Microenvironment-responsive piezoelectric nanoreactors integrate O2 and H2 generation for efficient tumor sonodynamic therapy.
Pengyuan Song, Xiaohui Chen, Yuchen Liu, Kang Fu, Yang Zhang, Jingwen Wang, Long Zhang, Jie Shen, Shuhui Yang, Xiangdong Kong, Shibo Wang, Jinjin Zhu · Acta biomaterialia · 2026
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In The released H₂ disrupts the redox homeostasis and mitochondrial membrane integrity of tumor cells, synergizing with SDT, hydrogen can disrupt the intracellular redox balance and impair the integrity of mitochondrial membranes, thereby enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of SDT and overcoming the limitations of SDT as a monotherapy. These findings from a laboratory model add evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's biological and therapeutic potential in the model studied.
What the Findings Mean
H2HUBB reviewed how molecular hydrogen affected the outcomes measured in The released H₂ disrupts the redox homeostasis and mitochondrial membrane integrity of tumor cells, synergizing with SDT. Hydrogen can disrupt the intracellular redox balance and impair the integrity of mitochondrial membranes, thereby enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of SDT and overcoming the limitations of SDT as a monotherapy.
What the Researchers Studied
The researchers studied The released H₂ disrupts the redox homeostasis and mitochondrial membrane integrity of tumor cells, synergizing with SDT. The study used a in vitro cell-culture laboratory experiment.
What Effects Did Molecular Hydrogen Have?
Hydrogen can disrupt the intracellular redox balance and impair the integrity of mitochondrial membranes, thereby enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of SDT and overcoming the limitations of SDT as a monotherapy.
Why These Findings Matter
These findings from a laboratory model add evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's biological and therapeutic potential in the model studied.
How Strong Is This Evidence?
This is laboratory evidence from a in vitro cell-culture laboratory experiment. It is most informative for the biological mechanisms, cellular responses, or biochemical outcomes directly measured.
Technical Study Details
H2HUBB classifies this publication as laboratory study with laboratory or cellular evidence. The research population or model was The released H₂ disrupts the redox homeostasis and mitochondrial membrane integrity of tumor cells, synergizing with SDT. The study used a in vitro cell-culture laboratory experiment.
Limitations and Safety
Reported limitations: Hydrogen can disrupt the intracellular redox balance and impair the integrity of mitochondrial membranes, thereby enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of SDT and overcoming the limitations of SDT as a monotherapy. This multifunctional nanoreactor integrates multiple functional modules and is expected to provide a novel and effective strategy for tumor SDT, breaking through the limitations of existing therapeutic approaches.
Original Study and H2HUBB Research Context
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