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Highly effective recombinant vaccines have been developed against the helminth parasites Taenia ovis, Taenia saginata and Echinococcus granulosus. These vaccines indicate that it is possible to achieve a reliable, high level of protection against a complex metazoan parasite using defined recombinant antigens. However, the effectiveness of the vaccines against the taeniid cestodes stands in contrast to the more limited successes which characterise attempts to develop vaccines against other platyhelminth or nematode parasites. This review examines the features of the host-parasite relationships among the taeniid cestodes which have formed the basis for vaccine development. Particular consideration is given to the methodologies that have been used in making the cestode vaccines that might be of interest to researchers working on vaccination against other helminths. In developing the cestode vaccines, antigens from the parasites' infective larval stage contained within the egg (oncosphere) were identified as having the potential to induce high levels of protection in vaccinated hosts. A series of vaccination trials with antigen fractions, and associated immunological analyses, identified individual protective antigens or fractions. These were cloned from cDNA and the recombinant proteins expressed in Escherichia coli. This strategy was independently successful in developing vaccines against T. ovis and E. granulosus. Identification of protective antigens for these species enabled rapid identification, cloning and expression of their homologues in related species and thereby the development of effective vaccines against T. saginata, E. multilocularis and, more recently, T. solium. The T. saginata vaccine provides an excellent example of the use of two antigen components, each of which were not protective when used individually, but when combined they induce a reliable, high level of protection. One important contributing factor to the success of vaccine development for the taeniid cestodes was the concentration on studies seeking to identify native host-protective antigens, before the adoption of recombinant methodologies. The cestode vaccines are being developed towards practical (commercial) application. The high level of efficacy of the vaccines against T. solium cysticercosis and hydatid disease suggests that they would be effective also if used directly in humans.  相似文献   

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细菌活载体及其在寄生虫疫苗研究上的应用   总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0  
随着重组DNA技术的发展和应用,基因工程疫苗的研究取得了快速的进展。减毒或无毒的活微生物作为疫苗载体能够激起持久的系统和黏膜免疫反应,且具有易于接种、安全和廉价等特点,近年来已成为疫苗研究领域的热点。作者对细菌活载体及其在寄生虫疫苗研究上的应用作一概述,从而为研制新型寄生虫疫苗提供参考。  相似文献   

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The majority of attempts to develop commercial vaccines for veterinary helminths have focussed on identifying protein antigens, which could be formulated as protective vaccines. Notable successes have been achieved for some cestode parasites, where recombinant proteins have been developed into highly effective vaccines. Although effective protection can also be obtained using some nematode proteins in their native forms, it has not yet been possible to formulate commercially successful vaccines for other helminth parasites of veterinary significance. Increasing evidence suggests that parasite glycan moieties may provide an alternative source of vaccine antigens, and increased attention is now being given to this class of compounds. In addition to identifying candidate protective antigen(s), an increased research effort is needed to develop appropriate strategies for the formulation and delivery of helminth vaccines.  相似文献   

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Vaccination against animal parasites offers an alternative to chemotherapy for the control of losses due to morbidity and mortality. However, only a few vaccines are currently available, and these are based on controlled infections with living parasites. Further advancement in the development of defined vaccines against parasite infections has been hindered by incomplete knowledge of the immunological relationship between the host and the parasite. The advent of monoclonal antibody technology has provided a powerful new tool for the identification and isolation of parasite antigens. Exploitation of this technique in veterinary parasitology has greatly facilitated progress toward the development of vaccines against several animal parasites.  相似文献   

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For many vector-transmitted protozoal parasites, immunological control of acute infection leads to a state of persistent infection during which parasitemias may cycle unnoticed in infected but otherwise clinically healthy animals. Achieving persistent infection is a strategy that favors parasitism, since both host and, therefore, parasite survive, and endemically infected animal populations provide a reservoir of parasites continually available for subsequent transmission. Examples of the major economically important protozoan pathogens that cause persistent infection in mammals include the related Theileria and Babesia parasites as well as Trypanosoma species. Control of acute infection and maintenance of clinical immunity against subsequent infection are determined by the interplay of innate and acquired immune responses. This review will focus on approaches taken to gain an understanding of the molecular basis for innate and acquired immunity against the hemoprotozoan parasite of cattle, Babesia bovis. Knowledge of mechanisms used by the parasite to survive within infected cattle from acute to persistent infection combined with definition of the correlates of protective immunity in cattle should be applicable to designing effective vaccines.  相似文献   

