Sono-triggered endoplasmic reticulum-targeted ROS burst silencing CD300ld to alleviate polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells for breast cancer treatment.
Xuejun Chen, Shaoyue Li, Qing Lu, Yitong Li, Mingrui Zhu, Shen Zhang, Yan Fang, Congjian Wen, Daohui Yang, Peili Fan, Huixiong Xu, Haohao Yin
Abstract
Open AccessImmunogenic cell death (ICD) significantly boosts anti-tumor immunotherapy effectiveness; however, the recruitment of polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells (PMN-MDSCs), driven by factors such as adenosine accumulation and oxygen depletion during ICD, impairs the overall therapeutic outcome as well as facilitates tumor development and metastasis. Recent studies identify CD300ld as a key regulator of PMN-MDSCs recruitment, making it a promising immunotherapeutic target. Here, an innovative strategy is developed to eminently amplify ICD while alleviating PMN-MDSC infiltration upon ultrasound (US) stimulation. A modified generation 5 (G5) poly(amidoamine) dendrimer (G5PBA) was employed to encapsulate hematoporphyrin (GH)-a widely used organic sonosensitizer-and modified the complex with pardaxin peptides (Par) to achieve precise endoplasmic reticulum (ER) targeting, and adsorbed the negatively charged siCD300ld (PGH@siRNA). Under US irradiation, PGH@siRNA precisely accumulates at ER to induce localized reactive oxygen species (ROS) bursts, and effectively silence CD300ld, thereby amplifying endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS)-mediated ICD and reducing PMN-MDSCs infiltration to reshape the tumor microenvironment. This systematic preclinical evaluations demonstrated enhanced immune activation, suppressed metastasis, and improved therapeutic outcomes. This study introduces a sono-responsive synergistic strategy integrating ER-targeted sonodynamic therapy with gene silencing, offering a novel paradigm for targeting PMN-MDSCs and enhancing triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) immunotherapy.