Manganese Oxide-Coated Carbon Nanotubes As Dual-Modality Lymph Mapping Agents for Photothermal Therapy of Tumor Metastasis

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• 作者：Sheng Wang ; Qin Zhang ; Peng Yang ; Xiangrong Yu ; Li-Yong Huang ; Shun Shen ; Sanjun Cai
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 17, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：6
• 页码：3736-3743
• 全文大小：530K
• ISSN：1944-8252

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Lymph node (LN) status is a major indicator of stage and survival of lung cancer patients. LN dissection is a primary option for lung cancer LN metastasis; however, this strategy elicits adverse effects and great trauma. Therefore, developing a minimally invasive technique to cure LN metastasis of lung cancer is desired. In this study, multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) coated with manganese oxide (MnO) and polyethylene glycol (PEG) (namely MWNTs–MnO–PEG) was employed as a lymphatic theranostic agent to diagnose and treat metastatic LNs. After single local injection and lymph drainage were performed, regional LNs were clearly mapped by T₁-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) of MnO and dark dye imaging of MWNTs. Meanwhile, metastatic LNs could be simultaneously ablated by near-infrared (NIR) irradiation under the guidance of dual-modality mapping. The excellent result was obtained in mice bearing LNs metastasis models, showing that MWNTs–MnO–PEG as a multifunctional theranostic agent was competent for dual-modality mapping guided photothermal therapy of metastatic LNs.