PMID- 24499049 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141031 LR - 20140310 IS - 1526-4602 (Electronic) IS - 1525-7797 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 3 DP - 2014 Mar 10 TI - Potential of Ni(II)-NTA-modified poly(ethylene imine) glycopolymers as carrier system for future dendritic cell-based immunotherapy. PG - 957-67 LID - 10.1021/bm401845b [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) play a crucial role in the development of cell-mediated immunotherapy due to their ability to induce and maintain strong immune responses. In our study, we evaluated a biocompatible Ni(II)-NTA-modified poly(ethylene imine) dendritic glycopolymer (Ni(II)-NTA-DG) as new carrier system to increase the antigen uptake into iDCs for future DC-based immunotherapy. Ni(II)-NTA-DG led to an increase in His6-Gp160 uptake in monocytes and iDCs, where His6-Gp160 is localized in the early endosomal and lysosomal compartments. Ni(II)-NTA-DG and the formed polyplexes induced an activation of iDCs, showing an increasing expression of costimulatory molecules CD86, CD80, and proinflammatory cytokines IL-6 and IL-8. Beside no influencing effect of Ni(II)-NTA-DG and polyplexes on the maturation of antigen-bearing DCs, the mature peptide bearing DCs remained their ability to migrate along a gradient of CCR7 ligands. Thus, Ni(II)-NTA-DG with advancing biological properties is a promising carrier system for the future application in DC-based immunotherapy. FAU - Hauptmann, N AU - Hauptmann N AD - Leibniz-Institut fur Polymerforschung Dresden e.V. , Hohe Strasse 6, D-01069 Dresden, Germany. FAU - Pion, M AU - Pion M FAU - Wehner, R AU - Wehner R FAU - Munoz-Fernandez, M-A AU - Munoz-Fernandez MA FAU - Schmitz, M AU - Schmitz M FAU - Voit, B AU - Voit B FAU - Appelhans, D AU - Appelhans D LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140213 PL - United States TA - Biomacromolecules JT - Biomacromolecules JID - 100892849 RN - 0 (Imines) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Interleukin-8) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Polyethylenes) RN - 0 (poly(ethylene imine)) SB - IM MH - Cell Differentiation/genetics/immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/chemistry/*cytology/immunology MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Humans MH - Imines/*chemistry/immunology MH - *Immunotherapy MH - Interleukin-6/chemistry/metabolism MH - Interleukin-8/chemistry/metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides/metabolism MH - Monocytes/cytology MH - Polyethylenes/*chemistry EDAT- 2014/02/07 06:00 MHDA- 2014/11/02 06:00 CRDT- 2014/02/07 06:00 PHST- 2014/02/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/02/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/11/02 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1021/bm401845b [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biomacromolecules. 2014 Mar 10;15(3):957-67. doi: 10.1021/bm401845b. Epub 2014 Feb 13.