In silico Identification of MHC Displayed Tumor Associated Peptides in Ovarian Cancer for Multi-Epitope Vaccine Construct

Title:In silico Identification of MHC Displayed Tumor Associated Peptides in Ovarian Cancer for Multi-Epitope Vaccine Construct

Volume: 24 Issue: 12

Author(s): Shivashish Dobhal, Kanchan Chauhan, Sachin Kumar, Sristy Shikha, Mukesh K. Jogi, Dinesh Kumar, Anuj Kumar, Varun K. Jaiswal and Pramod Kumar*

Affiliation:

• Division of Molecular Biology, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR), Noida, 201301, India

Abstract:

Background: Recognizing the potential of the immune system, immunotherapies have brought about a revolution in the treatment of cancer. Low tumour mutational burden and strong immunosuppression in the peritoneal tumor microenvironment (TME) lead to poor outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI) and CART cell therapy in ovarian cancer. Alternative immunotherapeutic strategies are of utmost importance to achieve sound clinical success.

Introduction: The development of peptide vaccines based on tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) for ovarian cancer cells can be a potential target to provoke an anti-tumor immune response and subsequent clearance of tumour cells. The purpose of this in silico study was to find potential epitopes for a multi-epitope vaccine construct using the immunopeptidomics landscape of ovarian carcinoma.

Methods: The four TAAs (MUC16, IDO1, FOLR1, and DDX5) were selected for potential epitopes prediction. The epitopes for B-cells, helper T-lymphocytes (HTL), and Cytotoxic Tlymphocytes (CTL) were predicted on the basis of antigenic, allergenic, and toxic properties. These epitopes were combined with suitable linkers and an adjuvant to form a multi-epitope construct.

Results: Four HTLs, 13 CTLs, and 6 potential B-cell epitopes were selected from the predicted epitope. The designed multi-epitope construct was potentially immunogenic, non-toxic, and non-allergenic. Physicochemical properties and higher-order structural analyses of the final construct revealed a potential vaccine candidate.

Conclusion: The designed vaccine construct has the potential to trigger both humoral and cellular immune responses and may be employed as a therapeutic immunization candidate for ovarian malignancies. However, further in vitro and animal experimentation is required to establish the efficacy of the vaccine candidate.

Cite this article as:

Dobhal Shivashish, Chauhan Kanchan, Kumar Sachin, Shikha Sristy, Jogi K. Mukesh, Kumar Dinesh, Kumar Anuj, Jaiswal K. Varun and Kumar Pramod*, In silico Identification of MHC Displayed Tumor Associated Peptides in Ovarian Cancer for Multi-Epitope Vaccine Construct, Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets 2024; 24 (12) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0118715303169428231205173914