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de Malmanche H, Marcellin E, Reid S. Knockout of Sf-Caspase-1 generates apoptosis-resistant Sf9 cell lines: Implications for baculovirus expression. Biotechnol J 2022; 17:e2100532. [PMID: 35384325 DOI: 10.1002/biot.202100532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The Sf9 cell line, originally isolated from the insect Spodoptera frugiperda, is commonly used alongside the baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS) to produce recombinant proteins and other biologics. As more BEVS-derived vaccines and therapeutics are approved by regulators and manufactured at scale, there is increasing interest in improving the Sf9 cell line to improve bioprocess robustness and increase product yields. CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful genome-editing tool with great potential to improve cell line characteristics. Nevertheless, reports of genome-editing in Sf9 cells are scarce, and targets for engineering are elusive. To evaluate the effectiveness of CRISPR-Cas9 to improve BEVS yields, we generated Sf9 cell lines with functional knockouts in the Sf-Caspase-1 gene, which encodes an effector caspase involved in the execution of apoptosis. Deletion of Sf-Caspase-1 abolished the hallmarks of apoptotic cell death including plasma membrane blebbing and effector caspase activity. Following infection of Sf-Caspase-1 knockout Sf9 cultures with a recombinant baculovirus expressing β-galactosidase, we did not observe any differences in cell death kinetics or increases in productivity. Similar results were obtained when Sf-Caspase-1 expression was suppressed via RNA interference. We anticipate that the CRISPR-Cas9 workflow reported here will spur future efforts to rationally engineer Sf9 cells for improved baculovirus expression. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Henry de Malmanche
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia.,Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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Zanella-Saenz I, Herniou EA, Ibarra JE, Huerta-Arredondo IA, Del Rincón-Castro MC. Virulence and genetic characterization of six baculovirus strains isolated from different populations of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:108. [PMID: 34978619 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-021-02722-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith, 1797), is a polyphagous, voracious, and economically important agricultural pest. Biological control of FAW is a strategy that must be further explored. This study evaluated six baculovirus strains isolated from infected FAW larvae from Mexico, Argentina, Honduras, and the United States. Five alphabaculoviruses (SfNPV-An2, SfNPV-Arg, SfNPV-Fx, SfNPV-Ho, and SfNPV-Sin) and one betabaculovirus (SfGV-RV) were tested against FAW larvae, showing a wide diversity of virulence levels among strains when their estimated LC50s were compared, being SfNPV-Arg, SfNPV-Ho and SfNPV-Fx more virulent than SfNPV-An2, SfNPV-Sin, and SfGV-RV. To determine any virulence difference in vitro studies of these isolates, Sf9 cell cultures were used. Interestingly, only ODVs from four of the test SfNPV strains showed infectivity on Sf9 cell cultures, and some differences in virulence were observed. Genomic restriction analyses and partial sequences of lef-8, lef-9, and polh/granulin genes showed little variability among alphabaculoviruses, both, among them and with previously reported sequences. However, sequences from SfGV-RV were closer to previously reported sequences from the SfGV-VG008 strain than the SfGV-Arg and SfGV-VG014 strains. The great difference in the in vivo virulence was not correlated with great similarity among the isolates. The characterization of these six baculovirus isolates offers the basis for exploring their potential as biological control agents against S. frugiperda, as well the initial studies on their specific infection mechanisms, evolution, and ecology.
