State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211198, China.
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 500 Main Street, Building 76, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
J Am Chem Soc. 2021 Sep 29;143(38):15812-15823. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c07471. Epub 2021 Sep 2.
Iron-based nanoparticles have attracted much attention because of their ability to induce ferroptosis via a catalyzing Fenton reaction and to further potentiate immunotherapy. However, current iron-based nanoparticles need to be used in cooperation with other treatments or be applied in a high dose for effective therapy because of their low reactive oxygen species production efficacy. Here, we synthesized ultrasmall single-crystal Fe nanoparticles (bcc-USINPs) that stayed stable in a normal physiological environment but were highly active in a tumor microenvironment because of the selective acidic etching of an FeO shell and the exposure of the Fe(0) core. The bcc-USINPs could efficiently induce tumor cell ferroptosis and immunogenetic cell death at a very low concentration. Intravenous injection of iRGD-bcc-USINPs at three doses of 1 mg/kg could effectively suppress the tumor growth, promote the maturation of dendritic cells, and trigger the adaptive T cell response. Combined with programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) immune checkpoint blockade immunotherapy, the iRGD-bcc-USINP-mediated ferroptosis therapy greatly potentiated the immune response and developed strong immune memory. In addition, these USINPs were quickly renal excreted with no side effects in normal tissues. These iRGD-bcc-USINPs provide a simple, safe, effective, and selectively tumor-responsive Fe(0) delivery system for ferroptosis-based immunotherapy.
铁基纳米颗粒因其通过催化芬顿反应诱导铁死亡的能力以及进一步增强免疫疗法的能力而受到广泛关注。然而,由于其产生活性氧物种的功效较低,目前的铁基纳米颗粒需要与其他治疗方法联合使用或应用高剂量才能进行有效治疗。在这里,我们合成了超小单晶 Fe 纳米颗粒(bcc-USINPs),由于 FeO 壳的选择性酸性蚀刻和暴露的 Fe(0)核心,它们在正常生理环境中保持稳定,但在肿瘤微环境中具有高度活性。bcc-USINPs 可以以非常低的浓度有效地诱导肿瘤细胞铁死亡和免疫原性细胞死亡。静脉注射三种剂量为 1mg/kg 的 iRGD-bcc-USINPs 可以有效抑制肿瘤生长、促进树突状细胞成熟,并引发适应性 T 细胞反应。与程序性死亡配体 1(PD-L1)免疫检查点阻断免疫疗法相结合,iRGD-bcc-USINP 介导的铁死亡疗法大大增强了免疫反应并产生了强大的免疫记忆。此外,这些 USINPs 可以快速从肾脏排泄,在正常组织中没有副作用。这些 iRGD-bcc-USINPs 为基于铁死亡的免疫疗法提供了一种简单、安全、有效且选择性肿瘤反应的 Fe(0)输送系统。
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