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ArticleAdvances in virology2024

In Silico Design of a Trans-Amplifying RNA-Based Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 Structural Proteins.

Fatemeh Nafian, Ghazal Soleymani, Zahra Pourmanouchehri, Mahnaz Kiyanjam, Simin Nafian, Sayed Mohammad Mohammadi, Hanie Jeyroudi, Sharareh Berenji Jalaei, Fatemeh Sabzpoushan

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Article in Advances in virology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Fatemeh NafianDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences Faculty of Paramedics Tehran Medical Sciences Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0622-4086
Ghazal SoleymaniDepartment of Biological Sciences Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Zahra PourmanouchehriDepartment of Biology Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4289-6960
Mahnaz KiyanjamDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Biology Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technology Tehran Medical Sciences Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Simin NafianDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran, Iran.
Sayed Mohammad MohammadiDepartment of Biotechnology Faculty of Converging Sciences and Technologies Science and Research Branch Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Hanie JeyroudiDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Biology Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technology Tehran Medical Sciences Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Sharareh Berenji JalaeiDepartment of Biochemistry Faculty of Converging Sciences and Technologies Science and Research Branch Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Fatemeh SabzpoushanDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Biology Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technology Tehran Medical Sciences Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nucleic acid-based vaccines allow scalable, rapid, and cell-free vaccine production in response to an emerging disease such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we objected to the design of a multiepitope mRNA vaccine against the structural proteins of SARS-CoV-2. Through an immunoinformatic approach, promising epitopes were predicted for the spike (S), envelope (E), membrane (M), and nucleocapsid (N) proteins. Fragments rich in overlapping epitopes were selected based on binding affinities with HLA classes I and II for the specific presentation to B and T lymphocytes. Two constructs were designed by fusing the fragments in different arrangements via GG linkers. Construct 1 showed better structural properties and interactions with toll-like receptor 2 (TLR-2), TLR-3, and TLR-4 during molecular docking and dynamic simulation. A 50S ribosomal L7/L12 adjuvant was added to its N-terminus to improve stability and immunogenicity. The final RNA sequence was used to design a trans-amplifying RNA (taRNA) vaccine in a split-vector system. It consists of two molecules: a nonreplicating RNA encoding a trans-acting replicase to amplify the second one, a trans-replicon (TR) RNA encoding the vaccine protein. Overall, the immune response simulation detected that activated B and T lymphocytes and increased memory cell formation. Macrophages and dendritic cells proliferated continuously, and IFN-

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