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Vaccination prepartum enhances the beneficial effects of melatonin on the immune response and reduces platelet responsiveness in sheep
BACKGROUND: Melatonin regulates several physiological processes and its powerful action as antioxidant has been widely reported. Melatonin acts modulating the immune system, showing a protective effect on the cardiovascular system and improving vaccine administration as an adjuvant-like agent. Here,...
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BioMed Central
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3426476/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22716226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-8-84 |
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author | Regodón, Sergio Ramos, Asunción Míguez, María P Carrillo-Vico, Antonio Rosado, Juan A Jardín, Isaac |
author_facet | Regodón, Sergio Ramos, Asunción Míguez, María P Carrillo-Vico, Antonio Rosado, Juan A Jardín, Isaac |
author_sort | Regodón, Sergio |
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description | BACKGROUND: Melatonin regulates several physiological processes and its powerful action as antioxidant has been widely reported. Melatonin acts modulating the immune system, showing a protective effect on the cardiovascular system and improving vaccine administration as an adjuvant-like agent. Here, we have investigated the role of melatonin as an adjuvant of the Clostridium perfringens vaccine in prepartum sheep and whether melatonin modulates platelet physiology during peripartum. RESULTS: The experiments were carried out in peripartum sheep from a farm located in an area of Mediterranean-type ecosystem. Plasma melatonin levels were determined by ELISA and sheep platelet aggregation was monitored using an aggregometer. Here we demonstrated for the first time that plasma melatonin concentration were higher in pregnant (125 pg/mL) than in non-pregnant sheep (15 pg/mL; P < 0.05). Administration of melatonin prepartum did not significantly modify platelet function but significantly improved the immune response to vaccination against C. perfringens. CONCLUSION: Administration of melatonin as an adjuvant provides a significant improvement in the immune response to vaccine administration prepartum against C. perfringens. |
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spelling | pubmed-34264762012-08-24 Vaccination prepartum enhances the beneficial effects of melatonin on the immune response and reduces platelet responsiveness in sheep Regodón, Sergio Ramos, Asunción Míguez, María P Carrillo-Vico, Antonio Rosado, Juan A Jardín, Isaac BMC Vet Res Research Article BACKGROUND: Melatonin regulates several physiological processes and its powerful action as antioxidant has been widely reported. Melatonin acts modulating the immune system, showing a protective effect on the cardiovascular system and improving vaccine administration as an adjuvant-like agent. Here, we have investigated the role of melatonin as an adjuvant of the Clostridium perfringens vaccine in prepartum sheep and whether melatonin modulates platelet physiology during peripartum. RESULTS: The experiments were carried out in peripartum sheep from a farm located in an area of Mediterranean-type ecosystem. Plasma melatonin levels were determined by ELISA and sheep platelet aggregation was monitored using an aggregometer. Here we demonstrated for the first time that plasma melatonin concentration were higher in pregnant (125 pg/mL) than in non-pregnant sheep (15 pg/mL; P < 0.05). Administration of melatonin prepartum did not significantly modify platelet function but significantly improved the immune response to vaccination against C. perfringens. CONCLUSION: Administration of melatonin as an adjuvant provides a significant improvement in the immune response to vaccine administration prepartum against C. perfringens. BioMed Central 2012-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3426476/ /pubmed/22716226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-8-84 Text en Copyright ©2012 Regodón et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Regodón, Sergio Ramos, Asunción Míguez, María P Carrillo-Vico, Antonio Rosado, Juan A Jardín, Isaac Vaccination prepartum enhances the beneficial effects of melatonin on the immune response and reduces platelet responsiveness in sheep |
title | Vaccination prepartum enhances the beneficial effects of melatonin on the immune response and reduces platelet responsiveness in sheep |
title_full | Vaccination prepartum enhances the beneficial effects of melatonin on the immune response and reduces platelet responsiveness in sheep |
title_fullStr | Vaccination prepartum enhances the beneficial effects of melatonin on the immune response and reduces platelet responsiveness in sheep |
title_full_unstemmed | Vaccination prepartum enhances the beneficial effects of melatonin on the immune response and reduces platelet responsiveness in sheep |
title_short | Vaccination prepartum enhances the beneficial effects of melatonin on the immune response and reduces platelet responsiveness in sheep |
title_sort | vaccination prepartum enhances the beneficial effects of melatonin on the immune response and reduces platelet responsiveness in sheep |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3426476/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22716226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-8-84 |
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