Abstract
Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) has attracted increasing attention owing to its superior tissue penetration compared with other therapies. However, the development of multifunctional sonosensitizers with imaging capability and high production efficiency of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is still a challenge for current sonodynamic cancer therapy. Herein, we report the design and preparation of amorphous 2D Mn-doped CoMo-layered double hydroxide (a-Mn-CoMo-LDH) nanosheets (NSs) through acid etching-induced crystalline-to-amorphous phase transformation as a highly active nano-agent for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided SDT. The a-Mn-CoMo-LDH NSs exhibit superior ROS production capacity compared with amorphous CoMo-LDH NSs (∼1.3 times) and crystalline Mn-CoMo-LDH NSs (∼3.9 times) under ultrasound (US) irradiation, which is ∼ 9.9 times of the previously reported TiO2 sonosensitizer. The doped Mn4+ in the a-Mn-CoMo-LDH NSs can not only decompose H2O2 into O2 to alleviate the hypoxia level in tumor microenvironment (TME), but also consume glutathione (GSH) to reduce its clearance of ROS, promoting the SDT performance synergistically. Importantly, the GSH consumption can partially reduce the Mn4+ to Mn2+ within the tumors, which can serve as an agent for T1-weighted MRI, thus endowing the a-Mn-CoMo-LDH NSs with excellent MRI capability. Therefore, the as-prepared a-Mn-CoMo-LDH NSs with polyethylene glycol modification can be used as an efficient nano-agent for MRI-guided SDT, which can effectively achieve apoptosis of cancer cells in vitro and eradication of tumors in vivo under US irradiation.
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