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Iron Acquisition Proteins of

Abdelrahman S Hamad, Eva A Edward, Eman Sheta, Hamida M Aboushleib, Mohammed Bahey-El-Din

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Article in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abdelrahman S HamadDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria P.O. Box 25435, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-7192-927X
Eva A EdwardDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria P.O. Box 25435, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-9426-5074
Eman ShetaPathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria P.O. Box 21131, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-9018-5229
Hamida M AboushleibDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria P.O. Box 25435, Egypt.
Mohammed Bahey-El-DinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria P.O. Box 25435, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-3457-9084
Alexandria University · EG

Funding

Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Egypt. Partial funding. Partial fund
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMETHODOLOGY: A "Reverse Vaccinology" approach was employed in the current study. Expression levels of 37 IAPs in various types of PA infections were analyzed in seven previously published studies. The IAP vaccine candidate was selected based on multiple criteria, including a high level of expression, high antigenicity, solubility, and conservation among PA strains, utilizing suitable bioinformatics analysis tools. The selected IAP candidate was recombinantly expressed in RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: HasAp antigen met all the in silico selection criteria, being highly antigenic, soluble, and conserved. In addition, it was the most highly expressed IAP in terms of average fold change compared to control. Although HasAp did excel in the in silico evaluation, subcutaneous immunization with recombinant HasAp alone or recombinant HasAp plus NAL (HasAP-NAL) did not provide the expected protection compared to controls. Immunized mice showed a low IgG2a/IgG1 ratio, indicating a T-helper type 2 (Th2)-oriented immune response that is suboptimal for protection against PA infections. Surprisingly, the bacterial count in livers of both NAL- and HasAp-NAL-immunized mice was significantly lower than the count in the HasAp and saline groups. The same trend was observed in kidneys and lungs obtained from these groups, although the difference was not significant. Such protection could be attributed to the enhancement of innate immunity by NAL.

conclusionsWe provided a detailed in silico analysis of IAPs of PA followed by in vivo evaluation of the best IAP, HasAp. Despite the promising in silico results, HasAp did not provide the anticipated vaccine efficacy. HasAp should be further evaluated as a vaccine candidate through varying the immunization regimens, models of infection, and immunoadjuvants. Combination with other IAPs might also improve vaccination efficacy. We also shed light on several highly expressed promising IAPs whose efficacy as vaccine candidates is worthy of further investigation.

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HasApiron acquisition proteinsnaloxonePseudomonas aeruginosavaccine

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PMID36679873
PMCPMC9864456
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