Recent Advances on Reactive Oxygen Species-Responsive Delivery and Diagnosis System

Huan Ye, Yang Zhou, Xun Liu, Yongbing Chen, Shanzhou Duan, Rongying Zhu, Yong Liu, Lichen Yin

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    Abstract

    Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play crucial roles in biological metabolism and intercellular signaling. However, ROS level is dramatically elevated due to abnormal metabolism during multiple pathologies, including neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, cancer, and premature aging. By taking advantage of the discrepancy of ROS levels between normal and diseased tissues, a variety of ROS-sensitive moieties or linkers have been developed to design ROS-responsive systems for the site-specific delivery of drugs and genes. In this review, we summarized the ROS-responsive chemical structures, mechanisms, and delivery systems, focusing on their current advances for precise drug/ gene delivery. In particular, ROS-responsive nanocarriers, prodrugs, and supramolecular hydrogels are summarized in terms of their application for drug/gene delivery, and common strategies to elevate or diminish cellular ROS concentrations, as well as the recent development of ROS-related imaging probes were also discussed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2441-2463
    Number of pages23
    JournalBiomacromolecules
    Volume20
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jul-2019

    Keywords

    • TELLURIUM-CONTAINING POLYMER
    • AMPHIPHILIC BLOCK-COPOLYMERS
    • RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION
    • TUMOR OXIDATIVE STRESS
    • HYDROGEN-PEROXIDE
    • INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY
    • SINGLET-OXYGEN
    • CROSS-LINKING
    • DRUG-RELEASE
    • TRIGGERED DEGRADATION

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