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Samantsidis GR, Denecke S, Swevers L, Skavdis G, Geibel S, Vontas J. Identification of Helicoverpa armigera promoters for biotechnological applications. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 142:103725. [PMID: 35093501 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa zea are highly polyphagous major agricultural pests with a global distribution. Their control is based on insecticides, however, new, effective, and environmentally friendly control tools are required to be developed and validated. In an effort to facilitate the development of advanced biotechnological tools in these species that will take advantage of new powerful molecular biology techniques like CRISPR/Cas9, we used available transcriptomic data and literature resources, in order to identify RNA polymerase II and III promoters active in RP-HzGUT-AW1(MG), a midgut derived cell line from Helicoverpa zea. Following functional analysis in insect cell lines, four RNA polymerase II promoters from the genes HaLabial, HaTsp-2A, HaPtx-I and HaCaudal were found to exhibit high transcriptional activity in vitro. The HaTsp-2A promoter did not exhibit any activity in the non-midgut derived cell lines Sf-9 and Hi-5 despite high sequence conservation among Lepidoptera, suggesting that it may function in a gut specific manner. Furthermore, considering the utility of RNA polymerase III U6 promoters in methodologies such as RNAi and CRISPR/Cas9, we identified and evaluated four different U6 promoters of H. armigera. In vitro experiments based on luciferase and GFP reporter assays, as well as in vivo experiments targeting an essential gene of Helicoverpa, indicate that these U6 promoters are functional and can be used to experimentally silence or knockout target genes through the expression of shRNAs and sgRNAs respectively. Taking our findings together, we provide a set of promoters useful for the genetic manipulation of Helicoverpa species, that can be used in various applications in the context of agricultural biotechnology.
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- George-Rafael Samantsidis
- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Vassilika Vouton, 71409, Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion, Greece.
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- Insect Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Institute of Biosciences and Applications, 15310, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- R&D Pest Control, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Monheim, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion, Greece; Pesticide Science Lab, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece.
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Liu TH, Dong XL, Chen P, Zhang Q, Zhou XL, Lu C, Pan MH. Geminin is essential for DNA re-replication in the silk gland cells of silkworms. Exp Cell Res 2022; 410:112951. [PMID: 34843715 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2021.112951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Endoreplication, known as endocycles or endoreduplication, is a cell cycle variant in which the genomic DNA is re-replicated without mitosis leading to polyploidy. Endoreplication is essential for the development and functioning of the different organs in animals and plants. Deletion of Geminin, a DNA replication licensing inhibitor, causes DNA re-replication or damage. However, the role of Geminin in endoreplication is still unclear. Here, we studied the role of Geminin in the endoreplication of the silk gland cells of silkworms by constructing two transgenic silkworm strains, including BmGeminin1-overexpression and BmGeminin1-RNA interference. Interference of BmGeminin1 led to body weight gain, increased silk gland volume, increased DNA content, and enhanced DNA re-replication activity relative to wild-type Dazao. Meanwhile, overexpression of BmGeminin1 showed an opposite phenotype compared to the BmGem1-RNAi strain. Furthermore, RNA-sequencing of the transgenic strains was carried out to explore how BmGeminin1 regulates DNA re-replication. Our data demonstrated a vital role of Geminin in the regulation of endoreplication in the silk gland of silkworms.
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- Tai-Hang Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, No.2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District of Chongqing, 400716, China; Department of Bioinformatics, Chongqing Medical University, No.1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District of Chongqing, 400015, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, No.2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District of Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, No.2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District of Chongqing, 400716, China; Key Laboratory for Sericulture Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Agricultural Ministry, Southwest University, No.2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District of Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, No.2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District of Chongqing, 400716, China; Key Laboratory for Sericulture Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Agricultural Ministry, Southwest University, No.2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District of Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, No.2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District of Chongqing, 400716, China; Key Laboratory for Sericulture Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Agricultural Ministry, Southwest University, No.2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District of Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, No.2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District of Chongqing, 400716, China; Key Laboratory for Sericulture Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Agricultural Ministry, Southwest University, No.2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District of Chongqing, 400716, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, No.2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District of Chongqing, 400716, China; Key Laboratory for Sericulture Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Agricultural Ministry, Southwest University, No.2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District of Chongqing, 400716, China.
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Liu R, Qu D, Ma J, Luo Q, Ou Y, Tan T, Zeng W, Xu H. Insights into regulatory characteristics of the promoters of Sericin 1 and Sericin 3 in transgenic silkworms. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2020; 522:492-498. [PMID: 31780262 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.11.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sericin, produced in the middle silk gland (MSG) of silkworms, is a group of glue proteins that coat and cement silk fibers. Several genes are known to encode sericin, but their spatiotemporal regulation has yet to be fully elucidated. Here, we report in detail the expression profiles of the promoters of two major sericin-coding genes, Sericin 1 (Ser1)and Sericin 3 (Ser3), by analyzing Gal4/UAS transgenic silkworms. We found that UAS-linked EGFP fluorescence in transgenic silkworms driven by Ser1-Gal4was detected in only the R3, R4 and R5 regions of MSG starting inday-3 fifth-instar larvae and was continuously expressed until silk gland degradation. In transgenic silkworms driven by Ser3-Gal4, EGFP fluorescence was detected at a low level in the R2 region of MSG since the last day of fifth-instar larvae, and the expression increased during the wandering stages and was continuously detected until silk gland degradation. The molecular detection of EGFP expression in each of the Gal4/UAS transgenic silkworms was consistent with fluorescence observations. These findings reveal clear differences in the regulatory characteristics of the promoters of Ser1and Ser3 and provide new insights into the regulatory mechanism of the expression of sericin-coding genes.
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- Rongpeng Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China; College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
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Murefu T, Macheka L, Musundire R, Manditsera F. Safety of wild harvested and reared edible insects: A review. Food Control 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Deep Insight into the Transcriptome of the Single Silk Gland of Bombyx mori. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20102491. [PMID: 31137550 PMCID: PMC6567255 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20102491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Revised: 05/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The silk gland synthesizes and secretes a large amount of protein and stores liquid silk protein at an extremely high concentration. Interestingly, silk proteins and serine protease inhibitors are orderly arranged in the silk gland lumen and cocoon shells. Silk fiber formation and the spinning mechanism have not been fully elucidated. Therefore, we conducted a comparative transcriptome analysis of seven segments of the single silk gland to characterize internal changes in the silk gland during the 5th instar of mature larvae. In total, 3121 differentially expressed genes were identified in the seven segments. Genes highly expressed in the middle silk gland (MSG) were mainly involved in unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis, fatty acid metabolism, apoptosis—fly, and lysosome pathways, whereas genes highly expressed in the posterior silk gland (PSG) were mainly involved in ribosome, proteasome, citrate cycle, and glycolysis/gluconeogenesis pathways. Thus, the MSG and PSG differ greatly in energy source use and function. Further, 773 gradually upregulated genes (from PSG to MSG) were involved in energy metabolism, silk protein synthesis, and secretion, suggesting that these genes play an important role in silk fiber formation. Our findings provide insights into the mechanism of silk protein synthesis and transport and silk fiber formation.
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Tian S, Zhang Z, Zhang R, Liu Q, Xu S, Gong J, Hou Y. Analysis of cysteine protease inhibitor gene (BmCPI) promoter activity in silkworms using bac-to-bac baculovirus systems. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2018; 82:1488-1496. [DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2018.1485478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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A cysteine protease inhibitor of Bombyx mori (BmCPI) plays an important role in pupation, molting, and dissociation of tissues. The present study identified and analyzed the BmCPI promoter region to better understand its functional regulatory mechanisms. Eight promoter fragments of different lengths were analyzed using an improved Bac-to-Bac expression system. Luciferase activities were investigated both in BmE cells and larval organisms after infection with the Bac-to-Bac system, and similar changes in activity were observed in both models. Strong activity was detected in the longest promoter (2005 bp, −1969 to +36), and activity changed significantly with truncation of promoter length. An electrophoretic mobility shift assay showed that the promoter region from −32 to +6 bp played a critical role in activating the downstream gene promoter element, where some potential elements were also predicted by informatics tools. The findings offer a basic reference for the mechanism of transcriptional regulation of BmCPI.
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- Sha Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing China
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Xue B, Li FC, Tian JH, Li JX, Cheng XY, Hu JH, Hu JS, Li B. Titanium nanoparticles influence the Akt/Tor signal pathway in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, silk gland. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 99:e21470. [PMID: 29709078 DOI: 10.1002/arch.21470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Various nanoparticles, such as silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and titanium nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) are increasingly used in industrial processes. Because they are released into the environment, research into their influence on the biosphere is necessary. Among its other effects, dietary TiO2 NPs promotes silk protein synthesis in silkworms, which prompted our hypothesis that TiO2 NPs influence protein kinase B (Akt)/Target of rapamycin (Tor) signaling pathway (Akt/Tor) signaling in their silk glands. The Akt/Tor signaling pathway is a principle connector integrating cellular reactions to growth factors, metabolites, nutrients, protein synthesis, and stress. We tested our hypothesis by determining the influence of dietary TiO2 NPs (for 72 h) and, separately, of two Akt/Tor pathway inhibitors (LY294002 and rapamycin) on expression of Akt/Tor signaling pathway genes and proteins in the silk glands. TiO2 NPs treatments led to increased accumulation of mRNAs for Akt, Tor1 and Tor2 by 1.6-, 12.1-, and 4.8-fold. Dietary inhibitors led to 2.6- to 4-fold increases in mRNAs encoding Akt and substantial decreases in mRNAs encoding Tor1 and Tor2. Western blot analysis showed that dietary TiO2 NPs increased the phosphorylation of Akt and its downstream proteins. LY294002 treatments led to inhibition of Akt phosphorylation and its downstream proteins and rapamycin treatments similarly inhibited the phosphorylation of Tor-linked downstream proteins. These findings support our hypothesis that TiO2 NPs influence Akt/Tor signaling in silk glands. The significance of this work is identification of specific sites of TiO2 NPs actions.
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- Bin Xue
- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, P.R. China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, P.R. China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, P.R. China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, P.R. China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, P.R. China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, P.R. China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, P.R. China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, P.R. China
- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, Soochow University, Suzhou, P.R. China
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Huang K, Li CF, Wu J, Wei JH, Zou Y, Han MJ, Zhou ZY. Enhancer activity of Helitron in sericin-1 gene promoter from Bombyx mori. INSECT SCIENCE 2016; 23:396-405. [PMID: 27067405 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Sericin is a kind of water-soluble protein expressed specifically in the middle silk gland of Bombyx mori. When the sericin-1 gene promoter was cloned and a transgenic vector was constructed to express a foreign protein, a specific Helitron, Bmhel-8, was identified in the sericin-1 gene promoter sequence in some genotypes of Bombyx mori and Bombyx mandarina. Given that the Bmhel-8 Helitron transposon was present only in some genotypes, it could be the source of allelic variation in the sericin-1 promoter. The length of the sericin-1 promoter sequence is approximately 1063 or 643 bp. The larger size of the sequence or allele is ascribed to the presence of Bmhel-8. Silkworm genotypes can be homozygous for either the shorter or larger promoter sequence or heterozygous, containing both alleles. Bmhel-8 in the sericin-1 promoter exhibits enhancer activity, as demonstrated by a dual-luciferase reporter system in BmE cell lines. Furthermore, Bmhel-8 displays enhancer activity in a sericin-1 promoter-driven gene expression system but does not regulate the tissue-specific expression of sericin-1.
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- Ke Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- College of Forestry & Life Science, Chongqing University of Arts & Sciences, Yongchuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- College of Forestry & Life Science, Chongqing University of Arts & Sciences, Yongchuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Laboratory of Animal Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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Ni M, Li F, Tian J, Hu J, Zhang H, Xu K, Wang B, Li Y, Shen W, Li B. Effects of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on the Synthesis of Fibroin in Silkworm (Bombyx mori). Biol Trace Elem Res 2015; 166:225-35. [PMID: 25876086 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-015-0258-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Silkworm (Bombyx mori) is an economically important insect, and its silk production capacity largely depends on its ability to synthesize fibroin. While breeding of B. mori varieties has been a key strategy to improve silk production, little improvement of B. mori silk production has been achieved to date. As a result, the development of sericulture economy has not progressed well, pointing to the need of new ways for improvement of B. mori silk production. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs), a food additive widely used for livestock, have been shown to promote animal growth and increase the protein synthesis in animals. However, no studies on effect of TiO2 NPs on fibroin synthesis in B. mori have been available. In this study, the differential expression profiles of genes and proteins in the silk gland of B. mori fed without or with TiO2 NPs (5 μg ml(-1)) were analyzed and compared using digital gene expression (DGE), reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), semi-qPCR, and Western blot analysis. The effects of TiO2 NPs feeding on the activity of proteases in the midgut and the synthesis and transportation of amino acids in hemolymph were also investigated. DGE analyses showed that among a total of 4,741 genes detected, 306 genes were differentially expressed after the TiO2 NPs feeding, of which 137 genes were upregulated whereas 169 genes were downregulated. 106 genes were shown to be involved in fibroin synthesis, of which 97 genes, including those encoding cuticular protein glycine-rich 10, serine protease inhibitor 28, aspartate aminotransferase, lysyl-tRNA synthetase, and splicing factor arginine/serine-rich 6, and silk gland factor-1 (SGF-1), were upregulated with the maximum induction of 8.52-folds, whereas nine genes, including those encoding aspartylglucosaminidase, the cathepsin L in Tribolium castaneum, and similar to SPRY domain-containing SOCS box protein 3, were downregulated with the maximum reduction of 8.11-folds. Transcription levels of nine genes were further verified by RT-qPCR, and the results were consistent with those with DGE. Transcription and expression levels of fibroin light chain (Fib-L) gene were increased after TiO2 NPs feeding, indicating that TiO2 NPs improves fibroin synthesis. Compared with that of control, the mean protease activity was increased by 56.67% in the B. mori fed with TiO2 NPs, and the transport of four key amino acids used for fibroin synthesis in hemolymph was also increased. These findings indicated that TiO2 NPs feeding can improve the absorption and utilization of amino acids from the feed and could be a new way to increase the fibroin synthesis in B. mori.
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- Min Ni
- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, People's Republic of China
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Zhang K, Yu S, Su J, Xu M, Tan P, Zhang Y, Xiang Z, Cui H. Identification and characterization of three novel hemocyte-specific promoters in silkworm Bombyx mori. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 461:102-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.03.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Construction of transgenic silkworm spinning antibacterial silk with fluorescence. Mol Biol Rep 2014; 42:19-25. [DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3735-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 09/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Construction of a lentiviral T/A vector for direct analysis of PCR-amplified promoters. Mol Biol Rep 2014; 41:7651-8. [PMID: 25091945 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3656-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2013] [Accepted: 07/27/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The promoter plays an important role in the regulation of gene expression. To analyze a promoter's activity, we developed a novel lentiviral T/A vector that contains two reporter genes, a luciferase (Luc2) gene and a green fluorescent protein (Venus) gene, that are linked via an internal ribosome entry site (IRES2). To test the performance of this vector, phosphoglycerate kinase-1 (PGK) and elongation factor-1α (EF1α) promoters were amplified by PCR and inserted into this lentiviral T/A vector using T4 DNA ligase, yielding two promoter-reporter vectors: pLent-T-PGK and pLent-T-EF1α. When these vectors were transfected into 293T cells, we observed a higher level of Venus expression under a fluorescence microscopy in the case of pLent-T-EF1α as compared to pLent-T-PGK. The results of the luciferase reporter assay showed that the ratio of the promoter activities of EF1α and PGK was approximately 9:1. The two promoter-reporter vectors were also packaged as lentiviral particles to conduct promoter activity assay in cultured cells. The ratio of the promoter activities of EF1α and PGK was 4.23:1 when they were infected into 293T cells at a multiplicity of infection of 1. This value is comparable to that of a parallel experiment using the commercial luciferase reporter vector pGL4.10 with an activity ratio of 5.99:1 for EF1α and PGK. These results indicate that lentiviral T/A vector will be a useful tool for analysis of promoter activity and specificity.
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Cai XY, Yu J, Yu HY, Liu YW, Fang Y, Ren ZX, Jia JQ, Zhang GZ, Guo XJ, Jin BR, Gui ZZ. Core promoter regulates the expression of cathepsin B gene in the fat body of Bombyx mori. Gene 2014; 542:232-9. [PMID: 24630970 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Bombyx mori cathepsin B (BmCatB) is involved in the programmed cell death of the fat body during B. mori metamorphosis. For a better understanding of the functional regulatory mechanism, the promoter region of BmCatB in the transcriptional regulation has been identified and analyzed in the present study. BmCatB promoter region performed by the 5' truncation or mutagenesis of EcREs was inserted in the pFA3Luc-A3RL double fluorescence expression vector to activate the fireflies luciferase (FLuc) gene. The results indicated that the dual-luciferase activity of BmCatB gene in the silkworm larval fat body is regulated by the length of promoter. Site-directed mutagenesis of EcRE experiment has shown that the EcREs are up-regulated significantly in the regulation of the BmCatB promoter. A 142bp region (-1165 to -1023) and EcREs are the mainly fat-body tissue-specificity related region and could function as a core promoter element.
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- Xiang-Yun Cai
- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212018, China
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- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212018, China
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- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212018, China
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- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212018, China
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- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212018, China
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- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212018, China
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- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212018, China; Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang 212018, China
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- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212018, China; Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang 212018, China
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- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212018, China; Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang 212018, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University, Busan 604-714, Republic of Korea
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- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212018, China; Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang 212018, China.
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Yu J, Wu FY, Zou FM, Cai XY, Yu HY, Liu YW, Fang Y, Ren ZX, Jia JQ, Zhang GZ, Guo XJ, Jin BR, Gui ZZ. Identification and functional analysis of the cathepsin D gene promoter of Bombyx mori. Mol Biol Rep 2014; 41:1623-30. [DOI: 10.1007/s11033-013-3009-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Accepted: 12/30/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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An optimized sericin-1 expression system for mass-producing recombinant proteins in the middle silk glands of transgenic silkworms. Transgenic Res 2013; 22:925-38. [PMID: 23435751 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-013-9695-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The middle silk gland (MSG) of silkworm is thought to be a potential host for mass-producing valuable recombinant proteins. Transgenic MSG expression systems based on the usage of promoter of sericin1 gene (sericin-1 expression system) have been established to produce various recombinant proteins in MSG. However, further modifying the activity of the sericin-1 expression system to yield higher amounts of recombinant proteins is still necessary. In this study, we provide an alternative modification strategy to construct an efficient sericin-1 expression system by using the hr3 enhancer (hr3 CQ) from a Chongqing strain of the Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis virus (BmNPV) and the 3'UTRs of the fibroin heavy chain (Fib-HPA), the fibroin light chain (Fib-LPA), and Sericin1 (Ser1PA) genes. We first analyzed the effects of these DNA elements on expression of luciferase, and found that the combination of hr3 CQ and Ser1PA was most effective to increase the activity of luciferase. Then, hr3 CQ and Ser1PA were used to modify the sericin1 expression system. Transgenic silkworms bearing these modified sericin1 expression vectors were generated by a piggyBac transposon mediated genetic transformation method. Our results showed that mRNA level of DsRed reporter gene in transgenic silkworms containing hr3 CQ and Ser1PA significantly increased by 9 fold to approximately 83 % of that of endogenous sericin1. As the results of that, the production of recombinant RFP increased by 16 fold to 9.5 % (w/w) of cocoon shell weight. We conclude that this modified sericin-1 expression system is efficient and will contribute to the MSG as host to mass produce valuable recombinant proteins.
