期刊
JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE
卷 60, 期 10, 页码 1595-1609出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210955
关键词
hydrogel; IDO inhibitor; immunosuppressive microenvironment; immunotherapy; polypeptide; topical delivery
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51973218, 51833010, 52173147]
- Scientific and Technological Development Projects of Jilin Province [20210204136YY]
In this study, a local chemo-immunotherapy system was developed to improve the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and enhance the anti-tumor efficacy. The system achieved sustained release of a chemotherapeutic drug and an immune checkpoint blocking antibody, leading to immunogenic cell death of tumor cells and activation of dendritic cells. Animal experiments showed significant tumor inhibition and prolonged survival time with this system.
The efficiency of antitumor immunotherapy is usually limited by the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). In this study, we developed a chemo-immunotherapy strategy that is able to improve the immunosuppressive TME for enhancing the antitumor efficacy. The chemo-immunotherapy was achieved by the topical co-delivery of a chemotherapeutic drug, Doxorubicin (DOX), an immune checkpoint blocking antibody targeting programmed cell death protein 1 (aPD-1), and an indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) inhibitor, 1-methyl-d-tryptophan (d-1MT) by using a thermosensitive polypeptide hydrogel. It was revealed that the sustained DOX release from the hydrogel caused the immunogenic cell death (ICD) of B16F10 cells in vitro, and the tumor cell lysates subsequently promoted the activation of dendritic cells (DCs). After intratumoral injection into B16F10 melanoma-bearing mice, the DOX/aPD-1/D-1MT co-loaded hydrogel exhibited enhanced tumor inhibition efficacy and prolonged animal survival time, compared to the DOX/aPD-1/D-1MT mixed solution, DOX-loaded hydrogel or DOX/aPD-1 co-loaded hydrogel. The improvement of immunosuppressive TME and enhancement of antitumor immune response after the local chemo-immunotherapy were demonstrated by the augmented activation of DCs and increased infiltration of CD8(+) and CD4(+) T cells, as well as enhanced secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Therefore, the hydrogel-based local chemo-immunotherapy system holds great potential for effective antitumor treatment.
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