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- Title
Overexpression Bombyx mori HEXIM1 Facilitates Immune Escape of Bombyx mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus by Suppressing BmRelish-Driven Immune Responses.
- Authors
Chen, Guanping; Li, Yuedong; Kong, Xiangshuo; Zhao, Shudi; Li, Jiale; Wu, Xiaofeng
- Abstract
Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV), a typical arthropod-specific enveloped DNA virus, is one of the most serious pathogens in silkworm farming, but the potential mechanisms of the evasion of innate immune responses from BmNPV infection are still poorly understood. HEXIM1 is an RNA-binding protein, best known as an inhibitor of positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb), which controls transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II. In this study, Bombyx mori HEXIM1 (BmHEXIM1) was cloned and characterized, and its expression was found to be remarkably upregulated after BmNPV infection. Furthermore, BmHEXIM1 was detected to increase the proliferation of BmNPV, and its full length is essential for assisting BmNPV immune escape by suppressing BmRelish-driven immune responses. This study brought new insights into the mechanisms of immune escape of BmNPV and provided theoretical guidance for the breeding of BmNPV-resistant silkworm varieties.
- Subjects
SILKWORMS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUSES; RNA polymerases; IMMUNE response; RNA-binding proteins; GENETIC overexpression
- Publication
Viruses (1999-4915), 2022, Vol 14, Issue 12, p2636
- ISSN
1999-4915
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/v14122636