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Zomosa-Signoret V Arnaud JD Fontes P Alvarez-Martinez MT Liautard JP 《Veterinary research》2008,39(4):9
The prion protein (PrP) plays a key role in the pathogenesis of prion diseases. However, the normal function of the protein remains unclear. The cellular isoform (PrP(C)) is expressed most abundantly in the brain, but has also been detected in other non-neuronal tissues as diverse as lymphoid cells, lung, heart, kidney, gastrointestinal tract, muscle, and mammary glands. Cell biological studies of PrP contribute to our understanding of PrP(C) function. Like other membrane proteins, PrP(C) is post-translationally processed in the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi on its way to the cell surface after synthesis. Cell surface PrP(C) constitutively cycles between the plasma membrane and early endosomes via a clathrin-dependent mechanism, a pathway consistent with a suggested role for PrP(C) in cellular trafficking of copper ions. Although PrP(-/-) mice have been reported to have only minor alterations in immune function, PrP(C) is up-regulated in T cell activation and may be expressed at higher levels by specialized classes of lymphocytes. Furthermore, antibody cross-linking of surface PrP(C) modulates T cell activation and leads to rearrangements of lipid raft constituents and increased phosphorylation of signaling proteins. These findings appear to indicate an important but, as yet, ill-defined role in T cell function. Recent work has suggested that PrP(C) is required for self-renewal of haematopoietic stem cells. PrP(C) is highly expressed in the central nervous system, and since this is the major site of prion pathology, most interest has focused on defining the role of PrP(C) in neurones. Although PrP(-/-) mice have a grossly normal neurological phenotype, even when neuronal PrP(C) is knocked out postnatally, they do have subtle abnormalities in synaptic transmission, hippocampal morphology, circadian rhythms, and cognition and seizure threshold. Other postulated neuronal roles for PrP(C) include copper-binding, as an anti- and conversely, pro-apoptotic protein, as a signaling molecule, and in supporting neuronal morphology and adhesion. The prion protein may also function as a metal binding protein such as copper, yielding cellular antioxidant capacity suggesting a role in the oxidative stress homeostasis. Finally, recent observations on the role of PrP(C) in long-term memory open a challenging field. 相似文献
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Peng Li Rui-Bing Cao Qi-Sheng Zheng Jing-Jun Liu Yan Li En-Xiu Wang Fei Li Pu-Yan Chen 《Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997)》2010,183(2):210-216
A synthetic multi-epitope gene containing critical epitopes of the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) envelope gene was cloned into both prokaryotic and eukaryotic expression vectors. The recombinant plasmid and purified recombinant protein (heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli) were used as immunogens in a mouse model. The results indicate that both the recombinant protein and the DNA vaccine induce humoral and cellular immune responses. Neutralising antibody titres in mice in the pcDNA-TEP plus rEP group increased considerably relative to mice immunised using either pcDNA-TEP or rEP alone (P < 0.05). Furthermore, the highest levels of interleukin (IL)-2, interferon-γ and IL-4 were induced following priming with the DNA vaccine and boosting with the recombinant protein. Together these findings demonstrate that a DNA-recombinant protein prime-boost vaccination strategy can produce high levels of antibody and trigger significant T cell responses in mice, highlighting the potential value of such an approach in the prevention of JEV infection. 相似文献
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Toussaint JF Coen L Letellier C Dispas M Gillet L Vanderplasschen A Kerkhofs P 《Veterinary research》2005,36(4):529-544
Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1) has frequently been used as a model for testing parameters affecting DNA immunisation in large animals like cattle. However, the selection of target antigens has been poorly studied, and most of the experiments have been conducted in mice. In the present study, we demonstrated in cattle that a DNA vaccine encoding BoHV-1 glycoprotein gD induces higher neutralising antibody titres than vaccines encoding BoHV-1 gC. Additionally, we show that a DNA vaccine encoding a secreted form of gD induces a higher immune response than a vaccine encoding full-length gD. However, the enhanced immunogenicity associated with the secretion of gD could not be extended to the glycoprotein gC. The current study also describes for the first time the development and the evaluation of a DNA vaccine encoding the major tegument protein VP8. This construct, which is the first BoHV-1 plasmid vaccine candidate that is not directed against a surface glycoprotein, induced a high BoHV-1 specific cellular immunity but no humoral immune response. The calves vaccinated with the constructs encoding full-length and truncated gD showed a non-significant tenfold reduction of virus excretion after challenge. Those calves also excreted virus for significantly (p < 0.05) shorter periods (1.5 days) than the non-vaccinated controls. The other constructs encoding gC and VP8 antigens induced no virological protection as compared to controls. Altogether the DNA vaccines induced weaker immunity and protection than conventional marker vaccines tested previously, confirming the difficulty to develop efficient DNA vaccines in large species. 相似文献
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Vella LJ Greenwood DL Cappai R Scheerlinck JP Hill AF 《Veterinary immunology and immunopathology》2008,124(3-4):385-393
Prion diseases are transmissible neurodegenerative disorders affecting humans and a wide variety of animal species including sheep and cattle. The transmissible agent, the prion, is an abnormally folded form (PrP(Sc)) of the host encoded cellular prion protein (PrP(C)). Distribution of the prion protein in the fluids of species susceptible to these diseases is of importance to human health and the iatrogenic spread of prion disease. Aside from blood which is confirmed to be a source of prion infectivity, it is currently unclear which other body fluids harbor a significant transmission risk. In the current study we examined two ovine fluids; pseudo-afferent lymph and cerebral spinal fluid (CSF), for the presence of exosomes and concurrent enrichment of the normal, cellular form of the prion protein (PrP(C)). Here we demonstrate the existence of exosomes in both pseudo-afferent lymph and CSF isolated from sheep. In the CSF derived exosomes we were able to show an enrichment of PrP(C) over unfractionated CSF. This experimental approach suggests that CSF derived exosomes could be used as a novel means of detecting abnormal forms of the prion protein and provide an in vivo link between these vesicles and prion disease pathogenesis. 相似文献
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Until today most prion strains can only be propagated and the infectivity content assayed by experimentally challenging conventional or transgenic animals. Robust cell culture systems are not available for any of the natural and only for a few of the experimental prion strains. Moreover, the pathogenesis of different transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) can be analysed systematically by using experimentally infected animals. While, in the beginning, animals belonging to the natural host species were used, more and more rodent model species have been established, mostly due to practical reasons. Nowadays, most of these experiments are performed using highly susceptible transgenic mouse lines expressing cellular prion proteins, PrP, from a variety of species like cattle, sheep, goat, cervidae, elk, hamster, mouse, mink, pig, and man. In addition, transgenic mice carrying specific mutations or polymorphisms have helped to understand the molecular pathomechanisms of prion diseases. Transgenic mouse models have been utilised to investigate the physiological role of PrP(C), molecular aspects of species barrier effects, the cell specificity of the prion propagation, the role of the PrP glycosylation, the mechanisms of the prion spread, the neuropathological roles of PrP(C) and of its abnormal isoform PrP(D) (D for disease) as well as the function of PrP Doppel. Transgenic mouse models have also been used for mapping of PrP regions involved in or required for the PrP conversion and prion replication as well as for modelling of familial forms of human prion diseases. 相似文献
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Fang Fu Huabin Tian Xuesong Li Yuekun Lang Guangzhi Tong Siguo Liu Haizhong Li Wei Wang Xi Li Xin Chen 《Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997)》2013,195(2):244-247
