An in-situ peptide-antibody self-assembly to block CD47 and CD24 signaling enhances macrophage-mediated phagocytosis and anti-tumor immune responses

  • Nat Commun. 2024 Jul 6;15(1):5670. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-49825-6.
Weiqi Zhang  1  2  3 Yinghua Zeng  1  3  4 Qiuqun Xiao  3  4 Yuanyuan Wu  5 Jiale Liu  3  4 Haocheng Wang  6 Yuting Luo  2 Jie Zhan  7  8 Ning Liao  9 Yanbin Cai  10  11  12
Affiliations
  • 1. Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
  • 2. Department of Breast Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
  • 3. Guangdong Provincial Biomedical Engineering Technology Research Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
  • 4. Department of Cardiology and Laboratory of Heart Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
  • 5. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
  • 6. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
  • 7. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. [email protected].
  • 8. Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Rapid Diagnostic Biosensors, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. [email protected].
  • 9. Department of Breast Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. [email protected].
  • 10. Guangdong Provincial Biomedical Engineering Technology Research Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. [email protected].
  • 11. Department of Cardiology and Laboratory of Heart Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. [email protected].
  • 12. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. [email protected].
Abstract

Targeted immunomodulation for reactivating innate cells, especially macrophages, holds great promise to complement current adaptive immunotherapy. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of high-performance therapeutics for blocking macrophage phagocytosis checkpoint inhibitors in solid tumors. Herein, a peptide-antibody combo-supramolecular in situ assembled CD47 and CD24 bi-target inhibitor (PAC-SABI) is described, which undergoes biomimetic surface propagation on Cancer cell membranes through ligand-receptor binding and enzyme-triggered reactions. By simultaneously blocking CD47 and CD24 signaling, PAC-SABI enhances the phagocytic ability of macrophages in vitro and in vivo, promoting anti-tumor responses in breast and pancreatic Cancer mouse models. Moreover, building on the foundation of PAC-SABI-induced macrophage repolarization and increased CD8+ T cell tumor infiltration, sequential anti-PD-1 therapy further suppresses 4T1 tumor progression, prolonging survival rate. The in vivo construction of PAC-SABI-based nano-architectonics provides an efficient platform for bridging innate and adaptive immunity to maximize therapeutic potency.

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