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TROPICAL BIOMEDICINE
卷 40, 期 1, 页码 37-44出版社
MALAYSIAN SOC PARASITOLOGY TROPICAL MEDICINE
DOI: 10.47665/tb.40.1.004
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Circumsporozoite protein; central repeat; P; knowlesi; genetic characterisation; B-cell epitopes
This study aims to characterize the CSP repeat motifs of P. knowlesi isolates in Peninsular Malaysia. A total of 64 P. knowlesi isolates were analyzed and 35 dominant repeat motifs were identified. The repeat motif AGQPQAQGDGANAGQPQAQGDGAN, with the highest repeat frequency (n=15) and antigenicity index of 1.7986, could be designed as a potential knowlesi malaria vaccine.
Circumsporozoite protein (CSP) central repeat region is one of the main target regions of the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine for falciparum infection as it consists of immunodominant B cell epitopes. However, there is a lack of study for P. knowlesi CSP central repeat region. This study aims to characterise the CSP repeat motifs of P. knowlesi isolates in Peninsular Malaysia. CSP repeat motifs of 64 P. knowlesi isolates were identified using Rapid Automatic Detection and Alignment of Repeats (RADAR). Antigenicity of the repeat motifs and linear B cell epitopes were predicted using VaxiJen 2.0, BepiPred-2.0 and BCPred, respectively. A total of 35 dominant repeat motifs were identified. The repeat motif AGQPQAQGDGANAGQPQAQGDGAN has the highest repeat frequency (n=15) and antigenicity index of 1.7986. All the repeat regions were predicted as B cell epitopes. In silico approaches revealed that all repeat motifs were antigenic and consisted of B cell epitopes which could be designed as knowlesi malaria vaccine.
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