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ArticleCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2022

Immune epitopes identification and designing of a multi-epitope vaccine against bovine leukemia virus: a molecular dynamics and immune simulation approaches.

Abdus Samad, Nigar Sultana Meghla, Zulkar Nain, Tomasz M Karpiński, Md Shahedur Rahman

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Article in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Abdus Samad *Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Science and Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, 7408, Bangladesh.
Nigar Sultana Meghla *Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Science and Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, 7408, Bangladesh.
Zulkar NainDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Tomasz M KarpińskiChair and Department of Medical Microbiology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Wieniawskiego 3, 61-712, Poznań, Poland. tkarpin@ump.edu.pl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6599-9204
Md Shahedur RahmanDepartment of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Science and Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, 7408, Bangladesh. ms.rahman@just.edu.bd.
Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University · BDPoznan University of Medical Sciences · PLUniversity of Utah · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBovine leukemia virus (BLV) is an oncogenic delta-retrovirus causing bovine leucosis. Studies on BLV have shown the association with human breast cancer. However, the exact molecular mechanism is neither known nor their appropriate preventative measure to halt the disease initiation and progression. In this study, we designed a multi-epitope vaccine against BLV using a computational analyses.

methodsFollowing a rigorous assessment, the vaccine was constructed using the T-cell epitopes from each BLV-derived protein with suitable adjuvant and linkers. Both physicochemistry and immunogenic potency as well as the safeness of the vaccine candidate were assessed. Population coverage was done to evaluate the vaccine probable efficiency in eliciting the immune response worldwide. After homology modeling, the three-dimensional structure was refined and validated to determine the quality of the designed vaccine. The vaccine protein was then subjected to molecular docking with Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) to evaluate the binding efficiency followed by dynamic simulation for stable interaction.

resultsOur vaccine construct has the potential immune response and good physicochemical properties. The vaccine is antigenic and immunogenic, and has no allergenic or toxic effect on the human body. This novel vaccine contains a significant interactions and binding affinity with the TLR3 receptor.

conclusionsThe proposed vaccine candidate would be structurally stable and capable of generating an effective immune response to combat BLV infections. However, experimental evaluations are essential to validate the exact safety and immunogenic profiling of this vaccine.

Indexed as

Leukemia Virus, BovineMolecular Dynamics SimulationComputational BiologyEpitopes, B-LymphocyteEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHumansMolecular Docking SimulationVaccines, SubunitEpitopes, B-LymphocyteEpitopes, T-LymphocyteVaccines, SubunitBovine leukemia virusImmune simulationMolecular dynamics simulationT-cell epitopesVaccine design

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PMID35294591
PMCPMC8924353
OpenAlexW4220700161

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