journal article·2025-11Open access

A Novel Self‐Regulated, Non‐Directional Magnetic Thermos‐Brachytherapy 125 I Seed Enhances Anticancer Efficacy by Rescuing Immune Escape

Bin Xu, Ye‐Ming Wu, Yi‐Fei Cheng, Lei Dong, Shuai‐Wen Ding, Sheng‐Rong Chen, Bin‐Da Chen, Ren‐Peng Yang, Wei‐Hua Zhang, Ya‐Jie Wang, Wei‐Pu Mao, Fan Shi, Zhi‐Cheng Jin, Jian‐Jian Chen, En‐Qi Qiao, Yu‐Qing Wang, Jin‐Ze Li, Peng Zeng, Cheng‐Wei Wu, Wei Zhang, Jin‐Bing Xie, Jian Lu, Gao‐Jun Teng

Advanced Science· Volume 12· Issue 43

Abstract

Abstract Integrating mild hyperthermia (MH) with 125 I brachytherapy holds potential for overcoming treatment resistance and improving anticancer efficacy. Here, magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) with a suitable Curie temperature are constructed and incorporated with silver rods coated with 125 I to form composite seeds. In vitro simulations and in vivo validations demonstrated their effective performance in radiation dose and temperature control. Compared with traditional thermoseeds and previously reported MNPs, this composite seed exhibits direction‐independent and self‐regulated heating efficiency. Additionally, the titanium shell prevented MNPs leakage and enabled its repeated hyperthermia treatment capacity. Subsequently, the enhanced pancancer anticancer efficacy of the composite seed‐relied 125 I@MH therapy is confirmed through cellular and animal experiments involving liver cancer and prostate cancer. Further tumor microenvironment investigations based on a subcutaneous liver cancer mouse model identified that 125 I therapy recruited Cd274/Pd‐l1 + neutrophils and induced T‐cell exhaustion, leading to immune evasion and brachytherapy resistance. The addition of MH significantly reversed this effect, restoring the function of effector T cells (IFN‐γ + T cells) and activating T‐cell immunity. In conclusion, this study developed a novel composite seed with superior anticancer efficacy, which holds promising therapeutic potential for the treatment of malignancies, particularly solid tumors, in future clinical practice.
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OpenAlex topics: Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism · Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics · Immune cells in cancer

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Affiliations

Department of Urology Zhongda Hospital Medical School Southeast University Nanjing 210009 China

Center of Interventional Radiology and Vascular Surgery Department of Radiology Zhongda Hospital Medical School Southeast University Nanjing 210009 China

Basic Medicine Research and Innovation Center of Ministry of Education Zhongda Hospital National Innovation Platform for Integration of Medical Engineering Education (NMEE) (Southeast University) State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering Southeast University Nanjing 210009 China

Department of Oncology Zhongda Hospital Medical School Southeast University Nanjing 210009 China

State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis Optimization and CAE Software for Industrial Equipment Department of Engineering Mechanics Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 China

JACO PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD NingBo 315800 China

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Intelligent Medical Image Computing School of Future Technology Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Nanjing 210044 China

Funding

National Basic Research Program of China

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