A Universally EDTA-Assisted Synthesis of Polytypic Bismuth Telluride Nanoplates with a Size-Dependent Enhancement of Tumor Radiosensitivity and Metabolism In Vivo

Bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) is an available thermoelectric material with the lowest band gap among bismuth chalcogenides, revealing a broad application in photocatalysis. Unfortunately, its size and morphology related to a radio-catalysis property have rarely been explored. Herein, an ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)-assisted hydrothermal strategy was introduced to synthesize polytypic Bi2Te3 nanoplates (BT NPs) that exhibit size-dependent radio-sensitization and metabolism characteristics in vivo. By simply varying the molar ratio of EDTA/Bi3+ during the reaction, BT NPs with different sizes and morphologies were obtained. EDTA acting as chelating agent and "capping" agent contributed to the homogeneous growth of BT NPs by eliminating dangling bonds and reducing the surface energy of different facets. Further analyzing the size-dependent radio-sensitization mechanism, larger-sized BT NPs generated holes that preferentially catalyzed the conversion of OH- to ·OH when irradiated with X-rays, while the smaller-sized BT NPs exhibited faster decay kinetics producing higher 1O2 levels to enhance radiotherapy effects. A metabolomic analysis revealed that larger-sized BT NPs were oxidized into Bi(Ox) in the liver via a citrate cycle pathway, whereas smaller-sized BT NPs accumulated in the kidney and were excreted in urine in the form of ions by regulating the metabolism of glutamate. In a cervical cancer model, BT NPs combined with X-ray irradiation significantly antagonized tumor suppression through the promotion of apoptosis in tumor cells. Consequently, in addition to providing a prospect of BT NPs as an efficient radio-sensitizer to boost the tumor radiosensitivity, we put forth a strategy that can be universally applied in synthesizing metal chalcogenides for catalysis-promoted radiotherapy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

ACS nano - 16(2022), 3 vom: 22. März, Seite 4379-4396

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Song, Zhenhuan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Haoqiang [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Xiaofeng [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Liu [VerfasserIn]
Su, Jianyu [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Tianfeng [VerfasserIn]

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1818R19OHO
9G34HU7RV0
Bismuth
Bismuth telluride
Edetic Acid
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)
Homogeneous growth
Journal Article
NQA0O090ZJ
Radio-catalysis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Size dependence
Tellurium
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Date Completed 18.04.2022

Date Revised 18.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsnano.1c10663

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337076235