Avaliação das propriedades imunomoduladoras de toxinas termo-lábeis do tipo II produzidas por Escherichia coli enterotoxigênica (ETEC) administradas por via transcutânea. / Evaluation of the immunomodulatory properties of type II heat-labile toxins produced by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) administered by transcutaneous route.
AUTOR(ES)
Camila Mathias dos Santos
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2009
RESUMO
Heat-labile toxins expressed by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (LT-I, LT-IIa and LT-IIb) are potent systemic and mucosal adjuvants. These proteins have low identity (<14%) in their B subunits and bind to different receptors, which may result in differential biological properties. The objective of this work was to evaluate the immune response induced by LT-IIa toxin and its pentameric B subunit (LT-IIaB) delivered by transcutaneous and intradermic routes. Initially the proteins of interest were expressed in recombinant E. coli strains, purified and tested for functionality in vitro. In a second moment, the immunomodulatory properties of LT-IIa and LT-IIaB, immunogenicity and adjuvant activity, were evaluated in mouse model. The humoral and cellular immune responses induced against ovalbumin (OVA) used as antigen were determined. The results show that the adjuvant activity of LT-IIa and its B pentamer depends on the route of inoculation and that LT-I and LT-IIa differ both on induction of inflammation and activation of immune responses in mice.
ASSUNTO(S)
imunização transcutânea toxinas termo-lábeis imunização intradérmica intradermic immunization vacinas heat labile toxins immunological adjuvants vaccines ovalbumin transcutaneous immuniozation vaccine adjuvants adjuvantes vacinais escherichia coli ovalbumina microbiology escherichia coli adjuvantes imunológicos microbiologia
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