Yingying Liu

Yingying Liu


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

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8 July 2025 in Journal of Nanobiotechnology
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XQXinran Qu
Xinran Qu
QFQin Fan
Qin Fan
YLYingying Liu
Yingying Liu
JZJinqiao Zhang
Jinqiao Zhang
BYBoyu Yuan
Boyu Yuan
ZDZiliang Dong
Ziliang Dong
Piezoelectric nanomaterials that generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) through piezoelectric polarization under mechanical stimulation have emerged as a promising cancer therapy platform. However, their potential is limited by poor piezoresponse, low catalytic efficiency, and the exacerbation of immunosuppression due to ROS-induced release of tumor-derived exosomes. In this study, we employed a doping-engineered strategy by incorporating manganese ions (Mn2⁺) into hydroxyapatite (HAP) to enhance its piezocatalytic performance, while combining exosome inhibition to achieve a synergistic improvement in tumor therapy. Mn2⁺-doped HAP was synthesized via a one-pot hydrothermal method and subsequently modified with a ROS-cleavable lipid, DSPE-TK-mPEG. During the modification process, the exosome inhibitor GW4869 was loaded, resulting in the formation of GW4869-loaded Mn2⁺-HAP-Lipid nanocomposites (abbreviated as GMHL). The introduction of Mn2+ significantly reduced the bandgap of HAP, thereby enhancing its piezoelectric catalytic activity to generate ROS under ultrasound (US) stimulation, which triggered the cleavage of ketone-thiol bond in DSPE-TK-mPEG and led to the efficient release of GW4869. In multiple tumor models, GMHL effectively retard tumor growth and inhibited the production of tumor-derived exosomal PD-L1 upon US stimulation, thereby triggering an anticancer immune response through modulation of the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment.