title: [Specific immune responses in Balb/c mice induced by plasmid coexpressing hepatitis B surface antigen and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the improvement of specific immune responses induced by plasmid coexpressing hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF).
  
  
  METHODS
  All Balb/c (H-2d) mice were immunized with pGM-CSF/S, pS/GM-CSF, pS or control plasmids. 4 weeks later, anti-HBs titer and the levels of IL-2, IL-4 and IFN-gamma in the supernatant of splenocytes were detected using enzyme- linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and HBsAg-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) activity was measured with a 51Cr release assay, using P815/S transfectants as target cells.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The anti-HBs antibody titers in the serum, the levels of IL-2 and IFN-gamma, and the CTL activity in pcDNA3.1-GM-CSF-S immuned mice were higher than those in PcDNA3.1-S immunized mice (F=4.176, P<0.01; F=31.188, P<0.01; F=31.796, P<0.01; F<or=26.891, P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It will improve the specific immune responses induced by HBsAg DNA vaccine after it is binded to the gene of GM-CSF.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Viral Hepatitis, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing 400010, China.
authors.forename: Yu-ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Qing
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.forename: Jia-jiang
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Ming-li
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Hong-mei
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ren
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D007376:Interleukin-2; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; D015847:Interleukin-4; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor