Proteína de 18kDa de Mycobacterium leprae: um modelo de carregadora para vacinas de segunda geração / Mycobacterium leprae 18kDa protein: a carrier model to second generation vaccines
AUTOR(ES)
Wagner Quintilio
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
1999
RESUMO
The major problem on development of second generation vaccines is the poor response against some immunogens. It has leading an intense research to find other substances non toxic and more efficient on enhancement of the immunological response. The aim of this work was the study of a heat-shock protein from Mycobacterium leprae - 18kDa-hsp - produced in yeast and vehiculated in liposomes, as a protein carrier model for weak immunogens. Furthermore, there was a study on stabilization of liposomes by lyophilization. The peculiar protperties of the 18kDa-hsp lead us to develop a new method for quantification that can be extended to other proteins with low chromophore content. Potentially a carrier protein, the 18kDa-hsp is very stab1e: it has no significant loss of its antigenic reactivity when heated, lyophilized, acylated and associated to liposomes. Parallel studies on liposomes stabilisation show trehalose as a good cryoprotector. The sugar can avoid the leakage of the entrapped marker (protein) and maintain the vesicles structures on the lyophilisation-rehydration processo Finally, the system liposomes-18kDa-hsp is promising for vehiculation of weak immunogens.
ASSUNTO(S)
proteína carregadora vaccines vacinas lipossomos liposomes carrier proteins
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