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Nagamine T, Sako Y. A SLiM-dependent conformational change in baculovirus IE1 controls its focus formation ability. J Gen Virol 2023; 104. [PMID: 37877992 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001910] [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] [Indexed: 10/26/2023] Open
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The baculovirus IE1 gene encodes a multifunctional protein that is essential for both DNA replication and RNA transcription of the virus. Prior to viral DNA replication, IE1 promotes early gene transcription when localized in hr-dependent foci. During viral DNA replication, the IE1 foci expand and fuse to generate the virogenic stroma (VS) with IE1 found in the VS reticulum. To explore the IE1 structural features essential for this coordinated localization, we constructed various IE1 mutants based on three putative domains (N, I, and C). We determined that a BDI motif located in the intrinsic disorder region (IDR) between the N and I domains acts as a nuclear localization signal, whereas BDII and HLH in the C domain are required for VS localization in infected cells or for chromosomal association in uninfected mitotic cells. Deletion of the SLiM (short linear motif) located in the I domain restrains both nuclear- and VS localization. Intra-molecular fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) probes of IE1 mutants revealed a conformational change of the I-C two-domain fragment during infection, which was inhibited by aphidicolin, suggesting that IE1 undergoes a stage-dependent conformational change. Further, homo-dimerization of the I domain and stage-dependent conformational changes require an intact SLiM. Mutational analysis of SLiM revealed that VS localization and chromosomal association were retained following S291A and S291E substitutions, but hr-dependent focus formation differed between the two mutations. These results suggest that coordinated IE1 localization is controlled by SLiM-dependent conformational changes that are potentially switched by the phosphorylation state of the SLiM.
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Hu ZG, Dong ZQ, Miao JH, Li KJ, Wang J, Chen P, Lu C, Pan MH. Identification of the Key Functional Domains of Bombyx mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus IE1 Protein. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231810276. [PMID: 36142194 PMCID: PMC9499007 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231810276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The immediate early protein 1 (IE1) acts as a transcriptional activator and is essential for viral gene transcription and viral DNA replication. However, the key regulatory domains of IE1 remain poorly understood. Here, we analyzed the sequence characteristics of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) IE1 and identified the key functional domains of BmNPV IE1 by stepwise truncation. Our results showed that BmNPV IE1 was highly similar to Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) IE1, but was less conserved with IE1 of other baculoviruses, the C-terminus of IE1 was more conserved than the N-terminus, and BmNPV IE1 was also necessary for BmNPV proliferation. Moreover, we found that IE1158–208 was a major nuclear localization element, and IE11–157 and IE1539–559 were minor nuclear localization elements, but the combination of these two minor elements was equally sufficient to fully mediate the nuclear entry of IE1. Meanwhile, IE11–258, IE1560–584, and the association of amino acids 258 and 259 were indispensable for the transactivation activity of BmNPV IE1. These results systematically resolve the functional domains of BmNPV IE1, which contribute to the understanding of the mechanism of baculovirus infection and provide a possibility to synthesize a small molecule IE1-truncated mutant as an agonist or antagonist.
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- Zhi-Gang Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- Key Laboratory for Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- Key Laboratory for Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- Key Laboratory for Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- Correspondence: (C.L.); (M.-H.P.); Tel.: +86-023-68250076 (M.-H.P.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- Key Laboratory for Sericultural Biology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- Correspondence: (C.L.); (M.-H.P.); Tel.: +86-023-68250076 (M.-H.P.)
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Sosa-Gómez DR, Morgado FS, Corrêa RFT, Silva LA, Ardisson-Araújo DMP, Rodrigues BMP, Oliveira EE, Aguiar RWS, Ribeiro BM. Entomopathogenic Viruses in the Neotropics: Current Status and Recently Discovered Species. NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2020; 49:315-331. [PMID: 32358711 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-020-00770-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The market for biological control of insect pests in the world and in Brazil has grown in recent years due to the unwanted ecological and human health impacts of chemical insecticides. Therefore, research on biological control agents for pest management has also increased. For instance, insect viruses have been used to protect crops and forests around the world for decades. Among insect viruses, the baculoviruses are the most studied and used viral biocontrol agent. More than 700 species of insects have been found to be naturally infected by baculoviruses, with 90% isolated from lepidopteran insects. In this review, some basic aspects of baculovirus infection in vivo and in vitro infection, gene content, viral replication will be discussed. Furthermore, we provide examples of the use of insect viruses for biological pest control and recently characterized baculoviruses in Brazil.
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- D R Sosa-Gómez
- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Embrapa Soja, Londrina, PR, Brasil
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- Depto de Biologia Celular, Univ of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil
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- Depto de Biotecnologia, Univ Federal de Tocantins, Gurupi, TO, Brasil
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- Depto de Biologia Celular, Univ of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil
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- Depto de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Univ Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil
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- Depto de Biologia Celular, Univ of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil
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- Depto de Entomologia, Univ Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brasil
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- Depto de Biotecnologia, Univ Federal de Tocantins, Gurupi, TO, Brasil
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- Depto de Biologia Celular, Univ of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
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Identification of Essential Genetic Baculoviral Elements for Recombinant Protein Expression by Transactivation in Sf21 Insect Cells. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0149424. [PMID: 26934632 PMCID: PMC4774975 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Accepted: 01/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The Baculovirus Expression Vector System (BEVS) is widely used to produce high amounts of recombinant proteins. Nevertheless, generating recombinant baculovirus in high quality is rather time-consuming and labor-intensive. Alternatively, virus-free expression in insect cells did not achieve similar expression levels for most proteins so far. The transactivation method is a promising approach for protein expression in Sf21 cells. It combines advantages of BEVS and plasmid-based expression by activating strong virus-dependent promoters on a transfected plasmid by baculoviral coinfection. Here, we identified expression elements required for transactivation. Therefore, we designed several vectors comprising different viral promoters or promoter combinations and tested them for eGFP expression using the automated BioLector microcultivation system. Remarkably, only the combination of the very late promoter p10 together with the homologous region 5 (hr5) could boost expression during transactivation. Other elements, like p10 alone or the late viral promoter polH, did not respond to transactivation. A new combination of hr5 and p10 with the strongest immediate early OpMNPV viral promoter OpIE2 improved the yield of eGFP by ~25% in comparison to the previous applied hr5-IE1-p10 expression cassette. Furthermore, we observed a strong influence of the transcription termination sequence and vector backbone on the level of expression. Finally, the expression levels for transactivation, BEVS and solely plasmid-based expression were compared for the marker protein eGFP, underlining the potential of transactivation for fast recombinant protein expression in Sf21 cells. In conclusion, essential elements for transactivation could be identified. The optimal elements were applied to generate an improved vector applicable in virus-free plasmid-based expression, transactivation and BEVS.
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Nuclear Translocation Sequence and Region in Autographa californica Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus ME53 That Are Important for Optimal Baculovirus Production. J Virol 2016; 90:3953-3965. [PMID: 26842471 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03115-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Autographa californicamultiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) is in the familyBaculoviridae, genusAlphabaculovirus AcMNPVme53is a highly conserved immediate early gene in all lepidopteran baculoviruses that have been sequenced and is transcribed up to late times postinfection. Althoughme53is not essential for viral DNA synthesis, infectious budded virus (BV) production is greatly attenuated when it is deleted. ME53 associates with the nucleocapsid on both budded virus and occlusion-derived virus, but not with the virus envelope. ME53 colocalizes in plasma membrane foci with the envelope glycoprotein GP64 in a GP64-dependent manner. ME53 localizes in the cytoplasm early postinfection, and despite the lack of a reported nuclear localization signal (NLS), ME53 translocates to the nucleus at late times postinfection. To map determinants of ME53 that facilitate its nuclear translocation, recombinant AcMNPV bacmids containing a series of ME53 truncations, internal deletions, and peptides fused with hemagglutinin (HA) or green fluorescent protein (GFP) tags were constructed. Intracellular-localization studies identified residues within amino acids 109 to 137 at the N terminus of ME53 that acted as the nuclear translocation sequence (NTS), facilitating its nuclear transport at late times postinfection. The first 100 N-terminal amino acids and the last 50 C-terminal amino acids of ME53 are dispensable for high levels of budded virus production. The region within amino acids 101 to 398, which also contains the NTS, is critical for optimal levels of budded virus production. IMPORTANCE Baculovirusme53is a conserved immediate early gene found in all sequenced lepidopteran alpha- and betabaculoviruses. We first identified residues within amino acids 109 to 137 at the N terminus that act as the ME53 nuclear translocation sequence (NTS) to facilitate its nuclear translocation and defined an internal region within amino acids 101 to 398, which includes the NTS, as being necessary for optimal budded virus production. Altogether, these results indicate a previously unidentified nuclear role that ME53 plays in virus replication.
