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    Effets de différents adjuvants de la famille de la toxine du choléra sur les lymphocytes T CD4 dans un modèle murin d'immunisation intrarectale avec des pseudoparticules virales de rotavirus

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    La vaccination muqueuse est un moyen efficace de lutter contre les pathogènes qui utilisent les muqueuses comme porte d entrée. Cependant, la vaccination muqueuse avec des antigènes non réplicatifs nécessite l utilisation d adjuvants. Les molécules de la famille de la toxine du choléra, l entérotoxine thermolabile d E.coli (LT), la toxine du choléra (CT) ainsi que le mutant LT-R192G et les sous-unités B non toxiques de ces toxines (LTB et CTB) ont été montrées augmenter les réponses immunitaires contre des antigènes coadministrés par voie muqueuse. Cependant leur mécanisme d action est complexe et reste encore mal connu et des différences entre molécules entières et sous-unités B ont été rapportées ainsi que, pour une même molécule, des différences selon le modèle utilisé. Dans ce travail, nous avons étudié les effets de ces cinq molécules sur les réponses anticorps ainsi que sur les lymphocytes T CD4 dans un modèle murin d immunisation intrarectale avec des pseudoparticules virales de rotavirus (VLP-2/6). Chez les souris non immunisées, nous avons montré que ces molécules, à l exception de la CTB, diminuent in vitro les lymphocytes T régulateurs naturels CD4+CD25+Foxp3+, probablement par un mécanisme d apoptose. Chez les souris immunisées, toutes les molécules étudiées induisent une même réponse anticorps sérique et fécale spécifique des VLP-2/6, qu il s agisse des molécules entières connues pour leur fort pouvoir adjuvant ou des sous-unités B qui, elles, ont été rapportées avoir un plus faible effet adjuvant voire un effet tolérogène dans certaines études. Concernant la réponse T CD4, les réponses spécifiques de l antigène et de l adjuvant ont été analysées. Des différences importantes ont été mises en évidence entre ces molécules. Notamment, seules les molécules entières (LT, LT-R192G et CT) induisent la production d IL-2 et l activation de lymphocytes T CD4+CD25+Foxp3- mémoires spécifiques de l antigène tout en permettant la mise en place d une régulation médiée par des lymphocytes T régulateurs CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ (boucle d autorégulation), qui pourraient jouer un rôle majeur lors d une réponse secondaire, afin d éviter les réactions inflammatoires délétères. Malgré ces différences, toutes les molécules étudiées induisent la production d IL-17, suggérant le rôle majeur de cette cytokine dans l effet adjuvant.L influence de la voie d administration sur ces effets est en cours d étude grâce à la comparaison avec la voie intranasaleMucosal immunization is an important goal of vaccine development to protect against pathogens that use mucosa as portals of entry. However, the use of non-replicating antigens requires the addition of adjuvants.Cholera-like enterotoxins, cholera toxin (CT) from Vibrio cholerae and the heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) from toxinogenic strains of E. coli, as well as the mutant LR-192G and their B subunits (CTB and LTB) have been shown to increase immune responses against unrelated co-administered antigens by mucosal routes. However, their mechanism of action is very complex and not completely understood and differences exist between holotoxins and B subunits and within molecules, differences exist between the models used.In this work, we have studied the effects of these five molecules on antibody responses and on CD4+ T cell responses in a murine model of intrarectal immunization using rotavirus-like particles (2/6-VLP). In non-immunized mice, we have shown that all molecules, except CTB, decreased CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ natural regulatory T cells, probably by induction of apoptosis.In immunized mice, all molecules induced similar VLP-2/6 specific systemic and fecal antibody responses, teither he holotoxins, which are well known for their strong adjuvanticity or their B subunits with a less strong adjuvanticity but with also a tolerogenic effect in some studies.Regarding the CD4+ T cell response, antigen- and adjuvant- specific responses have been analysed. Important differences have been highlighted between the molecules. Among others things, only whole toxins (LT, LT-R192G and CT) trigger IL-2 production and activation of antigen specific memory CD4+CD25+Foxp3- T cells and at the same time antigen specific CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells are activated which may control the effector response (Feedback loop regulation) and avoid deleterious inflammation. In spite of these differences, all studied molecules triggered IL-17 production, suggesting the major role of this cytokine in adjuvanticity. We are currently comparing the intrarectal and intranasl routes in order to evaluate the role played by the route of immunisation in different effects of these moleculesDIJON-BU Doc.électronique (212319901) / SudocSudocFranceF

    Recombinant virus-like particles of a norovirus (genogroup II strain) administered intranasally and orally with mucosal adjuvants LT and LT(R192G) in BALB/c mice induce specific humoral and cellular Th1/Th2-like immune responses. Vaccine 22:1079–1086

