
pmid: 31689085
Efficient cancer vaccines not only require the co-delivery of potent antigens and highly immunostimulatory adjuvants to initiate robust tumor-specific host immune response but also solve the spatiotemporal consistency of host immunity and tumor microenvironment (TME) immunomodulation. Here, we designed a biomaterials-based strategy for converting tumor-derived antigenic microparticles (T-MPs) into a cancer vaccine to meet this conundrum and demonstrated its therapeutic potential in multiple murine tumor models. The internal cavity of T-MPs was employed to store nano-Fe3O4 (Fe3O4/T-MPs), and then dense adjuvant CpG-loaded liposome arrays (CpG/Lipo) were tethered on the surface of Fe3O4/T-MP through mild surface engineering to get a vaccine (Fe3O4/T-MPs-CpG/Lipo), demonstrating that co-delivery of Fe3O4/T-MPs and CpG/Lipo to antigen presenting cells (APCs) could elicit strong tumor antigen-specific host immune response. Meanwhile, vaccines distributed in the TME could reverse infiltrated tumor-associated macrophages into a tumor-suppressive M1 phenotype by nano-Fe3O4, amazingly induce abundant infiltration of cytotoxic T lymphocytes, and transform a "cold" tumor into a "hot" tumor. Furthermore, amplified antitumor immunity was realized by the combination of an Fe3O4/T-MPs-CpG/Lipo vaccine and immune checkpoint PD-L1 blockade, specifically inhibiting ∼83% of the progression of B16F10-bearing mice and extending the median survival time to 3 months. Overall, this study synergistically modulates the tumor immunosuppressive network and host antitumor immunity in a spatiotemporal manner, which suggests a general cell-engineering strategy tailored to a personalized vaccine from autologous cancer cell materials of each individual patient.
Cancer Vaccines, Ferrosoferric Oxide, Immunomodulation, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Drug Delivery Systems, Antigens, Neoplasm, Tumor Microenvironment, Animals, Female, Immunotherapy, Cell Engineering
Cancer Vaccines, Ferrosoferric Oxide, Immunomodulation, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Drug Delivery Systems, Antigens, Neoplasm, Tumor Microenvironment, Animals, Female, Immunotherapy, Cell Engineering
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