Photo-Fenozyme Nanoparticles Based on Fe(II)-Coordination-Driven Cyanine-Based Amino Acid Assembly for Photodynamic Ferrotherapy

Jingjing Han, Hyunchul Kang, Xingshu Li, Nahyun Kwon, Haidong Li, Sungnam Park, Juyoung Yoon

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    Abstract

    Nanoparticle-based enzyme mimics have fewer applications in ferrotherapy so far. The limited number of integrated biomimetic architectures satisfy biobuilding blocks and adaptability in the high efficiency of ferrotherapy requirements. Herein, we develop a minimal nanoparticle as an efficient photodynamic ferrotherapy agent, which is constructed through ferrous-coordination-driven cyanine-based amino acid assembly. In comparison with a free photosensitizer, this nanoparticle (photofenozyme) composed of Fe-containing cores and serum protein shells is fabricated. And it has a high light-harvesting ability, and a higher intersystem crossing (ISC) rate constant (4.41 × 1011 s-1 versus 1.17 × 106 s-1), which benefits efficient production of the triplet state. The photofenozyme allows adaptive photo-Fenton-like activity based on the different radical generations. And they further trigger and photoenhance efficient ferroptosis. This work provides insights into optimizing current photosensitizers to generate an adaptive supramolecular photocatalyst and presents a promising strategy to design multifunctional nanozyme theranostics.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)5954-5962
    Number of pages9
    JournalACS Applied Nano Materials
    Volume4
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2021 Jun 25

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This study was supported by grants from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Korean government (MSIP) (No. 2012R1A3A2048814 for J.Y. and No. 2019R1A6A1A11044070 for S.P.).

    Funding Information:
    We acknowledge financial support from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Korean government (MSIP) (No. 2012R1A3A2048814 for J.Y. and No. 2019R1A6A1A11044070 for S.P.).

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    © 2021 American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.

    Keywords

    • Fe(II)-coordination-driven Co-assembly
    • ferrotherapeutic agent
    • photosensitive nanoparticles
    • photosensitizer
    • self-evolution

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Materials Science

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