Laboratório de Imunomodulação e Protozoologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, RJ, Brazil.
Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, RJ, Brazil.
Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Mar 22;24(6):5972. doi: 10.3390/ijms24065972.
Leishmaniasis represents a complex of diseases with a broad clinical spectrum and epidemiological diversity, considered a major public health problem. Although there is treatment, there are still no vaccines for cutaneous leishmaniasis. Because spp. is an intracellular protozoan with several escape mechanisms, a vaccine must provoke cellular and humoral immune responses. Previously, we identified the homolog of receptors for activated C kinase (LACK) and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) proteins as strong immunogens and candidates for the development of a vaccine strategy. The present work focuses on the in silico prediction and characterization of antigenic epitopes that might interact with mice or human major histocompatibility complex class I. After immunogenicity prediction on the Immune Epitope Database (IEDB) and the Database of MHC Ligands and Peptide Motifs (SYFPEITHI), 26 peptides were selected for interaction assays with infected mouse lymphocytes by flow cytometry and ELISpot. This strategy identified nine antigenic peptides (pL1-H2, pPL3-H2, pL10-HLA, pP13-H2, pP14-H2, pP15-H2, pP16-H2, pP17-H2, pP18-H2, pP26-HLA), which are strong candidates for developing a peptide vaccine against leishmaniasis.
利什曼病是一种具有广泛临床谱和流行病学多样性的疾病,被认为是一个主要的公共卫生问题。尽管有治疗方法,但仍没有针对皮肤利什曼病的疫苗。由于 spp. 是一种具有多种逃避机制的细胞内原生动物,疫苗必须引发细胞和体液免疫反应。以前,我们鉴定了 激活 C 激酶 (LACK) 和磷酸烯醇丙酮酸羧激酶 (PEPCK) 蛋白的受体同源物作为强免疫原和疫苗开发策略的候选物。本工作重点在于预测和表征可能与小鼠或人主要组织相容性复合体 I 相互作用的抗原表位。在免疫表位数据库 (IEDB) 和 MHC 配体和肽基序数据库 (SYFPEITHI) 上进行免疫原性预测后,选择了 26 个肽段用于流式细胞术和 ELISpot 检测与感染小鼠淋巴细胞的相互作用。该策略确定了 9 个抗原肽 (pL1-H2、pPL3-H2、pL10-HLA、pP13-H2、pP14-H2、pP15-H2、pP16-H2、pP17-H2、pP18-H2、pP26-HLA),它们是开发针对利什曼病的肽疫苗的强有力候选物。
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