Multifunctional Photothermal Hydrogel in the Second Near-Infrared Window for Localized Tumor Therapy

Sha Lu, Yingjiao Wu, Yandi Liu, Xiaoyi Sun, Jianghua Li*, Juan Li*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A copper selenide-embedded gellan gum hydrogel (Cu2-xSe@GG) is designed as an “all-in-one” antitumor agent. The obtained nanocomposite hydrogel exhibits strong near-infrared light absorption and high photothermal conversion efficiency in both the NIR-I and NIR-II biowindows. The photothermal conversion efficiency achieves 58.8% under the irradiation of 0.75 W/cm2 with a 1064 nm laser. Furthermore, the nanocomposite hydrogel has catalase- and peroxidase-mimicking activities, which could alter the tumor microenvironment by reducing hypoxia and/or increasing the production of reactive oxygen species. Moreover, the multifunctional Cu2-xSe@GG nanocomposite hydrogel can also be used as an immune agonist resiquimod (R848) carrier to promote immune regulation and enhance the therapeutic effect. The single-syringe R848/Cu2-xSe@GG treatment achieves synergetic photothermal immunotherapy, showing 97.4%

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4694-4702
Number of pages9
JournalACS Applied Bio Materials
Volume6
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Nov 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • copper selenide
  • hydrogel
  • immune agonist
  • nanozyme
  • photothermal therapy

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