Rostami Hajar, Ebtekar Masoumeh, Ardestani Mehdi Shafiee, Yazdi Mohammad Hossein, Mahdavi Mehdi
Department of Immunology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Immunology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Immunol Lett. 2017 Jul;187:19-26. doi: 10.1016/j.imlet.2017.05.002. Epub 2017 May 4.
Vaccines currently available for AIDS show poor efficiency, demonstrating the need for new strategies to increase their immunogenicity. In this study, the HIV-1P24-Nef peptide was used as a model vaccine, followed by utilization of a novel strategy to increase its immunogenicity. There is a growing interest in using TLR agonists for vaccine formulations. Such molecules bind to their receptors on immune cells, especially the cell surface of antigen presenting cells, thereby activating these cells and inflammatory responses. In the present study, FLiC (flagellin molecule sequence from Pseudomonas aeruginosa) was used as a TLR5 agonist. In addition, PLGA nanoparticles were used as a transmitter system to enhance vaccine efficiency and its effective transfer to immune systems. In light of this, the P24-Nef peptide was conjugated to FLiC through chemical reactions. The HIV-1P24-Nef/FLiC conjugate was constructed as a nano-vaccine using PLGA particles. Subsequently, mice were immunized intradermally three times with three-week intervals with HIV-p24-Nef/FLiC/PLGA, HIV-p24-Nef/PLGA, FLiC/PLGA, PLGA, and PBS in two doses (20 and 5μg). Three weeks after the last booster injection, cell proliferation was assessed using the Brdu/ELISA assay, and cytotoxicity was evaluated by CFSE and splenocyte cytokine secretion (IL-4 and IFN-γ); in addition, IgG1 and IgG2a antibody isotype titers were determined using a commercial ELISA kit. Our results showed that Co-utilization of TLR5 and nano-particles not only improves vaccine immunogenicity but also decreases the immunogenic dose of vaccine candidate required. We showed that the immune system was effectively stimulated via the nano-vaccination strategy using the TLR5 agonists. The effect of this strategy showed variations in different parameters of the immune system; in this regard, cellular immune responses had a higher stimulation level, compared with humoral immune responses.
目前可用的艾滋病疫苗效率低下,这表明需要新的策略来提高其免疫原性。在本研究中,HIV-1P24-Nef肽被用作模型疫苗,随后采用一种新策略来提高其免疫原性。将Toll样受体(TLR)激动剂用于疫苗配方的兴趣日益浓厚。这类分子与免疫细胞上的受体结合,尤其是抗原呈递细胞的细胞表面,从而激活这些细胞和炎症反应。在本研究中,鞭毛蛋白(FLiC,来自铜绿假单胞菌的鞭毛蛋白分子序列)被用作TLR5激动剂。此外,聚乳酸-羟基乙酸共聚物(PLGA)纳米颗粒被用作传递系统,以提高疫苗效率及其向免疫系统的有效传递。鉴于此,通过化学反应将P24-Nef肽与FLiC偶联。使用PLGA颗粒构建HIV-1P24-Nef/FLiC偶联物作为纳米疫苗。随后,用HIV-p24-Nef/FLiC/PLGA、HIV-p24-Nef/PLGA、FLiC/PLGA、PLGA和磷酸盐缓冲盐水(PBS)以两种剂量(20和5μg)对小鼠进行皮内免疫,每隔三周免疫三次。在最后一次加强注射三周后,使用溴脱氧尿苷(Brdu)/酶联免疫吸附测定(ELISA)法评估细胞增殖,并通过羧基荧光素二乙酸琥珀酰亚胺酯(CFSE)和脾细胞细胞因子分泌(白细胞介素-4(IL-4)和干扰素-γ(IFN-γ))评估细胞毒性;此外,使用商用ELISA试剂盒测定IgG1和IgG2a抗体亚型滴度。我们的结果表明,同时使用TLR5和纳米颗粒不仅提高了疫苗的免疫原性,而且降低了所需候选疫苗的免疫原剂量。我们表明,通过使用TLR5激动剂的纳米疫苗接种策略可有效刺激免疫系统。该策略的效果在免疫系统的不同参数中表现出差异;在这方面,与体液免疫反应相比,细胞免疫反应具有更高的刺激水平。
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