Objective To explore the immunological characteristics of natural resis tance to Schistosoma japonicum infection in Microtus fortis (MF) living in the Dongting Lake area Methods Passive transfer of sera from uninfe...Objective To explore the immunological characteristics of natural resis tance to Schistosoma japonicum infection in Microtus fortis (MF) living in the Dongting Lake area Methods Passive transfer of sera from uninfected laboratory bred MF (BM F) to albinao mice (AM) was performed to observe the acquired protection Sodiu m dodecyl sulfatepolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDSPAGE) and enzymelin ked immunoblotting (ELIB) methods were used to recognize 4 different lifecycle stage antigens of S japonicum by sera from wild MF (WMF), BMF, BMFi3 and BMFi9 Tests were also performed on in vitro killing effect of sera and/or lymphocytes from BMF an d WMF to schistosomulae; quantitative determination of C3 and C4 by immuno turb idometry, and interleukin4 (IL4) and antibodies to the 4 stage antigens in s era from WMF, BMF and infected BMF by ELISA Results Compared with the control group, stool eggs per gram (EPG) of A M in the test group was significantly reduced by 8154%, miracidium hatching rate, by 5 0 67%, liver egg counts, by 7207%, the diameter of hepatic egg granuloma, by 7 0 39?m Western blotting probed with the 4 MF sera all revealed 7 specific ban d s for SSA, 3 for AWA and SEA, but none for CA antigens The sera and/or lymphoc yte s from WMF and BMF gave obvious killing effects on schistosomulae with an adjust ed death rate of 6412%-7883% The levels ofnatural antibodiesproduced b y MF to S japonicum were in the following order: antiSSA>antiAWA>antiS EA>an tiCA, all of which increased significantly after the infection Serum levels o f C3, C4 and IL4 in uninfected BMF were significantly higher than those in AM After infection, levels of C3 and C4 were further increased respective ly by 7283% and 29549% in the 4th week and IL4 by 30383% in the 9th day Conclusions Immunological characteristics of innate resistance in M f o rtis to S japonicum infection were existed with no significant difference betw een WMF and BMF展开更多
文摘Objective To explore the immunological characteristics of natural resis tance to Schistosoma japonicum infection in Microtus fortis (MF) living in the Dongting Lake area Methods Passive transfer of sera from uninfected laboratory bred MF (BM F) to albinao mice (AM) was performed to observe the acquired protection Sodiu m dodecyl sulfatepolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDSPAGE) and enzymelin ked immunoblotting (ELIB) methods were used to recognize 4 different lifecycle stage antigens of S japonicum by sera from wild MF (WMF), BMF, BMFi3 and BMFi9 Tests were also performed on in vitro killing effect of sera and/or lymphocytes from BMF an d WMF to schistosomulae; quantitative determination of C3 and C4 by immuno turb idometry, and interleukin4 (IL4) and antibodies to the 4 stage antigens in s era from WMF, BMF and infected BMF by ELISA Results Compared with the control group, stool eggs per gram (EPG) of A M in the test group was significantly reduced by 8154%, miracidium hatching rate, by 5 0 67%, liver egg counts, by 7207%, the diameter of hepatic egg granuloma, by 7 0 39?m Western blotting probed with the 4 MF sera all revealed 7 specific ban d s for SSA, 3 for AWA and SEA, but none for CA antigens The sera and/or lymphoc yte s from WMF and BMF gave obvious killing effects on schistosomulae with an adjust ed death rate of 6412%-7883% The levels ofnatural antibodiesproduced b y MF to S japonicum were in the following order: antiSSA>antiAWA>antiS EA>an tiCA, all of which increased significantly after the infection Serum levels o f C3, C4 and IL4 in uninfected BMF were significantly higher than those in AM After infection, levels of C3 and C4 were further increased respective ly by 7283% and 29549% in the 4th week and IL4 by 30383% in the 9th day Conclusions Immunological characteristics of innate resistance in M f o rtis to S japonicum infection were existed with no significant difference betw een WMF and BMF