Secure splenic delivery of plasmid DNA and its application to DNA vaccine

Biol Pharm Bull. 2013;36(11):1800-6. doi: 10.1248/bpb.b13-00489.

Abstract

In this experiment, we developed a novel safe and effective gene delivery vector coated with γ-polyglutamic acid (γ-PGA-coated complexes). The γ-PGA-coated complex was composed of chiseled spherical nano-particles with anionic charges. The plasmid DNA/polyethyleneimine complex (non-coated complex) showed high transgene efficiency in the spleen and lung after intravenous administration in mice, with high liver toxicity and lethality. On the other hand, γ-PGA-coated complex selectively showed high transgene efficiency in the spleen without such toxicity. Furthermore, the γ-PGA-coated complex highly accumulated and showed high gene expression in the marginal zone of the spleen. Those results strongly indicated that γ-PGA-coated complex was suitable as a DNA vaccine vector. We therefore applied γ-PGA-coated complex to melanoma DNA vaccine, pUb-M. The γ-PGA-coated complex containing pUb-M significantly inhibited the growth and metastasis of a melanoma cell line, B16-F10 cells. In conclusion, we developed a splenic gene vector, γ-PGA-coated complex, as a novel technology for clinical vaccination.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cancer Vaccines*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • DNA / administration & dosage
  • DNA / chemistry
  • Gene Transfer Techniques*
  • Liver / drug effects
  • Liver / pathology
  • Luciferases / genetics
  • Luciferases / metabolism
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Male
  • Melanoma, Experimental / drug therapy
  • Melanoma, Experimental / pathology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Plasmids
  • Polyethyleneimine / administration & dosage
  • Polyethyleneimine / chemistry
  • Polyglutamic Acid / administration & dosage
  • Polyglutamic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Polyglutamic Acid / chemistry
  • Skin Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Spleen / metabolism*
  • Vaccines, DNA*

Substances

  • Cancer Vaccines
  • Vaccines, DNA
  • poly(gamma-glutamic acid)
  • Polyglutamic Acid
  • Polyethyleneimine
  • DNA
  • Luciferases