Deformed wing virus genotypes A and B do not elicit immunologically different responses in naïve honey bee hosts.

Autor: Norton AM; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Buchmann G; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Ashe A; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Watson OT; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Beekman M; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Remnant EJ; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Insect molecular biology [Insect Mol Biol] 2024 Jul 27. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 27.
DOI: 10.1111/imb.12948
Abstrakt: Iflavirus aladeformis (Picornavirales: Iflaviridae), commonly known as deformed wing virus(DWV), in association with Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman (Mesostigmata: Varroidae), is a leading factor associated with honey bee (Apis mellifera L. [Hymenoptera: Apidae]) deaths. The virus and mite have a near global distribution, making it difficult to separate the effect of one from the other. The prevalence of two main DWV genotypes (DWV-A and DWV-B) has changed over time, leading to the possibility that the two strains elicit a different immune response by the host. Here, we use a honey bee population naïve to both the mite and the virus to investigate if honey bees show a different immunological response to DWV genotypes. We examined the expression of 19 immune genes by reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and analysed small RNA after experimental injection with DWV-A and DWV-B. We found no evidence that DWV-A and DWV-B elicit different immune responses in honey bees. RNA interference genes were up-regulated during DWV infection, and small interfering RNA (siRNA) responses were proportional to viral loads yet did not inhibit DWV accumulation. The siRNA response towards DWV was weaker than the response to another honey bee pathogen, Triatovirus nigereginacellulae (Picornavirales: Dicistroviridae; black queen cell virus), suggesting that DWV is comparatively better at evading host antiviral defences. There was no evidence for the production of virus-derived Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) in response to DWV. In contrast to previous studies, and in the absence of V. destructor, we found no evidence that DWV has an immunosuppressive effect. Overall, our results advance our understanding of the immunological effect that DWV in isolation elicits in honey bees.
(© 2024 The Author(s). Insect Molecular Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Entomological Society.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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