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Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38279742

RESUMEN

Vaccines are biological preparations that improve immunity to particular diseases. Particularly for poor developing nations, edible vaccines show significant potential as a financially advantageous, simple to administer, straightforward to store, fail-safe, and socially and culturally acceptable vaccine delivery system. A vaccine incorporates the gene-encoding bacterial or viral disease-causing agent in plants without losing its immunogenic property. Potatoes, tomatoes, rice, soybeans, and bananas are the primary plants for edible vaccines. It activates the systemic and mucosal immunity responses against a foreign disease-causing organism. It offers exciting possibilities to reduce diseases like hepatitis B, rabies, HIV/AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome), etc. These vaccines provide many benefits, like being convenient to administer, efficiently storing, and readily acceptable drug delivery systems for patients of different age groups. So, an edible vaccine may be the most convenient vaccine to improve immunity. However, there are a lot of technical and regulatory challenges to overcome in the way of edible vaccine technology. Though all seem surmountable, various technical obstacles and regulatory and non-scientific challenges need to be overcome. Moreover, edible vaccine patents represent a cutting-edge area of biotechnology, where the integration of genetic material into edible substances holds great promise for revolutionizing vaccination methods. These patents aim to harness the potential of plants and other edibles to stimulate immune responses, offering a potential alternative to traditional injectable vaccines. This review states the technologies, host plants, current status, recent patents, the future of this new preventive modality, and different regulatory issues concerning edible vaccines.

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Front Oncol ; 13: 1180084, 2023.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37588095

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The presence of microorganism communities (MOCs) comprised of bacteria, fungi, archaea, algae, protozoa, viruses, and the like, are ubiquitous in all living tissue, including plant and animal. MOCs play a significant role in establishing innate and acquired immunity, thereby influencing susceptibility and resistance to disease. This understanding has fostered substantial advancements in several fields such as agriculture, food science/safety, and the development of vaccines/adjuvants, which rely on administering inactivated-attenuated MOC pathogens. Historical evidence dating back to the 1800s, including reports by Drs Busch, Coley, and Fehleisen, suggested that acute febrile infection in response to "specific microbes" could trigger spontaneous tumor remission in humans. This discovery led to the purposeful administration of the same attenuated strains, known as "Coley's toxin," marking the onset of the first microbial (pathogen) associated molecular pattern (MAMPs or PAMPs)-based tumor immunotherapy, used clinically for over four decades. Today, these same MAMPS are consumed orally by billions of consumers around the globe, through "specific" mediums (immune boosting "herbal supplements") as carriers of highly concentrated MOCs accrued in roots, barks, hulls, sea algae, and seeds. The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) mandates microbial reduction in botanical product processing but does not necessitate the removal of dead MAMP laden microbial debris, which we ingest. Moreover, while existing research has focused on the immune-modulating role of plant phytochemicals, the actual immune-boosting properties might instead reside solely in the plant's MOC MAMP laden biomass. This assertion is logical, considering that antigenic immune-provoking epitopes, not phytochemicals, are known to stimulate immune response. This review explores a neglected area of research regarding the immune-boosting effects of the herbal microbiome - a presence which is indirectly corroborated by various peripheral fields of study and poses a fundamental question: Given that food safety focuses on the elimination of harmful pathogens and crop science acknowledges the existence of plant microbiomes, what precisely are the immune effects of ingesting MAMPs of diverse structural composition and concentration, and where are these distributed in our botanicals? We will discuss the topic of concentrated edible MAMPs as acid and thermally stable motifs found in specific herbs and how these would activate cognate pattern recognition receptors (PPRs) in the upper gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT), including Peyer's patches and the lamina propria, to boost antibody titers, CD8+ and CD4+ T cells, NK activity, hematopoiesis, and facilitating M2 to M1 macrophage phenotype transition in a similar manner as vaccines. This new knowledge could pave the way for developing bioreactor-grown/heat-inactivated MOC therapies to boost human immunity against infections and improve tumor surveillance.

