Hyaluronic Acid-Modified Porous Carbon-Coated Fe3O4 Nanoparticles for Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Photothermal/Chemotherapy of Tumors

Langmuir. 2019 Oct 8;35(40):13135-13144. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02300. Epub 2019 Sep 25.

Abstract

Chemotherapy is an effective method for treating cancer, clinically. However, side effects of drug and multidrug resistance restrict its application. In recent years, the combined treatment of chemotherapy and photothermal therapy (PTT) is becoming a promising method for treating cancer. PTT utilizes nanomaterials absorbing near-infrared light and producing heat to acquire advanced hyperthermia strategy for cancer treatment. Carbon nanomaterials with good biocompatibility, high surface area, and excellent photothermal properties are an excellent nanoplatform for drug delivery and PTT. Herein, porous carbon-coated magnetite nanoparticles (PCCMNs) were successfully synthesized by a one-pot solvothermal method. Magnetite, a contrast agent, can be used for magnetic resonance imaging. Hyaluronic acid was used to modify the PCCMNs to achieve targeted therapy. The obtained nanohybrid with a good photothermal effect can realize combined PTT/chemotherapy and will be a promising nanoplatform for high efficacy theranostics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Carbon / chemistry
  • Contrast Media / chemistry*
  • Doxorubicin / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Carriers / chemistry*
  • Drug Liberation
  • Female
  • HeLa Cells
  • Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells
  • Humans
  • Hyaluronic Acid / chemistry
  • Hyperthermia, Induced / methods
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Magnetite Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Mice, Nude
  • Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Neoplasms / pathology
  • Photochemotherapy / methods
  • Theranostic Nanomedicine / methods

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Contrast Media
  • Drug Carriers
  • Magnetite Nanoparticles
  • Carbon
  • Doxorubicin
  • Hyaluronic Acid