Abstract

BackgroundPoly(D, L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles have potential applications as a vaccine adjuvant and delivery system due to its unique advantages as biodegradability and biocompatibility.ExperimentalWe fabricated cationic solid lipid nanoparticles using PLGA and dimethyl-dioctadecyl-ammonium bromide (DDAB), followed by loading of model antigen OVA (antigen ovalbumin, OVA257-264) to form an OVA@DDAB/PLGA nano-vaccine. And we investigated the intracellular signaling pathway in dendritic cells in vitro and antigen transport pathway and immune response in vivo mediated by an OVA@DDAB/PLGA nano-vaccine.ResultsIn vitro experiments revealed that the antigen uptake of BMDCs after nanovaccine incubation was two times higher than pure OVA or OVA@Al at 12 h. The BMDCs were well activated by p38 MAPK signaling pathway. Furthermore, the nano-vaccine induced antigen escape from lysosome into cytoplasm with 10 times increased cross-presentation activity than those of OVA or OVA@Al. Regarding the transport of antigen into draining lymph nodes (LNs), the nano-vaccine could rapidly transfer antigen to LNs by passive lymphatic drainage and active DC transport. The antigen+ cells in inguinal/popliteal LNs for the nano-vaccine were increased over two folds comparing to OVA@Al and OVA at 12 h. Moreover, the antigen of nano-vaccine stayed in LNs for over 7 days, germinal center formation over two folds higher than those of OVA@Al and OVA. After immunization, the nano-vaccine induced a much higher ratio of IgG2c/IgG1 than OVA@Al. It also effectively activated CD4+ T, CD8+ T and B cells for immune memory with a strong cellular response.ConclusionThese results indicated that DDAB/PLGA NP was a potent platform to improve vaccine immunogenicity by p38 signaling pathway in BMDCs, enhancing transport of antigens to LNs, and higher immunity response.Graphical

Highlights

  • Vaccination plays a crucial role in controlling the dissemination of virus and reducing morbidity and mortality [1]

  • Han et al Journal of Nanobiotechnology (2021) 19:394. These results indicated that dioctadecyl-ammonium bromide (DDAB)/PLGA NP was a potent platform to improve vaccine immunogenicity by p38 signaling pathway in bone marrow‐derived dendritic cells (BMDCs), enhancing transport of antigens to lymph nodes (LNs), and higher immunity response

  • The results suggested that the OVA. Compared to pure antigen (OVA)@DDAB/PLGA Nv could promote more T and B cells activation than OVA and OVA-adsorbed Al (OVA@Al) (Fig. 7b–d and Additional file 1: Fig. S10b–d; for C­ D4+ T cells comparing with OVA, p < 0.01; for ­CD4+ T cells comparing with OVA@Al, p < 0.05; for ­CD8+ T cells comparing with OVA, p < 0.001; for ­CD8+ T cells comparing with OVA@ Al, p < 0.01; for ­CD19+ B cells comparing with OVA, p < 0.0001; for ­CD19+ B cells comparing with OVA@Al, p < 0.01)

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Introduction

Vaccination plays a crucial role in controlling the dissemination of virus and reducing morbidity and mortality [1]. The ability of these vaccines to elicit a long-lasting and potent immune response is limited because their drawbacks as comparatively lower molecular weights and weaker immunogenicity [5]. Its application is limited by disadvantages such as side effects and anergy to cellular immunity, which drives the development of new delivery system and adjuvants for these subunit vaccines [8, 9]. Poly(D, L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles have potential applications as a vaccine adjuvant and delivery system due to its unique advantages as biodegradability and biocompatibility. Experimental: We fabricated cationic solid lipid nanoparticles using PLGA and dimethyl-dioctadecyl-ammonium bromide (DDAB), followed by loading of model antigen OVA (antigen ovalbumin, ­OVA257-264) to form an OVA@DDAB/ PLGA nano-vaccine. We investigated the intracellular signaling pathway in dendritic cells in vitro and antigen transport pathway and immune response in vivo mediated by an OVA@DDAB/PLGA nano-vaccine

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