Laser-Synthesized Germanium Nanoparticles as Biodegradable Material for Near-Infrared Photoacoustic Imaging and Cancer Phototherapy

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Biodegradable nanomaterials can significantly improve the safety profile of nanomedicine. Germanium nanoparticles (Ge NPs) with a safe biodegradation pathway are developed as efficient photothermal converters for biomedical applications. Ge NPs synthesized by femtosecond-laser ablation in liquids rapidly dissolve in physiological-like environment through the oxidation mechanism. The biodegradation of Ge nanoparticles is preserved in tumor cells in vitro and in normal tissues in mice with a half-life as short as 3.5 days. Biocompatibility of Ge NPs is confirmed in vivo by hematological, biochemical, and histological analyses. Strong optical absorption of Ge in the near-infrared spectral range enables photothermal treatment of engrafted tumors in vivo, following intravenous injection of Ge NPs. The photothermal therapy results in a 3.9-fold reduction of the EMT6/P adenocarcinoma tumor growth with significant prolongation of the mice survival. Excellent mass-extinction of Ge NPs (7.9 L g-1 cm-1 at 808 nm) enables photoacoustic imaging of bones and tumors, following intravenous and intratumoral administrations of the nanomaterial. As such, strongly absorbing near-infrared-light biodegradable Ge nanomaterial holds promise for advanced theranostics.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) - (2024) vom: 22. März, Seite e2307060

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Englisch

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Belyaev, Iaroslav B [VerfasserIn]
Zelepukin, Ivan V [VerfasserIn]
Kotelnikova, Polina A [VerfasserIn]
Tikhonowski, Gleb V [VerfasserIn]
Popov, Anton A [VerfasserIn]
Kapitannikova, Alina Yu [VerfasserIn]
Barman, Jugal [VerfasserIn]
Kopylov, Alexey N [VerfasserIn]
Bratashov, Daniil N [VerfasserIn]
Prikhozhdenko, Ekaterina S [VerfasserIn]
Kabashin, Andrei V [VerfasserIn]
Deyev, Sergey M [VerfasserIn]
Zvyagin, Andrei V [VerfasserIn]

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Biodegradable materials
Germanium
Journal Article
Laser ablation
Photoacoustic imaging
Photothermal therapy

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Date Revised 22.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1002/advs.202307060

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NLM370063236