Abstract
Enzyme prodrug therapies(EPTs)have been intensively explored as attractive approaches to selective ac-tivation of systemically administered benign prodrugs by the exogenous enzymes or enzymes expressed at the desired target site,thus achieving localized,site-specific therapeutic effect.Many effective strate-gies(e.g.,antibody-,viral-,gene-,as well as polymer-directed EPT)have been developed for enzyme lo-calization to locally activate systemically administered benign prodrugs.Nevertheless,intrinsic limitations(e.g.,complex intracellular environment and catalyst instability)make the practical application of EPT strategies a task that presents itself as highly challenging.As a promising alternative to natural enzyme,nanozyme has attracted substantial attention since its discovery in 2007,mainly due to the advantages of robust catalytic activity,high stability,low cost,and facile synthesis.Recently,nanozyme-activated pro-drug strategies bring a new opportunity for targeted therapy,referred to as nanozyme-activating prodrug therapies.This review focuses on recently reported nanozyme-activated prodrug strategies,aiming to pro-vide some new insights into the potential applications in site-specific drug synthesis.
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