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Kim E, Kim Y. Translational Control of Host Gene Expression by a Cys-Motif Protein Encoded in a Bracovirus. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0161661. [PMID: 27598941 PMCID: PMC5012692 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Translational control is a strategy that various viruses use to manipulate their hosts to suppress acute antiviral response. Polydnaviruses, a group of insect double-stranded DNA viruses symbiotic to some endoparasitoid wasps, are divided into two genera: ichnovirus (IV) and bracovirus (BV). In IV, some Cys-motif genes are known as host translation-inhibitory factors (HTIF). The genome of endoparasitoid wasp Cotesia plutellae contains a Cys-motif gene (Cp-TSP13) homologous to an HTIF known as teratocyte-secretory protein 14 (TSP14) of Microplitis croceipes. Cp-TSP13 consists of 129 amino acid residues with a predicted molecular weight of 13.987 kDa and pI value of 7.928. Genomic DNA region encoding its open reading frame has three introns. Cp-TSP13 possesses six conserved cysteine residues as other Cys-motif genes functioning as HTIF. Cp-TSP13 was expressed in Plutella xylostella larvae parasitized by C. plutellae. C. plutellae bracovirus (CpBV) was purified and injected into non-parasitized P. xylostella that expressed Cp-TSP13. Cp-TSP13 was cloned into a eukaryotic expression vector and used to infect Sf9 cells to transiently express Cp-TSP13. The synthesized Cp-TSP13 protein was detected in culture broth. An overlaying experiment showed that the purified Cp-TSP13 entered hemocytes. It was localized in the cytosol. Recombinant Cp-TSP13 significantly inhibited protein synthesis of secretory proteins when it was added to in vitro cultured fat body. In addition, the recombinant Cp-TSP13 directly inhibited the translation of fat body mRNAs in in vitro translation assay using rabbit reticulocyte lysate. Moreover, the recombinant Cp-TSP13 significantly suppressed cellular immune responses by inhibiting hemocyte-spreading behavior. It also exhibited significant insecticidal activities by both injection and feeding routes. These results indicate that Cp-TSP13 is a viral HTIF.
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- Eunseong Kim
- Department of Bioresource Sciences, Andong National University, Andong 36729, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioresource Sciences, Andong National University, Andong 36729, Republic of Korea
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Undheim EAB, Mobli M, King GF. Toxin structures as evolutionary tools: Using conserved 3D folds to study the evolution of rapidly evolving peptides. Bioessays 2016; 38:539-48. [DOI: 10.1002/bies.201500165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Eivind A. B. Undheim
- Institute for Molecular BioscienceUniversity of QueenslandSt LuciaQueenslandAustralia
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- Centre for Advanced ImagingUniversity of QueenslandSt LuciaQueenslandAustralia
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- Institute for Molecular BioscienceUniversity of QueenslandSt LuciaQueenslandAustralia
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Hardy MC, Daly NL, Mobli M, Morales RAV, King GF. Isolation of an orally active insecticidal toxin from the venom of an Australian tarantula. PLoS One 2013; 8:e73136. [PMID: 24039872 PMCID: PMC3770646 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2012] [Accepted: 07/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Many insect pests have developed resistance to existing chemical insecticides and consequently there is much interest in the development of new insecticidal compounds with novel modes of action. Although spiders have deployed insecticidal toxins in their venoms for over 250 million years, there is no evolutionary selection pressure on these toxins to possess oral activity since they are injected into prey and predators via a hypodermic needle-like fang. Thus, it has been assumed that spider-venom peptides are not orally active and are therefore unlikely to be useful insecticides. Contrary to this dogma, we show that it is possible to isolate spider-venom peptides with high levels of oral insecticidal activity by directly screening for per os toxicity. Using this approach, we isolated a 34-residue orally active insecticidal peptide (OAIP-1) from venom of the Australian tarantula Selenotypus plumipes. The oral LD50 for OAIP-1 in the agronomically important cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera was 104.2±0.6 pmol/g, which is the highest per os activity reported to date for an insecticidal venom peptide. OAIP-1 is equipotent with synthetic pyrethroids and it acts synergistically with neonicotinoid insecticides. The three-dimensional structure of OAIP-1 determined using NMR spectroscopy revealed that the three disulfide bonds form an inhibitor cystine knot motif; this structural motif provides the peptide with a high level of biological stability that probably contributes to its oral activity. OAIP-1 is likely to be synergized by the gut-lytic activity of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxin (Bt) expressed in insect-resistant transgenic crops, and consequently it might be a good candidate for trait stacking with Bt.
