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Antigen-capturing nanoparticles improve the abscopal effect and cancer immunotherapy
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Antigen-capturing nanoparticles improve the abscopal effect and cancer immunotherapy

Yuanzeng Min, Kyle C Roche, Shaomin Tian, Michael J Eblan, Karen P McKinnon, Joseph M Caster, Shengjie Chai, Laura E Herring, Longzhen Zhang, Tian Zhang, …
Nature nanotechnology, Vol.12(9), pp.877-882
09/2017
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2017.113
PMCID: PMC5587366
PMID: 28650437
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http://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2017.113View
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Abstract

Immunotherapy holds tremendous promise for improving cancer treatment. To administer radiotherapy with immunotherapy has been shown to improve immune responses and can elicit the 'abscopal effect'. Unfortunately, response rates for this strategy remain low. Herein we report an improved cancer immunotherapy approach that utilizes antigen-capturing nanoparticles (AC-NPs). We engineered several AC-NP formulations and demonstrated that the set of protein antigens captured by each AC-NP formulation is dependent on the NP surface properties. We showed that AC-NPs deliver tumour-specific proteins to antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and significantly improve the efficacy of αPD-1 (anti-programmed cell death 1) treatment using the B16F10 melanoma model, generating up to a 20% cure rate compared with 0% without AC-NPs. Mechanistic studies revealed that AC-NPs induced an expansion of CD8 cytotoxic T cells and increased both CD4 T/T and CD8 T/T ratios (T , regulatory T cells). Our work presents a novel strategy to improve cancer immunotherapy with nanotechnology.
T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic - immunology Immunotherapy - methods Antigens, Neoplasm - immunology Melanoma, Experimental - therapy Mice, Inbred C57BL Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor - antagonists & inhibitors CD4-CD8 Ratio Neoplasms - therapy Animals Melanoma, Experimental - immunology Nanoparticles - therapeutic use Neoplasms - immunology Nanomedicine - methods Cell Line, Tumor Female Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor - immunology

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