Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, Volume. 14, Issue 4, 2141004(2021)
Cytochrome-c aptamer functionalized Pt nanoclusters for enhanced chemodynamic therapy
Catalysis-based chemodynamic therapy (CDT) is an emerging cancer treatment strategy which uses a Fenton-like reaction to kill tumor cells by catalyzing endogenous hydrogen peroxide (H2O2 T into a toxic hydroxyl radical (·OH). The performance of CDT is greatly dependent on PDT agent. Herein, mitochondria-targeting Pt nanoclusters were synthesized using cytochrome c aptamer (CytcApt) as template. The obtained CytcApt-PtNCs can produce ·OH by H2O2 under the acidic conditions. Moreover, CytcApt-PtNCs could kill 4T1 tumor cells in a pH-dependent manner, but had no side effect on normal 293T cells. Therefore, CytcApt-PtNCs possess excellent therapeutic effect and good biosafety, indicating their great potential for CDT.
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Bo Feng, Dan Zhao, Yaowei Peng, Fu Wang. Cytochrome-c aptamer functionalized Pt nanoclusters for enhanced chemodynamic therapy[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2021, 14(4): 2141004
Received: Mar. 8, 2021
Accepted: Mar. 20, 2021
Published Online: Aug. 23, 2021
The Author Email: Wang Fu (wangfu@sjtu.edu.cn)