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Nanomaterial signatures program biomolecular condensates via triphasic separation for chemoplasticity remodeling

Liuting Zheng,Zeng-Shuai Yan,Xin-Yue Li,Jiajia Chang,Xiaoqi Tan,Yuxin Wang,Hongming Ding,Qin Liu,Yu-qiang Ma,Da Huo

Published 2025 in Nature Communications

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Membraneless organelles form by phase separation and regulate cell behavior. We show that cholesterol-patterned AuNPs program nanomaterial-induced stress granules (NSGs) by lowering G3BP1 condensation barriers through a solid–liquid–liquid triphasic sequence: nanomaterials recruit hnRNPC, which then engages G3BP1 to nucleate gel-like condensates. We map NSG microenvironments (temperature, polarity, pH, and proteasome activity), uncover dual disassembly—a slow VCP/19S-dependent route and a rapid SUMO/20S-dependent backup—and show that NSGs remodel chemo-plasticity: they mitigate doxorubicin/cisplatin toxicity in normal tissues yet sensitize tumors to nocodazole in vivo. Local induction and selective dissolution of NSGs thus offers a strategy to decouple efficacy from toxicity. Our results establish design rules linking nanomaterial surface chemistry to condensate programming and provide actionable levers to steer therapeutic outcomes. Cholesterol-patterned nanoparticles program gel-like stress granule condensates via a solid–liquid–liquid sequence, reveal dual proteasomal disassembly routes, and permit tissue-specific remodeling of chemoplasticity to decouple efficacy from toxicity in vivo.

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