Fluctuation tests with antibody-forming spleen cell populations

Shortly after immunization of mice, cells forming specific antibodies to one antigen, for example, sheep red blood cells, are nonrandomly distributed throughout the spleen. If the spleen donor has been immunized with two different antigens, for example, sheep red blood cells and chicken red blood cells, the nonrandom distribution of spleen cells forming antibody to one antigen differs significantly from that of cells forming antibody to the other antigen. These findings are in accord with a clonal distribution of antibody-forming cells.     

Synthetic peptide immunoassay distinguishes HIV type 1 and HIV type 2 infections

Efforts to solve the epidemiologic puzzle of AIDS in Africa are complicated by the presence of multiple human retroviruses. Simple serologic tests that unambiguously distinguish among infections by these retroviruses are essential. To that end, a partially conserved immunoreactive epitope was identified in the transmembrane glycoproteins of human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) types 1 and 2. Synthetic peptides derived from these conserved domains were used in sensitive and specific immunoassays that detect antibodies in sera from patients infected with HIV-1 or HIV-2. By making single amino acid substitutions in the HIV-1 peptide, it was possible to demonstrate HIV-1 strain-specific antibody responses to this epitope. Such custom-designed peptides synthesized from this domain are likely to detect newly discovered HIV types, define infection with specific HIV strains, and allow detection of group-common antibodies.     

The Establishment of Immunochemistry Test Based on a Synthetic PeptideAntibody for the Detection of a Porcine Circovirus-Like Virus P1

Recently, a novel porcine circovirus-like virus P1 with a circular DNA genome of 0.648 kb was identified. P1 antigen was detected both in vitro and in vivo by synthetic peptide-derived polyclonal antibody-based immunochemistry. The designed peptides were synthesized by solid-phase technique, purified by high per-formance liquid chromatography, coupled to Keyhole limpet hemocyanin, and injected into rabbits to prepare polyclonal antibody. The emergence of positive cells revealed that synthetic peptide could elicit antibodies against P1 and viral protein could be synthesized. The polyclonal peptide antibodies described here was successfully ap-plied to immunochemical staining and proved helpful in diagnosing P1.     

HIV-1-infected T cells show a selective signaling defect after perturbation of CD3/antigen receptor

The binding of antigen or monoclonal antibody to the T cell receptor for antigen or the closely associated CD3 complex causes increases in the concentration of intracellular ionized calcium and subsequent cell proliferation. By measuring second messenger production in primary cultures of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1)--infected T cells stimulated with monoclonal antibodies specific for either CD3 or CD2, a specific impairment of membrane signaling was revealed. The HIV-1--infected T cells were unable to mobilize Ca2+ after stimulation with anti-CD3, whereas CD2-induced calcium mobilization remained intact. Furthermore, the HIV-1--infected cells proliferated poorly after CD3 stimulation, although the cells retained normal DNA synthesis in response to interleukin-2 stimulation. These results show that the signals initiated by CD2 and CD3 can be regulated independently within the same T cell; uncoupling of signal transduction after antigen-specific stimulation provides a biochemical mechanism to explain, in part, the profound immunodeficiency of patients with HIV-1 infection.     

A synthetic HIV-1 protease inhibitor with antiviral activity arrests HIV-like particle maturation

A synthetic peptidemimetic substrate of the human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) protease with a nonhydrolyzable pseudodipeptidyl insert at the protease cleavage site was prepared. The peptide U-81749 inhibited recombinant HIV-1 protease in vitro (inhibition constant Ki of 70 nanomolar) and HIV-1 replication in human peripheral blood lymphocytes (inhibitory concentration IC50 of 0.1 to 1 micromolar). Moreover, 10 micromolar concentrations of U-81749 significantly inhibited proteolysis of the HIV-1 gag polyprotein (p55) to the mature viral structural proteins p24 and p17 in cells infected with a recombinant vaccinia virus expressing the HIV-1 gag-pol genes. The HIV-1 like particles released from inhibitor-treated cells contained almost exclusively p55 and other gag precursors, but not p24. Incubation of HIV-like particles recovered from drug-treated cultures in drug-free medium indicated that inhibition of p55 proteolysis was at least partially reversible, suggesting that U-81749 was present within the particles.     

