CEA 迷你基因串联体疫苗免疫小鼠脾细胞对CEA 阳性肿瘤细胞的杀伤作用及疫苗的安全性评价

目的:观察CEA 迷你基因串联体疫苗pcDNA-triCEA625-667 免疫小鼠脾细胞对肿瘤细胞特异性杀伤作用并对疫苗免疫小鼠后的安全性进行评估。方法: BALB/ c 小鼠随机分为空白载体组(pcDNA3.0)、单倍体疫苗实验组(pcDNA-CEA625-667 )、串联体疫苗实验组(pcDNA-triCEA625-667 ),肌肉注射法免疫动物,每隔10 d 免疫1 次,共免疫4 次,记录免疫小鼠的体重变化、存活情况以及检测血清ALT、肌酐水平。以疫苗免疫小鼠的脾细胞为效应细胞,以LDH 释放法检测其对CEA 阳性的小鼠肝癌细胞株(H22-CEA+ )、胃癌细胞株(MFC-CEA+ )、结肠癌细胞株(CT26-CEA+ )以及CEA 阴性小鼠肝癌细胞株(H22-CEA- )的特异性CTL 的杀伤活性。结果:两种疫苗对CEA 阳性的肝癌、胃癌及结肠癌细胞均具有较强的杀伤活性,与PcDNA3.0 空载体组相比,差异有统计学意义(P<0.01)。而对CEA 阴性肿瘤细胞(H22-CEA- )则几乎无影响。迷你串联体基因疫苗pcDNA-triCEA625-667 对肝癌细胞H22-CEA+及胃癌细胞MFC-CEA+的杀伤活性强于单倍体基因疫苗pcDNA-CEA625-667(P<0.05)。疫苗免疫对小鼠的存活状态、体重变化及肝肾功能指标均无影响。结论:CEA 迷你基因疫苗安全有效,能够诱导肿瘤特异性CTL 产生,且三倍体串联体疫苗免疫效果优于单倍体疫苗。     

CEA抗原表位串联体与FL共表达基因疫苗抑制小鼠肝癌细胞体内生长的研究

目的:观察CEA抗原表位串联体与FL共表达基因疫苗抑制荷瘤小鼠肿瘤生长。方法:利用基因重组技术将CEA抗原表位三串联体和FL基因片段克隆到质粒pcDNA3.0上,肌注免疫BALB/c小鼠,观察重组基因疫苗对CEA阳性肿瘤的抑制作用、小鼠生存时间及其诱导小鼠杀伤效应细胞的活性。结果:pcDNA-triCEA625-667-sFL免疫组小鼠生存时间延长,肿瘤生长速度缓慢,瘤块较小,与对照组小鼠比较有显著性差异(P0.01);经pcDNA-triCEA625-667-sFL免疫的小鼠脾细胞对H22-CEA+的杀伤率明显升高,差异有显著性(P0.01)。结论:共表达三倍体CEA抗原表位和FL的基因疫苗可以有效抑制CEA阳性肿瘤在小鼠体内的生长,并增强小鼠杀伤效应细胞的活性。     

pcDNA3.1+/MAGE-3 DNA疫苗诱导特异性抗肿瘤免疫应答的实验研究

目的：构建pcDNA3.1+/MAGE-3 DNA疫苗，观察其在小鼠体内诱导特异性抗肿瘤免疫应答的能力。方法： 通过RT-PCR构建重组表达质粒pcDNA3.1+/MAGE-3；以pcDNA3.1+/MAGE-3 DNA疫苗免疫已接种肿瘤细胞的小鼠，每10 d重复免疫1次，共3次，以pcDNA3.1+、PBS为对照。末次免疫后5 d检测血清中MAGE-3抗体滴度、小鼠脾淋巴细胞的细胞毒T细胞（cytotoxic T lymphocytes，CTL）杀伤活性、细胞因子IL-2和IFN-γ的浓度，同时计算抑瘤率。结果： 成功构建了pcDNA3.1+/MAGE-3 DNA疫苗，用此疫苗免疫已接种B16/MAGE-3细胞的小鼠后，能诱导小鼠脾淋巴细胞MAGE-3特异性的杀伤活性，脾细胞培养上清中细胞因子IL-2和IFN-γ的浓度明显增高，血清中抗MAGE-3抗体在1∶20滴度时阳性，肿瘤生长被显著抑制，与pcDNA3.1+组、PBS组相比，差异显著（P＜0.01）。结论： 成功构建了pcDNA3.1+/MAGE-3 DNA疫苗，该疫苗在小鼠体内既能激活CTL杀伤活性和CD4+ T细胞活性，又能激活体液免疫反应，从而诱导出特异性的抗肿瘤免疫应答。     

