Expression of major antigen domains of E2 gene of CSFV and analysis of its immunological activity

E2 is an envelope glycoprotein of Classical swine fever virus (CSFV) and contains sequential neutralizing epitopes to induce virus-neutralizing antibodies and mount protective immunity in the natural host. In this study, four antigen domains (ABCD) of the E2 gene was cloned from CSFV Shimen strain into the retroviral vector pBABE puro and expressed in eukaryotic cell (PK15) by an retroviral gene expression system, and the activity of recombinant E2 protein to induce immune responses was evaluated in rabbits. The results indicated that recombinant E2 protein can be recognized by fluorescence antibodies of CSFV and CSFV positive serum (Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China) using Western blot, indirect immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT) and ELISA, Furthermore, anti-CSFV specific antibodies and lymphocyte proliferation were elicited and increased by recombinant protein after vaccination. In the challenge test, all of rabbits vaccinated with recombinant protein and Chinese vaccine strain (C-strain) were fully protected from a rabbit spleen virus challenge. These results indicated that a retroviral-based epitope-vaccine carrying the major antigen domains of E2 is able to induce high level of epitope-specific antibodies and exhibits similar protective capability with that induced by the C-strain, and encourages further work towards the development of a vaccine against CSFV infection. Foundation items: The National “973” (2005CB523201); Key Technology R&D Programme (2006BAD06A03).     

A κ-carrageenan derived oligosaccharide prepared by enzymatic degradation containing anti-tumor activity

Depolymerization of -carrageenan was performed using carrageenase isolated from the cell-free medium of a culture of marine Cytophaga sp. MCA-2. The low-molecular-weight carrageenans after ultrafiltration and lyophilization were sulfonated with formamide-chlorosulfonic acid. The anti-tumor activity of the products with different molecular weight was determined by using Sarcoma 180 tumor in mouse. A carrageenan oligosaccharide with a molecular weight of 1726, administered orally at a dose of 100 mg kg^–1 mouse markedly inhibited tumor formation. However, the anti-tumor activity of high-sulfonated carrageenan was much less than that of the non-sulfonated or light-sulfonated preparation. The activities of the latter products on superoxide dismutase and catalase were enhanced considerably, which suggests that carrageenan oligosaccharide was effective in promoting the antioxidation ability and eliminating danger from free radicals. The preparations showed special effects on immunological regulation, especially the phagocytosis ratio and phagocytosis index of macrophage, which might be beneficial for the anti-tumor activity. Although no anti-tumor activity of this product was detected in vitro, suggesting that its activity differs between in vitro and in vivo, this 1726 molecular weight product provides a potent clinical use in tumor treatment.     

不同基质栽培的猴头菌子实体多糖理化性质和体外免疫活性

【背景】猴头菌多糖是猴头菌(Hericium erinaceus)中主要的活性成分,具有提高免疫力、抗肿瘤、降血糖、抗突变、抗衰老等多种功效。目前对于猴头菌多糖的研究主要集中在结构分析上,有关不同基质栽培对于猴头菌子实体多糖理化性质的影响鲜见报道。【目的】研究不同基质栽培的猴头菌子实体多糖的理化性质和体外免疫活性,筛选出高产优质猴头菌的栽培配方。【方法】采用7种不同配方的基质经工厂化栽培获得不同的猴头菌子实体,对其子实体产量和粗多糖含量进行统计和分析测定,并对7种不同基质栽培获得的猴头菌子实体多糖的分子量分布及单糖组成等理化特征进行分析,比较其对刺激RAW264.7巨噬细胞株释放NO的差异。【结果】综合各项指标表明,配方2 (木屑30%,玉米芯40%,棉籽壳15%,玉米粉2%,麸皮6%,米糠5%,石膏1%,石灰1%)和配方7 (玉米芯39%,棉籽壳10%,麸皮10%,米糠30%,大豆皮5%,甜菜渣4%,碳酸钙2%)栽培获得的猴头菌子实体具有较高的多糖含量和活性。【结论】所选配方适合作为栽培猴头菌深加工原料的培养基质。     

免疫致敏结合局部乙酸刺激法建立大鼠溃疡性结肠炎模型

目的结肠黏膜组织致敏法加乙酸局部刺激法建立复合大鼠溃疡性结肠炎模型。方法30只Wistar大鼠随机分为正常对照组、模型对照组、用药组(各10只),用结肠黏膜组织致敏法加乙酸局部刺激法建立大鼠复合溃疡性结肠炎模型后,用药组给予SASP灌胃,模型对照组和正常对照组给予生理盐水,均灌胃2周后处死大鼠,分离其结肠组织和血清。生化法检测各组结肠中MDA、SOD、GSH-PX、NO、TNOS和iNOS值,放免法测定大鼠血清及结肠IL-4及TNF-α含量变化,酶联免疫法测定大鼠血清IFN-γ含量变化。结果与空白对照组比较,模型组大鼠结肠组织MDA、NO、TNOS及iNOS含量升高,SOD、GSH-Px水平显著降低。与模型组比较,SASP组SOD、GSH-Px计数水平显著升高,组织MDA、NO、TNOS及iNOS含量降低。模型组血清和结肠IL-4含量较对照组明显降低,而模型大鼠血清和结肠TNF-α含量明显升高,模型组大鼠血清IFN-γ含量明显升高。SASP组IL-4含量升高,TNF-α和IFN-γ含量明显降低。结论改进的复合造模方法,可以较好的模拟人类UC病变的慢性活动性特点,适合药效观察和评价。     

钩端螺旋体外膜疫苗的反应性和免疫效果研究

对国内首次研制的钩端螺旋体外膜疫苗接种人体的反应性,血清学效果和流行病学效果进行研究。先后对两价（含黄疸出血群赖型,七日热群七日热型）,三价（含黄疸出血群赖型,七日热群七日热型,流感伤寒群流感伤寒型,五价（含黄疸出血群赖型,七日热群七日热型,流感伤寒群流感伤寒型,秋季热群秋季热型,犬群犬型）外膜疫苗,菌体疫苗和安慰剂,分组进行全身和局部反应观察;并以显微镜凝集试验测定各型抗体;对两价外膜疫苗进行流行病学保护效果考核。结果两价和多价钩体外膜疫苗反应轻微,安全性良好;血清学效果显示,抗体阳转率和滴度均高于同期相应菌体疫苗诱导的同型抗体水平2倍以上,提示外膜疫苗有较好的免疫原性,流行病学效果在湖北省荆州和石首两市考核,按血清学阳性病例统计,其保护率可达95．57％以上。说明上述疫苗性质稳定,反应轻微,安全性良好,血清学效果理想,两价疫苗有较好的保护效果,可以逐步推广应用。     

黄曲霉毒素B_1的免疫检测 Ⅱ.抗体的产生及应用

将黄曲霉毒素Ｂ１肟（ＡＦＢ１Ｏ）与牛血清白蛋白（ＢＳＡ）的连接物,通过多点、多次免疫法注射免疫兔子。分析了抗体的产生进程、效价以及特异性。注射抗原后的第６０天开始有较明显抗体产生,第１２０天达到高峰,维持１５天左右后开始下降;抗体的ＥＬＩＳＡ效价高达１：３００００;和黄曲霉毒素Ｂ１（ＡＦＢ１）的结构类似物的竞争ＥＬＩＳＡ表明,抗体有很好的特异性。运用该抗体,以ＥＬＩＳＡ分析检测了几种农产品及饲料中污染ＡＦＢ１的含量,并和薄层层析法的分析结构进行了比较,结果表明当ＡＦＢ１的含量大于等于５ｎｇ／ｍｌ时,两者间有很好的相关性。     

Effects of Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides extract on transplanted tumors and immune function in mice

