Immuno-Bioinformatics Study of Autotransporter Protein, Antigen 43, in Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Isolated From Calves
2019
Ghorbanpour, Reyhaneh | Nikbakhat Brujeni, Gholamraza | Jalali, Seyed Amir Hossein
BACKGROUND: Extensive effort is focused on identifying genomic conserved antigens in development of effective vaccine against Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. Antigen 43 is one of the members of a large secreted protein family named autotransporters in the E.coli and other gram negative bacteria. Autotransporter proteins have a similar conserved structure. Some of them are recognized during both experimental and naturally occurring ETEC infections. Antigen 43 is represented as a potential target in vaccine development because of its virulence functions such as cell aggregation, biofilm formation and its presence in convalescent sera from human patients with ETEC diarrhea. OBJECTIVES: In this study, we carefully investigate antigenic structure and immunogenicity of the Antigen 43 protein of strain 510 E.coli isolated from calves by experimental methods and immunoinformatics tools. METHODS: Amino acid sequence, physico-chemical parameters, stability, secondary and tertiary protein structure, the ability of induction the B and T cell immune responses by having the effective epitopes and also the allergenicity assessment were analyzed. RESULTS: In this study, we identified 15 peptide sequences that can potentially induce B and T cell immune responses and finally, 9 of them were introduced as antigens. CONCLUSIONS: The results of in-silico analysis on this protein suggested that it can be used in bovine colibacillosis vaccine development.
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