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The development of baculovirus expression vector systems has accompanied a rapid expansion of our knowledge about the genes, their function and regulation in insect cells. Classification of these viruses has also been refined as we learn more about differences in gene content between isolates, how this affects virus structure and their replication in insect larvae. Baculovirus gene expression occurs in an ordered cascade, regulated by early, late and very late gene promoters. There is now a detailed knowledge of these promoter elements and how they interact first with host cell-encoded RNA polymerases and later with virus-encoded enzymes. The composition of this virus RNA polymerase is known. The virus replication process culminates in the very high level expression of both polyhedrin and p10 gene products in the latter stages of infection. It has also been realized that the insect host cell has innate defenses against baculoviruses in the form of an apoptotic response to virus invasion. Baculoviruses counter this by encoding apoptotic-suppressors, which also appear to have a role in determining the host range of the virus. Also of importance to our understanding of baculovirus expression systems is how the virus can accumulate mutations within genes that affect recombinant protein yield in cell culture. The summary in this chapter is not exhaustive, but should provide a good preparation to those wishing to use this highly successful gene expression system.
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- Barbara J Kelly
- The Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
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- NERC CEH (Oxford), Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1, UK.
- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK.
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Defining the roles of the baculovirus regulatory proteins IE0 and IE1 in genome replication and early gene transactivation. Virology 2014; 468-470:160-171. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Revised: 07/15/2014] [Accepted: 07/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Gómez-Sebastián S, López-Vidal J, Escribano JM. Significant productivity improvement of the baculovirus expression vector system by engineering a novel expression cassette. PLoS One 2014; 9:e96562. [PMID: 24824596 PMCID: PMC4019511 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Here we describe the development of a baculovirus vector expression cassette containing rearranged baculovirus-derived genetic regulatory elements. This newly designed expression cassette conferred significant production improvements to the baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS), including prolonged cell integrity after infection, improved protein integrity, and around 4-fold increase in recombinant protein production yields in insect cells with respect to a standard baculovirus vector. The expression cassette consisted of a cDNA encoding for the baculovirus transactivation factors IE1 and IE0, expressed under the control of the polyhedrin promoter, and a homologous repeated transcription enhancer sequence operatively cis-linked to the p10 promoter or to chimeric promoters containing p10. The prolonged cell integrity observed in cells infected by baculoviruses harbouring the novel expression cassette reduced the characteristic proteolysis and aberrant forms frequently found in baculovirus-derived recombinant proteins. The new expression cassette developed here has the potential to significantly improve the productivity of the BEVS.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Madrid, Spain
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Zhang J, Dong ZQ, Zhang CD, He Q, Chen XM, Cao MY, Li HQ, Xiao WF, Lu C, Pan MH. Identification of a novel nuclear localization signal of baculovirus late expression factor 11. Virus Res 2014; 184:111-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Revised: 02/20/2014] [Accepted: 02/26/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Jiang L, Xia Q. The progress and future of enhancing antiviral capacity by transgenic technology in the silkworm Bombyx mori. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 48:1-7. [PMID: 24561307 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2014.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2013] [Revised: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Bombyx mori is a common lepidopteran model and an important economic insect for silk production. B. mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) is a typical pathogenic baculovirus that causes serious economic losses in sericulture. B. mori and BmNPV are a model of insect host and pathogen interaction including invasion of the host by the pathogen, host response, and enhancement of host resistance. The antiviral capacity of silkworms can be improved by transgenic technology such as overexpression of an endogenous or exogenous antiviral gene, RNA interference of the BmNPV gene, or regulation of the immune pathway to inhibit BmNPV at different stages of infection. Antiviral capacity could be further increased by combining different methods. We discuss the future of an antiviral strategy in silkworm, including possible improvement of anti-BmNPV, the feasibility of constructing transgenic silkworms with resistance to multiple viruses, and the safety of transgenic silkworms. The silkworm model could provide a reference for disease control in other organisms.
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- Liang Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China.
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Comparison of factors that may affect the inhibitory efficacy of transgenic RNAi targeting of baculoviral genes in silkworm, Bombyx mori. Antiviral Res 2013; 97:255-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2012.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2012] [Revised: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Jiang L, Cheng T, Zhao P, Yang Q, Wang G, Jin S, Lin P, Xiao Y, Xia Q. Resistance to BmNPV via overexpression of an exogenous gene controlled by an inducible promoter and enhancer in transgenic silkworm, Bombyx mori. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41838. [PMID: 22870254 PMCID: PMC3411602 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 06/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The hycu-ep32 gene of Hyphantria cunea NPV can inhibit Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) multiplication in co-infected cells, but it is not known whether the overexpression of the hycu-ep32 gene has an antiviral effect in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Thus, we constructed four transgenic vectors, which were under the control of the 39 K promoter of BmNPV (39 KP), Bombyx mori A4 promoter (A4P), hr3 enhancer of BmNPV combined with 39 KP, and hr3 combined with A4P. Transgenic lines were created via embryo microinjection using practical diapause silkworm. qPCR revealed that the expression level of hycu-ep32 could be induced effectively after BmNPV infection in transgenic lines where hycu-ep32 was controlled by hr3 combined with 39 KP (i.e., HEKG). After oral inoculation of BmNPV with 3 × 105 occlusion bodies per third instar, the mortality with HEKG-B was approximately 30% lower compared with the non-transgenic line. The economic characteristics of the transgenic lines remained unchanged. These results suggest that overexpression of an exogenous antiviral gene controlled by an inducible promoter and enhancer is a feasible method for breeding silkworms with a high antiviral capacity.
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- Liang Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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- Sericulture and Farm Product Processing Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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- Sericulture and Farm Product Processing Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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Conserved structural motifs at the C-terminus of baculovirus protein IE0 are important for its functions in transactivation and supporting hr5-mediated DNA replication. Viruses 2012; 4:761-76. [PMID: 22754648 PMCID: PMC3386618 DOI: 10.3390/v4050761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2012] [Revised: 04/23/2012] [Accepted: 04/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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IE0 and IE1 are transactivator proteins of the most studied baculovirus, the Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV). IE0 is a 72.6 kDa protein identical to IE1 with the exception of its 54 N-terminal amino acid residues. To gain some insight about important structural motifs of IE0, we expressed the protein and C‑terminal mutants of it under the control of the Drosophila heat shock promoter and studied the transactivation and replication functions of the transiently expressed proteins. IE0 was able to promote replication of a plasmid bearing the hr5 origin of replication of AcMNPV in transient transfections with a battery of eight plasmids expressing the AcMNPV genes dnapol, helicase, lef-1, lef-2, lef-3, p35, ie-2 and lef-7. IE0 transactivated expression of the baculovirus 39K promoter. Both functions of replication and transactivation were lost after introduction of selected mutations at the basic domain II and helix-loop-helix conserved structural motifs in the C-terminus of the protein. These IE0 mutants were unable to translocate to the cell nucleus. Our results point out the important role of some structural conserved motifs to the proper functioning of IE0.
