Engineered Bacteria Labeled with Iridium(III) Photosensitizers for Enhanced Photodynamic Immunotherapy of Solid Tumors.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
; 62(43): e202310158, 2023 Oct 23.
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ABSTRACT
Despite metal-based photosensitizers showing great potential in photodynamic therapy for tumor treatment, the application of the photosensitizers is intrinsically limited by their poor cancer-targeting properties. Herein, we reported a metal-based photosensitizer-bacteria hybrid, Ir-HEcN, via covalent labeling of an iridium(III) photosensitizer to the surface of genetically engineered bacteria. Due to its intrinsic self-propelled motility and hypoxia tropism, Ir-HEcN selectively targets and penetrates deeply into tumor tissues. Importantly, Ir-HEcN is capable of inducing pyroptosis and immunogenic cell death of tumor cells under irradiation, thereby remarkably evoking anti-tumor innate and adaptive immune responses in vivo and leading to the regression of solid tumors via combinational photodynamic therapy and immunotherapy. To the best of our knowledge, Ir-HEcN is the first metal complex decorated bacteria for enhanced photodynamic immunotherapy.
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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
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2023
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