Citation: Xiang Sun, Yanmin Wang, Tao Du, Qiang Zhang, Shuo Li, Qinda Chen, Miao Wang, Xiumin Wang, Lei Ren, Xueqin Zhao. Indocyanine green-/TLR7 agonist-constructed thermosensitive liposome for low-temperature PTT induced synergistic immunotherapy of colorectal cancer[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2023, 34(5): 108201. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.108201 shu

Indocyanine green-/TLR7 agonist-constructed thermosensitive liposome for low-temperature PTT induced synergistic immunotherapy of colorectal cancer

Xiang Sun ^a ,
Yanmin Wang ^a ,
Tao Du ^a ,
Qiang Zhang ^a ,
Shuo Li ^b ,
Qinda Chen ^c ,
Miao Wang ^{a, *,} ,
Xiumin Wang ^c ,
Lei Ren ^{a, d, *,} ,
Xueqin Zhao ^{b, *,}

a.
Department of Biomaterials, Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Fujian Province, Research Center of Biomedical Engineering of Xiamen, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Silkworm Bioreactor and Biomedicine, College of Life Science and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

miaowang@xmu.edu.cn

renlei@xmu.edu.cn

zhaoxueqin@zstu.edu.cn

Received Date: 4 October 2022
Revised Date: 1 February 2023
Accepted Date: 8 February 2023
Available Online: 10 February 2023

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a lethal malignancy with a high mortality rate due to its low immunogenicity, the strong immunosuppressive milieu and poor drug permeability. To overcome these obstacles, a cascade synergistic nanosystem (denoted as R837/ICG@Lip) was developed via self-assembly of heater indocyanine green (ICG) and toll-like receptor-7 agonist imiquimod (R837) into thermosensitive liposome for simultaneous induction of immunogenic cell death (ICD) and reversing of suppressive tumor microenvironment. The obtained nanoparticles exhibited NIR-triggered drug release, good photothermal conversion efficiency and phototoxicity towards CT26 colorectal cancer cells. In vivo results reveal that the R837/ICG@Lip could be effectively accumulated in CT26 subcutaneous tumors and the draining lymph nodes. More importantly, R837/ICG@Lip-mediated low-temperature photothermal therapy triggers ICD, promotes the maturation of host dendritic cells (DCs), and subsequently amplifies adaptive antitumor T-cell responses, resulting in 'Cold to Hot' transition. Besides directly affecting immune cells, the secretion of some immune-related cytokines further indirectly boosted anti-cancer immunity. After combining with the indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO) inhibitor, the systemic antitumor immune response was further augmented, achieving best tumor inhibition effects. Thus, low-temperature mediated photoimmunotherapy targeting multiple antitumor immune pathways boost synergistic antitumor immunity of tolerance tumors.
- Colorectal cancer,
- Liposomes,
- Photothermal therapy,
- Immunotherapy,
- Indocyanine green
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