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Ogasawara Y Ohata E Sakamoto T Ishii K Takahashi H Tanabe S 《Biological trace element research》2003,96(1-3):191-201
We have developed a rat model to investigate the relationship between aluminum exposure and aluminum accumulation, and with
oxidative damage in brain tissues. Intraperitoneal injections of aluminum lactate for 7 wk (the total aluminum dosage per
rat was approx 100 mg) significantly increased aluminum levels in the brain. The concentration of lipid peroxidation products
(thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances [TBARS]) also increased in the brain following aluminum lactate injections. No significant
correlations between the concentrations of aluminum and of TBARS were found in the whole brain. Subcellular analysis revealed
that aluminum lactate injections led to a significant increase in the concentration of aluminum in the mitochondrial fraction
but had no significant effect on the concentration of peroxides in any subcellular fraction.
These results suggest that aluminum accumulation induced by the aluminum lactate administration associates with the acceleration
of lipid peroxidation in rat brain. Furthermore, these data indicate that the pro-oxidant effect of aluminum may be indirect
and concentration independent. The experimental conditions used here provide an animal model of aluminum accumulation in the
brain that should prove useful for further investigations of the mechanisms of aluminum neurotoxicity. 相似文献
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Simple mucin-type cancer-associated O-glycan structures, such as the Tn antigen (GalNAc-O-Ser/Thr), are expressed by certain helminth parasites. These antigens are involved in several types of receptor-ligand interactions, and they are potential targets for immunotherapy. The aim of this work was to study the initiation pathway of mucin-type O-glycosylation in Fasciola hepatica, performing a biochemical and immunohistochemical characterisation of Tn and sialyl-Tn antigens, and evaluating the ppGaNTase activity, which catalyses the first step in O-glycan biosynthesis. Using ELISA, both Tn and sialyl-Tn antigens were detected predominantly in the somatic and deoxycholate extracts. Immunofluorescence analysis revealed that Tn antigen is preferentially expressed in testis, while sialyl-Tn glycoproteins were more widely distributed, being present in parenchymal cells, basal membrane of the tegument, and apical surface of epithelial cells lining the caeca. On the basis of their electrophoretic mobility, Tn glycoproteins were resolved as six components of 10, 37, 76, 125, 170 and 205 kDa, and sialyl-Tn components showed an apparent molecular mass of 28 and 32 kDa, and two broad bands of 90-110 and 170-190 kDa. The observation that only the 76 kDa Tn-glycoprotein remained in the 0.6 N perchloric acid-soluble fraction suggests that it could be a good candidate for mucin characterisation in this parasite. The ppGaNTase activity showed its maximal activity at pH 7-7.5 and 37 degrees C, showing that Mn(2+) was the best divalent cation activator. Using a panel of nine synthetic peptides as acceptor substrates, we found that F. hepatica ppGaNTase was able to glycosylate both threonines and serines, the best substrates being the peptides derived from the tandem repeat region of human mucins (MUC2 and MUC6), and from Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma brucei glycoproteins. The results reported here constitute the first evidence on O-glycosylation pathways in F. hepatica, and may help to identify new biological characteristics of this parasite as well as of the host-parasite relationship. 相似文献
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Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella bronchiseptica are respiratory pathogens of humans and animals respectively. Unlike many bacteria, they are able to efficiently colonise healthy ciliated respiratory mucosa. This characteristic of Bordetella spp. can potentially be exploited to develop efficient live vaccines and vectors for delivery of heterologous antigens to the respiratory tract. Here we review the progress in this area. 相似文献
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Cohen EP 《Trends in molecular medicine》2001,7(4):175-179
Antigenic differences between normal and malignant cells form the basis of clinical immunotherapy protocols. Because the antigenic phenotype varies widely among different cells within the same tumor mass, immunization with a vaccine that stimulates immunity to a broad array of tumor antigens expressed by the entire population of malignant cells is likely to be more efficacious than immunization with a vaccine for a single antigen. One strategy is to prepare a vaccine by transfer of DNA from the patient's tumor into a highly immunogenic cell line. Weak tumor antigens, characteristic of malignant cells, become strongly antigenic if they are expressed by immunogenic cells. In animal models of melanoma and breast cancer, immunization with a DNA-based vaccine is sufficient to deter tumor growth and to prolong the lives of tumor-bearing mice. 相似文献
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Ovodov YS 《Biochemistry. Biokhimii?a》2006,71(9):955-961
The role of bacterial capsular antigens represented in capsular polysaccharides and exoglycans in pathogenicity and virulence
of bacteria is discussed in this review. Using capsular antigens for vaccines against severe diseases caused by capsular microorganisms
is considered in detail. The use of conjugates of capsular polysaccharides and their fragments with proteins and peptides
for vaccine as well as using liposomes as adjuvants for the capsular antigens are described. Data concerning structural elucidation
of bacterial capsular antigens are given in the first part of this review.
