• 文献标题:   A Multimodal System with Synergistic Effects of Magneto-Mechanical, Photothermal, Photodynamic and Chemo Therapies of Cancer in Graphene-Quantum Dot-Coated Hollow Magnetic Nanospheres
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WO FJ, XU RJ, SHAO YX, ZHANG ZY, CHU MQ, SHI DL, LIU SP
  • 作者关键词:   drugloaded magnetic nanocomposite, graphene quantum dot, magnetic fieldmediated mechanical stimulation, nearinfrared laser, cancer therapy
  • 出版物名称:   THERANOSTICS
  • ISSN:   1838-7640
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tongji Univ
  • 被引频次:   25
  • DOI:   10.7150/thno.13411
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

In this study, a multimodal therapeutic system was shown to be much more lethal in cancer cell killing compared to a single means of nano therapy, be it photothermal or photodynamic. Hollow magnetic nanospheres (HMNSs) were designed and synthesized for the synergistic effects of both magneto-mechanical and photothermal cancer therapy. By these combined stimuli, the cancer cells were structurally and physically destroyed with the morphological characteristics distinctively different from those by other therapeutics. HMNSs were also coated with the silica shells and conjugated with carboxylated graphene quantum dots (GQDs) as a core-shell composite: HMNS/SiO2/GQDs. The composite was further loaded with an anticancer drug doxorubicin (DOX) and stabilized with liposomes. The multimodal system was able to kill cancer cells with four different therapeutic mechanisms in a synergetic and multilateral fashion, namely, the magnetic field-mediated mechanical stimulation, photothermal damage, photodynamic toxicity, and chemotherapy. The unique nanocomposites with combined mechanical, chemo, and physical effects will provide an alternative strategy for highly improved cancer therapy efficiency.