• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2011

To elucidate the novelty of Hyphantria cunea nucleopolyhedrovirus (HcNPV) isolated in Korea, polyhedrin and inhibitor of apoptosis (iap) gene structures were determined and analyzed. The analysis of HcNPV polyhedrin showed a little difference with 97.6% at the nucleotide level but no difference at the amino acid level when compared with that of previously reported H. cunea NPV (HycuNPV). On the other hand, iap genes showed variable differences with 89.0-99.6% nucleotide and 90.0-99.6% amino acid sequence identities. Especially, the 5' and 3' non-coding flanking sequences of iap1 gene had lower degree of identity with those of HycuNPV. Although the phylogenetic analyses using polyhedrin and iap genes showed that HcNPV is closely related with HycuNPV, we could provide that HcNPV is a novel isolate having novel gene structures.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.395-412
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• 2023

광식성 난방제 해충인 미국흰불나방(Hyphantria cunea)의 친환경 방제를 위한 바이러스 살충제의 소재 활용을 위해서 국내에서 분리된 미국흰불나방 핵다각체병바이러스(H. cunea nucleopolyhedrovirus W1: HycuNPV-W1)의 다각체 형태 및 전장 유전체 서열을 결정하고 분석하였다. HycuNPV-W1의 다각체는 1.5-2.2 um 크기의 사면체에 가까운 부정형으로 확인되었다. 전장 유전체의 염기서열을 결정한 결과, 기존에 보고된 HycuNPV와 비교할 때 1,606 bp 더 짧은 131,353 bp로 확인되었다. 그러나 G+C 함량은 45%였으며 상동반복영역은 6개로 기존에 보고된 HycuNPV와 차이는 확인할 수 없었다. ORF 분석에서는 HycuNPV-W1은 기존의 HycuNPV와 비교할 때 3개의 ORF가 더 적은 145개를 가졌으나, HycuNPV-W1에만 존재하는 2개의 ORF가 확인되었다. 이들 ORF의 기능은 현재까지 밝혀지지 않았으나 바이러스의 생물학적 특성에 큰 영향을 주지 않을 것으로 추정되었다. 유전체의 vista 분석 결과에서는 HycuNPV-W1과 기존 HycuNPV의 전체 염기서열 유사도가 매우 높은 것으로 확인되었다. 국내에서 처음으로 분석한 HycuNPV-W1의 전장 유전체는 기존의 HycuNPV와 매우 유사한 것으로 나타났으나, 독자적인 특성을 가진 서로 다른 분리주로 국내 고유자원임을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제61권3호
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• pp.449-460
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• 2022

광식성 난방제 해충인 파밤나방(Spodoptera exigua)의 친환경적 방제원으로써 이용을 위해 국내에서 분리된 파밤나방 핵다각체병바이러스(S. exigua nucleopolyhedrovirus K1: SeNPV-K1)의 형태 및 전체 유전체 서열을 분석하였다. SeNPV-K1의 다각체(polyhedra)는 0.6-1.8 um 크기의 부정형으로, 기 보고된 SeNPV와 외형적 차이는 보이지 않았다. 전체 유전체의 염기서열을 분석한 결과, 기 보고된 SeNPV와 비교할 때 145 bp 더 많은 135,756 bp로 확인되었으며, G+C 함량은 44% 였고 상동반복영역은 6개로 두 바이러스간에 차이는 없었다. ORF 분석결과, SeNPV-K1은 기 보고된 것과 비교할 때 2개 더 적은 137개를 가지며, SeNPV-K1에만 존재하는 ORF는 4개가 확인되었다. 이들 4개의 ORF는 비필수 유전자로 바이러스의 특성에는 큰 영향을 주지 않을 것으로 여겨졌다. 유전체의 vista 분석 결과, SeNPV-K1과 기 보고된 SeNPV의 전체 염기서열 유사도가 매우 높은 것으로 확인되었다. 국내에서 처음으로 분석한 SeNPV-K1의 전체 유전체는 기 보고된 SeNPV와 유사한 것으로 나타났으나 서로 다른 분리주로 국내 고유자원임을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.133-138
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• 2007

This study addresses the susceptibility of Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9 and Sf21), Trichoplusia ni (Hi5), and S. exigua (Se301) cells to the Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV). Although these cells have classically been considered nonpermissive to BmNPV, the cytopathic effect, an increase in viral yield, and viral DNA synthesis by BmNPV were observed in Sf9, Sf21, and Hi5 cells, but not in Se301 cells. Very late gene expression by BmNPV in these cell lines was also detected via ${\beta}-galactosidase$ expression under the control of the polyhedrin promoter. Sf9 cells were most susceptible to BmNPV in all respects, followed by Sf21 and Hi5 cells in decreasing order, while the Se301 cells evidenced no distinct viral replication. This particular difference in viral susceptibility in each of the cell lines can be utilized for our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the host specificity of NPVs.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.131-135
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• 2007

Open reading frame 4 of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV), designated as Bm4, is a gene whose function is completely unknown. With the recently developed BmNPV bacmid and a modified pFastBac1 whose polyhedrin promoter was replaced with ie1 promoter, a recombinant bacmid expressing Bm4-EGFP fusion protein under the control of ie1 promoter in BmN cells was successfully constructed. The result not only showed that the polyhedrin promoter can be replaced efficiently with other promoters to direct the expression of foreign gene in BmN cells by using Bac-to-Bac/BmNPV baculovirus expression system but also laid the foundation for rescue experiment of Bm4 deletion mutant due to the ability of ie1 promoter to direct gene expression throughout the infection cycle.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.145-149
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• 1999

