Affiliation:
1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
Abstract
AbstractAdjuvants are widely used in vaccine to improve the protection or treatment efficacy. However, so far they inevitably produce side effects and are hard to induce cellular immunity in practical application. Herein, two kinds of amphiphilic poly(glutamic acid) nanoparticles (α‐PGA‐F and γ‐PGA‐F NPs) as nanocarrier adjuvants are fabricated to induce an effective cellular immune response. Amphiphilic PGA are synthesized by grafting phenylalanine ethyl ester to form biodegradable self‐assembly nanoadjuvants in a water solution. The model antigen, chicken ovalbumin (OVA), can be loaded into PGA‐F NPs (OVA@PGA‐F NPs) with the high loading ratio >12%. Moreover, compared with γ‐PGA‐F NPs, the acidic environment can induce the α‐helical secondary structure of α‐PGA NPs, promoting membrane fusion and more fast antigen lysosomal escape. Hence, the antigen presenting cells treated with OVA@α‐PGA‐F NPs show higher secretion of inflammatory cytokines, and higher expression of major biological histocompatibility complex class I and CD80 than those of OVA@γ‐PGA‐F NPs. Overall, this work indicates that pH responsive α‐PGA‐F NPs as a carrier adjuvant can effectively improve the ability of cellular immune responses, leading to it being a potent candidate for vaccine applications.
Funder
Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality
National Natural Science Foundation of China
National Key Research and Development Program of China
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Polymers and Plastics,Biomaterials,Bioengineering,Biotechnology
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