Erythrocyte
Membrane-Camouflaged PCN-224 Nanocarriers
Integrated with Platinum Nanoparticles and Glucose Oxidase for Enhanced
Tumor Sonodynamic Therapy and Synergistic Starvation Therapy
Sonodynamic
therapy (SDT) is a promising method for tumor treatment,
but self-quenching property, low loading efficiency of sonosensitizers,
and hypoxia tumor microenvironment (TME) hinder the efficiency of
SDT. Herein, an erythrocyte membrane (EM)-camouflaged metal–organic
framework (MOF) of PCN-224 nanoparticles (NPs) integrated with platinum
(Pt) NPs as well as glucose oxidase (GOx) has been developed to overcome
these limits. Porphyrin-based PCN-224 NPs are synthesized as a sonosensitizer
with a large amount of well-organized porphyrin molecules while simultaneously
acting as the nanocarriers (NCs) for Pt NPs and GOx. When the NCs
are internalized by tumor cells, Pt NPs on their surface are able
to utilize endogenous hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to produce oxygen for the relief of tumor hypoxia, thus enhancing
the SDT effect. After EM cloaking, the longer circulation time can
improve biocompatibility in vivo and enhance accumulation in tumor
tissue. Loaded GOx is beneficial to local glucose consumption and
can realize the tumor starvation therapy effect. Consequently, these
multifunctional NCs show amplified synergistic therapeutic effects
of tumor SDT and starvation therapy, which can efficiently inhibit
the tumor growth.