PMID- 29932335 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181214 LR - 20200930 IS - 1530-6992 (Electronic) IS - 1530-6984 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 7 DP - 2018 Jul 11 TI - Engineering Dendritic-Cell-Based Vaccines and PD-1 Blockade in Self-Assembled Peptide Nanofibrous Hydrogel to Amplify Antitumor T-Cell Immunity. PG - 4377-4385 LID - 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01406 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are increasingly used in cancer vaccines due to their ability to regulate T-cell immunity. Major limitations associated with the present DC adoptive transfer immunotherapy are low cell viability and transient duration of transplanted DCs at the vaccination site and the lack of recruitment of host DCs, leading to unsatisfactory T-cell immune response. Here, we developed a novel vaccine nodule comprising a simple physical mixture of the peptide nanofibrous hydrogel, anti-PD-1 antibodies, DCs, and tumor antigens. Upon subcutaneous injection, the vaccine nodule maintained the viability and biological function including the antigen uptake and maturation of encapsulated DCs and simultaneously recruited a number of host DCs and promoted the drainage of activated DCs to lymph nodes, resulting in enhanced proliferation of antigen-specific splenocytes and provoking potent cellular immune responses. Compared with adoptive transfer of DCs and subcutaneous administration of antigen vaccine, such a vaccine nodule shows superior antitumor immunotherapy efficiency in both prophylactic and therapeutic tumor models including delayed tumor growth and prolonged mice survival due to effective stimulation of antitumor T-cell immunity and increased infiltration of activated CD8(+) effector T-cells in the tumor. Our findings provide a simple and robust vaccination strategy for DC-based vaccines and also a unique vaccine product for stimulating and enhancing T-cell immunity, holding great promise for immunotherapy against cancer and infectious diseases. FAU - Yang, Pengxiang AU - Yang P AD - Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biomaterial Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering , Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Tianjin 300192 , China. AD - Institute of Cancer Prevention and Treatment, Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Science , Harbin Medical University , Harbin 150081 , China. FAU - Song, Huijuan AU - Song H AD - Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biomaterial Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering , Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Tianjin 300192 , China. FAU - Qin, Yibo AU - Qin Y AD - Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biomaterial Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering , Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Tianjin 300192 , China. FAU - Huang, Pingsheng AU - Huang P AD - Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biomaterial Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering , Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Tianjin 300192 , China. FAU - Zhang, Chuangnian AU - Zhang C AD - Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biomaterial Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering , Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Tianjin 300192 , China. FAU - Kong, Deling AU - Kong D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5520-0769 AD - Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biomaterial Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering , Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Tianjin 300192 , China. AD - State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences , Nankai University , Tianjin 300071 , China. AD - Jiangsu Center for the Collaboration and Innovation of Cancer Biotherapy , Cancer Institute, Xuzhou Medical University , Xuzhou 221004 , Jiangsu , China. FAU - Wang, Weiwei AU - Wang W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0333-0868 AD - Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biomaterial Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering , Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Tianjin 300192 , China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180628 PL - United States TA - Nano Lett JT - Nano letters JID - 101088070 RN - 0 (Cancer Vaccines) RN - 0 (PDCD1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor) RN - 25852-47-5 (Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate) SB - IM MH - Cancer Vaccines/*immunology/therapeutic use MH - Cell Engineering MH - Dendritic Cells/cytology/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate/therapeutic use MH - Neoplasms/immunology/*therapy MH - Peptides/immunology/therapeutic use MH - Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor/antagonists & inhibitors/immunology MH - T-Lymphocytes/*immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Dendritic cells OT - T-cell immunity OT - adoptive cell transfer OT - peptide nanofibrous hydrogel OT - tumor immunotherapy EDAT- 2018/06/23 06:00 MHDA- 2018/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2018/06/23 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/06/23 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01406 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nano Lett. 2018 Jul 11;18(7):4377-4385. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01406. Epub 2018 Jun 28.