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- Margaret C. Hardy
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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Galat A. Common structural traits for cystine knot domain of the TGFβ superfamily of proteins and three-fingered ectodomain of their cellular receptors. Cell Mol Life Sci 2011; 68:3437-51. [PMID: 21369710 PMCID: PMC11114550 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0643-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2010] [Revised: 01/08/2011] [Accepted: 02/15/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) superfamily of proteins and their receptors are crucial developmental factors for all metazoan organisms. Cystine-knot (CK) motif is a spatial feature of the TGFβ superfamily of proteins whereas the extra-cellular domains (ectodomains) of their respective receptors form three-fingered protein domain (TFPD), both stabilized by tight cystine networks. Analyses of multiple sequence alignments of these two domains encoded in various genomes revealed that the cystines forming the CK and TFPD folds are conserved, whereas the remaining polypeptide patches are diversified. Orthologues of the human TGFβs and their respective receptors expressed in diverse vertebrates retain high sequence conservation. Examination of 3D structures of various TGFβ factors bound to their receptors have revealed that the CK and TFPD domains display several similar spatial traits suggesting that these two different protein folds might have been acquired from a common ancestor.
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- A Galat
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de Biologie et de Technologies de Saclay, Service d'Ingénierie Moléculaire des Protéines, Bat. 152, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Kaas Q, Westermann JC, Craik DJ. Conopeptide characterization and classifications: an analysis using ConoServer. Toxicon 2010; 55:1491-509. [PMID: 20211197 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2009] [Revised: 02/25/2010] [Accepted: 03/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Cone snails are carnivorous marine gastropods that have evolved potent venoms to capture their prey. These venoms comprise a rich and diverse cocktail of peptide toxins, or conopeptides, whose high diversity has arisen from an efficient hypermutation mechanism, combined with a high frequency of post-translational modifications. Conopeptides bind with high specificity to distinct membrane receptors, ion channels, and transporters of the central and muscular nervous system. As well as serving their natural function in prey capture, conopeptides have been utilized as versatile tools in neuroscience and have proven valuable as drug leads that target the nervous system in humans. This paper examines current knowledge on conopeptide sequences based on an analysis of gene and peptide sequences in ConoServer (http://www.conoserver.org), a specialized database of conopeptide sequences and three-dimensional structures. We describe updates to the content and organization of ConoServer and discuss correlations between gene superfamilies, cysteine frameworks, pharmacological families targeted by conopeptides, and the phylogeny, habitat, and diet of cone snails. The study identifies gaps in current knowledge of conopeptides and points to potential directions for future research.
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- Quentin Kaas
- The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology, Brisbane, 4072 QLD, Australia
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Global transcriptional profile of Tranosema rostrale ichnovirus genes in infected lepidopteran hosts and wasp ovaries. Virol Sin 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s12250-009-3050-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Fath-Goodin A, Gill TA, Martin SB, Webb BA. Effect of Campoletis sonorensis ichnovirus cys-motif proteins on Heliothis virescens larval development. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2006; 52:576-85. [PMID: 16580679 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2005] [Revised: 01/31/2006] [Accepted: 02/08/2006] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Polydnaviruses are obligate symbionts of some parasitic hymenopteran wasps responsible for modifying the physiology of their host lepidopteran larvae to benefit the endoparasite. Injection of Campoletis sonorensis ichnovirus (CsIV) into Heliothis virescens larvae alters larval growth, development and immunity but genes responsible for alterations of host physiology are not well described. Recent studies of polydnavirus genomes establish that these genomes encode families of related genes expressed in parasitized larvae. Here we evaluate five members of the CsIV cys-motif gene family for their ability to inhibit growth and development of lepidopteran larvae. To study the function of cys-motif proteins, recombinant proteins were produced from baculovirus expression vectors and injected or fed to H. virescens larvae in diet. rVHv1.1 was identified as the most potent protein tested causing a significant reduction in growth of H. virescens and Spodoptera exigua larvae. H. virescens larvae ingesting this protein also exhibited delayed development, reductions in pupation and increased mortality. Increased mortality was associated with chronic sub-lethal baculovirus infections. Taken together, these data indicate that the cys-motif proteins have pleiotropic effects on lepidopteran physiology affecting both development and immunity.
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- Angelika Fath-Goodin
- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, S-225 Agricultural Science Building North, Lexington, KY 40546-0091, USA
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Kroemer JA, Webb BA. Ikappabeta-related vankyrin genes in the Campoletis sonorensis ichnovirus: temporal and tissue-specific patterns of expression in parasitized Heliothis virescens lepidopteran hosts. J Virol 2005; 79:7617-28. [PMID: 15919914 PMCID: PMC1143682 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.12.7617-7628.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Polydnaviruses (PDVs) are unusual insect viruses that occur in obligate symbiotic associations with parasitic ichneumonid (ichnoviruses, or IVs) and braconid (bracoviruses, or BVs) wasps. PDVs are injected with eggs, ovarian proteins, and venom during parasitization. Following infection of cells in host tissues, viral genes are expressed and their products function to alter lepidopteran host physiology, enabling endoparasitoid development. Here we describe the Campoletis sonorensis IV viral ankyrin (vankyrin) gene family and its transcription. The seven members of this gene family possess ankyrin repeat domains that resemble the inhibitory domains of the Drosophila melanogaster NF-kappabeta transcription factor inhibitor (Ikappabeta) cactus. vankyrin gene expression is detected within 2 to 4 h postparasitization (p.p.) in Heliothis virescens hosts and reaches peak levels by 3 days p.p. Our data indicate that vankyrin genes from the C. sonorensis IV genome are differentially expressed in the tissues of parasitized hosts and can be divided into two subclasses: those that target the host fat body and those that target host hemocytes. Polyclonal antibodies raised against a fat-body targeting vankyrin detected a 19-kDa protein in crude extracts prepared from the 3 days p.p. fat body. Vankyrin-specific Abs localized to 3-day p.p. fat-body and hemocyte nuclei, suggesting a role for vankyrin proteins in the nuclei of C. sonorensis IV-infected cells. These data are evidence for divergent tissue specificities and targeting of multigene families in IVs. We hypothesize that PDV vankyrin genes may suppress NF-kappabeta activity during immune responses and developmental cascades in parasitized lepidopteran hosts of C. sonorensis.
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- Jeremy A Kroemer
- University of Kentucky, Department of Entomology, S-225 Agricultural Sciences Center North, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
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Espagne E, Dupuy C, Huguet E, Cattolico L, Provost B, Martins N, Poirié M, Periquet G, Drezen JM. Genome sequence of a polydnavirus: insights into symbiotic virus evolution. Science 2004; 306:286-9. [PMID: 15472078 DOI: 10.1126/science.1103066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Little is known of the fate of viruses involved in long-term obligatory associations with eukaryotes. For example, many species of parasitoid wasps have symbiotic viruses to manipulate host defenses and to allow development of parasitoid larvae. The complete nucleotide sequence of the DNA enclosed in the virus particles injected by a parasitoid wasp revealed a complex organization, resembling a eukaryote genomic region more than a viral genome. Although endocellular symbiont genomes have undergone a dramatic loss of genes, the evolution of symbiotic viruses appears to be characterized by extensive duplication of virulence genes coding for truncated versions of cellular proteins.
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- Eric Espagne
- Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, CNRS UMR 6035, UFR Sciences et Techniques, Parc de Grandmont, 37200 Tours, France
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Kroemer JA, Webb BA. Polydnavirus genes and genomes: emerging gene families and new insights into polydnavirus replication. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY 2004; 49:431-456. [PMID: 14651471 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.49.072103.120132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Polydnavirus genome sequencing is providing new insights into viral genome organization and viral gene function. Sequence analyses demonstrate that the genomes of these viral mutualists are largely noncoding but maintain genes and gene families that are unrelated to other viral genes. Interestingly, these organizational patterns in polydnavirus genomes are evident in both the bracovirus and ichnovirus genera, even though these two genera are evolutionarily unrelated. The identity and function of some polydnavirus gene families are considered with some functions experimentally supported and others implied by homology relationships with known insect genes. The evidence relative to polydnavirus origins and evolution is considered but remains an area of speculation. However, sequencing of these viral genomes has been informative and provides opportunities for productive investigation of these unusual mutualistic insect viruses.
