Hartwig Daiane D, Bacelo Kátia L, Oliveira Thaís L, Schuch Rodrigo, Seixas Fabiana K, Collares Tiago, Rodrigues Oscar, Hartleben Cláudia P, Dellagostin Odir A
Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico.
Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2015 Feb;110(1):134-7. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760140276. Epub 2015 Jan 23.
We studied the feasibility of using halloysite clay nanotubes (HNTs) and carboxyl-functionalised multi-walled carbon nanotubes (COOH-MWCNTs) as antigen carriers to improve immune responses against a recombinant LipL32 protein (rLipL32). Immunisation using the HNTs or COOH-MWCNTs significantly increased the rLipL32-specific IgG antibody titres (p < 0.05) of Golden Syrian hamsters. None of the vaccines tested conferred protection against a challenge using a virulent Leptospira interrogans strain. These results demonstrated that nanotubes can be used as antigen carriers for delivery in hosts and the induction of a humoral immune response against purified leptospiral antigens used in subunit vaccine preparations.
我们研究了使用埃洛石粘土纳米管(HNTs)和羧基功能化多壁碳纳米管(COOH-MWCNTs)作为抗原载体来增强针对重组LipL32蛋白(rLipL32)的免疫反应的可行性。使用HNTs或COOH-MWCNTs进行免疫显著提高了金黄叙利亚仓鼠的rLipL32特异性IgG抗体滴度(p<0.05)。所测试的疫苗均未对强毒问号钩端螺旋体菌株的攻击提供保护。这些结果表明,纳米管可用作抗原载体,用于在宿主体内递送,并诱导针对亚单位疫苗制剂中使用的纯化钩端螺旋体抗原的体液免疫反应。