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A conserved N-terminal domain mediates required DNA replication activities and phosphorylation of the transcriptional activator IE1 of Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus. J Virol 2012; 86:6575-85. [PMID: 22496221 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00373-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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IE1 is the principal transcriptional regulator of the baculoviruses. Like multifunctional transcription factors of other large DNA viruses, IE1 is an essential, site-specific DNA-binding phosphoprotein that activates virus gene expression and promotes genome replication. To define the poorly understood mechanisms by which IE1 achieves its diverse functions, we identified IE1 domains that contribute to productive infection of Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV), the baculovirus prototype. Site-directed mutagenesis revealed that the N-terminal 23 residues of IE1 are required for origin-specific DNA replication and AcMNPV propagation, but not for DNA-binding-dependent transcriptional activation. Within this defined replication domain, we identified an invariant TPXR/H motif that resembles a consensus cyclin-dependent kinase phosphorylation site. Amino acid substitutions of potential phosphorylation sites within or near this motif caused loss of IE1-mediated DNA replication activity. Remarkably, substitution of the single threonine (residue 15) within the TPXR/H motif caused complete loss of AcMNPV multiplication. The replication domain was required for IE1 phosphorylation. It was also sufficient for conferring phosphorylation of a heterologous protein. Importantly, IE1 hyperphosphorylation coincided exclusively with AcMNPV DNA replication. The temporal regulation of IE1 phosphorylation and the essential nature of the TPXR/H motif suggest that phosphorylation critically alters and possibly activates DNA replication activity of IE1 during infection. The striking conservation of the TPXR/H motif among IE1 proteins further suggests that this molecular switch may be a common mechanism by which the alphabaculoviruses coordinate DNA replication and gene expression by using a single regulator.
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Lin X, Chen Y, Yi Y, Zhang Z. Baculovirus immediately early 1, a mediator for homologous regions enhancer function in trans. Virol J 2010; 7:32. [PMID: 20144239 PMCID: PMC2834656 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-7-32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2009] [Accepted: 02/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Enhancers are DNA sequences that serve as binding sites for regulatory proteins, and stimulate transcriptional activity independent of their positions and orientations with respect to the transcriptional initiation site. Previous studies considered that baculovirus homologous regions (hrs) function as enhancers in cis. In our study, a plasmid containing homologous region 3 (hr3) enhancer from Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) failed to enhance transcription of promoter in other plasmid in co-transfection assays, but strong stimulation occurred when cells were infected by BmNPV. RESULTS The cotransfection results of each BmNPV genomic library plasmid, hr3 plasmid and reporter plasmid showed that there were eight library plasmids stimulated the luciferase gene expression remarkably. Sequencing these plasmids revealed that each of them contained the ie-1 gene. Transfected plasmids, containing ie-1, hr3 and various origin promoter drove reporter gene showed the function was even retained. Cotransfection of hr3 functional dissected fragment and ie-1 revealed that the 30-bp imperfect palindrome destroyed fragment can't enhance reporter gene expression even though transfected with ie-1. CONCLUSION IE-1 was the only early factor of BmNPV that could act as a mediator for hr enhancer function in trans and the trans-function was achieved with a broad-spectrum of promoters. The 30-bp imperfect palindrome was the elementary molecular structure by which IE-1 participated in the enhancer function in trans.
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- Xu'ai Lin
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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Nie Y, Fang M, Theilmann DA. AcMNPV AC16 (DA26, BV/ODV-E26) regulates the levels of IE0 and IE1 and binds to both proteins via a domain located within the acidic transcriptional activation domain. Virology 2009; 385:484-95. [PMID: 19150105 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2008] [Revised: 11/20/2008] [Accepted: 12/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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IE0 and IE1 are the primary viral regulatory proteins of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) involved in the transactivation of early genes, stimulation of late gene expression, and viral DNA replication. The protein interactions required for IE0 or IE1 to achieve these varied roles are not well defined, so to identify proteins that interact with IE0 and IE1, tandem affinity purification (TAP) and LC-MS/MS was used. Analysis of purified proteins identified AC16 (DA26, BV/ODV-E26) from TAP tagged IE0 virus infected Sf9 cells. Co-immunoprecipitation confirmed that AC16 interacts with both IE0 and IE1 and yeast 2-hybrid analysis mapped the domain required for interaction with AC16. Mutation of the AC16 binding domain enhanced BV production by viruses expressing only IE0 but had no effect if only IE1 is expressed. An ac16 deletion virus was constructed and was shown not to affect the temporal expression of IE0 and IE1; however the relative level of IE0 to IE1 was significantly increased.
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- Yingchao Nie
- Plant Science, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4
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Karasaki N, Mon H, Takahashi M, Lee JM, Koga K, Kawaguchi Y, Kusakabe T. Establishment of tetracycline-inducible gene expression systems in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Biotechnol Lett 2008; 31:495-500. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-008-9898-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2008] [Revised: 11/17/2008] [Accepted: 11/20/2008] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Transactivator IE1 is required for baculovirus early replication events that trigger apoptosis in permissive and nonpermissive cells. J Virol 2008; 83:262-72. [PMID: 18945761 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01827-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Immediate early viral protein IE1 is a potent transcriptional activator encoded by baculoviruses. Although the requirement of IE1 for multiplication of Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) is well established, the functional roles of IE1 during infection are unclear. Here, we used RNA interference to ablate IE1, plus its splice variant IE0, and thereby define in vivo activities of these early proteins, including gene-specific regulation and induction of host cell apoptosis. Confirming an essential replicative role, simultaneous ablation of IE1 and IE0 by gene-specific double-stranded RNAs inhibited AcMNPV late gene expression, reduced yields of budded virus by more than 1,000-fold, and blocked production of occluded virus particles. Depletion of IE1 and IE0 had no effect on early expression of the envelope fusion protein gene gp64 but abolished early expression of the caspase inhibitor gene p35, which is required for prevention of virus-induced apoptosis. Thus, IE1 is a positive, gene-specific transactivator. Whereas an AcMNPV p35 deletion mutant caused widespread apoptosis in permissive Spodoptera frugiperda cells, ablation of IE1 and IE0 prevented this apoptosis. Silencing of ie-1 also prevented AcMNPV-induced apoptosis in nonpermissive Drosophila melanogaster cells. Thus, de novo synthesis of IE1 is required for virus-induced apoptosis. We concluded that IE1 causes apoptosis directly or contributes indirectly by promoting virus replication events that subsequently trigger cell death. This study reveals that IE1 is a gene-selective transcriptional activator which is required not only for expedition of virus multiplication but also for blocking of its own proapoptotic activity by upregulation of baculovirus apoptotic suppressors.
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Wu YL, Liu CYY, Wu CP, Wang CH, Lee ST, Chao YC. Cooperation of ie1 and p35 genes in the activation of baculovirus AcMNPV and HzNV-1 promoters. Virus Res 2008; 135:247-54. [PMID: 18486255 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2008] [Revised: 04/01/2008] [Accepted: 04/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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HzNV-1 is a non-occluded virus belongs to the family of the baculovirus. One of the first detectable transcripts expressed by HzNV-1 virus infection is a 6.2 kb gene, hhi1, located in the HindIII-I fragment of the viral genome. Here we show that infection of baculovirus Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) could activate the expression of the hhi1 promoter. By using constructs containing progressive deletions of the upstream regulatory regions of the hhi1 gene, we demonstrated that the most highly activated area was located between nucleotides -62 to +277 of the hhi1 promoter. We subsequently searched the entire 130 kb AcMNPV genome and identified two baculovirus genes, ie1 and p35, that their cooperation is required for the activation of the hhi1 promoter. Further, by taking advantages of a baculovirus DNA chip and low background baculovirus gene expressions in the mammalian cells, we went on to identify a specific set of baculoviral genes, including orf21 and orf25, that could be specifically activated by the combination of ie1 and p35 genes. We conclude that a unique cooperative mechanism of ie1 and p35 exists in the genome of AcMNPV, which can activate the expression of a specific set of AcMNPV and HzNV-1 promoters.
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- Yueh-Lung Wu
- Institute of Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, No.1, University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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The development of baculovirus expression vector systems has accompanied a rapid expansion of our knowledge about the genes, their function, and regulation in insect cells. Classification of these viruses has also been refined as we learn more about differences in gene content between isolates, how this affects virus structure, and their replication in insect larvae. Baculovirus gene expression occurs in an ordered cascade, regulated by early, late, and very late gene promoters. There is now a detailed knowledge of these promoter elements and how they interact first with host cell-encoded RNA polymerases and later with virus-encoded enzymes. The composition of this virus RNA polymerase is known. The virus replication process culminates in the very high level expression of both polyhedrin and p10 gene products in the latter stages of infection. It has also been realized that the insect host cell has innate defenses against baculoviruses in the form of an apoptotic response to virus invasion. Baculoviruses counter this by encoding apoptotic-suppressors, which also appear to have a role in determining the host range of the virus. Also of importance to our understanding of baculovirus expression systems is how the virus can accumulate mutations within genes that affect recombinant protein yield in cell culture. The summary in this chapter is not exhaustive, but should provide a good preparation to those wishing to use this highly successful gene expression system.