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The first part of this presentation considers some of the complexities of parasitic infections and parasite-specific effector mechanisms which have hampered the development of practical methods of immunisation against parasitic diseases. In the second part, an outline is given of the effector mechanisms involved in immunity of cattle to the protozoan parasite Theileria parva. Parasites are antigenically complex organisms which often have distinct developmental stages, sometimes with different predilection sites within the host. Antigenic polymorphism between strains is a common feature of parasites and sometimes results in strain-specific immunity. Certain parasites have also evolved mechanisms of modulating surface antigens which allow them to escape host effector mechanism. Effector mechanisms which control parasitic infections may operate by preventing establishment of the parasites, by eliminating the parasites once they have established or by affecting growth or fecundity of the parasites. In addition to specific antibody and cell-mediated immune responses, inflammatory or physiological responses play an important role in the control of some parasites. Current evidence suggests that effector mechanisms against T.parva parasites operate at two levels. First, antibodies produced against the infective stage of the parasite, the sporozoite, can, by neutralising infectivity, reduce the numbers of organisms which establish in the host. Second, cytotoxic T cells directed against parasitised lymphoblasts cause destruction of parasites following their establishment in the host. Moreover, in situations where immunity is parasite strain-specific, the cytotoxic T cell responses have also been found to be strain-specific. The elucidation of these effector mechanisms has indicated potential new strategies of immunisation against T.parva.  相似文献   

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Protozoa are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality in domestic and companion animals. Preventing infection may involve deliberate exposure to virulent or attenuated parasites so that immunity to natural infection is established early in life. This is the basis for vaccines against theilerosis and avian coccidiosis. Vaccination may not be effective or practical with diseases, such as cryptosporidiosis, that primarily afflict the immune-compromised or individuals with an incompletely developed immune system. Strategies for combating these diseases often rely on passive immunotherapy using serum or colostrums containing antibodies to parasite surface proteins. Subunit vaccines offer an attractive alternative to virulent or attenuated parasites for several reasons. These include the use of bacteria or lower eukaryotes to produce recombinant proteins in batch culture, the relative stability of recombinant proteins compared to live parasites, and the flexibility to incorporate only those antigens that elicit "protective" immune responses. Although subunit vaccines offer many theoretical advantages, our lack of understanding of immune mechanisms to primary and secondary infection and the capacity of many protozoa to evade host immunity remain obstacles to developing effective vaccines. This review examines the progress made on developing recombinant proteins of Eimeria, Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Toxoplasma, Neospora, Trypanosoma, Babesia, and Theileria and attempts to use these antigens for vaccinating animals against the associated diseases.  相似文献   

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Over the last decade, the application of a spectrum of molecular techniques has begun to revolutionise our understanding of protective immune responses to ectoparasites and the targets for those responses. The catalogue of potential and actual protective antigens characterised in detail is slowly expanding. The validity of regarding such antigens as generic and capable of cross-species protection is being explored. The immune interactions between host and parasite are being studied at a molecular rather than cellular level. All this should contribute to the eventual development of a range of recombinant vaccines, though important scientific limitations remain. These range from the innate susceptibility of individual parasite species to immunological attack, which can only be assessed on a case by case basis, to our ability to produce the desired recombinant antigens and to elicit and maintain the necessary immunological responses.  相似文献   

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Protozoan parasites are among some of the most successful organisms worldwide, being able to live and multiply within a very wide range of hosts. The diseases caused by these parasites cause significant production losses in the livestock sector involving reproductive failure, impaired weight gain, contaminated meat, reduced milk yields and in severe cases, loss of the animal. In addition, some protozoan parasites affecting livestock such as Toxoplasma gondii and Cryptosporidium parvum may also be transmitted to humans where they can cause serious disease. Data derived from experimental models of infection in ruminant species enables the study of the interactions between parasite and host. How the parasite initiates infection, becomes established and multiplies within the host and the critical pathways that may lead to a disease outcome are all important to enable the rational design of appropriate intervention strategies. Once the parasites invade the hosts they induce both innate and adaptive immune responses and the induction and function of these immune responses are critical in determining the outcome of the infection. Vaccines offer green solutions to control disease as they are sustainable, reducing reliance on pharmacological drugs and pesticides. The use of vaccines has multiple benefits such as improving animal health and welfare by controlling animal infections and infestations; improving public health by controlling zoonoses and food borne pathogens in animals; solving problems associated with resistance to acaricides, antibiotics and anthelmintics; keeping animals and the environment free of chemical residues and maintaining biodiversity. All of these attributes should lead to improved sustainability of animal production and economic benefit. Using different protozoan parasitic diseases as examples this paper will discuss various approaches used to develop vaccines to protect against disease in livestock and discuss the relative merits of using live versus killed vaccine preparations. A range of different vaccination targets and strategies will be discussed to help protect against: acute disease, congenital infection and abortion, persistence of zoonotic pathogens in tissues of food animals and passive transfer of immunity to neonates.  相似文献   