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- Ingrid Zanella-Saenz
- División Ciencias de la Vida, Departamento de Alimentos, Posgrado en Biociencias, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Km. 9.0 Carr. Irapuato-León, C.P. 36500, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.,Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Abasolo, Blvd. Cuitzeo de los Naranjos No. 401, Abasolo, C.P. 36976, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Faculté des Sciences Parc Grandmont, Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insect, UMR 7261 CNRS-Université de Tours, 37200, Tours, France
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- Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N., 36500, Irapuato, Gto, Mexico
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- División Ciencias de la Vida, Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Km. 9.0 Carr. Irapuato-León, C.P. 36500, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- División Ciencias de la Vida, Departamento de Alimentos, Posgrado en Biociencias, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Km. 9.0 Carr. Irapuato-León, C.P. 36500, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
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Mak M, Beattie KD, Basta A, Randall D, Chen ZH, Spooner-Hart R. Triangulation of methods using insect cell lines to investigate insecticidal mode-of-action. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2021; 77:492-501. [PMID: 32815275 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND This study investigated three in vitro models to assist in elucidating possible mode-of-action, which could be adopted to evaluate insecticidal activity of complex, unknown, or multi-constituent formulations. We used a combination of absorbance spectrometry, confocal scanning laser microscopy and microelectrode ion flux estimation (MIFE) to provide insight into potential target sites for insecticides. This study used two insect cell lines and evaluated three pyrethroid insecticides. RESULTS We observed that the two cell lines produced distinctly different responses. Drosophila melanogaster D.mel-S2 cell line was a useful model to monitor ion flux changes, resulting from insecticides with neural toxicity; however, it was less useful to determine some metabolic pathway indicators of toxic stress. Conversely, the Spodoptera frugiperda Sf9 cell line produced acute reactive oxygen species (ROS) in response to insecticide treatments, but was not highly responsive in electrophysiological experiments. We also showed that the natural, multi-constituent botanical extract of pyrethrum elicited different Na+ , Cl- and Ca2+ ion fluxes than its synthetic, single constituent analogues, α-cypermethrin and esfenvalerate. These two methods used in combination with absorbance spectrometry measuring cell growth inhibition plus cell mortality assays shed some light on cytotoxic responses in differing model cell lines. CONCLUSION This research highlights the importance of using multiple cell types and interdisciplinary methods to provide a better insight into mode of insecticidal action. This is especially pertinent to novel biopesticide discovery, as the underlying mechanisms for toxicity in initial screening processes are likely to be unknown.
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- Michelle Mak
- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
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Vyletova L, Rennalls LP, Wood KJL, Good VM. Long-term, large scale cryopreservation of insect cells at -80 °C. Cytotechnology 2014; 68:303-11. [PMID: 25149288 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-014-9781-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2014] [Accepted: 08/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Standard tissue culture methods advise freezing cells in small aliquots (≤1 × 10(7) cells in 1 mL), and storing in liquid nitrogen. This is inconvenient for laboratories culturing large quantities of insect cells for recombinant baculovirus expression, owing to the length of time taken to produce large scale cultures from small aliquots of cells. Liquid nitrogen storage requires use of specialized cryovials, personal protective equipment and oxygen monitoring systems. This paper describes the long-term, large scale cryopreservation of 8 × 10(8) insect cells at -80 °C, using standard 50 mL conical tubes to contain a 40 mL cell suspension. Sf9, Sf21 and High 5 cells were recovered with a viability > 90 % after storage for one year under these conditions, which compared favorably with the viability of cells stored in liquid nitrogen for the same length of time. Addition of green fluorescent protein encoding baculovirus demonstrated that cells were "expression ready" immediately post thaw. Our method enables large scale cultures to be recovered rapidly from stocks cryopreserved at -80 °C, thus avoiding the inconvenience, hazards and expense associated with liquid nitrogen.
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- Lucie Vyletova
- Section of Structural Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JB, UK
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- Section of Structural Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JB, UK
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- Section of Structural Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JB, UK.,Laboratory of Protein Crystallography, Centre for Amyloidosis and Acute Phase, Proteins, UCL Division of Medicine (Royal Free Campus), Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK
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- Section of Structural Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JB, UK.