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J Biotechnol ; 374: 31-37, 2023 Sep 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37481211

RESUMEN

Avian Influenza, the most studied virus, is of high concern due to its zoonotic pandemic potential. In recent years, several influenza vaccines have been used with the broad goal of managing and in certain cases, eliminating the disease. The matrix 2 extracellular domain (M2e), is one of the key targets of the universal influenza vaccine, a liner peptide that is conserved throughout all influenza A subtypes virus. Many recombinant influenza proteins have been expressed in yeast and plants for vaccine development. A remarkable development has been made in the field of biotechnology to explore the potential of microalga as an expression host. In this study, we designed a fusion gene code for M2e peptide and CTB protein as M2e's natural form has a low level of immunogenicity. The fusion gene was cloned in the Chloroplast transformation vector pSRSapI and expressed in the TN72 mutant strain of Chlamydomonas reinhardii. The expression of the targeted protein was confirmed by ECL western blot analysis. A GM1-ELISA was carried out to detect the affinity of fusion protein for GM1 monosialoganglioside and the significant P-value is lower than 0.05. Immunogenicity assay on chicken detected the anti-M2e bodies in chicken serum. This study gives evidence of therapeutic protein production through algae chloroplast and a stable, selection free and low cost oral delivery for universal vaccine against influenza A virus.


Asunto(s)
Virus de la Influenza A , Vacunas contra la Influenza , Gripe Humana , Animales , Ratones , Humanos , Gripe Humana/prevención & control , Vacunas Comestibles , Gangliósido G(M1) , Vacunas contra la Influenza/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes , Péptidos , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusión/genética , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , Anticuerpos Antivirales
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Vegetos ; : 1-6, 2023 Apr 27.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37359124

RESUMEN

Infectious diseases are always a threat to all living beings. Today, in this world pathogens have no difficulty reaching anywhere. Every year new and deadly diseases are born and most of them are caused by viruses. Vaccines can provide lifelong immunity against infectious diseases, but the production cost of vaccines is unaffordable for a layman and traditional vaccines have certain limitations with storage and delivery. However, edible vaccines have shifted this paradigm and have received acceptance all over the world, especially in developing countries. Microalgae are one of the potential candidates for developing edible vaccines. Modifying microalgae as edible vaccines are gaining worldwide attention, especially in the world of science. Microalgae can augment the immune system as they are a promising source for antigen carriers and many of them are regarded as safe to eat. Moreover, they are a pantry of proteins, vitamins, minerals, and other secondary metabolites like alkaloids, phenols, and terpenes. In addition, being resistant to animal pathogens they are less sophisticated for genetic modification. This review analyses the potential scope of microalgae as an edible vaccine source.

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Antibiotics (Basel) ; 12(4)2023 Apr 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37107076

RESUMEN

Post-weaning diarrhoea and enterotoxaemia caused by Escherichia coli are serious threats in the pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) livestock industry and are responsible for economic losses related to mortality, morbidity and stunted growth. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an engineered tobacco seeds-based edible vaccine in O138 Escherichia coli-challenged piglets throughout a multidisciplinary approach. Thirty-six weaned piglets were enrolled and randomly divided into two experimental groups, a control (C; n = 18) group and a tobacco edible vaccination group (T, n = 18), for 29 days of trial. At days 0, 1, 2, 5 and 14, piglets of the T group were fed with 10 g of the engineered tobacco seeds line expressing F18 and VT2eB antigens, while the C group received wild-type tobacco seeds. After 20 days, 6 piglets/group were orally challenged with the Escherichia coli O138 strain (creating four subgroups: UC = unchallenged control, CC = challenged control, UT = unchallenged tobacco, CT = challenged tobacco) and fed with a high protein diet for 3 consecutive days. Zootechnical, clinical, microbiological, histological and immunological parameters were assayed and registered during the 9 days of post-challenge follow up. At 29 days post-challenge, the CT group displayed a lower average of the sum of clinical scores compared to the CC group (p < 0.05), while the CC group showed a higher average sum of the faecal score (diarrhoea) (p < 0.05) than the CT group. A decreased number of days of shedding of the pathogenic strain was observed in the CT compared to the CC group (p < 0.05). Specific anti-F18 IgA molecules were significantly higher in the CT group compared to the CC group's faecal samples during the post-challenge period (p < 0.01). In conclusion, edible vaccination with engineered tobacco seeds showed a protective effect on clinical symptoms and diarrhoea incidence during the post-challenge period, characterized by a limited time of pathogenic strain shedding in faeces.

