J. Mater. Sci. Technol. ›› 2024, Vol. 174: 85-94.DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2023.05.079

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An organic free radical generator independent on hydrogen peroxide for chemodynamic and immunotherapy in vivo

Yang Chena, Yunpeng Songa, Chaojie Tangb, Hong Yanga, Wu Wangb,*, Shiping Yanga, Zhiguo Zhoua,*   

  1. aCollege of Chemistry and Materials Science, International Joint Laboratory on Resource Chemistry of Ministry Education, Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China;
    bInstitute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
  • Received:2022-04-20 Revised:2023-05-10 Accepted:2023-05-25 Published:2024-03-01 Online:2023-08-12
  • Contact: *E-mail addresses: wuwangsjtu@gmail.com (W. Wang), zgzhou@shnu.edu.cn (Z. Zhou)

Abstract: It is desirable to develop a free radical generator that is neither dependent on hydrogen peroxide nor external stimuli-triggered to achieve effective tumor treatment. Herein, the free radical generator MNPs-mCPBA was constructed with Zn0.4Co0.6Fe2O4@Zn0.4Mn0.6Fe2O4 nanoparticles (MNPs) and 3-chloroperbenzoic acid (mCPBA). We believe that the iron (II) on the surface of MNPs-mCPBA maybe represent high reactive activity and promote the generation of a large number of organic free radicals (C6H4ClCOOO⋅) in an acidic tumor microenvironment, which realizes the acid-dependent tumor treatment strategy independent on the H2O2 level in tumors. In addition, the generated organic free radicals (C6H4ClCOOO⋅) effectively induced immunogenic cell death (ICD) and increased T cell infiltration. Under the synergetic treatment with an anti-PD-L1 antibody (α-PD-L1), a favorable anti-tumor effect was achieved.

Key words: Organic free radicals, Immunogenic cell death, Immunotherapy, Chemodynamic therapy