Programmable nanomotor system responsively and chemotactically captures tumor associated antigens for enhanced in situ cancer vaccine
<i>In situ</i> cancer vaccines that utilize the body's own tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) to induce tumor-specific adaptive immune responses are emerging as a promising strategy in cancer therapy. However, the rapid clearance of TAAs due to innate immune system hinders the development of effective antitumor immunity. To address this challenge, we developed a nanomotor system (<sub>D</sub>DMSN@<sub>M</sub>OMV<sup>PF</sup>) as an <i>in situ</i> cancer vaccine capable of chemotactically capturing TAAs, significantly inhibiting the rapid clearance of TAAs and enhancing cancer immunotherapy. In response to acid tumor microenvironment, <sub>D</sub>DMSN@<sub>M</sub>OMV<sup>PF</sup> exfoliated folate acid-attached, mitoxantrone-embedded bacterial outer membrane vesicle (OMV) fragments, which could be specifically taken up by tumor cells to induce immunogenic cell death (ICD) and release DNA-associated TAAs. Subsequently, the exposed DNase on <sub>D</sub>DMSN@<sub>M</sub>OMV<sup>PF</sup> detected DNA gradient and propelled nanoparticles chemotactically capturing TAAs. <i>In vivo</i> results indicated that <sub>D</sub>DMSN@<sub>M</sub>OMV<sup>PF</sup> suppressed both primary and distant tumors and elicited immune memory effects to prevent tumor recurrence.
Authors
- Haiyuan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4076-1771)
- Panpan Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0875-6932)
- Yaqing Kang
- Xingbo Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7483-322X)
- Yanjing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6826-1635)
- Xiaoqing Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4722-9083)
- Jiao Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7486-5782)
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Materials Today Bio
- Published
- 2025-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.102543
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Micro and Nano Robotics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.26