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- Title
Deciphering Oxygen‐Independent Augmented Photodynamic Oncotherapy by Facilitating the Separation of Electron‐Hole Pairs.
- Authors
Hu, Xiaoming; Fang, Zhuting; Sun, Fengwei; Zhu, Caijun; Jia, Mingxuan; Miao, Xiaofei; Huang, Lingting; Hu, Wenbo; Fan, Quli; Yang, Zhen; Huang, Wei
- Abstract
Developing Type‐I photosensitizers provides an attractive approach to solve the dilemma of inadequate efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) caused by the inherent oxygen consumption of traditional Type‐II PDT and anoxic tumor microenvironment. The challenge for the exploration of Type‐I PSs is to facilitate the electron transfer ability of photosensitization molecules for transforming oxygen or H2O to reactive oxygen species (ROS). Herein, we propose an electronic acceptor‐triggered photoinduced electron transfer (a‐PET) strategy promoting the separation of electron‐hole pairs by marriage of two organic semiconducting molecules of a non‐fullerene scaffold‐based photosensitizer and a perylene diimide that significantly boost the Type‐I PDT pathway to produce plentiful ROS, especially, inducing 3.5‐fold and 2.5‐fold amplification of hydroxyl (OH⋅) and superoxide (O2−⋅) generation. Systematic mechanism exploration reveals that intermolecular electron transfer and intramolecular charge separation after photoirradiation generate a competent production of radical ion pairs that promote the Type‐I PDT process by theoretical calculation and ultrafast femtosecond transient absorption (fs‐TA) spectroscopy. By complementary tumor diagnosis with photoacoustic imaging and second near‐infrared fluorescence imaging, this as‐prepared nanoplatform exhibits fabulous photocytotoxicity in harsh hypoxic conditions and terrific cancer revoked abilities in living mice. We envision that this work will broaden the insight into high‐efficiency Type‐I PDT for cancer phototheranostics.
- Subjects
INTRAMOLECULAR proton transfer reactions; INTRAMOLECULAR charge transfer; RADICAL ions; PHOTOINDUCED electron transfer; CHARGE exchange; PHOTODYNAMIC therapy; REACTIVE oxygen species; PHOTOACOUSTIC spectroscopy
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2024, Vol 136, Issue 15, p1
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ange.202401036