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- Jeremy A Kroemer
- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, S-225 Agricultural Sciences Center North, Lexington, Kentucky 40546, USA.
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Galibert L, Rocher J, Ravallec M, Duonor-Cérutti M, Webb BA, Volkoff AN. Two Hyposoter didmator ichnovirus genes expressed in the lepidopteran host encode secreted or membrane-associated serine and threonine rich proteins in segments that may be nested. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 49:441-451. [PMID: 12770623 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1910(03)00061-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present in this work two novel Hyposoter didymator ichnovirus genes expressed in parasitized Spodoptera larvae. These genes, named HdCorfS6 and HdGorfP30, are unrelated and present in two different genome segments, possibly nested, SH-C and SH-G respectively. HdCorfS6 encodes a predicted transmembrane protein, putatively glycosylated. HdCorfS6 transcripts appear to be abundant in lepidopteran host hemocytes compared to the other tissues analyzed. The second gene described, HdGorfP30, is well expressed in hemocytes, but also in other tissues, such as the fat body, nervous system and epidermis. This gene is peculiar since it presents 17 perfectly conserved repeated sequences arranged in tandem arrays. Each of these repeats contains 58% of serine and threonine residues and therefore several potential sites for glycosylation. This mucin-like protein, predicted as highly glycosylated, could be involved in host immune suppression.
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- L Galibert
- I.N.R.A., Laboratoire de Pathologie Comparée, UMR 5087 I.N.R.A./C.N.R.S./Université Montpellier II, 30380 St-Christol-les-Alès, France
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Béliveau C, Levasseur A, Stoltz D, Cusson M. Three related TrIV genes: comparative sequence analysis and expression in host larvae and Cf-124T cells. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 49:501-511. [PMID: 12770629 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1910(03)00055-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report on the cloning and sequencing of two Tranosema rostrale ichnovirus (TrIV) genes, and assess their relatedness to TrV1, the gene encoding the most abundant TrIV transcript in last-instar Choristoneura fumiferana larvae parasitized by T. rostrale. One of the two newly isolated genes, TrV2, features an organization similar to that of TrV1, with one intron flanked by two exons; it encodes a 102 amino acid protein showing 79% similarity to TrV1. The third gene, TrV4, encodes a larger protein (143 aa) displaying similarity to the other two only over the first approximately 50 amino acid residues of its sequence; the remaining portion contains an imperfect octad repeat. Although the TrV4 gene contains only one exon, it has an intron similar in size and sequence to that of TrV1 and TrV2; in fact, the non-coding regions of all three genes show higher sequence identity than the coding regions, pointing to their common origin. Southern analysis suggests that each gene maps to a different TrIV genome segment, with homologous sequences apparently present on other segments. TrV1 and TrV4 transcription in penultimate (5th) instar hosts, parasitized shortly after the molt, was strong for both genes 1 and 2 days p.p., with transcript abundance decreasing after the final molt; thus, neither of these genes is upregulated during induction of developmental arrest in last-instar hosts. Cf-124T cells inoculated with T. rostrale calyx fluid showed significant levels of apoptosis 24-72 h p.i.; TrV1 was detected in the culture medium, suggesting that this and/or other TrIV-encoded proteins may be responsible for the observed cytopathic effect. Southern and Northern analyses, using DNA and RNA extracted from infected Cf-124T cells, revealed the presence of both TrV1- and TrV4-carrying genome segments and transcripts, but neither DNA, at least in episomal form, nor mRNA persisted for more than a few days p.i. This in vitro system may provide a suitable starting point for the study of TrIV gene functions.
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- C Béliveau
- Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 3800, Sainte-Foy, Quebec G1V 4C7, Canada
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