Induction of Endoplasmic Reticulum-Endosome Fusion for Antigen Cross-Presentation Induced by Poly (γ-Glutamic Acid) Nanoparticles
Induction of Endoplasmic Reticulum-Endosome Fusion for Antigen Cross-Presentation Induced by Poly (γ-Glutamic Acid) Nanoparticles
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DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.1001093
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发表时间:
2011-12-15
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Nakagawa, Shinsaku
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作者:
Mukai, Yohei;Yoshinaga, Tomoyo;Nakagawa, Shinsaku
We previously reported that poly (gamma-glutamic acid)-based nanoparticles (gamma-PGA NPs) are excellent vaccine carriers for inducing efficient cross-presentation in dendritic cells, thereby producing strong antitumor immunity in vivo. Analyzing the mechanism of cross-presentation induced by gamma-PGA NPs will be useful toward designing novel vaccine carriers. In this study, we show an intracellular mechanism of efficient cross-presentation induced by OVA-loaded gamma-PGA NPs. Cross-presentation induced by gamma-PGA NPs depended on cytoplasmic proteasomes and TAP, similar to the classical MHC class I presentation pathway for endogenous Ags. Intracellular behavior analyzed by confocal laser scanning microscopy revealed that encapsulated OVA and gamma-PGA accumulated in both the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and endosome compartments within 2 h. At the same time, electron microscopy analysis clearly showed that intracellular gamma-PGA NPs and encapsulated Au NPs were enveloped in endosome-like vesicles, not in the ER. These findings strongly suggest that gamma-PGA NPs enhance ER-endosome fusion for cross-presentation. Moreover, inhibition of ER translocon sec61 significantly decreased the gamma-PGA NP/OVA-mediated cross-presentation efficiency, indicating that sec61 is important for transporting Ags from the fused ER-endosome to the cytoplasm. These findings imply that the ER-endosome complex is key for the efficient cross-presentation of Ags encapsulated in gamma-PGA NPs. The Journal of Immunology, 2011, 187: 6249-6255.