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ArticleCell reports. Medicine2026

Light-driven thermotropic hydrogel with nanomodulator enables lipid intervention and cavity delivery for postsurgical tumor therapy.

Ziqiao Zhong, Lu Gan, Yihong Gao, Siyuan Peng, Yeqi Huang, Xincheng Lin, Jintao Fu, Ziyi Feng, Zhengwei Huang, Xin Pan and 3 more

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Ziqiao ZhongState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability Assessment, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Natural Bioactive Molecules and Discovery of Innovative Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, P.R. China.
Lu GanState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability Assessment, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Natural Bioactive Molecules and Discovery of Innovative Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, P.R. China.
Yihong GaoState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability Assessment, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Natural Bioactive Molecules and Discovery of Innovative Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, P.R. China.
Siyuan PengSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. China.
Yeqi HuangState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability Assessment, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Natural Bioactive Molecules and Discovery of Innovative Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, P.R. China.
Xincheng LinState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability Assessment, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Natural Bioactive Molecules and Discovery of Innovative Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, P.R. China.
Jintao FuSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, P.R. China.
Ziyi FengSchool of Stomatology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, P.R. China.
Zhengwei HuangState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability Assessment, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Natural Bioactive Molecules and Discovery of Innovative Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, P.R. China.
Xin PanSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. China. Electronic address: panxin2@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Chuanbin WuState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability Assessment, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Natural Bioactive Molecules and Discovery of Innovative Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, P.R. China; Jiangmen Wuyi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Jiangmen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Jinan University, Jiangmen 529031, P.R. China.
Wenhao WangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. China. Electronic address: whwang97@yeah.net.
Ying HuangState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability Assessment, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Natural Bioactive Molecules and Discovery of Innovative Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511443, P.R. China. Electronic address: huangy2007@163.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fatty acid-rich milieu is recognized as a potential key factor driving postsurgical tumor recurrence, while insufficient drug delivery to irregular surgical margins further compromises therapeutic effects. We find that this milieu directly drives lipid droplet accumulation in tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), promoting M2 polarization, which can be reversed by rapamycin (Ra) via enhanced lipid droplet metabolism. Accordingly, we design a light-driven thermotropic hydrogel (LTG@RL) encapsulating a nanomodulator (R@LOX) containing lipoxygenase and Ra. Upon photothermal irradiation, LTG@RL undergoes reversible gel-sol transition for deep cavity penetration and sustained retention. R@LOX coordinates lipid intervention. It uses tumor-derived fatty acids to generate lipid peroxides, inducing ferroptosis in residual cancer cells, while repolarizing TAMs to the M1 phenotype to restore immune surveillance. In postsurgical melanoma and breast cancer models, LTG@RL suppresses tumor recurrence, prolongs survival, and also exhibits activity in non-surgical melanoma models. This strategy integrates lipid intervention and enhanced cavity delivery, offering precision prevention of postsurgical recurrence.

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Drug Delivery SystemsHydrogelsLightAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleFerroptosisHumansLipid MetabolismLipidsMiceSirolimusTumor-Associated MacrophagesHydrogelsLipidsSirolimusfatty acid-rich milieuferroptosishydrogellipid metabolismphenotypic regulation

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PMID42314685
PMCPMC13400182

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