Mechanical Activation of Piezo1 by Virus-like Nanospikes to Potentiate STING-driven Macrophage Reprogramming

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Abstract Mechanotransduction plays a fundamental role in regulating immune cell function, yet how engineered virus-like nanospikes engage mechanosensitive signaling pathways to modulate innate immunity remains poorly understood. Here, we report virus-like nanotopography as a previously unrecognized regulator of Piezo1-mediated mechanotransduction in macrophages using virus-like mesoporous silica nanoparticles (VLPSi) with tunable rigid nanospike lengths. We demonstrate a direct structure–activity relationship between nanospike geometry and Piezo1-dependent Ca² + influx, with longer nanospikes inducing significantly greater intracellular Ca² + signaling. Building on this mechanistic insight, we developed biomimetic cancer cell membrane (CM)-coated, MSA-2-loaded VLPSi nanoparticle (CM/MSA-2@VLPSi) and investigate the combination of nanospikes-activated Piezo1 with STING signaling and CM antigens presentation in macrophage immune reprogramming. The resulting biomimetic nanoparticles robustly activate the STING–TBK1–IRF3/NF-κB axis, increase IFN-β and pro-inflammatory cytokine production, and promote macrophage polarization toward M1 phenotype in a spike-length-dependent manner. Collectively, the present study provides a biomimetic strategy for enhancing the M1 polarization of macrophage through the coordinated regulation of mechanical, inflammatory, and antigenic signals.

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