PMID- 32231003 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200928 IS - 2072-6694 (Print) IS - 2072-6694 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6694 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 4 DP - 2020 Mar 28 TI - Liposomal TLR9 Agonist Combined with TLR2 Agonist-Fused Antigen Can Modulate Tumor Microenvironment through Dendritic Cells. LID - 10.3390/cancers12040810 [doi] LID - 810 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are antigen-presenting cells involved in T cell activation and differentiation to regulate immune responses. Lipoimmunogens can be developed as pharmaceutical lipoproteins for cancer immunotherapy to target DCs via toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) signaling. Previously, we constructed a lipoimmunogen, a lipidated human papillomavirus (HPV) E7 inactive mutant (rlipoE7m), to inhibit the growth of HPV16 E7-expressing tumor cells in a murine model. Moreover, this antitumor effect could be enhanced by a combinatory treatment with CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN). To improve safety, we developed a rlipoE7m plus DOTAP liposome-encapsulated native phosphodiester CpG (POCpG/DOTAP) treatment to target DCs to enhance antitumor immunity. We optimized the formulation of rlipoE7m and POCpG/DOTAP liposomes to promote conventional DC and plasmacytoid DC maturation in vitro and in vivo. Combination of rlipoE7m plus POCpG/DOTAP could activate conventional DCs and plasmacytoid DCs to augment IL-12 production to promote antitumor responses by intravenous injection. In addition, the combination of rlipoE7m plus POCpG/DOTAP could elicit robust cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) by intravenous immunization. Interestingly, the combination of rlipoE7m plus POCpG/DOTAP could efficiently inhibit tumor growth via intravenous immunization. Moreover, rlipoE7m plus POCpG/DOTAP combined reduced the number of tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells dramatically due to downregulation of IL-10 production by DCs. These results showed that the combination of rlipoE7m plus POCpG/DOTAP could target DCs via intravenous delivery to enhance antitumor immunity and reduce the number of immunosuppressive cells in the tumor microenvironment. FAU - Shen, Kuan-Yin AU - Shen KY AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4326-2038 AD - National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli 350401, Taiwan. FAU - Liu, Hsin-Yu AU - Liu HY AD - National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli 350401, Taiwan. FAU - Yan, Wan-Lun AU - Yan WL AD - National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli 350401, Taiwan. AD - Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114201, Taiwan. FAU - Wu, Chiao-Chieh AU - Wu CC AD - National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli 350401, Taiwan. FAU - Lee, Ming-Hui AU - Lee MH AD - National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli 350401, Taiwan. FAU - Leng, Chih-Hsing AU - Leng CH AD - National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli 350401, Taiwan. AD - Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung 404394, Taiwan. FAU - Liu, Shih-Jen AU - Liu SJ AD - National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli 350401, Taiwan. AD - Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung 404394, Taiwan. AD - Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807378, Taiwan. LA - eng GR - MOST 106-2320-B-400 -016 -MY3/Ministry of Science and Technology/ GR - IV-108-GP-02 and -03/National Health Research Institutes Flagship Grant/ GR - V-108-PP16 and IV-108-SP-18/National Health Research Institutes intramural grant/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200328 PL - Switzerland TA - Cancers (Basel) JT - Cancers JID - 101526829 PMC - PMC7225995 OTO - NOTNLM OT - DOTAP OT - Toll-like receptor 2 OT - lipoprotein OT - liposome OT - phosphodiester CpG COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/04/02 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/02 06:01 PMCR- 2020/03/28 CRDT- 2020/04/02 06:00 PHST- 2020/02/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/03/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/03/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/04/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/04/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/02 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/03/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cancers12040810 [pii] AID - cancers-12-00810 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cancers12040810 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cancers (Basel). 2020 Mar 28;12(4):810. doi: 10.3390/cancers12040810.