用新研制的布氏杆菌全血平板凝集抗原在田间试验结果的分析

布氏杆菌是人畜共患的重要病原之一。本文分析了新研制的全血平板凝集抗原在田间试验的结果。以标准布氏杆菌平板凝集试验和试管凝集试验为对照,经3,000多只羊的检疫,全血平板凝集抗原的检出率为最高,重复性好。     

以改进的布氏菌全血平板凝集抗原检测自然感染布病阳性绵羊的凝集素滴度

报道了以改进的布氏菌全血平板凝集抗原与标准布氏菌试管凝集试验和玻板凝集试验对照,对10只自然感染布病阳性绵羊在集中舍饲的条件下,经17个月凝集素滴度的检测,证明全血抗原的特异性、敏感性及阳性检出率均优于对照方法。     

A "D"-like antigen in rhesus red blood cells and in Rh-positive and Rh-negative red cells

A "D"-like antigen has been demonstrated in human and rhesus red cells. These red cells, as well as heat extracts of human blood (Rh-positive or Rh-negative), induce formation of "D"-like antibodies in guinea pigs. These antibodies, when exposed to rhesus red cells or to Rh-positive or Rh-negative red cells, yield eluates of "D"-like specificity.     

以合成肽为抗原建立口蹄疫病毒非结构蛋白抗体检测ELISA试剂盒#br#

【目的】建立合成多肽抗原检测FMD NSP 抗体的 ELISA 方法。【方法】固相法合成特异性FMDV NSP B细胞表位肽,将其偶联在BSA载体蛋白上,作为抗原包被在ELISA板上,制备检测抗FMDV NSP抗体的ELISA 试剂盒,并对该试剂盒进行方法考核。【结果】抗原包被浓度选择2.5μg•mL-1; 检测199 份血清标本,与美国UBI商品试剂盒符合率达到96.48%,与国产3ABC ELISA比较,符合率为97.48%,显示极好的一致性。【结论】该合成肽ELISA试剂盒可以用以检测NSP抗体,从而鉴别FMD的自然感染与疫苗免疫,试剂盒特异性强,重复性好、稳定性高,操作简便。     

以合成肽为抗原建立口蹄疫病毒非结构蛋白抗体检测ELISA试剂盒

【目的】建立合成多肽抗原检测FMD NSP抗体的ELISA方法。【方法】固相法合成特异性FMDV NSP B细胞表位肽,将其偶联在BSA载体蛋白上,作为抗原包被在ELISA板上,制备检测抗FMDV NSP抗体的ELISA试剂盒,并对该试剂盒进行方法考核。【结果】抗原包被浓度选择2.5μg·mL-1;检测199份血清标本,与美国UBI商品试剂盒符合率达到96.48%,与国产3ABC ELISA比较,符合率为97.48%,显示极好的一致性。【结论】该合成肽ELISA试剂盒可以用以检测NSP抗体,从而鉴别FMD的自然感染与疫苗免疫,试剂盒特异性强,重复性好、稳定性高,操作简便。     

Location and chemical synthesis of a binding site for HIV-1 on the CD4 protein

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) uses the CD4 protein as a receptor for infection of susceptible cells. A candidate structure for the HIV-1 binding site on the CD4 protein was identified by epitope mapping with a family of eight functionally distinct CD4-specific monoclonal antibodies in conjunction with a panel of large CD4-derived synthetic peptides. All of the seven epitopes that were located reside within two immunoglobulin-like disulfide loops situated between residues 1 and 168 of the CD4 protein. The CD4-specific monoclonal antibody OKT4A, a potent inhibitor of HIV-1 binding, recognized a site between residues 32 and 47 on the CD4 protein. By analogy to other members of the immunoglobulin superfamily of proteins, this particular region has been predicted to exist as a protruding loop. A synthetic analog of this loop (residues 25 to 58) showed a concentration-dependent inhibition of HIV-1-induced cell fusion. It is proposed that a loop extending from residues 37 to 53 of the CD4 protein is a binding site for the AIDS virus.     

