Janus Nanozyme With Programmable Catalytic Switching for Adaptive Therapy of Diabetic Wounds
ABSTRACT Diabetic wound healing requires dynamic bidirectional regulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Herein, guided by density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we propose a programmable strategy to engineer catalytic pathways via an intimate heterointerface in Janus‐structured Cu‐Ag nanoparticles (CuAg‐J). Theoretical simulations reveal that the unique Cu‐Ag heterointerface induces a charge transfer to oxygen intermediates, enabling spontaneous formation of reactive species and pH‑switchable catalytic activity. Under acidic conditions, CuAg‐J exhibits peroxidase (POD)‐like activity ( K m = 0.19 mM, V max = 0.38 µM/s) for antibacterial ROS generation. Under neutral conditions, it displays superoxide dismutase (SOD)‐like and catalase (CAT)‐like activities ( K m = 9.48 mM, V max = 6.88 µM/s) for ROS scavenging and oxygen production. In an infected diabetic wound model, this bidirectional ROS regulation effectively breaks the oxidative stress–hypoxia–inflammation vicious cycle, significantly accelerating healing and achieving 92.04% wound closure by Day 14. This study not only presents a high‐performance nanozyme but also provides a new design rationale for engineering intelligent catalytic materials capable of autonomous function switching in response to dynamic microenvironmental conditions.
Authors
- Kui Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3536-1485)
- Xuelian Wei
- Yange Luan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4622-1071)
- Qiyong Gong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5912-4871)
- Zhengxiang Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0272-2982)
- Feng Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4303-406X)
- Zengxi Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7513-6680)
- Yongchao Wang
- Yinggang Li
- Dan Jiang
Institutions
- Guangxi University (CN)
- Army Medical University (CN)
- Xiamen University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Chengdu University of Technology (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University (CN)
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
- Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University (CN)
- Southwest Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2026-08-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.74674
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- West China Hospital, Sichuan University