cDNA Cloning and Molecular Characterization of a Cysteine-rich Gene from Campoletis chlorideae Polydnavirus

References

• Albrecht, U., Wyler, T., Pfister-Wilhelm, R., Gruber, A., Stettler, P., Heiniger, P., Krut, E., Schu¨mperli, D. and Lanzrein, B. (1994) “Polydnavirus of the parasitic wasp Chelonus inanitus (Braconidae): characterization, genome organization and time point of replication”, J. Gen. Virol. 75, 3353 – 3363.
   Google Scholar
• Asgari, S., Hellers, M. and Schmidt, O. (1996) “Host haemocyte inactivation by an insect parasitoid: Transient expression of a polydnavirus gene”, J. Gen. Virol. 77, 2653– 2662.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Beliveau, C., Laforge, M., Cusson, M. and Bellemare, G. (2000) “Expression of a Tranosema rostrale polydnavirus gene in the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana”, J. <i>Gen. Virol. 81, 1871 – 1880.
   Google Scholar
• Blissard, G.W., Fleming, J.G.W., Vinson, S.B. and Summers, M.D. (1986) “Campoletis sonorensis virus: expression in Heliothis virescens and identification of expressed sequences”, J. Insect Physiol. 32, 351– 359.
   Google Scholar
• Blissard, G.W., Theilmann, D. and Summers, M.D. (1989) “Segment W of Campoletis sonorensis virus: expression, gene products and organization”, Virology 169, 78– 89.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cui, L.W. and Webb, B.A. (1996) “Isolation and characterization of a member of the cysteined-rich gene family from Campoletis sonorensis polydnavirus”, J. Gen. Virol. 77, 797– 809.
   Google Scholar
• Cui, L.W. and Webb, B.A. (1997) “Homologous sequences in the Campoletis sonorensis polydnavirus genome are implicated in replication and nesting of the W segment family”, J. Virol. 71, 8504– 8513.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cui, L.W., Soldevila, A. and Webb, B.A. (1997) “Expression and haemocyte-targeting of a Campoletis sonorensis polydnavirus cysteine-rich gene in Heliothis virescens larvae”, Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 36, 251– 271.
   Google Scholar
• Davies, D.H., Strand, M.R. and Vinson, S.B. (1987) “Changes in differential haemocyte count and in vitro behaviour of plasmatocytes from host Heliothis virescens caused by Campoletis sonorensis polydnavirus”, J. Insect Physiol. 33, 143– 153.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dib-Hajj, S.D., Webb, B.A. and Summers, M.D. (1993) “Structure and evolutionary implications of a ‘cysteine-rich’ Campoletis sonorensis polydnavirus gene family”, Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 90, 3765– 3769.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Eldridge, R., Li, Y. and Miller, L.K. (1992) “Characterization of a baculovirus gene encoding a small conotoxinlike polypeptide”, J. Virol. 66, 6563– 6571.
   Google Scholar
• Harwood, S.H., Grosovsky, A.J., Cowles, E.A., Davis, J.W. and Beckage, N.E. (1994) “An abundantly expressed hemolymph glycoprotein isolated from newly parasitized Manduca sexta larvae is a polydnavirus gene product”, Virology 205, 381– 392.
   Google Scholar
• Krell, P.J., Summers, M.D. and Vinson, S.B. (1982) “Virus with a multipartite superhelical DNA genome from the ichneu- monid parasitoid Campoletis sonorensis”, J. Virol. 43, 859 – 870. Lackie, A.M. (1988) “Haemocyte behavior”, Adv. <i>Insect Physiol. 21, 85–178.
   Google Scholar
• Lavine, M.D. and Beckage, N.E. (1995) “Polydnaviruses: potent mediators of host insect immune dysfunction”, Parasitol. Today 11, 368– 378.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Li, X. and Webb, B.A. (1994) “Apparent functional role for a cysteine-rich polydnavirus protein in suppression of the insect cellular immune response”, J. Virol. 68, 7482– 7489.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McKelvey, T.A., Lynn, D.E., Gundersen-Rindal, D., Guzo, D., Stoltz, D.A., Guthrie, K.P., Taylor, P.B. and Dougherty, E.M. (1996) “Transformation of gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) cell lines by infection with Glyptapanteles indiensis polydnavirus”, Biochem. Biophysiol. Res. Commun. 225, 764– 770.
