The Experimental Study on Treating Transgenic HBV Mice with Recombined IL-2-PreS DNA Vaccine

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2004-02-12
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TheaimofthisstudyistoinvestigatethefeasibilityandmechanismofhIL-2-preSDNAvaccineaspreventionandtherapeuticapproachagainstHepatitisB.EukaryonexpressionvectorinvolvinghIL-2andpreSgenewasconstructedwithrecombinanttechniqueandtransferredintonormalBALB/cmiceandHBVtransgenicmice(Tg-Mice)respectively.Tnenaseriesofdetectionwereperformed:detectionofanti-preS2,HBsantibodyandHBsAginBALB/cmiceandTg-micewithELISA,quantificationofHBVDNAcopiesinHBVTg-miceserumwithreal-timePCR,determinationofhepatitisdegreewithimmunopathologicalHEstaininganddetectionofliverfunction.Anti-preS1canbedetectedat4^th,6^thand10^thweekininoculatedBALB/cmice.Injectionwithgenegungainedanadvantageovermuscularandsubcutaneousinjectionsinceitacquiredjust1/10inoculationquantity(10μg/mouse).HighestexpressionofIgG2aat4^thweeksuggestedThl-mediatedimmuneresponse,whichfacilitatedHBVcleaning.OfallinoculatedHBVTg-mice,80%ofthemshowedanfi-preS2,HBsantibodypositiveandHBVDNAdecreased,and20%showednegativeforHBsAg.HEstainingtohepatictissueshowedobviousinfiltrationofinflammatorycells,swellingandgranulardegenerationofhepatocytes.Inourstudy,IL-2-preSDNAvaccinewhichcanprovokethehumoralandcellularimmuneresponseandbreaktheimmunetolerancesupportsthedesignationandconstructionofnewvaccineagainstHBVandspecificimmuneremedyforHBVcontinuousinfection.