Laser-responsive multi-functional nanoparticles for efficient combinational chemo-photodynamic therapy against breast cancer

Herein, novel laser-responsive multi-functional nanoparticles ([email protected]/CyA/Ce6) were fabricated with bovine serum albumins (BSA) based nanoparticles, which simultaneously carried chemotherapeutic drug paclitaxel (PTX) and P-gp inhibitor cyclosporin A (CyA), as core and photosensitizer agent Chlorin e6 (Ce6) loaded Tf-modified liposomal bilayer as shell. [email protected]/CyA/Ce6 exhibited apparent core-shell structure morphology with particle size of 160.9 ± 1.7 nm and zeta potential of − 26.7 ± 0.6 mV, indicating their excellent stability in aqueous solution. Besides, [email protected]/CyA/Ce6 possessed laser-responsive release profiles upon laser irradiation at specific wavelength, which was favor to exert efficient combinatorial chemo-photodynamic therapy and effectively reverse the multiple drug resistance (MDR). Under laser irradiation, as expected, [email protected]/CyA/Ce6 demonstrated superb intracellular ROS productivity and fantastic in vitro and in vivo anti-cancer therapy effect but absent of systemic toxicity. In conclusion, the nano-drug delivery system would be prospectively applied in clinic as resultful therapeutic tactic for investing compositional chemo-photodynamic therapy synergistically.