Zhao Yu, Ma Yichuan, Leng Qingqing, Zhang Qi, Li Yuanhang, Ji Mengmeng, Yang Hua, Li Xiaoya, Jia Guang, Li Zhenhua, Liu Huifang, Zhang Jinchao
College of Pharmaceutical Science, Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Quality Control of Hebei Province, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China; State Key Laboratory of New Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Ministry of Education, Baoding 071002, China.
College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Chemical Biology Key Laboratory of Hebei Province, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China; State Key Laboratory of New Pharmaceutical Preparations and Excipients, Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Ministry of Education, Baoding 071002, China.
J Colloid Interface Sci. 2025 Aug;691:137468. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137468. Epub 2025 Mar 28.
Epidemiological studies on melanoma have revealed significant gender disparities, with the incidence and mortality rates being higher in males than in females. Recent studies indicate that androgen contributing to T cell exhaustion and promoting cancer cell proliferation. While clinical androgen deprivation therapies (ADT),particularly the use of androgen receptor (AR) antagonists to block AR signaling, has been employed in clinical settings to reduce androgen levels, antiandrogen drugs often encounter challenges such as poor targeting and selectivity, increased toxicity, low stability, short half-life and the emergence of drug resistance. Here, we establish a nanoantagonists for efficient AR signaling blockade by arming antigen-activated dendritic cells (DCs) nanovesicles with AR antibodies (aAR-NV). This innovative approach demonstrates dual therapeutic efficacy: aAR-NV effectively disrupts androgen-AR interactions in both melanoma cells and T cells, simultaneously inhibiting tumor proliferation and reversing T cell exhaustion. Furthermore, aAR-NV retains the inherent immunostimulatory properties of DCs, facilitating T cell activation and enhancing cytotoxic T lymphocyte infiltration within tumor tissues. As a result, a synergistic effect has been observed in boosting T cell-based immunotherapy by simultaneously enhancing T cell activity and reducing its exhaustion. Our study using aAR-NV to antagonize androgen effects offers a promising new strategy for enhancing melanoma immunotherapy.
黑色素瘤的流行病学研究显示出显著的性别差异,男性的发病率和死亡率高于女性。最近的研究表明,雄激素会导致T细胞耗竭并促进癌细胞增殖。虽然临床雄激素剥夺疗法(ADT),特别是使用雄激素受体(AR)拮抗剂来阻断AR信号,已在临床环境中用于降低雄激素水平,但抗雄激素药物经常遇到诸如靶向性和选择性差、毒性增加、稳定性低、半衰期短以及耐药性出现等挑战。在此,我们通过用AR抗体武装抗原激活的树突状细胞(DCs)纳米囊泡(aAR-NV)来建立一种用于有效阻断AR信号的纳米拮抗剂。这种创新方法展示了双重治疗效果:aAR-NV有效破坏黑色素瘤细胞和T细胞中的雄激素-AR相互作用,同时抑制肿瘤增殖并逆转T细胞耗竭。此外,aAR-NV保留了DCs固有的免疫刺激特性,促进T细胞活化并增强肿瘤组织内细胞毒性T淋巴细胞的浸润。结果,通过同时增强T细胞活性并减少其耗竭,在增强基于T细胞的免疫疗法方面观察到了协同效应。我们使用aAR-NV拮抗雄激素作用的研究为增强黑色素瘤免疫疗法提供了一种有前景的新策略。
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