Mycobacterium tuberculosis heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) and the peptide binding C-terminal portion of HSP70 (amino acids 359-610; HSP70c) exert an adjuvant effect when used in vaccines. To enhance the immunogenicity of a DNA vaccine against porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2), recombinant plasmids encoding the PCV2 ORF2 (capsid) gene fused to full length hsp70 (pCA-TCH) or truncated C-terminal hsp70c (pCA-TCHc) were constructed. Immunisation of mice with pCA-TCHc induced higher serum immunoglobulin G antibody levels, stronger T helper 1 immune responses and lower PCV2 viral titres following challenge than immunisation with pCA-TCH or Cap plasmids only. 相似文献
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Zheng J Ren W Pan Q Wang Q Elhag IA Li J Li M Gong P Liu Y Zhang X 《Veterinary parasitology》2011,179(1-3):7-13
Cryptosporidium andersoni parasited in the abomasum has been demonstrated as a cause of reduction of milk production in dairy cow. In this study, a novel chimeric DNA vaccine pVAX1-AB was constructed and the efficacy against Cryptosporidium parvum was determined. BALB/c mice were divided into 3 groups and immunized with DNA vaccine expressing the oocyst wall protein, AB protein of C. andersoni, the recombinant plasmid containing the AB gene, respectively. After inoculation of 1 × 10(6) oocysts of C. parvum, the humoral and cellular immune responses were detected. Experimental results showed that the recombinant plasmid can induce corresponding specific antibody response, simultaneously influenced cellular immune responses, and provided greater protection rate (48.6%) than the other groups. These results indicated that chimeric DNA vaccine has a potential in Cryptosporidium vaccine development. 相似文献
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SmpB is an outer membrane protein of Brachyspira hyodysentariae that is present in some strains of the bacterium. It shares the same locus as SmpA, but all strains tested to date contain either one protein or the other, never both. In this study we have evaluated the efficacy of vaccination with SmpB to elicit immune responses in mice and to protect against a subsequent challenge. Immunised mice develop humoral and cellular responses to SmpB delivered as either a DNA vaccine or a recombinant protein, although the magnitude of the responses is greater after protein vaccination. The responses induced after protein vaccination offer moderate protection against disease and indicate that SmpB has potential as a component of a vaccine against B. hyodysentariae. 相似文献
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Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) and Pasteurella multocida bacteria cause severe losses among rabbit populations. The efficacy of a recently developed bivalent vaccine against pasteurellosis and RHDV was investigated. Doses exceeding 2 haemagglutinating units (HU) of viral antigen were sufficient to protect rabbits against infection with RHDV. The bivalent vaccine appeared to be safe for use in all age groups of rabbits, including pregnant females, even after treatment with 20 times the normal vaccine dose. Rabbits injected with 8 or 4 HU of bivalent vaccine showed high antibody titres against both organisms for 9 months after inoculation. The antibody levels against RHDV in young rabbits at 30 days of age were elevated when they originated from mothers with high antibody titres. The most suitable period for vaccination of offspring appeared to be around 50 days of age. The bivalent vaccine against pasteurellosis and RHDV combined speed and longevity of the immune response. Immune protection against pasteurellosis and RHDV can thus be achieved with only one manipulation. 相似文献
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小鼠对猪囊虫抗原基因TS76的免疫应答 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
将猪囊虫抗原基因 TS76的真核表达型质粒 VTS76单独或与 p UC18联合肌肉免疫注射于 BAL B/ c小鼠 ,以MTT比色法检测小鼠脾淋巴细胞 Con A刺激的增殖反应及 IL - 2的诱生活性 ,EL ISA方法检测免疫小鼠 Ig G总量和特异性抗体水平 ,常规法检测外周血免疫细胞数量的动态变化。结果发现 ,VTS76免疫小鼠各项细胞和体液免疫应答反应指数均比空白对照组小鼠显著提高 ;联合免疫组小鼠的细胞免疫应答和体液免疫应答反应指数均比 VTS76小鼠提高。由此可见 ,以 VTS76免疫小鼠可诱导其特异性细胞和体液免疫反应 ,而 p UC18又明显提高了 VTS76免疫小鼠的免疫应答水平 ,具有显著的免疫增强作用 相似文献
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Horiuchi M Furuoka H Kitamura N Shinagaw M 《The Japanese journal of veterinary research》2006,53(3-4):149-157
