Chitosan Nanoparticles Act as an Adjuvant to Promote both Th1 and Th2 Immune Responses Induced by Ovalbumin in Mice
| Autor: | Ying-Lei Xu, Xiao Ting Zou, Zi-Rong Xu, Zheng Shun Wen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_treatment
chitosan nanoparticles Pharmaceutical Science Pharmacology Article Antibodies Immunoglobulin G immune response Interferon-gamma Mice Th2 Cells Immune system Adjuvants Immunologic adjuvant Cell Line Tumor Drug Discovery medicine Splenocyte Animals Humans Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) lcsh:QH301-705.5 Chitosan Mice Inbred ICR biology ovalbumin Antibody titer Th1 Cells Interleukin-10 Killer Cells Natural Ovalbumin lcsh:Biology (General) Toxicity Immunology biology.protein Interleukin-2 Nanoparticles Female Immunization Antibody K562 Cells Adjuvant Spleen |
| Zdroj: | Marine Drugs, Vol 9, Iss 6, Pp 1038-1055 (2011) Marine Drugs; Volume 9; Issue 6; Pages: 1038-1055 Marine Drugs |
| ISSN: | 1660-3397 |
| Popis: | The study was conducted to investigate the promoted immune response to ovalbumin in mice by chitosan nanoparticles (CNP) and its toxicity. CNP did not cause any mortality or side effects when mice were administered subcutaneously twice with a dose of 1.5 mg at 7-day intervals. Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) mice were immunized subcutaneously with 25 µg ovalbumin (OVA) alone or with 25 µg OVA dissolved in saline containing Quil A (10 µg), chitosan (CS) (50 µg) or CNP (12.5, 50 or 200 µg) on days 1 and 15. Two weeks after the secondary immunization, serum OVA-specific antibody titers, splenocyte proliferation, natural killer (NK) cell activity, and production and mRNA expression of cytokines from splenocytes were measured. The serum OVA-specific IgG, IgG1, IgG2a, and IgG2b antibody titers and Con A-, LPS-, and OVA-induced splenocyte proliferation were significantly enhanced by CNP (P < 0.05) as compared with OVA and CS groups. CNP also significantly promoted the production of Th1 (IL-2 and IFN-γ) and Th2 (IL-10) cytokines and up-regulated the mRNA expression of IL-2, IFN-γ and IL-10 cytokines in splenocytes from the immunized mice compared with OVA and CS groups. Besides, CNP remarkably increased the killing activities of NK cells activity (P < 0.05). The results suggested that CNP had a strong potential to increase both cellular and humoral immune responses and elicited a balanced Th1/Th2 response, and that CNP may be a safe and efficacious adjuvant candidate suitable for a wide spectrum of prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines. |
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