journal article·2025-05-20Open access

Scavenging Reactive Oxygen Species by Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Prevents Death in a Peripheral T Cell Lymphoma Preclinical Mouse Model

Adrien Krug, Lena M. Ernst, Rana Mhaidly, Joana Ramis, Muriel F. Gusta, Neus G. Bastus, Adriana Martinez-Turtos, Marie Tosolini, Léa Di Mascio, Gamze Tari, Laurent Boyer, Philippe Gaulard, François Lemonnier, Jean-Ehrland Ricci, Els Verhoeyen, Victor Puntes

ACS Nano· Volume 19· Issue 19

Abstract

Cancer cell survival and proliferation are correlated with increased metabolic activity and consequent oxidative stress, driving metabolic shifts that interfere with the immune response to malignant cells. This is the case of high-energy-demanding angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma (AITL), a highly aggressive cancer with poor survival rates, where malignant CD4+ PD-1 high T cells show increased mitochondrial activity and Reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation. Here, we report that administration of ROS scavenging cerium oxide (CeO 2 ) nanoparticles in an AITL preclinical mouse model leads to their preferential accumulation in the spleen, where the CD4+ PD-1 high T cells driving malignancy were significantly reduced. This was accompanied by activation of previously exhausted cytotoxic CD8+ T cells, restoring their potent antitumor function. As a result, survival rates dramatically increase with no observed toxicity to healthy cells or tissues. Overall, it highlights the correlation between increased energy demand, increased mitochondrial mass, increased PD-1 expression, increased ROS production, and immune suppression and how this vicious loop can be stopped by scavenging ROS.
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Affiliations

Université Côte d’Azur

Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer

Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Passeig Vall d’Hebron 119-129, Barcelona 08035, Spain

Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Spain

Institució Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avançats (ICREA)

Networking Research Centre for Bioengineering, Biomaterials, and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN)

Instituto de Salud Carlos III

CRCT, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS

Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse

INSERMU955; Unité hémopathies lymphoïdes, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Assistance publique des Hôpitaux de Paris

Université Paris-Est Créteil; Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale

département de pathologie

AP-HP, Groupe hospitalo-universitaire Chenevier Mondor

Service Unité Hémopathies Lymphoides

CIRI, Université de Lyon; INSERM U1111; ENS de Lyon; University Lyon1; CNRS UMR5308

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche · Ligue Contre le Cancer · Cancerop?le PACA · Institut National Du Cancer · Minist?re de l'Enseignement sup?rieur et de la Recherche · EuroNanoMed III

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