescence and photon scattering, which facilitates higher spatial resolution and deeper tissue penetration depth for solid tumor theranostics. Herein, a polycyclic naphthalenediimide(NDI) based chromophore 13-amino-4,5-dibromo-2,7-di(dodecan-6-yl)-1 H-isoquinolino[4,5,6-fgh]naphtho[1,8-bc][1,9]phenanthroline-1,3,6,8(2H,7H,9H)-tetraone(NDI-NA) was designed and synthesized. With large polycyclic π-systems, NDI-NA molecule possesses broad near-infrared(NIR) absorption(maximum at777 nm) and emission(maximum at 921 nm). By nanoprecipitation, NDI-NA nanoparticles(NPs) were formed in aqueous solution with J-aggregative state, which showed huge red-shift in both absorption spectrum(maximum at 904 nm) and emission spectrum(maximum at 1,020 nm), endowing NDI-NA NPs efficient NIR-Ⅱ fluorescence imaging capability. Besides, the NPs present effective tumor-targeting capability in vivo based on the enhanced permeation and retention(EPR) effect. More importantly, NDI-NA NPs simultaneously have high photothermal conversion efficiency(30.8%) and efficient reactive oxygen species generation ability, making them remarkably phototoxic to cancer cells. The polycyclic chromophore based multifunctional NDI-NA NPs as NIR-Ⅱ phototheranostic agents possess bright future for clinical NIR-Ⅱ imaging-guided cancer phototherapy.