Evaluation of the safety and immune-enhancing properties of different immunostimulants
The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and immune-enhancing properties of dif-ferent immunostimulants,and to provide a basis for the selection of adjuvants for the subsequent preparation of subunit vaccines.Mice were immunized subcutaneously with different immune stimulants and immunized twice,with an interval of 1 week.Mice were executed on the 7th day after the last immu-nization,and the gross lesions of the organs of mice were observed.Serum was collected and the changes of cytokines in serum were detected by ELISA.The injection sites and major organs were taken for histopathological observation.The results showed that chitosan and HMT13 caused a significant in-crease in the pro-inflammatory cytokine IFN-γ,and HMT13 and ISA201 caused a large amount of IgG pro-duction.In addition,chitosan stimulation also caused a large amount of IL-17 secretion.In the study,the safety and immune-enhancing properties of the immunostimulants Alum,chitosan,α-galactosylce-ramide,HMT13,and ISA201 were evaluated by observing the gross and histopathological changes in the ma-jor organs and injection sites of mice and detecting the changes of cytokines in the serum of mice.These findings provide data support and a reference basis for the selection of adjuvants for subsequent subunit vaccines.