Molecular Pharmaceutics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 17, 2025
Malignant
tumors
pose
a
considerable
threat
to
human
life
and
health.
Traditional
treatments,
such
as
radiotherapy
chemotherapy,
often
lack
specificity,
leading
collateral
damage
normal
tissues.
Tumor
microenvironment
(TME)
is
characterized
by
hypoxia,
acidity,
redox
imbalances,
elevated
ATP
levels
factors
that
collectively
promote
tumor
growth
metastasis.
This
review
provides
comprehensive
overview
of
the
nanoparticles
developed
in
recent
years
for
TME-responsive
strategies
or
TME-modulating
methods
therapy.
The
focus
on
designing
synthesizing
can
interact
with
achieve
precisely
controlled
drug
release.
These
activate
release
under
specific
conditions
within
environment,
thereby
enhancing
efficacy
drugs
while
reducing
toxicity
cells.
Moreover,
simply
eliminating
cells
does
not
fundamentally
solve
problem.
Only
comprehensively
regulating
TME
make
it
unsuitable
cell
survival
proliferation
we
more
thorough
therapeutic
effects
reduce
risk
recurrence.
regulation
aim
suppress
metastasis
modulating
various
components
TME.
only
improve
treatment
outcomes
but
also
have
potential
lay
foundation
future
personalized
cancer
therapies.
EBioMedicine,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
107, P. 105301 - 105301
Published: Aug. 23, 2024
Increasing
evidence
indicates
that
immunotherapy
is
hindered
by
a
hostile
tumor
microenvironment
(TME)
featured
with
deprivation
of
critical
nutrients
and
pooling
immunosuppressive
metabolites.
Tumor
cells
outcompete
immune
effector
for
essential
nutrients.
Meanwhile,
wide
range
cell-derived
toxic
metabolites
exerts
negative
impacts
on
anti-tumor
response,
diminishing
the
efficacy
immunotherapy.
Nanomedicine
excellent
targetability
offers
novel
approach
to
improving
cancer
via
metabolically
reprogramming
TME.
Herein,
we
review
recent
strategies
enhancing
immunotherapeutic
effects
through
rewiring
metabolism
nanomedicine.
Attention
drawn
immunometabolic
tactics
stromal
in
TME
Additionally,
discuss
future
directions
developing
metabolism-regulating
nanomedicine
precise
efficacious
Advanced Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(16)
Published: Feb. 21, 2024
Anti-HER2
(human
epidermal
growth
factor
receptor
2)
therapies
significantly
increase
the
overall
survival
of
patients
with
HER2-positive
breast
cancer.
Unfortunately,
a
large
fraction
may
develop
primary
or
acquired
resistance.
Further,
multidrug
combination
used
to
prevent
this
in
clinic
places
significant
burden
on
patients.
To
address
issue,
work
develops
nanotherapeutic
platform
that
incorporates
bimetallic
gold-silver
hollow
nanoshells
(AuAg
HNSs)
exceptional
near-infrared
(NIR)
absorption
capability,
small-molecule
tyrosine
kinase
inhibitor
pyrotinib
(PYR),
and
Herceptin
(HCT).
This
realizes
targeted
delivery
multiple
therapeutic
effects,
including
chemo-and
photothermal
activities,
oxidative
stress,
immune
response.
In
vitro
assays
reveal
HCT-modified
nanoparticles
exhibit
specific
recognition
ability
effective
internalization
by
cells.
The
released
PYR
inhibit
cell
proliferation
downregulating
HER2
its
associated
pathways.
NIR
laser
application
induces
effect
tumor
apoptosis,
whereas
an
intracellular
reactive
oxygen
species
burst
amplifies
stress
triggers
cancer
ferroptosis.
Importantly,
multimodal
therapy
also
promotes
upregulation
genes
related
TNF
NF-κB
signaling
pathways,
enhancing
activation
immunogenic
death.
vivo
studies
confirm
reduction
volume
after
treatment,
substantiating
potential
effectiveness
these
nanocarriers.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
36(45)
Published: Sept. 17, 2024
Abstract
The
overexpression
of
polyamines
in
tumor
cells
contributes
to
the
establishment
immunosuppressive
microenvironment
and
facilitates
growth.
Here,
it
have
ingeniously
designed
multifunctional
copper‐piceatannol/HA
nanopills
(Cu‐Pic/HA
NPs)
that
effectively
cause
total
intracellular
depletion
by
inhibiting
synthesis,
depleting
polyamines,
impairing
uptake,
resulting
enhanced
pyroptosis
cuproptosis,
thus
activating
a
powerful
immune
response
achieve
anti‐tumor
therapy.
Mitochondrial
dysfunction
from
overall
not
only
leads
surge
copper
ions
mitochondria,
thereby
causing
aggregation
toxic
proteins
induce
but
also
triggers
accumulation
reactive
oxygen
species
(ROS)
within
which
further
upregulates
expression
zDHHC5
zDHHC9
promote
palmitoylation
gasdermin
D
(GSDMD)
GSDMD‐N,
ultimately
inducing
pyroptosis.
Then
occurrence
cuproptosis
is
conductive
remodel
microenvironment,
responses
growth
metastasis.
This
therapeutic
strategy
through
comprehensive
provides
novel
template
for
cancer
immunotherapy.
Abstract
T
cell
immunity
is
central
to
contemporary
cancer
and
autoimmune
therapies,
encompassing
immune
checkpoint
blockade
adoptive
therapies.
Their
diverse
characteristics
can
be
reprogrammed
by
different
challenges
dependent
on
antigen
stimulation
levels,
metabolic
conditions,
the
degree
of
inflammation.
cell-based
therapeutic
strategies
are
gaining
widespread
adoption
in
oncology
treating
inflammatory
conditions.
Emerging
researches
reveal
that
clustered
regularly
interspaced
palindromic
repeats–associated
protein
9
(CRISPR–Cas9)
genome
editing
has
enabled
cells
more
adaptable
specific
microenvironments,
opening
door
advanced
therapies
preclinical
clinical
trials.
CRISPR–Cas9
edit
both
primary
engineered
cells,
including
CAR-T
TCR-T,
vivo
vitro
regulate
differentiation
activation
states.
This
review
first
provides
a
comprehensive
summary
role
its
applications
studies
for
We
also
explore
application
CRISPR
screen
high-throughput
technology
anticipate
current
limitations
CRISPR–Cas9,
off-target
effects
delivery
challenges,
envisioned
improvements
related
technologies
disease
screening,
diagnosis,
treatment.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: Feb. 10, 2025
Obesity,
a
surging
global
health
challenge,
necessitates
effective,
accessible
and
innovative
therapeutic
models.
Here
we
develop
spatiotemporally
controllable
microneedle
(MN)
drug
delivery
platform
for
sono-gene
therapy
to
fight
obesity.
The
delivers
the
methoxy
polyethylene
glycol-polyethyleneimine
(mPEG-PEI)
modified
metal-organic
frameworks
(MOFs)
sonosensitizer
clustered
regularly
interspaced
short
palindromic
repeats-activating
(CRISPRa)/CRISPRa-uncoupling
protein
1
(UCP1)
system
intradermally
adipocytes.
Overall,
this
is
capable
of
achieving
two
major
strategies
"annihilation"
"countermeasure":
one
kill
redundant
white
adipocytes
by
sonodynamic
therapy,
other
promote
browning
through
release
CRISPRa-UCP1
effect.
Obese
male
mice
treated
with
shows
significant
ameliorate
in
glucose
tolerance
insulin
sensitivity,
successfully
achieves
weight
loss
restrains
rebound.
This
study
may
enable
standard
treatment
paradigm
obesity
metabolic
diseases.
needs
effective
Here,
authors
show
loaded
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
18(3), P. 2195 - 2209
Published: Jan. 9, 2024
Nanocarrier-based
cytoplasmic
protein
delivery
offers
opportunities
to
develop
therapeutics;
however,
many
systems
are
positively
charged,
causing
severe
toxic
effects.
For
enhanced
therapeutics,
it
is
also
of
great
importance
design
nanocarriers
with
intrinsic
bioactivity
that
can
be
integrated
drugs
due
the
limited
proteins
alone
for
disease
treatment.
We
report
here
a
system
based
on
anionic
phosphite-terminated
phosphorus
dendrimers
anti-inflammatory
activity.
A
dendrimer
termed
AK-137
optimized
activity
was
selected
complex
through
various
physical
interactions.
Model
such
as
bovine
serum
albumin,
ribonuclease
A,
ovalbumin,
and
fibronectin
(FN)
transfected
into
cells
exert
their
respective
functions,
including
cancer
cell
apoptosis,
dendritic
maturation,
or
macrophage
immunomodulation.
Particularly,
constructed
AK-137@FN
nanocomplexes
display
powerful
therapeutic
effects
in
acute
lung
injury
gout
arthritis
models
by
integrating
both
carrier
protein.
The
developed
may
employed
universal
particularly
utilized
deliver
fight
different
inflammatory
diseases
efficacy.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 30, 2024
High-entropy
nanomaterials
(HEMs)
are
a
hot
topic
in
the
fields
of
energy
and
catalysis.
However,
terms
promising
biomedical
applications,
potential
therapeutic
studies
involving
HEMs
unprecedented.
Herein,
we
demonstrated
high
entropy
two-dimensional
layered
double
hydroxide
(