Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Department of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine for Gastrointestinal Tumor, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China.
J Control Release. 2024 Jul;371:204-215. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2024.05.045. Epub 2024 May 31.
Cuproptosis, a newly discovered mechanism of inducing tumor cell death, primarily relies on the intracellular accumulation of copper ions. The utilization of Cu-based nanomaterials to induce cuproptosis holds promising prospects in future biomedical applications. However, the presence of high levels of glutathione (GSH) within tumor cells hinders the efficacy of cuproptosis. In this study, we have developed a BPTES-loaded biomimetic Cu-doped polypyrrole nanoparticles (CuP) nanosystem (PCB) for enhanced cuproptosis and immune modulation. PCB comprises an internal BPTES and CuP core and an external platelet membrane (PM) that facilitates active targeting to tumor sites following intravenous administration. Subsequently, PCB effectively suppresses glutaminase (GLS1) activity, thereby reducing GSH content. Moreover, CuP catalyze intracellular HO, amplifying oxidative stress while simultaneously inducing dihydrolipoyl transacetylase (DLAT) oligomerization through released Cu, resulting in cuproptosis. PCB not only inhibits primary tumors but also exhibits inhibitory effects on abscopal tumors. This work represents the first instance where GLS inhibition has been employed to enhance cuproptosis and immunotherapy. It also provides valuable insights into further investigations on cuproptosis.
铜死亡是一种新发现的诱导肿瘤细胞死亡的机制,主要依赖于铜离子在细胞内的积累。利用基于铜的纳米材料来诱导铜死亡在未来的生物医学应用中具有广阔的前景。然而,肿瘤细胞内高水平的谷胱甘肽(GSH)会阻碍铜死亡的效果。在本研究中,我们开发了一种负载 BPTES 的仿生铜掺杂聚吡咯纳米粒子(CuP)纳米系统(PCB),用于增强铜死亡和免疫调节。PCB 由内部的 BPTES 和 CuP 核心以及外部的血小板膜(PM)组成,在静脉给药后,PM 有助于主动靶向肿瘤部位。随后,PCB 有效地抑制谷氨酰胺酶(GLS1)的活性,从而降低 GSH 含量。此外,CuP 催化细胞内 HO,放大氧化应激,同时通过释放的 Cu 诱导二氢硫辛酰胺转乙酰酶(DLAT)寡聚化,导致铜死亡。PCB 不仅抑制了原发性肿瘤,还对远隔肿瘤表现出抑制作用。这是首次利用 GLS 抑制来增强铜死亡和免疫治疗的研究。它还为进一步研究铜死亡提供了有价值的见解。