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  2. Artificial Assembled Macrophage Co-Deliver Black Phosphorus Quantum Dot and CDK4/6 Inhibitor for Colorectal Cancer Triple-Therapy

Artificial Assembled Macrophage Co-Deliver Black Phosphorus Quantum Dot and CDK4/6 Inhibitor for Colorectal Cancer Triple-Therapy

  • ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2022 May 11;14(18):20628-20640. doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c01305.
Yuxiao Fang 1 Zipeng Zhang 1 Yang Liu 1 Tong Gao 1 Shuang Liang 1 Qihui Chu 1 Li Guan 1 Weiwei Mu 1 Shunli Fu 1 Huizhen Yang 1 Na Zhang 1 Yongjun Liu 1
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Affiliation

  • 1 NMPA Key Laboratory for Technology Research and Evaluation of Drug Products, Department of Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, Shandong Province 250012, China.
Abstract

In recent years, therapeutic strategies based on macrophages have been inspiringly developed, but due to the high intricacy and immunosuppression of the tumor microenvironment, the widespread use of these strategies still faces significant challenges. Herein, an artificial assembled macrophage concept (AB@LM) was presented to imitate the main antitumor abilities of macrophages of tumor targeting, promoting the antitumor immunity, and direct tumor-killing effects. The artificial assembled macrophage (AB@LM) was prepared through an extrusion method, which is to fuse the macrophage membrane with abemaciclib and black phosphorus quantum dot (BPQD)-loaded liposomes. AB@LM showed good stability and tumor targeting ability with the help of macrophage membrane. Furthermore, AB@LM reversed the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment by inhibiting regulatory T cells (Tregs) and stimulating the maturation of antigen-presenting cells to activate the antitumor immune response through triggering an immunogenic cell death effect. More importantly, in the colorectal tumor model in vivo, a strong cooperative therapeutic effect of photo/chemo/immunotherapy was observed with high tumor inhibition rate (95.3 ± 2.05%). In conclusion, AB@LM exhibits excellent antitumor efficacy by intelligently mimicking the abilities of macrophages. A promising therapeutic strategy for tumor treatment based on imitating macrophages was provided in this study.

Keywords

antitumor therapy; artificial assembled macrophage; black phosphorus quantum dots; macrophage membrane; tumor targeting.

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