Abstract
In this study, we suggest a designer vaccine adjuvant that can mimic the drainage of pathogens into lymph nodes and activate innate immune response in lymph nodes. By the amination of multivalent carboxyl groups in poly-(γ-glutamic acid) (γ-PGA) nanomicelles, the size was reduced for rapid entry into lymphatic vessels, and the immunologically inert nanomicelles were turned into potential activators of inflammasomes. Aminated γ-PGA nanomicelles (aPNMs) induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation and the subsequent release of proinflammatory IL-1β. The NLRP3-dependent inflammasome induction mechanism was confirmed through enzyme (cathepsin B and caspase-1) inhibitors and NLRP3 knockout mice model. After the aPNMs were combined with a clinically evaluated TLR3 agonist, polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid sodium salt (aPNM-IC), they triggered multiple arms of the innate immune response, including the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines by both inflammasomes and an inflammasome-independent pathway and the included type I interferons.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7501-7517 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | International journal of nanomedicine |
| Volume | 12 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 Oct 12 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors acknowledge the financial support from the National Research Foundation of Korea grant funded by the Korean government (The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning; Grant Numbers 2017R1A5A1014560 and 2016R1A2B4015056) and grant funded by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (Grant Number HI14C2680). Prof Sung Jae Shin is also one of the corresponding authors for this study.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biophysics
- Bioengineering
- Biomaterials
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Drug Discovery
- Organic Chemistry