Engineering Magnetosomes for High-Performance Cancer Vaccination

Feng Li, Weidong Nie, Fan Zhang, Guihong Lu, Chengliang Lv, Yanlin Lv, Weier Bao, Lijun Zhang, Shuang Wang, Xiaoyong Gao, Wei Wei*, Hai Yan Xie

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Abstract

A novel cancer vaccine is developed by using Fe3O4 magnetic nanoclusters (MNCs) as the core and cancer cell membranes decorated with anti-CD205 as the cloak. Because of the superparamagnetism and magnetization of MNCs, it is first achieved for the magnetic retention of vaccine in the lymph nodes with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guide, which opened the time window for antigen uptake by dendritic cells (DCs). Meanwhile, the camouflaged cancer cell membranes serve as a reservoir of various antigens, enabling subsequent multiantigenic response. Additionally, the decorated anti-CD205 direct more vaccine into CD8+ DCs, facilitating the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) I cross-presentation. These unique advantages together lead to a great proliferation of T cells with superior clonal diversity and cytotoxic activity. As a result, potent prophylactic and therapeutic effects with few abnormalities are observed on five different tumor models. Therefore, such a cancer-derived magnetosome with the integration of various recent nanotechnologies successfully demonstrates its promise for safe and high-performance cancer vaccination.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)796-807
Number of pages12
JournalACS Central Science
Volume5
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 May 2019

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Li, F., Nie, W., Zhang, F., Lu, G., Lv, C., Lv, Y., Bao, W., Zhang, L., Wang, S., Gao, X., Wei, W., & Xie, H. Y. (2019). Engineering Magnetosomes for High-Performance Cancer Vaccination. ACS Central Science, 5(5), 796-807. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.9b00060