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Recent studies have shown that fish are able to mount protective immune responses against various parasites. One of the best characterized parasite-host system in this context is the ciliate Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Ich) parasitizing a range of freshwater fishes. Both specific and non-specific host defence mechanisms are responsible for the protection of fish against challenge infections with this ciliate. The specific humoral components comprise at least specific antibodies. The non-specific humoral elements included are the alternative complement pathway and probably lectins. Cellular factors involved in the specific response are B-cells and putative T-cells. The non-specific effector cells recognized are various leukocytes. In addition, goblet-cells and mast cells (EGC-cells) may have a function. The NCC-cell (suggested analogue to NK-cells in mammals) seems to play a role in the non-specific response. This well documented protective response in freshwater fishes against Ich has urged the development of anti-parasitic vaccines. Indeed, such products based on formalin killed parasites have been developed and found to offer the vaccinated host a satisfactory protection. However, the collection of parasites for vaccine production is extremely laborious. It involves keeping infected fish due to the fact that in vitro propagation of the parasite is still insufficiently developed. Gaining knowledge of amino acid sequences and its encoding DNA-sequences for the protective antigens (i-antigens) in the parasite was a major breakthrough. That achievement made it possible to produce a recombinant protein in E. coli and preliminary results indicated a certain protection of fish vaccinated with this product. Recent work has shown that the free-living and easily cultivated ciliate Tetrahymena can be transformed and express the i-antigen. This path seems to be promising for future development of vaccines against Ich. A novel approach in fish is the development of DNA-vaccines. Successful DNA-vaccination trials have been conducted in fish against viral infections and the technology also makes it possible to develop a DNA-vaccine against Ich. Other approaches to immuno-protection against Ich have been the use of heterologous vaccines. Thus, both bath and injection vaccination using live or killed (un-transformed) Tetrahymena has been reported to offer treated fish a certain level of protection. Such protection could be explained by non-specific reactions and the efficacy and duration of this vaccination type should be further evaluated.  相似文献   

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Dogs are the domestic reservoir for Leishmania infantum, the parasite causing zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in both the Old and New Worlds. Since the available methods for canine leishmaniasis treatment and control have limited efficacy, the development of a canine Leishmania vaccine is highly desirable. Mechanisms of antileishmanial immune responses in murine, human, and canine infections are briefly presented. Vaccine candidates, including live or killed parasites, Leishmania purified fractions, defined recombinant parasite antigens, live recombinant bacteria expressing Leishmania antigens and antigen-encoding DNA plasmids, are reviewed. Finally, some practical requirements for the evaluation of vaccine candidates in dogs are indicated.  相似文献   

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Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular parasite that infects a broad range of animal species and humans. As the main surface antigen of the tachyzoite, SAG1 is involved in the process of recognition, adhesion and invasion of host cells. The aim of the current systematic review study is to clarify the latest status of studies in the literature regarding SAG1-associated recombinant proteins or SAG1-associated recombinant DNAs as potential vaccines against toxoplasmosis. Data were systematically collected from six databases including PubMed, Science Direct, Web of Science, Google Scholar, EBSCO and Scopus, up to 1st of January 2019. A total of 87 articles were eligible for inclusion criteria in the current systematic review. The most common antigens used for experimental cocktail vaccines together with SAG1 were ROP2 and SAG2. In addition, the most parasite strains used were RH and ME49. Freund’s adjuvant and cholera toxin have been predominantly utilized. Furthermore, regarding the animal models, route and dose of vaccination, challenge methods, measurement of immune responses and cyst burden have been discussed in the text. Most of these experimental vaccines induce immune responses and have a high degree of protection against parasite infections, increase survival rates and duration and reduce cyst burdens. The data demonstrated that SAG1 antigen has a high potential for use as a vaccine and provided a promising approach for protecting humans and animals against toxoplasmosis.  相似文献   

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寄生虫虫苗的研究概况   总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3  
目前,寄生虫虫苗可以分为5类,即弱毒活苗,排泌物抗原苗,基因工程苗,化学合成苗及基因苗。本文对此5类虫苗的研究现状、制备方法及种类与应用前景作了概述。  相似文献   