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Bilen MF, Pilloff MG, Belaich MN, Da Ros VG, Rodrigues JC, Ribeiro BM, Romanowski V, Lozano ME, Ghiringhelli PD. Functional and structural characterisation of AgMNPV ie1. Virus Genes 2007; 35:549-62. [PMID: 17682932 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-007-0150-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2006] [Accepted: 11/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We have located and cloned the Anticarsia gemmatalis multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus isolate 2D (AgMNPV-2D) genomic DNA fragment containing the immediate early 1 ORF and its flanking regions. Computer assisted analysis of the complete ie1 locus nucleotide sequence information was used to locate regulatory signals in the upstream region and conserved nucleotide and amino acid sequences. Comparative studies led to the identification of several characteristic protein motifs and to the conclusion that AgMNPV-2D is more closely related to Choristoneura fumiferana defective NPV than to other Group I nucleopolyhedrovirus. We have also shown that the AgMNPV IE1 protein was able to transactivate an early Autographa californica MNPV promoter and its own promoter in transient expression assays. In order to investigate the biological functionality of the ie1 promoter, the ie1 upstream activating region (UAR) was molecularly dissected and cloned upstream of the E. coli lacZ ORF. The results obtained, after transfection of UFL-AG-286 insect cells, leading us to find that the -492 and -357 versions contains sequence motifs important for the level of the lacZ reporter gene expression.
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- Marcos Fabián Bilen
- Laboratorio de Ingeniería Genética y Biología Celular y Molecular, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Roque Saenz Peña 352, 1876 Bernal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Carstens EB, Wu Y. No single homologous repeat region is essential for DNA replication of the baculovirus Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus. J Gen Virol 2007; 88:114-122. [PMID: 17170443 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82384-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The presence of homologous repeat (hr) regions in multiple locations within baculovirus genomes has led to the hypothesis that they represent origins of DNA replication. This hypothesis has been supported by transient replication assays where plasmids carrying hrs replicated in the presence of virus DNA replication. This study investigated whether any specific hr region was essential for viral DNA replication in vivo, by generating a series of recombinant Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus where the lacZ gene replaced hr1, hr1a, hr2, hr3, hr4a or hr4b. In addition, a double-hr knockout virus was constructed where both hr2 and hr3 were deleted. The successful construction of these knockout viruses indicated that no specific region was essential for virus production. These recombinant viruses were characterized by titrations of budded virus, expression of a variety of virus-specific proteins and the synthesis of viral DNA at various times after infection. The results demonstrated that each hr was dispensable for all of these properties and that no single region was absolutely essential for virus replication in cell culture. The functional significance of multiple origin regions is still unclear.
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- Eric B Carstens
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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Berretta MF, Passarelli AL. Function of Spodoptera exigua nucleopolyhedrovirus late gene expression factors in the insect cell line SF-21. Virology 2006; 355:82-93. [PMID: 16901524 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2006] [Revised: 06/13/2006] [Accepted: 07/10/2006] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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We used a well established transient expression assay to test the ability of the baculovirus Spodoptera exigua M nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV) homologs of Autographa californica MNPV (AcMNPV) late expression factors (lefs) to activate a late promoter-reporter gene cassette in SF-21 cells. This insect-derived cell line is fully permissive for AcMNPV infection but not for SeMNPV. In the assay, 19 AcMNPV lefs stimulate optimal levels of late gene promoter activity. SeMNPV lef-5 successfully replaced the corresponding AcMNPV gene in the context of the remaining set of AcMNPV lefs, whereas SeMNPV dnapol and 39k exhibited partial activity. When all the SeMNPV lefs were assayed together or in the presence of four lefs encoded only in AcMNPV, it resulted in background levels of late promoter-driven reporter gene activity. However, SeMNPV genomic DNA and the four AcMNPV-specific lefs stimulated low levels of reporter gene activity. Moreover, SeMNPV IE-1, but not AcMNPV IE-1, further stimulated late gene expression in the presence of SeMNPV DNA. AcMNPV IE-1 was able to mediate early gene expression cis-linked to homologous regions (hrs) derived from AcMNPV and SeMNPV. In contrast, SeMNPV IE-1 was more specific for SeMNPV-derived hr elements.
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- Marcelo F Berretta
- Division of Biology, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Program, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901, USA
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Douris V, Swevers L, Labropoulou V, Andronopoulou E, Georgoussi Z, Iatrou K. Stably Transformed Insect Cell Lines: Tools for Expression of Secreted and Membrane‐anchored Proteins and High‐throughput Screening Platforms for Drug and Insecticide Discovery. Adv Virus Res 2006; 68:113-56. [PMID: 16997011 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3527(06)68004-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Insect cell-based expression systems are prominent amongst current expression platforms for their ability to express virtually all types of heterologous recombinant proteins. Stably transformed insect cell lines represent an attractive alternative to the baculovirus expression system, particularly for the production of secreted and membrane-anchored proteins. For this reason, transformed insect cell systems are receiving increased attention from the research community and the biotechnology industry. In this article, we review recent developments in the field of insect cell-based expression from two main perspectives, the production of secreted and membrane-anchored proteins and the establishment of novel methodological tools for the identification of bioactive compounds that can be used as research reagents and leads for new pharmaceuticals and insecticides.
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- Vassilis Douris
- Insect Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Group, Institute of Biology National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, GR 153 10 Aghia Paraskevi Attikis (Athens), Greece
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Landais I, Vincent R, Bouton M, Devauchelle G, Duonor-Cerutti M, Ogliastro M. Functional analysis of evolutionary conserved clustering of bZIP binding sites in the baculovirus homologous regions (hrs) suggests a cooperativity between host and viral transcription factors. Virology 2005; 344:421-31. [PMID: 16198391 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.08.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2005] [Revised: 06/28/2005] [Accepted: 08/29/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The genome of the Autographa californica Multinucleocapsid Polyhedrosis Virus (AcMNPV) contains nine interspersed homologous regions (hrs) that function as potent enhancer sequences when linked in cis to either viral or heterologous RNA polymerase II-dependent promoters. Their activity is strongly increased by the binding of the major immediate early viral transregulator IE1 on 28-mer palindromic sites present in hrs. We show that hrs of AcMNPV additionally carry, in the interpalindromic sequences, a large number of cAMP response elements (CRE) and TPA response elements (TRE), known to bind ubiquitous cellular transcription factors of the bZIP family. Moreover, these clusters of CRE and TRE motifs are concentrated in hrs. Analysis of the 25 baculovirus genomes sequenced so far reveals that these motifs are evolutionary conserved in Lepidoptera NPVs, suggesting a functional role in the hr enhancer function. Consistently, EMSA experiments indicate that CRE and on a lesser extent TRE sites specifically bind insect host factors. Moreover, reporter assays reveal that these CRE sites have an additive stimulatory effect on RNAPol II-dependent transcription in Sf9 cells and are potentially able to synergize with the IE1-binding palindrome.
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- Igor Landais
- Laboratoire de Pathologie Comparée, UMR 5087, 30380 Saint Christol-les-Alès, France
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Lu L, Liqun L, Rivkin H, Chejanovsky N. The immediate-early protein IE0 of the Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus is not essential for viral replication. J Virol 2005; 79:10077-82. [PMID: 16014970 PMCID: PMC1181591 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.15.10077-10082.2005] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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The role of the Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) immediate-early protein IE0 in the baculoviral infection is not clear. In this study, we constructed the recombinant virus vAcDeltaie0 null for ie0 expression by targeted mutagenesis replacing exon0 with the cat gene. We found that vAcDeltaie0 replicated efficiently in Spodoptera littoralis SL2 cells, which are poorly permissive for AcMNPV. In contrast, in Spodoptera frugiperda SF9 cells, which are fully permissive for AcMNPV, vAcDeltaie0 DNA replication and budded virus production were delayed. These results and recently published data (X. Dai et al., J. Virol. 78:9633-9644, 2004) indicate that ie0 is not essential for AcMNPV replication but enhances it in permissive SF9 cells.