HIV DNA疫苗与重组腺病毒伴随病毒联合免疫效果的研究

目的 构建含HIV-1B亚型中国株gagV3基因的DNA疫苗及重组腺病毒伴随病毒(rAAV)疫苗，并研究DNA疫苗和rAAV联合免疫的免疫效果。方法 将HIV-1B亚型中国株gagV3基因克隆入真核表达载体pCI-neo上，构建了含HIV-1 gagV3基因的DNA疫苗pCI-gagV3。采用电击法将pCI-gagV3质粒转染p815细胞，用G418压力筛选，得到转入重组质粒的细胞系p815-gagV3，用免疫酶法检测细胞系中HIV-1基因的表达。用该DNA疫苗进行小鼠免疫实验，检测免疫效果；用该DNA疫苗初次免疫，含同样gagV3基因的重组腺病毒伴随病毒rAAV-gagV3加强免疫，采用免疫酶法检测免疫小鼠血清中HIV-1特异性的抗体水平，用乳酸脱氢酶法检测免疫小鼠的HIV-1特异性CTL水平。结果 pCI-gagV3可以在p815细胞中表达HIV-1的基因，免疫BALB／c小鼠后可以在小鼠体内诱发HIV-1特异性的细胞和体液免疫反应。HIV-1特异性抗体滴度为1：20；效靶比为50：1时，CTL平均杀伤率为41．7％。pCI-gagV3与rAAV-gagV3联合免疫并不能明显提高抗体水平，但可以提高CTL反应，效靶比为50：1时，CTL平均杀伤率为61.3％，高于单独用DNA疫苗或重组AAV疫苗免疫后产生的CTL活性。结论 DNA疫苗与重组腺病毒伴随病毒联合免疫可以提高免疫小鼠产生的HIV-1特异性CTL反应。     

IL-12对小鼠肥大细胞瘤基因疫苗的免疫学作用

目的 研究小鼠肥大细胞瘤P815基因疫苗和鼠IL-12对该疫苗的免疫学作用。方法 将小鼠肥大细胞瘤P815特异抗原基因P1A克隆到真核表达质粒pCI-neo中；用P815细胞对DBA/2小鼠右腹侧皮下注射，构建P815小鼠肿瘤模型；以重组基因疫苗单独或与鼠IL-12真核表达质粒一起肌肉注射，观察肿瘤的消长，特异细胞毒T淋巴细胞激活和抗全的生成情况。结果 重组基因疫苗在体外有很好的表达，注射后CTL的杀伤效率为40%，IL-12共注射的CTI，杀伤效率达到60%，免疫后，30%小鼠的肿瘤出现消退；同IL-12共注射则有50%的小鼠的肿瘤出现消退，2种情况下都不能检测到任何特异抗体的产生。结论 重组P1A肿瘤疫苗能有效激活机体的肿瘤特异免疫应答；基因疫苗对小鼠P815肿瘤的治疗作用主要归因于细胞免疫；IL-12有增强这种免疫应答的作用。     

乙肝核酸疫苗诱导BALB/C小鼠的CTL免疫应答

目的：研究携带HBsAg基因的载体质粒pcDHBs诱导小鼠CTL应答效果。方法：将HBsAg基因连接到真核表达载体pcDNA3．1上，构建成载体质粒pcDHBs。将纯化后的质粒pcDRBs和pcDNA3．1肌肉注射免疫小鼠，眼眶采血检测血清中抗体水平。用质粒pcDHBs转染P815细胞制备乙肝疫苗诱导BALB／C小鼠CTL活性检测的靶细胞。免疫后，取脾细胞，按效靶比为10：1、25：1、50：1进行CIL杀伤检测。结果：免疫pcDHBs疫苗后，检测到小鼠血清中的RBsAb。用pcDHBs进行转染的P815细胞能够检测到HBsAg基因片段和蛋白质抗原的表达。用pcDHBs免疫组小鼠的CTL杀伤率均明显高于pcDNA3．1免疫组。结论：质粒pcDHBs作为核酸疫苗能够诱导小鼠体液免疫应答和CTL免疫应答。     

B7-1基因转染小鼠肝癌细胞诱导的抗瘤效应研究

目的：研究共刺激分子B7-1在抗肿瘤免疫中的作用.方法：体外观察转染B7-1基因及空载体的小鼠肝癌细胞株H22与同源小鼠脾细胞混合培养后,测定淋巴细胞增殖指数、CTL,于小鼠皮下接种不同H22细胞后观察肿瘤生长情况.结果：转染B7-1基因的H22细胞体外可刺激淋巴细胞增殖,增强CTL的杀伤活性,接种小鼠后成瘤潜伏期和荷瘤鼠存活期明显延长（P＜0.05）.结论：转入B7-1基因的小鼠肝癌细胞H22能增强免疫原性,能有效诱导CTLs介导的抗肿瘤免疫反应.     

