细菌菌影作为新型疫苗和递送载体的研究进展

细菌菌影（bacterial ghost,BG）是革兰阴性菌在噬菌体PhiX174的裂解基因E的作用下形成不含核酸、核糖体等胞质内容物的细菌空壳。这种细菌空壳保留了与天然细菌一样的完整外膜结构,且不具有活菌样的致病作用,可作为疫苗无需佐剂就能诱导机体产生体液免疫应答和细胞免疫应答。菌影内部及外膜上可装载DNA、抗原和药物等异源物质,易被机体免疫细胞识别捕获,使其成为一种新型的生物递送载体。另外,菌影具有制备简单,易于保存等优点。细菌菌影在疾病预防和治疗方面具有广阔的应用前景。     

凝结芽胞杆菌的研究与应用进展

凝结芽胞杆菌是近年来快速走红的一种益生菌,他以其独特的优越性迅速地崛起于益生菌研究领域。在国外对其的研究已经进行了很多年,且生产了许多凝结芽胞杆菌产品,并得到了人们的普遍认可。在中国有关于凝结芽胞杆菌的研究还处于起步阶段。本文主要阐述了凝结芽胞杆菌的发现、发展、作用及其研究与应用。     

枯草芽胞杆菌FB123细菌素的理化性质及抑菌谱的研究

研究了细菌素产生菌枯草芽胞杆菌(Bacillus subtilis)FB123 所产细菌素的理化性质及其抑菌谱.枯草芽胞杆菌FB123经过 28 ℃、32 h的发酵得到发酵上清液,用饱和度为50%的硫酸铵溶液沉淀发酵上清液中的细菌素.以革兰阴性菌大肠杆菌和革兰阳性菌金黄色葡萄球菌为指示菌,采用牛津杯法检测细菌素抑菌活性,对细菌素粗品进行理化性质的研究.结果表明该细菌素最适作用pH为 6.0,最适作用温度 40 ℃,具有较宽的pH作用范围和较好的热稳定性.各种蛋白酶、金属离子对其活性有不同程度的影响.抑菌谱试验结果表明,该细菌素对多种革兰阳性菌和革兰阴性菌有明显的抑制作用,虽然对部分真菌有抑制作用,但抑制作用较弱.     

DNA疫苗的转染载体及免疫途径

本介绍了阳离子脂质体、聚合胺、减毒侵袭性细菌、Cochleates等可介导疫苗DNA转染的载体,并对肌肉注射、基因枪导入、皮内皮下注射及粘膜接种等可用以DNA疫苗接种的几种免疫途径作一简述。     

恶性疟原虫抗原表位的亚单位疫苗与DNA疫苗的联合免疫

构建了含有恶性疟原虫抗原基因 ( AWTE)的真核表达质粒 p CMV- AWTE,以及能在大肠杆菌中得到分泌性表达的原核表达质粒 p MC0 5 ,表达的蛋白 AWTE保持了疟原虫抗原的抗原性。将 p CMV- AWTE以及 AWTE两者混合各 1 0μg鼻腔免疫小鼠 ,一次后诱导机体产生了较高水平的体液免疫及细胞免疫     

A morphine/heroin vaccine with new hapten design attenuates behavioral effects in rats

Heroin use has seriously threatened public heath in many countries, but the existing therapies continue to have many limitations. Recently, immunotherapy has shown efficacy in some clinical studies, including vaccines against nicotine and cocaine, but no opioid vaccines have been introduced in clinical studies. The development of a novel opioid antigen designed specifically for the prevention of heroin addiction is necessary. A morphine-keyhole limpet hemocyanin conjugate was prepared and administered subcutaneously in rats. Antibody titers in plasma were measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Competitive ELISA was used to assess the selectivity of the antibodies. Dopamine concentrations in the nucleus accumbens in rats after vaccine administration were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. The effects of the vaccine on the heroin-primed restatement of self-administration and locomotor sensitization were evaluated. A novel hapten, 6-glutarylmorphine, was produced, and the vaccine generated a high antibody titer response. This vaccine displayed specificity for both morphine and heroin, but the anti-morphine antibodies could not recognize dissimilar therapeutic opioid compounds, such as buprenorphine, methadone, naloxone, naltrexone, codeine, and nalorphine. The morphine antibody significantly decreased morphine-induced locomotor activity in rats after immunization. Importantly, rats immunized with this vaccine did not exhibit heroin-primed reinstatement of heroin seeking when antibody levels were sufficiently high. The vaccine reduced dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens after morphine administration, which is consistent with its behavioral effects. These results suggest that immunization with a novel vaccine is an effective means of inducing a morphine-specific antibody response that is able to attenuate the behavioral and psychoactive effects of heroin.     

