| Affiliation: | 1. The State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050 P. R. China;2. The State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050 P. R. China
Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 P. R. China;3. Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200072 P. R. China |
| Abstract: | The hypoxic hallmark of tumor has aroused substantial burdens on a variety of therapeutic modalities including photodynamic therapy (PDT). Recently, biological oxygen evolution enabled by photosynthetic cyanobacterial cells has emerged as one of the most advanced and promising tissue oxygenation strategies, which is particularly beneficial for in situ tumor-PDT. Herein, a near infrared-driven PDT platform based on the photosynthetic cyanobacterial cells hybridized with photosensitizer rose bengal (RB)-loaded upconversion nanoparticles, named as UR-Cyan cells, is reported. Upon the irradiation of 980 nm laser and its upconversions to shorter wavelengths, the formulated UR-Cyan cells are both photosynthetically active for oxygen production and photosensitive for the subsequent singlet oxygen generation by the photosensitizer, resulting in enhanced and sustainable PDT efficacy against tumor cells/tissues. The present design offers a practical approach to conquer the hypoxic burden of PDT operations against a wide range of pathological lesions with excellent biocompatibility and clinical promises. |
