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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 43 |
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PlpE epitopes of Pasteurella multocida fusion protein as novel subunit vaccine candidates
Saied Mostaan1, Abbas Ghasemzadeh1, Parastoo Ehsani2, Soroush Sardari2, Mohammad Ali Shokrgozar3, Mohsen Abolhassani4, Gholamreza Nikbakht Brujeni5
1 Department of Molecular Biology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
2 Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of National Cell Bank of Iran, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
4 Department of Immunology, Hybridoma Laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
5 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Prof. Mohsen Abolhassani
Department of Immunology, Hybridoma Laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran
Iran
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DOI: 10.4103/abr.abr_245_19
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Background: Pasteurella multocida is the causative agent of many diseases. Antimicrobial treatment disadvantages highlight the need to find other possible ways such as prophylaxis to manage infections. Current vaccines against this agent include inactivated bacteria, live-attenuated bacteria, and nonpathogenic bacteria, which have disadvantages such as lack of immunogenicity, reactogenicity, or reversion to virulence wild bacteria. Using bioinformatical approaches, potentially immunogenic and protective epitopes identified and merged to design the best epitope fusion form in case of immunogenicity as a vaccine candidate. Materials and Methods: In this study, the fusion protein (PlpE1 + 2 + 3) and full PlpE genes (PlpE-Total) were cloned in pET28a in BL21 (DE3) firstly and later in pBAD/gIII A and expressed in Top10 Escherichia coli. Overlap polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using different primers for 5ˈ and 3ˈ end of each segment produced fusion segment 1 + 2 and (1 + 2) +3 fragments and was used for cloning. Results: Cloning of both PlpE1 + 2 + 3 and PlpE-Total into the pET28a vector and their transform into the BL21 (DE3) E. coli host was successful, as the presence of the cassettes was proved by digestion and colony PCR, however, their expression faced some challenges independent of expression inducer (isopropyl β-d-1-thiogalactopyranoside) concentration. Conclusion: Changing the vector to pBAD/gIII A and consequently changing the host to Top10 E. coli have resulted in sufficient expression, which shows that Top10 E. coli may be a good substitute for such cases. Furthermore, it is concluded that adding 8M urea results in sufficient purification, which hypothesizes that denature purification is better for such cases than native one. Purified proteins headed for further analysis as vaccine candidates.
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