This paper describes the effects of an ethanolic extract of Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides on transplanted tumors and immunologic function in mice. When the H. sibthorpioides extract was administered orally at a dose of 1.5 or 3.0 g/kg body wt./day for 10 days, the inhibition rates for murine hepatic carcinoma clone (Hep), sarcoma 180 crocker clone (S(180)), and uterine cervical carcinoma clone (U(14)) were significantly enhanced. The antitumor activity of H. sibthorpioides is comparable to that of the common antitumor agent 5-fluorouracil. Also, our results indicate that the H. sibthorpioides extract promoted the thymus and spleen indices, and humoral immunity of mice. These observations demonstrated that H. sibthorpioides exerted a potent inhibitory effect on the growth of tumors, in addition to mediating immunomodulatory effects in mice.     

Synthesis of Recombinant P48 of Mycoplasma agalactiae by Site Directed Mutagenesis and its Immunological Characterization

Contagious agalactia caused by Mycoplasma agalactiae is an economically important disease of sheep and goats and has been prevalent worldwide including India. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the membrane protein P48 of M. agalactiae for specific diagnosis of disease. For this, p48 gene of the organism was amplified by PCR and subjected to site directed mutagenesis to convert three TGA codons to TGG’s and, subsequently, cloned into prokaryotic expression vector pPRO EX HTb. Purified recombinant P48 protein reacted to anti-P48 serum in western blotting, which confirmed its immunogenic nature. Furthermore, the immune-blotting of the cell lysates from various Indian isolates of M. agalactiae against anti-P48 serum resulted in a single band at ～ 48 kDa among all isolates, indicating the conserved nature of P48 antigen in M. agalactiae. Also, the cross reactivity of P48 antigen among various Mycoplasma spp. was checked by western blotting which revealed reactivity only with M. agalactiae and M. bovis. Hence, this antigen could be exploited to differentiate M. agalactiae from other pathogenic Mycoplasma species except M. bovis. However, the inability of P48 to distinguish M. agalactiae from M. bovis does not downgrade the significance of P48 as the two species are usually host specific.     

脱污染小鼠免疫功能的实验研究

通过脱污染小鼠动物模型的建立，分别测定了脾细胞增殖功能，ＩＬ—１（白细胞介素１）和ＩＬ—２（白细胞介素２）的活性，结果表明上述免疫指标脱污染小鼠比普通小鼠有不同程度的下降。提示肠道内正常微生物群的稳定，在维持宿主的正常免疫功能有重要作用     

Anti-tuberculosis (TB) chemotherapy dynamically rescues Th1 and CD8+ T effector levels in Han Chinese pulmonary TB patients

CD4+/CD8+ T cells play a major role in conferring immune protection against tuberculosis (TB), but it remains unknown how the immune responses of CD4+/CD8+ T cells exactly correlate with the clinical variables and disease statuses during anti-TB chemotherapy. To address this, several major immune parameters of CD4+/CD8+ T cells in peripheral blood derived from pulmonary TB patients and healthy volunteers were evaluated. We observed that active TB infection induced lower CD3+ T cell and CD4+ T cell levels but higher CD8+T cell levels, while anti-TB chemotherapy reversed these effects. Also, anti-TB treatment induced enhanced production of IL-2 and IFN-γ but reduced expression of IL-10 and IL-6. Moreover, the dynamic changes of CD3, CD4, and CD8 levels did not show a significant association with sputum smear positivity. However, the frequencies of IL-2+CD4+ or IL-10 + CD4+ T effector subpopulation or IL-1β production in peripheral blood showed significant difference between patients positive for sputum smear and patients negative for sputum smear after anti-TB treatment. These findings implicated that recovery of Th1/CD8+T cell effector levels might be critical immunological events in pulmonary TB patients after treatment and further suggested the importance of these immunological parameters as potential biomarkers for prediction of TB progress and prognosis.