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- HPV vaccines show promise in fighting HPV-related cancers, but clinical success has been challenging.
- Recent studies using spherical nucleic acids (SNAs) with a specific peptide (E7) and a CpG adjuvant demonstrated superior immune responses in humanized mice, particularly with distinctive oligonucleotide anchors.
- Stronger anchors improved T-cell responses and dendritic cell activation, emphasizing the importance of structural design for effective therapeutic vaccines.
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Vaccination for cancers arising from human papillomavirus (HPV) infection holds immense potential, yet clinical success has been elusive. Herein, we describe vaccination studies involving spherical nucleic acids (SNAs) incorporating a CpG adjuvant and a peptide antigen (E7) from the HPV-E7 oncoprotein. Administering the vaccine to humanized mice induced immunity-dependent on the oligonucleotide anchor chemistry (cholesterol vs (C12)). SNAs containing a (C12)-anchor enhanced IFN-γ production >200-fold, doubled memory CD8 T-cell formation, and delivered more than twice the amount of oligonucleotide to lymph nodes compared to a simple admixture. Importantly, the analogous construct with a weaker cholesterol anchor performed similar to admix. Moreover, (C12)-SNAs activated 50% more dendritic cells and generated T-cells cytotoxic toward an HPV cancer cell line, UM-SCC-104, with near 2-fold greater efficiency. These observations highlight the pivotal role of structural design, and specifically oligonucleotide anchoring strength (which correlates with overall construct stability), in developing efficacious therapeutic vaccines.
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