Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease with pathogenic inflammation caused partly by excessive cell-free DNA (cfDNA). Specifically, cfDNA is internalized into immune cells, such as macrophages in lymphoid tissues and joints, and activates pattern recognition receptors, including cyclic guanosine monophosphate-adenosine monophosphate synthase (cGAS), resulting in overly strong proinflammation. Here, nanomedicine-in-hydrogel (NiH) is reported that co-delivers cGAS inhibitor RU.521 (RU) and cfDNA-scavenging cationic nanoparticles (cNPs) to draining lymph nodes (LNs) for systemic immunosuppression in RA therapy. Upon subcutaneous injection, NiH prolongs LN retention of RU and cNPs, which pharmacologically inhibit cGAS and scavenged cfDNA, respectively, to inhibit proinflammation. NiH elicits systemic immunosuppression, repolarizes macrophages, increases fractions of immunosuppressive cells, and decreases fractions of CD4+ T cells and T helper 17 cells. Such skewed immune milieu allows NiH to significantly inhibit RA progression in collagen-induced arthritis mice. These studies underscore the great potential of NiH for RA immunotherapy.
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