title: [Immunoregulation effects in vitro of the xenoprotein in combination with recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor and bacillus Calmette-Guerin].
abstract: This study was aimed to investigate the effects of xenogeneic antigen neu-Fc in combination with the recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) on the regulation of Th1 and Th2 immune response in vitro. The rat neu L2-S2 domain was engineered as a chimeric protein with human IgG Fc. The eukaryotic expression vector was constructed. The recombinant protein was stably expressed in CHO cells and purified by rProtein A Sepharose Fast Flow column. The recombinant protein was identified by SDS-PAGE and Western blot. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs) were obtained by means of standard Ficoll separation from the blood of healthy donors. Neu-Fc-induced PBMNC proliferation was tested by MTT. The production of IL-12 and IL-10 was measured by ELISA. The results showed that the level of IL-12 decreased and IL-10 increased after PBMNCs were incubated with MCF-7 cultural supernatant. 10 nmol/L neu-Fc strongly induced the cell proliferation. Compared with neu-Fc or GM-CSF or BCG treatment alone, neu-Fc in combination with GM-CSF and BCG significantly stimulated IL-12 production and inhibited IL-10 production (p < 0.01). It is concluded that the neu-Fc can stimulate the proliferation activity of PBMNCs. neu-Fc, GM-CSF and BCG costimulation efficiently induces Th1 immune response.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cytoimmunology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijng 100850, China.
authors.forename: Ming-Li
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhi-Gang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Mei-Ru
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yuan-Fang
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Bei-Fen
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000276:immunology*; D016466:CHO Cells; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000378:metabolism; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000276:immunology; D018418:Th2 Cells / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016753:Interleukin-10; D018664:Interleukin-12; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor