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A transferable gut microbiota–bile acid pathway programs nanomedicine pharmacokinetics and therapeutic response
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The clinical efficacy of nanomedicines is often limited by hepatic sequestration, yet the endogenous programs determining this clearance state remain incompletely understood. Here we identify the gut microbiota as a regulator of nanomedicine biodistribution through bile-acid-associated programming of Kupffer cell phagocytic state. Using germ-free mice, microbial perturbation, faecal microbiota transplantation and multiomic profiling, we show that metronidazole remodels the gut microbial ecology and reprograms Kupffer cells into a reduced-uptake state, thereby suppressing hepatic clearance and enhancing the tumour accumulation of nanomedicines across multiple formulations and tumour models. Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals a shift in Kupffer cell populations from phagocytic to quiescent states, whereas metabolomic profiling identifies microbiota-dependent reductions in bile acid availability. Gut-bacteria-derived bile acids induce Kupffer cell phagocytosis, and faecal transfer transmits the low-clearance phenotype, defining a transferable gut microbiota–bile acid–Kupffer cell pathway affecting nanomedicine clearance. A gut microbiota–bile acid pathway is identified that controls the liver clearance of nanomedicines, thereby improving drug delivery to tumours and cancer treatment responses.
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