卵黄抗体经滴鼻途径引起动物免疫反应的研究

研究鸡卵黄免疫球蛋白 (IgY)经滴鼻途径是否引起动物的粘膜免疫反应以及反应的程度。制备抗H3 N2 型流感病毒特异性IgY ,以滴鼻方式免疫实验家兔和豚鼠。实验动物在免疫后不同时期采血 ,检测特异性抗IgY抗体水平。豚鼠以相同IgY静脉攻击 ,观察动物的反应。实验结果表明 ,豚鼠和实验家兔均产生了特异性粘膜免疫反应 ,应慎重采用IgY以滴鼻方式来预防和治疗疾病。     

抗流感病毒特异性IgY对小鼠的保护作用研究

通过免疫鸡制备抗流感病毒特异性IgY,经纯化后,采用滴鼻途径给小鼠,使小鼠获得被动免疫。结果表明,抗流感病毒特异性IgY可使小鼠对同型的流感病毒的攻击产生保护作用。     

季节性流感裂解疫苗在小鼠中针对同型与异型流感病毒的免疫保护效力

为了研究季节性流感裂解疫苗在小鼠中针对甲型流感病毒同型同株、同型异株、异型异株攻击的免疫保护效力及其与诱发的血凝抑制(HI)抗体滴度的关系,本研究使用我国2008~2009年度季节性流感裂解疫苗中不同剂量的甲1型流感病毒H1N1(疫苗株病毒A/Brisbane/59/2007(H1N1)-like)和甲3型流感病毒的H3N2(疫苗株病毒A/Brisbane/10/2007(H3N2)-like)疫苗组分免疫BALB/c小鼠,首先确定了能在小鼠中诱发血HI抗体滴度达到40的疫苗免疫剂量;然后以此剂量免疫小鼠,分别使用同型同株流感病毒(鼠肺适应株A/Brisbane/59/2007(H1N1)-like virus(MA))(简称A1)和同型异株流感病毒(鼠肺适应株A/Purto Rico/8/34(H1N1))(简称PR8)攻击H1N1疫苗免疫小鼠,使用异型异株流感病毒A1攻击H3N2疫苗免疫小鼠,通过体重变化和存活率情况,探讨季节性流感疫苗在小鼠中针对甲型流感病毒同型同株、同型异株、异型异株攻击的保护效力。结果显示,季节性流感裂解疫苗H1N1和H3N2组分按照HA不同剂量0.15μg、0.5μg、1.5μg、5μg和15μg免疫小鼠后,所诱发的HI抗体滴度随免疫剂量的增加而增强,1.5μgHA即可以诱发免疫小鼠HI抗体滴度达到40;以此剂量免疫小鼠,分别使用3LD50、10LD50、30LD50、100LD50、300LD50、1 000LD50和3 000LD50的同型同株流感病毒A1进行攻击,1.5μgH1N1疫苗可以100%保护小鼠抵御高至1000LD50同型同株流感病毒A1的攻击,15μg甚至可以100%保护3 000LD50同型同株流感病毒A1的攻击,但是这两个剂量免疫的小鼠在低至3LD50同型异株流感病毒PR8的攻击后都全部死亡;使用可以诱发HI抗体滴度达到140的15μg H3N2疫苗免疫小鼠,在低至3LD50异型异株流感病毒A1的攻击后亦全部死亡。以上结果表明,季节性流感疫苗可使小鼠HI抗体滴度达到40的疫苗免疫剂量为1.5μg,该免疫剂量可以有效保护小鼠抵御同型同株流感病毒的攻击,但是难以保护小鼠抵御同型异株与异型异株流感病毒的攻击,这一结果为建立以季节性流感疫苗为参考的免疫保护评价体系提供了实验依据。     

