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ArticleNature communications2025

Injectable supramolecular hydrogel co-loading abemaciclib/NLG919 for neoadjuvant immunotherapy of triple-negative breast cancer.

Binyu Zhu, Ying Cai, Lingli Zhou, Lei Zhao, Jiameng Chen, Xiaoting Shan, Xujie Sun, Qian You, Xiang Gong, Wen Zhang and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Binyu Zhu *State Key Laboratory of Drug Research & Center of Pharmaceutics, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Ying Cai *State Key Laboratory of Drug Research & Center of Pharmaceutics, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Lingli ZhouSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Lei ZhaoSchool of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Jiameng ChenState Key Laboratory of Drug Research & Center of Pharmaceutics, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Xiaoting ShanState Key Laboratory of Drug Research & Center of Pharmaceutics, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-6292-8974
Xujie SunState Key Laboratory of Drug Research & Center of Pharmaceutics, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Qian YouState Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med-X Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Urology, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Xiang GongState Key Laboratory of Drug Research & Center of Pharmaceutics, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Wen ZhangState Key Laboratory of Drug Research & Center of Pharmaceutics, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Helen He ZhuState Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med-X Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Urology, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Pengcheng ZhangSchool of Biomedical Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China. zhangpch1@shanghaitech.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4546-0022
Yaping LiState Key Laboratory of Drug Research & Center of Pharmaceutics, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. ypli@simm.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0574-6966

Funding

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 153631KYSB20190013Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Y2021076National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32171374, 32371457
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficacy of cancer immunotherapy relies on a sufficient amount of functional immune cells. Triple-negative breast cancer lacks enough immune cell infiltration, and adjuvant therapy is necessary to prime anti-tumor immunity. However, the improvement in efficacy is unsatisfactory with concern about inducing systemic immunotoxicity. Herein, we create an abemaciclib-loaded supramolecular peptide hydrogel formed by peptide-drug amphiphiles for neoadjuvant immunotherapy of triple-negative breast cancer, where the amphiphile is a conjugate of a β-sheet-forming peptide with 1-cyclohexyl-2-(5H-imidazo[5,1-a]isoindol-5-yl)ethanol (NLG919), an inhibitor of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1. The hydrogel can be injected into the tumor site and retained for at least one week for the sustained release of both abemaciclib and NLG919. The abemaciclib is able to induce immunogenic cell death of cancer cells and increase interleukin-2 secretion by cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Abemaciclib adversely upregulates indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1, whose kynurenine production activity is inhibited by NLG919. The neoadjuvant immunotherapy reduces tumor recurrence and pulmonary metastasis and prolongs the survival of animals. This hydrogel provides a potential platform for neoadjuvant immunotherapy of triple-negative breast cancer with reduced toxicity compared with free abemaciclib.

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AminopyridinesAntineoplastic AgentsBenzimidazolesHydrogelsImmunotherapyIndolesTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansImidazolesIndoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-DioxygenaseIsoindolesMiceMice, Inbred BALB C1-cyclohexyl-2-(5H-imidazo(5,1-a)isoindol-5-yl)ethanolabemaciclibAminopyridinesAntineoplastic AgentsBenzimidazolesHydrogelsImidazolesIndoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-DioxygenaseIndolesIsoindolesPeptides

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PMID39814714
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