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ArticleActa biomaterialia2025

Development of a peptide-based tumor-activated checkpoint inhibitor for cancer immunotherapy.

Zhen Zhao, John Fetse, Umar-Farouk Mamani, Yuhan Guo, Yuanke Li, Pratikkumar Patel, Yanli Liu, Chien-Yu Lin, Yongren Li, Bahaa Mustafa and 1 more

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Article in Acta biomaterialia, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Zhen ZhaoDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2464 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
John FetseDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2464 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
Umar-Farouk MamaniDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2464 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
Yuhan GuoDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2464 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
Yuanke LiDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2464 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
Pratikkumar PatelDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2464 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
Yanli LiuDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2464 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
Chien-Yu LinDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2464 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
Yongren LiDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2464 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
Bahaa MustafaDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2464 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
Kun ChengDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2464 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA. Electronic address: chengkun@umkc.edu.

Funding

Targeted delivery of PCBP2 siRNA for treating alcoholic liver fibrosisR01AA021510 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY · PI CHENG, KUN · 2012 to 2022
$3.8M
Development of a targeted delivery platform for checkpoint inhibitorsR01CA231099 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY · PI CHENG, KUN · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
Normalizing PDAC stroma with PCBP2 siRNA nanoparticles to improve the antitumor activity of chemotherapy and immunotherapyR01CA271592 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY · PI Kun Cheng · 2023 to 2026
$1.5M
Leica Stellaris 8 Confocal Microscope SystemS10OD032373 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY · PI DALLAS, SARAH L · 2022 to 2022
$599k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA231099NCI NIH HHS R01 CA271592NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA021510NIH HHS S10 OD032373
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibody-based checkpoint inhibitors have achieved great success in cancer immunotherapy, but their uncontrollable immune-related adverse events remain a major challenge. In this study, we developed a tumor-activated nanoparticle that is specifically active in tumors but not in normal tissues. We discovered a short anti-PD-L1 peptide that blocks the PD-1/PD-L1 interaction. The peptide was modified with a PEG chain through a novel matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2)-specific cleavage linker. The modified TR3 peptide self-assembles into a micelle-like nanoparticle (TR3-M-NP), which remains inactive and unable to block the PD-1/PD-L1 interaction in its native form. However, upon cleavage by MMP-2 in tumors, it releases the active peptide. The TR3-M-NP

Indexed as

Immune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyNeoplasmsPeptidesAnimalsB7-H1 AntigenCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansMatrix Metalloproteinase 2MiceMice, Inbred BALB CNanoparticlesB7-H1 AntigenImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMatrix Metalloproteinase 2PeptidesAnti-PD-L1PeptideSelf-assembly nanoparticleTumor-activated immunotherapy

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PMID39716541
PMCPMC11788053

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