Simultaneously Photo-Cleavable and Activatable Prodrug-Backboned Block Copolymer Micelles for Precise Anticancer Drug Delivery.

Zhou, Dongfang; Guo, Jinshan; Kim, Gloria B; Li, Jizhen; Chen, Xuesi; Yang, Jian; Huang, Yubin · Adv Healthc Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A simultaneously photo-cleavable and activatable prodrug-backboned block copolymer (BCP) micelle strategy is demonstrated. Without light treatment, the micelles stay silent and inactivated, being biocompatible to normal tissues. Concurrent chain cleavage of BCP micelles and the activation of Pt(IV) prodrug could be temporally and spatially triggered by UV or even visible light for precise anticancer drug delivery.

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