PMID- 36913722 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230324 LR - 20230404 IS - 1520-4804 (Electronic) IS - 0022-2623 (Linking) VI - 66 IP - 6 DP - 2023 Mar 23 TI - ESIPT-, AIE-, and AIE + ESIPT-Based Light-Activated Drug Delivery Systems and Bioactive Donors for Targeted Disease Treatment. PG - 3732-3745 LID - 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01466 [doi] AB - Targeted release of bioactive molecules for therapeutic purposes is a key area in the biomedical field that is growing quickly, where bioactive molecules are released passively or actively from drug delivery systems (DDSs) or bioactive donors. In the past decade, researchers have identified light as one of the prime stimuli that can implement the efficient spatiotemporally targeted delivery of drugs or gaseous molecules with minimal cytotoxicity and a real-time monitoring ability. This perspective emphasizes recent advances in the photophysical properties of ESIPT- (excited-state intramolecular proton transfer), AIE- (aggregation-induced emission), and AIE + ESIPT-attributed light-activated delivery systems or donors. The three major sections of this perspective describe the distinctive features of DDSs and donors concerning their design, synthesis, photophysical and photochemical properties, and in vitro and in vivo studies demonstrating their relevance as carrier molecules for releasing cancer drugs and gaseous molecules in the biological system. FAU - Singh, Amit Kumar AU - Singh AK AD - Department of Chemistry, Photochemistry Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India. FAU - Nair, Asha V AU - Nair AV AD - Department of Chemistry, Photochemistry Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India. FAU - Shah, Sk Sheriff AU - Shah SS AD - Department of Chemistry, Photochemistry Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India. FAU - Ray, Souvik AU - Ray S AD - Department of Chemistry, Photochemistry Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India. FAU - Singh, N D Pradeep AU - Singh NDP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6806-9774 AD - Department of Chemistry, Photochemistry Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20230313 PL - United States TA - J Med Chem JT - Journal of medicinal chemistry JID - 9716531 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Protons) SB - IM MH - *Drug Delivery Systems MH - *Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology MH - Protons EDAT- 2023/03/14 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/25 06:00 CRDT- 2023/03/13 18:12 PHST- 2023/03/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2023/03/13 18:12 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01466 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Med Chem. 2023 Mar 23;66(6):3732-3745. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01466. Epub 2023 Mar 13.