Sajjad, Faiza; Yan, Yi-Jia; Margetić, Davor; Chen, Zhi-Long (2021) Synthesis and in vitro PDT evaluation of red emission polymer dots (R-CPDs) and pyropheophorbide-α conjugates. Scientific reports, 11 . ISSN 2045-2322
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Abstract
Carbon based polymer dots have piqued attention of researchers because of excellent biocompatibility, and good solubility. Most of the p-dots are able to generate ROS which is effective for photodynamic therapy for the treatment of cancer while some photosensitizers such as porphyrins possess some drawbacks such as hydrophobicity, and dark toxicity. Therefore in this study we conjugated red emission carbon based polymer with pyropheophorbide-α through amide condensation and π–π stacking. One pot synthesis of the conjugate was successfully achieved. Their photophysiological properties were studied and structures were characterized by FT-IR, TEM and 1HNMR. pH- sensitivity of the conjugates was confirmed using fluorescence and UV–vis spectroscopy. Photo toxicity and dark toxicity of the prepared conjugates were evaluated in human esophageal cancer cell line (Eca-109). Hemocompatibility of the synthesized conjugates was evaluated and proved that the conjugates are safe to use for the treatment of tumor. Our results showed the PS doped p-dots had less dark toxicity and increased light toxicity as well as ROS generation was high as compared to precursor drug. Therefore, incorporation of p-dots to porphyrin improved biocompatibility and enhanced the photodynamic effect.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Synthesis ; Porphyrins ; PDT ; cancer therapy |
| Subjects: | NATURAL SCIENCES > Chemistry |
| Divisions: | Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Depositing User: | Davor Margetić |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Apr 2023 13:45 |
| URI: | http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/7962 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-021-89081-y |
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