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Wagner JM, Pajerowski JD, Daniels CL, McHugh PM, Flynn JA, Balliet JW, Casimiro DR, Subramanian S. Enhanced production of Chikungunya virus-like particles using a high-pH adapted spodoptera frugiperda insect cell line. PLoS One 2014; 9:e94401. [PMID: 24713807 PMCID: PMC3979839 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Chikungunya virus-like particles (VLPs) have potential to be used as a prophylactic vaccine based on testing in multiple animal models and are currently being evaluated for human use in a Phase I clinical trial. The current method for producing these enveloped alphavirus VLPs by transient gene expression in mammalian cells presents challenges for scalable and robust industrial manufacturing, so the insect cell baculovirus expression vector system was evaluated as an alternative expression technology. Subsequent to recombinant baculovirus infection of Sf21 cells in standard culture media (pH 6.2–6.4), properly processed Chikungunya structural proteins were detected and assembled capsids were observed. However, an increase in culture pH to 6.6–6.8 was necessary to produce detectable concentrations of assembled VLPs. Since this elevated production pH exceeds the optimum for growth medium stability and Sf21 culture, medium modifications were made and a novel insect cell variant (SfBasic) was derived by exposure of Sf21 to elevated culture pH for a prolonged period of time. The high-pH adapted SfBasic insect cell line described herein is capable of maintaining normal cell growth into the typical mammalian cell culture pH range of 7.0–7.2 and produces 11-fold higher Chikungunya VLP yields relative to the parental Sf21 cell line. After scale-up into stirred tank bioreactors, SfBasic derived VLPs were chromatographically purified and shown to be similar in size and structure to a VLP standard derived from transient gene expression in HEK293 cells. Total serum anti-Chikungunya IgG and neutralizing titers from guinea pigs vaccinated with SfBasic derived VLPs or HEK293 derived VLPs were not significantly different with respect to production method, suggesting that this adapted insect cell line and production process could be useful for manufacturing Chikungunya VLPs for use as a vaccine. The adaptation of Sf21 to produce high levels of recombinant protein and VLPs in an elevated pH range may also have applications for other pH-sensitive protein or VLP targets.
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- James M. Wagner
- Vaccine Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Vaccine Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Vaccine Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Vaccine Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Vaccine Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Vaccine Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Vaccine Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Vaccine Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Zheng GL, Zhou HX, Li CY. Serumfree culture of the suspension cell line QB-Tn9-4s of the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni, is highly productive for virus replication and recombinant protein expression. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE (ONLINE) 2014; 14:24. [PMID: 25373171 PMCID: PMC4199540 DOI: 10.1093/jis/14.1.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2013] [Accepted: 07/21/2013] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Serumfree cultures of insect cells play an important role in the fields of protein engineering, medicine, and biology. In this paper, the suspension cell line QB-Tn9-4s of Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) was successfully adapted to serumfree Sf-900 III medium and passaged for 52 generations. The adapted QB-Tn9-4s cells grew faster. Their population doubling time shortened from 27.4 hr in serum-containing medium to 24.1 hr, and their maximal density increased by 1.83-fold, reaching 3.50 ×10(6) cells/mL in serumfree culture in T-flasks. The cells readily adapted to spinner culture, with maximum cell density of 4.40 × 10(6) cells/mL in a spinner flask. Although the infection rate of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus and production of occlusion bodies (OBs) of the adapted QB-Tn9-4s cells were 91.0% and 85.4 OBs/cell, respectively, similar to those of QB-Tn9-4s cells cultured in serum-containing medium and control BTI-Tn5B1-4 cells, their budded virus titer was 4.97 ×10(7) TCID50/mL, significantly higher than those of the latter two. In addition, the expression levels of β-galactosidase at six days postinfection and secreted alkaline phosphatase at seven days postinfection in the adapted QB-Tn9-4s cells reached 2.98 ± 0.15×10(4) IU/mL and 3.34 ± 0.13 IU/mL, respectively, significantly higher than those of QB-Tn9-4s and control BTI-Tn5B1-4 cultured in serum-containing media. The above findings establish a foundation for industrial production of virus and recombinant proteins in QB-Tn9-4s serumfree culture.