HBV与HCV融合基因免疫的抗肿瘤作用研究

目的 :观察基因疫苗SpcDNA3.1、CpcDNA3.1及融合基因疫苗CSpcDNA3.1诱导BALB c小鼠 (H 2 d)的特异性细胞免疫应答及其对稳定表达HBsAg和HCcAg的小鼠肥大细胞瘤P815细胞 (H 2 d)接种动物后成瘤性的影响。方法 :3种重组质粒SpcDNA3.1、CpcDNA3 1和CSpcDNA3 1分别肌注免疫小鼠 ,3w后背部皮下接种质粒CSpcDNA3 1转染的P815细胞 ,观察小鼠成瘤和存活时间。LDH法检测免疫小鼠的脾淋巴细胞CTL活性。结果 :融合质粒CSpcDNA3 1可显著抑制肿瘤出现和生长 ,小鼠生存时间明显延长 ,生存率提高 ,CSpcDNA3 1免疫的小鼠脾淋巴细胞体外对转染的P815肿瘤细胞有明显的杀伤作用。结论 :融合基因疫苗CSpcDNA3 1免疫的小鼠能诱发特异性抗肿瘤细胞免疫。     

IL-12和IL-18基因免疫对HBcAg核酸疫苗诱导小鼠(H-2d)特异性免疫应答的影响

目的：观察IL-12和IL-18基因免疫对HBcAg核酸疫苗诱导小鼠（H-2d）特异性体液免疫和细胞免疫应答的影响.方法：用肌肉注射法将HBV核心区DNA疫苗、IL-12质粒和IL-18 质粒接种BALB/c小鼠;ELISA法检测小鼠血清抗-HBc（IgG）及IgG亚类（IgG1、IgG2a）;LDH释放法检测小鼠脾细胞HBcAg特异性CTL活性.结果：免疫6周后,HBcAg DNA疫苗联合IL-12质粒、IL-18质粒和IL-12＋IL-18质粒组小鼠的血清抗HBc终点滴度均明显高于单纯注射HBcAg DNA疫苗组小鼠（P＜0.05）,抗HBc IgG亚类以IgG2a占优.DNA疫苗免疫的各组小鼠,HBcAg特异性细胞毒性T淋巴细胞杀伤率均高于对照组（P组）,其中C＋IL-18组和C＋IL-12＋IL-18组中CTL值明显高于C组,尤以C＋IL-12＋IL-18组中的CTL杀伤率最高.结论：IL-12和IL-18基因与HBcAg DNA疫苗联合免疫,不仅能增强HBcAg特异性体液免疫应答,而且能增强HBcAg特异性CTL的杀伤活性.     

人癌胚抗原重组痘苗病毒转染树突状细胞体外诱导的抗肿瘤免疫

目的：研究人癌胚抗原重组痘苗病毒（rV-CEA)转染外周血树突状细胞（DC）后在外体诱导的抗CEA分泌性肿瘤免疫。方法：分离晚期结肠癌患者的外周血单核细胞，在体外用人重组粒－巨噬细胞集落刺激因子（GM－CSF）及白细胞介素4（IL－4）培养成DC，再用rV-CEA转染DC后激发自体T细胞，观察其体外激发自体T细胞的增殖能力及其诱导的细胞毒性T淋巴细胞（CTL）对自体CEA分泌性肿瘤细胞的杀伤活性，并与野生型痘苗病毒（W－VV）及无病毒转染的DC所激发的T细胞进行比较。结果：经rV-CEA转染的DC能显著刺激自体T细胞的增殖，其激活的T细胞对CEA分泌性自体肿瘤细胞具有特异性杀伤作用。结论：rV-CEA转染的DC可以诱导体CEA分泌性肿瘤免疫。     

Renal dysplasia and asplenia in two sibs

A family is reported in which two sibs, one male and the other female, both died within 24 hours of birth with enlarged polycystic kidneys. Postmortem histology in the second child showed gross renal dysplasia. In both children the pancreas was enlarged, nodular and cystic but the liver appeared macroscopically normal. In the second child, histological examination confirmed pancreatic fibrosis with cystic dilation of ducts, but showed portal fibrosis with bile duct proliferation in the liver.
This combination of findings is very reminiscent of those in a girl and her brother reported by Ivemark et al. (1959). The children reported here also showed absence or hypoplasia of the spleen, cardiac anomalies and other features of the Ivemark syndrome (Ivemark 1955), a quite different, usually sporadic, congenital disorder. It is suggested that the children described here have a distinct lethal congenital disorder, probably inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.     

