Volume 19, Issue 24 2207898
Research Article

Tailor-Made Autophagy Cascade Amplification Polymeric Nanoparticles for Enhanced Tumor Immunotherapy

Xuehua Long

Xuehua Long

Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266073 China

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Huiqi Wang

Huiqi Wang

Instrumental Analysis Center, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266073 China

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Jianqin Yan

Jianqin Yan

Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266073 China

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Yifei Li

Yifei Li

Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266073 China

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Xue Dong

Xue Dong

Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266073 China

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Sijia Tian

Sijia Tian

Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266073 China

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Yong Sun

Corresponding Author

Yong Sun

Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266073 China

E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

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Kui Luo

Kui Luo

Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041 China

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Bin He

Bin He

National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064 China

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Yan Liang

Corresponding Author

Yan Liang

Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266073 China

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First published: 18 March 2023
Citations: 9

Abstract

Chemotherapeutics can induce immunogenic cell death (ICD) by triggering autophagy and mediate antitumor immunotherapy. However, using chemotherapeutics alone can only cause mild cell-protective autophagy and be incapable of inducing sufficient ICD efficacy. The participation of autophagy inducer is competent to enhance autophagy, so the level of ICD is promoted and the effect of antitumor immunotherapy is highly increased. Herein, tailor-made autophagy cascade amplification polymeric nanoparticles STF@AHPPE are constructed to enhance tumor immunotherapy. Arginine (Arg), polyethyleneglycol–polycaprolactone, and epirubicin (EPI) are grafted onto hyaluronic acid (HA) via disulfide bond to form the AHPPE nanoparticles and autophagy inducer STF-62247 (STF) is loaded. When STF@AHPPE nanoparticles target to tumor tissues and efficiently enter into tumor cells with the help of HA and Arg, the high glutathione concentration leads to the cleavage of disulfide bond and the release of EPI and STF. Finally, STF@AHPPE induces violent cytotoxic autophagy and strong ICD efficacy. As compared to AHPPE nanoparticles, STF@AHPPE nanoparticles kill the most tumor cells and show the more obvious ICD efficacy and immune activation ability. This work provides a novel strategy for combining tumor chemo-immunotherapy with autophagy induction.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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