Published in Russian in Biokhimiya, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 9, pp. 1175–1182. 相似文献
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The induction of effective cellular and humoral immune responses against protein antigens is of major importance in vaccination strategies against infectious diseases and cancer. Immunization with protein alone in general does not result in efficient induction of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) and antibody responses. Numerous other immunization strategies have been explored. In this review we will discuss a number of lipid-based antigen delivery systems suitable for the induction of CTL responses. These systems comprise reconstituted virus envelopes (virosomes), liposomes, and immune-stimulating complexes (ISCOMs). We will concentrate on delivery of the protein antigen ovalbumin (OVA) since extensive studies with this antigen have been performed for all of the systems discussed, allowing direct comparison of antigen delivery efficiency. Stimulation of CTL activity requires processing of the antigen in the cytosol of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and presentation of antigenic peptides on surface major histocompatibility class I complexes (MHC class I). In vitro, the ability of antigen delivery systems to induce MHC class I presentation indeed correlates with their capacity to deliver antigen to the cytosol of cells. This capacity appears to be less important for the induction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes in vivo. Instead, other properties of the antigen delivery system like activation of APCs and induction of T helper cells play a more prominent role. Fusion-active virosomes appear to be a very potent system for induction of CTL activity, most likely since virosomes combine efficient delivery of antigen with general stimulation of the immune system. 相似文献
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Miriam Reuschenbach Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz Nicolas Wentzensen 《Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII》2009,58(10):1535-1544
This review summarizes studies on humoral immune responses against tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) with a focus on antibody
frequencies and the potential diagnostic, prognostic, and etiologic relevance of antibodies against TAAs. We performed a systematic
literature search in Medline and identified 3,619 articles on humoral immune responses and TAAs. In 145 studies, meeting the
inclusion criteria, humoral immune responses in cancer patients have been analyzed against over 100 different TAAs. The most
frequently analyzed antigens were p53, MUC1, NY-ESO-1, c-myc, survivin, p62, cyclin B1, and Her2/neu. Antibodies against these TAAs were detected in 0–69% (median 14%) of analyzed tumor patients. Antibody frequencies were
generally very low in healthy individuals, with the exception of few TAAs, especially MUC1. For several TAAs, including p53,
Her2/neu, and NY-ESO-1, higher antibody frequencies were reported when tumors expressed the respective TAA. Antibodies against
MUC1 were associated with a favorable prognosis while antibodies against p53 were associated with poor disease outcome. These
data suggest different functional roles of endogenous antibodies against TAAs. Although data on prediagnostic antibody levels
are scarce and antibody frequencies for most TAAs are at levels precluding use in diagnostic assays for cancer early detection,
there is some promising data on achieving higher sensitivity for cancer detection using panels of TAAs.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
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Chou Chik Ting Takashi Natori Tsuyoshi Igarashi Dennis Rodrigues Colette Kanellopoulos-Langevin 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant》1980,16(9):781-790
Summary In vitro T cell-mediated cytotoxic responses to tumor associated antigens or alloantigens can be augmented by the addition of small amounts (0.1 to 1%) of syngeneic (mouse) or xenogeneic (rabbit) serum in the standard lymphocyte culture medium. Further studies showed that the augmentation is mediated by helper cells, which are induced by culturing the spleen cells or lymph node cells in the presence of these sera. In the syngeneic system performed with mixed lymphocyte tumor cell cultures (MLTC), the serum-induced helper cells are found to be resistant to the lysis of anti-Thy 1.2 antibody and are radioresistant; thus they have the characteristics of macrophages. In the allogeneic system performed with mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC), the serum-induced helper cells are also found to be resistant to the lysis of anti-Thy 1.2 antibody but are radiosensitive. In the latter case, however, removal of T cells abolishes the helper cell generation and only the T cell-enriched fraction provides for the generation of helper cells, indicating that the helper cells for