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ArticleIn silico pharmacology2023

In silico design of a novel peptide-based vaccine against the ubiquitous apicomplexan

Morteza Shams, Saeed Heydaryan, Mehdi Cheraghchi Bashi, Bahman Noroozi Gorgani, Ezatollah Ghasemi, Hamidreza Majidiani, Naser Nazari, Hamid Irannejad

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Article in In silico pharmacology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Morteza ShamsZoonotic Diseases Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.
Saeed HeydaryanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Mehdi Cheraghchi BashiDepartment of Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Bahman Noroozi GorganiIslamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch, Sanandaj, Iran.
Ezatollah GhasemiDepartment of Medical Parasitology, School of Medicine, Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, Iran.
Hamidreza MajidianiDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran.
Naser NazariDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Hamid IrannejadDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
University of Tehran · IRDezful University of Medical Sciences · IRIlam University · IRIslamic Azad University Sanandaj Branch · IRKermanshah University of Medical Sciences · IRMazandaran University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Neyshabur · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human toxoplasmosis is a global public health concern and a commercial vaccine is still lacking. The present in silico study was done to design a novel vaccine candidate using tachyzoite-specific SAG1-realted sequence (SRS) proteins. Overlapping B-cell and strictly-chosen human MHC-I binding epitopes were predicted and connected together using appropriate spacers. Moreover, a TLR4 agonist, human high mobility group box protein 1 (HMGB1), and His-tag were added to the N- and C-terminus of the vaccine sequence. The final vaccine had 442 residues and a molecular weight of 47.71 kDa. Physico-chemical evaluation showed a soluble, highly antigenic and non-allergen protein, with coils and helices as secondary structures. The vaccine 3D model was predicted by ITASSER server, subsequently refined and was shown to possess significant interactions with human TLR4. As well, potent stimulation of cellular and humoral immunity was demonstrated upon chimeric vaccine injection. Finally, the outputs showed that this vaccine model possesses top antigenicity, which could provoke significant cell-mediated immune profile including IFN- Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40203-023-00140-w.

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Multi-epitope vaccineSRS proteinsTachyzoiteToxoplasma gondiiVaccinology

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PMID36960094
PMCPMC10027966
OpenAlexW4360811006

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