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Highly Efficient Multifunctional Organic Photosensitizer with Aggregation-Induced Emission for In Vivo Bioimaging and Photodynamic Therapy.

Photosensitizers play a critical role in photodynamic therapy (PDT). Multifunctional organic nanoparticles (NPs) that possess bright fluorescence in aggregates, high singlet oxygen (1O2) quantum yield, near-infrared (NIR) absorption and emission,… Click to show full abstract

Photosensitizers play a critical role in photodynamic therapy (PDT). Multifunctional organic nanoparticles (NPs) that possess bright fluorescence in aggregates, high singlet oxygen (1O2) quantum yield, near-infrared (NIR) absorption and emission, large Stokes shift, two-photon bioimaging, specific organelle targeting, high PDT efficiency, as well as good biocompatibility and photostability are ideal candidate photosensitizers for image-guided PDT. Due to its enhanced fluorescence and high 1O2 generation efficiency in aggregate states, photosensitizers with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics have attracted increasing interest in PDT. In this study, a new AIE-active Schiff base 5-(((5-(7-(4-(diphenylamino)phenyl)benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazol-4-yl)thiophen-2-yl)methylene)amino)-3-methylthiophene-2,4-dicarbonitrile (TBTDC) based on a D-A-π-A skeleton has been designed and synthesized, and it can be readily encapsulated by Pluronic F-127 to form uniform nanoparticles. TBTDC NPs exhibit bright NIR emission at 825 nm with a Stokes shift up to 300 nm, impressive two-photon bioimaging capability with tissue penetration deep into 300 μm, high 1O2 generation quantum yield (0.552), specific targeting to lysosome, as well as good biocompatibility and photostability. Furthermore, TBTDC NPs present remarkable cytotoxicity for tumor cells and suppression of tumor growth in nude mice through reactive oxygen species generation upon white light irradiation. These results reveal that TBTDC NPs have great potential to become excellent candidates for multifunctional organic photosensitizers for two-photon bioimaging and image-guided PDT and are promising in future clinical applications.

Keywords: multifunctional organic; photodynamic therapy; aggregation induced; induced emission; emission

Journal Title: ACS applied materials & interfaces
Year Published: 2021

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