Michael Addition-Based Neoadjuvant for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Cancer immunotherapy suffers from inefficient antigen presentation owing to the limited endocytosis of antigen by dendritic cells (DCs) and dysfunction of DCs in the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (ITME). Here, we revealed that cinnamaldehyde-grafted polyethylenimine (PC) held the potential to serve as a neoadjuvant to modulate the above processes and thus potentiate immune responses. The PC neoadjuvant could capture the tumor antigen generated during chemotherapy to enhance the crosstalk between the antigen and DCs. Then, it depleted the intracellular glutathione by the in situ Michael addition reaction, which not only activated the NOD-, LRR-, and pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) pathway to promote DCs maturation but also triggered the antigen release. As a result, it significantly augmented antigen presentation with a 46% ratio of DCs maturation and a 53% ratio of CD8<sup>+</sup> T cell infiltration in low immunogenic murine breast cancer.