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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4694-4702 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | ACS Applied Bio Materials |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Nov 2023 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- copper selenide
- hydrogel
- immune agonist
- nanozyme
- photothermal therapy