Personalized Multi‐Epitope Nanovaccine Unlocks B Cell‐Mediated Multiple Pathways of Antitumor Immunity
B lymphocytes have emerged as an important immune-regulating target. Inoculation with tumor cell membrane-derived vaccines is a promising strategy to activate B cells, yet their efficiency is limited due to lack of costimulatory molecules. To amplify B cell responses against tumor, herein, a spatiotemporally-synchronized antigen-adjuvant integrated nanovaccine, termed as CM-CpG-aCD40, is constructed by conjugating the immune stimulative CpG oligonucleotide and the anti-CD40 antibody (aCD40) onto the membrane vesicles derived from triple negative breast cancer cells. CM-CpG-aCD40 actively accumulates in lymph nodes and is effectively captured by antigen-presenting cells via the recognition of CD40 by aCD40. Tumor antigens on CM-CpG-aCD40 bind to B cell receptors, providing the first stimulation signal for B cells. Meanwhile, the interaction between CpG/Toll like receptor and aCD40/CD40 provides superposed co-stimulation signals, improving the antibody-secreting and antigen-presenting abilities of B cells. The nanovaccine also stimulates dendritic cells to activate CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells, and reprograms tumor associated macrophages. CM-CpG-aCD40 activating humoral, cellular, and innate antitumor immunity achieves a tumor inhibition rate of 89.3%, which is further improved to 95.4% when combined with the anti-programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) antibody. CM-CpG-aCD40, as a personalized multi-epitope nanovaccine, paves the way for ushering the era of B cell-based immunotherapy.
Authors
- Haijun Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3398-0880)
- Ying Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4289-452X)
- Wenhui Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0042-4002)
- Shanshan Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1559-2320)
- Wenlu Yan
- Yaping Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0574-6966)
- Qi Yin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7317-3418)
- Ting Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4334-9184)
Institutions
- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Jilin University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (CN)
- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202411361
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.40
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province
- National Key Research and Development Program of China