Alternating current pre-treatment enhances multi-enzymatic activity of high-entropy alloy nanozymes that regulate metabolism for effective tumor immunotherapy.

ABSTRACT: Nanozymes capable of inducing metabolic reprogramming and activating the immune response without external stimuli in vivo are highly pursued for malignant tumor therapy. In this paper, a PtIrFeMoZn high-entropy alloy (HEA) nanozyme is designed and synthesized via a simple one-step hydrothermal method. The HEA nanozymes not only trigger apoptosis and ferroptosis via cascade biocatalysis, thereby enhancing immunogenicity, but also enhance the immune effect by targeting the glycolytic pathway. It is worth mentioning that a simple pre-treatment of nanozymes by alternating current (AC) yielded much better therapeutic and immuno-effect. The 'AC-treated' nanozymes exhibit an excellent synergy of peroxidase-like (POD-like), myeloperoxidase-like (MPO-like), and glutathione peroxidase-like (GPx-like

SUBMITTER: Li D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12749905 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature