山苍子油对小鼠系统性新生隐球菌感染的实验研究

目的研究山苍子油治疗小鼠系统性新生隐球菌感染的疗效。方法建立小鼠系统性新生隐球菌感染模型,观察给药后小鼠的中位生存时间,检测小鼠肾脏及肺菌落形成单位计数。结果山苍子油不仅能够显著延长感染小鼠的中位生存时间,提高其生存率,而且可显著增加感染小鼠肾脏及肺菌落清除率。结论山苍子油对系统性新生隐球菌感染小鼠具有治疗作用。     

系统性念珠菌感染小鼠模型的制备

目的建立稳定的系统性念珠菌感染小鼠模型,规范其操作方法。方法采用环磷酰胺(CY)对小鼠进行免疫抑制后,选择白色念珠菌(C.albicans)和非白念珠菌(C.parapsilosis)分别接种ICR小鼠,从免疫抑制、菌株制备、接种剂量和接种途径等方面对建模过程进行质量控制,通过生存分析、组织载菌量和病理学检查对模型进行评价。结果建立的系统性念珠菌感染小鼠模型显示肾脏为靶器官,多器官弥散性真菌感染的典型病理组织学改变。结论通过对建模过程各环节进行规范,可得到稳定的系统性念珠菌感染小鼠模型,该模型可应用于系统性念珠菌感染的致病机理,免疫防御及抗真菌药物筛选等研究领域。     

双歧杆菌脂磷壁酸对深部白色念珠菌感染小鼠生存状态的影响

目的观察双歧杆菌脂磷壁酸(BLTA)对深部白色念珠菌感染小鼠生存状态的影响。方法通过尾静脉注射白色念珠菌,建立正常免疫力及免疫力低下小鼠深部白色念珠菌感染模型,观察不同剂量BLTA处理对小鼠体重变化、生存时间以及肾组织真菌负荷量的影响。结果深部白色念珠菌感染小鼠经BLTA处理后,生存状态有所改善,体重下降减慢。对于正常免疫力小鼠,BLTA150组的生存率明显高于未处理组(P0.01);而对于免疫力低下小鼠,BLTA100组和BLTA150组小鼠的生存率明显高于未处理组(P0.01)。无论免疫力正常还是免疫力低下小鼠,BLTA100组和BLTA150组的肾组织白色念珠菌菌落计数与未处理组比较均显著降低(P0.01)。结论 BLTA能够有效地改善深部白色念珠菌感染小鼠的生存状态,而且这种作用与BLTA呈剂量依赖关系。     

体液免疫抗白念珠菌感染的研究

探讨抗白念珠菌IgY及其免疫血清对多种动物模型感染白念珠菌的保护作用。制备烧伤继发感染白念珠菌大鼠、白念珠菌性阴道炎小鼠及免疫功能低下小鼠多种动物感染模型 ,分别应用抗白念珠菌IgY、鼠免疫血清和生理盐水对照 ,观察比较各自的作用。抗白念珠菌IgY对烧伤继发感染白念珠菌大鼠及白念珠菌性阴道炎小鼠均有明显的保护作用 ;鼠免疫血清则对阻止远程靶器官的白念珠菌扩散有较好的作用。体液免疫成份抗白念珠菌IgY及其免疫血清对烧伤继发感染白念珠菌大鼠、白念珠菌性阴道炎小鼠及免疫功能低下小鼠均有良好的保护作用。     

罗汉果油的药理作用研究北大核心CSCD

采用小鼠灌胃给药研究罗汉果油的药理作用。给正常小鼠灌胃给药7d后,采用小鼠游泳方法及常压耐缺氧实验,观察罗汉果油对小鼠的抗疲劳和缺氧耐力作用。给正常小鼠灌胃给药10d后,测定血清中超氧化物岐化酶（SOD）活性及丙二醛（MDA）含量,观察罗汉果油的抗氧化作用。结果表明罗汉果油能明显延长小鼠游泳时间,并能延长常压耐缺氧时间及提高正常小鼠血清中SOD活性,降低MDA含量。罗汉果油具有明显的抗疲劳和耐缺氧,抗氧化等药理作用。     

Sap2与侵袭性白念珠菌感染相关性研究进展

侵袭性白念珠菌感染的发病率近年来呈逐渐上升趋势,其发病机制复杂.分泌型天冬氨酸蛋白酶Sap2是白念珠菌生存所需的毒力因子,与白念珠菌的生存发展及致病性密切相关.通过深入研究Sap2的毒力作用和对侵袭性白念珠菌感染致病机制,可为以后抗体研制及治疗方面奠定基础.     

