Engineered resistance to Nosema bombycis by in vitro expression of a single-chain antibody in Sf9-III cells

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 2; p. e0193065
• Main Authors: Huang, Yukang, Chen, Jie, Sun, Bin, Zheng, Rong, Li, Boning, Li, Zeng, Tan, Yaoyao, Wei, Junhong, Pan, Guoqing, Li, Chunfeng, Zhou, Zeyang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 15.02.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Anopheles stephensi; Biology; Biology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Bombyx mori; Cell proliferation; Chains; Culicidae; Cytoskeleton; Genetic aspects; Genomes; Genomics; Genotypes; Health aspects; Immunofluorescence; Infections; Insect cells; Insects; Laboratories; Malaria; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Microsporidia; Monoclonal antibodies; Nosema bombi; Parasites; Physical Sciences; Plasmodium falciparum; Proteins; Research and Analysis Methods; Signal transduction; Tubulin; Virulence (Microbiology); Western blotting; China
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193065

Nosema bombycis is a destructive, obligate intracellular parasite of the Bombyx mori. In this study, a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) dependent technology is developed for the purpose of inhibiting parasite proliferation in insect cells. The scFv-G4, which we prepared from a mouse G4 monoclonal antibody, can target the N. bombycis spore wall protein 12 (NbSWP12). Indirect immunofluorescence assays showed that NbSWP12 located mainly on the outside of the N. bombycis cytoskeleton, although some of it co-localized with β-tubulin in the meront-stage of parasites. When meront division began, NbSWP12 became concentrated at both ends of each meront. Western blotting showed that scFv-G4 could express in Sf9-III cells and recognized native NbSWP12. The transgenic Sf9-III cell line showed better resistance than the controls when challenged with N. bombycis, indicating that NbSWP12 is a promising target in this parasite and this scFv dependent strategy could be a solution for construction of N. bombycis-resistant Bombyx mori.