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.
Authors
- Chuanlu Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4577-896X)
- Yi Liao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6787-873X)
- Meijun Tan
- Qi Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5613-0806)
- Wei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7800-3189)
- Hao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6881-9977)
- Lang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3563-601X)
- Longyu Du
- Guodong Liu
- R Zeng
- Fawwaz Al-Smadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8788-6974)
- Yanzhi Zhao
- Zhiyong Hou
- Xin Zhang
- Ying Hu
- Chenyan Yu
- Hang Xue
Institutions
- 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)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bioactive Materials
- Published
- 2026-04-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioactmat.2026.04.009
- Primary Topic
- Wound Healing and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- 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