Photodynamic therapy is a clinically approved treatment approach for cancer. However, it has limited applications owing to poor water solubility and the short wavelength absorption of the photosensitizer (PS). We selected a near-infrared photosensitizer, SiNC, and encapsulated into a gold nanocage (AuNC) in the presence of phase-changing material. Then, the PS-encapsulated nanocage was coated with glycol chitosan (GC) with a cleavable peptide linkage or stable cysteine linkage to protect the PS from premature release and to improve the biocompatibility of the nanocage. We obtained particles of GC-coated SiNC-encapsulated AuNC with a neutral surface charge and approximately 160 nm in size. The enzyme-cleavable peptide-linked GC formulation (GC-pep@SiNC-AuNC) showed stronger phototoxicity and tumor suppression efficacy in a glioblastoma model compared with free NIR-PS and stable cysteine-linked GC-AuNC (GC-cys@SiNC-AuNC). This polymer-coated SiNC-AuNC may be a promising agent for brain cancer phototherapy.
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