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Ternary NiCoTi-layered double hydroxide nanosheets as a pH-responsive nanoagent for photodynamic/chemodynamic synergistic therapy

Hu, Tingting; Zhou, Zhan; Zha, Jiajia; Williams, Gareth R; Wu, Zhikang; Zhao, Wei; Shen, Weicheng; ... Tan, Chaoliang; + view all (2022) Ternary NiCoTi-layered double hydroxide nanosheets as a pH-responsive nanoagent for photodynamic/chemodynamic synergistic therapy. Fundamental Research 10.1016/j.fmre.2022.06.001. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

Combining photodynamic therapy (PDT) with chemodynamic therapy (CDT) has been proven to be a promising strategy to improve the treatment efficiency of cancer, because of the synergistic therapeutic effect arising between the two modalities. Herein, we report an inorganic nanoagent based on ternary NiCoTi-layered double hydroxide (NiCoTi-LDH) nanosheets to realize highly efficient photodynamic/chemodynamic synergistic therapy. The NiCoTi-LDH nanosheets exhibit oxygen vacancy-promoted electron-hole separation and photogenerated hole-induced O2-independent reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation under acidic circumstances, realizing in situ pH-responsive PDT. Moreover, due to the effective conversion between Co^{3+} and Co^{2+} caused by photogenerated electrons, the NiCoTi-LDH nanosheets catalyze the release of hydroxyl radicals (∙OH) from H2O2 through Fenton reactions, resulting in CDT. Laser irradiation enhances the catalyzed ability of the NiCoTi-LDH nanosheets to promote the ROS generation, resulting in a better performance than TiO_{2} nanoparticles at pH 6.5. In vitro and in vivo experimental results show conclusively that NiCoTi-LDH nanosheets plus irradiation lead to efficient cell apoptosis and significant inhibition of tumor growth. This study reports a new pH-responsive inorganic nanoagent with oxygen vacancy-promoted photodynamic/chemodynamic synergistic performance, offering a potentially appealing clinical strategy for selective tumor elimination.

Type: Article
Title: Ternary NiCoTi-layered double hydroxide nanosheets as a pH-responsive nanoagent for photodynamic/chemodynamic synergistic therapy
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2022.06.001
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fmre.2022.06.001
Language: English
Additional information: © 2022 The Authors. Publishing Services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. under a Creative Commons license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutics
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10150983
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