Department of Pharmaceutics, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Polymer Therapeutics Lab, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF), 46012 Valencia, Spain.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2021 Feb 10;13(5):6011-6022. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c20607. Epub 2021 Jan 28.
Peptide-based subunit vaccines are attractive in view of personalized cancer vaccination with neo-antigens, as well as for the design of the newest generation of vaccines against infectious diseases. Key to mounting robust antigen-specific immunity is delivery of antigen to antigen-presenting (innate immune) cells in lymphoid tissue with concomitant innate immune activation to promote antigen presentation to T cells and to shape the amplitude and nature of the immune response. Nanoparticles that co-deliver both peptide antigen and molecular adjuvants are well suited for this task. However, in the context of peptide-based antigen, an unmet need exists for a generic strategy that allows for co-encapsulation of peptide and molecular adjuvants due to the stark variation in physicochemical properties based on the amino acid sequence of the peptide. These properties also strongly differ from those of many molecular adjuvants. Here, we devise a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) platform that addresses these issues. Key in our concept is poly(l-glutamic acid) (PGA), which serves as a hydrophilic backbone for conjugation of, respectively, peptide antigen (Ag) and an imidazoquinoline (IMDQ) TLR7/8 agonist as a molecular adjuvant. Making use of the PGA's polyanionic nature, we condensate PGA-Ag and PGA-IMDQ into LNP by electrostatic interaction with an ionizable lipid. We show in vitro and in vivo in mouse models that LNP encapsulation favors uptake by innate immune cells in lymphoid tissue and promotes the induction of Ag-specific T cells responses both after subcutaneous and intravenous administration.
基于肽的亚单位疫苗在针对新抗原的个体化癌症疫苗接种以及设计针对传染病的新一代疫苗方面具有吸引力。产生强大的抗原特异性免疫的关键是将抗原递送至淋巴组织中的抗原呈递(先天免疫)细胞,同时激活先天免疫以促进抗原呈递给 T 细胞,并塑造免疫反应的幅度和性质。同时递呈肽抗原和分子佐剂的纳米颗粒非常适合这项任务。然而,在基于肽的抗原的情况下,由于基于肽的氨基酸序列的物理化学性质存在明显差异,因此需要一种通用策略来共同包封肽和分子佐剂,这是一个未满足的需求。这些性质也与许多分子佐剂有很大不同。在这里,我们设计了一种脂质纳米颗粒(LNP)平台来解决这些问题。我们的概念的关键是聚(L-谷氨酸)(PGA),它作为肽抗原(Ag)和作为分子佐剂的咪唑并喹啉(IMDQ)TLR7/8 激动剂的分别缀合的亲水主链。利用 PGA 的聚阴离子性质,我们通过与可离子化脂质的静电相互作用将 PGA-Ag 和 PGA-IMDQ 凝聚成 LNP。我们在体外和体内小鼠模型中表明,LNP 包封有利于淋巴组织中先天免疫细胞的摄取,并在皮下和静脉内给药后促进 Ag 特异性 T 细胞反应的诱导。
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