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ArticleNanoscale2020

The CpG molecular structure controls the mineralization of calcium phosphate nanoparticles and their immunostimulation efficacy as vaccine adjuvants.

Razieh Khalifehzadeh, Hamed Arami

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Article in Nanoscale, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Biological and Medical Applications of Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2021
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  7. Biodegradable calcium phosphate nanoparticles for cancer therapy.Advances in colloid and interface science · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Razieh KhalifehzadehDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Shriram Center, 443 Via Ortega, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Hamed Arami

Funding

STANFORD CANCER IMAGING TRAINING (SCIT) PROGRAMT32CA009695 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BRUCE L DANIEL, Jeremy Dahl · 1993 to 2026
$7.7M
Cancer-Translational Nanotechnology Training Program (Cancer-TNT)T32CA196585 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI FELSHER, DEAN W, RAO, JIANGHONG · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
Engineering antiviral innate immunity for safe and effective microbicidesR33AI088597 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BANEYX, FRANCOIS C · 2012 to 2014
$1.1M
Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) for Imaging and Magnetothermal Therapy of Brain TumorsK99CA234208 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI ARAMI, HAMED · 2020 to 2022
$477k
Engineering antiviral innate immunity for safe and effective microbicidesR21AI088597 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI SHEN, HONG · 2010 to 2011
$384k
NCI NIH HHS K99 CA234208NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009695NCI NIH HHS T32 CA196585NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI088597NIAID NIH HHS R33 AI088597
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The co-precipitation of calcium phosphate nanoparticles (CaPs) in the presence of nucleotide chains such as polynucleotides (i.e., plasmid DNA and siRNA) and oligonucleotides has been extensively used for pre-clinical gene or drug delivery and immunotherapy studies. However, the exact role of these molecules in mineralization and tuning the physicochemical characteristics of the synthesized CaPs is still not entirely clear. In this study, we evaluated the effects of three different CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) and two representative nucleic acids (siRNA and DNA), when used as templates for the formation of CaPs. We examined the influence of CpGs with naturally-occurring phosphodiester or modified phosphorothioate backbones on the homogeneous formation of CaPs from a modified simulated body fluid solution. The hydrodynamic size, size polydispersity, morphology and surface charge of the CaPs were used as the most critical checkpoints to unravel the involved mechanisms. Our results show that the characteristics of CaPs are highly dependent on the composition, backbone, sequence and concentrations of the CpGs. The CpG type and concentration control the size distribution of the mineralized CaPs and their immunostimulation performance as verified by the activation of dendritic cells and secretion of the pro-inflammatory interleukin-6 (IL-6) cytokine, type I interferon-α (IFN-α) and co-stimulatory CD80, CD86 and CD40 markers. This study paves the way for better design of more efficient CaPs loaded with different types of CpGs for immunostimulation applications as vaccine adjuvants.

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Adjuvants, ImmunologicCalcium PhosphatesCell LineChemical PrecipitationDendritic CellsDNAHumansMolecular StructureNanoparticlesOligodeoxyribonucleotidesRNA, Small InterferingAdjuvants, ImmunologicCalcium PhosphatesCPG-oligonucleotideDNAOligodeoxyribonucleotidesRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID32314980
PMCPMC7239567

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