Gallium Citrate Ga-67

Antibiotics are widely used in health care to treat various infections.Excessive use and poor waste management make antibiotics a serious threat to aquatic ecosystems.Most of the ecotoxicol. assessments on freshwater microalgae are evaluated in the defined culture medium, which lacks environmental relevance.Hence, this study aimed to evaluate the toxicity of amoxicillin, ciprofloxacin, and levofloxacin on the freshwater microalga Scenedesmus obliquus in both lake water medium (LWM) and Blue green-11 medium (BG-11 M).Results indicated that levofloxacin exhibited the highest toxicity, followed by amoxicillin and ciprofloxacin in both LWM and BG-11 M.Pearson correlation and cluster heat map analyses revealed that oxidative stress generation was directly linked to reduced photosynthetic activity and cell viability.These findings suggest toxicity assessments conducted in defined culture media may modulate the toxicity levels compared to environmentally relevant media, like lake water.

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) is a significant pathogen in the swine industry, leading to substantial economic losses and highlighting the need for effective vaccines. This study evaluates the potential of APP-derived extracellular vesicles (APP-EVs) as a vaccine candidate compared to the commercial Coglapix vaccine. APP-EVs, isolated using tangential flow filtration (TFF) and cushioned ultracentrifugation, exhibited an average size of 105 nm and a zeta potential of -17.4 mV. These EVs demonstrated stability under external stressors, such as pH changes and enzymatic exposure and were found to contain 86 major metabolites. Additionally, APP-EVs induced dendritic cell (DC) maturation in a Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-dependent manner without cytotoxicity. APP-EVs predominantly elicited Th1-mediated IgG responses in immunized mice without significant liver and kidney toxicity. Contrarily, unlike Coglapix, which induced stronger Th2-mediated responses and notable toxicity. In addition, APP-EVs triggered APP-specific Th1, Th17, and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses and promoted the activation of multifunctional T-cells. Notably, APP-EV immunization enhanced macrophage phagocytosis and improved survival rates in mice challenged with APP infection compared to those treated with Coglapix. These findings suggest that APP-EVs are promising vaccine candidates, capable of inducing potent APP-specific T-cell responses, particularly Th1, Th17, CTL, and multifunctional T-cells, thereby enhancing the protective immune response against APP infection.