Promoting immunity with novel targeting antigen delivery vehicle based on bispecific nanobody
- Int Immunopharmacol. 2023 Jun:119:110140. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.110140.
- 1. Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210014, China.
- 2. Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
- 3. Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210014, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 4. Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210014, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 5. Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210014, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
As the most potent professional antigen presenting cells, dendritic cells (DCs) have been targeted in strategies to enhance vaccination efficacy. To date, targeted delivery has been mainly used for Cancer therapy, with few studies focusing on vaccine Antigens for animal epidemic diseases. In this study, we selected a series of mouse DC-specific Nanobodies from a non-immunized camel. The four candidate Nanobodies identified (Nb4, Nb13, Nb17, and Nb25), which showed efficient endocytosis of bone marrow-derived DCs, were evaluated as potential vaccine antigen targeted delivery vehicles. First, green Fluorescent protein (GFP) was selected and four corresponding DCNb-GFP fusions were constructed for verification. Nb17-GFP was effective at promoting antibody production, inducing a cellular immune response, and increasing the IL-4 level. Second, foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) and a FMDV-specific nanobody (Nb205) were selected and four bispecific nanobody DCNb-Nb205 fusions were generated to investigate the feasibility of a novel targeting antigen delivery vehicle. The resulting bispecific nanobody, Nb17-Nb205, could not only deliver FMDV particles instead of antigenic peptide, but also induced the production of specific antibodies, a cellular immune response, and IFN-γ and IL-4 levels upon immunization with a single subcutaneous injection. In conclusion, our results demonstrate the potential of bispecific nanobody as a novel and efficient DC-specific antigen delivery vehicle. This highlights the potential to expand targeted delivery to the field of animal epidemic diseases and provides a reference for the general application of nanotechnology in viral diseases.