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Biotechnol Lett ; 45(5-6): 703-717, 2023 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37074553

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OBJECTIVES: The only approved vaccine, Bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) used in global tuberculosis (TB) immunization programmes has been very effective in childhood TB but not in adult pulmonary and latent TB. Moreover, the emergence of multi-drug resistance-TB cases demands either to increase efficiency of BCG or replace it with the one with improved efficacy. RESULTS: A novel combination of two most effective secreted protein antigens specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), ESAT-6 and MPT-64 (but not present in BCG strains) fused with a cholera toxin B subunit (CTB) and tagged with 6xHis was expressed for the first time in Escherichia coli as well as in transgenic cucumber plants developed using Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. The recombinant fusion protein (His6x.CTB-ESAT6-MPT64) expressed in E. coli was purified by a single-step affinity chromatography and used to produce polyclonal antibodies in rabbit. The transgenic cucumber lines were confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Southern blot hybridization, reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR), real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) and expression of recombinant fusion protein by western blot analysis and its quantification by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). A maximum value of the fusion protein, 478 ng.g-1 (0.030% of the total soluble protein) was obtained in a transgenic cucumber line. Rabbit immunized orally showed a significant increase in serum IgG levels against the fusion protein as compared to the non-immunized rabbit. CONCLUSIONS: Stable expression of Mtb antigens with CTB in edible cucumber plants (whose fruits are eaten raw) in sufficient amount possibly would facilitate development of a safe, affordable and orally delivered self-adjuvanted, novel dual antigen based subunit vaccine against TB.


Asunto(s)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Vacunas contra la Tuberculosis , Tuberculosis , Animales , Conejos , Vacunas contra la Tuberculosis/genética , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genética , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/metabolismo , Vacuna BCG , Proteínas Bacterianas/química , Antígenos Bacterianos , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Tuberculosis/prevención & control , Tuberculosis/metabolismo , Adyuvantes Inmunológicos , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusión/metabolismo , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/genética , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/metabolismo , Vacunas de Subunidad/genética
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Mol Biotechnol ; 65(11): 1869-1886, 2023 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36856922

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To exploit the rice seed-based oral vaccine against Sjögren's syndrome, altered peptide ligand of N-terminal 1 (N1-APL7) from its M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (M3R) autoantigen was expressed as fusion protein with the representative four types of rice prolamins (16 kDa, 14 kDa, 13 kDa, and 10 kDa prolamins) under the control of the individual native prolamin promoter. The 10kD:N1-APL7 and 14kD:N1-APL7 accumulated at high levels (287 and 58 µg/grain), respectively, whereas production levels of the remaining ones were remarkably low. Co-expression of these fusion proteins did not enhance the accumulation level of N1-APL7 in an additive manner. Downregulation of endogenous seed storage proteins by RNAi-mediated suppression also did not lead to substantial elevation of the co-expressed prolamin:N1-APL7 products. When transgenic rice seeds were subjected to in vitro proteolysis with pepsin, the 10kD:N1-APL7 was digested more quickly than the endogenous 10 kDa prolamin and the 14kD:N1-APL7 deposited in PB-Is. This difference could be explained by the finding that the 10kD:N1-APL7 was unexpectedly localized in the PB-IIs containing glutelins. These results indicated that not only accumulation level but also subcellular localization of inherent prolamins were highly influenced by the liked N1-APL7 peptide.


Asunto(s)
Oryza , Animales , Oryza/genética , Oryza/metabolismo , Prolaminas/genética , Prolaminas/metabolismo , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/genética , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/metabolismo , Semillas/genética , Semillas/metabolismo , Péptidos/metabolismo , Animales Modificados Genéticamente , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo
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Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35726808

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Edible vaccines are cost-effective, easy to take, storable as well as bio-friendly. If they are administered orally, they are capable of lessening the occurrence of several diseases, like HPV, Norwalk virus, as well as Polio. They are obtained by utilizing a specific portion of the plant, which results in the formulation of an attractive encoded protein. These particular encoded proteins enhance the mucosal movement along with diminishing resistance. There are different food items that are utilized in injectable antibodies, for example, wheat, rice, bananas, lettuce, potatoes, and tomatoes, which help overcome all the issues related to conventional antibodies; this demonstrates that palatable immunization is the best substitute for customary antibodies.


