Journal: Biomaterials science
Article Title: Nanoparticle vaccines can be designed to induce pDC support of mDCs for increased antigen display
doi: 10.1039/d2bm01132h
Figure Lengend Snippet: Myeloid DC (A-C) or plasmacytoid DC (D-F) MHC II+ MFI fold increase versus PBS control. For each condition or formulation, corresponding concentrations of E2 and adjuvant are displayed. White bars are PBS- and E2-only controls. Red bars indicate 100 ng/mL LPS (mDC positive control) or 200 ng/mL LPS (pDC positive control). Green, blue, and orange bars correspond to free (light bars) or encapsulated (dark bars) CpG1826, CpG1018, or ssRNA, respectively. A) MHC II expression of mDCs incubated with PBS, LPS, E2, and CpG1826 controls or CpG1826-E2. B) MHC II expression of mDCs incubated with CpG1018-E2 or control. C) MHC II expression of mDCs incubated with ssRNA-E2 or control. D) MHC II expression of pDCs incubated with CpG1826-E2 or control. E) MHC II expression of pDCs incubated with CpG1018-E2 or control. F) MHC II expression of pDCs incubated with ssRNA-E2 or control. Mean ± SEM. Statistics: 1-way ANOVA, Bonferroni’s test. ≥3 independent biological replicates, 2-3 technical replicates per independent biological replicate. Adj: adjuvant. *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01. Experimental procedure is outlined in Figure SI-1.
Article Snippet: Adjuvants CpG1826 (5’-tccatgacgttcctgacgtt-3’), CpG1018 (5’-tgactgtgaacgttcgagatga-3’), and ssRNA (5’-gcccgucuguugugugacuc-3’) were custom-ordered from IDT or TriLink BioTechnologies, with or without 5’ benzaldehyde modification (for nanoparticle conjugation and controls, respectively).
Techniques: Control, Formulation, Adjuvant, Positive Control, Expressing, Incubation