目的 探讨人乳头瘤病毒(HPV)6b结构蛋白L1和沙眼衣原体(Ct)主要外膜蛋白(MOMP)多表位嵌合DNA(HPV6b L1/Ct MOMP)诱导BALB/c小鼠产生特异性细胞免疫效应,及HPV6b L1对Ct MOMP多表位基因诱导细胞免疫的增强作用.方法 将Ct MOMP多表位基因连接在经真核密码子优化的HPV6b L1羧基端,构建嵌合重组质粒pcDNA3.1(+)/HPV6b L1/Ct MOMP多表位,经酶切和测序证实后,转染COS-7细胞,间接免疫荧光鉴定其在真核细胞中的表达;将纯化后的嵌合重组质粒肌肉注射免疫BALB/c小鼠,并设置pcDNA3.1(+)/Ct MOMP多表位质粒、pcD-NA3.1(+)和PBS三组对照.采用0、2、4周免疫程序,DNA剂量为每只150μg/次.于末次免疫后2周,分别用乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)释放法和细胞内细胞因子染色-流式细胞术(ICS-FAGS)检测小鼠脾细胞对Ct MOMP多表位蛋白和HPV6b L1蛋白的特异性CTL活性,胞内细胞因子IFN-γ、IL-4和IL-10产生水平等细胞免疫应答指标.结果免疫后,在效靶比(E∶T)分别为40∶1、20∶1时,pcDNA3.1(+)/HPV6b L1/Ct MOMP多表位嵌合重组质粒免疫组小鼠产生了针对Ct MOMP多表位蛋白特异性CTL杀伤活性(44.56%±4.02%,35.35%±2.89%)和HPV6b L1蛋白特异性CTL杀伤活性(27.08%±2.04%,21.68%±4.06%),与各对照组比较差异有统计学意义(F=72.87,F=114.55,P<0.05;F=30.04,F=10.47,P<0.05),且显著高于pcDNA3.1(+)/Ct MOMP多表位质粒组(35.50%±2.68%,30.24%±1.75%;12.27%±3.36%,9.32%±3.07%;P<0.05);而pcDNA3.1(+)/Ct MOMP多表位质粒组小鼠仅显示了Ct MOMP多表位特异性的CTL杀伤活性,与对照组比较差异也有统计学意义(F=58.85,F=120.21;P<0.05).胞内细胞因子IFN-γ的产生水平,pcDNA3.1(+)/HPV6b L1/Ct MOMP多表位嵌合质粒组(4.34%±0.06%)高于pcDNA3.1(+)/Ct MOMP多表位质粒组(3.14%±0.18%),与对照组比较差异有统计学意义(F=473.83,P<0.05),而重组质粒组较空载体组和PBS对
Objective To study on the specific cellular immune response produced in BALB/c mice immunized with human papillomavirus (HPV) type 6b capsid protein L1 and Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) major outer membrane protein(MOMP) multi-epitope chimeric DNA (HPV6b L1/Ct MOMP multiepitope) , and the enhancement of the specific cellular immune response to Ct MOMP multi-epitope by HPV6b L1. Methods The Ct MOMP multi-epitope gene was connected to the C terminal of HPV6b L1,the gene of HPV6b L1 had been optimized according to the codon usage of eukaryotic system, and then the HPV6b L1/Ct MOMP multi-epitope chimeric gene was cloned to pcDNA3.1 ( + ) vector. After identification by restriction enzyme digestion and DNA sequencing, the recombinant plasmid was transfected into COS-7 cells, Indirect Immunofluorescence (IIF) was used to confirm the expression of proteins. Then, BALB/c mice were randomly assigned to receive (intramuscular injection) either pcDNA3.1 ( + )/HPV6b L1/Ct MOMP or pcDNA3.1 ( + )/Ct MOMP or pcDNA3.1 ( + ) or PBS ( n = 12, 150 μg/time), and the same immunization schedule was repeated third times at 2 week intervals. The level of cytokine( IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-10) -producing CD3+ T cells in spleen, the cytotoxicity of Ct MOMP-specific and HPV6b L1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) in spleen were detected by intracellular cytokine staining-fluorescence activated cell sorter (ICS-FACS) and LDH release assays, respectively. Results After immunization, when the efCTL (44.56%±4.02%, 35.35% ±2.89% ) and HPV6b L1 specific cytotoxicity of CTL (27.08% ±2.04%, 21.68% ±4.06% ) in pcDNA3.1 ( + )/HPV6b L1/Ct MOMP multi-epitope chimeric DNA immunized mice, were significantly higher than that in pcDNA3.1 ( + )/Ct MOMP multi-epitope DNA (35.50%±2.68%, 30.24% ±1.75%; 12.27% ±3.36%, 9.32% ±3.07%) and other control groups(F=72.87, F=114.55, P〈0.05; F=30.04, F=10.47, P〈0.05), and Ct MOMP multi-epitope specific cytotoxicity of CTL