Synchronous chemotherapy and radiotherapy,termed chemoradiation therapy,is now an important standard regime for synergistic cancer treatment.For such treatment,nanoparticles can serve as improved carriers of chemother...Synchronous chemotherapy and radiotherapy,termed chemoradiation therapy,is now an important standard regime for synergistic cancer treatment.For such treatment,nanoparticles can serve as improved carriers of chemotherapeutics into tumors and as better radiosensitizers for localized radiotherapy.Herein,we designed a Schottky-type theranostic heterostructure,Bi_(2)S_(3)-Au,with deep level defects(DLDs)in Bi_(2)S_(3) as a nano-radiosensitizer and CT imaging contrast agent which can generate reactive free radicals to initiate DNA damage within tumor cells under X-ray irradiation.Methotrexate(MTX)was conjugated onto the Bi_(2)S_(3)-Au nanoparticles as a chemotherapeutic agent showing enzymatic stimuli-responsive release behavior.The designed hybrid system also contained curcumin(CUR),which cannot only serve as a nutritional supplement for chemotherapy,but also can play an important role in the radioprotection of normal cells.Impressively,this combined one-dose chemoradiation therapeutic injection of co-drug loaded bimetallic multifunctional theranostic nanoparticles with a one-time clinical X-ray irradiation,completely eradicated tumors in mice after approximately 20 days after irradiation showing extremely effective anticancer efficacy which should be further studied for numerous anti-cancer applications.展开更多
基金research projects (#0106U007386 and #0109U007446c) between DSPU (Drohobych, Ukraine) and SRC “Carat” (Lviv, Ukraine) supported by the MES of Ukraine (#0106U007385 and #0109U007445)Support of DAAD (Germany) and MES of Ukraine (projects #0111U001021 and #0114U002616) is also gratefully acknowledgedA.L. Stepanov was supported by the RSF (project #14-13-00758) in Russia
文摘采用纳米压痕技术对^(60)Coγ-射线辐照改性10年后As_2S_3玻璃的表面机械性能(即硬度和弹性模量)进行超纳硬度仪(UNHT)测试,压痕深度为200~1 600 nm。结果表明:经平均量子能1.25 Me V、累计剂量2.41 MGy的^(60)Coγ-射线辐照后,g-As_2S_3(g-表示玻璃态)的表面硬度和弹性模量与辐照前相比得以提高。对于g-As_2S_3表面机械性能的长期辐照诱导改性,具有辐照诱导氧化层的辐照样品与经过清洗和抛光处理除去氧化层的辐照样品相比,其实验数据显示宽分布特性。
基金This work was supported by the Deputy of Research of Zanjan University of Medical Sciences(grant no.A-12-430-42,ethical code:IR.ZUMS.REC.1399.129)MB acknowledges the financial support of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey for Material Characterization(TUBITAK,217Z069).
文摘Synchronous chemotherapy and radiotherapy,termed chemoradiation therapy,is now an important standard regime for synergistic cancer treatment.For such treatment,nanoparticles can serve as improved carriers of chemotherapeutics into tumors and as better radiosensitizers for localized radiotherapy.Herein,we designed a Schottky-type theranostic heterostructure,Bi_(2)S_(3)-Au,with deep level defects(DLDs)in Bi_(2)S_(3) as a nano-radiosensitizer and CT imaging contrast agent which can generate reactive free radicals to initiate DNA damage within tumor cells under X-ray irradiation.Methotrexate(MTX)was conjugated onto the Bi_(2)S_(3)-Au nanoparticles as a chemotherapeutic agent showing enzymatic stimuli-responsive release behavior.The designed hybrid system also contained curcumin(CUR),which cannot only serve as a nutritional supplement for chemotherapy,but also can play an important role in the radioprotection of normal cells.Impressively,this combined one-dose chemoradiation therapeutic injection of co-drug loaded bimetallic multifunctional theranostic nanoparticles with a one-time clinical X-ray irradiation,completely eradicated tumors in mice after approximately 20 days after irradiation showing extremely effective anticancer efficacy which should be further studied for numerous anti-cancer applications.
