• Title/Summary/Keyword: Insect cell

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Construction and Characterization of Transformed Insect Cells Expressing Baculovirus Very Late Factor in an Infection-Independent Manner

  • Park, Hye-Jin;Lee, Kwang-Sik;Cho, Eun-Sook;Yun, Eun-Young;Kang, Seok-Woo;Kim, Keun-Young;Sohn, Hung-Dae;Jin, Byung-Rae
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • 제2권1호
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    • pp.19-26
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    • 2001
  • Transformed Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells expressing baculovirus very late factor (VLF-1) were constructed by using Autograha nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcNPV) immediate earthy gene (ie1). Neomycin-resistance gene as a selectable marker was introduced under the control of AcNPV ie1 promoter, and Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis (BmNPV-K1) vlf-1 gene was introduced under the control of the Drosophila heat shock protein gene (hspr70) promoter to yield dual expression plasmid with two independent transcription units. It was transfected into Sf9 cells and cell clones expressing vlf-1 were selected by G4l8 treatment. Genomic DNA from transformed cells was isolated and integration of AcNPV iel harboring vlf-1 was confirmed by PCR using AcNPV iel-specific primers and Southern blot analysis. The transformed cells expressing VLF-1 in an infection-independent manner expressed foreign gene product of recombinant baculovirus in the earlier stage of infection compared with control Sf9 cells. These results suggest the possible to develop highly efficient transformed insect cells for baculovirus expression vector system.

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Construction of a Baculovirus Hyphantria cunea NPV Insecticide Containing the Insecticidal Protein Gene of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD1

  • Lee, Hyung-Hoan;Moon, Eui-Sik;Lee, Sung-Tae;Hwang, Sung-Hei;Cha, Soung-Chul;Yoo, Kwan-Hee
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제8권6호
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    • pp.685-691
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    • 1998
  • Baculovirus Hyphantrin. cunea nuclear polyhedrosis virus (HcNPV) insecticide containing the insecticidal protein (ICP) gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD1 was constructed using a lacZ-HcNPV system. The ICP ($\delta$-endotoxin) gene was placed under the control of the polyhedrin gene promoter of the HcNPV. A polyhedrin-negative virus was derived and named ICP-HcNPV insecticide. Then, the insertion of the ICP gene in the ICP-HcNPV genome was confirmed by Southern hybridization analysis. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) analysis of the Spodoptera frugiperda cell extracts infected with the ICP-HcNPV showed that the ICP was expressed in the insect cells as 130 kDa at 5 days post-infection. The ICP produced in the cells was present in aggregates. When extracts from the cells infected with the ICP-HcNPV were fed to 20 Bombyx mori larvae, the following mortality rate was seen; 8 larvae at 1 h, 10 larvae at 3 h, and 20 larvae at 12 h. These data indicate that the B. thuringiensis ICP gene was expressed by the baculovirus insecticide in insect cells and there was a high insecticidal activity. The biological activities of the recombinant virus ICP-HcNPV were assessed in conventional bioassay tests by feeding virus particles and ICP to the insect larvae. The initial baculovirus insecticide ICP-HcNPV was developed in our laboratory and the significance of the genetically engineered virus insecticides is discussed.

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Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Lysozyme II from Artogeia rapae and its Expression in Baculovirus-infected Insect Cells

  • Bang, In-Seok;Kang, Chang-Soo
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.175-182
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    • 2007
  • The lysozyme II gene of cabbage butterfly Artogeia rapae was cloned from fat body of the larvae injected with E. coli and its nucleotide sequence was determined by the RACE-PCR. It has an open reading frame of 414 bp nucleotides corresponding to 138 amino acids including a signal sequence of 18 amino acids. The estimated molecular weight and the isoelectric point of the lysozyme II without the signal peptide were 13,649.38 Da and 9.11, respectively. The A. rapae lysozyme II (ARL II) showed the highest identity (81%) in the amino acid sequence to Manduca sexta lysozyme among other lepidopteran species. The two catalytic residues ($Glu^{32}$ and $Asp^{50}$) and the eight Cys residue motifs, which are highly conserved among other c-type lysozymes in invertebrates and vertebrates, are also completely conserved. A phylogenetic analysis based on amino acid sequences indicated that the ARL II was more closely related to M. sexta, Hyphantria cunea, Heliothis virescens, and Trichoplusia ni lysozymes. The ARL II gene was expressed in Spodoptera frugiperda 21 insect cells and the recombinant ARL II (rARL II) was purified from cell-conditioned media by cation exchange column chromatography and reverse phase FPLC. The purified rARL II was able to form a clear zone in lysoplate assay against Micrococcus luteus. The lytic activity was estimated to be 511.41 U/mg, 1.53 times higher than that of the chicken lysozyme. The optimum temperature for the lytic activity of the rARL II was $50^{\circ}C$, the temperature dependency of the absolute lytic activity of rARL II was higher than that of the chicken lysozyme at low temperatures under $65^{\circ}C$.