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Attempts to develop vaccines for protozoan and helminth parasites of livestock have been generally unproductive. Difficulties have been encountered in identifying antigens which induce protective immune responses and in obtaining sufficient quantities of antigens for vaccine trials. Use of monoclonal antibody and genetic engineering technologies provides the necessary tools to overcome these problems. Application of these technologies in animal parasitology should provide for significant breakthroughs in vaccine development.  相似文献   

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The role of molecular biology in veterinary parasitology   总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4  
The tools of molecular biology are increasingly relevant to veterinary parasitology. The sequencing of the complete genomes of Caenorhabditis elegans and other helminths and protozoa is allowing great advances in studying the biology, and improving diagnosis and control of parasites. Unique DNA sequences provide very high levels of specificity for the diagnosis and identification of parasite species and strains, and PCR allows extremely high levels of sensitivity. New techniques, such as the use of uniquely designed molecular beacons and DNA microarrays will eventually allow rapid screening for specific parasite genotypes and assist in diagnostic and epidemiological studies of veterinary parasites. The ability to use genome data to clone and sequence genes which when expressed will provide antigens for vaccine screening and receptors and enzymes for mechanism-based chemotherapy screening will increase our options for parasite control. In addition, DNA vaccines can have desirable characteristics, such as sustained stimulation of the host immune system compared with protein based vaccines. One of the greatest threats to parasite control has been the development of drug resistance in parasites. Our knowledge of the basis of drug resistance and our ability to monitor its development with highly sensitive and specific DNA-based assays for 'resistance'-alleles will help maintain the effectiveness of existing antiparasitic drugs and provide hope that we can maintain control of parasitic disease outbreaks.  相似文献   

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Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is one of the most widely distributed tick in the world. The control of the parasite is based mainly on the use of chemical acaricides, which are produced from a limited set of molecules. These drugs induce selection of acaricide-resistant ticks, and are an important source of environmental pollution. An approach based on anti-tick vaccines may circumvent these obstacles. Characterization of the physiological function of tick molecules may be useful to develop new vaccines. Previously, we reported the ability of some tick proteins as inducers of protective immune response. Vaccination studies using tick proteins like native (nBYC), recombinant (rBYC) egg-yolk aspartic endopeptidase and cysteine endopeptidase (VTDCE) from R. microplus and glutathione S-transferase (Hl-GST) from Haemaphysalis longicornis demonstrated the immunogenicity and antigenicity of these proteins in bovines. Eventually, immunization with these proteins triggered a partial immune response against R. microplus infestation in cattle, manifested mainly as a reduction in egg fertility (7.7% and 13.9% for nBYC, 5.9% for rBYC; 4.7% for VTDCE, 7.9% for Hl-GST), and in the number of fully engorged ticks (18.2% for rBYC, 14.6% for VTDCE, 53% for Hl-GST). The data so far obtained suggest that these proteins have potential to be used as antigens in an anti-tick vaccine. Other proteins involved in tick embryogenesis also have this potential, like THAP and BmCl1, which are enzymes with key roles in vitellin and hemoglobin hydrolysis. Moreover, the identification of analogous proteins present in other tick species may bring information about the way to develop a vaccine against multiple tick species which can help to solve the problem faced by numerous countries where animals are parasitized by more than one tick species. The aim of the present review is to comprehensibly summarize the data obtained in the last few years by our collaborative research, discussing the efforts we have made to find antigens efficient enough for a cattle tick-controlling vaccine. This review discusses tick physiology studies aimed at the selection of possible targets, characterization of the selected proteins with emphasis on their biochemical and immunological aspects and results of vaccine trials on bovines.  相似文献   

