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Immune microenvironment-reshaping Au@Bi2Te3 nanoparticles for spectral computed tomography/photoacoustic imaging-guided synergetic photo/radio/immunotherapy

Kai Zhu1,2,§Zede Wu1,2,§Qiuyu Li2Meirong Hou1,2Honglei Hu1,2Shuting Zheng1,2Li Qi3Yikai Xu1( )Chenggong Yan1,4( )Bingxia Zhao2,5( )
Department of Medical Imaging Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Tumor Immunology Research, Cancer Research Institute, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Medical Imaging and Diagnostic Technology, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Shock and Microcirculation, Guangzhou 510515, China
Experimental Education/Administration Center, School of Basic Medical Science, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China

§ Kai Zhu and Zede Wu contributed equally to this work.

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Schematic illustration of Au@Bi2Te3-polyethylene glycol (PEG) nanoparticles (NPs) as an H2O2-driven oxygenerator to alleviate tumor hypoxia and reshape immune microenvironment for spectral computed tomography (CT)/photoacoustic imaging guided synergetic photo/radio/immunotherapy.

Abstract

Radiotherapy (RT) mediated tumor immunogenicity offers an opportunity for simultaneous RT and immunotherapy via immunogenic cell death (ICD), which releases damaged-associated molecular patterns and generates “eat me” signals for the innate immune system to modulate the immunogenicity. However, tumor hypoxia significantly reduces the therapeutic efficacy of RT and hampers its mediation of ICD induction. Herein, Au@Bi2Te3-polyethylene glycol (PEG) was rationally constructed as theranostic nanozymes for mild photothermal therapy, tumor hypoxia modulation, and RT adjuvant cancer immunotherapy. The tumor-specific production of oxygen could not only augment the effects of RT by enhanced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, but also reduce hypoxia-related cytokines and downregulate programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) to unleash immune-enhancing T cells. Moreover, Au@Bi2Te3-PEG could act as an immune-blocking inhibitor by efficient ICD induction with the combination of mild-photothermal therapy + RT to inhibit the tumor immune escape and improve antitumor immune response. Increased amounts of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and elevated levels of cytokines could be observed that eventually led to effective post-medication inhibition of primary and abscopal tumors. Spectral computed tomography/photoacoustic imaging allowed noninvasive and real-time tracking of nanoparticle (NP) accumulation and oxygenation status at tumor sites. Collectively, Au@Bi2Te3-PEG NPs could serve as effective theranostic nanoregulators with remarkable synergistic mild-photothermal/RT/immunotherapy effects that helped reshape the immune microenvironment and had remarkable molecular imaging properties.

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Zhu K, Wu Z, Li Q, et al. Immune microenvironment-reshaping Au@Bi2Te3 nanoparticles for spectral computed tomography/photoacoustic imaging-guided synergetic photo/radio/immunotherapy. Nano Research, 2023, 16(1): 771-781. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4645-3
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Received: 15 March 2022
Revised: 07 June 2022
Accepted: 09 June 2022
Published: 05 August 2022
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