Affiliation:
1. MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry School of Chemistry, IGCME Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 China
2. National Engineering Research Center of Ophthalmology and Optometry Eye Hospital Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou Zhejiang 325027 China
3. Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for Tissue Repair Materials Wenzhou Institute University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Wenzhou Zhejiang 325001 China
Abstract
AbstractDespite 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.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China