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A Nanoemulsion with A Porphyrin Shell for Cancer Theranostics
Author(s) -
Hou Wenxiu,
Lou Jenny W. H.,
Bu Jiachuan,
Chang Enling,
Ding Lili,
Valic Michael,
Jeon Han Ho,
Charron Danielle M.,
Coolens Catherine,
Cui Daxiang,
Chen Juan,
Zheng Gang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201908664
A nanoemulsion with a porphyrin shell (NewPS) was created by the self‐assembly of porphyrin salt around an oil core. The NewPS system has excellent colloidal stability, is amenable to different porphyrin salts and oils, and is capable of co‐loading with chemotherapeutics. The porphyrin salt shell enables porphyrin‐dependent optical tunability. The NewPS consisting of pyropheophorbide a mono‐salt has a porphyrin shell of ordered J‐aggregates, which produced a narrow, red‐shifted Q‐band with increased absorbance. Upon nanostructure dissociation, the fluorescence and photodynamic reactivity of the porphyrin monomers are restored. The spectrally distinct photoacoustic imaging (at 715 nm by intact NewPS) and fluorescence increase (at 671 nm by disrupted NewPS) allow the monitoring of NewPS accumulation and disruption in mice bearing KB tumors to guide effective photodynamic therapy. Substituting the oil core with Lipiodol affords additional CT contrast, whereas loading paclitaxel into NewPS facilitates drug delivery.