Preparation of colloidal polydopamine/Au hollow spheres for enhanced ultrasound contrast imaging and photothermal therapy

Bin Shang, Xiaofen Zhang, Ri Ji, Yanbing Wang, He Hu, Bo Peng*, Ziwei Deng

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Abstract

Development of functional theranostic platform for systemic contrast-enhanced diagnostic imaging and therapy is of great necessity in nanomedicine. However, synthesizing the biocompatible theranostic agents with enhanced merits in imaging and therapy via a facile and green way is still highly challenged. Here, we report a novel theranostic agent based on colloidal polydopamine/Au (PDA/Au) hollow spheres, which are synthesized with combined use of PDA chemistry and sacrificial template techniques. Colloidal polystyrene (PS) spheres serve as the templates with coatings of a PDA shell and Au nanoparticles in sequence, which are subsequently removed with trichloromethane, giving rise to colloidal PDA/Au hollow spheres. Colloidal PDA/Au hollow spheres exhibit excellent contrast enhancement for ultrasound imaging, and can serve as the near-infrared (NIR) photoabsorbers for the effective photothermal ablation of 4 T1 breast cancer cells in vitro with minor cytotoxicity to living cells. This method suggests a novel avenue for theranostic treatment in oncology.

Original languageEnglish
Article number110174
JournalMaterials Science and Engineering C
Volume106
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2020
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • Au nanoparticles
  • Hollow spheres
  • Photothermal therapy
  • Polydopamine
  • Ultrasound imaging

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