Journal article
Solid Lipid Nanoparticle Carrier Platform Containing Synthetic TLR4 Agonist Mediates Non-Viral DNA Vaccine Delivery
Jasmine E Francis, Ivana Skakic, Chaitali Dekiwadia, Ravi Shukla, Aya C Taki, Anna Walduck, Peter M Smooker
Vaccines | MDPI | Published : 2020
Abstract
There is a growing demand for better delivery systems to improve the stability and efficacy of DNA vaccines. Here we report the synthesis of a non-viral DNA vaccine delivery system using a novel adjuvanted solid lipid nanoparticle (SLN-A) platform as a carrier for a DNA vaccine candidate encoding the Urease alpha (UreA) antigen from Helicobacter pylori. Cationic SLN-A particles containing monophosphoryl lipid A (adjuvant) were synthesised by a modified solvent-emulsification method and were investigated for their morphology, zeta potential and in vitro transfection capacity. Particles were found to bind plasmid DNA to form lipoplexes, which were characterised by electron microscopy, dynamic ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) scholarship.