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ArticleJournal, genetic engineering & biotechnology2022

In silico designing of a multi-epitope vaccine against Burkholderia pseudomallei: reverse vaccinology and immunoinformatics.

Muhammad Shahab, Chandni Hayat, Ramin Sikandar, Guojun Zheng, Shahina Akter

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Article in Journal, genetic engineering & biotechnology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Muhammad ShahabState Key Laboratory of Chemical Resources Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
Chandni HayatDepartment of Biochemistry, Computational Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory, UCSS, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan.
Ramin SikandarDepartment of Biochemistry, Computational Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory, UCSS, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan.
Guojun ZhengState Key Laboratory of Chemical Resources Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China. Zhenggj@mail.buct.edu.cn.
Shahina AkterBangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka, 1205, Bangladesh. shupty2010@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7776-6686
Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan · PKBeijing University of Chemical Technology · CNBangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research · BD

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBurkholderia pseudomallei is an infectious agent causing severe disease melioidosis resulting in pneumonia, fever, and acute septicemia in humans. B. pseudomallei show resistance to drugs. No such FDA-approved vaccine is available against B. pseudomallei, and treatment is limited to therapy. Therefore, the scientific study was designed to develop a vaccine for B. pseudomallei. The protein sequence of B. pseudomallei was retrieved from NCBI. B-cell and T-cell epitopes were identified and further screened for allergenicity, antigenicity docking, and simulation.

resultsHere, in this study, in silico approach was applied to design a multi-epitope subunit vaccine peptide consisting of linear B-cell and T-cell epitopes of proteins considered to be potential novel vaccine candidates. Peptide epitopes were joined by adjuvant and EAAAK, CPGPG, and AAY linkers. This constructed vaccine was subjected to in silico immune simulations by C-ImmSim. The protein construct was cloned into PET28a (+) vector for expression study in Escherichia coli using SnapGene.

conclusionThe designed multi-epitope vaccine was analyzed for its physicochemical, structural, and immunological characteristics, and it was found to be antigenic, soluble, stable, nonallergenic, and have a high affinity to its target receptor. The immune simulation studies were carried out on the C-ImmSim showing increased production of cellular and humoral responses indicating that the constructed vaccine proved effective and able to provoke humoral and cell-mediated response immune responses. In silico study could be a breakthrough in designing effective vaccines to eradicate B. pseudomallei globally.

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