Epidemiological studies on melanoma have revealed significant gender disparities, with the incidence and mortality rates being higher in males than in females. Recent studies indicate that androgen contributing to T cell exhaustion and promoting cancer cell proliferation. While clinical androgen deprivation therapies (ADT), particularly the use of androgen receptor (AR) antagonists to block AR signaling, has been employed in clinical settings to reduce androgen levels, antiandrogen drugs often encounter challenges such as poor targeting and selectivity, increased toxicity, low stability, short half-life and the emergence of drug resistance. Here, we establish a nanoantagonists for efficient AR signaling blockade by arming antigen-activated dendritic cells (DCs) nanovesicles with AR antibodies (aAR-NVOVA). This innovative approach demonstrates dual therapeutic efficacy: aAR-NVOVA effectively disrupts androgen-AR interactions in both melanoma cells and T cells, simultaneously inhibiting tumor proliferation and reversing T cell exhaustion. Furthermore, aAR-NVOVA retains the inherent immunostimulatory properties of DCs, facilitating T cell activation and enhancing cytotoxic T lymphocyte infiltration within tumor tissues. As a result, a synergistic effect has been observed in boosting T cell-based immunotherapy by simultaneously enhancing T cell activity and reducing its exhaustion. Our study using aAR-NVOVA to antagonize androgen effects offers a promising new strategy for enhancing melanoma immunotherapy.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China [32322045, 32271420, 32471460, 21977024]; Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of Nature Science Foundation of Hebei Province [B2021201038]; Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Basic Research Cooperation Project [19JCZDJC64100]; Hebei Province Higher Education Science and Technology Research Project [JZX2023001]; Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province [B2023201108]; Cross-Disciplinary Project of Hebei University [DXK201916]; Research and Innovation Team of Hebei University [IT2023A01]
第一作者机构:[1]Hebei Univ, Coll Pharmaceut Sci, Key Lab Pharmaceut Qual Control Hebei Prov, Baoding 071002, Peoples R China[4]Hebei Univ, Minist Educ, State Key Lab New Pharmaceut Preparat & Excipients, Key Lab Med Chem & Mol Diag, Baoding 071002, Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[1]Hebei Univ, Coll Pharmaceut Sci, Key Lab Pharmaceut Qual Control Hebei Prov, Baoding 071002, Peoples R China[3]Hebei Univ, Coll Chem & Mat Sci, Chem Biol Key Lab Hebei Prov, Baoding 071002, Peoples R China[4]Hebei Univ, Minist Educ, State Key Lab New Pharmaceut Preparat & Excipients, Key Lab Med Chem & Mol Diag, Baoding 071002, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Zhao Yu,Ma Yichuan,Leng Qingqing,et al.Engineered cell nanovesicle antagonists for androgen deprivation therapy of melanoma[J].JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE.2025,691:doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137468.
APA:
Zhao, Yu,Ma, Yichuan,Leng, Qingqing,Zhang, Qi,Li, Yuanhang...&Zhang, Jinchao.(2025).Engineered cell nanovesicle antagonists for androgen deprivation therapy of melanoma.JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE,691,
MLA:
Zhao, Yu,et al."Engineered cell nanovesicle antagonists for androgen deprivation therapy of melanoma".JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE 691.(2025)