PMID- 29882950 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190124 LR - 20190124 IS - 2040-3372 (Electronic) IS - 2040-3364 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 24 DP - 2018 Jun 21 TI - An easy-to-fabricate clearable CuS-superstructure-based multifunctional theranostic platform for efficient imaging guided chemo-photothermal therapy. PG - 11430-11440 LID - 10.1039/c8nr03271h [doi] AB - Despite drug delivery systems (DDSs) receiving ever-increasing attention, development of a simple, effective, sensitive and clearable drug delivery and multifunctional theranostic nanoplatform for cancer therapy is still highly desirable and remains a challenge. Herein, using a one-step solvothermal method, hollow acanthosphere-like CuS superstructures assembled from approximately 10 nm nanoparticles (NPs) were successfully obtained and used as an efficient drug delivery and theranostic platform for photoacoustic (PA) and infrared (IR) thermal imaging-guided cancer combination therapy. The special hollow characteristic of CuS superstructures with mesoporous shells and large cavities grants them high drug loading capacity; they demonstrate near-infrared (NIR)/pH stimuli-sensitive drug release and pronounced synergetic effects of chemo-photothermal therapy both in vitro and in vivo. In particular, our as-fabricated hollow loose CuS superstructures, with easily breakable characteristic, are biodegradable and able to be cleared from the body when their therapy task is completed. This CuS-superstructure-based clearable drug delivery and "all-in-one" cancer theranostic platform might provide possibilities for improving therapeutic efficacy and minimizing adverse effects. FAU - Zhang, Wenlong AU - Zhang W AD - State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China. rjzou@dhu.edu.cn hu.junqing@dhu.edu.cn. FAU - Xiao, Jingbo AU - Xiao J FAU - Cao, Qing AU - Cao Q FAU - Wang, Weiheng AU - Wang W FAU - Peng, Xuan AU - Peng X FAU - Guan, Guoqiang AU - Guan G FAU - Cui, Zhe AU - Cui Z FAU - Zhang, Yongfang AU - Zhang Y FAU - Wang, Shige AU - Wang S FAU - Zou, Rujia AU - Zou R FAU - Wan, Xinjian AU - Wan X FAU - Qiu, Huiling AU - Qiu H FAU - Hu, Junqing AU - Hu J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Nanoscale JT - Nanoscale JID - 101525249 RN - 0 (Antibiotics, Antineoplastic) RN - 789U1901C5 (Copper) RN - 80168379AG (Doxorubicin) RN - KL4YU612X7 (cupric sulfide) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibiotics, Antineoplastic/administration & dosage MH - Copper/*chemistry MH - Doxorubicin/administration & dosage MH - *Drug Delivery Systems MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Nanoparticles MH - Neoplasms, Experimental/*diagnostic imaging/*drug therapy MH - Photoacoustic Techniques MH - *Photochemotherapy MH - Spectrophotometry, Infrared MH - *Theranostic Nanomedicine EDAT- 2018/06/09 06:00 MHDA- 2019/01/25 06:00 CRDT- 2018/06/09 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/01/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/06/09 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1039/c8nr03271h [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nanoscale. 2018 Jun 21;10(24):11430-11440. doi: 10.1039/c8nr03271h.