Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitaetsstr. 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany.
Inorganic Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CeNIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitaetsstr. 5-7, D-45117 Essen, Germany.
Biomaterials. 2014 Jul;35(23):6098-105. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.04.010. Epub 2014 Apr 26.
Cross-linking of the B-cell receptors of an antigen-specific B-cell is the initial signal for B-cell activation, proliferation, and differentiation into antibody secreting plasma cells. Since multivalent particulate structures are efficient activators of antigen-specific B-cells, we developed biodegradable calcium phosphate nanoparticles displaying protein antigens on their surface and explored the efficacy of the B-cell activation after exposure to these nanoparticles. The calcium phosphate nanoparticles were functionalized with the model antigen Hen Egg Lysozyme (HEL) to take advantage of a HEL-specific B-cell receptor transgenic mouse model. The nanoparticles were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering. The functionalized calcium phosphate nanoparticles were preferentially bound and internalized by HEL-specific B-cells. Co-cultivation of HEL-specific B-cells with the functionalized nanoparticles also increased surface expression of B-cell activation markers. Functionalized nanoparticles were able to effectively cross-link B-cell receptors at the surface of antigen-matched B-cells and were 100-fold more efficient in the activation of B-cells than soluble HEL. Thus, calcium phosphate nanoparticles coated with protein antigens are promising vaccine candidates for induction humoral immunity.
抗原特异性 B 细胞的 B 细胞受体交联是 B 细胞激活、增殖和分化为抗体分泌浆细胞的初始信号。由于多价颗粒状结构是抗原特异性 B 细胞的有效激活剂,我们开发了在其表面展示蛋白抗原的可生物降解的磷酸钙纳米颗粒,并探索了暴露于这些纳米颗粒后 B 细胞激活的效果。磷酸钙纳米颗粒用模型抗原鸡卵溶菌酶(HEL)进行功能化,以利用 HEL 特异性 B 细胞受体转基因小鼠模型。通过扫描电子显微镜和动态光散射对纳米颗粒进行了表征。功能化的磷酸钙纳米颗粒优先被 HEL 特异性 B 细胞结合和内化。将 HEL 特异性 B 细胞与功能化纳米颗粒共同培养也增加了 B 细胞激活标志物的表面表达。功能化的纳米颗粒能够有效地交联抗原匹配的 B 细胞表面的 B 细胞受体,并且在激活 B 细胞方面比可溶性 HEL 有效 100 倍。因此,用蛋白抗原包被的磷酸钙纳米颗粒是诱导体液免疫的有前途的疫苗候选物。
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