Table 2 Nanomaterials Regulating PCD in cancer therapy.

From: Nanomedicine-induced programmed cell death in cancer therapy: mechanisms and perspectives

Nanomaterials

Types of PCD

Target

Receptor

Pathways

Related cytokines

NREA [124]

Apoptosis

G2/M cell

/

JKN

c-Myc

BRD4

PLGA-QNPs [125]

Apoptosis

Cervical cancer cells

/

PI3K/AKT Suppression

Caspase-3,7

Graphene oxide [126]

Apoptosis

Colorectal cancer

/

AMPK/mTOR/ULK-1

/

LYC-NPs [127]

Apoptosis

HepG2 (Hepatocellular carcinoma)

/

Matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and MMP-9

/

MNPs [128]

Autophagy

Cervical cancer

/

mTOR-Akt-p70S6 K

ATG7

NF-κB

TGF-β

/

Graphene oxide (GO) [129]

Autophagy

Cancer cells

Folate receptor

JNK/p53/p21

MTH1

ICG

Liposomes [130]

Autophagy

CAF

TH

integrin

Aerobic glycolysis

TR

NBP/TiO2 [131]

Autophagy

U-87 MG cell

/

/

/

PTEN mRNA nanoparticles [132]

Autophagy

Cancer cells

Anti-programmed death-1 antibody

PI3K/Akt/mTOR

IL-12; TNF-α; IFN-γ

iron oxide NPs [133]

Autophagy

A549 cells

/

AMPK -mTOR-AKT

/

Nano-SiO2 [134]

Necroptosis

HepG2

/

RIPK1/RIPK2/MLKL

/

SeNPs [135]

Necroptosis

PC-3 (prostate adenocarcinoma cells)

/

/

TNF; IRF-1

N-TiO2 NPs [136]

Necroptosis

A375 cells (human melanoma)

/

/

/

CuS-NiS2 [137]

Necroptosis

Gastric cancer

/

MLKL/CAPG

/

Ferumoxytol [138]

Ferroptosis

Breast cancer cells

TLR3

NF-κB

PIC

TAM

MAPK

Syk

Ferumoxytol [139]

Ferroptosis

Prostate cancer

ULBP

PD-L1

HMGB1

IFN-γ

manganese-coordinated nanomedicine [140, 141]

Pyroptosis

Tumor endothelial cell

PD1

CTLA4

cGAS-STING

cGAMP

VB12-Sericin-PBLG-IR780 Nanomicelles [142]

Pyroptosis

ATP5MC3

/

NLRP3/Caspase-1/gasdermin D

/

PSCT NPs [89]

Pyroptosis

Tumor cells

/

Caspase-1/gasdermin D &

Caspase-8/gasdermin C

/

ZrNPs [143]

Pyroptosis

Lung cancer

/

Gasdermin D

IL-1β

Caspase-1