HIV-1 p24 DNA和P24蛋白联合免疫小鼠的效果

Immunological efficiency induced by HIV-1 p24 DNA combined with P24 protein

摘要:

DNA疫苗能够诱导机体产生特异的细胞免疫和体液免疫反应，在肿瘤和感染性疾病的疫苗开发中显示出巨大的潜能。以HIV-1核心蛋白P24为抗原基因，构建pVAX1-p24 DNA，经Western blotting和动物活体成像检测证明，pVAX1 DNA携带的外源基因可以在293T 细胞和小鼠肌肉组织有效表达。采用不同的免疫策略免疫BALB/c小鼠 (DNA/DNA，DNA/Protein)，实验结果表明：pVAX1-p24单独免疫BALB/c小鼠，可诱导明显的体液免疫及细胞免疫反应；pVAX1-p24与P24蛋白联合免疫诱导的体液免疫反应高于pVAX1-p24单独免疫，所获得的抗体滴度是单独免疫的7.3~8.0倍，但细胞免疫反应则不及单独免疫组。研究结果表明采取不同的免疫策略可以诱导产生不同的免疫反应，根据具体情况调整免疫策略将获得更好的免疫效果。这些研究为艾滋病疫苗的研发提供了实验依据。

Abstract:

New strategies to improve vaccine efficacy against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) are still required. DNA vaccines, exhibiting potential advantages over conventional vaccines for their simplicity and versatility, can induce specific humoral and cellular immune responses. We developed a recombinant pVAX1 DNA vector carrying p24 gene of HIV-1. The results showed that pVAX1 mediated gene possessed the ability of effective expression in both transfected 293T cells and BALB/c mice. And pVAX1-p24 DNA prime and boost immunization can induce significant P24-specific humoral immune responses and cellular immune responses in BALB/c mice. Furthermore, immunization with pVAX1-p24 DNA prime and protein boost induced 7.3 to 8.0-fold greater p24-specific humoral responses than pVAX1-p24 DNA prime and boost, while the cellular immune responses induced by combined immunization was lower. The results suggested that pVAX1-p24 DNA and P24 protein vaccine is a promising HIV-1 vaccine, and the selections of the immunization strategies are important for the immunization results.