PMID- 28635380 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171116 LR - 20171128 IS - 1748-6963 (Electronic) IS - 1743-5889 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 14 DP - 2017 Jul TI - Inorganic nanoparticles as potential regulators of immune response in dendritic cells. PG - 1647-1660 LID - 10.2217/nnm-2017-0061 [doi] AB - AIM: The spontaneous adsorption of proteins on nanoparticles (NPs) in biological media is exploited to prepare complexes of NPs and proteins from cancer cells' lysates for application in cancer immunotherapy. MATERIALS & METHODS: Gold (Au) and silica NPs were synthesized, incubated with cancer cells' lysates and characterized. Dendritic cells (DCs) were challenged with protein-coated NPs, their maturation, viability and morphology were evaluated and lymphocytes T proliferation was determined. RESULTS: Silica and Au NPs bound different pools of biomolecules from lysates, and are therefore promising selective carriers for antigens. When incubated with immature DCs, NPs were efficiently endocytosed without cytotoxicity. Finally, protein-coated AuNPs promoted DC maturation and DC-mediated lymphocyte proliferation, at variance with lysate alone and protein-coated silica NPs, that did not promote DCs maturation. CONCLUSION: These results demonstrate that the spontaneous formation of protein coronas on NPs represents a possible approach to fast, easy, cost-effective DCs stimulation. FAU - Fogli, Silvia AU - Fogli S AD - Department of Chemistry 'Ugo Schiff,' University of Florence, and CSGI, via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy. FAU - Montis, Costanza AU - Montis C AD - Department of Chemistry 'Ugo Schiff,' University of Florence, and CSGI, via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy. FAU - Paccosi, Sara AU - Paccosi S AD - Department of Health Sciences, Clinical Pharmacology & Oncology Section, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139, FI, Italy. FAU - Silvano, Angela AU - Silvano A AD - Department of Experimental & Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy. FAU - Michelucci, Elena AU - Michelucci E AD - Mass Spectrometry Center (CISM), University of Florence, via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy. FAU - Berti, Debora AU - Berti D AD - Department of Chemistry 'Ugo Schiff,' University of Florence, and CSGI, via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy. FAU - Bosi, Alberto AU - Bosi A AD - Department of Experimental & Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy. FAU - Parenti, Astrid AU - Parenti A AD - Department of Health Sciences, Clinical Pharmacology & Oncology Section, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139, FI, Italy. FAU - Romagnoli, Paolo AU - Romagnoli P AD - Department of Experimental & Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170621 PL - England TA - Nanomedicine (Lond) JT - Nanomedicine (London, England) JID - 101278111 RN - 0 (Coated Materials, Biocompatible) RN - 0 (Protein Corona) RN - 7440-57-5 (Gold) RN - 7631-86-9 (Silicon Dioxide) SB - IM MH - Adsorption MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Coated Materials, Biocompatible/chemistry/therapeutic use MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - Gold/chemistry MH - Humans MH - Immunotherapy/*methods MH - Nanoparticles/chemistry/*therapeutic use MH - Neoplasms/immunology/*therapy MH - *Protein Corona/chemistry/immunology MH - Silicon Dioxide/chemistry OTO - NOTNLM OT - cancer immunotherapy OT - dendritic cells OT - lysate OT - nanoparticles OT - protein corona EDAT- 2017/06/22 06:00 MHDA- 2017/11/29 06:00 CRDT- 2017/06/22 06:00 PHST- 2017/06/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/11/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/06/22 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.2217/nnm-2017-0061 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nanomedicine (Lond). 2017 Jul;12(14):1647-1660. doi: 10.2217/nnm-2017-0061. Epub 2017 Jun 21.