Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, PR China; Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, PR China.
Biomaterials. 2024 Jul;308:122569. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2024.122569. Epub 2024 Apr 11.
In subunit vaccines, aluminum salts (Alum) are commonly used as adjuvants, but with limited cellular immune responses. To overcome this limitation, CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) have been used in combination with Alum. However, current combined usage of Alum and CpG is limited to linear mixtures, and the underlying interaction mechanism between CpG and Alum is not well understood. Thus, we propose to chemically conjugate Alum nanoparticles and CpG (with 5' or 3' end exposed) to design combination adjuvants. Our study demonstrates that compared to the 3'-end exposure, the 5'-end exposure of CpG in combination adjuvants (Al-CpG-5') enhances the activation of bone-marrow derived dendritic cells (BMDCs) and promotes Th1 and Th2 cytokine secretion. We used the SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain (RBD) and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) as model antigens to demonstrate that Al-CpG-5' enhanced antigen-specific antibody production and upregulated cytotoxic T lymphocyte markers. Additionally, Al-CpG-5' allows for coordinated adaptive immune responses even at lower doses of both CpG ODNs and HBsAg antigens, and enhances lymph node transport of antigens and activation of dendritic cells, promoting T cell differentiation and B cell activation. Our novel Alum-CPG strategy points the way towards broadening the use of nanoadjuvants for both prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines.
在亚单位疫苗中,铝盐(Alum)通常被用作佐剂,但细胞免疫反应有限。为了克服这一限制,CpG 寡脱氧核苷酸(ODN)已与 Alum 联合使用。然而,目前 Alum 和 CpG 的联合使用仅限于线性混合物,并且 CpG 和 Alum 之间的相互作用机制尚未得到很好的理解。因此,我们提议通过化学偶联 Alum 纳米粒子和 CpG(暴露于 5' 或 3' 端)来设计联合佐剂。我们的研究表明,与 3' 端暴露相比,CpG 在联合佐剂中的 5' 端暴露(Al-CpG-5')增强了骨髓来源树突状细胞(BMDC)的激活,并促进了 Th1 和 Th2 细胞因子的分泌。我们使用 SARS-CoV-2 受体结合域(RBD)和乙型肝炎表面抗原(HBsAg)作为模型抗原,证明 Al-CpG-5' 增强了抗原特异性抗体的产生,并上调了细胞毒性 T 淋巴细胞标志物。此外,Al-CpG-5' 允许协调适应性免疫反应,即使在 CpG ODN 和 HBsAg 抗原的较低剂量下,并且增强了抗原在淋巴结中的运输和树突状细胞的激活,促进 T 细胞分化和 B 细胞激活。我们的新型 Alum-CPG 策略为拓宽纳米佐剂在预防性和治疗性疫苗中的应用指明了方向。
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