肌内免疫后流感病毒特异性功能性CD8~+记忆T细胞群的建立

<正>禽流感H7N9病毒的出现和该病毒大流行的可能性,强调了研究疫苗接种的途径以诱导交叉保护性免疫是不变的需求。在该项研究中,作者通过两种常用接种途径给小鼠免疫A/Puerto Rico/8/1934(PR8;H1N1)流感病毒活疫苗,检测了免疫后的交叉反应性CD8~+T细胞免疫。作者发现,经肌肉注射(IM)途径免疫建立了能发生交叉反应召回性应答作用的流感病毒特异性功     

鸡卵黄免疫球蛋白研究动态

当用某种抗原免疫产卵母鸡时,鸡可产生相应的鸡卵黄免疫球蛋白（IgY）储存于卵黄中。母鸡经免疫应答后,可从其不断产出的鸡卵的卵黄中得到大量的、均一的、高效价的IgY。IgY类似于哺乳动物的IgG,但又有其独特的优点。近年来国外对IgY的研究比较活跃。本文对IgY的特点、制备提纯及其在检测诊断上和疾病防治方面的应用作了较详细的论述。可以预见,随着研究的进一步深入,IgY的应用将不断扩大。     

细菌性痢疾IgY生物学活性探讨

特异性IgY(卵黄免疫球蛋白)是指从免疫母鸡的鸡蛋中提取针对特定抗原的抗体。近些年来,IgY的研究不断深入。从免疫原的种类、免疫方法I、gY的提取纯化及理化性质等均有多篇报道[1~3],口服IgY亦成为关注的焦点。口服特异性IgY能够提高机体被动保护免疫力[4,5],预防和治疗胃肠道的细菌和病毒感染。美国学者将变形链球菌IgY用于预防龋齿,国内报道应用轮状病毒IgY治疗婴幼儿腹泻均取得可喜效果。本文利用福氏志贺菌免疫母鸡,提取IgY,并在乳鼠体内测定其生物学活性,报告如下。用购自中国药品生物制品检定所的福氏志贺菌B群,福氏2a3、4型菌…     

抗肺炎支原体卵黄抗体的制备及其免疫特性

目的制备抗肺炎支原体卵黄抗体,并研究其免疫特异性。方法以超声粉碎法制备肺炎支原体抗原;以ELISA法测定卵黄抗体的效价及免疫特异性;以水稀释法联合疏水层析的方法分离纯化卵黄抗体;应用SDS-PAGE法测定分子量及鉴定抗体纯度;改良Lowry法测定蛋白含量。结果低、高剂量组均诱导母鸡产生有效免疫应答,高剂量组免疫效价高于低剂量组。高剂量组于初免疫后约50d抗体效价达高峰,持续约2个月;而低剂量组在初免疫后约60d抗体效价达高峰,持续约1个月。之后效价逐渐下降,在免疫约120d,高剂量组由13log2下降到10log2;而低剂量组则由11log2下降到7log2。以水稀释法联合疏水层析法制备了电泳纯抗肺炎支原体IgY,分子量约178KD,平均每1ml卵黄液可获得较纯抗体6.4mg。制备的IgY与肺炎支原体具有较高特异性,与解脲支原体和人型支原体无明显交叉反应,与生殖支原体有轻度的交叉反应。结论本研究初步制备了抗肺炎支原体卵黄抗体,为肺炎支原体的防治与检测提供新的途径。     

H9N2禽流感病毒M2 DNA疫苗初免-蛋白加强免疫的保护效果研究

流感病毒M2(基质蛋白2)是A型流感病毒的一个高度保守的蛋白。由于其免疫原性较弱,本研究采用M2 DNA疫苗初免-蛋白加强的策略来考察M2的免疫保护效果。制备A/Chicken/Jiangsu/07/2002(H9N2)流感病毒的M2 DNA疫苗以及经大肠杆菌表达的去除M2跨膜区的M2蛋白即sM2。以SPF级BALB/c小鼠为模型,电击法免疫M2 DNA疫苗,滴鼻法免疫sM2蛋白,免疫间隔三周,并于末次免疫后三周以致死量5LD50流感病毒H9N2攻击小鼠,通过检测小鼠存活率、体重丢失率、肺部病毒滴度及IgG抗体水平等指标来评价免疫的保护效果。实验结果表明,基于M2的疫苗采用DNA疫苗初免蛋白加强免疫二次的免疫程序能诱导较高的特异性抗体,明显减轻小鼠流感病症,提供完全的保护。     

