Baculoviridae
Baculoviridae | |
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| Electron micrograph of a nucleopolyhedrovirus occlusion body | |
Virus classification | |
| Group: | Group I (dsDNA) |
| Family: | Baculoviridae |
| Genera | |
Alphabaculovirus | |
Baculoviridae is a family of viruses. Arthropods, lepidoptera, hymenoptera, diptera, and decapoda serve as natural hosts. There are currently 66 species in this family, divided among 4 genera.[1][2]
Baculoviruses are known to infect invertebrates, with over 600 host species having been described. Immature (larval) forms of moth species are the most common hosts, but these viruses have also been found infecting sawflies, mosquitoes, and shrimp. Although baculoviruses are capable of entering mammalian cells in culture[3]
they are not known to be capable of replication in mammalian or other vertebrate animal cells.
Starting in the 1940s they were used and studied widely as biopesticides in crop fields. Baculoviruses contain circular double-stranded genome ranging from 80 to 180 kbp.
Contents
1 Historical influence
2 Baculovirus life cycle
3 Structure of the virion
4 Major envelope glycoprotein gp64
5 Applications
6 Biosafety
7 Taxonomy
8 Evolution
9 See also
10 References
11 Further reading
12 External links
Historical influence
The earliest records of baculoviruses can be found in the literature from as early as the sixteenth century in reports of "wilting disease" infecting silk-producing larva. Starting in the 1940s they were used and studied widely as biopesticides in crop fields. Since the 1990s they have been utilized for producing complex eukaryotic proteins in insect cell cultures (see Sf21, High Five cells). These recombinant proteins have been used in research and as vaccines in both human and veterinary medical treatments (for example, the most widely used vaccine for prevention of H5N1 avian influenza in chickens was produced in a baculovirus expression vector). More recently it has been found that baculoviruses can transduce mammalian cells with a suitable promoter.[4] These medical and potential medical uses have accelerated the number of publications on baculoviruses since 1995.
Baculovirus life cycle
Diagram of a NPV life cycle
The baculovirus life cycle involves two distinct forms of virus. Occlusion derived virus (ODV) is present in a protein matrix (polyhedrin or granulin) and is responsible for the primary infection of the host while the budded virus (BV) is released from the infected host cells later during the secondary infection.
Baculoviruses have very species-specific tropisms among the invertebrates with over 600 host species having been described. Immature (larval) forms of moth species are the most common hosts, but these viruses have also been found infecting sawflies, mosquitoes, and shrimp.
Typically, the initial infection occurs when a susceptible host insect feeds on plants that are contaminated with the occluded form of the virus. The protein matrix dissolves in the alkaline environment of the host midgut (stomach), releasing ODV that then fuse to the columnar epithelial cell membrane of the host intestine and are taken into the cell in endosomes. Nucleocapsids escape from the endosomes and are transported to nucleus. This step is possibly mediated by actin filaments. Viral transcription and replication occur in the cell nucleus and new BV particles are budded out from the basolateral side to spread the infection systemically. During budding, BV acquires a loosely fitting host cell membrane with expressed and displayed viral glycoproteins.
Baculovirus infection can be divided to three distinct phases:
- Early (0–6 h post-infection),
- Late (6–24 h p.i.)
- Very late phase (18–24 to 72 h p.i.)
While BV is produced in the late phase, the ODV form is produced in the very late phase acquiring the envelope from host cell nucleus and embedded in the matrix of occlusion body protein. These occlusion bodies are released when cells lyse to further spread baculovirus infection to next host. The extensive lysis of cells frequently causes the host insect to literally disintegrate, thus the reason for the historic name "wilting disease." The complete ODV-polyhedrin particles are resistant to heat and light inactivation, whereas the naked BV virion is more sensitive to environment.
When infecting a caterpillar, the advanced stages of infection cause the host to feed without resting, and then to climb to the higher parts of trees, including exposed places they would normally avoid due to the risk of predators. This is an advantage for the virus if (when the host dissolves) it can drip down onto leaves which will be consumed by new hosts.[5]
Structure of the virion
The most studied baculovirus is Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV). The virus was originally isolated from the alfalfa looper (a lepidopteran) and contains a 134-kbp genome with 154 open reading frames (ORF). The major capsid protein VP39 together with some minor proteins forms the nucleocapsid (21 nm x 260 nm) that encloses the DNA with p6.9 protein.
BV acquires its envelope from the cell membrane and requires a glycoprotein, gp64, to be able to spread systemic infection. This protein forms structures called peplomers on one end of the budded virus particle but is not found on ODV (although several other proteins are only associated with the ODV form). Some differences also exist in the lipid composition of the viral envelope of the two forms. While the BV envelope consists of phosphatidylserine, ODV contains phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine.
A nucleocapsid assembly-essential element (NAE) was identified in the AcMNPV genome. The NAE is an internal cis-element within the ac83 gene. The nucleocapsid assembly is not dependent on the Ac83 protein product.[6]
Major envelope glycoprotein gp64
During periods of evolution, the baculoviral envelope glycoproteins have undergone changes. Ld130, also known as baculovirus F-protein from Lymantria dispar (LdMNPV) is suggested to be an ancestral envelope fusion protein which has been replaced by non-orthologous gene replacement with gp64 in AcMNPV, Bombyx mori (BmNPV) and Orgyia pseudotsugata (OpMNPV) while they still retain the ld130 gene.
