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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-8
pubmed:abstractText
The adjuvant of the FML-vaccine against murine and canine visceral leishmaniasis, the Riedel de Haen saponin mixture, was fractionated by ion exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose to afford one TLC homogeneous Quillaja saponaria Molina QS21 saponin fraction (18.0%), a mixture of two deacylsaponins (19.4%), sucrose (39.9%), sucrose and glucose (19.7%), rutin (0.8%) and quercetin (2.2%), that were identified by comparison of 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The QS21 shows the typical aldehyde group in C-23 (65% equatorial) and a normonoterpene moiety acylated in C-28. The deacylsaponins show the aldehyde group but do not have the normonoterpene moiety. Balb/c mice were vaccinated with 150 microg of FML antigen of Leishmania donovani and 100 microg of each obtained fraction and further challenged by infection with 10(8) amastigotes of Leishmania chagasi. The safety analysis and the effect on humoral and cellular immune responses and in clinical signs showed that the QS21 saponin and the deacylsaponins are the most active adjuvant compounds of the Riedel the Haen saponin mixture. Both induced the highest and non-significantly different increases in DTH, CD4+ T lymphocytes in spleen, IFN-gamma in vitro, body weight gain and the most pronounced reduction of parasite burden in liver (95% for QS21 and 86% for deacylsaponins; p>0.05). While the QS21 showed mild toxicity, significant adjuvant effect on the anti-FML humoral response before and after infection, and decrease in liver relative weight, the deacylsaponins showed no toxicity, less haemolysis and antibody and DTH responses increased mainly after infection, still inducing a stronger Leishmania-specific in vitro splenocyte proliferation. Our results confirm in the Riedel de Haen saponin extract the presence of deacylsaponins normonoterpene-deprivated which are non-toxic and capable of inducing a specific and strong immunoprotective response in vaccination against murine visceral leishmaniasis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0264-410X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3909-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Acylation, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Adjuvants, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Antibodies, Protozoan, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Antigens, Protozoan, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Chromatography, Ion Exchange, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Hemolysis, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Hypersensitivity, Delayed, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Lectins, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Leishmania donovani, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Leishmaniasis, Visceral, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Molecular Structure, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Plant Extracts, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Protozoan Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Quillaja, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Saponins, pubmed-meshheading:16556475-Spleen
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Acylated and deacylated saponins of Quillaja saponaria mixture as adjuvants for the FML-vaccine against visceral leishmaniasis.
pubmed:affiliation
Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68040, CEP 21941-590 Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't