Near-infrared(NIR)small molecular organic dyes as photothermal agents for cancer photothermal therapy(PTT)have attracted considerable research attention.Herein,two donor-acceptor-donor(D-A-D)structured NIR dyes,BBTT a...Near-infrared(NIR)small molecular organic dyes as photothermal agents for cancer photothermal therapy(PTT)have attracted considerable research attention.Herein,two donor-acceptor-donor(D-A-D)structured NIR dyes,BBTT and SeBTT,are rationally designed,where the only difference is one heteroatom within the acceptor unit varying from sulfur to selenium(Se).More importantly,SeBTT NPs exhibit stronger NIR absorbance and higher photothermal conversion efficiency(PTCE≈65.3%).In vivo experiments illustrate that SeBTT NPs can be utilized as a high contrast photoacoustic imaging(PAI)agent,and succeed in tumor suppression without noticeable damage to main organs under NIR photoirradiation.This study presents an effective molecular heteroatom surgery strategy to regulate the photothermal properties of NIR small molecules for enhanced PAI and PTT.展开更多
基金supported by Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK20200092)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52072172)Six Talent Peak Innovation Team in Jiangsu Province(No.TD-SWYY-009)。
文摘Near-infrared(NIR)small molecular organic dyes as photothermal agents for cancer photothermal therapy(PTT)have attracted considerable research attention.Herein,two donor-acceptor-donor(D-A-D)structured NIR dyes,BBTT and SeBTT,are rationally designed,where the only difference is one heteroatom within the acceptor unit varying from sulfur to selenium(Se).More importantly,SeBTT NPs exhibit stronger NIR absorbance and higher photothermal conversion efficiency(PTCE≈65.3%).In vivo experiments illustrate that SeBTT NPs can be utilized as a high contrast photoacoustic imaging(PAI)agent,and succeed in tumor suppression without noticeable damage to main organs under NIR photoirradiation.This study presents an effective molecular heteroatom surgery strategy to regulate the photothermal properties of NIR small molecules for enhanced PAI and PTT.
