High‐Entropy‐Engineered Nanoinducer for Spatiotemporally Programmed PANoptosis and NIR‐Amplified Cancer Immunotherapy
PANoptosis has emerged as a compelling strategy to potentiate antitumor immune responses. However, achieving specific PANoptotic cancer-cell death while sparing normal tissues remains a central challenge, as current strategies are constrained by inadequate spatiotemporal controllability and insufficient generation of key effector species, particularly reactive oxygen species (ROS). In this study, we report a class of PANoptosis nanoinducer constructed from atomically dispersed high-entropy metal sites, enabling spatiotemporally controlled near-infrared (NIR)-amplified cancer immunotherapy. The unique high-entropy metal-site configuration of the resulting nanozymes (HENA@PEG) boosts catalytic efficiency through atomic-level synergism, while enabling precise, pH-gated control over ROS generation via catalytic activation. In addition, nanozyme-mediated photothermal therapy (PTT) not only induces direct tumor ablation but also supplies exogenous thermal energy to accelerate the catalytic reactions. The co-programmed integration of endogenous and exogenous activations confers tumor-site-adaptive biocatalysis, thereby enabling precise spatiotemporal induction of PANoptosis. Both in vitro and in vivo investigations reveal that the resulting nanoinducer effectively promotes dendritic cell maturation and cytotoxic T-cell activation, ultimately amplifying antitumor immune responses and markedly suppressing 4T1 tumor progression. Overall, this work establishes a high-entropy-engineered nanoinducer that overcomes the limitations of nonspecific PANoptosis and immune evasion, representing a promising avenue toward more efficient and precisely targeted cancer immunotherapy.
Authors
- Gaoxin Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7825-871X)
- Muchao Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2703-5516)
- Yüe Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0636-7092)
- Yanli Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9231-8360)
Institutions
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2026-07-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.74319
- Primary Topic
- Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00