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Nat Mater. 2012 Jan 22. doi: 10.1038/nmat3222. [Epub ahead of print]
Synthetic mast-cell granules as adjuvants to promote and polarize immunity in lymph nodes.
St John AL, Chan CY, Staats HF, Leong KW, Abraham SN.
Source
1] Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA [2].
Abstract
Granules of mast cells (MCs) enhance adaptive immunity when, on activation, they are released as stable particles. Here we show that submicrometre particles modelled after MC granules augment immunity when used as adjuvants in vaccines. The synthetic particles, which consist of a carbohydrate backbone with encapsulated inflammatory mediators such as tumour necrosis factor, replicate attributes of MCs in vivo including the targeting of draining lymph nodes and the timed release of the encapsulated mediators. When used as an adjuvant during vaccination of mice with haemagglutinin from the influenza virus, the particles enhanced adaptive immune responses and increased survival of mice on lethal challenge. Furthermore, differential loading of the particles with the cytokine IL-12 directed the character of the response towards Th1 lymphocytes. The synthetic MC adjuvants replicate and enhance the functions of MCs during vaccination, and can be extended to polarize the resulting immunity.
PMID:
22266469
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22266469
Synthetic mast-cell granules as adjuvants to promote and polarize immunity in lymph nodes.
St John AL, Chan CY, Staats HF, Leong KW, Abraham SN.
Source
1] Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA [2].
Abstract
Granules of mast cells (MCs) enhance adaptive immunity when, on activation, they are released as stable particles. Here we show that submicrometre particles modelled after MC granules augment immunity when used as adjuvants in vaccines. The synthetic particles, which consist of a carbohydrate backbone with encapsulated inflammatory mediators such as tumour necrosis factor, replicate attributes of MCs in vivo including the targeting of draining lymph nodes and the timed release of the encapsulated mediators. When used as an adjuvant during vaccination of mice with haemagglutinin from the influenza virus, the particles enhanced adaptive immune responses and increased survival of mice on lethal challenge. Furthermore, differential loading of the particles with the cytokine IL-12 directed the character of the response towards Th1 lymphocytes. The synthetic MC adjuvants replicate and enhance the functions of MCs during vaccination, and can be extended to polarize the resulting immunity.
PMID:
22266469
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22266469