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Functional 2D Iron‐Based Nanosheets for Synergistic Immunotherapy, Phototherapy, and Chemotherapy of Tumor

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Immunotherapy efficacy has been limited by tumor‐associated macrophages (TAMs), which are the most abundant immune regulatory cells infiltrating around tumor tissues. The repolarization of pro‐tumor M2 TAMs to anti‐tumor M1… Click to show full abstract

Immunotherapy efficacy has been limited by tumor‐associated macrophages (TAMs), which are the most abundant immune regulatory cells infiltrating around tumor tissues. The repolarization of pro‐tumor M2 TAMs to anti‐tumor M1 TAMs is a very promising immunotherapeutic strategy for cancer therapy. In this manuscript, multifunctional 2D iron‐based nanosheets (FeNSs) are synthesized via a simple hydrothermal method for the first time, which not only possess photothermal and photodynamic properties, but also can repolarize TAMs from M2 to M1. After modifying with polyethylene glycol and loading with bioreductive prodrug banoxantrone (AQ4N), abbreviated as APFeNSs, it can effectively repolarize TAMs from M2 to M1 and deliver AQ4N to tumor microenvironment (TME). Moreover, the repolarized M1 TAMs overexpress inducible nitric oxide synthase, which can convert nontoxic AQ4N to cytotoxic AQ4 under hypoxic TME, enabling immunomodulation‐activated chemotherapy. A series of in vitro and in vivo results corroborate that APFeNSs effectively exert photothermal and photodynamic effects and repolarize M2 TAMs to M1 TAMs, releasing inflammatory factors and activating the chemotherapeutic effect, thereby realizing synergistic tumor therapy.

Keywords: based nanosheets; immunotherapy; repolarize tams; tumor; iron based

Journal Title: Advanced Healthcare Materials
Year Published: 2022

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