期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE
卷 14, 期 -, 页码 8209-8219出版社
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S214525
关键词
self-assembling nanofibers; cellular immunity; tumor; vaccine; human papillomavirus; HPV
资金
- CAMS Initiative for Innovative Medicine [2016-I2M-1-019]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81773270]
- Applied Basic Research Projects of Yunnan Province [2016FA049]
- Fundamental Research Funds for Institute of Pathogen Biology of PUMC [2014IPB107]
Background: Vaccines are one of the most promising strategies for immunotherapy of HPV associated tumors; however, they generally lack significant clinical efficacy at present. This inefficacy might be due to inefficient generation of anti-tumor cellular immune responses. Purpose: This study aimed to assess the potential of using self-assembled nanofibers as a new vaccine platform to elicit potent HPV antigen - specific anti-tumor immunity. Methods: A HPV16 E744-62 peptide was chemically appended to the N terminus of self-assembling peptide Q11. The nanofibers were prepared and used to immunize mice through a preventive or therapeutic strategy in a TC-1 graft tumor model. Results: Preventive immunization with nanofibers almost completely suppressed the growth of primarily grafted TC-1 tumors and even a re-challenge of tumor cells after a six-week rest. Therapeutic immunization significantly increased the levels of effector Th1 cells, CTLs and the cytokines IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha in E7 peptide-stimulated splenocytes, and the immunization reduced Th2, MDSC and IL-4 contents compared to the controls. The nanofiber immunization significantly suppressed the growth of established tumors and achieved 66.7% and 50% tumor-free in mice carrying 2-3 mm tumors and even larger tumors with a diameter of 5-6 mm respectively. In addition, the nanofibers were more efficient than the corresponding unassembled peptides for the treatment of established larger size tumors. Conclusion: The results indicated that self-assembling nanofibers could elicit robust HPV antigen -specific anti-tumor cellular immunity and are a potent antigen delivery system for HPV related tumor vaccines.
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