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    Abstract We investigated the immune response induced by mucosal immunization of BALB/c mice with virus-like particles (VLPs) of a genogroup II norovirus, Dijon171/96 virus, produced in the baculovirus system. VLPs administered alone by the intranasal route induced a high serum antibody response as well as fecal IgA, which were enhanced when the heat-labile Escherichia coli toxin or its non toxic mutant LT(R192G) was coadministered. In these conditions, the oral route was also efficient. Cytokine production by cells from different lymphoid tissues was then assessed after in vitro restimulation. A Th1/Th2-like response was observed in cervical lymph node and Peyer's patch (PP) cell cultures from mice intranasally or orally immunized with either adjuvant indicating that, on the assumption that T cells are the primary cells producing the cytokines after in vitro restimulation, specific T lymphocytes are present in the intestine after intranasal immunization

    Unexpected Modulation of Recall B and T Cell Responses after Immunization with Rotavirus-like Particles in the Presence of LT-R192G

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    LT-R192G, a mutant of the thermolabile enterotoxin of E. coli, is a potent adjuvant of immunization. Immune responses are generally analyzed at the end of protocols including at least 2 administrations, but rarely after a prime. To investigate this point, we compared B and T cell responses in mice after one and two intrarectal immunizations with 2/6 rotavirus-like particles (2/6-VLP) and LT-R192G. After a boost, we found, an unexpected lower B cell expansion measured by flow cytometry, despite a secondary antibody response. We then analyzed CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) and CD4+CD25+Foxp3− helper T cells after in vitro (re)stimulation of mesenteric lymph node cells with the antigen (2/6-VLP), the adjuvant (LT-R192G) or both. 2/6-VLP did not activate CD4+CD25+Foxp3− nor Foxp3+ T cells from non-immunized and 2/6-VLP immunized mice, whereas they did activate both subsets from mice immunized with 2/6-VLP in the presence of adjuvant. LT-R192G dramatically decreased CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T cells from non-immunized and 2/6-VLP immunized mice but not from mice immunized with 2/6-VLP and adjuvant. Moreover, in this case, LT-R192G increased Foxp3 expression on CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ cells, suggesting specific Treg activation during the recall. Finally, when both 2/6-VLP and LT-R192G were used for restimulation, LT-R192G clearly suppressed both 2/6-VLP-specific CD4+CD25+Foxp3− and Foxp3+ T cells. All together, these results suggest that LT-R192G exerts different effects on CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T cells, depending on a first or a second contact. The unexpected immunomodulation observed during the recall should be considered in designing vaccination protocols

    Cholera-Like Enterotoxins and Regulatory T cells

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    Cholera toxin (CT) and the heat-labile enterotoxin of E. coli (LT), as well as their non toxic mutants, are potent mucosal adjuvants of immunization eliciting mucosal and systemic responses against unrelated co-administered antigens in experimental models and in humans (non toxic mutants). These enterotoxins are composed of two subunits, the A subunit, responsible for an ADP-ribosyl transferase activity and the B subunit, responsible for cell binding. Paradoxically, whereas the whole toxins have adjuvant properties, the B subunits of CT (CTB) and of LT (LTB) have been shown to induce antigen specific tolerance when administered mucosally with antigens in experimental models as well as, recently, in humans, making them an attractive strategy to prevent or treat autoimmune or allergic disorders. Immunomodulation is a complex process involving many cell types notably antigen presenting cells and regulatory T cells (Tregs). In this review, we focus on Treg cells and cholera-like enterotoxins and their non toxic derivates, with regard to subtype, in vivo/in vitro effects and possible role in the modulation of immune responses to coadministered antigens

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    Discutindo a educação ambiental no cotidiano escolar: desenvolvimento de projetos na escola formação inicial e continuada de professores

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    A presente pesquisa buscou discutir como a Educação Ambiental (EA) vem sendo trabalhada, no Ensino Fundamental e como os docentes desta escola compreendem e vem inserindo a EA no cotidiano escolar., em uma escola estadual do município de Tangará da Serra/MT, Brasil. Para tanto, realizou-se entrevistas com os professores que fazem parte de um projeto interdisciplinar de EA na escola pesquisada. Verificou-se que o projeto da escola não vem conseguindo alcançar os objetivos propostos por: desconhecimento do mesmo, pelos professores; formação deficiente dos professores, não entendimento da EA como processo de ensino-aprendizagem, falta de recursos didáticos, planejamento inadequado das atividades. A partir dessa constatação, procurou-se debater a impossibilidade de tratar do tema fora do trabalho interdisciplinar, bem como, e principalmente, a importância de um estudo mais aprofundado de EA, vinculando teoria e prática, tanto na formação docente, como em projetos escolares, a fim de fugir do tradicional vínculo “EA e ecologia, lixo e horta”.Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

    ETUDE DE LA CIRCULATION DES SOUCHES D'ASTROVIRUS EN FRANCE DE DECEMBRE 1995 A MARS 1999

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    Impact du retrait du RotaSchield® sur la perception du risque vaccinal pour les nouveaux vaccins contre le rotavirus

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    DIJON-BU Médecine Pharmacie (212312103) / SudocSudocFranceF
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