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ArticleIn silico pharmacology2024

An immunoinformatic approach for developing a multi-epitope subunit vaccine against Monkeypox virus.

Ashmad Kumar Nayak, Aritra Chakraborty, Sakshi Shukla, Nikhil Kumar, Sunanda Samanta

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Ashmad Kumar NayakDepartment of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, Madhya Pradesh India.ORCID 0009-0000-6598-2007
Aritra ChakrabortyDepartment of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, Madhya Pradesh India.ORCID 0009-0003-8818-9572
Sakshi ShuklaDepartment of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, Madhya Pradesh India.
Nikhil KumarDepartment of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, Madhya Pradesh India.
Sunanda SamantaDepartment of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, Madhya Pradesh India.ORCID 0000-0002-8736-6253

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An in-silico approach was implemented to develop a multi-epitope subunit vaccine construct against the recent outbreak of the Monkeypox virus. The contribution of 10 different antigenic proteins based on their antigenicity led to the selection of 10 HTL, 9 CTL, and 6 BCL epitopes. The construct was further investigated for its allergenicity, antigenicity, and physio-chemical properties using servers such as AllerTOP and Allergen FP, VaxiJen and ANTIGENPro, and ProtParam respectively. The secondary structure of the vaccine was predicted using the SOPMA server followed by I-TASSER for the 3D structure. After refinement and validation of structural stability of the modelled vaccine, a molecular docking assay was implemented to study the interaction of the known TLR4 receptor with that of the constructed vaccine using the ClusPro server. The docked vaccine and TLR4 receptor were studied using the molecular dynamics (MD) simulation to validate the stability of the complex. After codon optimization the cDNA was constructed and in-silico cloning of the vaccine construct was carried out. The vaccine was also subjected to computational immune assay which predicted a powerful immune response against the Monkeypox virus validating that the developed multi-epitope vaccine construct can be a potent vaccine candidate. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40203-024-00220-5.

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Immune assayIn-silicoMolecular dynamicsMonkeypoxMulti-epitope

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PMID38746047
PMCPMC11089034

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