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Matthew L Paff^1,2, Benjamin R Jack^1,2, Bartram L Smith^1,2

¹Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.

|August 4, 2018

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Developing novel attenuated viruses for vaccines is challenging. This study introduces promoter ablation in bacteriophage T7, showing predictable attenuation and partial recovery, paving the way for rational vaccine design.

Keywords:

bacteriophages codon deoptimization promoter knockout viral attenuation

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Synthetic Biology
Vaccine Development

Background:

Live viral vaccines require attenuated viruses with reduced virulence.
Traditional methods for attenuation rely on trial-and-error, lacking control and predictability.
Rational design of stable viral attenuation is crucial for modern vaccine strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and analyze a novel, rational method for viral attenuation: promoter ablation.
To investigate the effects of promoter ablation on viral gene expression and fitness in bacteriophage T7.
To assess the predictability and stability of attenuation achieved through promoter ablation.

Main Methods:

Utilized bacteriophage T7 as a model system for viral attenuation.
Employed promoter ablation targeting highly expressed genes (scaffold and capsid).
Analyzed transcript abundance, viral fitness, and evolutionary recovery after adaptation.

Main Results:

Ablation of promoters significantly reduced target gene transcript abundance.
Fitness reduction was moderate and approximately additive for single and double promoter knockouts.
Engineered attenuation was largely predictable, with partial and unstable evolutionary recovery.

Conclusions:

Promoter ablation is a feasible and rational method for engineering viral attenuation.
Combining attenuation strategies (promoter ablation and codon deoptimization) can be effective.
This work supports the feasibility of rational design for stable and quantitative viral attenuation in vaccine development.