Asunto(s)
Inmunización , Vacunas Comestibles , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente
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Curr Pharm Biotechnol ; 24(4): 495-509, 2023.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35927823

RESUMEN

Plants have substantial potential for the development of various biopharmaceuticals. Plants provide a cost-effective and direct source for the production of biopharmaceuticals such as vaccines, antibodies, proteins, enzymes, and hormones. In most cases, purification is an important and expensive step in the production of these substances. The problem can be resolved when it is produced in plants and the whole plant can be consumed. Direct ingestion of plant materials may help in overcoming the purification step. Being produced in seeds, fruits and tubers, it helps in providing more immunization in developing countries at a cheaper rate. Moreover, it can be administered more efficiently than any other dosage forms. This review focuses on various immunization and therapeutic products that are produced in plants along with currently available formulations in each category.


Asunto(s)
Productos Biológicos , Vacunas , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/metabolismo , Vacunas Comestibles/metabolismo , Semillas
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Front Nutr ; 10: 1275307, 2023.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38260078

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Plant-based edible vaccines that provide two-layered protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outweigh the currently used parenteral types of vaccines, which predominantly cause a systemic immune response. Here, we engineered and selected a transgenic tomato genotype (TOMAVAC) that stably synthesized an antigenic S1 protein of SARS-CoV-2. Two-course spaced force-feeding of mice with ≈5.4 µg/ml TOMAVAC increased up to 16-fold the synthesis of RBD-specific NAbs in blood serum and the significant induction of S-IgA in intestinal lavage fluid. In a surrogate virus neutralization test, TOMAVAC-induced NAbs had 15-25% viral neutralizing activity. The results suggested early evidence of the immunogenicity and protectivity of TOMAVAC against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Furthermore, we observed a positive trend of statistically significant 1.2-fold (average of +42.28 BAU/ml) weekly increase in NAbs in the volunteers' serum relative to the initial day. No severe side effects were observed, preliminarily supporting the safety of TOMAVAC. With the completion of future large-scale studies, higher-generation TOMAVAC should be a cost-effective, ecologically friendly, and widely applicable novel-generation COVID-19 vaccine, providing two-layered protection against SARS-CoV-2.

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Mar Drugs ; 20(11)2022 Oct 23.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36354980

RESUMEN

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can infect various human organs, including the respiratory, circulatory, nervous, and gastrointestinal ones. The virus is internalized into human cells by binding to the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor through its spike protein (S-glycoprotein). As S-glycoprotein is required for the attachment and entry into the human target cells, it is the primary mediator of SARS-CoV-2 infectivity. Currently, this glycoprotein has received considerable attention as a key component for the development of antiviral vaccines or biologics against SARS-CoV-2. Moreover, since the ACE2 receptor constitutes the main entry route for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, its soluble form could be considered as a promising approach for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 infection (COVID-19). Both S-glycoprotein and ACE2 are highly glycosylated molecules containing 22 and 7 consensus N-glycosylation sites, respectively. The N-glycan structures attached to these specific sites are required for the folding, conformation, recycling, and biological activity of both glycoproteins. Thus far, recombinant S-glycoprotein and ACE2 have been produced primarily in mammalian cells, which is an expensive process. Therefore, benefiting from a cheaper cell-based biofactory would be a good value added to the development of cost-effective recombinant vaccines and biopharmaceuticals directed against COVID-19. To this end, efficient protein synthesis machinery and the ability to properly impose post-translational modifications make microalgae an eco-friendly platform for the production of pharmaceutical glycoproteins. Notably, several microalgae (e.g., Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Dunaliella bardawil, and Chlorella species) are already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as safe human food. Because microalgal cells contain a rigid cell wall that could act as a natural encapsulation to protect the recombinant proteins from the aggressive environment of the stomach, this feature could be used for the rapid production and edible targeted delivery of S-glycoprotein and soluble ACE2 for the treatment/inhibition of SARS-CoV-2. Herein, we have reviewed the pathogenesis mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 and then highlighted the potential of microalgae for the treatment/inhibition of COVID-19 infection.


