期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE
卷 10, 期 -, 页码 5343-5353出版社
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S88774
关键词
CpG oligodeoxynucleotide; boron nitride nanosphere; polyethyleneimine; immunostimulatory effect; cytokine
资金
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [JUSRP11427]
- Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry
CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) stimulate innate and adaptive immune responses. Thus, these molecules are promising therapeutic agents and vaccine adjuvants against various diseases. In this study, we developed a novel CpG ODNs delivery system based on polyethyleneimine (PEI)-functionalized boron nitride nanospheres (BNNS). PEI was coated on the surface of BNNS via electrostatic interactions. The prepared BNNS-PEI complexes had positive zeta potential and exhibited enhanced dispersity and stability in aqueous solution. In vitro cytotoxicity assays revealed that the BNNS-PEI complexes with concentrations up to 100 mu g/mL exhibited no obvious cytotoxicity. Furthermore, the positively charged surface of the BNNS-PEI complexes greatly improved the loading capacity and cellular uptake efficiency of CpG ODNs. Class B CpG ODNs loaded on the BNNS-PEI complexes enhanced the production of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha from peripheral blood mononuclear cells compared with CpG ODNs directly loaded on BNNS. Contrary to the free CpG ODNs or CpG ODNs directly loaded on BNNS, class B CpG ODNs loaded on the BNNS-PEI complexes induced interferon-alpha simultaneously. PEI coating may have changed the physical form of class B CpG ODNs on BNNS, which further affected their interaction with Toll-like receptor 9 and induced interferon-alpha. Therefore, BNNS-PEI complexes can be used to enhance the immunostimulatory effect and therapeutic activity of CpG ODNs and the treatment of diseases requiring interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and interferon-alpha.
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