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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2017

Intracellular Cleavable CpG Oligodeoxynucleotide-Antigen Conjugate Enhances Anti-tumor Immunity.

Katrin Kramer, Nicholas J Shields, Viola Poppe, Sarah L Young, Greg F Walker

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Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katrin KramerSchool of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand; Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand.
Nicholas J ShieldsDepartment of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand.
Viola PoppeSchool of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand.
Sarah L YoungDepartment of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand. Electronic address: sarah.young@otago.ac.nz.
Greg F WalkerSchool of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand.
University of Otago · NZ

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conjugation of a vaccine adjuvant to an antigen enhances anti-tumor immune responses. Direct chemical conjugation, however, may limit their processing by the antigen-presenting cell for immune stimulation. To test this hypothesis, antigen-adjuvant conjugates were designed to be cleaved by an intracellular trigger to release antigen and adjuvant from each other. The different reductive environment inside and outside antigen-presenting cells was used as a trigger for targeted intracellular release. Two redox-responsive disulphide linkers were used to conjugate the model antigen ovalbumin to CpG. In vitro stability assays with the reductant glutathione showed that one conjugate (SS) was cleaved by glutathione concentrations of the extra- and intracellular compartments. A second conjugate (HYN-SS) was only cleaved at the higher intracellular glutathione concentration. In vitro cell culture studies showed that high T cell responses were generated by the HYN-SS and the stable conjugate HYN. The SS conjugate induced a lower T cell response similar to a mixture of CpG and ovalbumin. An in vivo therapeutic tumor trial demonstrated a superior survival rate of 9/10 for mice vaccinated with HYN-SS conjugate compared to HYN (6/10), SS (2/10), and the mixture (2/10). This intracellular cleavable conjugation strategy represents a promising approach to improve cancer immunotherapy of soluble vaccines.

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Adjuvants, ImmunologicOligodeoxyribonucleotidesAnimalsAntigen-Presenting CellsAntigensCancer VaccinesDisease Models, AnimalMelanoma, ExperimentalMiceNeoplasmsOvalbuminT-Lymphocyte SubsetsAdjuvants, ImmunologicAntigensCancer VaccinesCPG-oligonucleotideOligodeoxyribonucleotidesOvalbuminantigen deliverycancer immunotherapycancer vaccinecleavable conjugatesCpGredoxtoll-like receptor ligand

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PMID28129129
PMCPMC5363295
OpenAlexW2570175961

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