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ArticleScientific reports2022

Novel multi epitope-based vaccine against monkeypox virus: vaccinomic approach.

Shaza W Shantier, Mujahed I Mustafa, Abdelrahman H Abdelmoneim, Hiba A Fadl, Sahar G Elbager, Abdelrafie M Makhawi

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Shaza W ShantierDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan. sshantier@yahoo.com.ORCID 0000-0002-2543-0248
Mujahed I MustafaDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Industrial and Applied Sciences, University of Bahri, Khartoum, Sudan.
Abdelrahman H AbdelmoneimFaculty of Medicine, Alneelain University, Khartoum, Sudan.
Hiba A FadlDepartment of Haematology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Al-Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan.
Sahar G ElbagerFaculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.
Abdelrafie M MakhawiDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Industrial and Applied Sciences, University of Bahri, Khartoum, Sudan.
Al-Neelain University · SDUniversity of Bahri · SDUniversity of Khartoum · SDUniversity of Medical Sciences and Technology · SD

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While mankind is still dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, a case of monkeypox virus (MPXV) has been reported to the WHO on May 7, 2022. Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease that has been a public health threat, particularly in Africa. However, it has recently expanded to other parts of the world, so it may soon become a global issue. Thus, the current work was planned and then designed a multi-epitope vaccine against MPXV utilizing the cell surface-binding protein as a target in order to develop a novel and safe vaccine that can evoke the desirable immunological response. The proposed MHC-I, MHC-II, and B-cell epitopes were selected to design multi-epitope vaccine constructs linked with suitable linkers in combination with different adjuvants to enhance the immune responses for the vaccine constructs. The proposed vaccine was composed of 275 amino acids and was shown to be antigenic in Vaxijen server (0.5311) and non-allergenic in AllerTop server. The 3D structure of the designed vaccine was predicted, refined and validated by various in silico tools to assess the stability of the vaccine. Moreover, the solubility of the vaccine construct was found greater than the average solubility provided by protein-Sol server which indicating the solubility of the vaccine construct. Additionally, the most promising epitopes bound to MHC I and MHC II alleles were found having good binding affinities with low energies ranging between - 7.0 and - 8.6 kcal/mol. According to the immunological simulation research, the vaccine was found to elicit a particular immune reaction against the monkeypox virus. Finally, the molecular dynamic study shows that the designed vaccine is stable with minimum RMSF against MHC I allele. We conclude from our research that the cell surface-binding protein is one of the primary proteins involved in MPXV pathogenesis. As a result, our study will aid in the development of appropriate therapeutics and prompt the development of future vaccines against MPXV.

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Epitopes, B-LymphocyteSmallpox VaccineVaccines, SubunitAmino AcidsComputational BiologyEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHumansMolecular Docking SimulationMonkeypox virusMpox, MonkeypoxAmino AcidsEpitopes, B-LymphocyteEpitopes, T-LymphocyteSmallpox VaccineVaccines, Subunit

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PMCPMC9510130
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