简介:ThepurposeofthisstudywastotesttheeffectivenessofsourcevirusstrainforthemanufactureoftheinactivatedSARSvirusvaccine,andestablishanexperimentalmethodandpreliminarystandardforpotencyevaluation.MiceweredividedintogroupsforbeingimmunizedwithcorrespondingseriallydilutedexperimentalSARSvirusinactivatedvaccine.Andtherabbitswereimmunizedwithundilutedvaccine.ChallengeassaywasconductedwithaheterologousSARSvirus.Andtheneutralizationantibodywasdeterminedwithplaquereductionneutralizationtest(PRNT),towhichtheneutralizationantibodyintheconvalescentserumofSARSpatientswascompared.Theexperimentalvaccineviralstrainswereprovedtobesuitableformanufacturingthevaccine.Miceimmunizedbyvaccinesofserialdilutionswereabletoelicitneutralizingantibody.Theantibodytiterfrommiceimmunizedwiththeundilutedvaccinecouldreachupto1:495.2,whilethoseofrabbitsimmunizedwiththeundilutedvaccinecouldreachaGMTof55.0-79.9.ThecapabilityoftheantibodytoneutralizethevirusfromGuangdongismoreefficientthanthatfromBeijing.TheGMTofneutralizingantibodyinSARSconvalescentslivinginsouthandnorthChinarangedfrom50.12to54.95,andthetitersofconvalescentsfromnorthChinawerehigherthanthosefromsouthChina.Miceandrabbitsusedasthemodelforevaluationofpotencyareofsensitivity,andthetestisofreproducibility.Thecandidatechallengeviralstrainsshowedarelativelyconsistenteffectonevaluatingantibodiesproducedbyvariousbatchesanddifferentvaccine-sourcestrains,hencetheycanbeusedtoevaluatepotencyofthevaccine.Themethodfortestingthevaccinepotencyandtheevaluationstandardwasestablishedpreliminarily.
简介:Tumorcell-derivedexosomeshavebeenproposedasnon-cellularnanomericvaccinewhichcouldinducepotentantitumorimmuneresponseinmice.Inordertodeveloptheprotocolstopreparetumorcell-derivedexosomesforbasicresearchandclinicaltrail,weisolatedexosomesfromovalbumin(OVA)-expressingthymomacellsEG.7-OVAbyvariouspreparationmethods.Wedemonstratethenon-sedimentationmethodissimple,rapid,efficientwithhigheryieldandpurityofexosomes.EG.7-OVA-derivedexosomesare40-100nmindiametersequesteredbylipidbi-layer,andcontainrichheatshockprotein(HSP)andOVA.Theresultofthesizedistributiondeterminationisconsistentwiththecalculationbythevisualmicroscopicinspection,with90.4%particlesattherangeof50-90nm.Moreover,asamodelantigenoftheEG.7cells,OVAconcentrationinEG.7-derivedexosomescanberegardedasagoodqualitycontrolparameter.Therefore,wehaveestablishedaplatformtoefficientlyprepareexosomesfortumorimmunotherapy.
简介:TheexpressionofIL-4inaratmodelofchronicpulmonaryinfectionbiofilmformationinducedbyPseudomonasaeruginosawasinvestigated,inwhichSPFWisterratswereinfectedviatracheawith0.1mlP.aeruginosastrainPAO579(10~9CFU/ml)inalginatebeadsortheplanktonicformofthisbacterialstrain(10~9CFU/ml),andon3,7and14dafterinfection,thebacteriologicalandpathologicalchangeswereobservedaswellastheexpressionofthecytokineIL-4wasdetermined.ItwasdemonstratedthatthecountofCFUperlungtissueincaseofbacteriainalginatebeadswassignificantlyhigherthanthatofbacteriainplanktonicform,withmoreseveregrosspathologicchangesandinflammatoryreactionsinthealginatebeadgroupincomparisonwiththatoftheplanktonicforms(P=0.002,P=0.004andP=0.002,respectively).Inaddition,theexpressionofIL-4inthealginatebeadgroupwasalsohigherthanthatintheplanktonicform(P=0.02,P=0.02andP=0.022,respectively).Apositivecorre-lationbetweenthelevelofIL-4expressionandthegrosslungpathologyinalginatebeadgroupexistedasdemonstratedbysimpleregressionanalysis(r=0.78,P<0.02).Itisconcludedthatthechronicpul-monaryinfectionwithbiofilmformationinducedbyP.aeruginosatendstohavetheprioritytotheTh2immuneresponse.
简介:Inthepresentstudy,theeffectofblockageofthecostimulatorysignalCD86attimeofimplantationontheexpressionsofTGF-β1,MMP-9,TIMP-3andPAI-1proteinsatthematernal-fetalinterfaceandtheoutcomeofpregnancyinmurineabortion-pronemodelwasinvestigated,inwhichtheCBA/JxDBA/2matingswereusedastheabortion-pronemodelandtheCBA/J×BALB/cmatingsusedasthenormalpregnantmodel.Thestudywasperformedinfollowingthreegroups:2groupsoftheabortion-pronemodel,whichwereexperimentalgroupandcontrolexperimentalgroup,and1groupofnormalpregnantmodel,andeachgrouphad10pregnantCBA/Jmiceexclusively.FemalepregnantCBA/Jmiceintheexperimentalgroupreceivedanintraperitoneal(i.p.)injectionof100μgofantimouseCD86mAbin200μlofPBSatday4.5ofgestation,andtheirrelevant-isotopematchedratIgG2bwasadministratedinthecontrolexperimentalgroupwiththesamedosageandatsametime.Forthenormalpregnantgroup,notreatmentwasgiven.ThepregnantCBA/Jmicewerekilledonday13.5ofgestation.Then,theembryoresorptionratewascalculatedandtheexpressionsofTGF-β1,MMP-9,TIMP3andPAI-1weredetectedbyusingimmunohistochemicalmethods.Itwasdemonstratedthattheembryoresorptionrateintheexperimentalgroupwassignificantlyreducedincomparisonwiththatinthecontrolexperimentalgroup(x2=7.441,P=0.006),buttherewasnosignificantdifferencewiththatinnormalpregnantgroup(x2=0.016,P=0.898).TheexpressionsofTGF-β1andPAI-1intheexperimentalgroupweresignificantlyincreasedincomparisonwiththatinthecontrolexperimentalgroup(P=0.010,P=0.003,respectively),withnosignificantdifferencefromthatinthenormalpregnantgroup(P=0.500).However,theexpressionofMMP-9intheexperimentalgroupwassignificantlyreducedincomparisonwiththatinthecontrolexperimentalgroup(P=0.012)withnosignificantdifferencefromthatinthenormalpregnantgroup(P=0.500).Theexpression