Asunto(s)
Tratamiento Farmacológico de COVID-19 , Chlorella , Microalgas , Animales , Humanos , SARS-CoV-2 , Enzima Convertidora de Angiotensina 2 , Glicoproteína de la Espiga del Coronavirus/metabolismo , Microalgas/metabolismo , Chlorella/metabolismo , Peptidil-Dipeptidasa A/química , Unión Proteica , Glicoproteínas/metabolismo , Mamíferos/metabolismo
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Phytother Res ; 36(7): 2746-2766, 2022 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35499291

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The researchers are still doing efforts to develop an effective, reliable, and easily accessible vaccine candidate to protect against COVID-19. As of the August 2020, nearly 30 conventional vaccines have been emerged in clinical trials, and more than 200 vaccines are in various development stages. Nowadays, plants are also considered as a potential source for the production of monoclonal antibodies, vaccines, drugs, immunomodulatory proteins, as well as used as bioreactors or factories for their bulk production. The scientific evidences enlighten that plants are the rich source of oral vaccines, which can be given either by eating the edible parts of plants and/or by oral administration of highly refined proteins. The use of plant-based edible vaccines is an emerging trend as it possesses minimum or no side effects compared with synthetic vaccines. This review article gives insights into different types of vaccines, the use of edible vaccines, advantages of edible vaccines over conventional vaccines, and mechanism of action of edible vaccines. This review article also focuses on the applications of edible vaccines in wide-range of human diseases especially against COVID-19 with emphasis on future perspectives of the use of edible vaccines.


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COVID-19 , Vacunas , Administración Oral , COVID-19/prevención & control , Humanos , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/metabolismo , Vacunas/metabolismo , Vacunas Comestibles/metabolismo
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N Biotechnol ; 66: 25-35, 2022 Jan 25.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34537403

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The aim of this survey is to identify and characterize new products in plant biotechnology since 2015, especially in relation to the advent of New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) such as gene editing based on the CRISPR-Cas system. Transgenic (gene transfer or gene silencing) and gene edited traits which are approved or marketed in at least one country, or which have a non-regulated status in the USA, are collected, as well as related patents worldwide. In addition, to shed light on potential innovation for Africa, field trials on the continent are examined. The compiled data are classified in application categories, including agronomic improvements, industrial use and medical use, namely production of recombinant therapeutic molecules or vaccines (including against Covid-19). The data indicate that gene editing appears to be an effective complement to 'classical' transgenesis, the use of which is not declining, rather than a replacement, a trend also observed in the patenting landscape. Nevertheless, increased use of gene editing is apparent. Compared to transgenesis, gene editing has increased the proportion of some crop species and decreased others amongst approved, non-regulated or marketed products. A similar differential trend is observed for breeding traits. Gene editing has also favored the emergence of new private companies. China, and prevalently its public sector, overwhelmingly dominates the patenting landscape, but not the approved/marketed one, which is dominated by the USA. The data point in the direction that regulatory environments will favor or discourage innovation.


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Edición Génica , Fitomejoramiento , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente , Biotecnología , Sistemas CRISPR-Cas , Técnicas de Transferencia de Gen , Genoma de Planta , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/biosíntesis , Vacunas/biosíntesis
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Biotechnol Bioeng ; 119(2): 327-346, 2022 02.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34755343

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Vaccination is the most suitable and persuasive healthcare program for the prohibition of various deadly diseases. However, the higher production cost and purification strategies are out of reach for the developing nations. In this scenario, development of edible vaccine turns out to be the most promising alternative for remodeling the pharmaceutical industry with reduced production and purification costs. Generally, oral route of vaccination is mostly preferred due to its safety, compliance, low manufacturing cost and most importantly the ability to induce immunity in both systemic and mucosal sites. Genetically modified microorganisms and plants could efficiently be used as vehicles for edible vaccines. Edible vaccines are supposed to reduce the risk associated with traditional vaccines. Currently, oral vaccines are available in the market for several viral and bacterial diseases like cholera, hepatitis B, malaria, rabies etc. Herein, the review focuses on the breakthrough events in the area of edible vaccines associated with dietary microbes and plants for better control over diseases.


