Peptide–TLR-7/8a conjugate vaccines chemically programmed for nanoparticle self-assembly enhance CD8 T-cell immunity to tumor antigens

Personalized cancer vaccines targeting patient-specific neoantigens are a promising cancer treatment modality; however, neoantigen physicochemical variability can present challenges to manufacturing personalized cancer vaccines in an optimal format for inducing anticancer T cells. Here, we developed...

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Main Authors: Lynn, GM, Sedlik, C, Baharom, F, Zhu, Y, Ramirez-Valdez, RA, Coble, VL, Tobin, K, Nichols, SR, Itzkowitz, Y, Zaidi, N, Gammon, JM, Blobel, NJ, Denizeau, J, de la Rochere, P, Francica, BJ, Decker, B, Maciejewski, M, Cheung, J, Yamane, H, Smelkinson, MG, Francica, JR, Laga, R, Bernstock, JD, Seymour, LW, Drake, CG, Jewell, CM, Lantz, O, Piaggio, E, Ishizuka, AS, Seder, RA
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Nature Research 2020
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author Lynn, GM
Sedlik, C
Baharom, F
Zhu, Y
Ramirez-Valdez, RA
Coble, VL
Tobin, K
Nichols, SR
Itzkowitz, Y
Zaidi, N
Gammon, JM
Blobel, NJ
Denizeau, J
de la Rochere, P
Francica, BJ
Decker, B
Maciejewski, M
Cheung, J
Yamane, H
Smelkinson, MG
Francica, JR
Laga, R
Bernstock, JD
Seymour, LW
Drake, CG
Jewell, CM
Lantz, O
Piaggio, E
Ishizuka, AS
Seder, RA
author_facet Lynn, GM
Sedlik, C
Baharom, F
Zhu, Y
Ramirez-Valdez, RA
Coble, VL
Tobin, K
Nichols, SR
Itzkowitz, Y
Zaidi, N
Gammon, JM
Blobel, NJ
Denizeau, J
de la Rochere, P
Francica, BJ
Decker, B
Maciejewski, M
Cheung, J
Yamane, H
Smelkinson, MG
Francica, JR
Laga, R
Bernstock, JD
Seymour, LW
Drake, CG
Jewell, CM
Lantz, O
Piaggio, E
Ishizuka, AS
Seder, RA
author_sort Lynn, GM
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description Personalized cancer vaccines targeting patient-specific neoantigens are a promising cancer treatment modality; however, neoantigen physicochemical variability can present challenges to manufacturing personalized cancer vaccines in an optimal format for inducing anticancer T cells. Here, we developed a vaccine platform (SNP-7/8a) based on charge-modified peptide–TLR-7/8a conjugates that are chemically programmed to self-assemble into nanoparticles of uniform size (~20 nm) irrespective of the peptide antigen composition. This approach provided precise loading of diverse peptide neoantigens linked to TLR-7/8a (adjuvant) in nanoparticles, which increased uptake by and activation of antigen-presenting cells that promote T-cell immunity. Vaccination of mice with SNP-7/8a using predicted neoantigens (n = 179) from three tumor models induced CD8 T cells against ~50% of neoantigens with high predicted MHC-I binding affinity and led to enhanced tumor clearance. SNP-7/8a delivering in silico-designed mock neoantigens also induced CD8 T cells in nonhuman primates. Altogether, SNP-7/8a is a generalizable approach for codelivering peptide antigens and adjuvants in nanoparticles for inducing anticancer T-cell immunity.
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spelling oxford-uuid:d7807514-73f5-42b6-b486-076603d268c62022-03-27T08:41:44ZPeptide–TLR-7/8a conjugate vaccines chemically programmed for nanoparticle self-assembly enhance CD8 T-cell immunity to tumor antigensJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d7807514-73f5-42b6-b486-076603d268c6EnglishSymplectic ElementsNature Research2020Lynn, GMSedlik, CBaharom, FZhu, YRamirez-Valdez, RACoble, VLTobin, KNichols, SRItzkowitz, YZaidi, NGammon, JMBlobel, NJDenizeau, Jde la Rochere, PFrancica, BJDecker, BMaciejewski, MCheung, JYamane, HSmelkinson, MGFrancica, JRLaga, RBernstock, JDSeymour, LWDrake, CGJewell, CMLantz, OPiaggio, EIshizuka, ASSeder, RAPersonalized cancer vaccines targeting patient-specific neoantigens are a promising cancer treatment modality; however, neoantigen physicochemical variability can present challenges to manufacturing personalized cancer vaccines in an optimal format for inducing anticancer T cells. Here, we developed a vaccine platform (SNP-7/8a) based on charge-modified peptide–TLR-7/8a conjugates that are chemically programmed to self-assemble into nanoparticles of uniform size (~20 nm) irrespective of the peptide antigen composition. This approach provided precise loading of diverse peptide neoantigens linked to TLR-7/8a (adjuvant) in nanoparticles, which increased uptake by and activation of antigen-presenting cells that promote T-cell immunity. Vaccination of mice with SNP-7/8a using predicted neoantigens (n = 179) from three tumor models induced CD8 T cells against ~50% of neoantigens with high predicted MHC-I binding affinity and led to enhanced tumor clearance. SNP-7/8a delivering in silico-designed mock neoantigens also induced CD8 T cells in nonhuman primates. Altogether, SNP-7/8a is a generalizable approach for codelivering peptide antigens and adjuvants in nanoparticles for inducing anticancer T-cell immunity.
spellingShingle Lynn, GM
Sedlik, C
Baharom, F
Zhu, Y
Ramirez-Valdez, RA
Coble, VL
Tobin, K
Nichols, SR
Itzkowitz, Y
Zaidi, N
Gammon, JM
Blobel, NJ
Denizeau, J
de la Rochere, P
Francica, BJ
Decker, B
Maciejewski, M
Cheung, J
Yamane, H
Smelkinson, MG
Francica, JR
Laga, R
Bernstock, JD
Seymour, LW
Drake, CG
Jewell, CM
Lantz, O
Piaggio, E
Ishizuka, AS
Seder, RA
Peptide–TLR-7/8a conjugate vaccines chemically programmed for nanoparticle self-assembly enhance CD8 T-cell immunity to tumor antigens
title Peptide–TLR-7/8a conjugate vaccines chemically programmed for nanoparticle self-assembly enhance CD8 T-cell immunity to tumor antigens
title_full Peptide–TLR-7/8a conjugate vaccines chemically programmed for nanoparticle self-assembly enhance CD8 T-cell immunity to tumor antigens
title_fullStr Peptide–TLR-7/8a conjugate vaccines chemically programmed for nanoparticle self-assembly enhance CD8 T-cell immunity to tumor antigens
title_full_unstemmed Peptide–TLR-7/8a conjugate vaccines chemically programmed for nanoparticle self-assembly enhance CD8 T-cell immunity to tumor antigens
title_short Peptide–TLR-7/8a conjugate vaccines chemically programmed for nanoparticle self-assembly enhance CD8 T-cell immunity to tumor antigens
title_sort peptide tlr 7 8a conjugate vaccines chemically programmed for nanoparticle self assembly enhance cd8 t cell immunity to tumor antigens
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