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Zhongqing Liu1,2,3, Ziqi Wang4,1,2, Zhishuai Zhang4,1,2
1NHC Key Laboratory of Molecular Probes and Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
α-PD-L1 therapy has shown encouraging results at harnessing the immune system to combat cancer. However, the treatment effect is relatively low due to the dense extracellular matrix (ECM) and tumor immunosuppressive microenvironment (TIME). Therefore, an ultrasound (US)-responsive nanosensitizer (URNS) is engineered to deliver losartan (LST) and polyethylenimine (PEI) to remolde the TME, driving "cold"-"hot" tumor transformation and enhancing the sensitivity of α-PD-L1 therapy. In the tumor site, noninvasive US can make MTNP generate ROS, which cleave ROS-sensitive bonds to dissociate MTNPtK@LST-PEI, shedding PEI and releasing LST from mesoporous spheres. The results demonstrated that URNS combined with α-PD-L1 therapy effectively inhibited tumor growth with an inhibition rate as high as 90%, which was 1.7-fold higher than that of the α-PD-L1 treatment in vivo. In summary, the URNS improves the sensitivity of α-PD-L1 therapy by remodeling the TME, which provides promising insights for optimizing cancer immunotherapy.
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