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Immunotherapy and Immune Responses / Cancer Research and Treatments · Journal article
Nature Communications · September 9, 2026
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This is a preclinical mechanistic study of a spatiotemporally programmed oral nanovaccine (DPML@OVA-CpG) designed to prime immunity in the small intestine and amplify it at colorectal tumor sites via immunogenic cell death. In animal models of liver metastatic CRC, the vaccine extended survival compared to PD-L1 antibody therapy and single-site oral vaccination, but the work remains exploratory and does not include human data or clinical endpoints.
Preclinical mechanistic study in animal tumor model. Preclinical animal models bearing colorectal tumors with liver metastases. Intervention: Oral administration of DPML@OVA-CpG nanovaccine (antigen- and CpG-loaded mesoporous polydopamine nanoparticles stabilized by β-glucan and plant-derived lipids); near-infrared irradiation applied to tumor sites.. Compared with: PD-L1 antibody therapy and traditional single-site oral vaccination.
Nanovaccine resists gastrointestinal degradation and targets gut-associated lymphoid tissues after oral administration. Vaccination induces robust systemic effector and memory T cell responses via small intestinal priming. Near-infrared irradiation triggers immunogenic cell death of tumor cells and converts tumors into autologous in situ vaccine factories.
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This is a mechanistic proof-of-concept study in a preclinical model demonstrating a novel nanovaccine strategy; it lacks human data, phase classification, or clinical endpoints needed for stronger evidence grading.
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Oral vaccines hold great promise for colorectal cancer (CRC) immunotherapy but are limited by inefficient mucosal delivery and a lack of spatiotemporal control over immune activation. Here we report a spatiotemporally programmed oral nanovaccine that implements a dual-site vaccination strategy through a sequential and causally linked immune cascade, initiating immune priming in Peyer’s patches of the small intestine and subsequently amplifying immunity at colorectal tumor sites. The nanovaccine (DPML@OVA-CpG), composed of antigen- and CpG-loaded mesoporous polydopamine nanoparticles stabilized by β-glucan and plant-derived lipids, resists gastrointestinal degradation and targets gut-associated lymphoid tissues. Following oral administration, it induces robust systemic effector and memory T cell responses via small intestinal priming, while a fraction traffics to colorectal tumors. There, near-infrared irradiation triggers immunogenic cell death of tumor cells and, together with locally released CpG, converts tumors into autologous in situ vaccine factories. This spatiotemporally orchestrated strategy achieves potent therapeutic efficacy against liver metastatic CRC, extending survival compared to PD-L1 antibody therapy and traditional single-site oral vaccination. Here the authors report the design and characterization of a nano-vaccine composed of antigen- and CpG-loaded nanoparticles stabilized by β glucan and plant-derived lipids, showing that, after oral administration, it induces immune priming in the small intestine as well as acts as in situ vaccine to trigger anti-tumor immunity in colorectal cancer.
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