Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
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2026, 16(1): 484-502
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Binary pyroptosis-amplified self-assembling prodrug nanomedicine enhances immunogenicity and inhibits abdominal metastasis in ovarian cancer
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Feng Fang1,2,3, Min Su4, Xue Liu5, Jing Chen1, Qiwen Liu1, Xinran Li1, Xuanbo Zhang5, Yuanyuan Chen5, Huijiao Fu6, Zhengchai Chen1, Cao Zhou1, Xuzi Cai1, Zhengfen Li2, Zhiqiang Yu5, Xuefeng Wang1
Affiliations
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 528100, China;
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510630, China;
3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Foshan Sanshui District People's Hospital (Sanshui Hospital Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University), Foshan 528100, China;
4 Department of Oncology, Guangzhou Development District Hospital, Guangzhou 510730, China;
5 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dongguan Institute of Clinical Cancer Research, Dongguan Key Laboratory of Innovative Molecular Imaging, The Tenth Affiliated Hospital, Southern Medical University (Dongguan People's Hospital), Dongguan 523018, China;
6 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan 528000, China
doi: 10.1016/j.apsb.2025.10.042
Outline
Ovarian cancer remains a formidable therapeutic challenge due to its high propensity for abdominal metastasis, recurrence, and the presence of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. To overcome these obstacles, we developed a self-assembled nanoplatforms (OSN) by integrating a near-infrared semiconducting polymer with an oxaliplatin(IV) prodrug. This multifunctional design enables a synergistic triple-modality therapy—photothermal therapy (PTT), photodynamic therapy (PDT), and chemotherapy—within a single nanoparticle, effectively enhancing immunogenic cell death (ICD) and systemic antitumor immunity. Upon laser irradiation, OSN generates localized hyperthermia and reactive oxygen species. These effects synergistically enhance oxaliplatin activation and tumor penetration while triggering pyroptosis through dual caspase-1-mediated and caspase-3-dependent pathways. This robust pyroptotic response amplifies the release of damage-associated molecular patterns (e.g., ATP, HMGB1) and pro-inflammatory cytokines (e.g., IL-18, IL-1β), thereby remodeling the immunosuppressive microenvironment, promoting dendritic cell maturation, and facilitating cytotoxic T-cell infiltration. In murine ovarian cancer models, OSN achieved over 90% tumor suppression, significantly outperforming monotherapies. Notably, this nanoplatform establishes long-term immune memory, effectively reducing the risk of tumor relapse. By concurrently targeting immunogenic barriers and metastatic progression through multimodal mechanisms, OSN represents a paradigm-shifting strategy with high clinical translatability for the treatment of aggressive ovarian malignancies.
Pyroptosis
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Nanomedicine
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Ovarian cancer
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Anti-tumor immunity
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Oxaliplatin
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Semiconducting polymer
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Abdominal metastasis
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Multimodal therapy
Feng Fang, Min Su, Xue Liu, Jing Chen, Qiwen Liu, Xinran Li, Xuanbo Zhang, Yuanyuan Chen, Huijiao Fu, Zhengchai Chen, Cao Zhou, Xuzi Cai, Zhengfen Li, Zhiqiang Yu, Xuefeng Wang.
Binary pyroptosis-amplified self-assembling prodrug nanomedicine enhances immunogenicity and inhibits abdominal metastasis in ovarian cancer[J].
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B,
2026
, 16
(1)
: 484
-502
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2025.10.042
Year 2026 volume 16 Issue 1
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doi: 10.1016/j.apsb.2025.10.042
- Receive Date:2025-03-15
- Online Date:2026-09-17