抗重组VacA IgY体内抗幽门螺杆菌感染的实验研究

目的在构建H.pylori的基因工程菌pQE30-v-DH5a的基础上,诱导表达VacA重组蛋白,以此为抗原,制备抗VacA的蛋黄抗体（VacA IgY）。通过小鼠口服试验,证实VacA IgY治疗H.pylori感染的作用,为进一步制备抗H．pylori感染的IgY制剂提供实验依据。方法用重组H.pylori VacA蛋白免疫母鸡,水稀释结合氯仿有机沉淀法提取IgY,ELISA法测定其针对VacA的效价。建立H.pylori感染的Balb／c小鼠动物模型,治疗组在小鼠灌喂菌液后灌喂不同剂量的VacA IgY。以H.pylori培养和病理切片观察胃黏膜H.pylori定植和炎症反应程度。结果制备了高效价的IgY（1：12800）。动物实验阳性对照组H.pylori的总感染率为70．4％,12周后的感染率为88．9％。治疗组的感染率与同期阳性对照组相似,胃黏膜的炎症反应程度比阳性对照组弱,随IgY剂量的增加,炎症减弱明显,IgY剂量为4mg／ml时,能达到较理想的治疗效果。结论成功制备了高效价的特异性VacA IgV,小鼠体内实验证实了口服VacA IgY具有治疗H.pylori感染的作用,可用于制备口服制剂。     

同时检测新甲型H1N1及人季节性H1N1和H3N2流感病毒的单管多重荧光定量PCR方法

本研究设计的一种4重荧光定量RT-PCR检测方法,以A型流感病毒各亚型的血凝素基因(HA)为检测靶标,实现了同时检测新甲型H1N1流感病毒、人季节性H1N1流感病毒和人季节性H3N2流感病毒。本法使用人细胞RNA酶P基因作为内参,以判断标本来源和实施质量控制。利用不同来源和亚型的流感病毒验证了该方法的特异性;利用连续稀释的新甲型H1N1流感病毒HA全基因体外转录物进行灵敏度分析。结果表明该方法灵敏度高,可检测低至20个拷贝的RNA;特异性强,每对引物只检测出对应的病毒,无交叉反应;并且成功地验证性检验了34份新甲型H1N1流感病毒阳性临床标本和20份人季节性H1N1和H3N2流感病毒及人乙型(HB)流感病毒阳性临床标本。因此,该多重荧光定量RT-PCR法是一种可同时检测2009年新甲型流感病毒及季节性流感病毒的有效方法。     

Prophylactic and Therapeutic Efficacy of Avian Antibodies Against Influenza Virus H5N1 and H1N1 in Mice

Background

Pandemic influenza poses a serious threat to global health and the world economy. While vaccines are currently under development, passive immunization could offer an alternative strategy to prevent and treat influenza virus infection. Attempts to develop monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have been made. However, passive immunization based on mAbs may require a cocktail of mAbs with broader specificity in order to provide full protection since mAbs are generally specific for single epitopes. Chicken immunoglobulins (IgY) found in egg yolk have been used mainly for treatment of infectious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Because the recent epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) strain H5N1 has resulted in serious economic losses to the poultry industry, many countries including Vietnam have introduced mass vaccination of poultry with H5N1 virus vaccines. We reasoned that IgY from consumable eggs available in supermarkets in Vietnam could provide protection against infections with HPAIV H5N1.

