Sono-triggered endoplasmic reticulum-targeted ROS burst silencing CD300ld to alleviate polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells for breast cancer treatment
Immunogenic cell death (ICD) significantly boosts anti-tumor immunotherapy effectiveness; however, the recruitment of polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells (PMN-MDSCs), driven by factors such as adenosine accumulation and oxygen depletion during ICD, impairs the overall therapeutic outcome as well as facilitates tumor development and metastasis. Recent studies identify CD300ld as a key regulator of PMN-MDSCs recruitment, making it a promising immunotherapeutic target. Here, an innovative strategy is developed to eminently amplify ICD while alleviating PMN-MDSC infiltration upon ultrasound (US) stimulation. A modified generation 5 (G5) poly(amidoamine) dendrimer (G5PBA) was employed to encapsulate hematoporphyrin (GH)-a widely used organic sonosensitizer-and modified the complex with pardaxin peptides (Par) to achieve precise endoplasmic reticulum (ER) targeting, and adsorbed the negatively charged siCD300ld (PGH@siRNA). Under US irradiation, PGH@siRNA precisely accumulates at ER to induce localized reactive oxygen species (ROS) bursts, and effectively silence CD300ld, thereby amplifying endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS)-mediated ICD and reducing PMN-MDSCs infiltration to reshape the tumor microenvironment. This systematic preclinical evaluations demonstrated enhanced immune activation, suppressed metastasis, and improved therapeutic outcomes. This study introduces a sono-responsive synergistic strategy integrating ER-targeted sonodynamic therapy with gene silencing, offering a novel paradigm for targeting PMN-MDSCs and enhancing triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) immunotherapy.
Authors
- Yitong Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6116-0609)
- Shaoyue Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3180-6607)
- Huixiong Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1977-0449)
- Haohao Yin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5404-7336)
- Wen Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6075-3192)
- Pei-Li Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-7210)
- Shen Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9222-4437)
- Xuejun Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7650-5756)
- Min Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4800-4161)
- Qing Lu
- Daohui Yang
- Fang Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2196-1612)
Institutions
- Harbin Medical University (CN)
- Fudan University (CN)
- Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University (CN)
- Zhongshan Hospital (CN)
- Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital (CN)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University (CN)
- Huashan Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Nanobiotechnology
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-025-03852-7
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Immune cells in cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.80