结核分枝杆菌持续感染小鼠模型的建立及其免疫特征

为建立小鼠结核分枝杆菌持续感染模型并研究其免疫应答特征,选取雌性C57BL/6小鼠,经尾静脉感染结核分枝杆菌H37Rv株,并以异烟肼和利福平联合治疗。分别于感染后4、8、12周处死小鼠,用平板法计数肺和脾荷菌数,酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)检测血清中特异性抗体水平及亚类,流式细胞术检测CD4+脾淋巴细胞经结核分枝杆菌抗原——纯化蛋白衍生物(PPD)刺激后分泌细胞因子的细胞比例。结果显示,感染4周后小鼠肺和脾荷菌数lg CFU分别达3.67±0.25和3.54±0.24,至少持续8周;药物治疗可有效降低脏器荷菌数。感染12周后,感染组血清中抗结核分枝杆菌特异性抗体水平显著升高(P0.01),且以IgG1为主;治疗组总IgG抗体水平显著低于感染组(P0.01),且IgG2a相对较高(P0.05)。感染组CD4+脾淋巴细胞中γ干扰素(IFN-γ)和白细胞介素2(IL-2)分泌细胞比例显著增加(P0.01和P0.001),而IL-4分泌细胞比例显著降低(P0.01);治疗组IL-2和IL-4分泌细胞比例显著低于正常组(P0.05和P0.01)。本研究建立的小鼠结核分枝杆菌持续感染模型有望用于结核病治疗性疫苗和药物的研发及筛选。     

小鼠结核分枝杆菌耐药模型的建立与评价

目的 建立小鼠结核分枝杆菌耐利福平株静脉感染小鼠模型.方法 30只BALB/c雌性小鼠经尾静脉感染结核分枝杆菌耐利福平株每只106 CFU,观察小鼠一般状况,并分别在感染后6周、10周、14周处死小鼠,进行脾、肺组织病理切片、抗酸染色、计脏器荷菌数.结果 感染后小鼠体重呈逐渐上升趋势,脏器病理变化随时间推移由急性炎症逐...     

结核分枝杆菌感染的动物模型

复制结核分枝杆菌感染的动物模型是进行结核病研究的基础。本文分别对小鼠、豚鼠、兔和非人灵长类动物结核模型的特点及其应用进行综述,并指出慢性持续性感染模型是结核动物模型研究的重点。     

细胞因子和microRNA与结核分枝杆菌感染的研究进展

细胞因子是由免疫细胞和某些非免疫细胞经刺激而合成、分泌的一类具有广泛生物学活性的小分子蛋白质,其作为细胞间信号传递分子,主要参与调节免疫应答、免疫细胞分化发育、组织修复、介导炎症反应、刺激造血功能等。micro RNA(mi RNA)是存在于真核细胞内的一种非编码小RNA,可以调控基因转录后的表达,同时还可作为不同生理和病理状态的分子标记。许多研究表明,细胞因子相关基因的多态性与结核感染、肺结核发病易感性密切相关,而mi RNA在肺部疾病的正负调节功能与肺部疾病感染的发生、发展、转化与治疗有关。我们简要叙述了细胞因子、mi RNA与结核分枝杆菌感染三者之间的关联,以期有利于及时筛查潜伏结核感染和肺结核患者,降低结核感染率和发病率。     

结核分枝杆菌潜伏感染诊断方法的新进展

每年有超过8百万人感染结核,其中绝大部分没有发展为活动性结核病,而是表现为潜伏性结核感染。大多数活动性结核病是潜伏感染的结核杆菌重新被激活所致,因此结核潜伏感染者成为结核患者的重要来源。及早诊断和治疗结核潜伏感染者是控制结核传播的最有效手段之一。我们较要综述了目前国内外结核潜伏感染的诊断方法及其新进展。     

