PMID- 27422115 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170918 LR - 20240426 IS - 1432-0851 (Electronic) IS - 0340-7004 (Print) IS - 0340-7004 (Linking) VI - 65 IP - 9 DP - 2016 Sep TI - Uptake of synthetic naked RNA by skin-resident dendritic cells via macropinocytosis allows antigen expression and induction of T-cell responses in mice. PG - 1075-83 LID - 10.1007/s00262-016-1869-7 [doi] AB - Intradermal administration of antigen-encoding RNA has entered clinical testing for cancer vaccination. However, insight into the underlying mechanism of RNA uptake, translation and antigen presentation is still limited. Utilizing pharmacologically optimized naked RNA, the dose-response kinetics revealed a rise in reporter signal with increasing RNA amounts and a prolonged RNA translation of reporter protein up to 30 days after intradermal injection. Dendritic cells (DCs) in the dermis were shown to engulf RNA, and the signal arising from the reporter RNA was significantly diminished after DC depletion. Macropinocytosis was relevant for intradermal RNA uptake and translation in vitro and in vivo. By combining intradermal RNA vaccination and inhibition of macropinocytosis, we show that effective priming of antigen-specific CD8(+) T-cells also relies on this uptake mechanism. This report demonstrates that direct antigen translation by dermal DCs after intradermal naked RNA vaccination is relevant for efficient priming of antigen-specific T-cells. FAU - Selmi, Abderraouf AU - Selmi A AD - TRON-Translational Oncology at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University gGmbH, Freiligrathstrasse 12, 55131, Mainz, Germany. AD - Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI), University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. FAU - Vascotto, Fulvia AU - Vascotto F AD - TRON-Translational Oncology at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University gGmbH, Freiligrathstrasse 12, 55131, Mainz, Germany. FAU - Kautz-Neu, Kordula AU - Kautz-Neu K AD - Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. FAU - Tureci, Ozlem AU - Tureci O AD - Cluster for Individualized Immune Intervention (CI3), Mainz, Germany. FAU - Sahin, Ugur AU - Sahin U AD - TRON-Translational Oncology at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University gGmbH, Freiligrathstrasse 12, 55131, Mainz, Germany. AD - Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI), University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. AD - BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Mainz, Germany. FAU - von Stebut, Esther AU - von Stebut E AD - Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. FAU - Diken, Mustafa AU - Diken M AD - TRON-Translational Oncology at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University gGmbH, Freiligrathstrasse 12, 55131, Mainz, Germany. Mustafa.Diken@TrOn-Mainz.de. AD - BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Mainz, Germany. Mustafa.Diken@TrOn-Mainz.de. FAU - Kreiter, Sebastian AU - Kreiter S AD - TRON-Translational Oncology at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University gGmbH, Freiligrathstrasse 12, 55131, Mainz, Germany. Sebastian.Kreiter@TrOn-Mainz.de. AD - BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Mainz, Germany. Sebastian.Kreiter@TrOn-Mainz.de. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160715 PL - Germany TA - Cancer Immunol Immunother JT - Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII JID - 8605732 RN - 63231-63-0 (RNA) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/immunology/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Injections, Intradermal MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Pinocytosis MH - RNA/administration & dosage/*pharmacokinetics PMC - PMC11028682 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cancer immunotherapy OT - Dermal dendritic cell OT - Intradermal vaccination OT - Macropinocytosis OT - Naked RNA OT - RNA vaccine COIS- Ugur Sahin is a stock owner and management board member of BioNTech AG (Mainz, Germany). Mustafa Diken and Sebastian Kreiter are working as advisors for BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals GmbH. All other authors have no potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2016/07/17 06:00 MHDA- 2017/09/19 06:00 PMCR- 2016/07/15 CRDT- 2016/07/17 06:00 PHST- 2016/03/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/07/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/07/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/07/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/09/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/07/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s00262-016-1869-7 [pii] AID - 1869 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00262-016-1869-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2016 Sep;65(9):1075-83. doi: 10.1007/s00262-016-1869-7. Epub 2016 Jul 15.