一种新的观察细菌形态的制片法

发现了一种新的、不同于常规涂片法的观察微需氧细菌、兼性厌氧细菌或厌氧细菌形态的制片法。该方法制作简单,使用方便,还可以在同一载片上观察到不同生长阶段的、详细的细菌形态。由于该方法采用技术手段保留了细菌的自然生长痕迹,在用这种方法制作的载片上,不但可以观察到细菌的自然生长的轨迹、完整的细菌形态,还可以观察到细菌的周生鞭毛以及形成芽胞过程中留下的痕迹等,从而为常规菌种鉴定提供有力手段。     

Factors influencing innate immunity and vaccine responses in infancy

Despite significant progress in reducing the burden of mortality in children under the age of five, reducing mortality in newborns remains a major challenge. Infection plays a significant role in infant deaths and interventions such as early vaccination or antenatal immunization could make a significant contribution to prevention of such deaths. In the last few years, we have gained new insights into immune ontogeny and are now beginning to understand the impact of vaccines, nutrition and environmental factors on ‘training′ of the immune response in early life. This review article sets out to explain why vaccine responses can be heterogeneous between populations and individuals by providing examples chosen to illustrate the impact of host, pathogen and environmental factors on shaping the immune ‘interactome′ in young children.     

细菌菌蜕作为新颖药物递送体系的研究进展

细菌菌蜕是革兰氏阴性菌被噬菌体PhiX174的裂解基因E裂解后形成的完整细菌空壳.由于它具有完整的细菌表面抗原结构,所以它能直接作为疫苗使用.利用基因工程手段,可以非常便利地将外源抗原蛋白插入菌蜕的内膜、外膜或周质等多个部位,构建重组菌蜕多价疫苗.目前,菌蜕作为新颖的药物递送体系也开始受到关注.利用菌蜕可以递送DNA和蛋白质疫苗以及其他药物,能较好地产生免疫反应和治疗作用.     

A vaccine strategy utilizing a combination of three different chimeric vectors which share specific vaccine antigens

A large number of recombinant of viral and bacterial systems have been engineered as vectors to express foreign genes for vaccination and/or gene therapy. A common problem is the immune response to the vector itself. The presence of anti-vector immune responses may preclude sufficient 'priming' or immunogenicity if pre-existing immune responses are present, or they may impair optimal 'boosting' upon repeated immunization or delivery with the same vector. To circumvent this problem we developed a strategy using different chimeric vectors which share only the expression of common specific antigens desired for immunization. This approach not only has the advantage of avoiding increased anti-vector responses, but allows the use of combinations of vectors which could subsequently present the same or related antigen differently to the immune system as well as at alternative sites to induce the optimal type of immunity against the pathogen of interest.     

Bacterial proteomics and identification of potential vaccine targets

Currently, the greatest causes of human morbidity and mortality are infectious diseases. Vaccination remains the most effective measure to lessen this burden on the human population. Many vaccines presently in use were developed using techniques first proposed by Louis Pasteur, which involved the use of inactivated, attenuated live forms, or extracts of pathogenic organisms to immunize the host and provide protection from the disease. The advent of the genomic era has recently led to a new generation of rationally designed vaccines developed using a process termed reverse vaccinology. This approach uses genomic data in silico to identify proteins encoded by the pathogen as potential vaccine candidates. Proteomic technologies serve as an important complement to the reverse vaccinology approach to antigen discovery. Proteomic techniques are able to identify proteins that are expressed by the pathogen during infection of a host and the subset of proteins that reside on the surface of the pathogen. These two traits should be considered central factors to vaccine antigen selection as they assure that the host will be able to mount an effective immune response that leads to lasting protection from the pathogen.     

Construction of sperm-specific lactate dehydrogenase DNA vaccine and experimental study of its immunocontraceptive effect on mice

Lactate dehydrogenase C4 (LDHC4) is a key enzyme for sperm metabolism. It is distributed specifically in testis and is highly immunogenic. In this study, two DNA vaccines pVAX1-hLDHC and pVAX1-mLDHC were constructed by inserting coding sequences of human and mice LDHC4 into the eukaryotic ex-pression vector pVAX1. The production of LDHC4 specific antibodies was induced in the sera of vac-cinated mice and the reproductive tract secretions of vaccinated female mice through immunization by mucosal surface instillation. Furthermore, the antibody titer increased with the times of immunization. In the mating experiment, the number of newborns of the vaccinated mice reduced significantly and some immunized female mice even lost the ability to bear any offsprings, suggesting that the difference between the immunized and control mice was statistically significant. Sperm agglutination analysis indicated that both the antisera from immunized mice and the reproductive tract secretions of vacci-nated female mice could agglutinate normal sperms. Results of immunohistochemistry showed that the antibodies present in the sera of immunized mice and the reproductive tract secretions of vaccinated female mice could specifically react with LDHC4 antigen, which mainly locates in the cytoplasm, acrosome membrane externa and acrosome capsule of the sperm. Taken together, our results indicated that the constructed contraceptive DNA vaccines did yield immunocontraceptive effects on mice and this would enable clinical trials in near future.     

新型冠状病毒疫苗研究策略分析

新型冠状病毒(SARS-CoV-2)是一种可引起人新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)的新发呼吸道病原体,与重症急性呼吸道综合症冠状病毒(SARS-CoV)和中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒(MERS-CoV)同属于β-冠状病毒,具有较高的传染性和一定的致死率。2019年12月在我国武汉被发现,随后蔓延到我国大部分省份,给我国人民健康和经济发展造成巨大损失。疫苗接种是预防和控制传染病的常规和有效手段,国内外多个机构已启动COVID-19疫苗研究工作。文中基于SARS和MERS疫苗研究的经验和教训,对COVID-19疫苗的研究策略和需要注意的关键问题进行了阐述,为相关研究人员提供参考。