title: Targeting glycan modified OVA to murine DC-SIGN transgenic dendritic cells enhances MHC class I and II presentation.
abstract: Dendritic cells have gained much interest in the field of anti-cancer vaccine development because of their central function in immune regulation. One of the receptors that facilitate DC-specific targeting of antigens is the DC-specific C-type lectin DC-SIGN. Although DC-SIGN is specifically expressed on human DCs, its murine homologue is not present on any murine DC subsets, which makes in vivo evaluation of potential DC-SIGN targeting vaccines very difficult. Here we describe the use of DC-SIGN transgenic mice, as a good model system to evaluate DC-SIGN targeting vaccines. We demonstrate that glycan modification of OVA with DC-SIGN targeting glycans, targets antigen specifically to bone marrow (BM)** derived DCs and splenic DCs. Glycan modification of OVA with Lewis X or Lewis B oligosaccharides, that target DC-SIGN transgenic DCs, resulted in efficient 10-fold induction of OT-II compared to unmodified OVA. Interestingly, glycan modified OVA proteins were significantly cross-presented to OT-I T cells by wild type DC, 10-fold more than native OVA, and the expression of DC-SIGN further enhanced this cross-presentation. Targeting of glycosylated OVA was neither accompanied with any DC maturation, nor the production of inflammatory or anti-inflammatory cytokines. Thus, we conclude that glycan modification of antigens and targeting to DC-SIGN enhance both CD4 and CD8 T cell responses. Furthermore, our data demonstrate that DC-SIGN transgenic mice are valuable tool for optimisation and efficiency testing of DC vaccination strategies that are designed to target in particular the human DC-SIGN receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Satwinder Kaur
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stephani
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kalay
authors.forename: Juan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: García-Vallejo
authors.forename: Joke
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: den Haan
authors.forename: Eirikur
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saeland
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sparwasser
authors.forename: Yvette
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: van Kooyk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017951:Antigen Presentation / Q000276:immunology*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism / Q000276:immunology; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000276:immunology*; D045142:Cross-Priming / Q000276:immunology; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D006001:Glycoconjugates / Q000276:immunology; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000276:immunology*; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D037181:Lectins, C-Type / Q000276:immunology*; D016256:Lewis X Antigen / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000276:immunology*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000276:immunology*; D000099215:DC-Specific ICAM-3 Grabbing Nonintegrin
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D006001:Glycoconjugates; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D016256:Lewis X Antigen; D010047:Ovalbumin; D011134:Polysaccharides; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D000099215:DC-Specific ICAM-3 Grabbing Nonintegrin