Volume 135, Issue 7 e202216361
Forschungsartikel

Stiffness-Transformable Nanoplatforms Responsive to the Tumor Microenvironment for Enhanced Tumor Therapeutic Efficacy

Jun Tao

Jun Tao

Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023 P. R. China

These authors contributed to this work equally.

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Ying Tian

Ying Tian

Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029 P. R. China

Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing, 210093 P. R. China

These authors contributed to this work equally.

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Dong Chen

Dong Chen

Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023 P. R. China

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Wei Lu

Wei Lu

Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023 P. R. China

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Kun Chen

Kun Chen

Guangdong Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515 P. R. China

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Chaoli Xu

Chaoli Xu

Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029 P. R. China

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Dr. Lei Bao

Dr. Lei Bao

School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia

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Prof. Bin Xue

Prof. Bin Xue

Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093 P. R. China

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Tiankuo Wang

Tiankuo Wang

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy of Science, Shenzhen, 518020 P. R. China

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Prof. Zhaogang Teng

Corresponding Author

Prof. Zhaogang Teng

Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023 P. R. China

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Prof. Lianhui Wang

Corresponding Author

Prof. Lianhui Wang

Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023 P. R. China

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First published: 16 December 2022

Abstract

Herein, we report, for the first time, a unique stiffness-transformable manganese oxide hybridized mesoporous organosilica nanoplatform (MMON) for enhancing tumor therapeutic efficacy. The prepared MMONs had a quasi-spherical morphology and were completely transformed into soft bowl-like nanocapsules in the simulated tumor microenvironment through the breakage of Mn−O bonds, which decreased their Young's modulus from 165.7 to 84.5 MPa. Due to their unique stiffness transformation properties, the MMONs had reduced macrophage internalization, improved tumor cell uptake, and enhanced penetration of multicellular spheroids. In addition, in vivo experiments showed that the MMONs displayed a 3.79- and 2.90-fold decrease in non-specific liver distribution and a 2.87- and 1.83-fold increase in tumor accumulation compared to their soft and stiff counterparts, respectively. Furthermore, chlorin e6 (Ce6) modified MMONs had significantly improved photodynamic therapeutic effect.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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