结核分枝杆菌潜伏性感染发生机制的研究进展

结核分枝杆菌是结核病的致病菌,随着全球结核病的再次蔓延及艾滋病的流行,结核分枝杆菌的潜伏性感染日益到重视,本文就该菌潜伏感染动物模型的建立,潜伏性感染中该菌的生物学特性以及潜伏性感染的免疫发病机制等方面的研究进展一综述。     

白细胞介素6与结核分枝杆菌感染和诊断的研究进展

结核病仍然困扰着人类健康,我国是22个结核病高负担国家之一,早期正确的诊断以及及时有效的治疗对于控制我国结核病流行是必不可少的。传统的结核病实验室诊断方法都存在着许多不足,新的诊断方法由于没有良好的生物标志物而受到了限制。国内外许多研究表明,白细胞介素6(IL-6)在结核病中具有潜在的诊断价值。在此就IL-6与结核分枝杆菌感染和诊断的研究进展做一综述。     

肺大泡继发结核分枝杆菌感染1例

病史摘要 患者男,67岁,于2007年1月26日因反复咳嗽、气促20余年,加重伴发热1个月收入医院.患者近20余年反复咳嗽,咳白色痰,伴气促,有时伴发热,多于冬、春季节发作,口服泼尼松、安乃近,静脉滴注青霉素后一般4d左右可缓解.     

结核分枝杆菌感染动物模型的研究进展

人类结核病位居单一病原引起死亡的严重传染病之首,结核分枝杆菌是其主要病原.尽管结核分枝杆菌可引起许多种动物感染并患病,但人类是其主要宿主.动物模型作为研究人类疾病的标准化工具,虽然不能完全模拟人类结核病的整个过程,但可成为研究结核病的有用工具,有助于研究其发病机制、治疗过程及宿主对病原的免疫病理学反应.由于不同种类动物...     

结核潜伏感染动物模型的研究进展

结核潜伏感染(latent tuberculosis infection, LTBI)是机体对结核分枝杆菌抗原持续性免疫反应的状态,既无活动性结核病临床症状,也无结核病影像学表现。LTBI激活是新发结核病的主要来源之一。LTBI动物模型的建立是研究结核的潜伏感染和复发机制,开发诊断试剂,评估抗结核新药、新疫苗的有效性、安全性的基础。建立稳定、成本低、易推广、潜伏期时长适中、复发起点和复发水平变异小的LTBI动物模型,是其未来研究发展的方向。本文就LTBI动物模型的研究进展进行综述,期望为结核病防治工作者提供参考资料。     

Measuring Bacterial Load and Immune Responses in Mice Infected with Listeria monocytogenes

Listeria monocytogenes (Listeria) is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular pathogen¹. Mouse studies typically employ intravenous injection of Listeria, which results in systemic infection². After injection, Listeria quickly disseminates to the spleen and liver due to uptake by CD8α⁺ dendritic cells and Kupffer cells^3,4. Once phagocytosed, various bacterial proteins enable Listeria to escape the phagosome, survive within the cytosol, and infect neighboring cells⁵. During the first three days of infection, different innate immune cells (e.g. monocytes, neutrophils, NK cells, dendritic cells) mediate bactericidal mechanisms that minimize Listeria proliferation. CD8⁺ T cells are subsequently recruited and responsible for the eventual clearance of Listeria from the host, typically within 10 days of infection⁶.Successful clearance of Listeria from infected mice depends on the appropriate onset of host immune responses⁶ . There is a broad range of sensitivities amongst inbred mouse strains^7,8. Generally, mice with increased susceptibility to Listeria infection are less able to control bacterial proliferation, demonstrating increased bacterial load and/or delayed clearance compared to resistant mice. Genetic studies, including linkage analyses and knockout mouse strains, have identified various genes for which sequence variation affects host responses to Listeria infection^6,8-14. Determination and comparison of infection kinetics between different mouse strains is therefore an important method for identifying host genetic factors that contribute to immune responses against Listeria. Comparison of host responses to different Listeria strains is also an effective way to identify bacterial virulence factors that may serve as potential targets for antibiotic therapy or vaccine design.We describe here a straightforward method for measuring bacterial load (colony forming units [CFU] per tissue) and preparing single-cell suspensions of the liver and spleen for FACS analysis of immune responses in Listeria-infected mice. This method is particularly useful for initial characterization of Listeria infection in novel mouse strains, as well as comparison of immune responses between different mouse strains infected with Listeria. We use the Listeria monocytogenes EGD strain¹⁵ that, when cultured on blood agar, exhibits a characteristic halo zone around each colony due to β-hemolysis¹ (Figure 1). Bacterial load and immune responses can be determined at any time-point after infection by culturing tissue homogenate on blood agar plates and preparing tissue cell suspensions for FACS analysis using the protocols described below. We would note that individuals who are immunocompromised or pregnant should not handle Listeria, and the relevant institutional biosafety committee and animal facility management should be consulted before work commences.     

