from Selleckchem Co. Ltd. (Huston, TX). Methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-succinimidylglutarate
(MePEG–NHS, molecular weight (M.W.): 5000 g/mol) was purchased
from SunBio Co. Ltd. (Seoul, S. Korea). GFLG tetrapeptide was purchased
from Peptron Co (Daejeon, S. Korea). The dialysis membranes with molecular-weight
cutoffs (MWCO) of 1000, 2000, and 8000 g/mol were purchased from Spectra/ProTM
Membranes (New Brunswick, NJ). Chlorin e6 (Ce6) was purchased from
Frontier Scientific Inc. (Logan, UT). Phosphotungstic acid, N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N′-ethylcarbodiimide
hydrochloride (EDAC), N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS),
triethylamine, cathepsin B (from bovine spleen), and dimethylsulfoxide
(DMSO) were purchased from Sigma Chem. Co. (St. Louis, MO). Organic
solvents such as methanol were used as high-performance liquid chromatography
grade or extra-pure grade.