Methods and Findings

We found that H5N1-specific IgY that are prepared from eggs available in supermarkets in Vietnam by a rapid and simple water dilution method cross-protect against infections with HPAIV H5N1 and related H5N2 strains in mice. When administered intranasally before or after lethal infection, the IgY prevent the infection or significantly reduce viral replication resulting in complete recovery from the disease, respectively. We further generated H1N1 virus-specific IgY by immunization of hens with inactivated H1N1 A/PR/8/34 as a model virus for the current pandemic H1N1/09 and found that such H1N1-specific IgY protect mice from lethal influenza virus infection.

Conclusions

The findings suggest that readily available H5N1-specific IgY offer an enormous source of valuable biological material to combat a potential H5N1 pandemic. In addition, our study provides a proof-of-concept for the approach using virus-specific IgY as affordable, safe, and effective alternative for the control of influenza outbreaks, including the current H1N1 pandemic.     

Passive protection of shrimp against white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) using specific antibody from egg yolk of chickens immunized with inactivated virus or a WSSV-DNA vaccine

White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) causes high mortality and large economic losses in cultured shrimp. The VP28, VP19 and VP15 genes encode viral structural proteins of WSSV. In this study, hens were immunized with recombinant plasmid (pCI-VP28/VP19/VP15) with linkers or with inactivated WSSV, which used CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG ODNs) and Freund's adjuvant as adjuvant, respectively. Egg yolk immunoglobulin (IgY) from hens immunized with inactivated vaccine and DNA vaccine was obtained, purified and used for protection of Metapenaeus ensis shrimp against WSSV. The data showed that the antibody response of the hens immunized with the DNA vaccine was improved by CpG ODNs as adjuvant, but was still inferior to inactivated WSSV in both sera and egg yolks. Using specific IgY from hens immunized with inactivated WSSV and DNA vaccine to neutralize WSSV, the challenged shrimp showed 73.3% and 33.3% survival, respectively. Thus, the results suggest that passive immunization strategy with IgY will be a valuable method against WSSV infection in shrimp.     

Mimotopes selected with neutralizing antibodies against multiple subtypes of influenza A

Background

The mimotopes of viruses are considered as the good targets for vaccine design. We prepared mimotopes against multiple subtypes of influenza A and evaluate their immune responses in flu virus challenged Balb/c mice.

Methods

The mimotopes of influenza A including pandemic H1N1, H3N2, H2N2 and H1N1 swine-origin influenza virus were screened by peptide phage display libraries, respectively. These mimotopes were engineered in one protein as multi- epitopes in Escherichia coli (E. coli) and purified. Balb/c mice were immunized using the multi-mimotopes protein and specific antibody responses were analyzed using hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The lung inflammation level was evaluated by hematoxylin and eosin (HE).

Results

Linear heptopeptide and dodecapeptide mimotopes were obtained for these influenza virus. The recombinant multi-mimotopes protein was a 73 kDa fusion protein. Comparing immunized infected groups with unimmunized infected subsets, significant differences were observed in the body weight loss and survival rate. The antiserum contained higher HI Ab titer against H1N1 virus and the lung inflammation level were significantly decreased in immunized infected groups.

Conclusions

Phage-displayed mimotopes against multiple subtypes of influenza A were accessible to the mouse immune system and triggered a humoral response to above virus.

     

抗生殖器疱疹病毒卵黄免疫球蛋白(IgY)的研究

检测了鸡卵黄中抗生殖器疱疹病毒(HSV-2)抗体的产量、纯度、来源及稳定性。采用生殖器疱疹病毒(HSV-2)作为抗原免疫广州黄村鸡。通过改良水稀释法提取卵黄中的IgY。双紫外光波长测定抗体含量,SDS-PAGE电泳检测抗体纯度。Western blot免疫印迹法测定该抗体来源。ELISA检测IgY对温度、酸碱度的稳定性。结果,蛋黄液中抗体质量浓度13.6g.L-1,抗体纯度达96.2%。免疫印迹证明IgY与鸡血清中的IgG具有相同的分子量和抗原性。IgY具有良好的热稳定性,对酸碱具有一定的耐受力。WD水稀释法能得到高产量、高纯度的特异性IgY,而且有良好的生物学活性。     

