کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1424593 | 986730 | 2012 | 8 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

Biodegradable poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) microspheres (MS) deliver antigens and toll like receptor (TLR) ligands to antigen presenting cells (APC) in vitro and in vivo. PLGA-MS-microencapsulated model antigens are efficiently presented on MHC class I and II molecules of dendritic cells and stimulate strong cytotoxic and T helper cell responses enabling the eradication of pre-existing model tumors. The application of tumor lysates as a source of antigen for immunotherapy has so far not been very successful also due to a lack of suitable delivery systems. In this study we used PLGA-MS with co-encapsulated tumor lysates and CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG-ODN) as well as microencapsulated polyI:C in order to elicit anti-tumor responses. Immunization of mice with such mixtures of MS yielded substantial cytotoxic T cell (CTL) responses and interfered with tumor growth in TRAMP mice, a pre-clinical transgenic mouse model of prostate carcinoma, which has previously resisted dendritic cell‐based therapy. As an important step towards clinical application of PLGA-MS, we could show that γ-irradiation of PLGA-MS sterilized the MS, without reducing their efficacy in eliciting CTL and anti-tumor responses in subcutaneous tumor grafts. Since PLGA is approved for clinical application, sterilized PLGA-MS containing tumor lysates and TLR ligands hold promise as anti-tumor vaccines against prostate carcinoma in humans.
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Journal: Journal of Controlled Release - Volume 162, Issue 1, 20 August 2012, Pages 159–166