@article{oai:obihiro.repo.nii.ac.jp:00004345,
 author = {Fereig, Ragab M. and Shimoda, Naomi and Abdelbaky, Hanan H. and Kuroda, Yasuhiro and Nishikawa, Yoshifumi and 西川, 義文},
 journal = {Veterinary Parasitology},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {application/pdf, Vaccination has the potential to be the most cost-effective control measure for reducing the economic burden of neosporosis in cattle. In this study, the immune-stimulatory effect of recombinant Neospora caninum dense granule protein 6 (NcGRA6) was confirmed via its triggering of IL-12p40 production in murine macrophages. BALB/c mice were immunized with recombinant NcGRA6 fused with glutathione S-transferase (GST) protein with or without oligomannose-coated-liposomes (OMLs) as the potential adjuvant. Specific IgG1 antibody production was observed from 21 and 35 days after the first immunization in NcGRA6+GST- and NcGRA6+GST-OML-immunized mice, respectively. However, specific IgG2a was detected 1 week after the infection, and IgG2a levels of the NcGRA6+GST- group were higher than those of the NcGRA6+GST-OML-group. Moreover, spleen cell proliferation with concomitant interferon-gamma production was detected in mice immunized with NcGRA6+GST, indicating that a significant cellular immune response was induced. Mouse survival rates against N. caninum challenge infection were 91.7% for NcGRA6+GST and 83.3% for NcGRA6+GST-OML, which were significantly higher than those of control groups (GST-OML: 25%, phosphate-buffered saline: 16.7%). This indicates that naked NcGRA6+GST induced protective immunity. Thus, our findings highlight the immune-stimulating potential of NcGRA6 and the ability to induce protective immunity against N. caninum infection in mice. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.},
 pages = {61--68},
 title = {Neospora GRA6 possesses immune-stimulating activity and confers efficient protection against Neospora caninum infection in mice},
 volume = {267},
 year = {2019}
}