Acta biomaterialia

Copper-based nanoparticles carrying immune blockers change the tumor environment to improve immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer

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Abstract

Mesoporous nanomaterials CuMoS(PEG-B-P) significantly inhibit pancreatic cancer cell proliferation and promote apoptosis.

  • In vitro studies show that CMS/PEG-B-P reduces the expression of PD-L1 and CXCR4 in pancreatic cancer cells.
  • Flow cytometry and Western blotting confirm that CMS/PEG-B-P promotes apoptosis in KPC pancreatic cancer cells.
  • The nanodrug enhances the release of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the immunogenic cell death marker calreticulin (CRT).
  • In mouse models, CMS/PEG-B-P inhibits tumor growth and alters the tumor immune microenvironment, increasing CD4 and CD8 T cell infiltration.
  • Cytokine analysis indicates that CMS/PEG-B-P raises levels of immunostimulatory cytokines INF-γ and IL-12 while lowering immunosuppressive cytokines IL-6, IL-10, and IFN-α.

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Declaration Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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