National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, College of Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China.
J Mater Chem B. 2021 May 26;9(20):4201-4210. doi: 10.1039/d1tb00537e.
Chemo-immunotherapy is a promising model for the combination treatment of cancer. Many solid tumors overexpress programmed cell death ligand (PD-L1) for immune suppression. In this study, a PD-L1 binding peptide conjugate (DCS) nanoparticle with tumor extracellular pH-responsiveness was developed for efficient chemo-immunotherapy of colon cancer. A hydrophilic D-type polypeptide (D-PPA) and two hydrophobic stearyl chains were linked with a pH-sensitive linker to obtain amphiphilic DCS, which could self-assemble into nanoparticles (NPs). Anticancer agent doxorubicin (DOX) was loaded to obtain DOX@DCS NPs, which could accumulate at the tumor site by enhanced permeability and retention effect and release D-PPA at tumor extracellular pH. The release of D-PPA could not only lead to instability and aggregation of NPs for enhanced tumor retention but also block PD-1/PD-L1 to avoid immune escape and elicit enhanced immune response. In addition, DOX could induce immunogenic cell death (ICD) of cancer cells and promote anti-tumor immune response with the combination of PD-1/PD-L1 blocking. DOX@DCS showed efficient inhibition of CT26 tumors and induced immune response both in vitro and in vivo. Overall, our study reported a facile yet robust nanosystem based on an immune blocking peptide and a chemotherapeutic ICD inducer for efficient chemo-immunotherapy of cancer.
化疗免疫治疗是联合治疗癌症的有前途的模式。许多实体瘤过度表达程序性细胞死亡配体 (PD-L1) 以进行免疫抑制。在这项研究中,开发了一种具有肿瘤细胞外 pH 响应性的 PD-L1 结合肽偶联物 (DCS) 纳米颗粒,用于结直肠癌的高效化疗免疫治疗。亲水性 D 型多肽 (D-PPA) 和两条疏水性硬脂酰链与 pH 敏感的连接子相连,得到两亲性 DCS,可以自组装成纳米颗粒 (NPs)。负载抗癌剂阿霉素 (DOX) 以获得 DOX@DCS NPs,它可以通过增强的渗透性和保留效应在肿瘤部位积累,并在肿瘤细胞外 pH 下释放 D-PPA。D-PPA 的释放不仅会导致 NPs 的不稳定性和聚集,从而增强肿瘤保留,还会阻断 PD-1/PD-L1 以避免免疫逃逸并引发增强的免疫反应。此外,DOX 可以诱导癌细胞的免疫原性细胞死亡 (ICD),并通过与 PD-1/PD-L1 阻断相结合促进抗肿瘤免疫反应。DOX@DCS 在体外和体内均显示出对 CT26 肿瘤的高效抑制作用,并诱导免疫反应。总的来说,我们的研究报告了一种基于免疫阻断肽和化学治疗 ICD 诱导剂的简便而强大的纳米系统,用于癌症的高效化疗免疫治疗。
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