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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+/NADH) pools homeostasis is recognized as an Achilles’ Heel in tumor metabolism reprogramming. However, mitochondria can enable cancer cells to overcome NADH exhaustion by providing NAD+ precursors and/or intermediates, thus promoting their survival rate and potentially driving uncontrollable proliferation. Here, a synergistic intervention NAD+/NADH homeostasis and mitochondrial metabolism strategy with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/photoacoustic imaging (PAI) are developed to address grand challenge of metabolic reprogramming for antitumor bioenergetic therapy. A mitochondrial-targeted cascade amplification nanoplatform ([β-MQ]TRL), triggered by NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase-1 (NQO1), can enable a continuous depletion of cytosol NADH until cell death. The end-product, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), can be further catalytically converted to higher toxic ·OH in proximity to mitochondria based on [β-MQ]TRL mediated Fenton-like reaction, hijacking tumorigenic energy sources and leading to mitochondrial dysfunction. Additionally, the mild thermal ablation enabled by [β-MQ]TRL further amplifies this cascade reaction to effectively prevent tumor metastasis and recurrence. This synchronous intervention strategy with MRI/PAI establishes unprecedented efficiency in antitumor bioenergetic therapy in vivo, which shows excellent promise for clinical application.
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