[Preliminary application of a mosquito densovirus-mediated artificial intron in vitro and in vive of mosquito]

Bing Du Xue Bao. 2010 Sep;26(5):379-84.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

An artificial intron consisting of the 5'-donor site (from the first intron of the human beta-globin gene) and the 3'-acceptor site (from the intron of an immunoglobulin gene heavy chain variable region) was obtained with a splice overlap extension PCR and was then inserted in frame into the coding sequence of nostructural protein NS1 gene fused to GFP gene in a recombinant mosquito densovirus plasmid p7NS1-GFP. The constructed plasmid was named as p7NS1-Intron-GFP. The plasmid p7NS1-Intron-GFP was co transfected with the helper plasmid pUCA into C6/36 cells, then the packaged recombinant and wild type viruses were purified and recovered. The second-instars of Aedes albopictus larvae were exposed to recombinant and wild type virus mixed stock. The high level GFP expression in C6/36 cells and larvae was observed under fluorescence microscope, indicating that the inserted artificial intron exerted its normal function in self-splicing both in vitro and in vivo. This study laid a foundation for application of an artificial intron in insect cells and development of new strategy for genetic engineering technology of mosqtuito and its pathogens.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Culicidae / genetics*
  • Culicidae / virology
  • Densovirus / genetics*
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / genetics
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / metabolism
  • Introns / genetics*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

  • Green Fluorescent Proteins