抗甲型流感鸡卵黄抗体的制备及效价测定

目的:研究抗甲型流感卵黄抗体的制备与纯化,并探讨其效价随免疫时间的变化关系。方法:用灭活甲型流感病毒复合抗原免疫蛋鸡,用PEG6000对卵黄抗体进行分离提取,SDS-PAGE法对其进行分子量测定,考马斯亮蓝法对其含量和纯度进行测定,用微量凝集法检测蛋鸡血清抗体和卵黄抗体的效价。结果:提取得到的卵黄抗体重链分子量为66 kDa、轻链分子量分26 kDa,每毫升卵黄液可得到纯度为95.80%的卵黄抗体9.98mg,回收率93.01%;高效价持续时间90 d以上;免疫蛋鸡血清和卵黄中3种特异性抗体的消长规律基本相似,但抗体水平之间存在明显的差异。结论:采用灭活甲型流感病毒复合抗原免疫蛋鸡可制备高效价、高纯度抗甲型流感卵黄抗体,为卵黄抗体在甲型流感防治中的应用研究奠定了基础。     

H5N1 influenza virus-like particles produced by transient expression in mammalian cells induce humoral and cellular immune responses in mice

Vaccination is an effective way to protect from influenza virus infection. Among the new candidates of influenza vaccines, influenza virus-like particles (VLPs) seem to be promising. Here, we generated 2 types of H5N1 influenza VLPs by co-expressing influenza virus Env (envelope protein) and murine leukemia virus (MLV) Gag-Pol. VLPs generated by co-transfection of pHCMV-wtH5 or pHCMV-mtH5 with pSV-Mo-MLVgagpol and pHCMV-N1 were named as wtH5N1 VLPs or mtH5N1 VLPs. The plasmid of pHCMV-wtH5 encoded the wild-type hemagglutinin (HA) (wtH5) from A/swine/Anhui/ca/2004 (H5N1) with a multibasic cleavage site, while pHCMV-mtH5 encoded the modified mutant-type (mtH5) with a monobasic cleavage site. Influenza virus HA VLPs were characterized and equal amounts of them were used to immunize mice subcutaneously, intraperitoneally, or intramuscularly. The levels of HA-specific IgG1, IFN-γ, and neutralization antibodies were significantly induced in mice immunized with wtH5N1 VLPs or mtH5N1 VLPs via all 3 routes, while HA-specific IgG2a was barely detectable. IL-4 secretion was detected in mice subcutaneously immunized with wtH5N1 VLPs or mtH5N1 VLPs, or intramuscularly immunized with mtH5N1 VLPs. Our results indicated that both H5N1 influenza VLPs could induce specific humoral and cellular immune responses in immunized mice. In conclusion, our study provides helpful information for designing new candidate vaccines against H5N1 influenza viruses.     

抗金黄色葡萄球菌IgY的酶解稳定性及活性研究

目的:考察抗金黄色葡萄球菌特异性IgY的酶解稳定性和酶解产物的活性。方法:以灭活的金黄色葡萄球菌免疫产蛋母鸡,抗体经水稀释及盐析分离纯化。抗体在不同条件下经胃蛋白酶或胰蛋白酶消化。抗体及酶解产物的特异性和活性分别用ELISA法和凝集法检测,酶解产物用SDS-PAGE和Western-blotting鉴定。结果:免疫产生的抗体具有特异性,能与金黄色葡萄球菌凝集而抑制其生长。分离纯化后抗体纯度与标准IgY相近。IgY在pH<4时完全酶解;pH等于4时部分酶解生成Fab片断,具有特异性和凝集活性;pH>4时,抗体稳定,不发生酶解。结论:抗金黄色葡萄球菌特异性IgY及其酶解生成的Fab片断,具有特异性和抑菌活性,有望代替抗生素用于细菌感染性疾病的治疗。