As a stimulator of interferon gene (STING), cyclic dinucleotide activates a broad cellular immune response for anti‐cancer immunotherapy (CIT). However, the inherent of instability of 2′ 3′‐cyclic‐GMP‐AMP (cGAMP) with poor cellular targeting, rapid clearance, and inefficient transport to the cytoplasm seriously hinders cGAMP potency. Here, a thiolated and Mn2+ coordinated cyclic dinucleotide nanovaccine (termed as Mn‐cGAMP NVs) to enable direct cytosolic co‐delivery of cGAMP and Mn2+ to potentiate the antitumor immune response is presented. In the NVs, the fixation cGAMP with Mn2+ ions not only improve its stability, but also potentiate the activation of STING. Meanwhile, the presence of polysulfides on the NVs surface allowed direct cytosolic delivery while avoiding degradation. In this way, the production of cytokines for activating T cells immunity is greatly elevated, which in turn suppressed the primary and distal tumors growth through long‐term immune memory and led to long‐term survival of poorly immunogenic B16F10 melanoma mice. Moreover, by further combining with anti‐PD‐L1 monoclonal antibody, synergistic T cells antitumor immune response is elicited. This work offers a promising strategy to enhance the potency of cGAMP, holding a considerable potential for CIT applications.
Combinatorial CpG oligonucleotide (CPG) and chemotherapy drug represent a promising approach to reactivate immune system. However, these two agents possess different physicochemical properties, hindering the application of direct self‐assembly of these two cargos into a single nanostructure. Here, a multistage cooperative nanodrug is developed by the direct self‐assembly of cis‐platinum (CDDP, Pt), l‐arginine (l‐Arg, R), and CPG (defined as PtR/CPG) for antitumor chemoimmunotherapy. First, the CDDP can induce cell apoptosis. Meanwhile, CDDP also promotes the production of H2O2, catalyzing the conversion of l‐Arg into nitric oxide (NO). The generated NO decreases the multidrug resistance of cells toward CDDP. Thus, the synergistic effects of CDDP and NO can trigger immunogenic cell death to produce tumor‐associated antigens (TAAs). The TAAs and CPG will induce the maturation of dendritic cells (DCs) and enhance antigen presentation ability of DCs. In this way, the PtR/CPG can reverse the immunosuppressive microenvironment, sensitizing tumors to immune checkpoint inhibitors mediated by the programmed death‐ligand 1 (PD‐L1) antibody. Furthermore, the PtR/CPG combined with the PD‐L1 antibody decreases the exhaustion and dysfunction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes to elicit durable systemic immune response. As a result, the prepared PtR/CPG nanodrug in combination with PD‐L1 may be highly significant for cancer immunotherapy.
The hollow PDA@g-C3N4/BPQD nanostructure was fabricated by the electrostatic bonding of positively charged g-C3N4 and negatively charged PDA which show a significant ability for photocatalytic H2 production and NIR triggered generation of ROS.
In the originally published article, the TEM image of cGAMP NVs (cGAMP: Gu + = 1: 60, right) in Figure 2a was presented incorrectly. The authors state that this error does not affect the conclusions of the study and apologize for any confusion this may have caused.
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