Orchestrating diabetic wound repair via mitochondria-targeted delivery of dihydromyricetin with tailored ADSC-derived biohybrid nanovesicles
The therapeutic failure in diabetic wounds often stems from a pathological disconnect between antioxidant signaling and mitochondrial repair, a core limitation that conventional antioxidative approaches fail to address. Although targeting mitochondrial dysfunction presents a promising therapeutic avenue, conventional strategies often fail to reconcile efficient targeting of impaired organelles with high biocompatibility. To address this limitation, a biohybrid nanovesicle (designated DHM@mtABV) was engineered by fusing ADSC-derived nanovesicles (ANVs) with synthetic liposomes that co-encapsulate the antioxidant dihydromyricetin (DHM) and the mitochondria-targeting ligand TPP (DHM@mtLipo). The resulting DHM@mtABV nanovesicles demonstrated exceptional biocompatibility and pronounced mitochondrial accumulation. Functionally, DHM@mtABV effectively broke the vicious cycle of oxidative stress by simultaneously scavenging mitochondrial ROS and activating the cytoprotective NRF2 signaling pathway. Consequently, DHM@mtABV treatment significantly restored mitochondrial membrane potential and calcium homeostasis, enhanced cellular proliferation and migration under oxidative stress, and markedly accelerated wound closure in a diabetic mouse model. This work not only presents a potent therapeutic but also validates a generalizable biohybrid strategy that reconstitutes the critical link between subcellular targeting and systemic tissue repair, offering a transformative paradigm for treating refractory diabetic wounds.
Authors
- Xinyu Zeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8365-0444)
- Chun Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8819-2443)
- Siju Liu
- Jiahe Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8828-8155)
- Zhichao Ruan
- Chi Zhang
- Chengqi Yan
- Xiang Xu
- Zhenbing Chen
- Xiaofan Yang
- Xiangrui Li
- Sijia Duan
- Yingjie He
- Guoyong Jiang
- Chunlei Yuan
Institutions
- Union Hospital (HK)
- Nanchang University (CN)
- Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Ministry of Education (IR)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University (CN)
- Wuhan Union Hospital (CN)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Hubei University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Materials Today Bio
- Published
- 2026-02-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtbio.2026.102934
- Primary Topic
- Medicinal plant effects and applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00