• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 39, Issue 9, 1044 (2024)
Shiqi LI1,2, Qunqun BAO3,*, Ping HU1,2,*, and Jianlin SHI1,2,*
Author Affiliations
  • 11. State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
  • 22. Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 33. Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Medical School of Tongji University, Shanghai 200435, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20240154 Cite this Article
    Shiqi LI, Qunqun BAO, Ping HU, Jianlin SHI. Anti-metastatic Immunotherapy of Advanced Tumors Based on EDTA Intercalated Zinc-aluminum Layered Double Hydroxide[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2024, 39(9): 1044 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Systemic metastasis of cancer cells is currently the main cause of death for patients with advanced cancer. Due to the rapid proliferation of tumor cells and abnormal deposition of extracellular matrix, the large-volume tumor tissue in advanced cancer is dense and stiff, which brings great difficulties to the treatment of advanced solid tumors: conventional drugs having difficulty in penetrating and immune cells facing challenges to infiltrate into their interior. Meanwhile, tumor cells on hard matrices have stronger invasive ability, which is prone to cause systemic metastasis of tumors. To solve this problem, this study prepared ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) intercalated zinc-aluminum layered double hydroxide nanomaterials (EDTA/LDH). Based on two parallel Ca2+ deprivation mechanism, the anti-metastasis immunotherapy of EDTA/LDH material system for advanced large-volume solid tumors was studied. In the slightly acidic tumor microenvironment, the material system adheres to the tumor cell membrane through electrostatic force, releases EDTA to chelate Ca2+ in cell adhesion proteins, cuts off part of the cell connections, reduces the stiffness of large tumors, and promotes the infiltration of immune cells into the tumor tissue. In addition, the material system is phagocytosed by macrophages as a "foreign body", causing calcium store-operated calcium influx, activating the anti-tumor immune effect of macrophages, and inhibiting the tumor-promoting invasion of polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells (PMN-MDSCs) and regulatory T cells (Tregs). This study will provide reference ideas and methods for the anti-metastasis treatment of advanced malignant solid tumors.
    Shiqi LI, Qunqun BAO, Ping HU, Jianlin SHI. Anti-metastatic Immunotherapy of Advanced Tumors Based on EDTA Intercalated Zinc-aluminum Layered Double Hydroxide[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2024, 39(9): 1044
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