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- Gui-Ling Zheng
- Key Lab of Integrated Crop Pest Management of Shandong Province, College of Agronomy and Plant Protection, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao Shandong 266109, China
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- Key Lab of Integrated Crop Pest Management of Shandong Province, College of Agronomy and Plant Protection, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao Shandong 266109, China
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- Key Lab of Integrated Crop Pest Management of Shandong Province, College of Agronomy and Plant Protection, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao Shandong 266109, China
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Rhiel M, Murhammer DW. The effect of oscillating dissolved oxygen concentrations on the metabolism of a Spodoptera frugiperda IPLB-Sf21-AE clonal isolate. Biotechnol Bioeng 2012; 47:640-50. [PMID: 18623445 DOI: 10.1002/bit.260470605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The effect of oscillating dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration on the metabolism of a clonal isolate of the Spodoptera frugiperda IPLB-Sf21-AE insect cell line was investigated. Specifically, the effect on cell growth, re- combinant protein synthesis, glucose and glutamine consumption, and lactate accumulation was determined. Prior to conducting the oscillating DO experiments, it was found that the DO concentration could be reduced to 15% air saturation without adversely affecting the growth rate. Under these conditions, glucose and glutamine became depleted as the maximum cell density was reached. The introduction of DO oscillations, that is, cycles consisting of 30 min at 15% DO followed by 30 min of anoxia, significantly altered cell metabolism, including inhibition of cell growth and recombinant protein synthesis. The effect of DO oscillations on glucose consumption was dependent on the experimental conditions. Glucose exhaustion occurred when the DO oscillations contained either an "apparent" anoxia period (nitrogen sparging discontinued upon reaching 0% DO) without pH control or a "true" anoxia period (nitrogen sparging continued throughout anoxia period) with pH control. Glucose consumption was significantly decreased, however, when the cells were exposed to a "true" anoxia period without pH control, that is, low pH inhibited glucose utilization. Glutamine uptake was not significantly affected by DO oscillations. Lactate only accumulated in the oscillating DO runs, a finding consistent with previous results demonstrating that significant lactate accumulation only occurs under DO-limited conditions. (c) 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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- M Rhiel
- 125B Chemistry Building, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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Chaperone and foldase coexpression in the baculovirus-insect cell expression system. Cytotechnology 2012; 20:149-59. [PMID: 22358480 DOI: 10.1007/bf00350396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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CONCLUSIONS The BEVS has become widely utilized for production of recombinant proteins. However, protein aggregation and inefficient processing often limit yields, especially for secreted and membrane proteins. Since many proteins of pharmaceutical interest require similar posttranslational processing steps, engineering the folding, assembly, and secretion pathway may enhance the production of a wide variety of valuable complex proteins. Efforts should be undertaken to coexpress the relevant chaperones or foldases at low levels in concert with the final product to ensure the ideal folding and assembly environment. In the future, expression of oligosaccharide modifying enzymes and secretion factors may further improve secretion rates of assembled proteins and provide heterologous proteins with altered glycoforms. Also significant is the use of BEVS as an in vivo eucaryotic laboratory to study the fundamental roles of differnt chaperones, foldases, and secretion factors. The coexpression of chaperones and foldases will complement other approaches such as the development of alternative insect cell lines, promoters, and signal peptides to optimize the baculovirus-insect cell expression system for generating high yields of valuable proteins.
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Cheng XH, Kumar CMS, Arif BM, Krell PJ, Zhang CX, Cheng XW. Cell-dependent production of polyhedra and virion occlusion of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus fp25k mutants in vitro and in vivo. J Gen Virol 2012; 94:177-186. [PMID: 22993192 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.045591-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Members of the family Baculoviridae are insect-specific dsDNA viruses that have been used for biological control of insect pests in agriculture and forestry, as well as in research and pharmaceutical protein expression in insect cells and larvae. Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) is the type species of the family Baculoviridae. During infection of AcMNPV in permissive cells, fp25k mutants are positively selected, leading to the formation of the few polyhedra (FP) phenotype with reduced yield of polyhedra and reduced virion occlusion efficiency, which leads to decreased oral infectivity for insects. Here we report that polyhedra of AcMNPV fp25k mutants produced from different insect cell lines and insects have differences in larval per os infectivity, and that these variations are due to different virion occlusion efficiencies in these cell lines and insects. Polyhedra of AcMNPV fp25k mutants produced from Sf cells (Sf21 and Sf9, derived from Spodoptera frugiperda) and S. frugiperda larvae had poorer virion occlusion efficiency than those from Hi5 cells (derived from Trichoplusia ni) and T. ni larvae, based on immunoblots, DNA isolation and larval oral infection analysis. AcMNPV fp25k mutants formed clusters of FP and many polyhedra (MP) in the fat body cells of both T. ni and S. frugiperda larvae. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that the nature of virion occlusion of AcMNPV fp25k mutants was dependent on the different cells of the T. ni fat body tissue. Taken together, these results indicate that the FP phenotype and virion occlusion efficiency of fp25k mutants are influenced by the host insect cells.
