Huang Han-Ning, Rajanbabu Venugopal, Pan Chieh-Yu, Chan Yi-Lin, Chen Jyh-Yih, Wu Chang-Jer
Department of Food Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202, Taiwan.
Marine Research Station, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, 23-10 Dahuen Road, Jiaushi, Ilan 262, Taiwan.
Mar Drugs. 2015 May 21;13(5):3241-58. doi: 10.3390/md13053241.
Shrimp anti-lipopolysaccharide factor (SALF) is an antimicrobial peptide with reported anticancer activities, such as suppression of tumor progression. In this study, we prepared a potential cancer vaccine comprised of SALF in conjunction with the cell lysate of inactivated murine bladder carcinoma cells (MBT-2), and evaluated its efficacy in a mouse tumor model. Our study shows that SALF added to cell culture media inhibits growth progression of MBT-2, and that SALF together with inactivated MBT-2 lysate elevates the level of inflammasome activity, and modulates the levels of IL-1β, MCP-1, IL-6, IL-12, and TNF-α in mouse macrophages. Immunization of 7, 14, and 21 day-old mice with the vaccine prevented growth of MBT-2 cell-mediated tumors. The vaccine was found to enhance expression of T-cell, cytotoxic T cells, and NK cells in the immunized mice groups. Recruitment of macrophages, T-helper cells, and NK cells was enhanced, but levels of VEGF were decreased in immunized mice. This report provides empirical evidence that our SALF as vaccine adjuvant enhances antitumor immunity in mice.
虾抗脂多糖因子(SALF)是一种具有抗癌活性报道的抗菌肽,如抑制肿瘤进展。在本研究中,我们制备了一种由SALF与灭活小鼠膀胱癌细胞(MBT-2)的细胞裂解物组成的潜在癌症疫苗,并在小鼠肿瘤模型中评估了其疗效。我们的研究表明,添加到细胞培养基中的SALF可抑制MBT-2的生长进程,并且SALF与灭活的MBT-2裂解物一起可提高炎性小体活性水平,并调节小鼠巨噬细胞中IL-1β、MCP-1、IL-6、IL-12和TNF-α的水平。用该疫苗免疫7、14和21日龄小鼠可预防MBT-2细胞介导的肿瘤生长。发现该疫苗可增强免疫小鼠组中T细胞、细胞毒性T细胞和NK细胞的表达。免疫小鼠中巨噬细胞、辅助性T细胞和NK细胞的募集增强,但VEGF水平降低。本报告提供了实证证据,证明我们的SALF作为疫苗佐剂可增强小鼠的抗肿瘤免疫力。