MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Front Immunol. 2022 Feb 21;13:839489. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.839489. eCollection 2022.
Caused by , toxoplasmosis has aroused great threats to public health around the world. So far, no effective vaccine or drug is commercially available, and the demands for a safe and effective therapeutic strategy have become more and more urgent. In the current study, we constructed a DNA vaccine encoding ribosomal P2 protein (TgP2) and denoted as TgP2-pVAX1 plasmid. To improve the immunoprotection, nanomaterial poly-lactic--glycolic acid (PLGA) and chitosan were used as the delivery vehicle to construct TgP2-pVAX1/PLGA and TgP2-pVAX1/CS nanospheres. Before vaccinations in BALB/c mice, TgP2-pVAX1 plasmids were transiently transfected into Human Embryonic Kidney (HEK) 293-T cells, and the expression of the eukaryotic plasmids was detected by laser confocal microscopy and Western blotting. Then the immunoprotection of naked DNA plasmids and their two nano-encapsulations were evaluated in the laboratory animal model. According to the investigations of antibody, cytokine, dendritic cell (DC) maturation, molecule expression, splenocyte proliferation, and T lymphocyte proportion, TgP2-pVAX1 plasmid delivered by two types of nanospheres could elicit a mixed Th1/Th2 immune response and Th1 immunity as the dominant. In addition, TgP2-pVAX1/PLGA and TgP2-pVAX1/CS nanospheres have great advantages in enhancing immunity against a lethal dose of RH strain challenge. All these results suggested that TgP2-pVAX1 plasmids delivered by PLGA or chitosan nanomaterial could be promising vaccines in resisting toxoplasmosis and deserve further investigations and applications.
弓形虫病引起的,已经对全世界的公共卫生造成了巨大威胁。到目前为止,还没有商业上可用的有效疫苗或药物,因此对安全有效的治疗策略的需求变得越来越迫切。在目前的研究中,我们构建了一种编码核糖体 P2 蛋白(TgP2)的 DNA 疫苗,并将其命名为 TgP2-pVAX1 质粒。为了提高免疫保护效果,我们使用纳米材料聚乳酸-羟基乙酸(PLGA)和壳聚糖作为递送载体,构建了 TgP2-pVAX1/PLGA 和 TgP2-pVAX1/CS 纳米球。在 BALB/c 小鼠接种疫苗之前,我们将 TgP2-pVAX1 质粒瞬时转染到人胚肾(HEK)293-T 细胞中,并通过激光共聚焦显微镜和 Western blot 检测真核质粒的表达。然后,我们在实验室动物模型中评估了裸露 DNA 质粒及其两种纳米封装的免疫保护作用。根据抗体、细胞因子、树突状细胞(DC)成熟、分子表达、脾细胞增殖和 T 淋巴细胞比例的研究,两种纳米球递送的 TgP2-pVAX1 质粒可以诱导混合 Th1/Th2 免疫反应和 Th1 免疫反应为主导。此外,TgP2-pVAX1/PLGA 和 TgP2-pVAX1/CS 纳米球在增强对 RH 株致死剂量的免疫力方面具有很大优势。所有这些结果表明,PLGA 或壳聚糖纳米材料递送的 TgP2-pVAX1 质粒可能是抵抗弓形虫病的有前途的疫苗,值得进一步研究和应用。