Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology最新文献

{"title":"LNFPIII/LeX-stimulated macrophages activate natural killer cells via CD40-CD40L interaction.","authors":"Olga Atochina,&nbsp;Donald Harn","doi":"10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1041-1049.2005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1041-1049.2005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lacto-N-fucopentaose III (LNFPIII) is a human milk sugar containing the biologically active Lewis X (LeX) trisaccharide. LNFPIII/LeX is also expressed by immunosuppressive helminth parasites, by bacteria, and on a number of tumor/cancer cells. In this report, we first demonstrate that LNFPIII activates macrophages in vitro as indicated by upregulation of Gr-1 expression on F4/80(+) cells. Further, we investigated the effect of LNFPIII-activated macrophages on NK cell activity. We found that LNFPIII-stimulated F4/80(+) cells were able to activate NK cells, inducing upregulation of CD69 expression and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) production. The experiments show that NK cell activation is macrophage dependent, since NK cells alone did not secrete IFN-gamma in response to LNFPIII. Furthermore, we found that activation of NK cells by glycan-stimulated macrophages required cell-cell contact. As part of the cell-cell contact mechanism, we determined that CD40-CD40L interaction was critical for IFN-gamma secretion by NK cells, as the addition of anti-CD40L antibodies to the coculture blocked IFN-gamma production. We also demonstrated that LNFPIII-stimulated macrophages secrete prostaglandin E(2), interleukin-10 (IL-10), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) but a very low level of IL-12. Interestingly, addition of anti-TNF-alpha, anti-IL-10, or anti-IL-12 monoclonal antibodies did not significantly alter NK cell activity. Our data show that these soluble mediators are not critical for LNFPIII-stimulated macrophage activation of NK cells and provide further evidence for the importance of cell-cell contact and CD40-CD40L interactions between macrophages and NK cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":72602,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology","volume":"12 9","pages":"1041-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1041-1049.2005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25289309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of interleukin-12, gamma interferon, and tumor necrosis factor alpha secretion in sera from mice fed with dietary lipids during different stages of Listeria monocytogenes infection.","authors":"María A Puertollano,&nbsp;Lidia Cruz-Chamorro,&nbsp;Elena Puertollano,&nbsp;María T Pérez-Toscano,&nbsp;Gerardo Alvarez de Cienfuegos,&nbsp;Manuel A de Pablo","doi":"10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1098-1103.2005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1098-1103.2005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent experimental observations have determined that long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids suppress immune functions and are involved in the reduction of infectious disease resistance. BALB/c mice were fed for 4 weeks with one of four diets containing either olive oil (OO), fish oil (FO), hydrogenated coconut oil, or a low fat level. Interleukin-12p70 (IL-12p70), gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) production in the sera of mice fed these diets and challenged with Listeria monocytogenes were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. In addition, bacterial counts from spleens of mice were carried out at 24, 72, or 96 h of infection. Here, we quantified an initial diminution of production of both IL-12p70 and IFN-gamma, which appear to play an important role in the reduction of host resistance to L. monocytogenes infection. In addition, an efficient elimination of L. monocytogenes was observed in spleens of mice fed a diet containing OO at 96 h of infection, despite reductions in IL-12p70 and TNF-alpha production, suggesting an improvement of immune resistance. Overall, our results indicate that the initial reduction of both IL-12 and IFN-gamma production before L. monocytogenes infection represents the most relevant event that corroborates the impairment of immune resistance by n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids during the different stages of infection. However, we speculate that the modulation of other cytokines must be also involved in this response, because the alteration of cytokine production in mice fed an FO diet in a late phase of L. monocytogenes infection was similar to that in mice fed OO, whereas the ability to eliminate this bacterium from the spleen was improved in the latter group.</p>","PeriodicalId":72602,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology","volume":"12 9","pages":"1098-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1098-1103.2005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25288006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Human immunodeficiency virus infection and levels of Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate in plasma among Indians.","authors":"A J Kandathil,&nbsp;R Kannangai,&nbsp;S David,&nbsp;R Selvakumar,&nbsp;V Job,&nbsp;O C Abraham,&nbsp;G Sridharan","doi":"10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1117-1118.2005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1117-1118.2005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The shift in cytokine profile during human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease progression is influenced by dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) level. Radioimmunoassay was used to measure plasma DHEAS for 30 treatment-naïve HIV-infected and 30 uninfected individuals. There was a significant negative correlation of viral load with DHEAS level (P<0.05). Further studies of the use of DHEAS levels for monitoring HIV patients economically are warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":72602,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology","volume":"12 9","pages":"1117-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1117-1118.2005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25289849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Women's Interagency HIV Study: an observational cohort brings clinical sciences to the bench.","authors":"Melanie C Bacon,&nbsp;Viktor von Wyl,&nbsp;Christine Alden,&nbsp;Gerald Sharp,&nbsp;Esther Robison,&nbsp;Nancy Hessol,&nbsp;Stephen Gange,&nbsp;Yvonne Barranday,&nbsp;Susan Holman,&nbsp;Kathleen Weber,&nbsp;Mary A Young","doi":"10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1013-1019.2005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1013-1019.2005","url":null,"abstract":"The Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) is an ongoing long-term observational study of 3,772 women who are either infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or considered to be at risk for acquiring HIV. Since 1994, the WIHS (pronounced like “wise”) has developed a large database and specimen repository that serve as resources for WIHS investigators as well as for nonaffiliated researchers working on HIV-related or HIV coinfection issues. The purpose of this report is to update researchers on the progress of the WIHS and to provide information on WIHS resources, the methods by which they were obtained, and background for any new potential researchers interested in conducting collaborative research through shared use of these resources.","PeriodicalId":72602,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology","volume":"12 9","pages":"1013-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1013-1019.2005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25289305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Detection of immune complexes is not independent of detection of antibodies in Lyme disease patients and does not confirm active infection with Borrelia burgdorferi.","authors":"Adriana R Marques,&nbsp;Ronald L Hornung,&nbsp;Len Dally,&nbsp;Mario T Philipp","doi":"10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1036-1040.2005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1036-1040.2005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Borrelia burgdorferi-specific immune complex (IC) test, which uses polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation to isolate ICs from serum, has been used as a research test in the laboratory diagnosis of early Lyme disease (LD) and has been proposed as a marker of active infection. We examined whether B. burgdorferi-specific antibodies were present within PEG-precipitated ICs (PEG-ICs) in patients with LD, posttreatment Lyme disease syndrome, and controls, including individuals who received the outer surface protein A (OspA) vaccine. Using a B. burgdorferi whole-cell enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), we obtained positive PEG-IC results not only in patients with a history of LD, but also in individuals vaccinated with OspA vaccine. The frequency of positive PEG-IC ELISAs in OspA vaccinees was significantly higher with ELISA-reactive than with ELISA-negative unprocessed serum samples (P=0.001), demonstrating dependency between the tests. Similar results were found using samples from rhesus macaques infected with B. burgdorferi, uninfected macaques vaccinated with OspA, and controls. Therefore, testing for the presence of antibodies against B. burgdorferi in PEG-IC preparations is not more likely to reflect active infection than testing in unprocessed serum and should not be used in individuals who received the OspA vaccine.</p>","PeriodicalId":72602,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology","volume":"12 9","pages":"1036-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1036-1040.2005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25289308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Utilization of follow-up specimens from viremic blood donors to assess the value of west nile virus immunoglobulin G avidity as an indicator of recent infection.","authors":"Harry E Prince,&nbsp;Mary Lapé-Nixon,&nbsp;Michael P Busch,&nbsp;Leslie H Tobler,&nbsp;Gregory A Foster,&nbsp;Susan L Stramer","doi":"10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1123-1126.2005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1123-1126.2005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The value of West Nile virus immunoglobulin G avidity for distinguishing recent from past infection was investigated using 348 follow-up specimens from 170 viremic blood donors. Low avidity accurately indicated infection within the previous 4 months. However, due to rapid avidity maturation in some individuals, high avidity did not accurately indicate past infection.</p>","PeriodicalId":72602,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology","volume":"12 9","pages":"1123-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1123-1126.2005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25289851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Patients with pulmonary tuberculosis develop a strong humoral response against methylated heparin-binding hemagglutinin.","authors":"Stefania Zanetti,&nbsp;Alessandra Bua,&nbsp;Giovanni Delogu,&nbsp;Cinzia Pusceddu,&nbsp;Maristella Mura,&nbsp;Franca Saba,&nbsp;Piero Pirina,&nbsp;Carlo Garzelli,&nbsp;Cono Vertuccio,&nbsp;Leonardo A Sechi,&nbsp;Giovanni Fadda","doi":"10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1135-1138.2005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1135-1138.2005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reactivities of human sera against selected recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The results obtained indicate that patients with tuberculosis (TB) do not develop a strong humoral response against PE_PGRS and PPE proteins or against the Ag85B and heparin-binding hemagglutinin (HBHA) recombinant antigens. Conversely, purified methylated HBHA was strongly recognized by sera obtained from TB patients compared to controls.