Liver‐Targeted Gallium‐Polyphenol Network by Disrupting the ROS/NETs/PANoptosis Axis for Precision Acute Liver Injury Therapy

Acute liver injury (ALI), driven by diverse insults such as drug toxicity and ischemia-reperfusion, poses a high mortality risk and lacks targeted therapies. While reactive oxygen species (ROS), neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), and a coordinated cell death pathway PANoptosis have been implicated, their interplay as a unified pathogenic axis remains elusive. Here, by integrating multi-omics analyses of clinical databases and patient samples, we systematically identified and validated the ROS/NETs/PANoptosis axis as a central driver of hepatocyte damage across multiple ALI etiologies. To therapeutically target this axis, we engineered a liver-targeted gallium-quercetin nanocomposite (Ga@Que) via coordination-driven self-assembly. Ga@Que effectively overcomes the poor bioavailability of natural quercetin. In murine models of acetaminophen-induced and ischemia-reperfusion liver injury, Ga@Que exhibited significant liver accumulation, potently scavenged ROS, suppressed neutrophil infiltration and NETs formation, and attenuated PANoptosis. Consequently, Ga@Que treatment markedly mitigated liver damage and inflammation, outperforming its individual components. Our study not only delineates a novel pathogenic paradigm in ALI but also introduces Ga@Que as a promising precision nanotherapeutic, offering a synergistic and translatable strategy to disrupt this deleterious cascade.

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Advanced Science
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2026-03-26
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https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202524135
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Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
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Abstract

Acute liver injury (ALI), driven by diverse insults such as drug toxicity and ischemia-reperfusion, poses a high mortality risk and lacks targeted therapies. While reactive oxygen species (ROS), neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), and a coordinated cell death pathway PANoptosis have been implicated, their interplay as a unified pathogenic axis remains elusive. Here, by integrating multi-omics analyses of clinical databases and patient samples, we systematically identified and validated the ROS/NETs/PANoptosis axis as a central driver of hepatocyte damage across multiple ALI etiologies. To therapeutically target this axis, we engineered a liver-targeted gallium-quercetin nanocomposite (Ga@Que) via coordination-driven self-assembly. Ga@Que effectively overcomes the poor bioavailability of natural quercetin. In murine models of acetaminophen-induced and ischemia-reperfusion liver injury, Ga@Que exhibited significant liver accumulation, potently scavenged ROS, suppressed neutrophil infiltration and NETs formation, and attenuated PANoptosis. Consequently, Ga@Que treatment markedly mitigated liver damage and inflammation, outperforming its individual components. Our study not only delineates a novel pathogenic paradigm in ALI but also introduces Ga@Que as a promising precision nanotherapeutic, offering a synergistic and translatable strategy to disrupt this deleterious cascade.

Advanced Science
Zhejiang International Studies University (CN), Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital (CN), Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University (CN), Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute (CN), Zhejiang University (CN)
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