Bioorthogonal Photoactivation of 2-Nitrobenzyl Caged Doxorubicin Anticancer Prodrugs on Gold Nanostars
Bioorthogonal chemistry that can be controlled through near-infrared (NIR) light is a promising route to therapeutics. This study proposes a method to intracellularly photoactivate prodrugs using plasmonic gold nanostars (AuNSt) and NIR irradiation. Two strategies are followed. On one hand, doxorubi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Centro de Investigación Principe Felipe (CIPF) |
| Repositorio: | r-CIPF. Repositorio Institucional Producción Científica del Centro de Investigación Principe Felipe (CIPF) |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:cipf.fundanetsuite.com:p4555 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://cipf.fundanetsuite.com/Publicaciones/ProdCientif/PublicacionFrw.aspx?id=4555 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | bioorthogonal chemistry cancer therapy doxorubicin gold nanostars near infrared radiation photocleavable linkers prodrugs photoactivation |
| Sumario: | Bioorthogonal chemistry that can be controlled through near-infrared (NIR) light is a promising route to therapeutics. This study proposes a method to intracellularly photoactivate prodrugs using plasmonic gold nanostars (AuNSt) and NIR irradiation. Two strategies are followed. On one hand, doxorubicin (Dox) masked with a 2-nitrobenzyl carbamate (proDox1) is used as a photoactivatable prodrug. In the second strategy, a photolabile Dox prodrug (proDox2) obtained by modification of Dox with 2-nitrobenzyl diol bearing a disulfide is attached to the AuNSt surface. Under NIR irradiation AuNSt induce local electromagnetic field enhancement, leading to photocleavage of the 2-nitrobenzyl moiety in both proDox1 and proDox2, and subsequent Dox release. Near field enhancement by excitation of surface plasmons in AuNSt is sufficient to record the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectra of proDox1 and proDox2. The therapeutic potential of this bioorthogonal photoactivation strategy is confirmed in vitro and in vivo using a mouse model of human melanoma. NIR-activated AuNSt induce in vivo the intracellular release of Dox and subsequent cancer cell death, thus reducing tumor growth at low irradiation power density to avoid undesired photothermal effects. These results demonstrate that AuNSt are suitable platforms for NIR light-triggered drug delivery in cancer therapy. |
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