With the rapid development of supramolecular chemistry and nanomaterials, supramolecular nanotheranostics has attracted remarkable attention owing to the advantages compared with conventional medicine. Supramolecular architectures relying on non-covalent interactions possess reversible and stimuli-responsive features; endowing supramolecular nanotheranostics based on supramolecular assemblies great potentials for the fabrication of integrated novel nanomedicines and controlled drug delivery systems. In particular, pillarenes, as a relatively new class of synthetic macrocycles, are important candidates in the construction of supramolecular therapeutic systems due to their excellent features such as rigid and symmetric structures, facile substitution, and unique host-guest properties. This review summarizes the development of pillarene-based supramolecular nanotheranostics for applications in biological mimicking, virus inhibition, cancer therapy, and diagnosis, which contains the following two major parts: (a) pillarene-based hybrid supramolecular nanotheranostics upon hybridizing with porous materials such as mesoporous silica nanoparticles, metal-organic frameworks, metal nanoparticles, and other inorganic materials; (b) pillarene-based organic supramolecular therapeutic systems that include supramolecular amphiphilic systems, artificial channels, and prodrugs based on host-guest complexes. Finally, perspectives on how pillarene-based supramolecular nanotheranostics will advance the field of pharmaceuticals and therapeutics are given.
[1]Jilin Univ, Coll Chem, Int Joint Res Lab Nanomicro Architecture Chem, State Key Lab Inorgan Synth & Preparat Chem, 2699 Qianjin St, Changchun 130012, Jilin, Peoples R China.
[2]Jilin Univ, China Japan Union Hosp, Dept Endoscop, 126 Xiantai St, Changchun 130033, Jilin, Peoples R China.
[3]Tianjin Univ Technol, Sch Chem & Chem Engn, Tianjin Key Lab Organ Solar Cells & Photochem Con, Tianjin 300384, Peoples R China.
[4]Wuhan Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Chem & Chem Engn, State Key Lab Refractories & Met, Wuhan 430081, Hubei, Peoples R China.
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