Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China.
Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, PR China.
Biomaterials. 2018 Jul;171:198-206. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.04.039. Epub 2018 Apr 21.
Tumor vaccine has been one of the research hotspots for cancer immunotherapy in recent years. By introducing tumor antigens into the body, the patient's own immune system will be specifically activated to induce effective immune responses for controlling or eliminating the malignant tumor cells. In this study, a simple nanovaccine was developed to induce antigen-specific anti-tumor immune responses. Polycationic polyethylenimine (PEI) was utilized to co-deliver the antigen ovalbumin (OVA) and the adjuvant unmethylated cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) by electrostatic binding. The positively charged PEI could be beneficial to augment the PEI/CpG/OVA nanovaccine uptake in dendritic cells (DCs) and facilitate the endosomal escape of the nanovaccine for antigen delivering into the cytoplasm. The nanovaccine showed significant stimulation on DCs' maturation in vitro, and it was further applied for in vivo anti-tumor immunotherapy. To enhance the tumor infiltration of the nanovaccine-generated tumor-specific T cells, hyaluronidase (HAase) was employed to increase the permeability of the tumor tissues by breaking down the hyaluronan (HA) in the extracellular matrix (ECM) of tumors. Highly enhanced in vivo anti-tumor therapeutic efficiency was achieved by combining the PEI/CpG/OVA nanovaccine with HAase, which was attributed to the increased quantity of OVA-specific T cells in tumor tissues. The combination of nanovaccine with HAase has offered a simple and efficient strategy for inducing powerful anti-tumor effect in cancer immunotherapy.
肿瘤疫苗是近年来癌症免疫治疗的研究热点之一。通过将肿瘤抗原引入体内,患者自身的免疫系统将被特异性激活,从而诱导有效的免疫反应来控制或消除恶性肿瘤细胞。在本研究中,开发了一种简单的纳米疫苗来诱导抗原特异性抗肿瘤免疫反应。多阳离子聚乙烯亚胺(PEI)通过静电结合来共同递送抗原卵清蛋白(OVA)和佐剂非甲基化胞嘧啶-磷酸-鸟嘌呤(CpG)。带正电荷的 PEI 有利于增加树突状细胞(DC)中 PEI/CpG/OVA 纳米疫苗的摄取,并促进纳米疫苗的内体逃逸,将抗原递送至细胞质中。该纳米疫苗在体外显著刺激了 DC 的成熟,进一步应用于体内抗肿瘤免疫治疗。为了增强纳米疫苗产生的肿瘤特异性 T 细胞在肿瘤中的浸润,使用透明质酸酶(HAase)通过分解肿瘤细胞外基质(ECM)中的透明质酸(HA)来增加肿瘤组织的通透性。通过将 PEI/CpG/OVA 纳米疫苗与 HAase 联合使用,实现了高度增强的体内抗肿瘤治疗效果,这归因于肿瘤组织中 OVA 特异性 T 细胞数量的增加。纳米疫苗与 HAase 的联合使用为癌症免疫治疗中诱导强大的抗肿瘤效应提供了一种简单有效的策略。
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