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Theranostics 2020; 10(23):10448-10465. doi:10.7150/thno.44879 This issue Cite

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Opto-acoustic synergistic irradiation for vaporization of natural melanin-cored nanodroplets at safe energy levels and efficient sono-chemo-photothermal cancer therapy

Yaxin Hu1, Shan Xue1, Ting Long1, Peizhao Lyu1, Xinyu Zhang1, Jingqin Chen2, Siping Chen1, Chengbo Liu2✉, Xin Chen1✉

1. National-Regional Key Technology Engineering Laboratory for Medical Ultrasound, School of Biomedical Engineering, Health Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P.R. China.
2. Research Laboratory for Biomedical Optics and Molecular Imaging, CAS Key Laboratory of Health Informatics, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.

✉ Corresponding authors: Xin Chen, Ph.D., 1068 Xueyuan Avenue, Shenzhen, Guangdong, P. R. China. E-mail: chenxinedu.cn; Chengbo Liu, Ph.D., 1068 Xueyuan Avenue, Shenzhen, Guangdong, P. R. China. E-mail: cb.liuac.cn

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Hu Y, Xue S, Long T, Lyu P, Zhang X, Chen J, Chen S, Liu C, Chen X. Opto-acoustic synergistic irradiation for vaporization of natural melanin-cored nanodroplets at safe energy levels and efficient sono-chemo-photothermal cancer therapy. Theranostics 2020; 10(23):10448-10465. doi:10.7150/thno.44879. https://www.thno.org/v10p10448.htm
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Rationale: Insufficient penetration and accumulation of theranostic payloads in solid tumors greatly challenge the clinical translation of cancer nanomedicines. To address this challenge, we synthesized natural melanin-cored and doxorubicin-loaded perfluoropentane nanodroplets with good biocompatibility and self-assembling ability.

Methods: We used an opto-acoustic synergistic irradiation (OASI) method that was effective at lower energy levels than ultrasound- or laser-only irradiation to safely vaporize the nanodroplets and to cavitate the generated microbubbles for mechanically enhancing intratumoral delivery. The delivered melanin and doxorubicin inside the tumors mediated secondary chemo-photothermal therapy under laser irradiation to fully kill cancer cells.

Results: In vivo animal experiments demonstrated direct mechanical disruption of tumor structures (H&E staining), enhanced intratumoral penetration of melanin (photoacoustic imaging), and efficient intratumoral accumulation of doxorubicin (fluorescent imaging). Anti-tumor experiments demonstrated that the nanodroplets combined with OASI treatment and subsequent laser irradiation could efficiently eliminate melanoma tumors.

Conclusion: Melanin-cored and doxorubicin-loaded perfluoropentane nanodroplets hold great promise for translational sono-chemo-photothermal cancer therapy.

Keywords: perfluoropentane nanodroplets, melanin, doxorubicin, synergistic irradiation, cancer therapy

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Hu, Y., Xue, S., Long, T., Lyu, P., Zhang, X., Chen, J., Chen, S., Liu, C., Chen, X. (2020). Opto-acoustic synergistic irradiation for vaporization of natural melanin-cored nanodroplets at safe energy levels and efficient sono-chemo-photothermal cancer therapy. Theranostics, 10(23), 10448-10465. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.44879.

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Hu, Y.; Xue, S.; Long, T.; Lyu, P.; Zhang, X.; Chen, J.; Chen, S.; Liu, C.; Chen, X. Opto-acoustic synergistic irradiation for vaporization of natural melanin-cored nanodroplets at safe energy levels and efficient sono-chemo-photothermal cancer therapy. Theranostics 2020, 10 (23), 10448-10465. DOI: 10.7150/thno.44879.

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Hu Y, Xue S, Long T, Lyu P, Zhang X, Chen J, Chen S, Liu C, Chen X. Opto-acoustic synergistic irradiation for vaporization of natural melanin-cored nanodroplets at safe energy levels and efficient sono-chemo-photothermal cancer therapy. Theranostics 2020; 10(23):10448-10465. doi:10.7150/thno.44879. https://www.thno.org/v10p10448.htm

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Hu Y, Xue S, Long T, Lyu P, Zhang X, Chen J, Chen S, Liu C, Chen X. 2020. Opto-acoustic synergistic irradiation for vaporization of natural melanin-cored nanodroplets at safe energy levels and efficient sono-chemo-photothermal cancer therapy. Theranostics. 10(23):10448-10465.

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