Transdermal delivery of PeptiCRAd cancer vaccine using microneedle patches

Microneedles (MNs) are a prospective system in cancer immunotherapy to overcome barriers regarding proper antigen delivery and presentation. This study aims at identifying the potential of MNs for the delivery of Peptide-coated Conditionally Replicating Adenoviruses (PeptiCRAd), whereby peptides enh...

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Main Authors: Carmine D'Amico, Manlio Fusciello, Firas Hamdan, Federica D'Alessio, Paolo Bottega, Milda Saklauskaite, Salvatore Russo, Justin Cerioni, Khalil Elbadri, Marianna Kemell, Jouni Hirvonen, Vincenzo Cerullo, Hélder A. Santos
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author Carmine D'Amico
Manlio Fusciello
Firas Hamdan
Federica D'Alessio
Paolo Bottega
Milda Saklauskaite
Salvatore Russo
Justin Cerioni
Khalil Elbadri
Marianna Kemell
Jouni Hirvonen
Vincenzo Cerullo
Hélder A. Santos
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Manlio Fusciello
Firas Hamdan
Federica D'Alessio
Paolo Bottega
Milda Saklauskaite
Salvatore Russo
Justin Cerioni
Khalil Elbadri
Marianna Kemell
Jouni Hirvonen
Vincenzo Cerullo
Hélder A. Santos
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description Microneedles (MNs) are a prospective system in cancer immunotherapy to overcome barriers regarding proper antigen delivery and presentation. This study aims at identifying the potential of MNs for the delivery of Peptide-coated Conditionally Replicating Adenoviruses (PeptiCRAd), whereby peptides enhance the immunogenic properties of adenoviruses presenting tumor associated antigens. The combination of PeptiCRAd with MNs containing polyvinylpyrrolidone and sucrose was tested for the preservation of structure, induction of immune response, and tumor eradication. The findings indicated that MN-delivered PeptiCRAd was effective in peptide presentation in vivo, leading to complete tumor rejection when mice were pre-vaccinated. A rise in the cDC1 population in the lymph nodes of the MN treated mice led to an increase in the effector memory T cells in the body. Thus, the results of this study demonstrate that the combination of MN technology with PeptiCRAd may provide a safer, more tolerable, and efficient approach to cancer immunotherapy, potentially translatable to other therapeutic applications.
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spelling doaj-art-746be62b7b244a3983e467412beabd782025-01-26T05:04:20ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Bioactive Materials2452-199X2025-03-0145115127Transdermal delivery of PeptiCRAd cancer vaccine using microneedle patchesCarmine D'Amico0Manlio Fusciello1Firas Hamdan2Federica D'Alessio3Paolo Bottega4Milda Saklauskaite5Salvatore Russo6Justin Cerioni7Khalil Elbadri8Marianna Kemell9Jouni Hirvonen10Vincenzo Cerullo11Hélder A. Santos12Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland; Corresponding author.Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Pharmacy ImmunoViroTherapy Lab, Drug Research Program, Viikinkaari 5, E00790, Helsinki, Finland; Corresponding author.Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Pharmacy ImmunoViroTherapy Lab, Drug Research Program, Viikinkaari 5, E00790, Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Pharmacy ImmunoViroTherapy Lab, Drug Research Program, Viikinkaari 5, E00790, Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Pharmacy ImmunoViroTherapy Lab, Drug Research Program, Viikinkaari 5, E00790, Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Pharmacy ImmunoViroTherapy Lab, Drug Research Program, Viikinkaari 5, E00790, Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Pharmacy ImmunoViroTherapy Lab, Drug Research Program, Viikinkaari 5, E00790, Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Pharmacy ImmunoViroTherapy Lab, Drug Research Program, Viikinkaari 5, E00790, Helsinki, FinlandDrug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, FinlandDrug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Pharmacy ImmunoViroTherapy Lab, Drug Research Program, Viikinkaari 5, E00790, Helsinki, Finland; Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE), University of Helsinki, Fabianinkatu 33, 00710, Helsinki, Finland; Translational Immunology Program (TRIMM), Faculty of Medicine Helsinki University, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290, Helsinki, Finland; Digital Precision Cancer Medicine Flagship (iCAN), University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsin-ki, Finland; Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology and CEINGE, Naples University Federico II, 80131, Naples, Italy; Corresponding author. Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Pharmacy ImmunoViroTherapy Lab, Drug Research Program, Viikinkaari 5, E00790, Helsinki, Finland.Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Biomaterials and Biomedical Technology, The Personalized Medicine Research Institute (PRECISION), University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, 9713 AV, Groningen, the Netherlands; Corresponding author. Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.Microneedles (MNs) are a prospective system in cancer immunotherapy to overcome barriers regarding proper antigen delivery and presentation. This study aims at identifying the potential of MNs for the delivery of Peptide-coated Conditionally Replicating Adenoviruses (PeptiCRAd), whereby peptides enhance the immunogenic properties of adenoviruses presenting tumor associated antigens. The combination of PeptiCRAd with MNs containing polyvinylpyrrolidone and sucrose was tested for the preservation of structure, induction of immune response, and tumor eradication. The findings indicated that MN-delivered PeptiCRAd was effective in peptide presentation in vivo, leading to complete tumor rejection when mice were pre-vaccinated. A rise in the cDC1 population in the lymph nodes of the MN treated mice led to an increase in the effector memory T cells in the body. Thus, the results of this study demonstrate that the combination of MN technology with PeptiCRAd may provide a safer, more tolerable, and efficient approach to cancer immunotherapy, potentially translatable to other therapeutic applications.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452199X24004900MicroneedlesCancer therapyAdenoviral vectorVaccine
spellingShingle Carmine D'Amico
Manlio Fusciello
Firas Hamdan
Federica D'Alessio
Paolo Bottega
Milda Saklauskaite
Salvatore Russo
Justin Cerioni
Khalil Elbadri
Marianna Kemell
Jouni Hirvonen
Vincenzo Cerullo
Hélder A. Santos
Transdermal delivery of PeptiCRAd cancer vaccine using microneedle patches
Bioactive Materials
Microneedles
Cancer therapy
Adenoviral vector
Vaccine
title Transdermal delivery of PeptiCRAd cancer vaccine using microneedle patches
title_full Transdermal delivery of PeptiCRAd cancer vaccine using microneedle patches
title_fullStr Transdermal delivery of PeptiCRAd cancer vaccine using microneedle patches
title_full_unstemmed Transdermal delivery of PeptiCRAd cancer vaccine using microneedle patches
title_short Transdermal delivery of PeptiCRAd cancer vaccine using microneedle patches
title_sort transdermal delivery of pepticrad cancer vaccine using microneedle patches
topic Microneedles
Cancer therapy
Adenoviral vector
Vaccine
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452199X24004900
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