Title： | A coordinative dendrimer-based nanovaccine for cancer treatment |
Authors： | Zhiqin Cao1, Lanfang Ren2, Le Niu1, Rui Zhao1, Nanhui Liu1, Qi Zhuang1, Feng Pan3, Zhuang Liu1, Yiyun Cheng2*, Yang Yang3,4*, and Qian Chen1* |
Institutions： | 1Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China 2Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Genome Editing and Cell Therapy, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China 3Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200433, China 4School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China |
Abstract： | Cancer vaccines have attracted tremendous interest in the field of cancer immunotherapy due to their ability to trigger tumor-specific immune responses to destroy cancer cells. Herein, we demonstrate that dendrimers coordinated with manganese ions (GT-Mn2+) could self-assemble with peptides to form a cancer vaccine, which could be internalized by dendritic cells (DCs) via specific macropinocytosis-dependent and lipid-raft-related pathways and then dissociated gradually to release peptides to achieve efficient antigen cross-presentation and stimulate the cGAS-STING pathway. Additionally, GT-Mn2+ could package multiple neoantigens to form an effective “personalized” cancer vaccine and has exhibited excellent therapeutic effects when used in combination with anti-PD-L1. Thus, our work presents an innovative peptide carrier to construct an effective “personalized” cancer vaccine that shows great promise to achieve effective cancer immunotherapy for different patients in clinic. |
IF： | 19.967 |
Link： | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2590238523004083 |
Editor: Guo Jia