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Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente , Vacunas Comestibles , Administración Oral , Animales , Bacterias/genética , Humanos , Inmunidad Mucosa , Ratones , Microorganismos Modificados Genéticamente
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Mol Biotechnol ; 63(12): 1125-1137, 2021 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34398446

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Plants are becoming useful platforms for recombinant protein production at present time. With the advancement of efficient molecular tools of genomics, proteomics, plants are now being used as a biofactory for production of different life saving therapeutics. Plant-based biofactory is an established production system with the benefits of cost-effectiveness, high scalability, rapid production, enabling post-translational modification, and being devoid of harmful pathogens contamination. This review introduces the main challenges faced by plant expression system: post-translational modifications, protein stability, biosafety concern and regulation. It also summarizes essential factors to be considered in engineering plants, including plant expression system, promoter, post-translational modification, codon optimization, and fusion tags, protein stabilization and purification, subcellular targeting, and making vaccines in an edible way. This review will be beneficial and informative to scholars and readers in the field of plant biotechnology.


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Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/crecimiento & desarrollo , Ingeniería de Proteínas/métodos , Uso de Codones , Descubrimiento de Drogas , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Proteínas de Plantas/química , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/genética , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/metabolismo , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas , Procesamiento Proteico-Postraduccional , Estabilidad Proteica
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Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult ; 147(1): 85-96, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34276113

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Bordetella pertusis causes whooping cough or pertussis, disease that has not been eradicated and is reemerging despite the availability and massive application for decades of vaccines, such as Boostrix® which is an acellular vaccine harboring two regions of S1 subunit of the pertussis toxin, one region of filamentous hemagglutinin and one region of pertactin. In 2008, the World Health Organization estimated 16 million new cases and 95% occurred in developing countries with 195,000 children's deaths. We attempt to improve the vaccine against whooping cough and reduce its production costs by obtaining plants and bacteria expressing a heterologous protein harboring pertactin, pertussis toxin, and filamentous hemagglutinin epitopes from B. pertussis and assessing its immunogenicity after oral administration to mice. First, we designed a synthetic gene that encodes a multiepitope, then it was cloned into a vector for transient transformation by infiltration of tobacco plants with low amounts of nicotine; the codon bias-optimized construct was also cloned into an Escherichia coli expression vector. Recombinant proteins from E. coli cells (PTF) and tobacco leaves (PTF-M3') were purified by nickel affinity with a yield of 0.740 mg of recombinant protein per g dry weight. Purified recombinant proteins were administered orally to groups of Balb/c mice using the Boostrix® vaccine and vehicle (PBS) as positive and negative controls, respectively. A higher mucosal and systemic antibody responses were obtained in mice receiving the PTF and PTF-M3' proteins than Boostrix® or PBS. These findings prove the concept that oral administration of multiepitope recombinant proteins expressed in plants may be a potential edible vaccine. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11240-021-02107-1.

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Front Immunol ; 11: 1857, 2020.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32973766

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Vibriosis is a commonly found bacterial disease identified among fish and shellfish cultured in saline waters. A multitude of Vibrio species have been identified as the causative agents. LamB, a member of outer membrane protein (OMPs) family of these bacteria is conserved among all Vibrio species and has been identified as an efficient vaccine candidate against vibriosis. Rootless duckweed (Wolffia) is a tiny, edible aquatic plant possessing characteristics suitable for the utilization as a bioreactor. Thus, we attempted to express a protective edible vaccine antigen against fish vibriosis in nuclear-transformed Wolffia. We amplified LamB gene from virulent Vibrio alginolyticus and it was modified to maximize the protein expression level and translocate the protein to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in plants. It was cloned into binary vector pMYC under the control of CaMV 35S promoter and introduced into Wolffia globosa by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Integration and expression of the LamB gene was confirmed by genomic PCR and RT-PCR. Western blot analysis revealed accumulation of the LamB protein in 8 transgenic lines. The cross-protective property of transgenic Wolffia was evaluated by orally vaccinating zebrafish through feeding fresh transgenic Wolffia and subsequently challenging with virulent V. alginolyticus. High relative percent survival (RPS) of the vaccinated fish (63.3%) confirmed that fish immunized with transgenic Wolffia were well-protected from Vibrio infection. These findings suggest that Wolffia expressed LamB could serve as an edible plant-based candidate vaccine model for fish vibriosis and feasibility of utilizing Wolffia as bioreactor to produce edible vaccines.


