Carbon dots (CDs) with precise targeting function show great potential in the field of drug delivery therapeutics. In this study, the functionalized nucleus-targeting orange-emissive CDs with nuclear localization sequence (NLS) were loaded with adriamycin (DOX) to obtain a nucleus-targeting orange-emissive CDs drug delivery system (CDs-NLS-DOX), which delivered DOX to tumor cell nuclei to enhance its anti-tumor activity. The drug carrier orange-emissive CDs showed excitation-independent behavior, stable and enhanced imaging capability and good biocompatibility in vitro and in vivo. Meanwhile, the CDs-NLS could target the nuclei efficiently, and the CDs-NLS-DOX complexes had a high drug loading rate (59.4%) after loading DOX, exhibiting pH-dependent DOX release behavior through breaking acylhydrazone bond in a weak acidic environment. In addition, the CDs-NLS-DOX complexes exhibited an enhanced killing activity against human hepatoma cells (HepG2). The in vivo therapeutic effects on HepG2 nude mice transplanted tumors indicated the CDs-NLS-DOX had a stronger ability to inhibit tumor growth compared to free DOX. In short, CDs-NLS-DOX is expected to be a precise and efficient nucleus-targeting nano-drug delivery system for tumor treatment.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |