Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus ac66 is required for the efficient egress of nucleocapsids from the nucleus, general synthesis of preoccluded virions and occlusion body formation
| Autor: | Xunzhang Wang, Jinwen Wang, Jianhao Ke, Riqiang Deng |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Gene Expression Regulation
Viral viruses Mutant Active Transport Cell Nucleus Moths Spodoptera Biology Virus Inclusion Bodies Viral Open Reading Frames Viral Proteins Viral life cycle Virology Viral replication medicine Animals Budded virus Baculovirus Nucleocapsid Cells Cultured Cell Nucleus Occlusion fungi Virion DNA replication AcMNPV biology.organism_classification Nucleopolyhedroviruses Autographa californica medicine.anatomical_structure Cytoplasm ORF66 Nucleus Gene Deletion |
| Zdroj: | Virology. 374(2):421-431 |
| ISSN: | 0042-6822 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.virol.2007.12.033 |
| Popis: | Although orf66 (ac66) of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) is conserved in all sequenced lepidopteran baculovirus genomes, its function is not known. This paper describes generation of an ac66 knockout AcMNPV bacmid mutant and analyses of the influence of ac66 deletion on the virus replication in Sf-9 cells so as to determine the role of ac66 in the viral life cycle. Results indicated that budded virus (BV) yields were reduced over 99% in ac66-null mutant infected cells in comparison to that in wild-type virus infected cells. Optical microscopy revealed that occlusion body synthesis was significantly reduced in the ac66 knockout bacmid-transfected cells. In addition, ac66 deletion interrupted preoccluded virion synthesis. The mutant phenotype was rescued by an ac66 repair bacmid. On the other hand, real-time PCR analysis indicated that ac66 deletion did not affect the levels of viral DNA replication. Electron microscopy revealed that ac66 is not essential for nucleocapsid assembly, but for the efficient transport of nucleocapsids from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. These results suggested that ac66 plays an important role for the efficient exit of nucleocapsids from the nucleus to the cytoplasm for BV synthesis as well as for preoccluded virion and occlusion synthesis. |
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