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ArticleScientific reports2024

Exploring the nuclear proteins, viral capsid protein, and early antigen protein using immunoinformatic and molecular modeling approaches to design a vaccine candidate against Epstein Barr virus.

Elijah Kolawole Oladipo, Taiwo Ooreoluwa Ojo, Oluwabamise Emmanuel Elegbeleye, Olawale Quadri Bolaji, Moyosoluwa Precious Oyewole, Abdeen Tunde Ogunlana, Emmanuel Obanijesu Olalekan, Bamidele Abiodun, Daniel Adewole Adediran, Oluwaseun Adeola Obideyi and 5 more

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Elijah Kolawole OladipoDivision of Vaccine Design and Development, Helix Biogen Institute, Ogbomoso, 210214, Nigeria.
Taiwo Ooreoluwa OjoDivision of Vaccine Design and Development, Helix Biogen Institute, Ogbomoso, 210214, Nigeria.
Oluwabamise Emmanuel ElegbeleyeComputational Biology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, 210214, Nigeria.
Olawale Quadri BolajiComputational Biology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, 210214, Nigeria.
Moyosoluwa Precious OyewoleDivision of Vaccine Design and Development, Helix Biogen Institute, Ogbomoso, 210214, Nigeria.
Abdeen Tunde OgunlanaInstitute of Advanced Medical Research and Training (IAMRAT), College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 200005, Nigeria.
Emmanuel Obanijesu OlalekanComputational Biology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, 210214, Nigeria.
Bamidele AbiodunComputational Biology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, 210214, Nigeria.
Daniel Adewole AdediranDivision of Vaccine Design and Development, Helix Biogen Institute, Ogbomoso, 210214, Nigeria.
Oluwaseun Adeola ObideyiDivision of Vaccine Design and Development, Helix Biogen Institute, Ogbomoso, 210214, Nigeria.
Seun Elijah OlufemiDivision of Vaccine Design and Development, Helix Biogen Institute, Ogbomoso, 210214, Nigeria.
Ahmad Mohammad SalamatullahDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, 11, P.O. Box 2460, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed BourhiaLaboratory of Therapeutic and Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, 34000, France.
Youssouf Ali YounousEvangelical College, BP 1200, N'Djamena, Chad. scientifcresearcher@gmail.com.
Temitope Isaac AdelusiComputational Biology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, 210214, Nigeria. tiadelusi@lautech.edu.ng.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The available Epstein Barr virus vaccine has tirelessly harnessed the gp350 glycoprotein as its target epitope, but the result has not been preventive. Right here, we designed a global multi-epitope vaccine for EBV; with special attention to making sure all strains and preventive antigens are covered. Using a robust computational vaccine design approach, our proposed vaccine is armed with 6-16 mers linear B-cell epitopes, 4-9 mer CTL epitopes, and 8-15 mer HTL epitopes which are verified to induce interleukin 4, 10 & IFN-gamma. We employed deep computational mining coupled with expert intelligence in designing the vaccine, using human Beta defensin-3-which has been reported to induce the same TLRs as EBV-as the adjuvant. The tendency of the vaccine to cause autoimmune disorder is quenched by the assurance that the construct contains no EBNA-1 homolog. The protein vaccine construct exhibited excellent physicochemical attributes such as Aliphatic index 59.55 and GRAVY - 0.710; and a ProsaWeb Z score of - 3.04. Further computational analysis revealed the vaccine docked favorably with EBV indicted TLR 1, 2, 4 & 9 with satisfactory interaction patterns. With global coverage of 85.75% and the stable molecular dynamics result obtained for the best two interactions, we are optimistic that our nontoxic, non-allergenic multi-epitope vaccine will help to ameliorate the EBV-associated diseases-which include various malignancies, tumors, and cancers-preventively.

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Capsid ProteinsHerpesvirus 4, HumanAntigens, ViralComputational BiologyEpitopes, B-LymphocyteEpitopes, T-LymphocyteEpstein-Barr Virus InfectionsHumansModels, MolecularMolecular Docking SimulationViral VaccinesAntigens, ViralCapsid ProteinsEpitopes, B-LymphocyteEpitopes, T-LymphocyteViral VaccinesBioinformaticsEBNA-1Epstein Barr virusImmunoinformaticsMolecular modelingVaccine

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PMID39039173
PMCPMC11263613

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