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- Title
First complete and productive cell culture model for members of the genus Iridovirus.
- Authors
D'Costa, Susan; Vigerust, David; Perales-Hull, Marsha; Lodhi, Sundus; Viravathana, Polrit; Bilimoria, Shän
- Abstract
Chilo iridescent virus (CIV; the type strain of the genus Iridovirus) replicates productively in larvae of the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis. This study focuses on characterizing productive infections of a boll weevil cell line, BRL-AG-3A (AG3A), starting with CIV reared in the waxworm, Galleria mellonella. We show that CIV can be continually and productively passaged to high titer in AG3A cells. The replication of larval-derived CIV in AG3A was analyzed by observing viral DNA replication and restriction endonuclease digestion profiles, morphogenesis, and infectivity using TCID assays with AG3A as an indicator cell line. The data showed that virus passaged in the AG3A host is stable. AG3A cells are more efficient than previously utilized CF-124T cells from Choristoneura fumiferana. This system constitutes a superior model for cellular and molecular studies on CIV; it represents the first complete, productive cell culture model for the replication of CIV or any member of the genus Iridovirus.
- Subjects
IRIDOVIRUSES; CELL culture; BOLL weevil; CELL lines; GREATER wax moth; SPRUCE budworm
- Publication
Archives of Virology, 2012, Vol 157, Issue 11, p2171
- ISSN
0304-8608
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00705-012-1417-5