The major cause of infection in animal prion diseases is thought to be consumption of prion-contaminated stuff. There is evidence that the enteric nerve system (ENS) and gut-associated lymphoid tissues (GATL) are involved in the establishment of prion infection through alimentary tract. To elucidate the initial entry port for prion, we inoculated prion to alymphoplasia (aly) mice showing a deficiency in systemic lymph nodes and Peyer's patches. The aly/aly mice were susceptible to prion infection by intra-cranial inoculation and there were no differences in incubation periods between aly/aly mice and wild-type C57BL/6J mice. Incubation periods in aly/aly mice were about 20 days longer than those in C57BL/6J mice with the intra-peritoneal inoculation. The aly/aly mice were completely resistant to prion infection by per os administration, while C57BL/6J mice were sensitive as they entered the terminal stage of disease around 300 days post inoculation. PrP(Sc) were detected in the intestine and spleen of C57BL/6J mice inoculated with prion intraperitoneally or orally; however PrP(Sc) was not detected in the spleen and intestine of aly/aly mice. Prion infectivity was detected in the intestines and spleens of prion-inoculated C57BL/6J mice, even after the early stages of exposure, while no infectivity was detected in these tissues of prion-inoculated aly/aly mice. No apparent differences were observed in the organization of the enteric nerve system between wild-type and aly/aly mice. These results indicate that GALT rather than ENS acts as the primary entry port for prion after oral exposure. 相似文献
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Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative infectious disorders for which no therapeutic or prophylactic regimens exist. Our work aims to eliminate PrP(c) as substrate for the conversion into PrP(Sc) and to increase the cellular clearance capacity of PrP(Sc). In order to achieve the first objective, we used chemical compounds which interfere with the subcellular trafficking of PrP(c), e.g. by intracellular re-routing. Recently, we found that PrP(c) requires cholesterol for cell surface localisation. Treatment with mevinolin significantly reduced the amount of cell surface PrP(c) and led to its accumulation in the Golgi compartment. These data show that cholesterol is essential for the cell surface localisation of PrP(c), which is in turn known to be necessary for the formation of PrP(Sc). Another anti-prion strategy uses RNA and peptide aptamers directed against PrP(c). We have selected peptide aptamers using a constrained peptide library presented on the active site loop of the Escherichia coli protein TrxA in a Y2H screen. Several peptides reproducibly binding to PrP(c) in several assays were identified. Preliminary data indicate that selected peptide aptamers are able to interfere with prion propagation in prion-infected cells. To obtain additive effects we have tried to clarify cellular mechanisms that enable cells to clear prion infectivity. This goal was achieved by selective interference in intracellular signalling pathways which apparently also increase the cellular autophagy machinery. Finally, we have tried to establish an active auto-vaccination approach directed against PrP, which gave some positive preliminary results in the mouse system. This might open the door to classical immunological interference techniques. 相似文献
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DNA疫苗的免疫效果与抗原基因的表达量及表达抗原的免疫原性有直接关系。为了提高猪流感病毒（Swine influenza virus,SIV）HA基因DNA疫苗的表达量,增强其免疫效果,本研究通过人工合成的方法将H1亚型猪流感病毒A／Swine／Guangdong／1／01（H1N1）的HA基因密码子优化为猪体内偏嗜性密码子optiHA,同野生型A／Swine／Guangdong／1／01（H1N1）的HA基因分别与真核表达载体PCAGGS连接构成重组质粒PCAGGS—optiHA和PCAGGS—HA,然后分别转染293T细胞,48h后采用间接免疫荧光的方法检测Ⅲ基因的瞬时表达蛋白情况。将质粒PCAGGS—HA、PCAGGS—optiHA以100μg／只的剂量,采用后腿肌肉多点注射的方式,免疫6-8周龄雌性BALB／c小鼠,同时设立空载体PCAGGS对照。共免疫3次,每次间隔2周,三免2周后对每组以10^3.87 EID50的A／Swine／Guangdong／1／01（H1N1）进行攻毒。采用ELISA、血凝抑制试验、细胞因子检测和肺组织病毒含量测定等实验评价这两种DNA疫苗的免疫效果。结果表明,HA基因密码子优化的DNA疫苗可显著提高体液免疫和细胞免疫的应答水平,攻毒后免疫组PCAGGS—optiHA的保护效力明显高于免疫组PCAGGS—HA。这一结果为进一步研究和设计有效的SIVDNA疫苗奠定了基础。 相似文献
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DNA Fragment Encoding Human IL-1β 163–171 Peptide Enhances the Immune Responses Elicited in Mice by DNA Vaccine against Foot-and-Mouth Disease 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
