TY - JOUR
T1 - A polysaccharide carrier to effectively deliver native phosphodiester CpG DNA to antigen-presenting cells
AU - Shimada, Naohiko
AU - Coban, Cevayir
AU - Takeda, Yoichi
AU - Mizu, Masami
AU - Minari, Jusaku
AU - Anada, Takahisa
AU - Torii, Yuichi
AU - Shinkai, Seiji
AU - Akira, Shizuo
AU - Ishii, Ken J.
AU - Sakurai, Kazuo
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Oligodeoxynucleotides containing unmethylated CpG sequences (CpG DNAs) activate the vertebrate innate immune system via toll-like receptor 9 (TLR-9). Although CpG DNA is a promising immunotherapeutic agent, its short circulation time in biological fluids due to nuclease is the major drawback. This paper proposes that a natural polysaccharide called schizophyllan (SPG) can be used as an effective CpG DNA carrier because SPG can complex with CpG DNA and the resultant complex shows the nuclease resistance of the bound DNA. In order to increase cellular uptake in vitro, we chemically attached spermine, cholesterol, arginine octamer, or RGD peptide to SPG. The complexes made of the chemically modified SPG and CpG DNA having a phosphorothioate (PS) or phosphodiester (PO) backbone led to increased secretion of cytokines of about 4- to 15-fold, compared with the uncomplexed dose. Furthermore, when PO CpG DNA was complexed with unmodified SPG, the IL-12 level increased by almost 3- to 11-fold compared with the naked dose. The PO CpG DNA/unmodified SPG complex data suggested that unmodified SPG might effectively deliver PO in vivo due to the electrically neutral nature of unmodified SPG. When the complexed CpG DNAs were injected intraperitoneally, a large amount of IL-12 production was observed compared with the uncomplexed material. Both in vivo and vitro assays indicated that the SPG complex may be of use for CpG DNA therapy.
AB - Oligodeoxynucleotides containing unmethylated CpG sequences (CpG DNAs) activate the vertebrate innate immune system via toll-like receptor 9 (TLR-9). Although CpG DNA is a promising immunotherapeutic agent, its short circulation time in biological fluids due to nuclease is the major drawback. This paper proposes that a natural polysaccharide called schizophyllan (SPG) can be used as an effective CpG DNA carrier because SPG can complex with CpG DNA and the resultant complex shows the nuclease resistance of the bound DNA. In order to increase cellular uptake in vitro, we chemically attached spermine, cholesterol, arginine octamer, or RGD peptide to SPG. The complexes made of the chemically modified SPG and CpG DNA having a phosphorothioate (PS) or phosphodiester (PO) backbone led to increased secretion of cytokines of about 4- to 15-fold, compared with the uncomplexed dose. Furthermore, when PO CpG DNA was complexed with unmodified SPG, the IL-12 level increased by almost 3- to 11-fold compared with the naked dose. The PO CpG DNA/unmodified SPG complex data suggested that unmodified SPG might effectively deliver PO in vivo due to the electrically neutral nature of unmodified SPG. When the complexed CpG DNAs were injected intraperitoneally, a large amount of IL-12 production was observed compared with the uncomplexed material. Both in vivo and vitro assays indicated that the SPG complex may be of use for CpG DNA therapy.
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U2 - 10.1021/bc0700178
DO - 10.1021/bc0700178
M3 - Article
C2 - 17530815
AN - SCOPUS:34547182835
VL - 18
SP - 1280
EP - 1286
JO - Bioconjugate Chemistry
JF - Bioconjugate Chemistry
SN - 1043-1802
IS - 4
ER -