Journal
ACTA BIOMATERIALIA
Volume 142, Issue -, Pages 264-273Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.01.051
Keywords
Gold nanocage; Indocyanine green; Monophosphoryl lipid A; Immunogenic phototherapy; Metastasis
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81802722]
- Shenzhen Science and Technology Program [JCYJ20210324115607020]
- Program for HUST Academic Frontier Youth Team [2015-01]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2019kfyXJJS077]
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This study introduces a versatile nanoplatform, MLI-AuNCs, for immunogenic phototherapy of aggressive melanoma. The nanoplatform delivers adjuvant MPLA and photosensitizer ICG to the tumors while protecting them. MLI-AuNCs exhibit prominent tumor accumulation and provide potent PTT/PDT effect to destroy primary tumors and elicit strong antitumor immunity to inhibit metastasis and relapse.
Malignant melanoma remains the life-threatening form of skin cancer with high mortality and poor prognosis. Thus, an ideal melanoma therapeutic strategy is of immediate importance which can remove the primary tumor, as well as inhibit the metastasis and recurrence. Here, we report the fabrication of adjuvant monophosphoryl lipid A (MPLA) lipid bilayer-enveloped and photosensitizer indocyanine green (ICG)-loaded gold nanocages (MLI-AuNCs) for immunogenic phototherapy of aggressive melanoma. Hollow porous AuNCs are used as carriers to deliver MPLA and ICG, and protect ICG from photodegradation. Both AuNCs and ICG absorb near infrared (NIR) light and can be applied in controllable NIR-triggered photothermal and photodynamic combination therapy (PTT/PDT) of melanoma. MLI-AuNCs coated by thermosensitive lipid bilayer exhibit uniform size, good biocompatibility and bioavailability with prominent tumor accumulation, which further improve the PTT/PDT efficacy. MLI-AuNCs under NIR irradiation not only destroy the primary tumor by PTT/PDT, but also elicit robust antitumor immune response with melanoma associated antigens and MPLA released in situ . The released antigens and MPLA subsequently enhance the recruitment and maturation of dendritic cells, which further activate the effector T cells to inhibit metastases and recurrence of melanoma. This immunomodulatory-boosted PTT/PDT nanoplatform provides a new opportunity for highly aggressive melanoma treatment.Statement of significance An ideal tumor therapeutic strategy not only can remove the primary tumor, but also inhibit metastasis and recurrence. Here, we introduced a versatile nanoplatform MLI-AuNCs for immunogenic phototherapy of aggressive melanoma. Adjuvant MPLA and photosensitizer ICG can be protected and co-delivered to the tumors by thermosensitive lipid-enveloped AuNCs. MLI-AuNCs exhibited prominent tumor accumulation ability and produced the potent PTT/PDT effect to destroy the primary tumors with a single dose of NIR irradiation, as well as elicited the strong antitumor immunity to inhibit the metastasis and relapse. This study may provide a potential therapeutic vaccination strategy against advanced melanoma and other difficult-to-treat cancers.(c) 2022 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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