To address the urgent need for effective sonodynamic therapy (SDT), a facile and efficient strategy is developed for fabricating a new class of sonotheranostics. Herein, a Fe(III)-porphyrin nano-sonosensitizer is prepared by a one-step coordination synthesis, and then anchored with Bis(DPA-Zn)-RGD and manganese superoxide dismutase (SOD2) siRNA. Benefiting from the delicate interactions of the Fe(III)-coordinated nanoformulations, a highly potent sono/gene combinational therapy guided by fluorescence/magnetic resonance imaging is achieved. Importantly, this sonotheranostics significantly enhances the SDT effect of porphyrin through the cancer-targeted delivery capability and enhanced reactive oxygen species production via triple-regulated approaches, including down-regulation of SOD2, depletion of glutathione, and generation of Fenton reaction. This work opens up new perspectives for developing versatile sonotheranostics to overcome the clinical challenges of SDT.
Two novel two‐dimensional metal–organic frameworks (2D MOFs), 2D‐M2TCPE (M=Co or Ni, TCPE=1,1,2,2‐tetra(4‐carboxylphenyl)ethylene), which are composed of staggered (4,4)‐grid layers based on paddlewheel‐shaped dimers, serve as heterogeneous photocatalysts for efficient reduction of CO2 to CO. During the visible‐light‐driven catalysis, these structures undergo in situ exfoliation to form nanosheets, which exhibit excellent stability and improved catalytic activity. The exfoliated 2D‐M2TCPE nanosheets display a high CO evolution rate of 4174 μmol g−1 h−1 and high selectivity of 97.3 % for M=Co and Ni, and thus are superior to most reported MOFs. The performance differences and photocatalytic mechanisms have been studied with theoretical calculations and photoelectric experiments. This study provides new insight for the controllable synthesis of effective crystalline photocatalysts based on structural and morphological coregulation.
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