Gp64 is a homotrimeric membrane glycoprotein which is polarly present on the rod-shaped virion. It consists of 512 amino acids (aa) with four glycosylation sites at asparagine residues and has a N-terminal signal sequence (20 aa), oligomerization and fusion domain and a hydrophobic transmembrane domain near the C-terminus (7 aa).
It is produced in both early and late phases of the infection cycle with a maximal rate of synthesis occurring in 24–26 h p.i.. Trimerization with intermolecular cysteine-bonds seems to be a crucial step for protein transport to cell surface, since only 33% of synthesized protein reaches cell surface as monomeric gp64 is degraded within the cells.
Gp64 is essential for efficient budding of the virion and for the cell-to-cell transmission during the infection cycle as well as viral entry i.e. causing viral trophism and endosome mediated uptake to the cell. The major function of the gp64 envelope protein is to cause the pH-mediated envelope fusion to the endosome. Although gp64 has variety of essential functions, it has been reported that gp64-null baculoviruses can be substituted with other viral glycoproteins such as Ld130, G-protein of Vesicular stomatitis virus. These substitutions will result in functional virons.
Applications
Baculovirus expression in insect cells represents a robust method for producing recombinant glycoproteins or membrane proteins.[7][8][9] Baculovirus-produced proteins are currently under study as therapeutic cancer vaccines with several immunologic advantages over proteins derived from mammalian sources.[10]
Biosafety
Baculoviruses are incapable of replicating within the cells of mammals and plants.[11] They have a restricted range of hosts that they can infect that is typically restricted to a limited number of closely related insect species. Because baculoviruses are not harmful to humans, they are considered a safe option for use in research applications. They are also used as biological agents as in the case of the Indian mealmoth, a grain-feeding pest.[12]
Taxonomy
The name of this family has been derived from the latin word baculus, meaning stick. The family has been divided into four genera: Alphabaculovirus (lepidopteran-specific nucleopolyhedroviruses), Betabaculovirus (lepidopteran-specific Granuloviruses), Gammabaculovirus (hymenopteran-specific nucleopolyhedroviruses) and Deltabaculovirus (dipteran-specific nucleopolyhedroviruses).[13]
Group: dsDNA
Family: Baculoviridae
Genus: Alphabaculovirus
- Adoxophyes honmai nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Agrotis ipsilon multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Agrotis segetum nucleopolyhedrovirus A
- Agrotis segetum nucleopolyhedrovirus B
- Antheraea pernyi nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Anticarsia gemmatalis multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Buzura suppressaria nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Catopsilia pomona nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Choristoneura fumiferana DEF multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Choristoneura fumiferana multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Choristoneura murinana nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Choristoneura rosaceana nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Chrysodeixis chalcites nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Chrysodeixis includens nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Clanis bilineata nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Ectropis obliqua nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Epiphyas postvittana nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Euproctis pseudoconspersa nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Hyphantria cunea nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Lambdina fiscellaria nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Leucania separata nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Lymantria dispar multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Lymantria xylina nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Mamestra brassicae multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Mamestra configurata nucleopolyhedrovirus A
- Mamestra configurata nucleopolyhedrovirus B
- Maruca vitrata nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Orgyia leucostigma nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Orgyia pseudotsugata multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Spodoptera exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Spodoptera litura nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Sucra jujuba nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Thysanoplusia orichalcea nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Trichoplusia ni single nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Wiseana signata nucleopolyhedrovirus
Genus: Betabaculovirus
- Adoxophyes orana granulovirus
- Agrotis segetum granulovirus
- Artogeia rapae granulovirus
- Choristoneura fumiferana granulovirus
- Clostera anachoreta granulovirus
- Clostera anastomosis granulovirus A
- Clostera anastomosis granulovirus B
- Cryptophlebia leucotreta granulovirus
- Cydia pomonella granulovirus
- Diatraea saccharalis granulovirus
- Epinotia aporema granulovirus
- Erinnyis ello granulovirus
- Harrisina brillians granulovirus
- Helicoverpa armigera granulovirus
- Lacanobia oleracea granulovirus
- Phthorimaea operculella granulovirus
- Plodia interpunctella granulovirus
- Plutella xylostella granulovirus
- Pseudalatia unipuncta granulovirus
- Spodoptera frugiperda granulovirus
- Spodoptera litura granulovirus
- Trichoplusia ni granulovirus
- Xestia c-nigrum granulovirus
Genus: Deltabaculovirus
- Culex nigripalpus nucleopolyhedrovirus
Genus: Gammabaculovirus
- Neodiprion lecontei nucleopolyhedrovirus
- Neodiprion sertifer nucleopolyhedrovirus
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Evolution
Baculoviruses are thought to have evolved from the Nudivirus family of viruses 310 million years ago.[15]
See also
- Cypovirus
- BacMam
- The Cobra Event
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Further reading
Rohrmann, George (2013). Baculovirus Molecular Biology Third Edition (3rd ed.). Bethesda, MD: NCBI.
Federici, Brian A.; Granados, Robert R. (1986). The Biology of baculoviruses. Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-5988-0.
Miller, Lois (1997). The baculoviruses. New York: Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-45641-9.
External links
Viralzone: Baculoviridae- ICTV
- Index of Viruses – Baculoviridae (2006). In: ICTVdB – The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchen-Osmond, C (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/Ictv/fs_index.htm
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK49500/
- http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/handle/1957/9989