MLC are probably derived from T cells but lose their susceptibility to anti-Thy 1.2 antibody lysis upon culturing in vitro. A study of the mode of action of the helper cells for MLC showed that they are probably needed at a later stage of cytotoxic response for the amplification of the killing efficiency of the T effector cells whereas the helper cells for MLTC are needed in the early induction phase of the immune response. These results indicate that although serum can augment the cytotoxic responses both in the syngeneic and in the allogeneic systems, the mechanism for the augmentation differs: macrophagelike helper cells are responsible for the augmentation of cytotoxic response to tumor associated antigens, whereas augmentation of cytotoxic response to alloantigens appears to be mediated by a subpopulation of T helper cells. Supported by a grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (T. I.). 相似文献
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Summary Human monoclonal antibodies specific for tumour-associated Thomsen-Friedenreich (TF) [Gal(1–3)GalNAc()-O-] and Tn [GalNAc()-O-] glycoproteins were prepared using peripheral blood lymphocytes from healthy blood donors. The B lymphocytes were either directly transformed with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) or transformed after an in vitro stimulation period with synthetic glycoproteins. The EBV-transformed lymphocytes were subsequently fused with a mouse-human heteromyeloma to secure antibody production and stability. IgM antibodies exhibiting different patterns of specificity for synthetic TF and Tn antigens were obtained, including antibodies specific for the and forms of different Gal(1–3)GalNAc-O- and GalNAc-O- conjugates and antibodies agglutinating neuraminidase-treated erythrocytes. Several of the human monoclonal antibodies showed an increased binding to cultured carcinoma cells as compared to melanoma cells. This straightforward approach for the production of human monoclonal antibodies demonstrates the possibility of investigating the reactivity pattern of tumour-binding antibodies from peripheral blood lymphocytes. The binding patterns of these monoclonal antibodies show that healthy donors carry different fine specificities against synthetic TF/Tn antigens and that these antibodies react with different tumour cells. 相似文献
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In our previous work (Alexandrov et al., 1996) was reported that the rat sarcoma cells induced by SR-RSV express two tumor associated antigens (TAA). The one TAA has a molecular weight of 52 kD and is detected by the help of a monoclonal antibody 2C2 only on the outer side of the plasma membrane of the sarcoma cells. The other antigen, with molecular weight of 28 kD, is expressed on the outher and inner side of the membrane. The antigens were isolated as a pure fraction by polyacrylamide electrophoresis and prepared for aminoacid analysis after that. The consisting 16 bound aminoacids were in different amounts. Both antigens are rich in glycine and poor in aromatic and sulphur-containing aminoacids. The presence of glucosamine and galactosamine in the antigens proves their glycoprotein nature. The received data show that the both TAA-s differ not only in molecular weights, place of expression and functional activity, but also in the amount of the bound aminoacids which constitute their proteins. 相似文献
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本文工作的目的是建立以β-半乳糖苷酶为标志性抗原的小鼠黑色素瘤模型,并进行肿瘤免疫的研究。我们首先在pcDNA3质粒中引入一个β-半乳糖苷酶编码基因从而建立转染质粒p3gal。p3gal转染小鼠黑色素瘤细胞B16后,再通过G418筛选及X-Gal细胞染色得到表达β-半乳糖苷酶的gal B16细胞株。接着用该细胞株成功地在C57小鼠上建立了表达β-半乳糖苷酶的gal B16肿瘤模型。并在此模型上观察了β-半乳糖苷酶编码基因作为DNA疫苗抑制gal B16肿瘤生长的作用。 相似文献
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Diabetic neuropathy develops on a background of hyperglycemia and an entangled metabolic imbalance. There is increasing evidence of central nervous system involvement in diabetic neuropathy and no satisfactory treatment except maintenance of good glycemic control, thereby highlighting the importance of identifying novel therapeutic targets. Purkinje cells are a class of metabolically specialized active neurons, and degeneration of Purkinje cells is a common feature of inherited ataxias in humans and mice. However, whether Purkinje cells are implicated in diabetic neuropathy development under metabolic stress remains poorly defined. Here, we revealed a novel leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2)-mediated pathway in Purkinje cells that is involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy from a 24-week long study of streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic rats. We found that hyperglycemia, cerebellum proinflammatory cytokines, and chemokines increased markedly in 24-week STZ-diabetic rats. Furthermore, we demonstrated that degeneration of Purkinje cells is characterized by progressive swellings of axon terminals, no autophagosome formation, the reduction of LC3II/LC3I