야생주 핵다각체병 바이러스의 낮은 병원성에 대해 살충제로서의 파밤나방 핵다각체병 바이러스(Spodoptera exigua nucleopolyhedrovirus: SeNPV)의 병원성 향상을 꾀함과 동시에 재조합 바이러스가 다각체 내에 매립됨으로써 살충제로의 적용시 야외에서의 안정성을 확보할 수 있는 p10 유전자의 프로모터를 이용한 새로운 발현벡터를 개발하기 위하여 국내분리주 SeNPV의 p10 유전자 구조를 분석하였다. 그 결과, SeNPV p10 유전자의 프로모터와 구조유전자 부위를 포함한 545염기서열을 결정하여 기존에 보고된 SeNPV p10 유전자(Zuidema et al., 1993)와 비교한 결과 구조유전자 부위에서는 100%의 상동성을 보였으나 5` 및 3` flanking region의 4개의 염기서열에서 차이를 보였다. Southern hybridization에 의하여 SeNPV전체 genomic DNA상에서 p10 유전자는 Sph I 2.4Kb와 Cla I 4.0Kb 단편내에 각각 존재함을 확인하였으며, p10 유전자를 포함하는 이들 단편을 각각 클로닝하여 제한효소 지도를 작성한다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.87-92
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• 2008

Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) orf47 gene was characterized for the first time. The coding sequence of Bm47 was amplified and subcloned into the prokaryotic expression vector pET-30a(+) in order to produce His-tagged fusion protein in the BL21 (DE3) cells. The His-Bm47 fusion protein was expressed efficiently after induction with IPTG. The purified fusion protein was used to immunize New Zealand white rabbits to prepare polyclonal antibody. As the genome of BmNPV is available in GenBank and the EST database of BmNPV is expanding, identification of novel genes of BmNPV was conceivable by data-mining techniques and bioinformatics tools. Structural bioinformatics approach to analyze the properties of Bm47 encodes protein.

• BMB Reports
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2000

Most baculoviruses have an ecdysteroid UDP-glucosyltransferase (egt) gene, whose product inactivates ecdysteroid within the infected host. Bomhyx mori larvae infected with BmEGTZ, a mutant B. mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) in which the egt gene has been inactivated, die more rapidly compared to larvae infected with wild-type BmNPV. In this study, the profile of hemolymph proteins, and progression of virus infection in BmEGTZ- and BmNPV-infected B. mori larvae, was analyzed by SDS-PAGE and histochemically. These analyses showed that virus-encoded and virus-induced proteins were expressed quicker in BmEGTZ-infected larvae than in BmNPV-infected larvae. This suggests that the decrease in time to death, following BmEGTZ infection, results from the stimulation of virus-specific protein expression. In order to examine the effect of ecdysteroid on virus transmission, the profile of hemolymph proteins, and progression of virus infection, were analyzed following an ecdysteroid injection of BmEGTZ- or BmNPV-infected larvae. In the BmNPV-infected larvae, ecdysteroid treatment had no apparent effect on hemolymph protein expression. This suggests that the injected ecdysteroid was inactivated by the BmNPV-expressed ecdysteroid UDP-glucosyltransferase. An Ecdysteroid injection into BmEGTZ-infected larvae increased the speed of virus-specific protein expression and virus transmission. These results suggest that ecdysteroid stimulates protein expression, which in tum results in the stimulation of virus transmission.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.105-110
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• 1998

The baculovirus egt gene encodes an ecdysteroid UDP-glucosyltransferase(EGT) which catalyzes the transfer of glucose from UDP-glucose to the insect moltion hormone ecdysteroid resulting in a functionally inactive ecdysteroid. In baculovirus-infected insect larvae, EGT has been shown block molting and pupation. In this study, we compared the development of 4th and 5th instar silkworm, Bombyx mori, larvae injected with either wild-type bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) or a mutant BmNPV(BmEGTZ) in which the egt gene was disrupted by the insertion of a lacZ gene cassette. Larvae injected with BmEGTZ died roughly 12 h more rapidly compared to indentical larvae infected with BmNPV. In addition, BmEGTZ- infected larvae prematurely stopped feeding and gain less weight compared to BmNPV-infected larvae. In order to investigate why BmEGTZ-infected larvae died more rapidly than BmNPV-infected larvae, the array of hemolymph proteins in BmEGTZ-or BmNPV-infected larvae were analyzed by SDS-PAGE. The hemolymph of BmEGTZ-infected larvae showed virus-specific proteins, including polyhedrin, about 12 h earlier than the hemolymph of BmNPV-infected larvae

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.145-152
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• 2014

The variation in the level of immune response related gene expression in silkworm, Bombyx mori following infection with Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) was analyzed at different time intervals. The occlusion bodies of BmNPV orally inoculated to the two most divergent silkworm races viz., Sarupat (resistant to BmNPV infection) and CSR2 (susceptible to BmNPV infection) were subjected to oral BmNPV inoculation. The expression profile of gp 41 gene of BmNPV in the Sarupat and CSR2 races revealed that the virus could invade the midguts of both susceptible and resistant races. However, its multiplication was significantly less in the midgut of resistant race, while, in the susceptible race, the viral multiplication reached maximum level within 12 h. These findings indicate that potential host genes are involved in the inhibition of viral multiplication within larval midgut. The immune response genes arylphorin, cathepsin B, gloverin, lebocin, serpin, Hsp 19.9, Hsp 20.1, Hsp 20.4, Hsp 20.8, Hsp 21.4, Hsp 23.7, Hsp 40, Hsp 70, Hsp90 revealed differential level of expression on NPV infection. The gloverin, serpin, Hsp 23.7 and Hsp 40 genes are significantly up-regulated in the resistant race after NPV infection. The early up-regulation of these genes suggests that these genes could play an important role in baculovirus resistance in the silkworm, B. mori.