Dynamic observation of immune responses induced in mice by immunization with a recombinant BCG-TSOL18 vaccine of Taenia solium / 中华地方病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To dynamically observe humoral and cellular immune responses induced in mice by immunization with a recombinant BCG-TSOL18 vaccine of Taenia solium.Methods Totally 80 Kunming mice were divided into 4 groups by using random number table according to body mass, 20 mice in each group: rBCG-TSOL18 intraperitoneal injection group [mice were vaccinated with 5 × 106 colony forming units (CFU) recombinant BCG-TSOL18 vaccine of Taenia solium through intraperitoneal injection], rBCG-TSOL18 intragastric administration group(mice were vaccinated with 4 × 108 CFU recombinant BCG-TSOL18 vaccine of Taenia solium through intragastric administration), BCG control (mice were vaccinated with 5 × 106 CFU BCG through intraperitoneal injection), PBS control (mice were vaccinated with PBS through intraperitoneal injection).Zero, 2, 4, 6 and 8 weeks after immunization, eye blood was collected and serum w as separated.Levels of specific IgG and IgG2a were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).Proliferation level of spleen lymphocytes was detected by CCK-8.Levels of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and IL-4 were determined by ELISA.Results The level of specific IgG in rBCG-TSOL18 intraperitoneal injection group and rBCG-TSOL18 intragastric administration group increased from 2 to 8 weeks, and reached the highest level by the 6th week (0.310 ± 0.022, 0.356 ± 0.026).Compared with 0 week in the same group, BCG and PBS control group of the same time periods (0.054 ± 0.005, 0.057 ± 0.006, 0.093 ± 0.014, 0.085 ± 0.010), there were statistically significant differences (all P ＜ 0.05).The level of specific IgG2a increased from 2 to 8 weeks, and reached the highest level by the 6th week (0.965 ± 0.031, 1.144 ± 0.049).Compared with 0 week in the same group, BCG and PBS control group of the same time periods (0.102 ± 0.014, 0.093 ± 0.012, 0.115 ± 0.012, 0.103 ± 0.013), there were statistically significant differences (all P ＜ 0.05).The proliferation level of spleen lymphocytes increased from 2 to 8 weeks, and reached the highest level by the 6th week (0.524 ± 0.032, 0.755 ± 0.016).Compared with 0 week in the same group, BCG and PBS control group of the same time periods (0.301 ± 0.018, 0.305 ± 0.020, 0.362 ± 0.033, 0.334 ± 0.027), there were statistically significant differences (all P ＜ 0.05).The levels of IL-2 and IL--4 in spleen lymphocyte culture supernatant increased from 2 to 8 weeks and from 4 to 6 weeks, respectively, reached the highest level by the 6th and 4th weeks, respectively [(1 665.41 ± 33.93), (1 785.11 ± 42.39)ng/L and (281.62 ± 23.79), (357.95 ± 42.57)ng/L].Compared with 0 week in the same group, BCG and PBS control group of the same time periods [(1 411.63 ± 20.54), (1 405.12 ± 21.42),(1 455.20 ± 25.03), (1 434.47 ± 17.47)ng/L and (190.17 ± 11.01), (196.96 ± 14.00), (200.51 ± 30.79), (189.64 ±40.90)ng/L], there were statistically significant differences (all P ＜ 0.05).These indexes mentioned above were statistically significantly different (all P ＜ 0.05) between rBCG-TSOL18 intragastric administration group and rBCG-TSOL18 intraperitoneal injection group.Conclusion The recombinant BCG-TSOL18 vaccine of Taenia solium might induce mice to produce humoral and cellular immune responses, and the effect of intragastric administration is better than that of intraperitoneal injection.