Constraining the conformation of peptides with Au nanorods to construct multifunctional therapeutic agents with targeting, imaging, and photothermal abilities.

ABSTRACT: We demonstrated an easy-to-use strategy, instead of the tedious cyclization of the peptide backbone, to constrain the freedom of an RGD (arginine, glycine, aspartic acid) sequence with gold nanorods. We further constructed a multifunctional therapeutic agent which showed targeting, application in two-photon photoluminescence imaging, and near-infrared photothermal ability, suggesting the potential of this novel strategy in the development of RGD-containing drugs for biomedical applications.

SUBMITTER: Xie L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9083084 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature