PMID- 32662625 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210216 LR - 20210216 IS - 1944-8252 (Electronic) IS - 1944-8244 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 31 DP - 2020 Aug 5 TI - Hollow Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles with Extra-Large Mesopores for Enhanced Cancer Vaccine. PG - 34658-34666 LID - 10.1021/acsami.0c09484 [doi] AB - Owing to the limitations of conventional cancer therapies, cancer immunotherapy has emerged for the prevention of cancer recurrence. To provoke adaptive immune responses that are antigen-specific, it is important to develop an efficient antigen delivery system that can enhance the activation and maturation of the dendritic cells (DCs) in the human body. In this study, we synthesize hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles with extra-large mesopores (H-XL-MSNs) based on a single-step synthesis from core-shell mesoporous silica nanoparticles with a core composed of an assembly of iron oxide nanoparticles. The hollow void inside the mesoporous silica nanoparticles with large mesopores allows a high loading efficiency of various model proteins of different sizes. The H-XL-MSNs are coated with a poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI) solution to provide an immune adjuvant and change the surface charge of the particles for loading and slow release of a model antigen. An in vitro study using a cancer vaccine based on the PEI-coated H-XL-MSNs with the loading of the model antigen showed an enhanced activation of the DCs. An in vivo study demonstrated that the resulting cancer vaccine increased the antigen-specific cytotoxic T cells, enhanced the suppression of tumor growth, and improved the survival rate after challenging cancer to mice. These findings suggest that these hollow MSNs with extra-large pores can be used as excellent antigen carriers for immunotherapy. FAU - Lee, Jun Yup AU - Lee JY AD - School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Min Kyung AU - Kim MK AD - Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology (SAIHST), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea. FAU - Nguyen, Thanh Loc AU - Nguyen TL AD - School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Jaeyun AU - Kim J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4687-6732 AD - School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea. AD - Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology (SAIHST), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea. AD - Biomedical Institute for Convergence at SKKU (BICS), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea. AD - Institute of Quantum Biophysics (IQB), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200728 PL - United States TA - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces JT - ACS applied materials & interfaces JID - 101504991 RN - 0 (Adjuvants, Immunologic) RN - 0 (Cancer Vaccines) RN - 7631-86-9 (Silicon Dioxide) SB - IM MH - Adjuvants, Immunologic MH - Animals MH - Cancer Vaccines/chemistry/*immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/immunology MH - Melanoma, Experimental/*immunology/pathology MH - Mice MH - Nanoparticles/*chemistry MH - Particle Size MH - Porosity MH - Silicon Dioxide/*chemistry MH - Surface Properties MH - T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - cancer immunotherapy OT - cytotoxic T cells OT - dendritic cells OT - hollow silica nanoparticles OT - mesoporous silica nanoparticles EDAT- 2020/07/15 06:00 MHDA- 2021/02/17 06:00 CRDT- 2020/07/15 06:00 PHST- 2020/07/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/02/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/07/15 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acsami.0c09484 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2020 Aug 5;12(31):34658-34666. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c09484. Epub 2020 Jul 28.