The single‐atom enzyme (SAE) is a novel type of nanozyme that exhibits extraordinary catalytic activity. Here, we constructed a PEGylated manganese‐based SAE (Mn/PSAE) by coordination of single‐atom manganese to nitrogen atoms in hollow zeolitic imidazolate frameworks. Mn/PSAE catalyzes the conversion of cellular H2O2 to .OH through a Fenton‐like reaction; it also promotes the decomposition of H2O2 to O2 and continuously catalyzes the conversion of O2 to cytotoxic .O2− via oxidase‐like activity. The catalytic activity of Mn/PSAE is more pronounced in the weak acidic tumor environment; therefore, these cascade reactions enable the sufficient generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and effectively kill tumor cells. The prominent photothermal conversion property of the amorphous carbon can be utilized for photothermal therapy. Hence, Mn/PSAE exhibits significant therapeutic efficacy through tumor microenvironment stimulated generation of multiple ROS and photothermal activity.
The targeted delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs is amajor challenge in the clinical treatment of cancer.Herein, we constructed amultifunctional DNAnanoplatform as aversatile carrier of the highly potent platinum-based DNAintercalator, 56MESS.I no ur rational design, 56MESS was efficiently loaded into the double-bundle DNAt etrahedron through intercalation with the DNAd uplex. With the integration of an anobody that both targets and blocks epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), the DNAn anocarriers exhibit excellent selectivity for cells with elevated EGFR expression (a common biomarker related to tumor formation) and combined tumor therapyw ithout obvious systemic toxicity. This DNA-based platinum-drug delivery system provides apromising strategy for the treatment of tumors.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by uncontrolled secretion of autoantibodies by plasma cells. Although the functional importance of plasma cells and autoantibodies in SLE has been well established, the underlying molecular mechanisms of controlling autoantibody production remain poorly understood. Here we show that Peli1 has a B cell-intrinsic function to protect against lupus-like autoimmunity in mice. Peli1 deficiency in B cells induces autoantibody production via noncanonical NF-κB signaling. Mechanically, Peli1 functions as an E3 ligase to associate with NF-κB inducing kinase (NIK) and mediates NIK Lys48 ubiquitination and degradation. Overexpression of Peli1 inhibits noncanonical NF-κB activation and alleviates lupus-like disease. In humans, PELI1 levels negatively correlate with disease severity in SLE patients. Our findings establish Peli1 as a negative regulator of the noncanonical NF-κB pathway in the context of restraining the pathogenesis of lupus-like disease.
to perform PDT. [7] PSs absorb laser energy in the presence of O 2 to produce cytotoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as singlet oxygen ( 1 O 2 ) that causes the destruction of the genetic material in cancer cells, leading to cell apoptosis, or necrosis. [7][8][9][10] The O 2 involved in PDT improves tumor destruction and reduces the toxic side effects as compared with other conventional therapeutic modalities like radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgery. [11][12][13][14][15] However, hypoxia, one of the hallmarks of malignant tumors, [16][17][18] induces an unexpected resistance of tumors to PDT, since molecular O 2 plays an essential role during the process. Some types of nanocatalysts have been used to address this dilemma, such as manganese dioxide (MnO 2 ) nanoparticles, carbon dot, and single-atom ruthenium (Ru) for an in situ catalysis of the decomposition of H 2 O 2 to generate O 2 . [6,14,19] This could be an effective strategy to relieve hypoxia in the tumor microenvironment (TME), thus becoming a potential approach to improve the efficacy of PDT. [20] Additionally, the acidic TME with an excessive amount of H 2 O 2 is a natural activator of these nanocatalysts, making them intelligent nanocatalysts for tumor specific therapy. [21][22][23] Recently, MnO 2 nanostructures have received extensive attention in the field of bio-applications for their efficient O 2 production and easy synthesis, [24][25][26][27] enhancing the effect of radiation therapy, [27] chemotherapy, [28] and PDT. [29] In addition, MnO 2 is rapidly decomposed into water soluble Mn 2+ ion in an acidic condition, [6,[30][31][32][33][34] and excreted through the bile into the feces, avoiding unexpected accumulation and long-term toxicity in vivo. [6,29] However, MnO 2 nanostructures without surface coating have a poor structure stability under physiological conditions, [35] and it is difficult to control their size and morphology during the synthesis, thus, increasing the uncertainty of the reactivity of the nanomaterial. [25] Therefore, it is highly desirable to construct MnO 2 nanoparticles with uniform morphology, high stability and biocompatibility for biomedical applications.Ferritin (Ftn) is an endogenous iron storage protein composed of 24 subunits, with a hollow structure of 12 nm in the external diameter and an inner cavity of 8 nm. [36] Ftn has been widely used as a superior protein nanocage for the Hypoxia is a hallmark of the tumor microenvironment (TME) that promotes tumor development and metastasis. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising strategy in the treatment of tumors, but it is limited by the lack of oxygen in TME. In this work, an O 2 self-supply PDT system is constructed by co-encapsulation of chlorin e6 (Ce6) and a MnO 2 core in an engineered ferritin (Ftn), generating a nanozyme promoted PDT nanoformula (Ce6/ Ftn@MnO 2 ) for tumor therapy. Ce6/Ftn@MnO 2 exhibits a uniform small size (15.5 nm) and high stability due to the inherent structure of Ftn. The fluorescence imaging and immunofluorescence analysis dem...
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