A Novel Digestive Proteinase Lipase Member H-A in <i>Bombyx mori</i> Contributes to Digestive Juice Antiviral Activity against <i>B. mori</i> Nucleopolyhedrovirus
2020
Zhang, Shang-Zhi | Zhu, Lin-Bao | You, Ling-Ling | Wang, Jie | Cao, Hui-Hua | Liu, Ying-Xue | Toufeeq, Shahzad | Wang, Youling | Kong, Xue | Xu, Jia-Ping
Previous studies have revealed that some proteins in <i>Bombyx mori</i> larvae digestive juice show antiviral activity. Here, based on the label-free proteomics data, BmLipase member H-A (BmLHA) was identified as being involved in the response to BmNPV infection in <i>B. mori</i> larvae digestive juice. In the present study, a gene encoding the BmLHA protein in <i>B. mori</i> was characterized. The protein has an open reading fragment of 999 bp, encoding a predicted 332 amino acid residue-protein with a molecular weight of approximately 35.9 kDa. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that BmLHA shares a close genetic distance with <i>Papilio xuthus</i> Lipase member H-A. <i>BmLHA</i> was highly expressed in the middle part of the <i>B. mori</i> gut, and the expression level increased with instar rising in larvae. There was higher expression of BmLHA in A35 than in P50 strains, and it was upregulated in both A35 and P50 strains, following BmNPV infection. The expression level of <i>VP39</i> decreased significantly in appropriate recombinant-BmLHA-treated groups compared with the PBS-treated group in <i>B. mori</i> larvae and BmN cells. Meanwhile, overexpression of BmLHA significantly reduced the infectivity of BmNPV in BmN cells. These results indicated that BmLHA did not have digestive function but had anti-BmNPV activity. Taken together, our work provides valuable data for the clarification of the molecular characterization BmLHA and supplements research on proteins of anti-BmNPV activity in <i>B. mori</i>.
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