APRANK: Computational Prioritization of Antigenic Proteins and Peptides From Complete Pathogen Proteomes.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_9B32BC560C23
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
APRANK: Computational Prioritization of Antigenic Proteins and Peptides From Complete Pathogen Proteomes.
Journal
Frontiers in immunology
Author(s)
Ricci A.D., Brunner M., Ramoa D., Carmona S.J., Nielsen M., Agüero F.
ISSN
1664-3224 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1664-3224
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2021
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
12
Pages
702552
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
Availability of highly parallelized immunoassays has renewed interest in the discovery of serology biomarkers for infectious diseases. Protein and peptide microarrays now provide a rapid, high-throughput platform for immunological testing and validation of potential antigens and B-cell epitopes. However, there is still a need for tools to prioritize and select relevant probes when designing these arrays. In this work we describe a computational method called APRANK (Antigenic Protein and Peptide Ranker) which integrates multiple molecular features to prioritize potentially antigenic proteins and peptides in a given pathogen proteome. These features include subcellular localization, presence of repetitive motifs, natively disordered regions, secondary structure, transmembrane spans and predicted interaction with the immune system. We trained and tested this method with a number of bacteria and protozoa causing human diseases: Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease), Brucella melitensis (Brucellosis), Coxiella burnetii (Q fever), Escherichia coli (Gastroenteritis), Francisella tularensis (Tularemia), Leishmania braziliensis (Leishmaniasis), Leptospira interrogans (Leptospirosis), Mycobacterium leprae (Leprae), Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Tuberculosis), Plasmodium falciparum (Malaria), Porphyromonas gingivalis (Periodontal disease), Staphylococcus aureus (Bacteremia), Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcal infections), Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis) and Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas Disease). We have evaluated this integrative method using non-parametric ROC-curves and made an unbiased validation using Onchocerca volvulus as an independent data set. We found that APRANK is successful in predicting antigenicity for all pathogen species tested, facilitating the production of antigen-enriched protein subsets. We make APRANK available to facilitate the identification of novel diagnostic antigens in infectious diseases.
Keywords
Antigens/analysis, Antigens/immunology, Computational Biology/methods, Computer Simulation, Humans, Infections/immunology, Proteome, antigenicity, antigens, human pathogens, linear epitopes, prediction
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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13/08/2021 15:54
Last modification date
23/12/2023 8:06
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