[The Experimental Study on the TCR Idiotypic DNA Vaccine to Induce Antitumor Immune Response to Lymphocytic Malignancy]
This study was undertaken to investigate the anti-lymphocytic malignacy immunologic effects induced by TCR idiotypic DNA vaccine on BALB/c mice. CEM lymphoma cell line and BALB/c mice were used as models. The rearrangement gene fragment coding TCR Vbeta region of CEM cell line was obtained by RT-PCR technique. The PCR product was cloned into the eukaryocytic expression vector pcDNA3 to be used as DNA vaccine. The experimental animals were immunized by intramuscular injection with DNA vaccine. The specific anti-idiotypic antibody was detected by indirect immunofluorescence assay. The specific anti-idiotypic cellular immunity was detected by CTL activity assay using MTT method. The results showed that specific anti-idiotypic antibody in the immunized mice sera could be found since four weeks after immunization and came to the peak of titer on the sixth week. Using IL-6 as immunological adjuvant could significantly increase the antibody titers. It was concluded that the TCR idiotypic DNA vaccine could induce effectively the specific anti-lymphoma idiotypic antibody in BALB/c mice. Using IL-6 as immunological adjuvant could significantly increase the antibody titers induced by idiotipic DNA vaccine.
Zhang
Yeping
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Department of Hematology, The First Hospital, Beijing Medical University, Beijing 100034, China.
Zhu
Ping
P
Shi
Yongjin
Y
Bu
Dingfang
D
Cao
Xianghong
X
Zhu
Qiang
Q
Wang
Yijia
Y
Ma
Mingxin
M
Yu
Jiren
J