In silico design and in vitro expression of novel multiepitope DNA constructs based on HIV-1 proteins and Hsp70 T-cell epitopes
In silico design and in vitro expression of novel multiepitope DNA constructs based on HIV-1 proteins and Hsp70 T-cell epitopes
Epitope-driven vaccines carrying highly conserved and immunodominant epitopes have emerged as promising approaches to overcome human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection.Two multiepitope DNA constructs encoding T cell epitopes from HIV-1 Gag, Pol, Env, Nef and Rev proteins alone and/or linked to the immunogenic epitopes derived from heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) as an immunostimulatory agent were designed. In silico analyses were applied including MHC-I and MHC-II binding, MHC-I immunogenicity and antigen processing, population coverage, conservancy, allergenicity, toxicity and hemotoxicity. The peptide-MHC-I/MHC-II molecular docking and cytokine production analyses were carried out for predicted epitopes. The selected highly immunogenic T-cell epitopes were then used to design two multiepitope fusion constructs. Next, prediction of the physicochemical and structural properties, B cell epitopes, and constructs-toll-like receptors (TLRs) molecular docking were performed for each construct. Finally, the eukaryotic expression plasmids harboring totally 12 cytotoxic T Lymphocyte (CTL) and 10 helper T lymphocytes (HTL) epitopes from HIV-1 proteins (i.e., pEGFP-N1-gag-pol-env-nef-rev), and linked to 2 CTL and 2 HTL epitopes from Hsp70 (i.e., pEGFP-N1-hsp70-gag-pol-env-nef-rev) were generated and transfected into HEK-293 T cells for evaluating the percentage of multiepitope peptides expression using flow cytometry and western blotting.The designed DNA constructs could be successfully expressed in mammalian cells. The expression rates of Gag-Pol-Env-Nef-Rev-GFP and Hsp70-Gag-Pol-Env-Nef-Rev-GFP were about 56-60% as the bands of ~ 63 and ~ 72 kDa confirmed in western blotting, respectively.The combined in silico/in vitro methods indicated two multiepitope constructs can be produced and used as probable effective immunogens for HIV-1 vaccine development.
- Pasteur Institute of Iran Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Biotechnology Research Center Iran (Islamic Republic of)
AIDS Vaccines, Models, Molecular, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Proteins, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte, Transfection, Original Research Paper, Mice, HEK293 Cells, Mice, Inbred NOD, HIV-1, Vaccines, DNA, Animals, Humans, Computer Simulation, HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins
AIDS Vaccines, Models, Molecular, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Proteins, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte, Transfection, Original Research Paper, Mice, HEK293 Cells, Mice, Inbred NOD, HIV-1, Vaccines, DNA, Animals, Humans, Computer Simulation, HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins
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