Displaying native human IgE neutralizing FcepsilonRIa-contacting IgE B-cell epitopes by constraining super beta(b)-strands and cystine knots on thermostable protein scaffold
Vaccine displaying native antigenic loops of immunoglobulin E is critical for eliciting neutralizing anti-IgE antibodies. The embodiment of the invention enables the display of native antigenic IgE receptor-contacting loops as IgE B-cell vaccines via three steps of constraining methods. The loops of multiple antigenic B-cell epitopes can be molecularly grafted in, and conformationally constrained by the energy favorable flanking beta (b)-stands, i.e., the super b-strands identified in this invention. The constrained loops can be further stabilized in replacing a selective loop within the cystine knot peptide. These dual constrained antigenic loops are then integrated onto thermostable protein scaffolds, folded in the oxidative milieu that provides further conformational constraint and high yield.