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人兽共患寄生虫种类多、宿主广泛且危害严重。血吸虫病、棘球蚴病、囊尾蚴病、旋毛虫病、弓形虫病等是常见的重要人兽共患寄生虫病。人类和家畜饱受寄生虫病的危害,这对公共卫生和畜牧业造成了很大的影响。控制传染源、切断传播途径和保护易感群是控制人兽共患寄生虫病流行的综合防控措施。在综合防控策略中,疫苗的使用是切断循环链、控制乃至消灭人兽共患寄生虫病的理想和有效途径之一。选用高效的抗原筛选方法挖掘潜在的疫苗候选分子是开发疫苗的前提和关键。抗原筛选技术的更新换代使得研究者发掘出了更多新抗原和保护性多肽。现有的抗原筛选方法主要包括传统的粗抗原筛选法、cDNA文库筛选法、蛋白质组学筛选法、生物信息学及多组学技术联合筛选法。很多抗原筛选的方法是伴随寄生虫疫苗研究的发展应运而生的,粗抗原筛选法是基于抗原抗体相互反应的免疫学原理而设计的,此方法筛选的天然抗原可引起机体较强的免疫反应;cDNA文库筛选抗原的优势在于筛选更有针对性,所以候选产物的成分更单一、明确;蛋白质组学筛选法是基于质谱而兴起的一种筛选技术,它既可对未知蛋白组分进行鉴定,还可对鉴定结果进行差异比较,在未知分子的发现和功能特殊的靶分子筛选中发挥着重要作用;随着后基因时代的到来,生物信息学及多组学联合筛选技术使得抗原筛选逐步进入了多维、立体的筛选模式,也使得候选抗原及其表位的功能研究更加深入,这为基因工程疫苗和多肽疫苗候选分子的筛选提供了技术手段。  相似文献   

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Persistence of antibodies in calves vaccinated with 2 types of inactivated infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) virus and parainfluenza-3 (PI-3) virus vaccines were determined. Calves seronegative for IBR and PI-3 viruses were inoculated with 2 doses of inactivated IBR virus-PI-3 virus vaccines administered 2 weeks apart. Blood samples were obtained from the calves for serum at 2 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year after vaccination. The serums were tested by serum-neutralization tests. Antibody response to the vaccines persisted on a declining scale for 1 year. The anamnestic responses to the vaccines were determined by inoculating the same calves with a booster dose of vaccine 1 year after the original 2 doses were given. Blood samples were obtained from the calves for serum 2 weeks later. The serums were tested by serum-neutralization tests. The single booster dose of vaccine elicited an anamnestic response to both IBR and PI-3 viruses.  相似文献   

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寄生虫病严重影响全球人类、动物的健康安全,所带来的经济损失巨大。因此,有必要研制针对寄生虫病的疫苗,以阻断寄生虫病在动物与动物、动物与人类之间的传播。寄生虫存在多种免疫逃避机制,已开发的亚单位疫苗、减毒活疫苗、灭活疫苗均未达到理想的预防效果,且商品化疫苗多为针剂疫苗,普通针剂疫苗操作繁琐、运输储藏要求高且易使动物发生应激,直接影响经济成本,因此在实际生产当中需更多操作简单、便于储存、免疫成本更低的新型疫苗,以有效防控寄生虫病。诸多研究表明口服疫苗操作方便,只需通过口服方式投喂且宿主获得的抗体效价水平较高,有望成为预防寄生虫病的有效手段。口服疫苗是一种新型疫苗,依靠宿主的黏膜免疫系统来产生作用,即通过机体黏膜表面接种便可同时诱导机体产生持久的黏膜免疫、体液免疫和细胞免疫,为宿主提供高效的免疫保护。与传统疫苗相比,口服疫苗最显著的优点就是便于接种且应激小,还能形成强大的黏膜免疫屏障。但胃肠道的环境及易形成免疫耐受等因素也为口服疫苗的开发带来很大的挑战。笔者就黏膜免疫系统与口服疫苗作用机理、近几年寄生虫口服疫苗的研究进展及优点与挑战进行综述,以期为寄生虫口服疫苗的开发提供理论依据。  相似文献   

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寄生虫病带来了相当大的社会经济影响,人畜共患寄生虫给人们带来巨大的疾病负担,并给养殖业造成严重的经济损失。因此,寄生虫病的防治是人们迫切需要研究的课题。寄生虫存在很多形式的免疫逃避机制,灭活疫苗、减毒活疫苗、亚单位疫苗等未达到理想的预防寄生虫病的效果,很多研究表明DNA疫苗有望成为预防和治疗寄生虫病的有效方法。DNA疫苗是一种新型疫苗,可同时诱导机体产生持久的体液免疫和细胞免疫,通过在宿主内表达外源蛋白来提供保护性免疫。DNA疫苗与其他亚单位疫苗不同的是,免疫原由摄取抗原编码DNA的细胞在宿主内合成。体内蛋白质的合成也能进行抗原加工、修饰并递呈到宿主的免疫系统中,类似于自然感染的方式。笔者就DNA疫苗免疫机制、设计原则、免疫途径、优缺点及近几年寄生虫DNA疫苗的研究进展进行综述,以期为寄生虫DNA疫苗的开发提供理论参考。  相似文献   

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