X-ray Activated Nanoplatforms for Deep Tissue Photodynamic Therapy

Photodynamic therapy (PDT), the use of light to excite photosensitive molecules whose electronic relaxation drives the production of highly cytotoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS), has proven an effective means of oncotherapy. However, its application has been severely constrained to superficial tissues and those readily accessed either endoscopically or laparoscopically, due to the intrinsic scattering and absorption of photons by intervening tissues. Recent advances in the design of nanoparticle-based X-ray scintillators and photosensitizers have enabled hybridization of these moieties into single nanocomposite particles. These nanoplatforms, when irradiated with diagnostic doses and energies of X-rays, produce large quantities of ROS and permit, for the first time, non-invasive deep tissue PDT of tumors with few of the therapeutic limitations or side effects of conventional PDT. In this review we examine the underlying principles and evolution of PDT: from its initial and still dominant use of light-activated, small molecule photosensitizers that passively accumulate in tumors, to its latest development of X-ray-activated, scintillator-photosensitizer hybrid nanoplatforms that actively target cancer biomarkers. Challenges and potential remedies for the clinical translation of these hybrid nanoplatforms and X-ray PDT are also presented.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) - 13(2023), 4 vom: 09. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Souris, Jeffrey S [VerfasserIn]
Leoni, Lara [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Hannah J [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Ariel [VerfasserIn]
Tanios, Eve [VerfasserIn]
Tsai, Hsiu-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Balyasnikova, Irina V [VerfasserIn]
Bissonnette, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Chin-Tu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Deep tissue
Dosimetry
Journal Article
Luminescence
Nanoparticle
Photodynamic therapy
Photosensitizer
Radiation therapy
Reactive oxygen species
Review
Scintillator
X-ray activated

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Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/nano13040673

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353451711