The
tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a significant role in weakening
the effect of cancer immunotherapy, which calls for the remodeling
of TME. Herein, we fabricated a nanostructured lipid carrier (NLC)
to codeliver doxorubicin (Dox) and sorafenib (Sfn) as a drug delivery
system (NLC/D-S). The Sfn was expected to regulate the TME of esophagus
cancer. As a result, the immune response induced by Dox-related immunogenicity
cell death could be fully realized. Our results demonstrated that
Sfn was able to remodel the TME through downregulation of regulatory
T cells (Treg), activation of effector T cells, and relieving of PD-1
expression, which achieved synergistic effect on the inhibition of
primary tumor but also subsequent strong immune response on the regeneration
of distant tumor.