巨噬细胞凋亡对结核分枝杆菌感染的机制研究进展

结核病是一种严重危害人类健康的慢性传染性疾病,主要由结核分枝杆菌感染导致,结核分枝杆菌进入人体后,与免疫防御的第一道屏障—巨噬细胞发生反应,部分菌株在细胞内长期生存、繁殖,是导致结核病转归的决定性因素。感染早期,结核分枝杆菌的繁殖受到巨噬细胞凋亡的抑制,随着高效价、高毒力菌株繁殖速度的增加,抗巨噬细胞凋亡作用不断增强,使自身繁殖得到有效保护,为菌株的生长提供了充足、适宜的胞内环境。因此,调控结核分枝杆菌对巨噬细胞凋亡进程的抑制作用,是预防和治疗结核病的关键。     

Self-clearance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: implications for lifetime risk and population at-risk of tuberculosis disease

Background: it is widely assumed that individuals with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection remain at lifelong risk of tuberculosis (TB) disease. However, there is substantial evidence that self-clearance of Mtb infection can occur. We infer a curve of self-clearance by time since infection and explore its implications for TB epidemiology. Methods and findings: data for self-clearance were inferred using post-mortem and tuberculin-skin-test reversion studies. A cohort model allowing for self-clearance was fitted in a Bayesian framework before estimating the lifetime risk of TB disease and the population infected with Mtb in India, China and Japan in 2019. We estimated that 24.4% (17.8–32.6%, 95% uncertainty interval (UI)) of individuals self-clear within 10 years of infection, and 73.1% (64.6–81.7%) over a lifetime. The lifetime risk of TB disease was 17.0% (10.9–22.5%), compared to 12.6% (10.1–15.0%) assuming lifelong infection. The population at risk of TB disease in India, China and Japan was 35–80% (95% UI) smaller in the self-clearance scenario. Conclusions: the population with a viable Mtb infection may be markedly smaller than generally assumed, with such individuals at greater risk of TB disease. The ability to identify these individuals could dramatically improve the targeting of preventive programmes and inform TB vaccine development, bringing TB elimination within reach of feasibility.     

Tuberculosis patients co-infected with Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an urban area of Brazil

In this cross-sectional study, mycobacteria specimens from 189 tuberculosis (TB) patients living in an urban area in Brazil were characterised from 2008-2010 using phenotypic and molecular speciation methods (pncA gene and oxyR pseudogene analysis). Of these samples, 174 isolates simultaneously grew on Löwenstein-Jensen (LJ) and Stonebrink (SB)-containing media and presented phenotypic and molecular profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, whereas 12 had molecular profiles of M. tuberculosis based on the DNA analysis of formalin-fixed paraffin wax-embedded tissue samples (paraffin blocks). One patient produced two sputum isolates, the first of which simultaneously grew on LJ and SB media and presented phenotypic and molecular profiles of M. tuberculosis, and the second of which only grew on SB media and presented phenotypic profiles of Mycobacterium bovis. One patient provided a bronchial lavage isolate, which simultaneously grew on LJ and SB media and presented phenotypic and molecular profiles of M. tuberculosis, but had molecular profiles of M. bovis from paraffin block DNA analysis, and one sample had molecular profiles of M. tuberculosis and M. bovis identified from two distinct paraffin blocks. Moreover, we found a low prevalence (1.6%) of M. bovis among these isolates, which suggests that local health service procedures likely underestimate its real frequency and that it deserves more attention from public health officials.     

