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. 2013:3:2203.
doi: 10.1038/srep02203.

Zn- and Mg- containing tricalcium phosphates-based adjuvants for cancer immunotherapy

Xiupeng Wang  1 , Xia Li, Kazuo Onuma, Yu Sogo, Tadao Ohno, Atsuo Ito
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Zn- and Mg- containing tricalcium phosphates-based adjuvants for cancer immunotherapy

Xiupeng Wang et al. Sci Rep. 2013.

Abstract

Zn-, and Mg-containing tricalcium phosphates (TCPs) loaded with a hydrothermal extract of a human tubercle bacillus (HTB) were prepared by immersing Zn-TCP and Mg-TCP in HTB-containing supersaturated calcium phosphate solutions. The in vitro and in vivo immunogenic activities of the HTB-loaded Zn-, and Mg-TCPs (Zn-Ap-HTB and Mg-Ap-HTB, respectively) were evaluated as potential immunopotentiating adjuvants for cancer immunotherapy. The Zn-Ap-HTB and Mg-Ap-HTB adjuvants showed no obvious cytotoxicity and more effectively stimulated granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) secretion by macrophage-like cells than unprocessed HTB or HTB-loaded TCP (T-Ap-HTB) in vitro. Zn-Ap-HTB and Mg-Ap-HTB mixed with liquid-nitrogen-treated tumor tissue markedly inhibited the in vivo development of rechallenged Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) cells compared with T-Ap-HTB and the unprocessed HTB mixed liquid-nitrogen-treated tumor tissue. Zn-Ap-HTB and Mg-Ap-HTB contributed to eliciting potent systemic antitumor immunity in vivo.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. XRD patterns of TCP, Mg-TCP (A) and Zn-TCP (B) powders.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Distributions of hydrodynamic radius of Mg6.8 (A) and Zn6.8 (B) dispersed in PBS(-) obtained by dynamic light scattering measurement at various incidence angles of laser (from 30–100°).
Figure 3
Figure 3. Electrical mobility distributions of TCP, Mg1.5 and Zn1.5 particles in PBS(-).
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Figure 4. FESEM images of TCP (A-1), Mg1.5 (B-1), Zn1.5 (C-1), T-Ap-HTB (A-2), Mg1.5-Ap-HTB (B-2) and Zn1.5-Ap-HTB (C-2).
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Figure 5. GM-CSF secretion by macrophage-like cells after cultured in the original culture medium, culture media containing HTB, Mg-Ap-HTB (A), and Zn-Ap-HTB (B) adjuvants (n = 8).
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Figure 6. In vitro cell viability of macrophage-like cells after cultured in the original culture medium, culture media containing T-Ap-HTB, Mg-Ap-HTB (A), and Zn-Ap-HTB (B) adjuvants (n = 3*2).
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Figure 7. Percent of mice without development of re-challenged tumor on the right flank of mice over time after re-challenge of LLC cells.
(* P<0.05 vs.HTB group, n = 12).
Figure 8
Figure 8. Contents of cytokines relating to cell-mediated immunity in mice spleen after 29 days from re-challenge of LLC cells.
GM-CSF (A), IL-2 (B), TNFα (C), IL-12 (D) and IFNγ (E). Red solid circles with error bars show the mean value and standard deviation (* p<0.05, n = 12).
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