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- Xin-Hua Cheng
- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.,Graduate Program in Cell, Molecular and Structural Biology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA
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- Laboratory for Molecular Virology, Great Lakes Forestry Center, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, P6A 2E5, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.,Graduate Program in Cell, Molecular and Structural Biology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA
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Gioria VV, Jäger V, Claus JD. Growth, metabolism and baculovirus production in suspension cultures of an Anticarsia gemmatalis cell line. Cytotechnology 2007; 52:113-24. [PMID: 19002870 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-006-9042-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2006] [Accepted: 12/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The UFL-AG-286 cell line, established from embryonic tissue of the lepidopteran insect Anticarsia gemmatalis, has been identified as a good candidate to be used as a cellular substrate in the development of a process for in vitro production of the Anticarsia gemmatalis multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus, a baculovirus widely used as bioinsecticide. In order to characterize the technological properties of this cell line and evaluate its feasibility to use it for the large-scale production of Anticarsia gemmatalis multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus, UFL-AG-286 cells were adapted to grow as agitated suspension cultures in spinner-flasks. Batch suspension cultures of adapted cells in serum-supplemented TC-100 medium grew with a doubling time of about 29 h and reached a maximum cell density higher than 3.5 x 10(6) viable cells ml(-1). At the end of the growth period glucose was completely depleted from the culture medium, but L: -lactate was not produced. Amino acids, with the exception of glutamine, were only negligibly consumed or produced. In contrast to other insect cell lines, UFL-AG-286 cells appeared to be unable to synthesize alanine as a metabolic way to dispose the by-product ammonia. The synchronous infection of suspension cultures with Anticarsia gemmatalis multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus in the early to medium exponential growth phase yielded high amounts of both viral progenies per cell and reduced the specific demands of UFL-AG-286 cells for the main nutrients.
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- Verónica Viviana Gioria
- Laboratorio de Virología, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, CC 242, S3000ZAA, Santa Fe, República Argentina
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Jardin BA, Montes J, Lanthier S, Tran R, Elias C. High cell density fed batch and perfusion processes for stable non-viral expression of secreted alkaline phosphatase (SEAP) using insect cells: Comparison to a batch Sf-9-BEV system. Biotechnol Bioeng 2007; 97:332-45. [PMID: 17054119 DOI: 10.1002/bit.21224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The development of insect cells expressing recombinant proteins in a stable continuous manner is an attractive alternative to the BEV system for recombinant protein production. High cell density fed batch and continuous perfusion processes can be designed to maximize the productivity of stably transformed cells. A cell line (Sf-9SEAP) expressing high levels of the reporter protein SEAP stably was obtained by lipid-mediated transfection of Sf-9 insect cells and further selection and screening. The expression of the Sf-9SEAP cells was compared with the BEVS system. It was observed that, the yield obtained in BEVS was similar to the batch Sf-9SEAP at 8 and 7 IU/mL, respectively. The productivity of this foreign gene product with the stable cells was enhanced by bioprocess intensification employing the fed-batch and perfusion modes of culture to increase the cell density in culture. The fed batch process yielded a maximum cell density of 28 x 10(6) cells/mL and 12 IU/mL of SEAP. Further improvements in the productivity could be made using the perfusion process, which demonstrated a stable production rate for extended periods of time. The process was maintained for 43 days, with a steady-state cell density of 17-20 x 10(6) cells/mL and 7 IU/mL SEAP. The total yield obtained in the perfusion process (394 IU) was approximately 22 and 8 times higher than that obtained in a batch (17.6 IU) and fed batch (46.1 IU) process, respectively.
