Judul: Antibodi anti-idiotipe sebagai kandidat vaksin rabies, Anti-idiotype andibody as a rabies vaccine candidate
Abstrak: Anti rabies serum (ARS) called antibody 1 (Ab1) was used as the antigen to immunize laying chickens. Anti-Ab1 chicken immunoglobulins (IgY), the antiidiotype antibodies against rabies (Ab2) was isolated from chicken blood every week for ten weeks. The highest titer of Ab2 was found at the third week after the last immunization. Immunoglobulin Y was separated by means of ammonium sulfate precipitation, then dialyzed using PBS pH 8.0 for 24 hours at 2 – 8 oC and purified using affinity chromatography column for IgY lead the proteins molecules with 185,000; 95,000 and 49,000 dalton in weigth. Purified IgY was used to immunize New Zealand White rabbit and the antibody response (Ab3) was detected using Agar Gel Precipitation Test (AGPT). The Ab3 showed specific reaction with Ab2 as well as rabies virus. Interestingly, Ab2 and rabies virus express partial identity reaction. This lead the insight, that not all parts of Ab2 are internal image of rabies virus. The efficacy of Ab3 was detected using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and indicated that the level of Ab3 titer is protective according to WHO standard (more than 0.5 IU/ml). The conclusion of this study is the anti-idiotype antibody can induce protective immune response against rabies virus and can be used as an alternative for rabies anti-idiotype vaccine. Key words : anti-idiotype vaccine, antibody, rabies
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Judul: The Characteristic of Antitetanus Immunoglobulin Y Isolated from Eggs to substitute Horse Antitetanus Serum
Abstrak: Laying hens are highly profitable producers of polyclonal antibodies in comparison with mammals as antibodies can be purified from egg yolks. The cost for producing IgY is lower than for mammalian antibodies since chicken housing is cheap and isolation process is economical, high yielding, uncomplicated and fast. The purpose of the study was to explore the opportunity of using antitetanus IgY from egg yolks to substitute the production of antitetanus serum from horses. The eggs were collected from adult Isa brown hens which have been immunized by tetanus toxoid. The immunization was applied intra venously with an initial dose of 15 Lf. The immunization was repeated three times with gradual dose of 100, 200, and 300 Lf with an interval of one week intra muscularly. The first immunization was tetanus toxoid mixed with Freund adjuvant complete and subsequently mixed with Freund adjuvant incomplete. Antitetanus IgY was extracted from egg yolks by means of PEG–Chloroform and purified using fast protein liquid chromatography. The purity of antitetanus IgY was determined by Bradford method (l = 595 nm) and Agar Gel Precipitation test. The molecular weight of purified antitetanus IgY was determined with Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis. The antitetanus IgY were treated by pH, heat, and enzyme. The biological activities of treated antitetanus IgY was determined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Neutralization potency test of antitetanus IgY was determined by Spearman-Karber method. The antitetanus IgY highest titer of egg yolks was 80.16 ± 33.55 IU/ml reached at seven weeks after starting immunization schedule and the lowest was 1.69 ± 0.63 IU/ml. Protein concentration (IgY) after extraction and purification were 0.652 ± 0.041 mg/ml and 1.644 ± 0.424 mg/ml respectively . Biological activity of antitetanus IgY decreased significantly (p<0.01) at of pH 2, pH 3, and at 72.5 oC, and lost its activity at 90 oC after 20 minutes. Addition of 25% sucrose solution was able to maintain antitetanus IgY activity until 50 % at 75 oC for 5 minutes, while addition of 50% glucose solution increase antitetanus IgY activity at 75 oC and 80 oC for 5 minutes. The effect of pepsin, trypsin, and protease enzyme s decreased the activities of antitetanus IgY. Spearman-Karber value of potency of antitetanus IgY was 35 IU/ml. The injection of 0.2 and 0.4 IU antitetanus IgY per mice respectively, protect all mice from the letal dose tetanus toxin. The doses of 0.8 IU and 1 IU anti tetanus IgY per mice protected twice dose of letal tetanus toxin. Antitetanus IgY given orally on adult animal was ineffective as passive immunotherapy. This research concluded that the hens were capable of produc ing antitetanus in egg yolks and can be used as a resource of antitetanus serum to substitute horse antitetanus serum.
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Judul: Kajian cadangan karbon pada lahan gambut tropika yang didrainase untuk tanaman tahunan
Abstrak: Ekosistem gambut berperan sangat penting dalam skala global, baik dari aspek ekologis, sosial maupun perekonomian masyarakat. Disisi lain, ekosistem gambut adalah unik, rapuh dan memiliki sifat tidak dapat diperbaharui. Proses pembentukannya memerlukan waktu ribuan tahun, dan bila terjadi kerusakan, sangat sulit untuk diperbaiki atau bahkan mungkin tidak bisa pulih sama sekali. Luas lahan gambut dunia sekitar 3% dari luas permukaan bumi yakni sekitar 400 juta hektar, namun menyimpan karbon sangat besar yang diperkirakan sebanyak 550 Giga ton, atau setara dengan 75% dari seluruh karbon di atmosfer. Khusus untuk Indonesia yang mewakili daerah gambut tropika, memiliki luas lahan gambut sekitar 265.500 km2, menyimpan cadangan karbon sekitar 54.016 Mega ton. Mengingat cadangan karbon yang besar pada lahan gambut sedangkan ekosistemnya sangat rapuh, maka apabila tidak dikelola dengan baik akan menyebabkan kehilangan karbon yang banyak, terutama dalam bentuk gas metan (CH4) dan karbon dioksida (CO2 Kajian cadangan, kehilangan dan akumlasi karbon, serta evaluasi terhadap metode dan alat pengukuran bulk density (BD), %C-organik dan emisi CO ) ke atmosfer, sehingga akan semakin meningkatkan emisi gas rumah kaca (GRK).
Keyword: Peat lands, Carbon stock, Peat land drainage, Soil carbon