</p>","PeriodicalId":72602,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology","volume":"12 9","pages":"1135-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1135-1138.2005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25289854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of three immunoassays used for detection of anti-rubella virus immunoglobulin M antibodies.","authors":"Wayne Dimech,&nbsp;Lena Panagiotopoulos,&nbsp;Joan Marler,&nbsp;Nicolas Laven,&nbsp;Susan Leeson,&nbsp;Elizabeth M Dax","doi":"10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1104-1108.2005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1104-1108.2005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Three automated assays (Abbott AxSYM, Bayer ADVIA Centaur, and bioMerieux VIDAS) used for the detection of rubella virus-specific immunoglobulin M were evaluated. A total of 57 samples from individuals with evidence of infection with rubella virus were used to estimate sensitivity, and 220 samples from blood donors and individuals attending an antenatal clinic who had no evidence of recent infection were used to estimate specificity. Seroconversion panels comprising an additional 31 samples from four individuals were used to determine clinical sensitivity. Samples containing potentially cross-reacting substances were also tested. The sensitivities of the three assays ranged from 84.2 to 96.5%, and the specificities ranged from 96.8 to 99.9%. The Abbott AxSYM assay detected more reactive samples than the other two assays when a panel of 57 positive samples was tested. Bayer ADVIA Centaur detected more reactive samples in the seroconversion panels than the other two assays. All three assays evaluated reported a reactive result in 1 or more of the 48 samples containing potentially cross-reacting analytes. The assays demonstrated comparable performance in testing of a well-characterized panel of samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":72602,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology","volume":"12 9","pages":"1104-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1104-1108.2005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25289846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Detection of aerosolized Alternaria alternata conidia, hyphae, and fragments by using a novel double-immunostaining technique.","authors":"Brett James Green,&nbsp;Detlef Schmechel,&nbsp;Euan Roger Tovey","doi":"10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1114-1116.2005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1114-1116.2005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A double-immunostaining halogen immunoassay was developed to identify aerosolized conidia, hyphae, and fragments of Alternaria alternata by using an anti-Alternaria polyclonal antiserum, while, simultaneously, allergy to these components was concurrently determined by using human immunoglobulin E antibodies.</p>","PeriodicalId":72602,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology","volume":"12 9","pages":"1114-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1114-1116.2005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25289848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Major histocompatibility complex class II (HLA-DRB and -DQB) allele frequencies in Botswana: association with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.","authors":"Thumbi Ndung'u, Simani Gaseitsiwe, Enoch Sepako, Florence Doualla-Bell, Trevor Peter, Soyeon Kim, Ibou Thior, Vladimir A Novitsky, Max Essex","doi":"10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1020-1028.2005","DOIUrl":"10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1020-1028.2005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Southern Africa is facing an unprecedented public health crisis due to the high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Vaccine development and testing efforts, mainly based on elicitation of HIV-specific T cells, are under way. To understand the role of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II alleles in HIV pathogenesis and to facilitate HLA-based HIV-1 vaccine design, we analyzed the frequencies of HLA class II alleles within the southern African country of Botswana. Common HLA class II alleles were identified within the Botswana population through the molecular genotyping of DRB and DQB1 loci. The DRB1 allele groups DRB1*01, DRB1*02/15, DRB1*03, DRB1*11, and DRB1*13 were encountered at frequencies above 20%. Within the DQB1 locus, DQB1*06 (47.7%) was the most common allele group, followed by DQB1*03 (39.2%) and DQB1*04 (25.8%). We found that DRB1*01 was more common in HIV-negative than in HIV-positive individuals and that those who expressed DRB1*08 had lower median viral loads. We demonstrate that the frequencies of certain HLA class II alleles in this Botswana population differ substantially from those in North American populations, including African-Americans. Common allele groups within Botswana cover large percentages of other African populations and could be targeted in regional vaccine designs.</p>","PeriodicalId":72602,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology","volume":"12 9","pages":"1020-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1235800/pdf/0125-05.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25289306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}