抗系统性白念珠菌感染的先天性免疫

白念珠菌是引起浅部、深部真菌感染常见的病原菌.先天免疫反应在宿主抗系统性白念珠菌感染中起主导作用.介导宿主抗念珠菌感染的先天性免疫包括一系列真菌识别受体及免疫效应细胞.宿主对系统性白念珠菌感染的免疫反应是决定患者预后的关键.本文就宿主抗系统性白念珠菌感染的先天性免疫机制进行综述.     

白念珠菌中转录因子Cap1的研究进展CSCD

白念珠菌是人类的一种机会性致病真菌,在健康个体中以良性共生的形式存在。在原发或继发于器官移植后接受化疗及免疫抑制剂治疗等免疫缺陷患者中,白念珠菌可突破宿主的保护性防御机制,导致浅部及系统性感染[1]。尽管抗真菌治疗取得一定进展,但日益增多的耐药性却给临床治疗带来困难。加帽蛋白(capping protein 1,Cap1)作为一种转录因子,其在白念珠菌耐药过程中发挥重要作用,如对抗氧化应激、促进药物外排泵基因的表达以及诱导菌丝形成等。     

抗白念珠菌感染的疫苗及抗体研究进展

白念珠菌是与人类共生的条件致病真菌,能引起免疫力低下患者皮肤黏膜和全身系统性持续感染.系统性念珠菌病是引起免疫力低下患者死亡的主要原因之一.由于临床缺乏念珠菌病的早期诊疗手段、可用的抗真菌药物种类有限且毒副作用大、耐药菌株越来越普遍、新药研发难度大等因素,抗真菌治疗依然面临着严峻挑战.目前有较多研究者致力于阐明白念珠菌感染的宿主免疫应答机制,并试图研发抗白念珠菌感染的免疫治疗方法,使免疫治疗有望成为预防和治疗真菌感染的有效手段.该文将几种抗白念珠菌感染的疫苗和抗体研究进展作简要概述,旨在为新型抗白念珠菌感染疫苗及抗体的研究提供参考.     

白念珠菌肌醇多磷酸激酶Kcs1的功能

【目的】鉴定白念珠菌肌醇多磷酸激酶Kcs1蛋白,并探索Kcs1在该病原菌细胞自噬、菌丝发育及致病过程中的功能。【方法】采用二步PCR介导的同源重组方法,构建白念珠菌KCS1基因缺失菌株kcs1Δ/Δ及回补菌株KCS1c;采用氮饥饿敏感性测定及GFP-Atg8自噬报告系统,测定KCS1缺失对白念珠菌自噬过程的影响;采用菌丝诱导培养,测定KCS1缺失对白念珠菌菌丝发育能力的影响;采用巨噬细胞模型及小鼠系统性感染模型,分析KCS1缺失对白念珠菌感染宿主能力的影响。【结果】KCS1缺失造成白念珠菌氮饥饿耐受能力降低,氮饥饿条件下自噬相关蛋白Atg8的降解及转运水平下降,菌丝发育变缓,对巨噬细胞耐受及损伤能力减弱,但不影响菌株的小鼠系统性感染能力。【结论】白念珠菌肌醇多磷酸激酶Kcs1在细胞自噬、菌丝发育、与巨噬细胞相互作用等方面发挥重要作用。     

Urea Amidolyase (DUR1,2) Contributes to Virulence and Kidney Pathogenesis of Candida albicans

The intracellular enzyme urea amidolyase (Dur1,2p) enables C. albicans to utilize urea as a sole nitrogen source. Because deletion of the DUR1,2 gene reduces survival of C. albicans co-cultured with a murine macrophage cell line, we investigated the role of Dur1,2p in pathogenesis using a mouse model of disseminated candidiasis. A dur1,2Δ/dur1,2Δ strain was significantly less virulent than the wild-type strain, showing significantly higher survival rate, better renal function, and decreased and less sustained fungal colonization in kidney and brain. Complementation of the mutant restored virulence. DUR1,2 deletion resulted in a milder host inflammatory reaction. Immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry, and magnetic resonance imaging showed decreased phagocytic infiltration into infected kidneys. Systemic cytokine levels of wild-type mice infected with the dur1,2 mutant showed a more balanced systemic pro-inflammatory cytokine response. Host gene expression and protein analysis in infected kidneys revealed parallel changes in the local immune response. Significant differences were observed in the kidney IL-1 inflammatory pathway, IL-15 signaling, MAP kinase signaling, and the alternative complement pathway. We conclude that Dur1,2p is important for kidney colonization during disseminated candidiasis and contributes to an unbalanced host inflammatory response and subsequent renal failure. Therefore, this Candida-specific enzyme may represent a useful drug target to protect the host from kidney damage associated with disseminated candidiasis.     

