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Different Adjuvants (different + adjuvant)
Selected AbstractsORIGINAL ARTICLE: A Multi-Subunit Chlamydial Vaccine Induces Antibody and Cell-Mediated Immunity in Immunized Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus): Comparison of Three Different AdjuvantsAMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY, Issue 2 2010Alison J. Carey Citation Carey AJ, Timms P, Rawlinson G, Brumm J, Nilsson K, Harris JM, Beagley KW. A multi-subunit chlamydial vaccine induces antibody and cell-mediated immunity in immunized koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus): comparison of three different adjuvants. Am J Reprod Immunol 2010; 63: 161,172 Problem, Chlamydial infections represent a major threat to the survival of the koala. Infections caused by Chlamydia pecorum cause blindness, infertility, pneumonia and urinary tract infections and represent a threat to the survival of the species. Little is known about the immune response in koalas, or the safety of commonly used adjuvants for induction of protective systemic and mucosal immunity. Method of study, In the present study, we immunized 18 healthy female koalas subcutaneously with a combination of three chlamydial antigens [major outer membrane protein (MOMP), NrdB and TC0512 (Omp85)] mixed with one of three different adjuvants [Alhydrogel, Immunostimulating Complex (ISC) and TiterMax Gold]. Results, All adjuvants induced strong neutralizing IgG responses in plasma against the three antigens with prolonged responses lasting more than 270 days seen in Alhydrogel and ISC immunized animals. Cloacal IgG responses lasting >270 days were also induced in ISC-immunized animals. Chlamydia -specific peripheral blood mononuclear cell proliferative responses were elicited by both Alhydrogel and ISC, and these lasted >270 days in the ISC group. Conclusion, The data show that a multi-subunit chlamydial vaccine, given subcutaneously, can elicit Chlamydia -specific cell-mediated and antibody responses in the koala demonstrating that the development of a protective vaccine is feasible. [source] The effect of immunization on the response to P. gingivalis infection in mice is adjuvant-dependentJOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY, Issue 9 2005Yael Houri-Haddad Abstract Aim: Studies on vaccines against the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis have produced conflicting results, but no consideration has been given to the role of different adjuvants in these vaccines. We have previously shown that an intra-chamber challenge with heat-killed P. gingivalis was modified by immunization with different adjuvants. This study tested the hypothesis that different adjuvants in P. gingivalis vaccines would differentially modify the host response to a live P. gingivalis infection. Results: Using P. gingivalis -infected subcutaneous chambers in mice, we show that vaccination with P. gingivalis in alum attenuated the pro-inflammatory cytokine levels at the site of infection, while the vaccine containing incomplete Freund's adjuvant did the opposite. Although both vaccines induced a similar humoral IgG response, P. gingivalis -induced abscesses were significantly smaller in the alum-adjuvant group. Conclusions: The results suggest that the immune response and the resultant protection to a P. gingivalis infection, in P. gingivalis -vaccinated mice, are adjuvant-dependent. [source] Enhancement of Laser Cancer Treatment by a Chitosan-derived Immunoadjuvant,PHOTOCHEMISTRY & PHOTOBIOLOGY, Issue 1 2005Wei R. Chen ABSTRACT A chitosan derivative, glycated chitosan (GC), has been used as an immunostimulant for cancer treatment in laser immunotherapy. The function of GC is to enhance the host immune response after direct cancer cell destruction by a selective laser photothermal interaction. To further test its effects, laser immunotherapy was extended to include several different adjuvants for immunological stimulation and to include photodynamic therapy (PDT) as a different tumor-destruction mechanism. Complete Freund (CF) adjuvant, incomplete Freund (IF) adjuvant and Corynebacterium parvum (CP) were selected for treatment of metastatic mammary tumors in rats, in combination with a selective photothermal interaction. The solution of the immunoadjuvants admixed with indocyanine green (ICG), a light-absorbing dye, was injected directly into the tumors, followed by noninvasive irradiation of an 805 nm laser. Combined with PDT, in the treatment of tumors in mice, GC was administered peritumorally immediately after laser irradiation. The survivals of treated animals were compared with untreated control animals. In the treatment of rat tumors, CF, IF and CP raised the cure rates from 0% to 18%, 7% and 9%, respectively. In comparison, GC resulted in a 29% long-term survival. In the treatment of EMT6 mammary sarcoma in mice, GC of 0.5% and 1.5% concentrations increased the cure rates of Photofrin-based PDT treatment from 38% to 63% and 75%, respectively. In the treatment of Line 1 lung adenocarcinoma in mice, a 1.67% GC solution enabled a noncurative meso -substituted tetra(meta -hydroxy-phenyl)chlorin,based PDT to cure 37% of the tumor-bearing mice. The experimental results of this study confirmed our previous studies, showing that immunoadjuvants played an active role in laser-related cancer treatment and that GC significantly enhanced the efficacy of laser cancer treatment. [source] ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A Multi-Subunit Chlamydial Vaccine Induces Antibody and Cell-Mediated Immunity in Immunized Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus): Comparison of Three Different AdjuvantsAMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY, Issue 2 2010Alison J. Carey Citation Carey AJ, Timms P, Rawlinson G, Brumm J, Nilsson K, Harris JM, Beagley KW. A multi-subunit chlamydial vaccine induces antibody and cell-mediated immunity in immunized koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus): comparison of three different adjuvants. Am J Reprod Immunol 2010; 63: 161,172 Problem, Chlamydial infections represent a major threat to the survival of the koala. Infections caused by Chlamydia pecorum cause blindness, infertility, pneumonia and urinary tract infections and represent a threat to the survival of the species. Little is known about the immune response in koalas, or the safety of commonly used adjuvants for induction of protective systemic and mucosal immunity. Method of study, In the present study, we immunized 18 healthy female koalas subcutaneously with a combination of three chlamydial antigens [major outer membrane protein (MOMP), NrdB and TC0512 (Omp85)] mixed with one of three different adjuvants [Alhydrogel, Immunostimulating Complex (ISC) and TiterMax Gold]. Results, All adjuvants induced strong neutralizing IgG responses in plasma against the three antigens with prolonged responses lasting more than 270 days seen in Alhydrogel and ISC immunized animals. Cloacal IgG responses lasting >270 days were also induced in ISC-immunized animals. Chlamydia -specific peripheral blood mononuclear cell proliferative responses were elicited by both Alhydrogel and ISC, and these lasted >270 days in the ISC group. Conclusion, The data show that a multi-subunit chlamydial vaccine, given subcutaneously, can elicit Chlamydia -specific cell-mediated and antibody responses in the koala demonstrating that the development of a protective vaccine is feasible. [source] | ||||||||||