Cardiolipin polyspecific autoreactivity in two broadly neutralizing HIV-1 antibodies

The design of a human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) immunogen that can induce broadly reactive neutralizing antibodies is a major goal of HIV-1 vaccine development. Although rare human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) exist that broadly neutralize HIV-1, HIV-1 envelope immunogens do not induce these antibody specificities. Here we demonstrate that the two most broadly reactive HIV-1 envelope gp41 human mAbs, 2F5 and 4E10, are polyspecific autoantibodies reactive with the phospholipid cardiolipin. Thus, current HIV-1 vaccines may not induce these types of antibodies because of autoantigen mimicry of the conserved membrane-proximal epitopes of the virus. These results may have important implications for generating effective neutralizing antibody responses by using HIV-1 vaccines.     

用人工合成多肽作为半抗原制备Bt Cry1Ac的单克隆抗体

为了制备Bt Cry1Ac特异性单克隆抗体(MAB),本试验从NCBI获得了Bt Cry1Ac蛋白的氨基酸序列,根据抗原性、亲水性和表位性分析选定Bt Cry1Ac特异性肽段进行人工合成,并将其偶联于匙孔血蓝蛋白（KLH）免疫动物,应用细胞融合技术制备了抗该肽段的杂交瘤细胞34株。通过ELISA和免疫印迹试验从中筛选出与Bt Cry1Ac天然蛋白产生特异性反应的单克隆抗体杂交瘤细胞株一株（6G9）。ELISA和免疫印迹试验结果显示,该克隆株所分泌的MAB能对合成肽和Bt Cry1Ac产生特异性反应,而与同源的Bt Cry1Aa、Bt Cry1Ab天然蛋白均无交叉反应。通过对转基因棉花的ELISA 检测结果表明,本试验所制备的Bt Cry1Ac单克隆抗体能够有效的区分常规棉和抗虫棉,并且能对其中的Bt Cry1Ac蛋白进行特异性的识别。     

抗猪红细胞膜抗原非凝集型单克隆抗体的研制及鉴定

以猪红细胞膜抗原免疫BALB/c小鼠,应用杂交瘤技术将免疫小鼠的脾细胞与Sp2/0骨髓瘤细胞融合,通过微孔板凝集试验及玻片凝集试验筛选可稳定分泌非凝集型mAb的杂交瘤细胞株,并用有限稀释法进行克隆.制备出一株可稳定分泌非凝集型抗体的杂交瘤细胞株1C2,其亚型为IgG1类,培养上清和腹水效价分别为1:1024和1:108,没有种属交叉血凝反应,为构建双特异性抗体奠定了基础.     

Rational design of peptide-based HIV proteinase inhibitors

A series of peptide derivatives based on the transition-state mimetic concept has been designed that inhibit the proteinase from the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The more active compounds inhibit both HIV-1 and HIV-2 proteinases in the nanomolar range with little effect at 10 micromolar against the structurally related human aspartic proteinases. Proteolytic cleavage of the HIV-1 gag polyprotein (p55) to the viral structural protein p24 was inhibited in chronically infected CEM cells. Antiviral activity was observed in the nanomolar range (with one compound active below 10 nanomolar) in three different cell systems, as assessed by p24 antigen and syncytium formation. Cytotoxicity was not detected at 10 and 5 micromolar in C8166 and JM cells, respectively, indicating a high therapeutic index for this new class of HIV proteinase inhibitors.     