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Antígenos Bacterianos/inmunología , Araceae/inmunología , Vacunas Bacterianas/inmunología , Enfermedades de los Peces/prevención & control , Vibriosis/veterinaria , Animales , Antígenos Bacterianos/administración & dosificación , Proteínas de la Membrana Bacteriana Externa/administración & dosificación , Proteínas de la Membrana Bacteriana Externa/inmunología , Vacunas Bacterianas/administración & dosificación , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente , Vibriosis/prevención & control , Pez Cebra
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Life Sci ; 261: 118343, 2020 Nov 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32858038

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INTRODUCTION: It is well known that immune system is highly specific to protect the body against various environmental pathogens. The concept of conventional vaccination has overcome the pandemic situation of several infectious diseases outbreak. AREA COVERED: The recent idea of immunization through oral route (edible vaccine) is vital alternatives over conventional vaccines. Edible vaccines are composed of antigenic protein introduced into the plant cells which induce these altered plants to produce the encoded protein. Edible vaccine has no way of forming infection and safety is assured as it only composed of antigenic protein and is devoid of pathogenic genes. Edible vaccines have significant role in stimulating mucosal immunity as they come in contact with digestive tract lining. They are safe, cost-effective, easy-to-administer and have reduced manufacturing cost hence have a dramatic impact on health care in developing countries. EXPERT OPINION: The edible vaccine might be the solution for the potential hazard associated with the parenteral vaccines. In this review we discuss the detailed study of pros, cons, mechanism of immune stimulation, various outbreaks that might be controlled by edible vaccines with the possible future research and applied application of edible vaccine.


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Inmunidad Mucosa/inmunología , Inmunización , Vacunas Comestibles/administración & dosificación , Administración Oral , Animales , Análisis Costo-Beneficio , Humanos , Vacunas Comestibles/efectos adversos , Vacunas Comestibles/inmunología
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Mol Biotechnol ; 62(2): 79-90, 2020 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31758488

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Vaccines are biological preparations that improve immunity to particular diseases and form an important innovation of 19th century research. It contains a protein that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weak or killed forms of the microbe. Vaccines are agents that stimulate the body's immune system to recognize the antigen. Now, a new form of vaccine was introduced which will have the power to mask the risk side of conventional vaccines. This type of vaccine was produced from plants which are genetically modified. In the production of edible vaccines, the gene-encoding bacterial or viral disease-causing agent can be incorporated in plants without losing its immunogenic property. The main mechanism of action of edible vaccines is to activate the systemic and mucosal immunity responses against a foreign disease-causing organism. Edible vaccines can be produced by incorporating transgene in to the selected plant cell. At present edible vaccine are developed for veterinary and human use. But the main challenge faced by edible vaccine is its acceptance by the population so that it is necessary to make aware the society about its use and benefits. When compared to other traditional vaccines, edible vaccines are cost effective, efficient and safe. It promises a better prevention option from diseases.


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Productos Biológicos/inmunología , Inmunidad Mucosa/efectos de los fármacos , Organismos Modificados Genéticamente/inmunología , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/inmunología , Vacunas Comestibles/inmunología , Administración Oral , Agrobacterium/genética , Agrobacterium/inmunología , Animales , Biolística/métodos , Chlorophyta/genética , Chlorophyta/inmunología , Técnicas de Transferencia de Gen , Humanos , Insectos/genética , Insectos/inmunología , Lactobacillales/genética , Lactobacillales/inmunología , Agricultura Molecular , Virus de Plantas/genética , Virus de Plantas/inmunología , Levaduras/genética , Levaduras/inmunología
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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 53(2): e8749, 2020. tab, graf
Artículo en Inglés | LILACS | ID: biblio-1055490

RESUMEN

For a long time, vaccines have been the main mode of defense and protection against several bacterial, viral, and parasitic diseases. However, the process of production and purification makes them expensive and unaffordable to many developing nations. An edible vaccine is when the antigen is expressed in the edible part of the plant. This reduces the cost of production of the vaccine because of ease of culturing. In this article, various types of edible vaccines that include algal and probiotics in addition to plants are discussed. Various diseases against which research has been carried out are also reviewed. This article focused on the conception of edible vaccines highlighting the various ways by which vaccines can be delivered.


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Humanos , Control de Enfermedades Transmisibles/métodos , Vacunas Comestibles/administración & dosificación , Vacunas Comestibles/inmunología , Vacunas Comestibles/química , Biotecnología/métodos , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente/genética
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