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Plasma-activated saline hyperthermic perfusion-induced pyroptosis boosts peritoneal carcinomatosis immunotherapy

  • Free Radic Biol Med. 2025 Feb 4:230:177-189. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2025.02.002.
Miao Qi 1 Xinyi Zhao 2 Runze Fan 3 Jiao Lin 3 Zhuo Li 3 Na Liu 4 Xuejun Sun 5 Dehui Xu 6 Jianbao Zheng 7 Dingxin Liu 8 Renwu Zhou 3 Mingzhe Rong 3 Kostya Ken Ostrikov 9
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Centre for Plasma Biomedicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, PR China; School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, PR China.
  • 2 School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, PR China.
  • 3 State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Centre for Plasma Biomedicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, PR China.
  • 4 Key Laboratory for Disease Prevention and Control and Health Promotion of Shaanxi Province, School of Public Health, Medical Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, PR China.
  • 5 Department of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, PR China.
  • 6 State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Centre for Plasma Biomedicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, PR China; School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, PR China; Department of Dermatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710004, PR China. Electronic address: dehuixu@mail.xjtu.edu.cn.
  • 7 Department of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, PR China. Electronic address: bobzheng@xjtu.edu.cn.
  • 8 State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Centre for Plasma Biomedicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, PR China. Electronic address: liudingxin@mail.xjtu.edu.cn.
  • 9 Centre for Materials Science, and Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.
Abstract

Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is a common metastatic Cancer with limited treatment options. Herein, we present a novel strategy for the combined treatment of PC involving plasma-activated saline (PAS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal perfusion. PAS revealed a strong cytotoxic effect because of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in two-dimensional cultures and three-dimensional tumor spheroids of PC-related cell lines. Notably, PAS induced Gasdermin E (GSDME)-dependent Pyroptosis and immunogenic cell death in vitro. PAS-enhanced hyperthermic intraperitoneal perfusion (PE-HIP) increased the number of CD3+, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, while decreased the number of regulatory T cells, indicating that PAS stimulated T cell-based immune responses in vivo. Moreover, PE-HIP significantly inhibited tumor growth and improved survival in a PC-mice model, with no significant toxic side effects. Meanwhile, vaccination with PAS-induced cell Pyroptosis activated systemic antitumor immunity to prevent subcutaneous tumor growth. Overall, PE-HIP can serve as a new approach for PC treatment by ROS-assisted Cancer Immunotherapy.

Keywords

Hyperthermic intraperitoneal perfusion; Immunotherapy; Peritoneal carcinomatosis; Plasma-activated saline; Pyroptosis.

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