• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.251-258
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• 1997

톡소포자충. RH주 tachyzoite의 항원성 난백질에 대하여 알아보고자 마우스 복강 내 또는 in uipo에서 Hep-2 cell에 계대한 톡소포자충과 감염마우스의 복팡앤으로 SDS-PAGE/immunoblot을 시행하였다 또 lmnoanity chromatoaphy를 이용하여 톡소포자충 항원을 징제한 후 SDS PAGE/immunoblot을 시행하여 항원을 분리하였으며. 톡소포자충 조항원 및 정제항원으로 면역시킨 마우스 혈청을 이용하여 IgG-ELISA를 시행하였다. 톡소포자충 용해물을 면역시킨 노끼의 항혈 청으로 immunoblot을 시행하였을 때 마우스 복강 내로 계대한 톡소포자충에서 76 kDa. 70 kDa. 64 kDa. 53 kDa 46 kDa. 44 kDa. 35 kDa. 25 kDa. 18 kDa 및 13 kDa의 항원대가 관찰되었으며. in vitro에서 Hep-2 cell에 배양한 톡소포자충은 70 kDa. 64 kDa. 53 kDa 35 kDa. 25 kDa 및 13-10 kDa의 항원대가 관찰되어 마우스 복강 내에 계대한 톡소포자충에서 더 많은 항원대가 관찰되었다. 마우스 복강 계대한 tachyzoite 용해물을 immunoaffinity글 시행하여 부분 정제한 후 떤역시킨 초기의 항혈청으로 immunoblot을 하였을때 E-1에서는 97 kDa. 63 kDa. 53 kDa 및 35 kDa이 E-2에서는 53 kDa 및 35 kDa이 나타났다. 한편 감염 마우스 복강 액에서는 76 KDa 53 KDa. 35 kDa 및 29-28 kDa의 항원대가 관찰되었으며. 정상 마우스 복강 액에서도 약하게 76 kDa .35 kDa 및 29-28 kDa의 반응대가 관찰되었다. 감염 마우스 복강앤을 IgG-Sepharose column을 통과시킨 후 시행한 immunoblot에서 E-1은 84 kDa. 76 kDa. 5,B kDa 및 29 kDa이 . E-2에서 53 kDa 및 45 kDa의 항원대가 관찰되었다. 이 실험에서 immunoawnity chromatography를 이용하여 톡소포자충 용해물 및 분비물에서 76 kDa. 63 kDa. 53 kDa. 35 kDa 및 29 kDa의 항원을 불리하였다. 톡소포자충의 조항원과 정제항원 (감염 마우스 복강액. E-1)으로 IgG-ELISA를 시행한 결과. 조항원의 경우 2차 면역 후 1주 후부터 IgG 항체가 증가하였고 정제 항윈은 2차 면역 후 3주 후부터 IgG항체가 증가하였다 (p<0.05).

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.493-499
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• 2014

The determination of the accurate immune status of pregnant women is crucial in order to prevent congenital toxoplasmosis. Equivocal results with conventional serological techniques are not uncommon when IgG titers are close to the cut-off value of the test, so that a confirmatory technique is needed. For this purpose, we developed a homemade immunoblot (IB) using soluble extract of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites and assessed it by testing 154 positive, 100 negative, and 123 equivocal sera obtained from pregnant women. In order to select the more valuable bands in terms of sensitivity and specificity, we used the Youden Index (YI). The highest YIs were those given by the 32, 36, 98, 21, and 33 bands. The simultaneous presence on the same blot of at least 3 bands showed a much higher YI (0.964) and was adapted as the positivity criterion. The analysis of results showed that our homemade IB correlated well with the commercial LDBIO Toxo II $IgG^{(R)}$ kit recently recommended as a confirmatory test (96.7% of concordance).

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.85-92
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• 2013

IL-23 and IL-12 are structurally similar and critical for the generation of efficient cellular immune responses. Toxoplasma gondii induces a strong cell-mediated immune response. However, little is known about IL-23 secretion profiles in T. gondii-infected immune cells in connection with IL-12. We compared the patterns of IL-23 and IL-12 production by THP-1 human monocytic cells in response to stimulation with live or heat-killed T. gondii tachyzoites, or with equivalent quantities of either T. gondii excretory/secretory proteins (ESP) or soluble tachyzoite antigen (STAg). IL-23 and IL-12 were significantly increased from 6 hr after stimulation with T. gondii antigens, and their secretions were increased with parasite dose-dependent manner. IL-23 concentrations were significantly higher than those of IL-12 at the same multiplicity of infection. IL-23 secretion induced by live parasites was significantly higher than that by heat-killed parasites, ESP, or STAg, whereas IL-12 secretion by live parasite was similar to those of ESP or STAg. However, the lowest levels of both cytokines were at stimulation with heat-killed parasites. These data indicate that IL-23 secretion patterns by stimulation with various kinds of T. gondii antigens at THP-1 monocytic cells are similar to those of IL-12, even though the levels of IL-23 induction were significantly higher than those of IL-12. The detailed kinetics induced by each T. gondii antigen were different from each other.