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ArticleScientific reports2018

Baculovirus as an efficient vector for gene delivery into mosquitoes.

Nenavath Gopal Naik, Yu-Wen Lo, Tzong-Yuan Wu, Chang-Chi Lin, Szu-Cheng Kuo, Yu-Chan Chao

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nenavath Gopal NaikInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, No. 128, Sec. 2, Academia Road, Nankang, Taipei, 115, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Yu-Wen LoInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, No. 128, Sec. 2, Academia Road, Nankang, Taipei, 115, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Tzong-Yuan WuDepartment of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli, 320, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Chang-Chi LinInstitute of Preventive Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, 114, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Szu-Cheng KuoInstitute of Preventive Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, 114, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Yu-Chan ChaoInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, No. 128, Sec. 2, Academia Road, Nankang, Taipei, 115, Taiwan, Republic of China. mbycchao@imb.sinica.edu.tw.
Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica · TWNational Defense Medical Center · TWChung Yuan Christian University · TW

Funding

Academia Sinica 022361Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan) MOST105-2321-B-001-040Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan) MOST 106-2321-B-001-012Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan) MOST 106-3114-B-033-001National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) NHRI-106A1-MRCO-0217171
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efficient gene delivery technologies play an essential role in the gene functional analyses that are necessary for basic and applied researches. Mosquitoes are ubiquitous insects, responsible for transmitting many deadly arboviruses causing millions of human deaths every year. The lack of efficient and flexible gene delivery strategies in mosquitoes are among the major hurdles for the study of mosquito biology and mosquito-pathogen interactions. We found that Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV), the type baculovirus species, can efficiently transduce mosquito cells without viral propagation, allowing high level gene expression upon inducement by suitable promoters without obvious negative effects on cell propagation and viability. AcMNPV transduces into several mosquito cell types, efficiently than in commonly used mammalian cell lines and classical plasmid DNA transfection approaches. We demonstrated the application of this system by expressing influenza virus neuraminidase (NA) into mosquito hosts. Moreover, AcMNPV can transduce both larvae and adults of essentially all blood-sucking mosquito genera, resulting in bright fluorescence in insect bodies with little or no tissue barriers. Our experiments establish baculovirus as a convenient and powerful gene delivery vector in vitro and in vivo that will greatly benefit research into mosquito gene regulation, development and the study of mosquito-borne viruses.

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AnimalsBaculoviridaeCell LineChlorocebus aethiopsCulicidaeDisease VectorsGene ExpressionGene Transfer TechniquesHEK293 CellsHumansLarvaMosquito VectorsNeuraminidaseNucleopolyhedrovirusesOrthomyxoviridaeTransfectionNeuraminidase

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