结核分枝杆菌培养物不同组份蛋白质组研究

将结核分枝杆菌H37RV株在苏通培养基内,37℃培养21d,然后将培养物分成上清液(A)、细胞浆(B)和细胞膜?蛋白质样品。以pH3.0～10.0的IPG预制胶条等电聚焦电泳为第一向,SDSPAGE为第二向进行双向电泳(2DE)、银染。经扫描、计算机处理。A组份的部分蛋白质斑点采用质谱仪进行蛋白质鉴定。A、B和C 3个组份蛋白质斑点总数分别为907、884和681;3个组份蛋白质分子量分布基本相似,约70.5%～74.4%在10～49kD之间;蛋白质等电点(pH)A、B两组份分布基本相似,约80.9%～83.5%在pH3.0～6.4之间,而C组份pH7.6～10.0之间的蛋白质斑点数比A和B两组分略多;A、B和C 3个组份表达丰度较高的蛋白质斑点数占各组蛋白质斑点总数的比例分别为7.8%、27.4%和2.8%,蛋白质等电点90.0%均分布在pH3.0～6.4范围内。B组份蛋白质分子质量73.1%分布在10～49kD之间,比A、B两组份略高。A组份14个蛋白质斑点经肽质量指纹谱分析,其中,9个点有同源性的或推测的蛋白质功能,5个蛋白质功能不清楚。总之,初步获得了结核分枝杆菌H37RV株在上述体外培养条件下收获的培养物的上清液、细胞浆、细胞膜蛋白质组2DE图谱及其特点,为该菌功能基因组研究提供蛋白质组信息。     

Antigen 85A and mycobacterial DNA‐binding protein 1 are targets of immunoglobulin G in individuals with past tuberculosis

Development of accurate methods for predicting progression of tuberculosis (TB) from the latent state is recognized as vitally important in controlling TB, because a majority of cases develop from latent infections. Past TB that has never been treated has a higher risk of progressing than does latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in patients who have previously received treatment. Antibody responses against 23 kinds of M. tuberculosis proteins in individuals with past TB who had not been medicated were evaluated. These individuals had significantly higher concentrations of antibodies against Antigen 85A and mycobacterial DNA‐binding protein 1 (MDP1) than did those with active TB and uninfected controls. In addition, immunohistochemistry revealed colocalization of tubercle bacilli, antigen 85 and MDP1 inside tuberculous granuloma lesions in an asymptomatic subject, showing that M. tuberculosis in lesions expresses both antigen 85 and MDP1. Our study suggests the potential usefulness of measuring antibody responses to antigen 85A and MDP1 for assessing the risk of TB progression.     

结核分枝杆菌重要诊断用抗原研究进展

血清学试验是结核诊断的重要依据。随着科学技术的进步,新的结核诊断用抗原不断被发现。我们简要综述了结核菌素蛋白衍生物、抗原85复合体、38kDa磷酸盐转运蛋白、6kDa早期分泌性蛋白、10kDa培养滤液蛋白、免疫性蛋白MPT64、主要分泌性免疫蛋白MPB70、表面脂蛋白MPB83等8种结核分枝杆菌重要抗原作为结核诊断用抗原的研究进展。     

Genome-wide gene expression tuning reveals diverse vulnerabilities of M. tuberculosis

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