We report a delivery system based on Au-mesoporous silica (MS) nanoparticles functionalized with acetylcholinesterase on the Au face as a control unit and with disulfide-containing oligo(ethylene glycol) chains on the MS face as caps. The control unit handles the chemical information in the environment (the presence of acetylthiocholine or enzyme inhibitors) that results in a tuned cargo delivery from the nanocarrier. The nanodevice displayed an enhanced cargo delivery in cancer cells (safranin O and doxorubicin) in the presence of acetylthiocholine.
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