title: [Immuno-modulating effects of eukaryotic expressing vectors of IL-12 and GM-CSF associated to DNA-based vaccination against experimental cutaneous leishmaniasis in BALB/c mouse].
abstract: Different works of DNA based vaccination against leishmaniasis highlight the complexity of the induced immune responses to fight against the disease. In this work, we exploited the capacity of IL-12 and GMC-SF to activate immune cell mediators and effectors to induce a Th1 response, more capable of clearing the parasite. To generate these immunomodulating activities, we associated eukaryotic expressing vectors of murine IL-12 and GMC-SF to several DNA based vaccine candidates encoding to several L. (L.) major antigens, in the BALB/c mouse. When mice were challenged with a high parasitic load in the hind footpad, no additional protective effect could be generated. However, when the challenge was carried out in the inner face of the ear with a small parasitic load, the association of plasmids encoding to IL-12 and GMC-SF to DNA based vaccination, the protective effects were increased.
authors: Laboratory of Immunology, Vaccinology and Molecular Genetics, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, 13, Place Pasteur BP-74, 1002 Tunis-Belvedere, Tunisia.
authors: S Ben Hadj
authors: SB
authors: Ahmed
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Dellagi
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Bahloul
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells; D005260:Female; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000276:immunology*; D018320:Leishmania major / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D054332:Leishmaniasis Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010957:Plasmids / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods*; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D054332:Leishmaniasis Vaccines; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; D018664:Interleukin-12; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor