Polysaccharide-engineered mitochondria reprogram macrophages to resolve diabetic wound inflammation and promote repair

or LPS, Mito-TPP-KGM is efficiently internalized, restores mitochondrial homeostasis, rebalances glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation, and shifts inflammatory profiles toward a less inflammatory and more reparative phenotype. Engineered mitochondria also restore efferocytosis of apoptotic neutrophil-like cells and enhance the pro-angiogenic capacity of macrophage-conditioned media, thereby improving endothelial tube formation, migration and proliferation. Blocking experiments with mannan and anti-CD206/anti-DC-SIGN antibodies, together with species-specific mtDNA quantification, indicate that mannose-type lectin receptors contribute to the uptake and immunomodulatory effects of Mito-TPP-KGM. In a db/db mouse full-thickness wound model, local delivery of Mito-TPP-KGM promotes wound repair, improves histological healing, reduces oxidative damage, enhances angiogenesis, and modulates wound macrophage phenotype, leading to accelerated wound closure; these therapeutic benefits are partially attenuated by local CD206 blockade. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that polysaccharide-engineered mitochondria can reprogram diabetic wound macrophages via targeted mitochondrial transplantation, offering a promising immunometabolic strategy for chronic wound therapy.

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Bioactive Materials
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2026-04-11
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioactmat.2026.04.009
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Wound Healing and Treatments
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Polysaccharide-engineered mitochondria reprogram macrophages to resolve diabetic wound inflammation and promote repair

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Polysaccharide-engineered mitochondria reprogram macrophages to resolve diabetic wound inflammation and promote repair

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or LPS, Mito-TPP-KGM is efficiently internalized, restores mitochondrial homeostasis, rebalances glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation, and shifts inflammatory profiles toward a less inflammatory and more reparative phenotype. Engineered mitochondria also restore efferocytosis of apoptotic neutrophil-like cells and enhance the pro-angiogenic capacity of macrophage-conditioned media, thereby improving endothelial tube formation, migration and proliferation. Blocking experiments with mannan and anti-CD206/anti-DC-SIGN antibodies, together with species-specific mtDNA quantification, indicate that mannose-type lectin receptors contribute to the uptake and immunomodulatory effects of Mito-TPP-KGM. In a db/db mouse full-thickness wound model, local delivery of Mito-TPP-KGM promotes wound repair, improves histological healing, reduces oxidative damage, enhances angiogenesis, and modulates wound macrophage phenotype, leading to accelerated wound closure; these therapeutic benefits are partially attenuated by local CD206 blockade. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that polysaccharide-engineered mitochondria can reprogram diabetic wound macrophages via targeted mitochondrial transplantation, offering a promising immunometabolic strategy for chronic wound therapy.

Bioactive MaterialsVol. 63
Hebei Medical University (CN), Union Hospital (HK), Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (CN), Army Medical University (CN), Chongqing University (CN), Xiamen University (CN), Wenzhou Medical University (CN), Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University (CN), Daping Hospital (CN), Second Affiliated Hospital & Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University (CN), Union Hospital (CN), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN), Mendel University in Brno (CZ)
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Good health and well-being
Openalex Percentile: Top 25%
Wound Healing and Treatments
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