Artificial Antigen-Presenting Cell Topology Dictates T Cell Activation
Annelies C. Wauters(Radboud University Nijmegen), Jari F. Scheerstra(Eindhoven University of Technology), Irma G. Vermeijlen(Eindhoven University of Technology), Roel Hammink(Radboud University Nijmegen), Marjolein Schluck(Radboud University Nijmegen), Laura Woythe(Eindhoven University of Technology), Hanglong Wu(Eindhoven University of Technology), Lorenzo Albertazzi(Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia), Carl G. Figdor(Radboud University Nijmegen), Jurjen Tel(Eindhoven University of Technology), Loai K. E. A. Abdelmohsen(Eindhoven University of Technology), Jan C. M. van Hest(Eindhoven University of Technology)
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Abstract
-poly(d,l-lactide) (PEG-PDLLA) polymersomes with spherical or tubular shape and variable sizes, which were functionalized with αCD3 and αCD28 antibodies at controlled densities. Our results indicate that high ligand density leads to enhancement in T cell activation, which can be further augmented by employing polymersomes with larger size. At low ligand density, the effect of both polymersome shape and size was more pronounced, showing that large elongated polymersomes better activate T cells compared to their spherical or smaller counterparts. This study demonstrates the capacity of polymersomes as aAPCs and highlights the role of topology for their rational design.
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