Lu Li , Jiagen Li , Xiaoyan Zhang , Jiexue Wang , Lijuan Zhao , Jun Liu , Guowei Deng
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Abstract
Developing excellent photosensitizer for photothermal and photodynamic therapy is of great significance. In this work, a novel D-π-A type heptamethine chromophore (ILC) utilizing benz[cd]indoline, tetra-ene and tricyanofuran derivative (TCF) as the electron donor, electron bridge and electron acceptor respectively was designed, synthesized and systematically studied as the potential photosensitizer. ILC possesses strong absorbance in the near-infrared region, and under the irradiation by 808 nm (0.5 W cm−2) laser, ILC NPs exhibited obvious reactive oxygen specials (ROS) generation ability, good photothermal conversation performance (photothermal conversation efficiencies were calculated to 76.6 % at 808 nm) and excellent photothermal stability. Finally, the imaging and PTT/PDT synergistic therapy were investigated in a 4 T1 tumor xenograft mode, and the results indicated that ILC NPs possesses good imaging quality and therapy efficacy in vivo.
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