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Cre-mediated targeted gene activation in the middle silk glands of transgenic silkworms (Bombyx mori). Transgenic Res 2012; 22:607-19. [DOI: 10.1007/s11248-012-9677-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2012] [Accepted: 11/14/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Huang Y, Wang JP, Song F, Wang X, Shen XJ. Comparison of six promoters for transient expression of luciferase reporter gene in cultured Bombyx mori cells (BmN). Russ J Dev Biol 2012. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062360412060021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Masumoto M, Ohde T, Shiomi K, Yaginuma T, Niimi T. A Baculovirus immediate-early gene, ie1, promoter drives efficient expression of a transgene in both Drosophila melanogaster and Bombyx mori. PLoS One 2012; 7:e49323. [PMID: 23152896 PMCID: PMC3496687 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2012] [Accepted: 10/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Many promoters have been used to drive expression of heterologous transgenes in insects. One major obstacle in the study of non-model insects is the dearth of useful promoters for analysis of gene function. Here, we investigated whether the promoter of the immediate-early gene, ie1, from the Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) could be used to drive efficient transgene expression in a wide variety of insects. We used a piggyBac-based vector with a 3xP3-DsRed transformation marker to generate a reporter construct; this construct was used to determine the expression patterns driven by the BmNPV ie1 promoter; we performed a detailed investigation of the promoter in transgene expression pattern in Drosophila melanogaster and in B. mori. Drosophila and Bombyx belong to different insect orders (Diptera and Lepidoptera, respectively); however, and to our surprise, ie1 promoter-driven expression was evident in several tissues (e.g., prothoracic gland, midgut, and tracheole) in both insects. Furthermore, in both species, the ie1 promoter drove expression of the reporter gene from a relatively early embryonic stage, and strong ubiquitous ie1 promoter-driven expression continued throughout the larval, pupal, and adult stages by surface observation. Therefore, we suggest that the ie1 promoter can be used as an efficient expression driver in a diverse range of insect species.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mika Masumoto
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
- Division of Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
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- Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Ueda, Nagano, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
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Tatematsu KI, Kobayashi I, Uchino K, Sezutsu H, Iizuka T, Yonemura N, Tamura T. Construction of a binary transgenic gene expression system for recombinant protein production in the middle silk gland of the silkworm Bombyx mori. Transgenic Res 2009; 19:473-87. [PMID: 19789990 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-009-9328-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2009] [Accepted: 09/16/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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To construct an efficient system for the production of recombinant proteins in silkworm (Bombyx mori), we investigated the promoter activity of the silkworm sericin 1, 2, and 3 genes (Ser1, Ser2, and Ser3) using a GAL4/UAS binary gene expression system in transgenic silkworm. The promoter activity of the upstream region of Ser1 was strong, yielding high expression of an enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) transgene in the middle and posterior regions of the middle silk gland (MSG) after day 2 of the fifth instar. The Ser3 upstream region exhibited moderate promoter activity in the anterior MSG, but the Ser2 upstream region did not exhibit any promoter activity. Since the strongest promoter activity was observed for Ser1, we devised a system for the production of recombinant proteins using a GAL4-Ser1 promoter construct (Ser1-GAL4). Transgenic silkworms harboring both the Ser1-GAL4 construct and the previously reported upstream activating sequence (UAS)-EGFP construct, which contains the TATA box region of the Drosophila hsp70 gene, yielded approximately 100 microg EGFP per larva. When we then analyzed the TATA box region, signal peptide, and intron sequences for their effects on production from the UAS-EGFP construct, we found that the optimization of these sequences effectively increased production to an average of 500 microg EGFP protein per transgenic larva. We conclude that this binary system is a useful tool for the mass production of recombinant proteins of biomedical and pharmaceutical interest in silkworm.
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- Ken-ichiro Tatematsu
- Transgenic Silkworm Research Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8634, Japan
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Zhang Y, Tian B, Xia H, Guo T, Wang J, Wang S, Wei Z, Lu C. Spread of recombinant Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus in various tissues of silkworm Bombyx mori determined by real-time PCR. Anal Biochem 2007; 373:147-53. [PMID: 17920555 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2007] [Revised: 09/02/2007] [Accepted: 09/05/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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A cassette harboring luciferase reporter driven by Bombyx mori A3 promoter was transferred to the bacmid AcDeltaEGT to generate the recombinant virus AcNPVA3Luc (where Ac represents Autographa californica, NPV represents nucleopolyhedrovirus, and A3Luc represents the firefly luciferase reporter cassette driven by the A3 promoter). Recombinant baculovirus was injected into the hemocoele of newly ecdysed fifth instar larvae of the silkworm. The infection of virus in various silkworm tissues was determined by real-time PCR. The profile of viral infection showed that the copy number of recombinant AcNPV (rAcNPV) increased the fastest in the hemocyte, followed by the fat body, Malpighian tubule, middle gut, and silk gland. Detecting in nonpermissive strain silkworm showed that there was no significant difference in the entry of rAcNPV into all tested tissues. The difference in viral infection reflected mainly the big difference in replication of rAcNPV in various tissues of silkworm larvae. Real-time quantitative RT-PCR showed that it was due to the different expression of genes involved in viral DNA replication.
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- Yi Zhang
- School of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Liaoning 110016, People's Republic of China
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