Structural characterization and adjuvant activity of a water soluble polysaccharide from Poria cocos.
Int J Biol Macromol
; 273(Pt 1): 133067, 2024 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
Adjuvants, as the essential component of vaccines, are crucial in enhancing the magnitude, breadth and durability of immune responses. Unfortunately, commonly used Alum adjuvants predominantly provoke humoral immune response, but fail to evoke cellular immune response, which is crucial for the prevention of various chronic infectious diseases and cancers. Thus, it is necessary to develop effective adjuvants to simultaneously induce humoral and cellular immune response. In this work, we obtained a water soluble polysaccharide isolated and purified from Poria cocos, named as PCP, and explored the possibility of PCP as a vaccine adjuvant. The PCP, with Mw of 20.112 kDa, primarily consisted of â6)-α-D-Galp-(1â, with a small amount of â3)-ß-D-Glcp-(1 â and â4)-ß-D-Glcp-(1â. Our results demonstrated that the PCP promoted the activation of dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages in vitro. As the adjuvant to ovalbumin, the PCP facilitated the activation of DCs in lymph nodes, and evoked strong antibody response with a combination of Th1 and Th2 immune responses. Moreover, compared to Alum adjuvant, the PCP markedly induced a potent cellular response, especially the cytotoxic T lymphocytes response. Therefore, we confirmed that the PCP has great potential to be an available adjuvant for simultaneously inducing humoral and cellular immune responses.
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Assunto principal:
Polissacarídeos
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Solubilidade
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Células Dendríticas
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Água
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Adjuvantes Imunológicos
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Animals
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En
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Int J Biol Macromol
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
País de afiliação:
China
País de publicação:
Holanda