This invention belongs to the field of biomedical
polymer materials, and relates to pH / GSH spatiotemporal
cascade-responsive antitumor nanomedicines, their preparation methods, and applications. The pH / GSH spatiotemporal
cascade-responsive antitumor nanomedicines are formed by the self-
assembly of
polymer prodrugs with the structure shown in formula (1). The pH / GSH spatiotemporal
cascade-responsive antitumor nanomedicines provided by this invention can highly sensitively identify and respond to the extremely narrow pH change window of the tumor microacid environment, achieving charge reversal on the
nanomedicine surface and thus enhancing the cellular uptake efficiency of the
nanomedicine. Subsequently, in response to the highly expressed GSH within the cells, it precisely releases the
drug at specific points, killing
tumor cells. Based on the dual significant characteristics of the acidic pH and GSH in the
tumor microenvironment, this invention significantly improves the cellular uptake efficiency of the
drug through a spatiotemporal cascade response mechanism of "pH-triggered charge reversal - GSH-induced controlled
drug release," while simultaneously achieving precise and controllable
drug release, effectively inhibiting
cancer cell growth. This provides a general-purpose
nanomedicine platform for
solid tumor treatment that is structurally controllable, has excellent
synergy, and possesses both
basic research value and clinical translational potential. Formula (1)