Issue 12, 2022

Chiral graphene-based supramolecular hydrogels toward tumor therapy

Abstract

Drugs with a chiral property are playing very important roles in the precise treatment of diseases (especially antitumor drugs); however, the enantioselective delivery of chiral anticancer drugs is still a challenge. Herein, a chiral hydrogel system is constructed by the co-assembly of the D-phenylalanine derivative gelator (DPFEG) with graphene oxide (GO). The chiral property can be regulated by near-infrared light irradiation, which makes it an ideal material for the on-demand control of chiral anticancer drug (oxaliplatin) release. In the absence of infrared light, the drug molecules can hardly leak out of the system for up to seven hours and the drugs can be released upon near-infrared light irradiation. Meanwhile, the light-heat conversion characteristics of GO enable the material to be capable of photothermal therapy. Consequently, the DPFEG-GO material shows a good suppression effect on T47D breast cancer cells. This exquisitely designed supramolecular system provides a simple and effective method for the absorption and precise release of chiral drugs, which has potential for the combination of chemotherapy and photothermal-therapy in the treatment of cancer.

Graphical abstract: Chiral graphene-based supramolecular hydrogels toward tumor therapy

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 des. 2021
Accepted
16 feb. 2022
First published
17 feb. 2022

Polym. Chem., 2022,13, 1685-1694

Chiral graphene-based supramolecular hydrogels toward tumor therapy

X. Wang, B. Wu, Y. Zhang and C. Feng, Polym. Chem., 2022, 13, 1685 DOI: 10.1039/D1PY01724A

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