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  • Title: Induction of anti-tumor cytotoxic T cell responses through PLGA-nanoparticle mediated antigen delivery.
    Author: Zhang Z, Tongchusak S, Mizukami Y, Kang YJ, Ioji T, Touma M, Reinhold B, Keskin DB, Reinherz EL, Sasada T.
    Journal: Biomaterials; 2011 May; 32(14):3666-78. PubMed ID: 21345488.
    Abstract:
    Nanotechnology-based antigen delivery has been developing as a vaccine strategy due to its dose-sparing and prolonged antigen presentation features. In the current study, we examined the feasibility of nanoparticle (NP)-mediated delivery of antigenic peptides to efficiently induce cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses against tumor-associated self-antigens in C57BL/6 mouse models. The biodegradable poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticle (PLGA-NP) carrying murine melanoma antigenic peptides, hgp100(25-33) and TRP2(180-188), were prepared by double emulsion method. Efficient uptake of PLGA-NP by murine dendritic cells was shown in vitro and in vivo, using NP labeled with the fluorescent dye DiD. Intradermal injection of peptide-loaded PLGA-NP into mice induced antigen-specific T cell responses more strongly than the peptides mixed with Freund's adjuvant. More importantly, vaccination with PLGA-NP carrying both TRP2(180-188) and a toll-like receptor 4 agonist, monophosphoryl lipid A, significantly delayed growth of subcutaneously inoculated B16 melanoma cells in a prophylactic setting. Furthermore, the anti-tumor activity of NP-mediated peptide vaccination was significantly augmented by combined treatment with interferon-γ, which might prevent tumor escape through up-regulation of MHC class I expression on tumor cells. Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of NP-mediated antigen delivery for cancer immunotherapy, in particular when immune escape mechanisms of tumor cells are blocked simultaneously.
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