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ArticleThe Journal of veterinary medical science2018

Leader gene of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis may be useful in vaccines against caseous lymphadenitis of goats: a bioinformatics approach.

Eliane Macedo Sobrinho Santos, Anna Christina Almeida, Hércules Otacílio Santos, Alex Sander Rodrigues Cangussu, Deborah Aires Almeida, Kattyanne Souza Costa

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Eliane Macedo Sobrinho SantosDepartment of Dentistry, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, 39400-000, Brazil.
Anna Christina AlmeidaIntituto de Ciências Agrárias da UFMG, Campus Montes Claros, 39400-000, Brazil.
Hércules Otacílio SantosInstituto Federal do Amazonas, Campus São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, 69750-000, Brazil.
Alex Sander Rodrigues CangussuUniveridade Federal do Tocantins, Campus Gurupi, Tocantins, 77402-000, Brazil.
Deborah Aires AlmeidaUniveridade Federal do Tocantins, Campus Gurupi, Tocantins, 77402-000, Brazil.
Kattyanne Souza CostaResearch and Development Laboratory of Vallée S.A., Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, 39400-000, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Tocantins · BRInstituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Norte de Minas Gerais · BRInstituto Federal do Amazonas · BRVale (Brazil) · BR

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Abstract

We conducted an in silico analysis to search for important genes in the pathogenesis of Caseous Lymphadenitis (CL), with prospects for use in formulating effective vaccines against this disease. For this, we performed a survey of proteins expressed by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, using protein sequences collected from the NCBI GenPept database and the keywords "caseous lymphadenitis" and "Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis" and "goats". A network was developed using the STRING 10 database, with a confidence score of 0.900. For every gene interaction identified, we summed the interaction score of each gene, generating a combined association score to obtain a single score named weighted number of links (WNL). Genes with the highest WNL were named "leader genes". Ontological analysis was extracted from the STRING database through Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) database. A search in the GenPept database revealed 2,124 proteins. By using and plotting with STRING 10, we then developed an in silico network model comprised of 1,243 genes/proteins interconnecting through 3,330 interactions. The highest WNL values were identified in the rplB gene, which was named the leader gene. Our ontological analysis shows that this protein acts effectively mainly on Metabolic pathways and Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. In conclusion, the in silico analyses showed that rplB has good potential for vaccine development. However, functional assays are needed to make sure that this protein can potentially induce both humoral and cellular immune responses against C. pseudotuberculosis in goats.

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GoatsAnimalsBacterial VaccinesComputational BiologyCorynebacterium InfectionsCorynebacterium pseudotuberculosisGoat DiseasesLymphadenitisBacterial Vaccinesin siliconetworkontological analysisrplB

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