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- Liqun Lu
- Entomology Department, The Institute of Plant Protection, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
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Stewart TM, Huijskens I, Willis LG, Theilmann DA. The Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus ie0-ie1 gene complex is essential for wild-type virus replication, but either IE0 or IE1 can support virus growth. J Virol 2005; 79:4619-29. [PMID: 15795248 PMCID: PMC1069578 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.8.4619-4629.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The immediate-early ie0-ie1 gene complex expresses the only baculovirus spliced gene that produces an alternate protein product. Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) IE1 is a potent transcriptional transactivator that is essential for viral replication in transient assays. IE1 contains 582 amino acids that are arranged into different domains, including an acidic activation domain at the N terminus, a DNA binding domain, and an oligomerization domain at the C terminus. IE0 is a 52-amino-acid N-terminally elongated form of IE1. We investigated the functions of IE0 and IE1 in virus-infected cells by constructing the first ie1 open reading frame knockout virus. An infectious AcMNPV bacmid was used to generate the ie1 knockout, and the resulting virus, AcBacIE1KO, effectively deletes both ie0 and ie1. AcBacIE1KO does not infect Spodoptera frugiperda cells, showing that the ie0-ie1 gene complex is essential for viral infection. Rescue viruses of AcBacIE1KO were constructed that express only IE1, IE1 and IE0, or only IE0. Our results show that both IE0 and IE1 can function independently, but not equivalently, to support replication, producing infectious virus. Viruses expressing predominately, or only, IE0 produced significantly fewer cells with polyhedra than either the IE1 counterpart or wild-type virus. In addition, DNA replication was prolonged and budded virus and late gene expression were delayed. Viruses expressing only IE1 also produced fewer polyhedra, but replication was slightly faster and achieved higher levels than that of the wild-type virus. Both IE0 and IE1 are therefore required and must be expressed in the correct quantitative ratios to achieve a wild-type infection.
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- Taryn M Stewart
- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada V0H 1Z0
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Nagamine T, Kawasaki Y, Iizuka T, Matsumoto S. Focal distribution of baculovirus IE1 triggered by its binding to the hr DNA elements. J Virol 2005; 79:39-46. [PMID: 15596799 PMCID: PMC538704 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.1.39-46.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In BmN cells infected with the baculovirus Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV), IE1, a principal transcriptional activator, localizes to sites of viral DNA replication. IE1 initially displays focal distribution in BmNPV-infected cells prior to DNA synthesis, whereas the protein expressed by transfection with the ie1 gene is distributed throughout the nucleoplasm instead of localized to discrete subnuclear structures. To identify the inducer of focus formation for IE1, we conducted transfection experiments with an IE1-GFP construct and found that cotransfection with genomic DNA fragments bearing the homologous region (hr) sequences caused the formation of IE1-green fluorescent protein (GFP) foci. The transfection of insect cells with a single plasmid containing exclusively the hr3 sequence and the IE1-GFP gene was sufficient to form IE1-GFP foci. These results suggest that hr elements are a primary determinant of the focal distribution of IE1. An analysis of a series of hr3 deletion mutants showed that a single copy of the direct repeat could induce the formation of IE1 foci. Targeted mutagenesis within the hr-binding domain of IE1-GFP caused impairment of the hr-dependent IE1 localization, suggesting that binding of IE1 to the hr elements is essential for the onset of IE1 focus formation. The observation of BmNPV IE1 foci in non-BmNPV-susceptible cells suggests that no species-specific factors are required for hr-dependent IE1 focus formation.
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- Toshihiro Nagamine
- Laboratory of Molecular Entomology, RIKEN Discovery Research Institute, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan.
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Ito E, Sahri D, Knippers R, Carstens EB. Baculovirus proteins IE-1, LEF-3, and P143 interact with DNA in vivo: a formaldehyde cross-linking study. Virology 2004; 329:337-47. [PMID: 15518813 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2004.08.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2004] [Revised: 08/18/2004] [Accepted: 08/27/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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IE-1, LEF-3, and P143 are three of six proteins encoded by Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) essential for baculovirus DNA replication in transient replication assays. IE-1 is the major baculovirus immediate early transcription regulator. LEF-3 is a single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) and P143 is a DNA helicase protein. To investigate their interactions in vivo, we treated AcMNPV-infected Spodoptera frugiperda cells with formaldehyde and separated soluble proteins from chromatin by cell fractionation and cesium chloride equilibrium centrifugation. Up to 70% of the total LEF-3 appeared in the fraction of soluble, probably nucleoplasmic proteins, while almost all P143 and IE-1 were associated with viral chromatin in the nucleus. This suggests that LEF-3 is produced in quantities that are higher than needed for the coverage of single stranded regions that arise during viral DNA replication and is consistent with the hypothesis that LEF-3 has other functions such as the localization of P143 to the nucleus. Using a chromatin immunoprecipitation procedure, we present the first direct evidence of LEF-3, P143, and IE-1 proteins binding to closely linked sites on viral chromatin in vivo, suggesting that they may form replication complexes on viral DNA in infected cells.
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- Emma Ito
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
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Huijskens I, Li L, Willis LG, Theilmann DA. Role of AcMNPV IE0 in baculovirus very late gene activation. Virology 2004; 323:120-30. [PMID: 15165824 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2004.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2004] [Revised: 01/26/2004] [Accepted: 03/01/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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IE0 is the only known baculovirus protein that is produced by splicing. In this study, we have explored the role of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) IE0 and its interaction with IE1 in the activation of very late gene expression from the polyhedrin promoter using transient assays. IE0 is co-expressed with IE1 throughout infection up to late times post-infection (p.i.) but shows peak levels of expression at early times. Significant changes in the ratios of the relative levels of IE0 to IE1 were observed throughout the course of infection. To study IE0 in the absence of IE1, we constructed a plasmid pAc-IE0(M-->A) that expressed only IE0. This was due to a mutation of the internal AUG that prevented translation of IE1 from the ie0 mRNA. Both IE0 and IE0(M-->A) were able to replace IE1 in transient assays, showing that IE0 is functional for very late gene activation and should be considered the 20th late gene expression factor (lef). In transient assays, IE0 showed that maximum very late gene expression is achieved at very low relative levels of protein. In contrast, IE1 requires higher levels of protein to obtain maximum very late gene expression. Furthermore, when the levels of IE0 become too high, very late gene expression rapidly declines. Interestingly, co-expression of IE0 and IE1 results in a mutually antagonistic affect on very late gene expression.
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- Ilse Huijskens
- Department of Agroecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
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Dai X, Willis LG, Huijskens I, Palli SR, Theilmann DA. The acidic activation domains of the baculovirus transactivators IE1 and IE0 are functional for transcriptional activation in both insect and mammalian cells. J Gen Virol 2004; 85:573-582. [PMID: 14993640 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.19747-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The acidic activation domains (AADs) of the baculovirus transactivators IE1 and IE0 are essential for transcriptional transactivation. To compare the relative transcriptional activation potentials of IE1 and IE0 AADs of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) and Orgyia pseudotsugata MNPV (OpMNPV), we constructed two ecdysone receptor (EcR)-based inducible expression systems to analyse six baculovirus AADs in two insect cell lines (Ld652Y and Sf9) and two mammalian cell lines (NIH-3T3 and CHO). For insect cell expression, the AADs were fused to the C, D, E and F domains of the spruce budworm Choristoneura fumiferana EcR. For mammalian cell expression the AADs were fused to the E and F domains of mammalian Mus musculus retinoid X receptor. In Ld652Y and Sf9 cells, chimeric proteins containing the AcMNPV AADs activated gene expression to higher levels than those containing the OpMNPV AADs. In NIH-3T3 cells, chimeras containing AcMNPV IE1 and IE0 AADs consistently activated gene expression to higher levels than the archetypal mammalian herpesvirus VP16 AAD. In contrast, OpMNPV AADs only activated expression by 5-15 % relative to the VP16 AAD. In CHO cells, both AcMNPV and OpMNPV AADs exhibited intermediate transactivation levels relative to VP16 AAD. These results show that the baculovirus AADs are functional for transcriptional activation in mammalian cells and that AcMNPV AADs generally appear to be more potent than OpMNPV AADs in both insect and mammalian cells.
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- Xiaojiang Dai
- Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, BC, Canada V0H 1Z0
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- Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, BC, Canada V0H 1Z0
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- Department of Plant Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
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- Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
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- Department of Plant Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
- Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, BC, Canada V0H 1Z0
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Olson VA, Wetter JA, Friesen PD. The highly conserved basic domain I of baculovirus IE1 is required for hr enhancer DNA binding and hr-dependent transactivation. J Virol 2003; 77:5668-77. [PMID: 12719559 PMCID: PMC153999 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.10.5668-5677.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The immediate-early protein IE1 is the principal transcriptional regulator of the baculovirus Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV). Transactivation by IE1 is dramatically stimulated by cis linkage of the affected promoter to AcMNPV homologous region (hr) elements that contain palindromic 28-bp repeats (28-mers) with enhancer activity. This hr-dependent transcriptional enhancement requires binding of the 28-mer by dimeric IE1. Here, we have defined IE1 domains required for this DNA binding in order to investigate the mechanism of IE1 function. Analysis of a panel of IE1 insertion mutations indicated that disruption of a highly conserved domain (residues 152 to 161) consisting of mostly positive-charged residues (basic domain I) abolished hr-dependent transactivation. Targeted mutagenesis of basic residues within basic domain I caused loss of hr-dependent transactivation but had no effect on IE1 oligomerization, nuclear localization, or hr-independent transactivation of viral promoters. Alanine substitutions of K(152) and K(154) or K(160) and K(161) impaired IE1 binding to 28-mer DNA as a homodimer, indicating that these basic residues are required for enhancer binding. Consistent with a DNA-binding defect, 28-mer interaction was improved by heterodimerization with wild-type IE1 or by increasing mutated IE1 concentrations. DNA binding mediated by basic domain I was also required for IE1 transactivation that occurred through physically separated, unlinked hr elements. We concluded that basic domain I is the enhancer-binding domain for IE1. Our data also suggest that DNA binding activates IE1 for transcriptional enhancement, possibly through a conformational change involving basic domain I.
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- Victoria A Olson
- Institute for Molecular Virology and Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School and College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Lu L, Du Q, Chejanovsky N. Reduced expression of the immediate-early protein IE0 enables efficient replication of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus in poorly permissive Spodoptera littoralis cells. J Virol 2003; 77:535-45. [PMID: 12477858 PMCID: PMC140604 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.1.535-545.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Infection of Spodoptera littoralis SL2 cells with the baculovirus Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) results in apoptosis and low yields of viral progeny, in contrast to infection with S. littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus (SlNPV). By cotransfecting SL2 cells with AcMNPV genomic DNA and a cosmid library representing the complete SlNPV genome, we were able to rescue AcMNPV replication and to isolate recombinant virus vAcSL2, which replicated efficiently in SL2 cells. Moreover, vAcSL2 showed enhanced infectivity for S. littoralis larvae compared to AcMNPV. The genome of vAcSL2 carried a 519-bp insert fragment that increased the distance between the TATA element and the transcriptional initiation site (CAGT) of immediate-early gene ie0. This finding correlated with low steady-state levels of IE0 and higher steady-state levels of IE1 (the product of the ie1 gene, a major AcMNPV transactivator, and a multifunctional protein) than of IE0. Mutagenesis of the ie0 promoter locus by insertion of the chloramphenical acetyltransferase (cat) gene yielded a new recombinant AcMNPV with replication properties identical to those of vAcSL2. Thus, the analysis indicated that increasing the steady-state levels of IE1 relative to IE0 should enable AcMNPV replication in SL2 cells. This suggestion was confirmed by constructing a recombinant AcMNPV bearing an extra copy of the ie1 gene under the control of the Drosophila hsp70 promoter. These results suggest that IE0 plays a role in the regulation of AcMNPV infection and show, for the first time, that significant improvement in the ability of AcMNPV to replicate in a poorly permissive cell line and organism can be achieved by increasing the expression of the main multiple functional protein, IE1.
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- Liqun Lu
- Entomology Department, Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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Yamada Y, Matsuyama T, Quan GX, Kanda T, Tamura T, Sahara K, Asano SI, Bando H. Use of an N-terminal half truncated IE1 as an antagonist of IE1, an essential regulatory protein in baculovirus. Virus Res 2002; 90:253-61. [PMID: 12457979 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(02)00229-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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An immediate-early gene product of baculovirus, IE1, is essential for viral gene expression and for viral DNA replication. It has been demonstrated for Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcNPV) that the C-terminal region of IE1 is required for dimerization. And the acidic N-terminal region of IE1 has been identified as the activation domain. We constructed an N-terminal 267 amino acid (a.a.) truncated mutant of Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis virus (BmNPV) IE1, which was defective as a transactivator of a viral early gene (p35) promoter. We then examined possible IE1 antagonistic functions of this defective IE1, IE1TN, in BmNPV-infected cells. A transient expression experiment demonstrated that IE1TN strongly repressed the activation of the hr5-dependent p35 promoter derived from BmNPV infection. In addition, DpnI assay elucidated an inhibitory effect of IE1TN on the hr5-dependent replication of plasmid in BmN cells induced by NPV infection. A marked reduction in the production of virus was observed when the BmN cells were infected with BmNPV after transfection with IE1TN-expression plasmids. These results suggested that IE1TN could act as an IE1 antagonist in silkworm cells infected with BmNPV. We then analyzed the ability of IE1TN to inhibit the multiplication of BmNPV using transgenic silkworms. The BmNPV-resistance of the transgenic silkworms was very weak, suggesting insufficient expression of the transgene product, IE1TN.
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- Yoji Yamada
- Division of Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita 9, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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Olson VA, Wetter JA, Friesen PD. Baculovirus transregulator IE1 requires a dimeric nuclear localization element for nuclear import and promoter activation. J Virol 2002; 76:9505-15. [PMID: 12186932 PMCID: PMC136476 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.18.9505-9515.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Immediate-early protein IE1 is a principal regulator of viral transcription and a contributor to origin-specific DNA replication of the baculovirus Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV). Since these viral functions involve interaction of dimeric IE1 with palindromic homologous region (hr) enhancer-origin elements of the AcMNPV genome within the nucleus, it is presumed that proper nuclear transport of IE1 is essential for productive infection. To investigate the mechanisms of IE1 nuclear import, we analyzed the effect of site-directed mutations on IE1 subcellular distribution. As demonstrated by fluorescence microscopy and biochemical fractionation of plasmid-transfected cells, wild-type IE1 localized predominantly to the nucleus. Substitution or deletion of amino acid residues within a positively charged domain (residues 534 to 538) adjacent to IE1's oligomerization motif impaired nuclear import and caused loss of transactivation. Moreover, upon coexpression, these import-defective mutations prevented nuclear entry of wild-type IE1. In contrast, double-mutated IE1 defective for both nuclear import and dimerization failed to block nuclear entry or transactivation by wild-type IE1. Thus, import-defective IE1 dominantly interfered with wild-type IE1 by direct interaction and cytosolic trapping. Collectively, our data indicate that the small basic domain encompassing residues R(537) and R(538) constitutes a novel nuclear localization element that functions only upon IE1 dimerization. These findings support a model wherein IE1 oligomerizes within the cytosol as a prerequisite for nuclear entry and subsequent high-affinity interaction with the symmetrical binding sites comprising AcMNPV hr enhancer-origin elements.
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- Victoria A Olson
- Institute for Molecular Virology and Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School and College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Crouch EA, Passarelli AL. Genetic requirements for homologous recombination in Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus. J Virol 2002; 76:9323-34. [PMID: 12186915 PMCID: PMC136457 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.18.9323-9334.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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It is known that baculovirus infection promotes high-frequency recombination between its genomes and plasmid DNA during the construction of recombinant viruses for foreign gene expression. However, little is known about the viral genes necessary to promote homologous recombination (HR). We developed an assay to identify viral genes that are necessary to stimulate HR. In this assay, we used two plasmids containing extensive sequence homology that yielded a visible and quantifiable phenotype if HR occurred. The plasmids contained the green fluorescent protein gene (gfp) that was mutated at either the N or the C terminus and a viral origin of DNA replication. When the plasmids containing these mutant gfp genes were transfected into insect cells alone or together, few green fluorescent protein (GFP)-positive cells were observed, confirming that the host cell machinery alone was not able to promote high levels of HR. However, if viral DNA or viral genes involved in DNA replication were cotransfected into cells along with the mutant gfp-containing plasmids, a dramatic increase in GFP-positive cells was observed. The viral genes ie-1, ie-2, lef-7, and p35 were found to be important for efficient HR in the presence of all other DNA replication genes. However, ie-1 and ie-2 were sufficient to promote HR in the absence of other viral genes. Recombination substrates lacking a viral origin of replication had similar genetic requirements for recombination but were less dependent on ie-1. Interestingly, even though HR was stimulated by the presence of a viral origin of DNA replication, virally stimulated HR could proceed in the presence of the DNA synthesis inhibitor aphidicolin.
