Manganese‐Based Biofunctional 2D Nanosheets Enabled In Situ Macrophage Engineering for Precise Eradication of Osteomyelitis
Efficient treatment of osteomyelitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus is a great clinical challenge due to bacterial resistance and immune evasion issues. Macrophages play a crucial role in the fight against S. aureus but suffer from deficiencies in function in the infectious milieu leading to persistent infection. Here, a strategy of exploiting aged neutrophil membrane (aNM) is developed to camouflage 2D MnPSe<sub>3</sub> nanosheets (MPS NSs), denoted as aNM@MPS, to mediate in situ macrophage engineering, thereby potentiating macrophages to eradicate refractory osteomyelitis. When administered systematically, the biofunctional aNM@MPS ensures selectivity for osteomyelitis lesions, enhanced bone marrow retention, and subsequent phagocytosis by macrophages. In the mouse model of osteomyelitis, the aNM@MPS enables dysfunctional macrophages to digest intracellular bacteria by generating highly toxic hydroxyl radicals and sequentially reprogramming bactericidal immunity through manganese ion-mediated immune activation, which synergistically terminates persistent infection-initiated pathological cascades and subsequently reestablish host-directed bactericidal potency, thereby conferring a satisfactory osteoprotective effect. These findings demonstrate that macrophages in the skeletal infectious milieu can be precisely remodeled via the lesion-macrophage dual-targeting metalloimmunotherapy strategy, which holds potential for osteomyelitis treatment.
Authors
- Huaijuan Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9289-3613)
- Shengchang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3508-1499)
- Zdeněk Sofer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1391-4448)
- Paul Kim-Ho Chu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5581-4883)
- Jinhua Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1110-7471)
- Bowen Chi
- Yilong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9575-2170)
Institutions
- Beijing Institute of Technology (CN)
- City University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- Beijing Electronic Science and Technology Institute (CN)
- Beijing Tian Tan Hospital (CN)
- University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Healthcare Materials
- Published
- 2025-06-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202500169
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China