A poliovirus neutralization epitope expressed on hybrid hepatitis B surface antigen particles

The hepatitis B virus (HBV) envelope protein carrying the surface antigen (HBsAg) is assembled with cellular lipids in mammalian cells into empty viral envelopes. In a study to evaluate the capacity of such particles to present foreign peptide sequences in a biologically active form, in-phase insertions were created in the S gene encoding the major envelope protein. One of the sequences inserted was a synthetic DNA fragment encoding a poliovirus neutralization epitope. Mammalian cells expressing the modified gene secreted hybrid particles closely resembling authentic 22-nanometer HBsAg particles. These particles reacted with a poliovirus-specific monoclonal antibody and induced neutralizing antibodies against poliovirus. The results indicate that empty viral envelopes of HBV may provide a means for the presentation of peptide sequences and for their export from mammalian cells.     

禽流感病毒感染与疫苗免疫鉴别诊断试纸条的研制及应用

 【目的】结合胶体金免疫层析技术建立一种适合养鸡业基层生产人员使用的便捷的快速诊断禽流感病毒感染鸡群的方法。【方法】将含禽流感病毒非结构基因ns1的表达载体KG-NS1转化入BL21（DE3）感受态细胞,筛选阳性克隆进行诱导表达,表达产物用GST亲和层析柱进行纯化和Western-blot分析;以NS1重组蛋白为诊断抗原,抗鸡IgFc的单抗标记的胶体金为示踪物,结合免疫层析技术,组装禽流感病毒NS1抗体的免疫胶体金鉴别诊断试纸条,评价其灵敏度和特异性,并对试验感染和临床采集的血样进行检测。【结果】NS1重组蛋白分子量约为52 kD,具有免疫学活性。在25 min内用肉眼观察到禽流感病毒感染鸡血清和NS1蛋白免疫鸡血清在试纸条的检测线处出现明显的棕红色,呈明显的阳性反应,而其它病原的血清在试纸条的检测线处不出现任何颜色,呈阴性反应。而且感染鸡群的NS1抗体在感染后3 d即可检测到,感染后1～2周为高峰期,维持时间约1周,检测阳性率为80%左右。临床样品的阳性率为9.1%。【结论】试纸条使用方便,操作简单,25 min内可以用肉眼判断结果,可区分禽流感疫苗免疫和野毒感染家禽,具有很大的推广应用价值。     

Hemagglutination assay for antigen and antibody associated with viral hepatitis

Hemagglutination assays are described for measuring hepatitis-associated Australia antigen and antibody. Red cells coated with isolated antigen, with chromic chloride as a coupling agent, are used for detection of antibodies. Detection of the antigen in serums depends on inhibition of hemagglutination. The test has the sensitivity and rapidity of the best tests available, is simpler to perform, and lends itself to large-scale screening of blood donors.     

Human lymphocytes making rheumatoid factor and antibody to ssDNA belong to Leu-1+ B-cell subset

B lymphocytes bearing the Leu-1 cell-surface antigen (Leu-1+), the human equivalent of mouse Ly-1+ B lymphocytes, have been detected in human peripheral blood, but there is little information on their frequency and properties. Analysis by fluorescence-activated cell sorter and double immunofluorescence showed that Leu-1+ B cells are consistently present in the peripheral blood and spleens of healthy subjects and constitute 17.0 +/- 5.0% (mean value +/- standard deviation) and 17.3 +/- 3.9%, respectively, of total B cells. When purified Leu-1+ and Leu-1- B lymphocytes were transformed into immunoglobulin-secreting cells by infection with Epstein-Barr virus and the culture fluids were tested for reactivity with self-antigens, at least two important autoantibodies, antibody to the Fc fragment of human immunoglobulin G (rheumatoid factor) and antibody to single-stranded DNA, were found to be made exclusively by Leu-1+ B cells. It is concluded that the Leu-1+ lymphocytes represent a major subset of the normal human B cell repertoire and include the B cells capable of making autoantibodies similar to those found in systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis.