Abstract
Combination therapy with high spatial and temporal resolution is highly promising for efficient medical treatment of cancer. In this study, doxorubicin (DOX) conjugated amphiphilic block copolymer with a terminal folic acid moiety was prepared, which could self-assemble into nanoparticles by encapsulating organic near-infrared (NIR) absorbing dye IR825 for combined photothermal-chemotherapy. The resulting PDOX/IR825 nanoparticles showed excellent colloidal stability and monodispersity in aqueous solution. Specifically, the conjugated DOX could be released quickly in weak acidic environment for chemotherapy due to the cleavage of acid-labile hydrazone bond. Meanwhile, the encapsulated dye could convert the NIR light energy into heat with high efficiency, which makes the self-assembled nanoparticles an effective platform for photothermal therapy. Confocal microscopy observations and flow cytometry analysis confirmed that the PDOX/IR825 nanoparticles could be efficiently endocytosed by HeLa cells and deliver...
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