PMID- 34854343 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220303 LR - 20220303 IS - 1748-6963 (Electronic) IS - 1743-5889 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 29 DP - 2021 Dec TI - HA/PEI-coated acridine orange-loaded gold-core silica shell nanorods for cancer-targeted photothermal and chemotherapy. PG - 2569-2586 LID - 10.2217/nnm-2021-0270 [doi] AB - Aims: To develop a tumor-targeted chemo-photothermal nanomedicine through the functionalization of acridine orange (AO)-loaded gold-core mesoporous silica shell (AuMSS) nanorods with polyethylenimine (PEI) and hyaluronic acid (HA). Methods: Functionalization of the AuMSS nanorods was achieved through the chemical linkage of PEI followed by electrostatic adsorption of HA. Results: HA functionalization improved AuMSS' cytocompatibility by decreasing blood hemolysis, and PEI-HA inclusion promoted a controlled and sustained AO release. In vitro assays revealed that HA functionalization increased the internalization of nanoparticles by human negroid cervix epithelioid carcinoma cancer (HeLa) cells, and the combinatorial treatment mediated by AuMSS/PEI/HA_AO nanorods presented an enhanced effect, with >95% of cellular death. Conclusion: AuMSS/PEI/HA_AO formulations can act as tumor-targeted chemo-photothermal nanomedicines for the combinatorial therapy of cervical cancer. FAU - F Rodrigues, Carolina AU - F Rodrigues C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5493-8331 AD - CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506, Covilha, Portugal. FAU - Fernandes, Natanael AU - Fernandes N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7737-9288 AD - CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506, Covilha, Portugal. FAU - de Melo-Diogo, Duarte AU - de Melo-Diogo D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9984-3603 AD - CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506, Covilha, Portugal. FAU - Ferreira, Paula AU - Ferreira P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3393-4427 AD - CIEPQPF - Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Universidade de Coimbra, Rua Silvio Lima, 3030-790, Coimbra, Portugal. FAU - J Correia, Ilidio AU - J Correia I AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1613-9675 AD - CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506, Covilha, Portugal. AD - CIEPQPF - Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Universidade de Coimbra, Rua Silvio Lima, 3030-790, Coimbra, Portugal. FAU - F Moreira, Andre AU - F Moreira A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0604-2506 AD - CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6200-506, Covilha, Portugal. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20211202 PL - England TA - Nanomedicine (Lond) JT - Nanomedicine (London, England) JID - 101278111 RN - 7440-57-5 (Gold) RN - 7631-86-9 (Silicon Dioxide) RN - 80168379AG (Doxorubicin) RN - 9002-98-6 (Polyethyleneimine) RN - 9004-61-9 (Hyaluronic Acid) RN - F30N4O6XVV (Acridine Orange) SB - IM MH - Acridine Orange MH - Doxorubicin MH - Gold MH - Humans MH - Hyaluronic Acid MH - *Nanoparticles MH - *Nanotubes MH - *Neoplasms/drug therapy MH - Polyethyleneimine MH - Silicon Dioxide OTO - NOTNLM OT - acridine orange OT - cancer OT - gold-core silica shell nanoparticles OT - hyaluronic acid OT - photothermal therapy OT - polyethylenimine EDAT- 2021/12/03 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/04 06:00 CRDT- 2021/12/02 08:42 PHST- 2021/12/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/12/02 08:42 [entrez] AID - 10.2217/nnm-2021-0270 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nanomedicine (Lond). 2021 Dec;16(29):2569-2586. doi: 10.2217/nnm-2021-0270. Epub 2021 Dec 2.