Phototherapy, including photodynamic and photothermal therapies, is a non-invasive photo-triggered tumor treatment. Combination therapy and new synergistic therapeutic reagents may hold promise for improving these treatments. Herein, we report an amphiphilic iridium-based photosensitizer (C14-IP2000) loaded with a hydrophobic photo-thermal drug (ZnPc) to form nano-micelles (ZNPs) for dual-light triggered tumor phototherapy. The C14-IP2000 was contained within ZNPs consisting of an iridium complex core decorated with hydrophilic polyethylene glycol chains to extend the time in blood circulation, and two hydrophobic carbon chains to enhance the loading capacity and the hydrophobic interaction with the loaded reagent. The designed ZNPs showed effective blood circulation, passive tumor targeting ability, remarkable photodynamic conversion ability, and good photothermal conversion capability, and therefore may be used for combined tumor ablation. Our results demonstrated that the amphipathic bionic structure of ZNPs not only enables self-assembled reagent fabrication with prolonged circulation time and favorable metabolic characteristics for tumor combination therapy, but also provides a nanostructure strategy for the modification of functionalized reagents.
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