Immune responses against Lewis Y tumor-associated carbohydrate antigen displayed densely on self-assembling nanocarriers

Org Biomol Chem. 2018 Nov 7;16(43):8095-8105. doi: 10.1039/c8ob01955j.

Abstract

Immune responses against Lewis y (LY) displayed on nanocarriers at different surface densities were studied. The high surface density of LY was obtained by the A2B-type amphiphilic polypeptides having LY at the two terminals [LY-poly(sarcosine)2-b-(l- or d-Leu-Aib)6]. The equimolar mixture of these two amphiphilic polypeptides formed interdigitated planar sheet-like molecular assemblies densely displaying LY (G4). G4 seemed to induce the anti-LY IgM upon immunization to BALB/c mice by only a single administration. However, the amount of anti-LY IgM produced was moderate and significantly less than that induced by two administrations of the other molecular assembly (G1) with the average surface density of LY at a 1/4 of that of G4. Further, the anti-LY IgM produced after two administrations of G4 lowered the avidity more than after one administration.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / chemistry*
  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / immunology*
  • Drug Carriers / chemistry*
  • Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
  • Immunization
  • Immunoglobulin M / immunology
  • Lewis Blood Group Antigens / immunology*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Peptides / chemistry

Substances

  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate
  • Drug Carriers
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Lewis Blood Group Antigens
  • Lewis Y antigen
  • Peptides