School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, P. R. China.
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, P. R. China.
Adv Healthc Mater. 2023 Sep;12(22):e2202871. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202202871. Epub 2023 Jun 14.
In situ vaccines have revolutionized immunotherapy as they can stimulate tumor-specific immune responses, with the cancer being the antigen source. However, the heterogeneity of tumor antigens and insufficient dendritic cells (DCs) activation result in low cancer immunogenicity and hence poor vaccine response. Herein, a new in situ vaccine composed of acid-responsive liposome-coated polydopamine (PDA) nanoparticles modified with mannose and loaded with resiquimod (R848) is designed to promote the efficacy of immunotherapy. The in situ vaccine can actively target the tumor site based on the decomposition of the liposome, while the PDA nanoparticles promote photothermal therapy and capture the immunogenic cell-death-induced tumor-associated antigens based on the adsorption effect of dopamine-mimetic mussels. The PDA nanoparticles, which are modified with a mannose ligand, target the DCs and release R848 for activated antigen presentation. As a result, the in situ vaccine not only effectively activates the maturation of the DCs but also significantly enhances their effect on cytotoxic T lymphocyte cells. Furthermore, the vaccine effectively inhibits the distant recurrence and metastasis of tumors via long-term immune memory effects. Therefore, the in situ vaccine provides a potential strategy for improving the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy.
原位疫苗通过刺激肿瘤特异性免疫反应,使癌症成为抗原来源,从而彻底改变了免疫疗法。然而,肿瘤抗原的异质性和树突状细胞(DCs)激活不足导致癌症的免疫原性较低,因此疫苗反应不佳。在此,设计了一种由酸响应脂质体包覆的聚多巴胺(PDA)纳米粒子组成的新型原位疫苗,该纳米粒子经过修饰具有甘露糖,并负载雷西莫特(R848),以提高免疫疗法的疗效。原位疫苗可基于脂质体的分解主动靶向肿瘤部位,而 PDA 纳米粒子则通过模拟贻贝的多巴胺吸附作用促进光热疗法并捕获免疫原性细胞死亡诱导的肿瘤相关抗原。经过甘露糖配体修饰的 PDA 纳米粒子可靶向 DCs 并释放 R848 以激活抗原呈递。因此,该原位疫苗不仅能有效激活 DCs 的成熟,还能显著增强其对细胞毒性 T 淋巴细胞的作用。此外,该疫苗还通过长期免疫记忆效应有效抑制肿瘤的远处复发和转移。因此,该原位疫苗为提高癌症免疫疗法的疗效提供了一种潜在策略。
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