• 제목/요약/키워드: Polydnavirus

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A SERI technique reveals an immunosuppressive activity of a serine-rich protein encoded in Cotesia plutellae bracovirus

  • Barandoc, Karen P.;Park, Jay-Young;Kim, Yong-Gyun
    • BMB Reports
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    • 제43권4호
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    • pp.279-283
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    • 2010
  • Polydnavirus genome is segmented and dispersed on host wasp chromosome. After replication, the segments form double- stranded circular DNAs and embedded in viral coat proteins. These viral particles are delivered into a parasitized host along with parasitoid eggs. A serine-rich protein (SRP) is predicted in a polydnavirus, Cotesia plutellae bracovirus (CpBV), genome in its segment no. 33 (CpBV-S33), creating CpBV-SRP1. This study explored its expression and physiological function in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, larvae parasitized by C. plutellae. CpBV-SRP1 encodes 122 amino acids with 26 serines and several predicted phosphorylation sites. It is persistently expressed in all tested tissues of parasitized P. xylostella including hemocyte, fat body, and gut. Its physiological function was analyzed by injecting CpBV-S33 and inducing its expression in nonparasitized P. xylostella by a technique called SERI (segment expression and RNA interference). The expression of CpBV-SRP1 significantly impaired the spreading behavior and total cell count of hemocytes of treated larvae. Subsequent RNA interference of CpBV-SRP1 rescued the immunosuppressive response. This study reports the persistent expression of CpBV-SRP1 in a parasitized host and its parasitic role in suppressing the host immune response by altering hemocyte behavior and survival.

폴리드나바이러스와 새로운 해충방제 전략 (Polydnavirus and Its Novel Application to Insect Pest Control)

  • 김용균
    • 한국응용곤충학회지
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    • 제45권3호
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    • pp.241-259
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    • 2006
  • 폴리드나바이러스는 고치벌 및 맵시벌류에 공생하는 DNA 바이러스로 기주 염색체에 프로바이러스 형태로 존재한다. 이 바이러스의 복제는 기주 용발육시기에 난소받침 상피세포에서 시작되어 유리 바이러스 형태의 입자 구조를 이루게 된다. 바이러스 입자는 기주가 피기생체에 산란할 때 알과 함께 혈강으로 옮겨진다. 이 바이러스 게놈의 염기서열을 바탕으로 여러 폴리드나바이러스 유전자군이 동정되었으며, 이들의 생리적 기능도 알려지고 있다. 본 종설은 기생 생리적 견지에서 폴리드나바이러스 게놈을 특성화하고, 이를 토대로 생리 교란 유전자들을 응용할 수 있는 새로운 해충 방제 전략을 소개한다.

A Technique of Segment Expression and RNA Interference (SERI) Reveals a Specific Physiological Function of a Cysteine-Rich Protein Gene Encoded in Cotesia plutellae Bracovirus

  • Barandoc, Karen;Kim, Yong-Gyun
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제19권6호
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    • pp.610-615
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    • 2009
  • As a provirus, polydnavirus has a segmented DNA genome on chromosome(s) of host wasp. It contains several genes in each segment that presumably play critical roles in regulating physiological processes of target insect parasitized by the wasp. A cysteine-rich protein 1 (CRP1) is present in the polydnavirus Cotesia plutellae bracovirus (CpBV) genome, but its expression and physiological function in Plutella xylostella parasitized by the viral host C. plutellae is not known. This CpBV-CRP1 encoding 189 amino acids with a putative signal peptide (20 residues) was persistently expressed in parasitized P. xylostella with gradual decrease at the late parasitization period. Expression of CpBV-CRP1 was tissue-specific in the fat body/epidermis and hemocyte, but not in the gut. Its physiological function was analyzed by inducing transient expression of a CpBV segment containing CpBV-CRP1 and its promoter, which caused significant reduction in hemocyte -spreading and delayed larval development. When the treated larvae were co-injected with double-stranded RNA of CpBV-CRP1, the expression of CpBV-CRP1 disappeared, whereas other genes encoded in the CpBV segment was expressed. These co-injected larvae significantly recovered the hemocyte-spreading capacity and larval development rate. This study reports that CpBV-CRP1 is expressed in P. xylostella parasitized by C. plutellae and its physiological function is to alter the host immune and developmental processes.

Characterization of a novel Cotesia vestalis polydnavirus (CvBV) gene containing a ser-rich motif expressed in Plutella xylostella larvae

  • Shi, Min;Chen, Ya-Feng;Huang, Fang;Zhou, Xue-Ping;Chen, Xue-Xin
    • BMB Reports
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    • 제41권8호
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    • pp.587-592
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    • 2008
  • Cotesia vestalis is an endoparasitoid of Plutella xylostella larvae and injects a polydnavirus (CvBV) into its host during oviposition. In this report we characterize the gene, CvBV3307, and its products. CvBV3307 is located on segment S33 of the CvBV genome, is 517 bp, and encodes a putative protein of 122 amino acids, including a serine-rich region. The expression pattern of CvBV3307 in parasitized larvae and the subcellular localization of CvBV3307 only in granulocytes indicated that it might be involved in early protection of parasitoid eggs from host cellular encapsulation and in manipulating the hormone titer and developmental rhythm of host larvae. Western blot analysis showed that the size of the immunoreactive protein (about 55 kDa) in parasitized hosts at 48 hours post parasitization (h p.p.) is much larger than the predicted molecular weight of 13.6 kDa, which suggests that CvBV3307 undergoes extensive post-translational modification in hosts.

프루텔고치벌(Cotesia plutellae) 폴리드나바이러스 복제와 산란 습성 (Polydnavirus Replication and Ovipositional Habit of Cotesia plutellae)

  • 김용균;배상기;이선영
    • 한국응용곤충학회지
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    • 제43권3호
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    • pp.225-231
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    • 2004
  • 내부기생봉의 일종인 프루텔고치별(Cotesia plutellae)이 배추좀나방(Plutellae xylostella)을 대상으로 생물적 방제제로 이용되고 있다. 이 기생봉은 생식기관에 폴리드나바이러스를 공생시키고, 이 바이러스의 존재는 기생봉의 성공적 기생에 필수적이다. 본 연구는 암컷 프루텔고치벌 성장에 따라 플리드나바이러스의 복제시기를 결정하였으며, 또한 교미나 기주 요인에 따른 암컷의 생식 능력을 분석하였다. 기생봉은 $25^{\circ}C$ 발육조건에서 용화 2일째 겹눈과 날개와 같은 성충조직을 발달시키기 시작했으며, 5일째에는 촉각을 포함한 모든 성충조직이 발달되어 우화 직전 단계의 모습을 보였다. 프루텔고치벌 폴리드나바이러스에 대한 다클론성항체에 의한 면역블로팅 분석은 용화 4일째에서 바이러스 복제를 확인할 수 있었다. 바이러스 입자들은 용화 5일째 산란관 내부에서 투과전자현미경으로 관찰되었다. 우화후 난소소관의 길이는 변하지 않았지만, 독샘과 난소받침의 크기는 증가했다. 교미한 암컷은 $25^{\circ}C$에서 약 8일관 생존하였으며, 초기 4일동안 집중된($60\%$ 이상) 산란을 보였다. 미교미 암컷은 교미한 암컷에 비해 낮은 산란을 보였으며, 이 미수정난은 모두 수컷으로 발육하였다. 프루텔고치벌은 배추좀나방과 미국흰불나방(Hyphantria cunea)모두를 기생시킬 수 있었다. 그러나 배추좀나방에서 더 빠르고, 높은 기생율을 보였다.