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Herein, we fabricate a multifunctional molecular prodrug BAC where the chemotherapeutical agent campto-thecin (CPT) is linked with a boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY)-based photosensitizer by an azobenzene chain which is sensitive to over-expressed azoreductase in hypoxic tumor cells. This prodrug was further loaded into biodegradable monomethoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(caprolactone) (mPEG-b-PCL) to improve its solubility and tumor accumulation. The formed BAC nanoparticles (BAC NPs) can destroy aerobic tumor cells with rela-tively short distance from blood vessels by photodynamic therapy (PDT) under illumination. The PDT action inevitably leads to consumption of O-2, and subsequently acute hypoxia which can induce cleavage of azobenzene linkage to boost release of CPT killing the other hypoxic interior tumor cells survived from PDT. Both in vitro and in vivo studies have verified that BAC NPs possess remarkable antitumor activity by a synergistic action of PDT and chemotherapy.
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
ISSN: 0223-5234
Year: 2022
Volume: 243
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JCR@2022
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JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: CHEMISTRY;
ESI HC Threshold:74
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:1
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WoS CC Cited Count: 15
SCOPUS Cited Count: 9
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 3
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