Metabolic glycan labeling immobilizes dendritic cell membrane and enhances antitumor efficacy of dendritic cell vaccine

Abstract Dendritic cell (DC) vaccine was among the first FDA-approved cancer immunotherapies, but has been limited by the modest cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response and therapeutic efficacy. Here we report a facile metabolic labeling approach that enables targeted modulation of adoptively transfer...

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Main Authors: Joonsu Han, Rimsha Bhatta, Yusheng Liu, Yang Bo, Alberto Elosegui-Artola, Hua Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40886-7
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author Joonsu Han
Rimsha Bhatta
Yusheng Liu
Yang Bo
Alberto Elosegui-Artola
Hua Wang
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description Abstract Dendritic cell (DC) vaccine was among the first FDA-approved cancer immunotherapies, but has been limited by the modest cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response and therapeutic efficacy. Here we report a facile metabolic labeling approach that enables targeted modulation of adoptively transferred DCs for developing enhanced DC vaccines. We show that metabolic glycan labeling can reduce the membrane mobility of DCs, which activates DCs and improves the antigen presentation and subsequent T cell priming property of DCs. Metabolic glycan labeling itself can enhance the antitumor efficacy of DC vaccines. In addition, the cell-surface chemical tags (e.g., azido groups) introduced via metabolic glycan labeling also enable in vivo conjugation of cytokines onto adoptively transferred DCs, which further enhances CTL response and antitumor efficacy. Our DC labeling and targeting technology provides a strategy to improve the therapeutic efficacy of DC vaccines, with minimal interference upon the clinical manufacturing process.
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spelling doaj.art-f06180e285c4431180104e3c9d6fba112023-11-20T10:02:28ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232023-08-0114111410.1038/s41467-023-40886-7Metabolic glycan labeling immobilizes dendritic cell membrane and enhances antitumor efficacy of dendritic cell vaccineJoonsu Han0Rimsha Bhatta1Yusheng Liu2Yang Bo3Alberto Elosegui-Artola4Hua Wang5Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignCell and Tissue Mechanobiology Laboratory, Francis Crick InstituteDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignAbstract Dendritic cell (DC) vaccine was among the first FDA-approved cancer immunotherapies, but has been limited by the modest cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response and therapeutic efficacy. Here we report a facile metabolic labeling approach that enables targeted modulation of adoptively transferred DCs for developing enhanced DC vaccines. We show that metabolic glycan labeling can reduce the membrane mobility of DCs, which activates DCs and improves the antigen presentation and subsequent T cell priming property of DCs. Metabolic glycan labeling itself can enhance the antitumor efficacy of DC vaccines. In addition, the cell-surface chemical tags (e.g., azido groups) introduced via metabolic glycan labeling also enable in vivo conjugation of cytokines onto adoptively transferred DCs, which further enhances CTL response and antitumor efficacy. Our DC labeling and targeting technology provides a strategy to improve the therapeutic efficacy of DC vaccines, with minimal interference upon the clinical manufacturing process.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40886-7
spellingShingle Joonsu Han
Rimsha Bhatta
Yusheng Liu
Yang Bo
Alberto Elosegui-Artola
Hua Wang
Metabolic glycan labeling immobilizes dendritic cell membrane and enhances antitumor efficacy of dendritic cell vaccine
Nature Communications
title Metabolic glycan labeling immobilizes dendritic cell membrane and enhances antitumor efficacy of dendritic cell vaccine
title_full Metabolic glycan labeling immobilizes dendritic cell membrane and enhances antitumor efficacy of dendritic cell vaccine
title_fullStr Metabolic glycan labeling immobilizes dendritic cell membrane and enhances antitumor efficacy of dendritic cell vaccine
title_full_unstemmed Metabolic glycan labeling immobilizes dendritic cell membrane and enhances antitumor efficacy of dendritic cell vaccine
title_short Metabolic glycan labeling immobilizes dendritic cell membrane and enhances antitumor efficacy of dendritic cell vaccine
title_sort metabolic glycan labeling immobilizes dendritic cell membrane and enhances antitumor efficacy of dendritic cell vaccine
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40886-7
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