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ArticleScientific reports2024

Immunoinformatics, molecular docking and dynamics simulation approaches unveil a multi epitope-based potent peptide vaccine candidate against avian leukosis virus.

Siham O Elshafei, Nuha A Mahmoud, Yassir A Almofti

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Siham O ElshafeiDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, National University, Khartoum, Sudan.
Nuha A MahmoudDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, National University, Khartoum, Sudan.ORCID 0000-0002-2018-5204
Yassir A AlmoftiDepartment of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bahri, P.O. Box 1660, Khartoum, Sudan. yamofti99@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7174-8417
National University · SDUniversity of Bahri · SD

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Abstract

Lymphoid leukosis is a poultry neoplastic disease caused by avian leukosis virus (ALV) and is characterized by high morbidity and variable mortality rates in chicks. Currently, no effective treatment and vaccination is the only means to control it. This study exploited the immunoinformatics approaches to construct multi-epitope vaccine against ALV. ABCpred and IEDB servers were used to predict B and T lymphocytes epitopes from the viral proteins, respectively. Antigenicity, allergenicity and toxicity of the epitopes were assessed and used to construct the vaccine with suitable adjuvant and linkers. Secondary and tertiary structures of the vaccine were predicted, refined and validated. Structural errors, solubility, stability, immune simulation, dynamic simulation, docking and in silico cloning were also evaluated.The constructed vaccine was hydrophilic, antigenic and non-allergenic. Ramchandran plot showed most of the residues in the favored and additional allowed regions. ProsA server showed no errors in the vaccine structure. Immune simulation showed significant immunoglobulins and cytokines levels. Stability was enhanced by disulfide engineering and molecular dynamic simulation. Docking of the vaccine with chicken's TLR7 revealed competent binding energies.The vaccine was cloned in pET-30a(+) vector and efficiently expressed in Escherichia coli. This study provided a potent peptide vaccine that could assist in tailoring a rapid and cost-effective vaccine that helps to combat ALV. However, experimental validation is required to assess the vaccine efficiency.

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Avian Leukosis VirusAnimalsChickensComputational BiologyEpitopes, B-LymphocyteEpitopes, T-LymphocyteImmunoinformaticsMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein Subunit VaccinesVaccines, SubunitEpitopes, B-LymphocyteEpitopes, T-LymphocyteProtein Subunit VaccinesVaccines, Subunit

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PMID38311642
PMCPMC10838928
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