A single injection of polyethylene-glycol granulocyte colony-stimulating factor strongly prolongs survival of mice with systemic candidiasis

Systemic candidiasis is a life-threatening disease occurring in immunocompromized patients. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) reduces mortality in experimental invasive candidiasis. Covalent conjugation of polyethylene-glycol (peg) to proteins increases their stability and in vivo bioactivity. In this study, the effect of a single subcutaneous injection of peg-G-CSF on lethal candidiasis was assessed. This was performed in acute and chronic candidiasis models in non-neutropenic FVB/N mice. Peg-G-CSF rapidly increased circulating polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMNL) numbers in mice, sustaining high for >4 days. Candida albicans outgrowth from kidneys of infected mice was strongly reduced after peg-G-CSF treatment (5.76 log cfu/g kidney vs 7.66 control), with absence of hyphal outgrowth and enhanced PMNL influx. Moreover, peg-G-CSF increased survival of C. albicans -infected mice, whereas efficacy of uncoupled G-CSF was obtained only after repeated treatment. These data document a potent in vivo biological effect of peg-G-CSF, resulting in strongly enhanced resistance against systemic candidiasis.     

PCR法评价伊曲康唑注射液治疗播散性白念珠菌病兔模型疗效

目的通过静脉内接种的方法,构建播散性白念珠菌感染的兔模型,并用PCR评价伊曲康唑注射液治疗播散性念珠菌病的疗效。方法在接种后24h,用伊曲康唑注射液5rag／kg对兔模型进行治疗,1次／d,共14d。在不同的时间段取兔模型的静脉血,进行血培养和真菌通用引物以及白念珠菌特异性引物的PCR检测,监测伊曲康唑注射液治疗播散性白念珠菌感染的疗效。结果在接种白念珠菌后1h、6h,外周血中用PCR方法就能检测到白念珠菌,且能持续到8—10d;实验兔外周血血培养1h后阳性,持续到18h。实验结束后解剖实验兔,治疗组较对照组内脏器官的组织培养阳性率及菌落数低。结论PCR是一种快速和敏感的检测播散性念珠菌病的方法,伊曲康唑注射液治疗播散性白念珠菌病有效,但是真菌的清除率特别是肾脏组织的真菌清除率并不理想,治疗结束7d后,组织匀浆真菌培养仍然阳性。     

Chemokine Receptor Ccr1 Drives Neutrophil-Mediated Kidney Immunopathology and Mortality in Invasive Candidiasis

Invasive candidiasis is the 4^th leading cause of nosocomial bloodstream infection in the US with mortality that exceeds 40% despite administration of antifungal therapy; neutropenia is a major risk factor for poor outcome after invasive candidiasis. In a fatal mouse model of invasive candidiasis that mimics human bloodstream-derived invasive candidiasis, the most highly infected organ is the kidney and neutrophils are the major cellular mediators of host defense; however, factors regulating neutrophil recruitment have not been previously defined. Here we show that mice lacking chemokine receptor Ccr1, which is widely expressed on leukocytes, had selectively impaired accumulation of neutrophils in the kidney limited to the late phase of the time course of the model; surprisingly, this was associated with improved renal function and survival without affecting tissue fungal burden. Consistent with this, neutrophils from wild-type mice in blood and kidney switched from Ccr1^lo to Ccr1^high at late time-points post-infection, when Ccr1 ligands were produced at high levels in the kidney and were chemotactic for kidney neutrophils ex vivo. Further, when a 1∶1 mixture of Ccr1^+/+ and Ccr1^−/− donor neutrophils was adoptively transferred intravenously into Candida-infected Ccr1^+/+ recipient mice, neutrophil trafficking into the kidney was significantly skewed toward Ccr1^+/+ cells. Thus, neutrophil Ccr1 amplifies late renal immunopathology and increases mortality in invasive candidiasis by mediating excessive recruitment of neutrophils from the blood to the target organ.     

Variable biotherapeutic effects of Lactobacillus acidophilus isolates on orogastric and systemic candidiasis in immunodeficient mice

Two commercially available isolates of Lactobacillus acidophilus (NCFM and LA-1) were compared for their capacities to protect immunodeficient bg/bg-nu/un and bg/bg-nu/+ mice from candidiasis. L. acidophilus NCFM prolonged survival of adult and neonatal bg/bg-nu/nu mice, inhibited disseminated candidiasis in both mouse strains, suppressed weight loss associated with Candida albicans infection in bg/bg-nu/nu females, but did not decrease the severity or the incidente of orogastric candidiasis in gnotobiotic mice. L. acidophilus LA-1 suppressed numbers of C. albicans in the alimentary tracts of bg/bg-nu/+ mice and reduced the severity of mucosal candidiasis in bg/bg-nu/nuand bg/bg-nu/+ mice; however, L. acidophilus LA-1 did not improve the survival of bg/bg-nu/nu mice after oral challenge (colonization) with C. albicansand it was associated with lethality in gnotobiotic adult female bg/bg-nu/nu mice. These results demonstrate that the two isolates of L. acidophilus differed in their capacity to protect immunodeficient mice from candidiasis.     

