Antitumor activity of a unique polymer that incorporates a fluorescent self-assembled metallacycle

G Yu, M Zhang, ML Saha, Z Mao, J Chen… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Despite the well-known anticancer activity of mono-and multinuclear platinum complexes,
studies of the antitumor performances of platinum-based supramolecular coordination …

Highly emissive self-assembled BODIPY-platinum supramolecular triangles

J Zhou, Y Zhang, G Yu, MR Crawley… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Light-emitting supramolecular coordination complexes (SCCs) have been widely studied for
applications in the chemical and biological sciences. Herein, we report the coordination …

Polymeric nanoparticles integrated from discrete organoplatinum (II) metallacycle by stepwise post-assembly polymerization for synergistic cancer therapy

J Zhou, G Yu, J Yang, B Shi, B Ye, M Wang… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Post-assembly modification is a useful tool for producing discrete metallasupramolecular
structures. However, the simple structural transformation by facile covalent reactions greatly …

β-Cyclodextrin modified Pt (II) metallacycle-based supramolecular hyperbranched polymer assemblies for DOX delivery to liver cancer cells

W Chen, X Li, C Liu, J He, M Qi, Y Sun… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Despite the widespread clinical application of chemotherapeutic anticancer drugs, their
adverse side effects and inefficient performances remain ongoing issues. A drug delivery …

Tetraphenylethene-based highly emissive metallacage as a component of theranostic supramolecular nanoparticles

G Yu, TR Cook, Y Li, X Yan, D Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
A theranostic agent combines diagnostic reporter with therapeutic activity in a single entity,
an approach that seeks to increase the efficacy of cancer treatment. Herein, we describe the …

Designed conformation and fluorescence properties of self-assembled phenazine-cored platinum (II) metallacycles

Z Zhou, DG Chen, ML Saha, H Wang, X Li… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
A series of platinum (II) metallacycles were prepared via the coordination-driven self-
assembly of a phenazine-cored dipyridyl donor with a 90° Pt (II) acceptor and various …

Fluorescent metallacycle-cored polymers via covalent linkage and their use as contrast agents for cell imaging

M Zhang, S Li, X Yan, Z Zhou… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The covalent linkage of supramolecular monomers provides a powerful strategy for
constructing dynamic polymeric materials whose properties can be readily tuned either by …

Coordination polymer particles as potential drug delivery systems

I Imaz, M Rubio-Martínez, L García-Fernández… - Chemical …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Micro-and nanoscale coordination polymer particles can be used for encapsulating and
delivering drugs. In vitro cancer cell cytotoxicity assays showed that these capsules readily …

Bioactive polymeric metallosomes self-assembled through block copolymer–metal complexation

K Osada, H Cabral, Y Mochida, S Lee… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Spontaneous formation of polymeric metallosomes with uniform size (∼ 100 nm) was found
to occur in aqueous medium through the reaction of an anticancer agent,(1, 2 …

Cyclic peptide–polymer nanotubes as efficient and highly potent drug delivery systems for organometallic anticancer complexes

SC Larnaudie, JC Brendel, I Romero-Canelón… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Functional drug carrier systems have potential for increasing solubility and potency of drugs
while reducing side effects. Complex polymeric materials, particularly anisotropic structures …