Poly-guanosine strings improve cellular uptake and stimulatory activity of phosphodiester CpG oligonucleotides in human leukocytes

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作者
Bartz, H [1 ]
Mendoza, Y [1 ]
Gebker, M [1 ]
Fischborn, T [1 ]
Heeg, K [1 ]
Dalpke, A [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Marburg, Inst Med Microbiol & Hyg, D-35037 Marburg, Germany
关键词
CpG-oligonucleotides; immunostimulatory DNA; cellular uptake;
D O I
10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.05.020
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
CpG-oligonucleotides (CpG-ODN) have been shown to exert strong immuno-stimulatory effects through activation of Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR-9). However, TLR-9 triggering takes place in endosomal compartments and thus CpG-ODN have to be taken up prior to signal transduction. We here report that 3'-poly-guanosine strings can improve cellular internalisation of phosphodiester but not of phosphorothioate CpG-ODN. Improved cellular uptake correlated with enhanced IL-6 secretion and proliferation of PBMC. Also, TLR-9 transfected HEK293 cells were activated more efficiently by poly-guanosine modified CpG-ODN. The results indicate that the synthesis of stimulatory CpG-ODN based on a phosphodiester backbone is feasible via such poly-guanosine substitutions. In addition we observed that phosphorothioate ODN were able to exert immunostimulatory effects independent of the presence of CpG motifs. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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