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ArticleBMC infectious diseases2020

Development of a hexavalent recombinant protein vaccine adjuvanted with Montanide ISA 50 V and determination of its protective efficacy against acute toxoplasmosis.

Esra Atalay Şahar, Hüseyin Can, Sultan Gülçe İz, Aysu Değirmenci Döşkaya, Mina Kalantari-Dehaghi, Remziye Deveci, Adnan Yüksel Gürüz, Mert Döşkaya

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Esra Atalay ŞaharPresent address: Department of Parasitology, Vaccine Research and Development Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, 35100, İzmir, Turkey.
Hüseyin CanDepartment of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Ege University, İzmir, 35100, Bornova, Turkey.
Sultan Gülçe İzDepartment of Bioengineering, Ege University Faculty of Engineering, Bornova, 35100, İzmir, Turkey.
Aysu Değirmenci DöşkayaPresent address: Department of Parasitology, Vaccine Research and Development Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, 35100, İzmir, Turkey.
Mina Kalantari-DehaghiDepartment of Dermatology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92617, USA.
Remziye DeveciDepartment of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Ege University, İzmir, 35100, Bornova, Turkey.
Adnan Yüksel GürüzPresent address: Department of Parasitology, Vaccine Research and Development Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, 35100, İzmir, Turkey.
Mert DöşkayaPresent address: Department of Parasitology, Vaccine Research and Development Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, 35100, İzmir, Turkey. mert.doskaya@ege.edu.tr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6868-008X
Ege University · TRUniversity of California, Irvine · US

Funding

TUBITAK 110S200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundToxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that can infect almost all warm-blooded animals, avian species and humans. Toxoplasmosis is asymptomatic in healthy individuals, whereas it may lead to death in immune suppressed or deficient patients. A vaccine against T. gondii is required to prevent consequences of the infection. The aim of this study is to generate a multivalent recombinant protein vaccine against T. gondii.

methods49 previously discovered antigenic proteins of T gondii were evaluated by their expression level in E. coli and by comprehensive bioinformatics analyses to determine antigenic epitopes. Based on these analyses, six vaccine candidate proteins were selected to generate a hexavalent recombinant protein vaccine adjuvanted with Montanide ISA 50 V. Humoral and cellular immune responses were determined by flow cytometry and ELISA. Vaccinated mice were challenged with T. gondii Ankara strain tachyzoites.

resultsIn mice vaccinated with hexavalent vaccine, strong total IgG (P < 0.0001) and IgG2a (P < 0.001) responses were induced compared to controls, the ratio of CD4

conclusionsAltogether, these results show that the hexavalent vaccine which is developed for the first time against T. gondii induced strong and balanced Th1 and Th2 immune responses as well as conferred significant protection against challenge with lethal toxoplasmosis in murine model.

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Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayEpitopesEscherichia coliFemaleImmunity, CellularImmunity, HumoralImmunoglobulin GMannitolMiceProtozoan ProteinsProtozoan VaccinesRecombinant ProteinsToxoplasmaToxoplasmosisAdjuvants, ImmunologicEpitopesImmunoglobulin GMannitolmontanide ISA 50 VProtozoan ProteinsProtozoan VaccinesRecombinant ProteinsVaccines, DNAAdjuvantHexavalantMontanide ISA 50 VRecombinant protein vaccineToxoplasma gondii

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PMID32650739
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