Schizophrenia in a North Swedish geographical isolate, 1900–1977. Epidemiology, genetics and biochemistry

Over 200 schizophrenic patients belonging to three major and interrelated pedigree complexes have been investigated over the past 30 years in a North Swedish geographically isolated population, presently numbering about 6,000. An intensive investigation of a number of biochemical correlates and genetic markers in a few selected families belonging to one of the major pedigrees has indicated new strategies for the current research program.
Schizophrenia, as defined operationally, is significantly associated with decreased activities of two enzymes (1) blood platelet monoamine oxidase, (2) plasma dopamine-β-hydroxylase, and (3) with the genetic marker Gc² (group specific antigen). Both enzymes are subject to genetic variation. A positive score for linkage between schizophrenia and low plasma DBH activity has been calculated, but, so far, available data are insufficient for discrimination between linkage and partial contribution of genetically controlled low plasma DBH to the pathogenesis of the disease. Alternatively, both mechanisms could be involved.
As a model for continued research, schizophrenia is explained as based on a double dominant-recessive genotype (Aabb), representing a vulnerability which in about 50 % of cases develops into clinical schizophrenia. It is suggested that the dominant mutation (A) operates on or affects MAO activity, and that the recessive genotype (bb) is instrumental in low variates of DBH activity and very likely such variates within the normal range of physiological variation. Moreover, it is suggested that the combined effects of MAO- and DBH-reduced efficiency on the metabolism of e.g. dopamine could be an essential pathogenic mechanism for the schizophrenic illness which is segregating in this population.     

The dominant diseases of modernized societies as omega-3 essential fatty acid deficiency syndrome: Substrate beriberi

About 1900, modern food selection and processing caused widespread $\text{epidemics}$ of the B vitamin deficiency diseases of beriberi and pellagra which, for genetic reasons, often expressed as different diseases ranging from bowel and heart disease to dermatoses and psychoses. But the B vitamins merely help convert essential fatty acids (EFA) into the prostaglandin (PG) tissue regulators and it now turns out that, through hydrogenation, milling and selection of w3-poor southern foods, we have also been systematically depleting, by as much as 90%, a newly discovered trace Nordic EFA (w3) of special importance to primates and sole precursor of the PG3(4) series, even as a concurrent fiber deficiency increases body demand for EFA. Since substrate EFA is processed by many B vitamin catalysts, an EFA deficiency will mimic a $\text{panh}$ypovitaminosis B, i.e., a mixture of $\text{substrate}$ beriberi and $\text{substrate}$ pellagra resembling vitamin beriberi and pellagra but exhibiting as even more diverse $\text{endemic}$ disease. This would consitute a second stage of the Modern Malnutrition and explain why some workers now hold the dominant diseases of modermized societies to be new, nutritionally based, pellagraform yet lipid-related and to range, once again, from heart disease to psychosis. It is an assumption that our dominant diseases are unrelated to each other or are merely revealed by our diagnostic acumen and therapeutic success; and that hydrogenating millions of tons of food oils annually, to destroy the rancidity producing w3-EFA, is safe for $\text{primates}$. Extensive beriberiform disease is reported here in 32 typical cases taken from medical practice which responds strikingly to linseed oil supplements (60% w3-EFA) in confirmation of identical results in Capuchins.     

What will studies of Fulani individuals naturally exposed to malaria teach us about protective immunity to malaria?

There are an estimated over 200 million yearly cases of malaria worldwide. Despite concerted international effort to combat the disease, it still causes approximately half a million deaths every year, the majority of which are young children with Plasmodium falciparum infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Successes are largely attributed to malaria prevention strategies, such as insecticide-treated mosquito nets and indoor spraying, as well as improved access to existing treatments. One important hurdle to new approaches for the treatment and prevention of malaria is our limited understanding of the biology of Plasmodium infection and its complex interaction with the immune system of its human host. Therefore, the elimination of malaria in Africa not only relies on existing tools to reduce malaria burden, but also requires fundamental research to develop innovative approaches. Here, we summarize our discoveries from investigations of ethnic groups of West Africa who have different susceptibility to malaria.     

