Immune Response Modulation of Conjugated Agonists with Changing Linker Length

ACS Chem Biol. 2016 Dec 16;11(12):3347-3352. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00895. Epub 2016 Oct 25.

Abstract

We report immune response modulation with linked Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists. Conjugating two agonists of synergistic TLRs induce an increase in immune activity compared to equal molarity of soluble agonists. Additionally, varying the distance between the agonists by changing the linker length alters the level of macrophage NF-κB activity as well as primary bone marrow derived dendritic cell IL-6 production. This modulation is effected by the size of the agonists and the pairing of the stimulated TLRs. The sensitivity of linker-length-dependent immune activity of conjugated agonists provides the potential for developing application specific therapeutics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Dendritic Cells / drug effects
  • Dendritic Cells / immunology
  • Immunologic Factors / chemistry*
  • Immunologic Factors / pharmacology*
  • Interleukin-6 / immunology
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Macrophages / immunology
  • Mice
  • NF-kappa B / immunology
  • RAW 264.7 Cells
  • Toll-Like Receptors / agonists*
  • Toll-Like Receptors / immunology

Substances

  • Immunologic Factors
  • Interleukin-6
  • NF-kappa B
  • Toll-Like Receptors