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ArticleThe Indian journal of medical research2016

Computational prediction of immunodominant antigenic regions & potential protective epitopes for dengue vaccination.

Karthikeyan Muthusamy, Krishnasamy Gopinath, Dharmalingam Nandhini

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Karthikeyan MuthusamyDepartment of Bioinformatics, Science Campus, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India.
Krishnasamy GopinathDepartment of Bioinformatics, Science Campus, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India.
Dharmalingam NandhiniDepartment of Bioinformatics, Science Campus, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India.

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Abstract

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objectivesEpitope-based vaccines (EVs) are specific, safe and easy to produce. However, vaccine failure has been frequently reported due to variation within epitopic regions. Therefore, development of vaccines based on conserved epitopes may prevent such vaccine failure. This study was undertaken to identify highly conserved antigenic regions in the four dengue serotypes to produce an epitope-based dengue vaccine.

methodsPolyprotein sequences of all four dengue serotypes were collected and aligned using MAFFT multiple sequence alignment plugin with Geneious Pro v6.1. Consensus sequences of the polyproteins for all four dengue serotypes were designed and screened against experimentally proven epitopes to predict potential antigenic regions that are conserved among all four dengue serotypes.

resultsThe antigenic region VDRGWGNGCGLFGKG was 100 per cent conserved in the consensus polyprotein sequences of all four dengue serotypes. Fifteen experimentally proven epitopes were identical to the immunodominant antigenic region. INTERPRETATION &

conclusionsComputationally predicted antigenic regions may be considered for use in the development of EVs for protection against dengue virus. Such vaccines would be expected to provide protection against dengue infections caused by all dengue serotypes because these would contain antigenic regions highly conserved across those serotypes. Therefore, the immunodominant antigenic region (VDRGWGNGCGLFGKG) and 15 potential epitopes may be considered for use in dengue vaccines.

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Amino Acid SequenceAntigens, ViralComputational BiologyDengueDengue VaccinesDengue VirusHumansImmunodominant EpitopesSequence AlignmentViral Envelope ProteinsAntigens, ViralDengue VaccinesImmunodominant EpitopesViral Envelope Proteins

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