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Early transcriptome of Trichoplusia ni ascovirus core genes Open Access

Abstract

Ascoviruses are large double-stranded DNA insect viruses that destroy the nucleus and transform each cell into 20 or more viral vesicles for replication. In the present study we used RNA-sequencing to compare the expression of Trichoplusia ni ascovirus 6a1 (TnAV-6a1) core genes during the first week of infection, with emphasis on the first 48 h, comparing transcript levels in major somatic tissues (epidermis, tracheal matrix and fat body), the sites infected initially, with those of the haemolymph, where viral vesicles circulate and most replication occurs. By 48 h post-infection (p.i.), only 26 genes were expressed in somatic tissues at ≥5 log2 reads per kilobase per million, whereas in the haemolymph 48 genes were expressed at a similar level by the same time. Early and high expression of TnAV caspase-2-like gene occurred in all tissues, implying it is required for replication, but that it is probably not associated with apoptosis induction, which occurs in infections of Spodoptera frugiperda ascovirus 1 a (SfAV-1a), the ascovirus type species. Other highly expressed viral genes at 48 h p.i. in viral vesicles included a dynein-like beta chain and lipid-modifying enzymes, suggesting their importance to vesicle formation and growth as well as virion synthesis. Finally, as occurs in SfAV expression, we found bicistronic and tricistronic mRNA messages produced by TnAV.

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Keyword(s): apoptosis , Ascovirus , caspase , lipid-modifying enzymes , transcriptome and viral vesicles
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This study was supported by the:
  • Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
    • Principle Award Recipient: HebaA. H. Zaghloul
© 2022 The Authors
  • This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. This article was made open access via a Publish and Read agreement between the Microbiology Society and the corresponding author’s institution.
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Early in vivo transcriptome of Trichoplusia ni ascovirus core genes
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