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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2024

Proteomimetic Polymers Trigger Potent Antigen-Specific T Cell Responses to Limit Tumor Growth.

Max M Wang, Mi-Ran Choi, Claudia Battistella, Brayley Gattis, Baofu Qiao, Michael Evangelopoulos, Chad A Mirkin, Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Bin Zhang, Nathan C Gianneschi

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Max M WangDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2810-8561
Mi-Ran ChoiRobert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Medicine-Division of Hematology/Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States.
Claudia BattistellaDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.
Brayley GattisDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.
Baofu QiaoDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8870-5985
Michael EvangelopoulosDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5300-4289
Chad A MirkinDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6634-7627
Monica Olvera de la CruzDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9802-3627
Bin ZhangRobert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Medicine-Division of Hematology/Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6631-7647
Nathan C GianneschiDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9945-5475

Funding

Innovative Research for Cancer Nanotechnology (IRCN) for Enhancing Melanoma-specific Immune Responses by the Rational Design of Spherical Nucleic AcidsR01CA257926 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI CHAD A. MIRKIN, Bin Zhang · 2022 to 2026
$2.5M
WEE1 inhibition and tumor immunityR01CA222963 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI ZHANG, BIN · 2018 to 2023
$2.2M
Development of Rationally Designed Cancer Vaccines Using Protein-like Polymers (PLPs)F30CA257519 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, MAX · 2021 to 2024
$199k
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA257519NCI NIH HHS R01 CA222963NCI NIH HHS R01 CA257926
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elicitation of effective antitumor immunity following cancer vaccination requires the selective activation of distinct effector cell populations and pathways. Here we report a therapeutic approach for generating potent T cell responses using a modular vaccination platform technology capable of inducing directed immune activation, termed the Protein-like Polymer (PLP). PLPs demonstrate increased proteolytic resistance, high uptake by antigen-presenting cells (APCs), and enhanced payload-specific T cell responses. Key design parameters, namely payload linkage chemistry, degree of polymerization, and side chain composition, were varied to optimize vaccine formulations. Linking antigens to the polymer backbone using an intracellularly cleaved disulfide bond copolymerized with a diluent amount of oligo(ethylene glycol) (OEG) resulted in the highest payload-specific potentiation of antigen immunogenicity, enhancing dendritic cell (DC) activation and antigen-specific T cell responses. Vaccination with PLPs carrying either gp100, E7, or adpgk peptides significantly increased the survival of mice inoculated with B16F10, TC-1, or MC38 tumors, respectively, without the need for adjuvants. B16F10-bearing mice immunized with gp100-carrying PLPs showed increased antitumor CD8

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Cancer VaccinesPolymersT-LymphocytesAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLCancer VaccinesPolymers

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PMID38781575
PMCPMC12843570

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