Charge‐Tunable Dense Dual‐Atom Nanozymes Reprogram Biothiol Metabolism Through Multi‐Enzyme‐Mimetic Catalysis to Synergistically Induce Ferroptosis and Disulfidptosis
Biothiols play a pivotal role in maintaining cellular redox homeostasis, coordinating programmed cell death pathways, and modulating immune responses. Reprogramming biothiol metabolism in tumor cells thus presents a promising strategy for enhancing anti-tumor immunity. Here, we report the rational design of a densely accessible heteronuclear Fe/Co dual-atom nanozyme (FeCo DDA), which mimics natural flavoenzymes by coordinating high-density Fe and Co active centers to regulate biothiol metabolism and induce intracellular disulfide accumulation. The dense heteronuclear diatomic catalytic center (with Fe and Co mass fractions of 10.35% and 11.32%, respectively) optimizes the Bader charge and d-band center by adjusting electron redistribution, endowing it with excellent mimetic enzymatic activities for catalyzing the oxidation of biothiols to disrupt the homeostasis of tumor cells. Simultaneously, co-loaded phlorizin inhibits glucose uptake, further driving compensatory cystine accumulation and disrupting glutathione biosynthesis. This dual action synergistically induces ferroptosis-enhanced disulfidptosis, disrupting redox homeostasis and triggering immunogenic cell death. As a result, FeCo DDA co-loaded with phlorizin (FeCo DDA/P) not only enhances tumor cell immunogenicity but also reshapes the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, thereby potentiating anti-tumor immune responses. This work highlights a dual-atom nanozyme strategy to reprogram tumor metabolism and orchestrate multimodal cell death for effective tumor immunotherapy.
Authors
- Rui Niu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9098-6800)
- Ruiping Deng
- Shuyan Song
- Zhijia Lv
- Kai Liu
- Hongjie Zhang
- Bin Zhang
- Yang Liu
- Bo Xu
- Yinghui Wang
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MN)
- Jilin University (CN)
- Beijing Normal University (CN)
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CN)
- First Hospital of Jilin University (CN)
- Inner Mongolia University of Technology (CN)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2026-04-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202524634
- Primary Topic
- Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences