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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024

Precisely Activating cGAS-STING Pathway with a Novel Peptide-Based Nanoagonist to Potentiate Immune Checkpoint Blockade Cancer Immunotherapy.

Yumeng Xing, Ao Peng, Jianhui Yang, Zhifei Cheng, Yi Yue, Feilong Liu, Fenghe Li, Yang Liu, Qi Liu

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yumeng XingSchool of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China.
Ao PengSchool of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China.
Jianhui YangSchool of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China.
Zhifei ChengSchool of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230012, China.
Yi YueSchool of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China.
Feilong LiuSchool of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China.
Fenghe LiSchool of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China.
Yang LiuCollege of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Qi LiuSchool of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4569-5980
Anhui Medical University · CNAnhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNNankai University · CNXiamen University · CN

Funding

Ministry of Education KLFPM202203National Key Research and Development Programs of China 2018YFA0209700National Natural Science Foundation of China 52303170Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province of China 2308085QE144Natural Science Research Project for Anhui Universities 2022AH050731Open Project of Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As an essential intracellular immune activation pathway, the cGAS-STING pathway has attracted broad attention in cancer treatment. However, low bioavailability, nonspecificity, and adverse effects of small molecule STING agonists severely limit their therapeutic efficacy and in vivo application. In this study, a peptide-based STING agonist is first proposed, and KLA is screened out to activate the cGAS-STING pathway by promoting mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) leakage. To precisely activate the cGAS-STING pathway and block the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway, a multi-stimuli activatable peptide nanodrug (MAPN) is developed for the effective delivery of KLA and PD-L1 antagonist peptide (CVR). With rational design, MAPN achieved the site-specific release of KLA and CVR in response to multiple endogenous stimuli, simultaneously activating the cGAS-STING pathway and blocking PD-1/PD-L1 pathway, ultimately initiating robust and durable T cell anti-tumor immunity with a tumor growth inhibition rate of 78% and extending the median survival time of B16F10 tumor-bearing mice to 40 days. Overall, antimicrobial peptides, which can promote mtDNA leakage through damaging mitochondrial membranes, may be potential alternatives for small molecule STING agonists and giving a new insight for the design of novel STING agonists. Furthermore, MAPN presents a universal delivery platform for the effective synergy of multiple peptides.

Indexed as

B7-H1 AntigenNeoplasmsAnimalsDNA, MitochondrialImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyMiceNucleotidyltransferasesPeptidesProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorB7-H1 AntigenDNA, MitochondrialImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsNucleotidyltransferasesPeptidesProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptorantimicrobial peptidescancer immunotherapycGAS‐STING activationmulti‐stimuli activatablePD‐1/PD‐L1 blockade

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PMID38233164
PMCPMC11022698
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