Visible light-activatable platinum(iv) prodrugs harnessing CD36 for ovarian cancer therapy

May Cheline & Yao-Rong Zheng et al. · 2023-08-08

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Visible light-activatable Pt(iv) prodrugs harness the upregulated CD36 to facilitate cell entry and killing of drug resistant ovarian cancer cells.

TL;DR

Pt(IV) compounds mimic the structure of fatty acids and take advantage of CD36 as a "Trojan horse" to gain entry into the cells, and can be activated to form Pt(II) with characteristics of cisplatin under visible light irradiation.

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