Dual-biomimetic Nanodecoys reprogram cardiac macrophages by suppressing STING signaling for heart repair. Other Scholarly Work

Wang, Peng, Li, Ruobing, Ni, Jinjin et al. (2026). Dual-biomimetic Nanodecoys reprogram cardiac macrophages by suppressing STING signaling for heart repair. . JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE, 391 114647. 10.1016/j.jconrel.2026.114647

cited authors

  • Wang, Peng; Li, Ruobing; Ni, Jinjin; Li, Duanbin; Ting, Mei Hua; Ma, Kai; Fu, Guosheng; Ge, Junbo; Zhao, Shenggang; Zhang, Wenbin; Zhang, Ning; Liu, Xianglan

authors

abstract

  • Myocardial infarction (MI) initiates sterile inflammation through the release of cytosolic DNA from necrotic cardiomyocytes, which aberrantly activates the cGAS-STING pathway in infiltrating macrophages and drives their polarization toward a pro-inflammatory M1 phenotype. Although the immunosuppressive oligodeoxynucleotide A151 can antagonize cGAS activation, its therapeutic utility is limited by enzymatic instability and inefficient cellular delivery. Here, we report a dual-biomimetic nanodecoy (A151@APPL) that integrates platelet membrane vesicles for infarct-specific targeting with arginine-modified phosphatidylserine lipids to promote macrophage uptake and enable nitric oxide-driven propulsion in redox-enriched tissue. This construct achieves efficient cytosolic delivery of A151 to lesional macrophages, suppressing the cGAS-STING axis, reducing pro-inflammatory cytokine expression, and reprogramming macrophages toward a reparative M2-like state. In a murine MI model, A151@APPL treatment attenuated ventricular inflammation, limited fibrotic remodeling, and restored cardiac performance. These findings establish a context-responsive delivery strategy that selectively modulates innate immune signaling and promotes cardiac repair following ischemic injury.

publication date

  • March 1, 2026

published in

keywords

  • Animals
  • Biomimetic Materials
  • Macrophages
  • Male
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Myocardium
  • Nanoparticles
  • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
  • STING Protein
  • Signal Transduction
  • cGAS-STING Signaling Pathway

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Medium

  • Print-Electronic

start page

  • 114647

volume

  • 391