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ArticleBioMed research international2014

A purified recombinant lipopeptide as adjuvant for cancer immunotherapy.

Ying-Chyi Song, Hsueh-Hung Liu, I-Hua Chen, Hsin-Wei Chen, Pele Chong, Chih-Hsiang Leng, Shih-Jen Liu

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Article in BioMed research international, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors.

Ying-Chyi SongNational Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli 35053, Taiwan.
Hsueh-Hung LiuNational Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli 35053, Taiwan.
I-Hua ChenNational Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli 35053, Taiwan.
Hsin-Wei ChenNational Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli 35053, Taiwan ; Graduate Institute of Immunology, China Medical University, Taichung 40447, Taiwan.
Pele ChongNational Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli 35053, Taiwan ; Graduate Institute of Immunology, China Medical University, Taichung 40447, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-4197-7160
Chih-Hsiang LengNational Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli 35053, Taiwan ; Graduate Institute of Immunology, China Medical University, Taichung 40447, Taiwan.
Shih-Jen LiuNational Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli 35053, Taiwan ; Graduate Institute of Immunology, China Medical University, Taichung 40447, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-8736-1452

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synthetic lipopeptides have been widely used as vaccine adjuvants to enhance immune responses. The present study demonstrated that the tryptic N-terminal fragment of the lipoprotein rlipo-D1E3 (lipo-Nter) induces superior antitumor effects compared to a synthetic lipopeptide. The lipo-Nter was purified and formulated with protein or peptide vaccines to determine if lipo-Nter could be used as a novel adjuvant and could induce antitumor immunity in a cervical cancer model. Purified lipo-Nter activated the maturation of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BM-DCs), leading to the secretion of TNF-α through TLR2/6 but not TLR1/2. A recombinant mutant HPV16 E7 (rE7m) protein was mixed with lipo-Nter to immunize the mice; the anti-E7 antibody titers were increased, and the T helper cells were skewed toward the Th1 fate (increased IL-2 and decreased IL-5 secretion). Single-dose injection of rE7m and lipo-Nter inhibited tumor growth, but the injection of rE7m alone did not. Accordingly, lipo-Nter also enhanced the antitumor immunity of the E7-derived peptide but not the synthetic lipopeptide (Pam3CSK4). We demonstrated that the lipo-Nter of a bacterial-derived recombinant lipoprotein is a novel adjuvant that could be used for the development of a new generation of vaccines.

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Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsCell Line, TumorDendritic CellsFemaleImmunity, CellularImmunizationImmunotherapyInterleukin-2Interleukin-5LipopeptidesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPapillomavirus E7 ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsT-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerAdjuvants, ImmunologicInterleukin-2Interleukin-5Lipopeptidesoncogene protein E7, Human papillomavirus type 16Papillomavirus E7 ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaVaccines, Subunit

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PMID24738054
PMCPMC3967807

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