Genome-wide screening of vaccine targets prioritization and reverse vaccinology aided design of peptides vaccine to enforce humoral immune response against Campylobacter jejuni

Adnan Zeb; Syed Shujait Ali; Abul Kalam Azad; Muhammad Safdar; Zeeshan Anwar; Muhammad Suleman; N Nizam-Uddin; Abbas Khan; Dong-Qing Wei

doi:10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104412

Genome-wide screening of vaccine targets prioritization and reverse vaccinology aided design of peptides vaccine to enforce humoral immune response against Campylobacter jejuni

Comput Biol Med. 2021 Jun:133:104412. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104412. Epub 2021 Apr 18.

Authors

Adnan Zeb¹, Syed Shujait Ali¹, Abul Kalam Azad², Muhammad Safdar³, Zeeshan Anwar⁴, Muhammad Suleman¹, N Nizam-Uddin⁵, Abbas Khan⁶, Dong-Qing Wei⁷

Affiliations

¹ Center for Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Swat, Kanju Campus, Swat, Pakistan.
² Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory, Pharmaceutical Technology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, International Islamic University, 25200, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.
³ Faculty of Pharmacy, Gomal University, DI Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
⁴ Department of Pharmacy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
⁵ Department of Biomedical Engineering, HITEC University, Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan.
⁶ Department of Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, PR China. Electronic address: abbaskhan@sjtu.edu.cn.
⁷ Department of Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, PR China; Peng Cheng Laboratory, Vanke Cloud City Phase I Building 8, Xili Street, Nashan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai-Islamabad-Belgrade Joint Innovation Center on Antibacterial Resistances, Joint Laboratory of International Cooperation in Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, Ministry of Education and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, PR China. Electronic address: dqwei@sjtu.edu.cn.

PMID: 33934066
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104412

Abstract

Campylobacter jejuni, gram-negative bacteria, is an infectious agent of foodborne disease-causing bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and Miller Fisher syndrome in humans. Campylobacter spp. with multidrug resistance to fluoroquinolones, tetracycline, and erythromycin are reported. Hence, an effective vaccine candidate would provide long-term immunity against C. jejuni infections. Thus, we used a subtractive proteomics pipeline to prioritize essential proteins, which impart a critical role in virulence, replication and survival. Five proteins, i.e. Single-stranded DNA-binding protein, UPF0324 membrane protein Cj0999c, DNA translocase FtsK, 50S ribosomal protein L22, and 50S ribosomal protein L1 were identified as virulent proteins and selected for vaccine designing. We reported that the multi-epitopes subunit vaccine based on CTL, HTL and B-cell epitopes combination possess strong antigenic properties and associates no allergenic reaction. Further investigation revealed that the vaccine interacts with the immune receptor (TLR-4) and triggered the release of primary and secondary immune factors. Moreover, the CAI and GC contents obtained through codon optimization were reported to be 0.93 and 53% that confirmed a high expression in the selected vector. The vaccine designed in this study needs further scientific consensus and will aid in managing C. jejuni infections.

Keywords: Campylobacter; Immune simulation; In silico cloning; Multi-epitopes vaccine; Subtractive proteomics; Vaccine targets.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Campylobacter jejuni* / genetics
Humans
Immunity, Humoral
Peptides
Vaccines, Subunit
Vaccinology*

Substances

Peptides
Vaccines, Subunit