Objective To test the immunogenicity of recombinant plasmid DNA containing human papillomavirus type 16 L1 (HPV16 L1) coding sequence of mice Methods The HPV16 L1 encoding sequence was generate...Objective To test the immunogenicity of recombinant plasmid DNA containing human papillomavirus type 16 L1 (HPV16 L1) coding sequence of mice Methods The HPV16 L1 encoding sequence was generated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and inserted into TA cloning vector PCR Ⅱ, then cloned in the eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA3 1 with CMV promoter The recombinant plasmid DNA pcDNA L1 was transferred into Cos 7 cells and used to immunize BALB/c mice via muscular injection The expression of HPV16 L1 in transferred cells was identified by immunospot and immunocytochemistry, which tested specific anti HPV16 L1 antibody in the serum of immunized mice Results Using the immunospot technique, we found L1 protein expression in pcDNA L1 transferred cells The immunocytochemistry studies demonstrated that the L1 protein was located in nuclei In immunized mice, specific anti HPV16 L1 antibodies could be detected by immunospot and immunocytochemistry 28 days after the first immunization and last at least 41 days Conclusions We constructed HPV16 L1 eukaryotic expressing plasmid whose DNA could induce immuno humoral response in mice This observation will be helpful in designing HPV16 prophylactic vaccine展开更多
文摘Objective To test the immunogenicity of recombinant plasmid DNA containing human papillomavirus type 16 L1 (HPV16 L1) coding sequence of mice Methods The HPV16 L1 encoding sequence was generated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and inserted into TA cloning vector PCR Ⅱ, then cloned in the eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA3 1 with CMV promoter The recombinant plasmid DNA pcDNA L1 was transferred into Cos 7 cells and used to immunize BALB/c mice via muscular injection The expression of HPV16 L1 in transferred cells was identified by immunospot and immunocytochemistry, which tested specific anti HPV16 L1 antibody in the serum of immunized mice Results Using the immunospot technique, we found L1 protein expression in pcDNA L1 transferred cells The immunocytochemistry studies demonstrated that the L1 protein was located in nuclei In immunized mice, specific anti HPV16 L1 antibodies could be detected by immunospot and immunocytochemistry 28 days after the first immunization and last at least 41 days Conclusions We constructed HPV16 L1 eukaryotic expressing plasmid whose DNA could induce immuno humoral response in mice This observation will be helpful in designing HPV16 prophylactic vaccine