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- Erin A Crouch
- Division of Biology, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Program, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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Pathakamuri JA, Theilmann DA. The acidic activation domain of the baculovirus transactivator IE1 contains a virus-specific domain essential for DNA replication. J Virol 2002; 76:5598-604. [PMID: 11991988 PMCID: PMC137056 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.11.5598-5604.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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IE1 is a potent transcriptional transactivator of the baculovirus Orgyia pseudotsugata multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (OpMNPV) and has been shown to be essential for viral DNA replication. IE1 contains an acidic activation domain (AAD) at the N terminus that is essential for transcriptional transactivation, but its role in viral DNA replication is unknown. In this study the role of the IE1 AAD in DNA replication is investigated. We have determined that deletion of the AAD eliminates the ability of IE1 to support DNA replication, showing that the AAD is essential for DNA replication as well as transcriptional transactivation. Replacement of the AAD with the archetype domain from herpesvirus VP16 and the evolutionarily related domain from Autographa californica MNPV (AcMNPV) IE1 produces chimeric proteins that are potent transactivators. Surprisingly, however, these chimeric proteins were unable to support DNA replication, indicating that there is a host- or virus-specific replication subdomain in the AAD that was not functionally replaced by the VP16 or AcMNPV AAD. Using N- and C-terminal deletion mutants, the region of the AAD that was essential for DNA replication was mapped to amino acids 1 to 65. AAD deletion mutants also showed that an IE1 that is functional for transcriptional transactivation is not required for viral DNA replication. The IE1 AAD therefore contains an essential replication domain that is separable from the transcriptional activation domains. Our results suggest that IE1 specifically interacts with a component of the viral replication complex, supporting the view that it acts as a nucleating factor by binding to the viral replication origins.
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- Joseph A Pathakamuri
- Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada V0H 1Z0
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Carstens EB, Liu JJ, Dominy C. Identification and molecular characterization of the baculovirus CfMNPV early genes: ie-1, ie-2 and pe38. Virus Res 2002; 83:13-30. [PMID: 11864738 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(01)00401-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Three early virus genes, ie-1, ie-2 and pe38, were identified and localized in the XbaI G region (91.2-98.6 m.u.) of the genome of Choristoneura fumiferana nucleopolyhedrovirus (CfMNPV), a baculovirus pathogenic to spruce budworm. Nucleotide sequence analysis indicated that these genes share varied sequence similarity with their homologues in other baculoviruses where they are involved in regulating virus gene expression and DNA replication. Sequence motifs characteristic of DNA binding and transactivation found in other baculovirus regulatory genes were conserved in the CfMNPV genes. Northern analysis demonstrated that all three CfMNPV genes were transcriptionally active in virus infected cells and followed the temporal expression pattern of immediate early baculovirus genes. Primer extension experiments revealed that typical baculovirus early transcription start sites (CAGT) were used for ie-1 and pe38 transcription initiation. Two regions of highly repetitive DNA were found in the odv-e56 to ie-2 and ie-2 and pe38 intergenic regions. These sequences are predicted to function as transcriptional enhancers and viral origins of DNA replication.
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- Eric B Carstens
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queen's University, Kingston Ont., Canada K7L 3N6.
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Wang W, Leat N, Fielding B, Davison S. Identification, sequence analysis, and phylogeny of the immediate early gene 1 of the Trichoplusia ni single nucleocapsid polyhedrosis virus. Virus Genes 2002; 23:53-62. [PMID: 11556402 DOI: 10.1023/a:1011183313021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Substantial research has been conducted on the immediate early I (ie-1) genes from the prototype baculovirus Auographa californica multicapsid nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV) and the Orgyia pseudotsugata multicapsid nuclear polyhedrosis virus (OpMNPV). In both cases ie-1 gene products have been implicated in transcriptional activation and repression. In this study an ie-1 homolog was identified from Trichoplusia ni single nucleocapsid polyhedrosis virus (TniSNPV). Nucleotide sequence analysis indicated that the TniSNPV ie-1 gene consists of a 2,217 nucleotide open reading frame (ORF), encoding a protein with a molecular mass of 84.464 kDa. This represents the largest baculovirus ie-1 gene characterised to date. Of the seven ie-1 homologs identified to date, the TniSNPV ie-1 shared most sequence similarity with the ie-1 gene of Spodoptera exigua MNPV (SeMNPV) (41%). At the nucleotide level, expected TATA and CAGT motifs were found to precede each ie-1 ORE. At the protein level, it was confirmed that the N-termini are poorly conserved, but share the characteristic of having a high proportion of acidic amino acids. In addition it was found that N-terminal regions significantly matched the SET domain in the Swiss-Prot prosite database. The C-terminal regions of the deduced IE-1 sequences were found to be substantially more conserved than the N-termini. Several conserved motifs were identified in the C-terminal sequences. A phylogenetic tree of nine baculovirus IE-1 proteins was constructed using maximum parsimony analysis. The phylogenetic estimation of the ie-1 genes shows that TniSNPV is a member of the previously described lepidopteran NPV group II and it is most closely related to SeMNPV.
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- W Wang
- Department of Microbiology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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Olson VA, Wetter JA, Friesen PD. Oligomerization mediated by a helix-loop-helix-like domain of baculovirus IE1 is required for early promoter transactivation. J Virol 2001; 75:6042-51. [PMID: 11390606 PMCID: PMC114320 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.13.6042-6051.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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IE1 is a principal transcriptional regulator of Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV). Transactivation by IE1 is stimulated when early viral promoters are cis linked to homologous-region (hr) enhancer sequences of AcMNPV. This transcriptional enhancement is correlated with the binding of IE1 as a dimer to the 28-bp palindromic repeats comprising the hr enhancer. To define the role of homophilic interactions in IE1 transactivation, we have mapped the IE1 domains required for oligomerization. We report here that IE1 oligomerizes by a mechanism independent of enhancer binding, as demonstrated by in vitro pull-down assays using fusions of IE1 (582 residues) to the C terminus of glutathione S-transferase. In vivo oligomerization of IE1 was verified by immunoprecipitation of IE1 complexes from extracts of plasmid-transfected SF21 cells. Analyses of a series of site-directed IE1 insertion mutations indicated that a helix-loop-helix (HLH)-like domain extending from residue 543 to residue 568 is the primary determinant of oligomerization. Replacement of residues within the hydrophobic face of the putative dimerization domain disrupted IE1 homophilic interactions and caused loss of IE1 transactivation of hr-dependent promoters in plasmid transfection assays. Thus, oligomerization is required for IE1 transcriptional stimulation. HLH mutations also reduced IE1 stability and abrogated transactivation of non-hr-dependent promoters. These data support a model wherein IE1 oligomerizes prior to DNA binding to facilitate proper interaction with the symmetrical recognition sites within the hr enhancer and thereby promote the transcription of early viral genes.
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- V A Olson
- Institute for Molecular Virology, Graduate School and College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Shippam-Brett CE, Willis LG, Theilmann DA. Analysis of sequences involved in IE2 transactivation of a baculovirus immediate-early gene promoter and identification of a new regulatory motif. Virus Res 2001; 75:13-28. [PMID: 11311424 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(00)00253-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Opep-2 is a unique baculovirus early gene that has only been identified in the Orgyia pseudotsugata multiple capsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (OpMNPV). Previous analyses have shown this gene is expressed at very early times post-infection (p.i.) but is shut down by 36-48 h p.i. The promoter of opep-2 therefore, represents a class of early genes that is temporally regulated. In this study, a detailed analysis of the opep-2 promoter is performed to analyze the role individual motifs play in early gene expression. A new 13 base pair regulatory element was identified and shown to be essential in controlling high-level expression of this gene. In addition, mutational analysis revealed that GATA and CACGTG motifs, which have been shown to bind cellular factors in Sf9 and Ld652Y cells, played minor roles in influencing opep-2 expression in the absence of other viral factors. The OpMNPV transactivator IE2 causes a significant activation of the opep-2 promoter. Cotransfection of an extensive number of promoter deletions and mutations did not show any sequence specificity for IE2 transactivation. This is the first detailed analysis of the sequence requirements for IE2 transactivation, and these results suggest that IE2 does not bind directly to specific elements in the opep-2 promoter.
