PMID- 30325683 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190624 LR - 20190624 IS - 1532-4311 (Electronic) IS - 0882-0139 (Linking) VI - 48 IP - 3 DP - 2019 Apr TI - Evaluation and characteristics of immunological adjuvant activity of purified fraction of Albizia julibrissin saponins. PG - 283-302 LID - 10.1080/08820139.2018.1523923 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: The purified fraction of Albizia julibrissin saponins (AJSAF) was evaluated and characterized for the adjuvant activity on porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) vaccine. METHODS: The effects of AJSAF on serum PRRSV N protein-specific antibody titers, splenocyte proliferation, natural killer (NK) cell activity, mRNA expression of cytokines and transcription factors, secretion of cytokines, T cells response in splenocytes, as well as delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) in the mice immunized PRRSV vaccine were determined by ELISA, MTT assay, flow cytometry and quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). RESULTS: AJSAF not only significantly enhanced the serum PRRSV N protein-specific IgG, IgG1, IgG2a and IgG2b antibody titers in the mice immunized with PRRSV CH-1R modified live vaccine (CH-1R MLV), inactivated vaccine (CH-1R IAV), and highly pathogenic JXA1-R modified live vaccine (JXA1-R MLV), but promoted the concanavalin A (Con A)-, lipopolysaccharide (LPS)- and PRRSV N protein-stimulated splenocyte proliferation, the activities of NK cells and delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) in the mice immunized CH-1R MLV. AJSAF also remarkably induced the production of both Th1 (IFN-gamma) and Th2 (IL-10) cytokines, and up-regulated the mRNA expression levels of Th1 cytokines (IFN-gamma and IL-2) and transcription factors (T-bet and STAT4) as well as Th2 cytokines (IL-4 and IL-10) and transcription factors (GATA-3 and STAT6) in splenocytes from the CH-1R MLV-immunized mice. Furthermore, AJSAF markedly increased the frequencies of PRRSV N protein-specific Th1 (INF-gamma(+) and IL-2(+)) and Th2 (IL-4+ and IL-10(+)) CD4 T cells as well as Tc1 (INF-gamma(+) and IL-2(+)) and Tc2 (IL-4(+) and IL-10(+)) CD8 T cells in splenocytes from the CH-1R MLV-immunized mice. CONCLUSIONS: Our results demonstrated that AJSAF had a potential to enhance and improve immune responses and elicit both Th1/Th2 and Tc1/Tc2 response to PRRSV vaccine, and that AJSAF would be a promising adjuvant candidate for PRRSV vaccine. FAU - Zhu, Binnian AU - Zhu B AD - a College of Animal Sciences , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , Zhejiang China. FAU - He, Tianyu AU - He T AD - b College of Medicine , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , Zhejiang China. FAU - Gao, Xiangyun AU - Gao X AD - a College of Animal Sciences , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , Zhejiang China. FAU - Shi, Minghua AU - Shi M AD - a College of Animal Sciences , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , Zhejiang China. FAU - Sun, Hongxiang AU - Sun H AD - a College of Animal Sciences , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , Zhejiang China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181016 PL - England TA - Immunol Invest JT - Immunological investigations JID - 8504629 RN - 0 (Adjuvants, Immunologic) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Viral) RN - 0 (Saponins) RN - 0 (Vaccines, Attenuated) RN - 0 (Viral Vaccines) SB - IM MH - Adjuvants, Immunologic/*administration & dosage/isolation & purification MH - Albizzia/*chemistry MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Viral MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Female MH - Immunogenicity, Vaccine MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Mice, Inbred ICR MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/immunology/*prevention & control/virology MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/immunology MH - Saponins/*administration & dosage/immunology/isolation & purification MH - Swine MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Vaccination/methods MH - Vaccines, Attenuated/administration & dosage MH - Viral Vaccines/*administration & dosage/immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - saponin OT - Adjuvant OT - PRRSV vaccine OT - T cells response OT - immune response OT - purified active fraction EDAT- 2018/10/17 06:00 MHDA- 2019/06/25 06:00 CRDT- 2018/10/17 06:00 PHST- 2018/10/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/06/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/17 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/08820139.2018.1523923 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunol Invest. 2019 Apr;48(3):283-302. doi: 10.1080/08820139.2018.1523923. Epub 2018 Oct 16.