Metal-Organic Framework-Based Nanoagents for Effective Tumor Therapy by Dual Dynamics-Amplified Oxidative Stress was written by Chen, Jiajie;Wang, Yitong;Niu, Huicong;Wang, Yuwei;Wu, Aijun;Shu, Chaoqin;Zhu, Yufang;Bian, Yuhai;Lin, Kaili. And the article was included in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces in 2021.Formula: C20H10Cl2O5 This article mentions the following:
Overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) within tumors can cause oxidative stress on tumor cells to induce death, which has motivated us to develop ROS-mediated tumor therapies, such as typical photodynamic therapy (PDT) and Fenton reaction-mediated chemodynamic therapy (CDT). However, these therapeutic modalities suffer from compromised treatment efficacy owing to their limited generation of highly reactive ROS in a tumor microenvironment (TME). In this work, a nanoscale iron-based metal-organic framework, MIL-101(Fe), is synthesized as a Fenton nanocatalyst to perform the catalytic conversion of hydroxyl radicals (·OH) from hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) under the acidic environment and as a biocompatible and biodegradable nanocarrier to deliver a 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin (TCPP) photosensitizer for light-activated singlet oxygen (1O2) generation. By coupling such chemodynamic/photodynamic effects, the photosensitizer-integrated nanoagents (MIL-101(Fe)@TCPP) could enable more ROS production within tumors to induce amplified oxidative damage for tumor-specific synergistic therapy. In vitro results show that MIL-101(Fe)@TCPP nanoagents achieve the acid-responsive CDT and effective PDT, and synergistic CDT/PDT provides an enhanced therapeutic effect. Ultimately, based on such synergistic therapy, MIL-101(Fe)@TCPP nanoagents cause a significant tumor growth inhibition in vivo without severe side effects, showing great potential for anti-tumor application. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 2′,7′-Dichloro-3′,6′-dihydroxy-3H-spiro[isobenzofuran-1,9′-xanthen]-3-one (cas: 76-54-0Formula: C20H10Cl2O5).
2′,7′-Dichloro-3′,6′-dihydroxy-3H-spiro[isobenzofuran-1,9′-xanthen]-3-one (cas: 76-54-0) belongs to benzofurans derivatives. Benzofurans are compounds with a planar structure having 10 pi electrons that include the lone pair on oxygen atom, which makes it more susceptible to electrophilic attack. As benzofurans are prone to undergo ring opening of the heterocycle, examples of reduction of this type of aromatics by using dissolving metals are rather scarce.Formula: C20H10Cl2O5
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