Polymorphism at variable regions (VRs) of porA gene from Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated in Northern Vietnam

Tran Xuan Thach, Le Thu Trang, Trieu Phi Long, Nguyen Thi Hoa, Dong Van Quyen, Nguyen Minh Huong
Author affiliations

Authors

  • Tran Xuan Thach
  • Le Thu Trang
  • Trieu Phi Long
  • Nguyen Thi Hoa
  • Dong Van Quyen
  • Nguyen Minh Huong

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15625/1811-4989/18/1/15275

Keywords:

Neisseria meningitidis, porA, variable region VR, Vietnam, vaccine

Abstract

Meningococcal bacterium Neisseria meningitidis is one of the major causes of meningitis worldwide. Currently in Vietnam, N. meningitidis B and C are the most prevalent invasive serogroups. N. meningitidis expresses two major transmembrane proteins, PorA and PorB, of which PorA showed high levels of polymorphism among strains and has been studied as one component of vaccines against N. meningitidis B. Polymorphisms in porA gene clustered into three variable regions VR1, VR2 and VR3. In this study, we sequenced the entired porA gene of 19 N. meningitidis strains isolated from military units in northern Vietnam during the period 2008 – 2017 in order to: (1) evaluate the polymorphism of porA gene at nucleotide level and predict its immuno-reactivity from annotated amino acide sequences; and (2) compare porA variants of Vietnamese strains with known strains worldwide. Our results showed a high level of polymorphisms among Vietnamese strains, with the highest polymorphism found in VR1, followed by VR2 and VR3. Notably, 5/19 strains in this study showed novel variants at VR2 with unknown immunological reactivity. This result suggested potential novel immunological characteristics of meningococcal strains from Vietnam.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

11-07-2020

How to Cite

Xuan Thach, T., Thu Trang, L., Phi Long, T., Hoa, N. T., Quyen, D. V., & Minh Huong, N. (2020). Polymorphism at variable regions (VRs) of porA gene from Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated in Northern Vietnam. Vietnam Journal of Biotechnology, 18(1), 167–175. https://doi.org/10.15625/1811-4989/18/1/15275

Issue

Section

Articles

Most read articles by the same author(s)

1 2 > >>