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- C E Shippam-Brett
- Department of Plant Science, University of British Columbia, BC, Vancouver, Canada
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Leisy DJ, Rohrmann GF. The Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus IE-1 protein complex has two modes of specific DNA binding. Virology 2000; 274:196-202. [PMID: 10936100 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Missing contact footprinting with formic acid as a modifying reagent was used to examine specific IE-1 binding contacts to double-stranded oligonucleotides that contained either a consensus hr repeat sequence or a sequence from the pe38 promoter, which is down regulated by IE-1. The hr repeat sequences contain two consensus IE-1 binding motifs (IBMs) flanking a central EcoRI site that are oriented in opposite directions with respect to each other. IE-1 was found to contact regions including both IBMs. The bases footprinted in the top strand included the left IBM (IBM-A), whereas bases in the bottom strand were footprinted in a region that included IBM-B and part of IBM-A. When substitution mutations were introduced into either IBM, bases on both strands of the remaining IBM were strongly footprinted. As with the hr IBM-mutant constructs, bases footprinted in the pe38 promoter construct included both strands of the single IBM.
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- D J Leisy
- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA.
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Chang MJ, Kuzio J, Blissard GW. Modulation of translational efficiency by contextual nucleotides flanking a baculovirus initiator AUG codon. Virology 1999; 259:369-83. [PMID: 10388661 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In a previous study of translational regulation of a baculovirus gene, we observed that translation initiated at an unexpectedly high efficiency from an AUG codon found in what was believed to be a poor context (M.-J. Chang and G. W. Blissard, 1997, J. Virol. 71, 7448-7460). In the current study, we examined the roles of nucleotides flanking a baculovirus AUG initiator codon in modulating translation initiation in lepidopteran insect cells. The roles of nucleotides flanking the AcMNPV gp64 initiator codon were examined by site-directed mutagenesis and functional assays in transfected Sf9 cells. To eliminate potential cis-acting sequences and effects, the gp64 initiator context was cloned in-frame with a chloramphenicol acetyl transferase reporter gene and under the control of a heterologous promoter. All possible single-nucleotide substitutions were generated in positions -6 to -1 and +4 to +6, relative to the A of the initiator AUG codon, which was designated +1. Constructs were transfected into lepidopteran cells and translation products were quantified by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay procedure. Substitutions of pyrimidines or other nucleotides at the -3 position resulted in little or no detectable effect on translation efficiency. In contrast, specific substitutions at the +4 and +5 positions resulted in approximately 2- to 3-fold increases in translation. Substitution of A in the +4 position resulted in an approximately 3-fold increase in translation, and substitution of any nucleotide for T in the +5 position resulted in approximately 1.9- to 2.8-fold increases. Substitutions at other positions (-6 to -1 and +6) resulted in no detectable increase or decrease in translation efficiency. These experimental results suggest an optimal initiator context of 5'-N N N N N N A U G A a/c/g N-3' for efficient translation initiation in lepidopteran cells. Consensus translation initiation contexts were generated from baculovirus genes and lepidopteran genes, then compared with the experimental results from the gp64 initiator context.
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- M J Chang
- Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University, Tower Road, Ithaca, New York, 14853-1801, USA
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Forsythe IJ, Shippam CE, Willis LG, Stewart S, Grigliatti T, Theilmann DA. Characterization of the acidic domain of the IE1 regulatory protein from Orgyia pseudotsugata multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus. Virology 1998; 252:65-81. [PMID: 9875318 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study presents a detailed analysis of the acidic N-terminal region of the Orgyia pseudotsugata multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (OpMNPV) transactivator IE1. The N-terminal region of IE1 is rich in acidic amino acids and has been hypothesized to be an acidic activation domain. Removal of the N-terminal 126 amino acids containing the acidic domain of IE1 resulted in complete loss of transactivation activity, indicating that this region is essential for transactivation. The OpMNPV acidic domain was replaced with the archetype acidic activation domain from VP16 and the acid-rich region of Autographa californica multicapsid NPV (AcMNPV) IE1. These chimeric constructs were fully capable of transactivation in transient assays. The chimeric OpMNPV IE1s containing the herpes simplex virus VP16 and AcMNPV IE1 acidic activation domains consistently transactivated a reporter gene to higher levels than the OpMNPV IE1 acidic activation domain. Transactivation by the chimeric constructs is enhanced synergistically when cotransfected with IE2 into Lymantria dispar and Spodoptera frugiperda cells. Both N- to C-terminal and C- to N-terminal deletions of the OpMNPV acidic activation domain were constructed to define functional domains within the OpMNPV IE1 acidic activation domain. At least two potential activation domains were identified. Within each of these domains, two core regions at amino acids 28-43 and amino acids 113-124 were identified that were similar to core regions of VP16 and GAL4, which contain predominately acidic and bulky hydrophobic amino acids.
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- I J Forsythe
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Rapp JC, Wilson JA, Miller LK. Nineteen baculovirus open reading frames, including LEF-12, support late gene expression. J Virol 1998; 72:10197-206. [PMID: 9811761 PMCID: PMC110566 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.12.10197-10206.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/1998] [Accepted: 08/22/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A set of 18 plasmid subclones of the Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus genome, each containing an identified late expression factor gene (lef), supports expression from a late viral promoter in transient expression assays in the SF-21 cell line derived from Spodoptera frugiperda. We have constructed a further set of plasmids in which each lef open reading frame (ORF) is controlled by the Drosophila melanogaster heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) promoter and epitope tagged. Failure of this set of plasmids to support transient late gene expression, and the inability of the p47 ORF to replace the p47-containing plasmid supplied in the lef plasmid library, led to the identification of a 19th late expression factor gene (lef-12) located adjacent to the p47 gene. The sequence of lef-12 is predicted to encode a protein of 21 kDa with no homology to any previously identified protein. The set of 19 hsp70-controlled lef ORFs (HSEpiHis lef library) supports transient expression from a late viral promoter. lef-12 did not affect expression from an early baculovirus promoter. In TN-368 cells, which are also permissive for virus replication, lef-12 provided a stimulatory effect but did not appear to be essential.
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- J C Rapp
- Departments of Entomology and Genetics, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Kremer A, Knebel-Mörsdorf D. The early baculovirus he65 promoter: On the mechanism of transcriptional activation by IE1. Virology 1998; 249:336-51. [PMID: 9791025 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have initiated studies on the mechanism of early transcriptional activation of the early he65 promoter during infection with Autographa californica multicapsid nuclear polyhedrosis virus. This analysis is based on a comparison of the sequences required for he65 promoter activation with those sequences that support specific protein binding. The he65 promoter is located immediately downstream of the homologous region (hr) 4a. The sequences of hr4a are characterized by two imperfect palindromes of 24 bp. The results of transient expression assays indicate promoter activation in the presence of both the proximal palindrome and the known viral trans-regulator IE1. The results of mobility shift assays and DNaseI footprinting analyses reveal differences in specific protein binding at and close to the proximal palindrome depending on whether the nuclear protein extracts are prepared from uninfected or infected cells. The analysis of the protein binding complex at the proximal inverted repeat with extracts from infected cells suggests the involvement of both IE1 and IE0 as oligomers. The minimal protein binding sequences include the left half-site of the 24 bp repeat with 9 additional bp of the flanking sequences. The right half-site of the repeat also directs binding although with lower affinity as confirmed by phenanthroline-copper footprinting assays. Both half-sites of the repeat are thus essential for he65 promoter activation, suggesting that IE1 acts via cooperative binding. We conclude that the proximal inverted repeat is able to interact with both IE1 and IE0 although IE1 is sufficient for activation at least in transient expression assays.
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- A Kremer
- Institute of Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, D-50931, Germany
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