Active and passive immunization with rHyr1p-N protects mice against hematogenously disseminated candidiasis

We previously reported that Candida albicans cell surface protein Hyr1 encodes a phagocyte killing resistance factor and active vaccination with a recombinant N-terminus of Hyr1 protein (rHyr1p-N), significantly protects immunocompetent mice from disseminated candidiasis. Here we report the marked efficacy of rHyr1p-N vaccine on improving the survival and reducing the fungal burden of disseminated candidiasis in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised mice using the FDA-approved adjuvant, alum. Importantly, we also show that pooled rabbit anti-Hyr1p polyclonal antibodies raised against 8 different peptide regions of rHyr1p-N protected mice in a hematogenously disseminated candidiasis model, raising the possibility of developing a successful passive immunotherapy strategy to treat this disease. Our data suggest that the rabbit anti-Hyr1p antibodies directly neutralized the Hyr1p virulence function, rather than enhanced opsonophagocytosis for subsequent killing by neutrophil in vitro. Finally, the rHyr1p-N vaccine was protective against non-albicans Candida spp. These preclinical data demonstrate that rHyr1p-N is likely to be a novel target for developing both active and passive immunization strategies against Candida infections.     

GM-CSF administration augments the survival of ity-resistant A/J mice, but not ity-susceptible C57BL/6 mice, to a lethal challenge with Salmonella typhimurium

Ity resistant A/J mice were challenged with a lethal dose (2 x 10(3) organisms) of Salmonella typhimurium. Infected mice treated with 1 microgram of GM-CSF twice daily showed increased median survival time and had a higher survival fraction than untreated controls. GM-CSF was most effective when given for a brief period (1 to 2 days) after infection. Pretreatment of the mice or delayed treatment with GM-CSF had no effect on the survival of the mice. Studies on the effect of GM-CSF on the bacterial load showed that mice treated with GM-CSF had fewer S. typhimurium in the spleen and peritoneal cavity on day 4 but not on day 2 after infection. GM-CSF treatment of ity-susceptible C57BL/6 mice infected with 10 organisms had no therapeutic effect.     

Biotherapeutic effects of Bifidobacterium spp. on orogastric and systemic candidiasis in immunodeficient mice

Two commercially available Bifidobacterium spp. (Bifidobacterium infantis and Bifidobacterium lactis) were compared for their capacities to protect immunodeficient bg/bg-nu/nuand bg/bg-nu/+mice from orogastric and lethal candidiasis. Both Bifidobacterium spp. prolonged the survival of Candida albicans-colonized adult and neonatal bg/bg-nu/numice. The bifidobacteria affected the production of antibodies to C. albicans, inhibited disseminated candidiasis, suppressed weight loss associated with C. albicans infection, inhibited the growth of C. albicans in the alimentary tract, inhibited systemic candidiasis of endogenous origin, and decreased the severity of gastric candidiasis in both mouse strains. B. infantis inhibited systemic candidiasis of endogenous origin better than B. lactis; however, B. lactis was significantly more effective at inhibiting C. albicans colonization of the alimentary tract, suppressing gastric candidiasis, and protecting bg/bg-nu/numice from lethal candidiasis than B. infantis. These results show that Bifidobacterium spp. can protect immunodeficient mice from candidiasis but different species manifest quantitative and qualitative differences in their probiotic and biotherapeutic effects.     

Studies on detection of Candida antigen in the sera of mice inoculated orally with Candida albicans

Summary The authors succeeded in establishing a murine model of systemic candidiasis being disseminated from the primary gastrointestinal lesions caused by oral inoculation of Candida albicans. Using this model, an attempt was made for detecting the Candida antigen by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using avidin-biotin (AB-ELISA) from the serum of infected mice.Gastrointestinal candidiasis was formed in all of the 20 mice treated with the drugs (antibiotics, antineoplastic agents, hydrocortisone, etc.) and inoculated orally with C. albicans. Fourteen of these mice suffered from submucosal candidiasis, and C. albicans was cultured from the visceral organs in 12 of them. The assay by AB-ELISA was able to detect 1.0 ng/ml Candida mannan in the mouse serum. The Candida antigen was detected in the sera of 11 of the 14 mice with submucosal candidiasis. However, the antigen could not be detected in the sera of the 6 mice with intramucosal candidiasis.The assay by AB-ELISA is more sensitive and specific for the diagnosis of systemic candidiasis than other serological assays.