Department of Industrial and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Purdue University, 575 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.
Department of Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt.
ACS Nano. 2024 Jan 30;18(4):3681-3698. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.3c11445. Epub 2024 Jan 16.
Local delivery of immune-activating agents has shown promise in overcoming an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) and stimulating antitumor immune responses in tumors. However, systemic therapy is ultimately needed to treat tumors that are not readily locatable or accessible. To enable systemic delivery of immune-activating agents, we employ poly(lactic--glycolide) (PLGA) nanoparticles (NPs) with a track record in systemic application. The surface of PLGA NPs is decorated with adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a damage-associated molecular pattern to recruit antigen-presenting cells (APCs). The ATP-conjugated PLGA NPs (NP-ATP) are loaded with paclitaxel (PTX), a chemotherapeutic agent inducing immunogenic cell death to generate tumor antigens . We show that the NP-ATP retains ATP activity in hostile TME and provides a stable "find-me" signal to recruit APCs. Therefore, the PTX-loaded NP-ATP helps populate antitumor immune cells in TME and attenuate the growth of CT26 and B16F10 tumors better than a mixture of PTX-loaded NP and ATP. Combined with anti-PD-1 antibody, PTX-loaded NP-ATP achieves complete regression of CT26 tumors followed by antitumor immune memory. This study demonstrates the feasibility of systemic immunotherapy using a PLGA NP formulation that delivers ICD-inducing chemotherapy and an immunostimulatory signal.
局部递送免疫激活剂已被证明有希望克服免疫抑制性肿瘤微环境(TME)并刺激肿瘤中的抗肿瘤免疫反应。然而,最终需要全身治疗来治疗不易定位或接近的肿瘤。为了实现免疫激活剂的全身递送,我们使用聚(乳酸-乙醇酸)(PLGA)纳米颗粒(NP),这些 NP 具有全身应用的良好记录。PLGA NP 的表面用三磷酸腺苷(ATP)修饰,ATP 是一种损伤相关分子模式,可招募抗原呈递细胞(APC)。ATP 缀合的 PLGA NP(NP-ATP)负载紫杉醇(PTX),PTX 是一种诱导免疫原性细胞死亡以产生肿瘤抗原的化疗药物。我们表明,NP-ATP 在恶劣的 TME 中保持 ATP 活性,并提供稳定的“寻我”信号以招募 APC。因此,载紫杉醇的 NP-ATP 有助于在 TME 中填充抗肿瘤免疫细胞,并比载紫杉醇的 NP 和 ATP 混合物更好地减轻 CT26 和 B16F10 肿瘤的生长。与抗 PD-1 抗体联合使用时,载紫杉醇的 NP-ATP 可实现 CT26 肿瘤的完全消退,并随后产生抗肿瘤免疫记忆。这项研究证明了使用能够递送 ICD 诱导化疗和免疫刺激信号的 PLGA NP 制剂进行全身免疫治疗的可行性。