   Google Scholar
• Olivera, B.M., River, J., Clark, C., Ramilo, C.A., Corpuz, G.P., Abogadie, F.C., Mena, E.E., Woodward, S.R., Hiliyard, D.R. and Lourdes, J.C. (1990) “Diversity of Conus neuropeptides”, Science 249, 257– 263.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Olivera, B.M., River, J., Scott, J.K., Hillyard, D.R. and Cruz, L.J. (1991) “Conotoxins”, J. Biol. Chem. 266, 22067– 22070.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Salt, G. (1968) “The resistance of insect parasitoids to the defense reactions of their hosts”, Biol. Rev. 13, 381– 495.
   Google Scholar
• Savary, S., Nancy, B., Tan, F., Periquet, G. and Drezen, J.M. (1997) “Excision of the polydnavirus chromosomal integrated EP1 sequence of the parasitoid wasp Cotesia congregata (Braconi- dae, Microgastinae) at potential recombinase binding sites”, J. Gen. Virol. 78, 3125– 3134.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stoltz, D.B. (1993) “The polydnavirus life cycle”, In: Beckage, N.E., Thompson, S.N. and Federici, B.A., eds, Parasites and Pathogens of Insects (Academic Press, New York), pp 167 – 187.
   Google Scholar
• Stoltz, D.B. and Whitfield, J.B. (1992) “Viruses and virus-like entities in the parasitic hymenoptera”, J. Hymenoptera Res. 1, 125– 139.
   Google Scholar
• Stoltz, D.B., Krell, P.J., Summers, M.D. and Vinson, S.B. (1984) “Polydnaviridae—A proposed new family of insect viruses with segmented, double-stranded, circular DNA genomes”, Intervirology 21, 1–4.
   Google Scholar
• Strand, M.R. and Pech, L.L. (1995a) “Immunological basis for compatibility in parasitoid-host relationships”, Ann. Rev. Entomol. 40, 31– 56.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Strand, M.R. and Pech, L.L. (1995b) “Microplitis demolitor poly- dnavirus induces apoptosis of a specific haemocyte morpho- type in Pseudoplusia includens”, J. Gen. Virol. 76, 283–291.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Strand, M.R., Witherell, R.A. and Trudeau, D. (997) “Two Microplitis demolitor polydnavirus mRNAs expressed in haemocytes of Pseudoplusia includens contain a common cysteine-rich domain”, J. Virol. 71, 2146 – 2156.
   Google Scholar
• Varricchio, P., Falabella, P., Sordetti, R., Graziani, F., Malva, C. and Pennacchio, F. (1999) “Cardiochiles nigriceps polydnavirus: molecular characterization and gene expression in parasitized Heliothis virescens larvae”, Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 29, 1087– 1096.
   Google Scholar
• Volkoff, A.N., Cerutti, P., Rocher, J., Ohresser, M.C.P., Devauchelle, G. and Duonor-Cerutti, M. (1999) “Related RNAs in lepidopteran cells after in vitro infection with Hyposoter didymator virus define a new polydnavirus gene family”, Virology 263, 349– 363.
   Google Scholar
• Von Heijne, G. (1986) “A new method for predicting signal sequence cleavage sites”, Nucleic Acids Res. 14, 4683– 4690.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yamanaka, A., Hayakawa, Y., Noda, H., Nakashima, N. and Watanabe, H. (1995) “Characterization of polydnavirus- encoded mRNA in parasitized armyworm larvae”, Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 26, 529– 536.
   Google Scholar
• Yin, L.H., Zhang, C., Qin, J.D. and Wang, C.Z. (2003) “Polydnavirus of Campoletis chlorideae: characterization and temporal effect on host Helicoverpa armigera cellular immune response”, Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 52, 104– 113.
   Google Scholar