High Level Production of Glycoprotein H of HSV-1 (F) Using HcNPV Vector System

  • Kang, Hyun;Cha, Soung-Chul;Han, You-Jin;Park, In-Ho;Lee, Min-Jung;Byun, Si-Myung;Lee, Hyung-Hoan
    • BMB Reports
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    • 제33권6호
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    • pp.483-492
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    • 2000
  • The Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) strain F glycoprotein H (gH) gene in the pHLB-4 plasmid was recombinated into a baculovirus expression vector (lacZ-HcNPV) to construct a recombinant virus GH-HcNPV expressing gH. The sequences of gH and its expression were analyzed. The gH gene was located in the 6.41 kb BglII fragment. The open reading frame (ORF) of the gH gene was 2,517 bp and codes 838 amino acid residues. Insect cells infected with this recombinant virus synthesized a high level of the matured and gX-gH fusion protein with approximately 112 kDa. The fusion gH protein was localized on the membrane of the insect cells as seen by using immunofluorescence assay and accumulated in the cultured media by the SDS-PAGE and immunoprecipitation assays. The amino acid sequence presents additional characteristics compatible with the structure of a viral glycoprotein: signal peptide, putative glycosylation sites and a long C-terminal transmembrane sequence. Antibodies raised in mice to this recombinant protein recognized viral gH and neutralized the infectivity of HSV-1 in vitro. These results demonstrate that it is possible to produce a mature protein by gene transfer in eukaryotic cells, and indicate the utility of the HcNPV-insect cell system for producing and characterizing eukaryotic proteins. Furthermore, the neutralizing antibodies would appear to protect mice against HSV; accordingly, this particular recombinant protein may be useful in the development of a subunit vaccine.

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Cloning and overexpression of lysozyme from Spodoptera litura in prokaryotic system

  • Kim, Jong-Wan;Park, Soon-Ik;Yoe, Jee-Hyun;Yoe, Sung-Moon
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • 제15권1호
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    • pp.29-36
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    • 2011
  • Insect lysozymes are basic, cationic proteins synthesized in fat body and hemocytes in response to bacterial infections and depolymerize the bacterial cell wall. The c-type lysozyme of the insect Spodoptera litura (SLLyz) is a single polypeptide chain of 121 residues with four disulfide bridges and 17 rare codons and is approximately 15 kDa. The full-length SLLyz cDNA is 1039 bp long with a poly(A) tail, and contains an open reading frame of 426 bp long (including the termination codon), flanked by a 54 bp long 5' UTR and a 559 bp long 3' UTR. As a host for the production of high-level recombinant proteins, E. coli is used most commonly because of its low cost and short generation time. However, the soluble expression of heterologous proteins in E. coli is not trivial, especially for disulfide-bonded proteins. In order to prevent inclusion body formation, GST was selected as a fusion partner to enhance the solubility of recombinant protein, and fused to the amplified products encoding mature SLLyz. The expression vector pGEX-4T-1/rSLLyz was then transformed into E. coli BL21(DE3)pLysS for soluble expression of rSLLyz, and the soluble fusion protein was purified successfully. Inhibition zone assay demonstrated that rSLLyz showed antibacterial activity against B. megaterium. These results demonstrate that the GST fusion expression system in E. coli described in this study is efficient and inexpensive in producing a disulfide-bonded rSLLyz in soluble, active form, and suggest that the insect lysozyme is an interesting system for future structural and functional studies.

피레스로이드계 살충제 퍼메트린이 Heliothis virescens 중추신경세포에 있는 나트륨채널에 작용하는 기작을 전기생리학적으로 연구 (Modification of Insect Sodium Currents by a Pyrethroid Permethrin and Positive Cooperativity with Scorpion Toxins)

  • 이대우;마이클 아담스
    • 한국응용곤충학회지
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    • 제61권1호
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    • pp.117-128
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    • 2022
  • 본 연구는 피레스로이드계 살충제인 퍼메트린이 Heliothis virescens의 중추신경세포의 나트륨채널에 어떻게 작용하는 가를 전기생리학적으로 관찰하였다. 퍼메트린은 나트륨채널의 꼬리전류(INa-tail)를 지속적으로 증가시켰으며 이러한 비정상적인 나트륨 전류증가가 나방류의 신경계에 과도한 흥분을 일으겨 살충작용을 하는 것으로 생각된다. 이러한 살충작용은 전갈독과 함께 사용했을때 약 8배의 증가가 있었음을 확인하였다. 전갈독이 살충제의 독성을 강화하는 분자생리학적 기전연구가 계속되면 해충방제에 많은 기여를 할 것으로 생각된다.

가잠 배양세포에서 핵다각체병 바이러스의 다각체 단백질 합성과 DNA 복제 (Polyhedral Protein Synthesis and DNA Replication of Bombyx mori, Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus in a B. mori Cell Line)

  • 진병래;박범석
    • 한국잠사곤충학회지
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    • 제33권1호
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    • pp.21-26
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    • 1991
  • Bm 배양세포주(BmN4)에서 BmNPV의 다각체 단백질 합성과 DNA복제에 대한 실험결과는 다음과 같다. 1. BmNPV는 insect Grace's medium에서 배양되고 있는 BmN4 세포에서 NOV나 DNA로 감염시킨 경우 모두 잘 증식되었으며, 도립현미경 관찰 결과 접종 후 48시간이 경과하면서 다각체가 형성되기 시작하였다. 2. 또한 전자현미경으로 핵내 형성된 다각체와 협성중인 nucleocapsid 다발을 관찰하였으며, 바이러스 입자는 SNPV로 존재하였다. 3. Western blot분속에 의한 다각체 단백질의 합성은 접종 후 18시간부터 관찰되었으며, 다각체 단백질의 분자량은 30kd이었다. 4. Wild type BmNPV DNA와 Bm 세포(BmN4)에서 NOV 및 DNA 감염에 의해 형성된 바이러스 DNA간의 제한효소 패턴은 차이가 없었다.

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