Functional analysis of FP25K of Helicoverpa armigera single nucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus.
The fp25k gene of Helicoverpa armigera single nucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) was studied. HearNPV fp25k gene transcription was found starting from about 18 h post-infection, and protein could be detected from the same time with antiserum against FP25K. To study the function of HearNPV fp25k, a recombinant HearNPV (HaBacWD11) with an enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene replacing the fp25k was constructed using HaBacHZ8, a bacmid of HearNPV that lacks the polyhedrin gene. Growth curve analysis showed that HaBacWD11 produced higher titres of budded viruses (BVs) than its wild-type counterpart HaBacHZ8-GFP. Electron microscopic analysis indicated that at the late stage of infection, the number of intranuclear enveloped nucleocapsids in HaBacWD11-infected cells was much less than that of HaBacHZ8-GFP. A rescue recombinant virus HaBacWD14 was constructed by reintroducing fp25k gene into HaBacWD11. The growth curve and electron microscopic analysis of the rescued recombinant confirmed that the increase of BV yield and the decrease of the virion production in infected cells were the result of fp25k deletion. The expression of membrane fusion protein (Ha133) and ODV-E66 were studied using the FP25K mutants HaBacWD11 and HaBacHZ8-GFP. Unlike FP25K mutants in Autographa californica multicapsid NPV (AcMNPV), which caused an increase in the expression of membrane fusion protein GP64 and a decrease of ODV-E66, no obvious changes at the expression level of Ha133 and ODV-E66 were observed in HearNPV FP25K mutant.
Wu
Dong
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Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China.|Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.|State Key Laboratory of Virology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Joint Laboratory of Invertebrate Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.
Deng
Fei
F
State Key Laboratory of Virology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Joint Laboratory of Invertebrate Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.
Sun
Xiulian
X
State Key Laboratory of Virology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Joint Laboratory of Invertebrate Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.
Wang
Hualin
H
State Key Laboratory of Virology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Joint Laboratory of Invertebrate Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.
Yuan
Li
L
State Key Laboratory of Virology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Joint Laboratory of Invertebrate Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.
Vlak
Just M
JM
Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Hu
Zhihong
Z
State Key Laboratory of Virology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Joint Laboratory of Invertebrate Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.
D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009036:Moths / Q000821:virology*; D019251:Nucleocapsid / Q000378:metabolism; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017924:Nucleopolyhedroviruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014771:Virion / Q000378:metabolism
D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins