Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (5): 2507-2519.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.05.045

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Study on Preparation and the Mucosal Immune Adjuvant Activity of Ultra-Large Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Loading Polysaccharide from Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz

LIN Xinyi1(), JIANG Xinyu1, SU Zinuo1, WANG Yuling1, RUAN Shiyu1, HONG Hailong1, WU Jiahao1, BO Ruonan1,2,*()   

  1. 1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
    2. Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, China
  • Received:2024-05-08 Online:2025-05-23 Published:2025-05-27
  • Contact: BO Ruonan E-mail:mzdzh@foxmail.com;007309@yzu.edu.cn

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to develop a new type of traditional Chinese medicine polysaccharide mucosal immune adjuvant by combining the advantages of polysaccharide from Atractylodes macrocephala Koids and ultra-large mesoporous silica. First, ultra-large mesoporous silica nanoparticles loading polysaccharide from Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz (AMP-UCMS) was prepared and a series of characterizations were carried out on it, including transmission electron microscopy, particle size, potential, polymer dispersity index (PDI) and infrared spectroscopy. Then, the mucosal immune adjuvant activity of oral AMP-UCMS as an inactivated H9N2 avian influenza virus was further studied. In the experiment, 150 chicks were randomly divided into 6 groups and received different immunization treatments, namely negative control (Control), whole inactivated virus (WIV), WIV+AMP, WIV+UCMS, WIV+AMP-UCMS, and commercially available vaccine (Vaccine). Among them, 6 chicks from each group were intranasally challenged with H9N2 avian influenza virus. The hemagglutination inhibition (HI) test was used to determine the HI antibody titer of chicken serum in each group; the ELISA method was used to detect the specific sIgA antibody level of H9N2 avian influenza virus in the jejunum; the HE staining was used to observed the histomorphology changes of the jejunum and lung; real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) was used to determine the mRNA expression levels of IgA J-chain, pIgR, TNF-α and IL-1β in the jejunum and various indicators such as the viral load in the lungs of chickens after challenge. The results showed that compared with the Control group, WIV+AMP-UCMS group could highly significantly increase the HI antibody titer of chicken serum (P < 0.000 1) and the specific sIgA antibody level in the jejunum (P < 0.01), and highly significantly reduce the viral load in the lungs (P < 0.000 1), and the mRNA expression levels of chicken jejunum IgA J-chain(P < 0.001), pIgR(P < 0.000 1), TNF-α and IL-1β (P < 0.000 1) were all highly significantly increased. Additionally, it could increase the number of intraepithelial lymphocytes (iIELs) in the chicken jejunum and reduce lung tissue damage following viral challenge. In conclusion, polysaccharide from Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz was successfully loaded into ultra-large mesoporous silica in the current study, and AMP-UCMS could effectively induce systemic immunity and mucosal immune responses in chickens. These research results provide a reference for the development and application of new traditional Chinese medicine polysaccharide mucosal immune adjuvants in the field of oral vaccines for livestock and poultry.

Key words: polysaccharide from Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz, ultra-large pore mesoporous silica nanoparticles, mucosal immune adjuvants, characterization, inactivated H9N2 avian influenza virus

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