DNA vaccine has been tested for protection against foot-and-mouth disease. However, the relatively low efficacy of DNA vaccine in inducing immune responses in large animals has restricted its practical use. Interleukin-1 plays an essential role in amplifying both the cellular and humoral immune responses to foreign antigens, and may therefore represent a good candidate as an adjuvant of DNA vaccines. Since the inflammatory activity of IL-I may restrict its application in DNA vaccine treatment, we explored the possibilities of augmenting immune responses without unwanted inflammatory effects using the IL-1beta fragment (amino acids (aa) 163-171), which is essential for IL-1 receptor-1 binding. The DNA fragment encoding the human IL-1beta fragment (aa 163-171) was fused to foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) DNA vaccine, and injected into mice to analyse its immune response. Compared with control mice receiving FMDV DNA vaccine alone, significant increases in the FMDV-specific antibody response and also in T cell proliferation were observed in mice receiving IL-1beta (163-171)-FMDV. These results suggested that DNA fragment encoding IL-1beta 163-171 peptide might represent a good candidate for an adjuvant of FMDV DNA vaccine. 相似文献
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K M Ruitenberg C Walker J E Wellington D N Love J M Whalley 《Veterinary microbiology》1999,68(1-2):35-48
The potential of DNA-mediated immunisation to protect against equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) disease was assessed in a murine model of EHV-1 respiratory infection. Intramuscular injection with DNA encoding the EHV-1 envelope glycoprotein D (gD) in a mammalian expression vector induced a specific antibody response detectable by two weeks and maintained through 23 weeks post injection. Immune responses were proportional to the dose of DNA and a second injection markedly enhanced the antibody response. EHV-1 gD DNA-injected mice developed neutralising antibodies, and a predominance of IgG2a antibodies after the DNA injection was consistent with the generation of a type 1 helper T-cell (Th1) response. Following intranasal challenge with EHV-1, mice immunised with 50 microg of EHV-1 gD DNA were able to clear virus more rapidly from lung tissue and showed reduced lung pathology in comparison with control mice. The data indicate that DNA-mediated immunisation may be a useful strategy for vaccination against EHV-1. 相似文献
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Recent developments in prion disease research: diagnostic tools and in vitro cell culture models 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
Sakudo A Nakamura I Ikuta K Onodera T 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2007,69(4):329-337
After prion infection, an abnormal isoform of prion protein (PrP(Sc)) converts the cellular isoform of prion protein (PrP(C)) into PrP(Sc). PrP(C)-to-PrP(Sc) conversion leads to PrP(Sc) accumulation and PrP(C) deficiency, contributing etiologically to induction of prion diseases. Presently, most of the diagnostic methods for prion diseases are dependent on PrP(Sc) detection. Highly sensitive/accurate specific detection of PrP(Sc) in many different samples is a prerequisite for attempts to develop reliable detection methods. Towards this goal, several methods have recently been developed to facilitate sensitive and precise detection of PrP(Sc), namely, protein misfolding cyclic amplification, conformation-dependent immunoassay, dissociation-enhanced lanthanide fluorescent immunoassay, capillary gel electrophoresis, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, flow microbead immunoassay, etc. Additionally, functionally relevant prion-susceptible cell culture models that recognize the complexity of the mechanisms of prion infection have also been pursued, not only in relation to diagnosis, but also in relation to prion biology. Prion protein (PrP) gene-deficient neuronal cell lines that can clearly elucidate PrP(C) functions would contribute to understanding of the prion infection mechanism. In this review, we describe the trend in recent development of diagnostic methods and cell culture models for prion diseases and their potential applications in prion biology. 相似文献
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Hainisch EK Brandt S Shafti-Keramat S Van den Hoven R Kirnbauer R 《Equine veterinary journal》2012,44(1):107-111
Reasons for performing study: Infection with bovine papillomaviruses types 1 and 2 (BPV‐1, BPV‐2) can lead to the development of therapy‐resistant skin tumours termed sarcoids and possibly other skin diseases in equids. Although sarcoids seriously compromise the welfare of affected animals and cause considerable economic losses, no prophylactic vaccine is available to prevent this common disease. In several animal species and man, immunisation with papillomavirus‐like particles (VLP) has been shown to protect efficiently from papillomaviral infection. Hypothesis: BPV‐1 L1 VLPs may constitute a safe and highly immunogenic vaccine candidate for protection of horses against BPV‐1/‐2‐induced disease. Methods: Three groups of 4 horses each received 