Intermolecular Structural Change for Thermoswitchable Polymeric Photosensitizer

Wooram Park, Sin Jung Park, Soojeong Cho, Heejun Shin, Young Seok Jung, Byeongdu Lee*, Kun Na, Dong Hyun Kim

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Abstract

We developed a thermoswitchable polymeric photosensitizer (T-PPS) by conjugating PS (Pheophorbide-a, PPb-a) to a temperature-responsive polymer backbone of biocompatible hydroxypropyl cellulose. Self-quenched PS molecules linked in close proximity by π-π stacking in T-PPS were easily transited to an active monomeric state by the temperature-induced phase transition of polymer backbones. The temperature-responsive intermolecular interaction changes of PS molecules in T-PPS were demonstrated in synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering and UV-vis spectrophotometer analysis. The T-PPS allowed switchable activation and synergistically enhanced cancer cell killing effect at the hyperthermia temperature (45 °C). Our developed T-PPS has the considerable potential not only as a new class of photomedicine in clinics but also as a biosensor based on temperature responsiveness.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)10734-10737
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume138
Issue number34
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 31 2016

Funding

This work was supported by four grants R01CA141047, R21CA173491, R21EB017986, and R21CA185274 from the NCI and NIBIB. This research was also supported by the Basic Research Laboratory (BRL ) Program ( no . 2015R1A4A1042350), through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIP). B.L. was supported by MICCoM as part of the Computational Materials Sciences Program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division. This work used resources of the Advanced Photon Source, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory under contract no. DE-AC02-06CH11357.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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