Systemic Tumor Suppression via Macrophage-Driven Automated Homing of Metal-Phenolic-Gated Nanosponges for Metastatic Melanoma
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AbstractCell-based therapies comprising the administration of living cells to patients for direct therapeutic activities have experienced remarkable success in the clinic, of which macrophages hold great potential for targeted drug delivery due to their inherent chemotactic mobility and homing ability to tumors with high efficiency. However, such targeted delivery of drugs through cellular systems remains a significant challenge due to the complexity of balancing high drug-loading with high accumulations in solid tumors. Herein, a tumor-targeting cellular drug delivery system (MAGN) by surface engineering of tumor-homing macrophages (Mφs) with biologically responsive nanosponges is reported. The pores of the nanosponges are blocked with iron-tannic acid complexes that serve as gatekeepers by holding encapsulated drugs until reaching the acidic tumor microenvironment. Molecular dynamics simulations and interfacial force studies are performed to provide mechanistic insights into the "ON-OFF" gating effect of the polyphenol-based supramolecular gatekeepers on the nanosponge channels. The cellular chemotaxis of the Mφ carriers enabled efficient tumor-targeted delivery of drugs and systemic suppression of tumor burden and lung metastases in vivo. The findings suggest that the MAGN platform offers a versatile strategy to efficiently load therapeutic drugs to treat advanced metastatic cancers with a high loading capacity of various therapeutic drugs.
Acceptance Date18/04/2023
All Author(s) ListLiao Xue, Gong Guidong, Dai Mengyuan, Xiang Zhenyu, Pan Jiezhou, He Xianglian, Shang Jiaojiao, Blocki AnnaMaria, Zhao Zongmin, Shields C.Wyatt, Guo Junling
Journal nameAdvanced Science
Year2023
PublisherWiley
eISSN2198-3844
LanguagesEnglish-United States
Keywordsacid-induced drug release ; macrophages ; metal-phenolic gatekeepers ; nanosponges ; tumor-targeted therapy