Abstract
The photosensitizers (PS) play a vital role in photodynamic therapy (PDT), but the clinical therapeutic effect is limited by its low solubility, easy aggregation and lack of selective tumor uptake. Hence, some biocompatible materials such as poly(amino acid) have been chosen to deliver PS to solve these problems. In this study, we fabricated two kind of poly(amino acid)-based PS delivery systems by using poly (L-glutamic acid) (PLG) as the backbone material to physically encapsulate (P(T)) and chemically conjugate PS (PT), respectively. Moreover, the anticancer effect of these two PS delivery systems had been comparatively investigated. In vitro experiments verified that the delivery system of PT exhibited more effective treatment effect than that of P(T) because PS was chemically conjugated with PLG in PT which could obviously avoid the π-π stacking effect of PS and induced the aggregation. The less aggregation avoiding the quenching effect could result in an enhanced generation ability of reactive oxygen species to improve PDT treatment effect. Contrarily, the treatment effect of P(T) was lower due to the rigid structure and hydrophobic π-π stacking effect, in which the physically encapsulated PS was easier to aggregate and quench. Hence, the way how to combine carrier with drug is significant for satisfied treatment effect.
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