and Lamp2, and accumulation of p62 puncta in 24-week STZ-diabetic rats. Importantly, a higher expression level of LRRK2-mediated hyperphosphorylation of tau along with increased mitochondrial dynamin-like protein (mito-DLP1) was demonstrated in 24-week STZ-diabetic rats. This effect of LRRK2 overexpression induced mitochondrial fragmentation, and reduced mitochondrial protein degradation rates were confirmed in vitro. As a consequence, 24-week STZ-diabetic rats showed mitochondrial dysfunction in cerebellar Purkinje neurons and coordinated motor deficits evaluated by rotarod test. Our findings are to our knowledge the first to suggest that the LRRK2-mediated pathway induces mitochondrial dysfunction and loss of cerebellar Purkinje neurons and, subsequently, may be associated with motor coordination deficits in STZ-diabetic rats. These data may indicate a novel cellular therapeutic target for diabetic neuropathy. 相似文献
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目的近交繁殖先天性脐疝大鼠获得能稳定遗传的大鼠脐疝模型,大鼠脐疝结构观察及治疗。方法每代大鼠全同胞交配,记录产子数及脐疝情况,分析大鼠脐疝率;取F2代6月龄脐疝雌雄大鼠各6只,其中雌雄各2只进行解剖观察,雌雄大鼠各4只进行外科手术缝合。结果随近交系数增大,大鼠脐疝率升高,F12、F13代大鼠均为脐疝;F1代至F13代雌性大鼠总体脐疝率显著高于雄性大鼠(x2=11.1,P=0.001);雌雄大鼠脐疝结构一致,手术后3~4周痊愈无复发。结论经连续13代全同胞交配获得了遗传性状稳定的大鼠脐疝模型。 相似文献
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Harnessing the immune system for neuroprotection: therapeutic vaccines for acute and chronic neurodegenerative disorders 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Schwartz M 《Cellular and molecular neurobiology》2001,21(6):617-627
Nerve injury causes degeneration of directly injured neurons and the damage spreads to neighboring neurons. Research on containing the damage has been mainly pharmacological, and has not recruited the immune system. We recently discovered that after traumatic injury to the central nervous system (spinal cord or optic nerve), the immune system apparently recognizes certain injury-associated self-compounds as potentially destructive and comes to the rescue with a protective antiself response mediated by a T-cell subpopulation that can recognize self-antigens. We further showed that individuals differ in their ability to manifest this protective autoimmunity, which is correlated with their ability to resist the development of autoimmune diseases. This finding led us to suggest that the antiself response must be tightly regulated to be expressed in a beneficial rather than a destructive way. In seeking to develop a neuroprotective therapy by boosting the beneficial autoimmune response to injury-associated self-antigens, we looked for an antigen that would not induce an autoimmune disease. Candidate vaccines were the safe synthetic copolymer Cop-1, known to cross-react with self-antigens, or altered myelin-derived peptides. Using these compounds as vaccines, we could safely boost the protective autoimmune response in animal models of acute and chronic insults of mechanical or biochemical origin. Since this vaccination is effective even when given after the insult, and because it protects against the toxicity of glutamate (the most common mediator of secondary degeneration), it can be used to treat chronic neurodegenerative disorders such as glaucoma, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 相似文献
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The capability of antigen-specific CD8+ and CD4+ T lymphocytes to mediate antitumor immunity has generated remarkable interest in the identification of target antigens and their epitopes. The classical strategy to define tumor antigens is based on the employment of in vivo sensitized tumor-reactive T lymphocytes from cancer patients. These lymphocytes are used to screen an autologous tumor cDNA expression library for the target antigen. Alternatively, antibodies from the serum of cancer patients can be applied to screen a tumor-derived phage expression library for immunogenic cellular structures. In addition, potential target antigens have been selected by gene expression profiling searching for overexpressed gene products in neoplastic cells compared with normal tissues. B-cell target structures and overexpressed gene products have to be verified as T-cell antigens by the strategy of reverse immunology. Therefore, T cells are sensitized in vitro by autologous dendritic cells loaded with predicted antigenic peptide ligands for a given HLA allele or with the global antigen. These different approaches led to the identification of a still growing number of antigenic peptides providing the basis for the development of new active and passive immunotherapies and for the monitoring of spontaneous and vaccine-induced T-cell responses. Some of these antigens and/or their epitopes are now validated in different clinical regimens for their capability to mediate potent T-cell immunity in cancer patients.This work was presented at the first Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Summer School, 8–13 September 2003, Ionian Village, Bartholomeio, Peloponnese, Greece. 相似文献