PMID- 32790346 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210514 LR - 20220127 IS - 1936-086X (Electronic) IS - 1936-0851 (Print) IS - 1936-0851 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Jan 26 TI - Glycan-Modified Virus-like Particles Evoke T Helper Type 1-like Immune Responses. PG - 309-321 LID - 10.1021/acsnano.0c03023 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are highly effective antigen-presenting cells that shape immune responses. Vaccines that deliver antigen to the DCs can harness their power. DC surface lectins recognize glycans not typically present on host tissue to facilitate antigen uptake and presentation. Vaccines that target these surface lectins should offer improved antigen delivery, but their efficacy will depend on how lectin targeting influences the T cell subtypes that result. We examined how antigen structure influences uptake and signaling from the C-type lectin DC-SIGN (dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing nonintegrin or CD209). Virus-like particles (VLPs) were engineered from bacteriophage Qbeta to present an array of mannoside ligands. The VLPs were taken up by DCs and efficiently trafficked to endosomes. The signaling that ensued depended on the ligand displayed on the VLP: only those particles densely functionalized with an aryl mannoside, Qbeta-Man(540), elicited DC maturation and induced the expression of the proinflammatory cytokines characteristic of a T helper type 1 (T(H)1)-like immune response. This effect was traced to differential binding to DC-SIGN at the acidic pH of the endosome. Mice immunized with a VLP bearing the aryl mannoside, and a peptide antigen (Qbeta-Ova-Man(540)) had antigen-specific responses, including the production of CD4(+) T cells producing the activating cytokines interferon-gamma and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. A T(H)1 response is critical for intracellular pathogens (e.g., viruses) and cancer; thus, our data highlight the value of targeting DC lectins for antigen delivery and validate the utility of DC-targeted VLPs as vaccine vehicles that induce cellular immunity. FAU - Alam, Mohammad Murshid AU - Alam MM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5646-3309 AD - Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States. FAU - Jarvis, Cassie M AU - Jarvis CM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4287-4163 AD - Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States. FAU - Hincapie, Robert AU - Hincapie R AD - School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States. FAU - McKay, Craig S AU - McKay CS AD - School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States. FAU - Schimer, Jiri AU - Schimer J AD - School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States. FAU - Sanhueza, Carlos A AU - Sanhueza CA AD - School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States. FAU - Xu, Ke AU - Xu K FAU - Diehl, Roger C AU - Diehl RC AD - Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States. FAU - Finn, M G AU - Finn MG AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8247-3108 AD - School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States. FAU - Kiessling, Laura L AU - Kiessling LL AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6829-1500 AD - Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States. LA - eng GR - R01 AI055258/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20200817 PL - United States TA - ACS Nano JT - ACS nano JID - 101313589 RN - 0 (Antigens) RN - 0 (Polysaccharides) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigens MH - *Dendritic Cells MH - Immunity, Cellular MH - Mice MH - *Polysaccharides MH - T-Lymphocytes PMC - PMC8249087 MID - NIHMS1682816 OTO - NOTNLM OT - DC-SIGN OT - TH1-type immunity OT - bacteriophage Qbeta OT - cytokines OT - dendritic cell OT - mannose OT - virus-like particles EDAT- 2020/08/14 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/15 06:00 PMCR- 2022/01/26 CRDT- 2020/08/14 06:00 PHST- 2020/08/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/08/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2022/01/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1021/acsnano.0c03023 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Nano. 2021 Jan 26;15(1):309-321. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03023. Epub 2020 Aug 17.