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- Barbara Ann Jardin
- Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council Canada, 6100 Royalmount Avenue Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4P2R2
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Knight PJK, Grigliatti TA. Chimeric G proteins extend the range of insect cell-based functional assays for human G protein-coupled receptors. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2005; 24:241-56. [PMID: 15648445 DOI: 10.1081/rrs-200035217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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We previously described a functional assay for G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) based on stably transformed insect cells and using the promiscuous G protein Galpha16. We now show that, compared with Galpha16, the use of chimeric Galphaq subunits with C-terminal modifications (qi5-HA, qo5-HA, or qz5-HA) significantly enhances the ability of insect cells to redirect Gi-coupled GPCRs into a Gq-type signal transduction pathway. We coexpressed human Gi-coupled GPCRs, G protein alpha subunits (either a chimeric Galphaq or Galpha16), and the calcium-sensitive reporter protein aequorin in Sf9 cells using a nonlytic protein expression system, and measured agonist-induced intracellular calcium flux using a luminometer. Three of the GPCRs (serotonin 1A, 1D, and dopamine D2) were functionally redirected into a Gq-type pathway when coexpressed with the chimeric G proteins, compared with only one (serotonin 1A) with Galpha16. We determined agonist concentration-response relationships for all three receptors, which yielded EC50 values comparable with those achieved in mammalian cell-based assay systems. However, three other Gi-coupled GPCRs (the opioid kappa1 and delta1 receptors, and serotonin 1E) were not coupled to calcium flux by either the G protein chimeras or Galpha16. Possible reasons and solutions for this result are discussed.
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- Peter J K Knight
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambs, UK
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Mitchell-Logean C, Murhammer DW. bcl-2 expression inSpodoptera Frugiperda Sf-9 andTrichoplusia Ni BTI-Tn-5B1-4 insect cells: Effect on recombinant protein expression and cell viability. Biotechnol Bioeng 1997; 56:380-90. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19971120)56:4<380::aid-bit4>3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Li Y, Jousset FX, Giraud C, Rolling F, Quiot JM, Bergoin M. A titration procedure of the Junonia coenia densovirus and quantitation of transfection by its cloned genomic DNA in four lepidopteran cell lines. J Virol Methods 1996; 57:47-60. [PMID: 8919823 DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(95)01961-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
A sensitive and reproducible tissue culture biossay method was developed based on indirect immunofluorescence to titrate virus suspensions of the Junonia coenia densovirus (JcDNV) and to quantify transfections by its cloned genomic DNA. Four lepidopteran cell lines, the SPC-SL 52 from Spodoptera littoralis, the SPC-PL 40 and the SPC-PL 65 cells derived from Spodoptera litura ovaries and hemocytes, respectively, and the SC-LD 135 from Lymantria dispar were compared for their efficiency to support viral replication. The viral titres expressed as TCID50/ml averaged 10(5) for SPC-SL 52, SPC-PL 40 and SC-LD 135 cells, but were above 10(7) for SPC-PL 65 cells. Even with this most sensitive cell line, the rate of infected cells did not exceed 75% and decreased progressively by serial subcultures. Two transfection protocols were used to compare the sensitivity of the same four cell lines to a recombinant plasmid encompassing an infectious sequence of JcDNV genome. SPC-SL 52 cells were found to be the most sensitive, and the lipofection method resulted in about a 5-fold increase compared to the calcium phosphate precipitation protocol. The rescued virions proved to be infectious and the restriction profiles of their DNA were identical to that of wild type virions.
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- Y Li
- Unité de Virologie Moléculaire, Station de Recherches de Pathologie Comparée, INRA-UA CNRS 1184, Saint Christol-lez-Alès France
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Pasumarthy MK, Murhammer DW. Variation in recombinant protein expression levels among clones of lepidopteran cell populations. Enzyme Microb Technol 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0141-0229(94)00018-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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