Advanced wound healing with Stimuli-Responsive nanozymes: mechanisms, design and applications

Abstract Wound healing outcomes critically depend on precise regulation of oxidative and antimicrobial microenvironments. Traditional dressings have limited wound responsiveness, insufficient infection control, and limited treatment accuracy. In contrast, nanozymes, featuring enzyme-mimetic activiti...

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Main Authors: Xiaoyang Liu, Huihui Zhang, Lianglong Chen, Zesen Zheng, Wenwen Li, Chaoyang Huang, Hai Zhou, Yanqi Chen, Ziwei Jiang, Jiaqi Liang, Qiuyi Yu, Lei Yang
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Published: BMC 2025-07-01
Series:Journal of Nanobiotechnology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-025-03558-w
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author Xiaoyang Liu
Huihui Zhang
Lianglong Chen
Zesen Zheng
Wenwen Li
Chaoyang Huang
Hai Zhou
Yanqi Chen
Ziwei Jiang
Jiaqi Liang
Qiuyi Yu
Lei Yang
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Huihui Zhang
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description Abstract Wound healing outcomes critically depend on precise regulation of oxidative and antimicrobial microenvironments. Traditional dressings have limited wound responsiveness, insufficient infection control, and limited treatment accuracy. In contrast, nanozymes, featuring enzyme-mimetic activities, tunable catalysis, and engineered sizes that balance catalytic site accessibility with tissue penetration, offer spatiotemporal control of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and pathogen elimination. This review systematically examines recent advances in stimuli-responsive nanozymes for wound management, focusing on their catalytic mechanisms and therapeutic specificity. These intelligent systems dynamically adapt catalytic behaviors (e.g., ROS scavenging, bacterial lysis) to physical stimuli (temperature, light, ultrasound) and physiological signals (pH, redox imbalance, ATP levels, microbial metabolites), leveraging size-dependent targeting mechanisms to ensure localized therapeutic effects while minimizing off-target damage. Current evidence demonstrates their multifunctional capacity to synergistically accelerate infection clearance, inflammation resolution, and angiogenesis. Future development should prioritize biosafety validation alongside size-effect standardization, stimulus specificity, and scalable manufacturing to advance personalized nanomedicine for refractory wounds.
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spelling doaj-art-877fbc41fc3d4662b7bc970d301d7cb52025-08-20T03:41:59ZengBMCJournal of Nanobiotechnology1477-31552025-07-0123114110.1186/s12951-025-03558-wAdvanced wound healing with Stimuli-Responsive nanozymes: mechanisms, design and applicationsXiaoyang Liu0Huihui Zhang1Lianglong Chen2Zesen Zheng3Wenwen Li4Chaoyang Huang5Hai Zhou6Yanqi Chen7Ziwei Jiang8Jiaqi Liang9Qiuyi Yu10Lei Yang11Department of Burns, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical UniversityDepartment of Burns, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical UniversityDepartment of Burns, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical UniversityDepartment of Burns, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical UniversityDepartment of Burns, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical UniversityDepartment of Burns, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical UniversityDepartment of Burns, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical UniversityDepartment of Burns, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical UniversityDepartment of Burns, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical UniversityDepartment of Burns, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical UniversityDepartment of Burns, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical UniversityDepartment of Burns, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical UniversityAbstract Wound healing outcomes critically depend on precise regulation of oxidative and antimicrobial microenvironments. Traditional dressings have limited wound responsiveness, insufficient infection control, and limited treatment accuracy. In contrast, nanozymes, featuring enzyme-mimetic activities, tunable catalysis, and engineered sizes that balance catalytic site accessibility with tissue penetration, offer spatiotemporal control of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and pathogen elimination. This review systematically examines recent advances in stimuli-responsive nanozymes for wound management, focusing on their catalytic mechanisms and therapeutic specificity. These intelligent systems dynamically adapt catalytic behaviors (e.g., ROS scavenging, bacterial lysis) to physical stimuli (temperature, light, ultrasound) and physiological signals (pH, redox imbalance, ATP levels, microbial metabolites), leveraging size-dependent targeting mechanisms to ensure localized therapeutic effects while minimizing off-target damage. Current evidence demonstrates their multifunctional capacity to synergistically accelerate infection clearance, inflammation resolution, and angiogenesis. Future development should prioritize biosafety validation alongside size-effect standardization, stimulus specificity, and scalable manufacturing to advance personalized nanomedicine for refractory wounds.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-025-03558-w
spellingShingle Xiaoyang Liu
Huihui Zhang
Lianglong Chen
Zesen Zheng
Wenwen Li
Chaoyang Huang
Hai Zhou
Yanqi Chen
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Jiaqi Liang
Qiuyi Yu
Lei Yang
Advanced wound healing with Stimuli-Responsive nanozymes: mechanisms, design and applications
Journal of Nanobiotechnology
title Advanced wound healing with Stimuli-Responsive nanozymes: mechanisms, design and applications
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title_short Advanced wound healing with Stimuli-Responsive nanozymes: mechanisms, design and applications
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