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BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY
卷 23, 期 8, 页码 1694-1703出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bc300244a
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- National Cancer Institute [R01CA149451-01A1]
- NSF [CHE-0748690]
- Alfred P. Sloan Scholarship
- Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award
- NIH, NCI
- Division Of Chemistry
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [0748690] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens (TACAs) are being actively studied as targets for antitumor vaccine development. One serious challenge was the low immuno-genecity of these antigens. Herein, we report the results of using the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) capsid as a promising carrier of a weakly immunogenic TACA, the monomeric Tn antigen. The copper(I) catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction was highly efficient in covalently linking Tn onto the TMV capsid without, resorting to a large excess of the Tn antigen. The location of Tn attachment turned out to be important. Tn introduced at the N terminus of TMV was immunosilent, while that attached to tyrosine 139 elicited strong immune responses. Both Tn specific IgG and IgM antibodies were generated as determined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay and a glycan microarray screening study. The production of high titers of IgG antibodies suggested that the TMV platform contained the requisite epitopes for helper T cells and was able to induce antibody isotype switching. The antibodies exhibited strong reactivities toward Tn antigen displayed in its native environment, i.e., cancer cell surface, thus highlighting the potential of TMV as a promising TACA carrier.
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