'Very sore nights and days': the child's experience of illness in early modern England, c.1580-1720

Sick children were ubiquitous in early modern England, and yet they have received very little attention from historians. Taking the elusive perspective of the child, this article explores the physical, emotional, and spiritual experience of illness in England between approximately 1580 and 1720. What was it like being ill and suffering pain? How did the young respond emotionally to the anticipation of death? It is argued that children’s experiences were characterised by profound ambivalence: illness could be terrifying and distressing, but also a source of emotional and spiritual fulfilment and joy. This interpretation challenges the common assumption amongst medical historians that the experiences of early modern patients were utterly miserable. It also sheds light on children’s emotional feelings for their parents, a subject often overlooked in the historiography of childhood. The primary sources used in this article include diaries, autobiographies, letters, the biographies of pious children, printed possession cases, doctors’ casebooks, and theological treatises concerning the afterlife.     

Guidelines for the Validation and Use of Immunoassays for Determination of Introduced Proteins in Biotechnology Enhanced Crops and Derived Food Ingredients

Recent advancements in agricultural biotechnology have created a need for analytical techniques to determine introduced proteins in crops enhanced through modern biotechnology techniques. These proteins are expressed in plant tissues and may be present in food ingredients. Immunoassays are ideally suited for protein detection and may be used as both quantitative and threshold methods. Microplate ELISA and lateral flow devices are two of the most commonly used immunoassay formats for agricultural biotechnology applications. This paper provides general background information and a discussion of criteria for the validation and application of immunochemical methods to the analysis of proteins introduced into plants and food ingredients using biotechnology methods. It is the result of a collaborative effort of members of the Analytical Environmental Immunochemical Consortium. This collaborative effort represents the combined expertise of several organizations to reach consensus on establishing guidelines for the validation and use of immunoassays. Further, the paper offers developers and users a consistent approach to adopting the technology as well as aid in producing accurate and meaningful results.     

HLA in North Colombia Chimila Amerindians

HLA-A,-B,-C,-DRB1 and -DQB1 alleles have been studied in Chimila Amerindians from Sabana de San Angel (North Colombian Coast) by using high resolution molecular typing. A frequent extended haplotype was found:HLA-A*24:02-B*51:10-C*15:02-BRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02 (28.7%) which has also been described in Amerinndian Mayos Mexican population (Mexico, California Gulf, Pacific Ocean). Other haplotypes had already been found in Amerindians from Mexico (Pacific and Atlantic Coast), Peru (highlands and Amazon Basin), Bolivia and North USA. A geographic pattern according to HLA allele or haplotype frequencies is lacking in Amerindians, as already known. Also, five new extended haplotypes were found in Chimila Amerindians. Their HLA-A*24:02 high frequencies characteristic is shared with aboriginal populations of Taiwan; also, HLA-C*01:02 high frequencies are found in New Zealand Maoris, New Caledonians and Kimberly Aborigines from Australia. Finally, this study may show a model of evolutionary factors acting and rising one HLA allele frequency (-A*24:02), but not in others that belong to the same or different HLA loci.     

Ultracryotomy: development and application (with examples from the yeast cytology) (author's transl)

The preparation steps usually necessary for obtaining ultrathin frozen sections of biological material (chemical prefixation, enclosing, cryoprotective treatment, freezing, sectioning, and post-staining the sections for transmission electron microscopy) are submitted to a critical analysis. The application of cryo-ultramicrotomy, in particularly for cytochemical purposes, is reviewed. Fundamental considerations of chemical prefixation and poststaining are supported by examples from yeast cytology. Furthermore, the efficiency of the cryo-ultramicrotomy (electron optical resolution of ultrastructural details) is demonstrated on yeast cells and protoplasts.     

The universal muscular chamber. A basic unit of the genitourinary, cardiovascular, gastro-intestinal, skeletal, cutaneous, respiratory and other systems, endocameral hypertension; and spasm, the key to their idiopathic diseases and arthropathies

Starting with the integument, we see many organs are contractile sacs or multiples thereof, which tubes or bags constitute the major part of the entire body. Recognition of this basic unit and its characteristics sheds new light, individually and collectively, on many disorders previously considered unrelated. Muscular tears and perforations develop in the walls of these chambers, being no way peculiar to those organs, wherein, hydrochloric acid occurs. So, it is not necessary to explain the absence of excessive acid from patients who exhibit holes in the gastric, uterine, aortic, duodenal, rectal, pulmonary, retina, and other walls. Muscle, not acid is the great common factor relating idiopathic disorders in the gastrointestinal tract to each other and to similar diseases in other systems. When the units are linked together, the lesions tend to appear as arthropathies, i.e. at the joints. Rephrasing common-place observations, frees us from conventional, conceptual cul-de-sacs. An observation is only as good as its interpretation, so all possibilities must be considered, otherwise, we will remain blinded by our misconceptions.