50, 100 or 150 µg of BPV‐1 L1 VLPs, respectively, on Days 0, 28 and 168. Three control horses received adjuvant only. Horses were monitored on a daily basis for one week after each immunisation and then in 2 week intervals. Sera were collected immediately before, 2 weeks after each vaccination and one and 2 years after the final boost and analysed by pseudovirion neutralisation assay. Results: None of the horses showed adverse reactions upon vaccination apart from mild and transient swelling in 2 individuals. Irrespective of the VLP dose, all VLP‐immunised horses had developed a BPV‐1‐neutralising antibody titre of ≥1600 plaque forming units (pfu)/ml 2 weeks after the third vaccination. Eight of 10 trial horses still available for follow‐up had neutralising antibody titres ≥1600 pfu/ml one year and ≥800 pfu/ml 2 years after the last immunisation. Conclusion: Intramuscular BPV‐1 L1 VLP vaccination in horses is safe and results in a long‐lasting antibody response against BPV‐1. Neutralisation titres were induced at levels that correlate with protection in experimental animals and man. Potential relevance: BPV‐1 L1 VLPs constitute a promising vaccine candidate for prevention of BPV‐1/‐2‐induced disease in equids. 相似文献
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Scrapie is a prion disease characterised by the accumulation of the pathological associated form of cellular prion protein (PrP(SC)) in the central nervous system. Susceptibility to scrapie is associated with polymorphism in the ovine prion protein (PrP) gene. The European Union has implemented scrapie control programs, relying on selective breeding for scrapie resistance; the use of ARR-carrier and the exclusion of VRQ-carrier were recommended. In this study, 4323 individuals from Rasa Aragonesa Sheep breed were genotyped for the PrP gene and the individual estimated breeding values (EBV) for prolificity were calculated. Most represented PrP alleles do not work against prolificity. Only a significant association between VRQ/VRQ genotype and a lower EBV was observed (p = 0.027, eta2 = 0.002). Therefore, avoiding reproduction of VRQ/VRQ individuals would not cause negative effect regarding prolificity. 相似文献
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Toxoplasma gondii rhomboid protein 1 (TgROM1) is a potential vaccine candidate against toxoplasmosis
Infection with the intracellular protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii causes serious public health problems and is of great economic importance worldwide. The rhomboid proteins which are responsible for adhesion and invasion of host cells have been suggested as vaccine candidates against toxoplasmosis. A DNA vaccine (pVAX-ROM1) encoding T. gondii rhomboid protein 1 (TgROM1) gene was constructed and the immune response and protective efficacy of this vaccine against lethal challenge in BALB/c mice were evaluated. The results indicated that specific antibody and lymphocyte proliferative responses were elicited in mice receiving pVAX-ROM1. The production levels of IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-4, and IL-10, as well as the percentage of CD4(+) cells in mice vaccinated with pVAX-ROM1 were significantly increased respectively, compared to controls receiving either pVAX1 alone or PBS. After lethal challenge, the mice immunized with pVAX-ROM1 showed an increased survival time compared with the mice in the controls. Our data suggested that a DNA vaccine pVAX-ROM1 encoding T. gondii rhomboid protein 1 triggered strong humoral and cellular responses, and prolonged survival time against T. gondii infection in BALB/c mice. 相似文献
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白细胞介素-12对犬细小病毒VP2 DNA疫苗的免疫增强作用 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
犬细小病毒编码的VP2蛋白是该病毒重要的结构蛋白和抗原蛋白。利用VP2基因制备的DNA疫苗能够刺激机体产生免疫应答反应。为进一步提高VP2DNA疫苗的免疫应答水平,本研究在小鼠体内尝试了利用白细胞介素12（IL-12）基因表达载体提高VP2DNA疫苗的免疫应答水平。首先采用RT-PCR方法从小鼠脾淋巴细胞中分别扩增IL-12大亚基（P40）和小亚基（P35）cDNA基因;然后在真核表达载体pcDNA3.1A上通过引入内部核糖体进入位点（IRES）序列,分别将P40基因和P35基因插入到IRES序列的上下游,构建成IL-12（P40和P35双亚基）基因表达载体,pcDNA-P40-IRES-P35。将上述表达载体与本室构建的VP2表达载体通过磷酸钙方法转染HEK 293T细胞进行瞬时表达,以确定构建的表达载体能否介导相应基因在真核细胞中进行分泌表达。然后用VP2载体单免疫和VP2载体和IL-12载体共免疫方法对小鼠进行免疫（用pcDNA3.1A作为对照）。免疫后在特定时间通过ELISA方法检测小鼠血清抗VP2蛋白的抗体水平,并通过淋巴细胞增殖实验检测免疫后35d小鼠脾脏淋巴细胞增殖反应。结果表明,扩增的小鼠IL-12P40和P35亚基基因与GenBank的参考序列基本一致。Western-blot检测结果表明,重组IL-12和VP2均能够在HEK293T细胞中进行分泌性表达。ELISA检测结果表明利用IL-2载体与VP2载体共免疫小鼠,其血清中抗VP2的抗体水平明显高于VP2载体单免疫组（P〈0.01）,抗体水平在第35天高达1：5120。淋巴细胞增殖试验结果表明,免疫小鼠的淋巴细胞刺激指数均明显高于对照组（P〈0.01）,VP2载体与IL2载体共免疫组的刺激指数明显高于VP2载体单免疫组（P〈0.05）。由此可见,在小鼠体内,IL-12基因表达载体可明显提高CPV VP2基因疫苗的免疫应答水平。 相似文献