Global analysis of phosphorylation pattern of silkworm cells after BmNPV infection and the functional investigation of BmNPV 39.pdf

1、Bombyx mori has become an important model organism for many fundamental studies.Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus(BmNPV)is a significant pathogen to Bombyx mori,yet also an efficient vector for recombinant protein product

2、ion.A previous study indicated that acetylation plays many vital roles in several cellular processes of Bombyx mori while global phosphorylation pattern upon BmNPV infection remains elusive.Employing tandem mass tag(TMT)

3、labeling and phosphorylation affinity enrichment followed by high-resolution LC-MS/MS analysis and intensive bioinformatics analysis,the quantitative phosphoproteome in Bombyx mori cells infected by BmNPV at24hpi with an

4、 MOI of 10was extensively examined.Totally,6480phosphorylation sites in2112protein groups were identified,among which4764sites in1717proteins were quantified.Among the quantified proteins,81up-regulated and 25down-regula

5、ted sites were identified with significant criteria(the quantitative ratio above1.3was considered as up-regulation and below0.77was considered as down-regulation)and with significant p-value(p＜0.05).Some proteins of BmNP

6、V were also hyperphosphorylated during infection,such as P6.9,39K,LEF-6,Ac58-1ike protein,Ac82-1ike protein and BRO-D.The phosphorylated proteins were primary involved in several specific functions,out of which,we focuse

7、d on the binding activity,protein synthesis,viral replication and apoptosis through kinase activity.
　　During infection,BmNPV39K has4phosphorylated sites which one of them has a great phosphorylation ratio(16.683).Int

8、erestingly,the homolog of39k,AcMNPV orf36also called pp31has been reported to be phosphorylated as well.On this basis,we then aimed to further investigate the function of phosphorylation on BmNPV39K in the viral replicat

9、ion and transcription.In order to investigate the biological function of phosphorylation in BmNPV39K,we constructed the mutant of the highest phosphorylated site of39K(136th amino acid)to be the positive and negative mut

10、ant.We then inserted these two mutants and wild type39K to the knocked out39K Bacmid by Lambda-red mediated repair gene technique.These three kinds of repaired Bacmid along with wild type and knocked out bacmid were then

11、 transfected to BmN cells and further investigated by qPCR analysis.
　　The result of qPCR showed that the BmNPV39K phosphorylation does not have significant effect on the viral replication.The viral transcriptional le

12、vel investigation by qPCR showed that each type of viral gene;early gene(lef-3),late gene(vp39),and very late gene(p10)transcription were likely to be lessened in the cells that were transfeeted with39K positive mutant r

13、epaired Bacmid and vice versa in the cells transfected with39K negative mutant repaired Bacmid.The positive mutation that was done to mimic the phosphorylation could reduce the viral transcription while the negative muta

14、tion to induce de-phosphorylation has ability to elevate it suggesting that phosphorylation on BmNPV39K tends to alleviate the viral transcription in each phase.
　　In conclusion,BmNPV39K is an early gene in which the

15、phosphorylation of this protein will not be an essential mechanism for DNA viral replication.Interestingly,the phosphorylation of BmNPV39K apparently plays an important role in the viral transcription.However,from this r

16、esult we could yield an assumption that BmNPV39K phosphorylation which diminishes the viral transcription is a mechanism required by the virus to prolong the life of cells in order to harness the cellular material for th

17、e production of their viral progeny.Moreover,there is also a possibility that BmNPV39K phosphorylation is an important pathway regulated by the cellular enzyme to protect themselves from the onset of virus.This study wil