In vivo gold nanoparticle delivery of peptide vaccine induces anti-tumor immune response in prophylactic and therapeutic tumor models

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Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are promising vehicles for cancer immunotherapy, with demonstrated efficacy in immune delivery and innate cell stimulation. Nevertheless, their potential has yet to be assessed in the in vivo application of peptide cancer vaccines. In this study, it is hypothesized that the immune distribution and adjuvant qualities of AuNPs could be leveraged to facilitate delivery of the ovalbumin (OVA) peptide antigen and the CpG adjuvant and enhance their therapeutic effect in a B16-OVA tumor model. AuNP delivery of OVA (AuNP-OVA) and of CpG (AuNP-CpG) enhanced the efficacy of both agents and induced strong antigen-specific responses. In addition, it is found that AuNP-OVA delivery alone, without CpG, is sufficient to promote significant antigen-specific responses, leading to subsequent anti-tumor activity and prolonged survival in both prophylactic and therapeutic in vivo tumor models. This enhanced therapeutic efficacy is likely due to the adjuvant effect of peptide coated AuNPs, as they induce inflammatory cytokine release when cultured with bone marrow dendritic cells. Overall, AuNP-mediated OVA peptide delivery can produce significant therapeutic benefits without the need of adjuvant, indicating that AuNPs are effective peptide vaccine carriers with the potential to permit the use of lower and safer adjuvant doses during vaccination.

Media Type:

Electronic Article

Year of Publication:

2015

Publication:

2015

Contained In:

To Main Record - volume:11

Contained In:

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) - 11(2015), 12 vom: 25. März, Seite 1453-1459

Language:

English

Contributors:

Almeida, Joao Paulo Mattos [Author]
Lin, Adam Yuh [Author]
Figueroa, Elizabeth Raquel [Author]
Foster, Aaron Edward [Author]
Drezek, Rebekah Anna [Author]

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Keywords:

7440-57-5
Biodistribution
Cancer
Cancer Vaccines
Gold
Gold nanoparticles
Immune system
Immunotherapy
Journal Article
Nanocapsules
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Vaccines, Subunit

Notes:

Date Completed 15.12.2015

Date Revised 23.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/smll.201402179

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PPN (Catalogue-ID):

NLM243148275