PMID- 28710434 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190220 LR - 20190320 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 1 DP - 2017 Jul 14 TI - Modifying Dendritic Cell Activation with Plasmonic Nano Vectors. PG - 5513 LID - 10.1038/s41598-017-04459-1 [doi] LID - 5513 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) can acquire, process, and present antigens to T-cells to induce an immune response. For this reason, targeting cancer antigens to DCs in order to cause an immune response against cancer is an emerging area of nanomedicine that has the potential to redefine the way certain cancers are treated. The use of plasmonically active silver-coated gold nanorods (henceforth referred to as plasmonic nano vectors (PNVs)) as potential carriers for DC tumor vaccines has not been presented before. Effective carriers must be able to be phagocytized by DCs, present low toxicity, and induce the maturation of DCs-an early indication of an immune response. When we treated DCs with the PNVs, we found that the cell viability of DCs was unaffected, up to 200 mug/ml. Additionally, the PNVs associated with the DCs as they were phagocytized and they were found to reside within intracellular compartments such as endosomes. More importantly, the PNVs were able to induce expression of surface markers indicative of DC activation and maturation, i.e. CD40, CD86, and MHC class II. These results provide the first evidence that PNVs are promising carriers for DC-based vaccines and warrant further investigating for clinical use. FAU - Vang, Kieng Bao AU - Vang KB AD - Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S University Avenue, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA. kbvangdings@ualr.edu. FAU - Safina, Ingrid AU - Safina I AD - Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S University Avenue, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA. FAU - Darrigues, Emilie AU - Darrigues E AD - Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S University Avenue, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA. FAU - Nedosekin, Dmitry AU - Nedosekin D AD - Arkansas Nanomedicine Center, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA. FAU - Nima, Zeid A AU - Nima ZA AD - Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S University Avenue, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA. FAU - Majeed, Waqar AU - Majeed W AD - Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S University Avenue, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA. FAU - Watanabe, Fumiya AU - Watanabe F AD - Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S University Avenue, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA. FAU - Kannarpady, Ganesh AU - Kannarpady G AD - Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S University Avenue, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA. FAU - Kore, Rajshekhar A AU - Kore RA AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA. FAU - Casciano, Daniel AU - Casciano D AD - Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S University Avenue, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA. FAU - Zharov, Vladimir P AU - Zharov VP AD - Arkansas Nanomedicine Center, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA. FAU - Griffin, Robert J AU - Griffin RJ AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA. FAU - Dings, Ruud P M AU - Dings RPM AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA. FAU - Biris, Alexandru S AU - Biris AS AD - Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S University Avenue, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA. LA - eng GR - P20 GM103625/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20170714 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 RN - 0 (B7-2 Antigen) RN - 0 (CD40 Antigens) RN - 0 (Cd86 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class II) RN - 3M4G523W1G (Silver) RN - 7440-57-5 (Gold) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - B7-2 Antigen/*metabolism MH - CD40 Antigens/*metabolism MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Dendritic Cells/cytology/drug effects/*immunology MH - Gold/*pharmacology MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/*pharmacology MH - Metal Nanoparticles/chemistry MH - Mice MH - Nanotubes/chemistry MH - Phagocytosis MH - Silver/*pharmacology PMC - PMC5511287 COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2017/07/16 06:00 MHDA- 2019/03/21 06:00 PMCR- 2017/07/14 CRDT- 2017/07/16 06:00 PHST- 2016/12/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/05/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/07/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/07/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/03/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/07/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41598-017-04459-1 [pii] AID - 4459 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41598-017-04459-1 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2017 Jul 14;7(1):5513. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04459-1.