Department of Polymer Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
School of Pharmacy, Shandong New Drug Loading & Release Technology and Preparation Engineering Laboratory, Binzhou Medical University, Guanhai Road 346, Yantai 264003, China.
J Mater Chem B. 2021 May 12;9(18):3892-3899. doi: 10.1039/d1tb00256b.
Immunotherapy is revolutionizing cancer treatment. Vaccination of antigenic peptides has been identified as a promising strategy for cancer immunotherapy while insufficient immune responses were stimulated due to low antigenicity. Moreover, immune checkpoint blockade therapy is still limited by a low objective response rate. In this work, cationic polymer-lipid hybrid nanovesicle (P/LNV)-based liposomes are designed to simultaneously deliver tumor vaccines composed of anionic antigen epitopes, toll-like receptor-9 agonist (TLR9), CpG (AE/CpG), and indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) inhibitor, 1-methyl-tryptophan (1-MT), to increase the immunogenicity of peptide antigens and meanwhile block the immune checkpoint. P/LNV liposomes efficiently enhanced the uptake of vaccines by dendritic cells (DCs) and improved the maturation of DCs indicated by the significantly increased percentage of CD86+MHCI+ DCs, resulting in a potent cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response against B16-OVA tumor cells in vitro. Importantly, the combination immunotherapy showed significantly higher therapeutic efficiency towards melanoma tumors in mice, compared with an untreated or individual therapy modality. Mechanistically, the co-delivery system could elicit a strong cancer-specific T-cell response, as characterized by the remarkably increased infiltration of CD8+ T cells in the tumor and draining lymph nodes. Altogether, cationic liposomes delivered with tumor vaccines and IDO inhibitor provide a promising platform for cancer immunotherapy by provoking antitumor T-cell immunity and simultaneously reversing the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment.
免疫疗法正在彻底改变癌症治疗。抗原肽疫苗接种已被确定为癌症免疫疗法的一种很有前途的策略,但由于抗原性低,刺激的免疫反应不足。此外,免疫检查点阻断疗法仍然受到客观反应率低的限制。在这项工作中,设计了基于阳离子聚合物-脂质杂化纳米囊泡(P/LNV)的脂质体,以同时递送由阴离子抗原表位、 Toll 样受体 9 激动剂(TLR9)、CpG(AE/CpG)和吲哚胺 2,3-双加氧酶(IDO)抑制剂 1-甲基色氨酸(1-MT)组成的肿瘤疫苗,以提高肽抗原的免疫原性,同时阻断免疫检查点。P/LNV 脂质体能够有效增强树突状细胞(DCs)对疫苗的摄取,并改善 DCs 的成熟度,表现为 CD86+MHCI+ DCs 的比例显著增加,从而在体外对 B16-OVA 肿瘤细胞产生强烈的细胞毒性 T 淋巴细胞(CTL)反应。重要的是,与未治疗或单一治疗方式相比,联合免疫疗法对小鼠黑色素瘤肿瘤显示出更高的治疗效率。从机制上讲,共递药系统可以引发强烈的肿瘤特异性 T 细胞反应,特征是肿瘤和引流淋巴结中 CD8+T 细胞的浸润显著增加。总之,用肿瘤疫苗和 IDO 抑制剂递送的阳离子脂质体通过引发抗肿瘤 T 细胞免疫并同时逆转免疫抑制性肿瘤微环境,为癌症免疫疗法提供了一个有前途的平台。
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