Abstract
Using a cDNA microarray, we monitored global gene expression profiles in silkworm BmN4-SID1 cells after the knockdown of BmAGO1 and BmAGO2 genes. Interestingly, there was a significant overlap between the target genes up-regulated by BmAgo1 (292 out of 481) and BmAgo2 (292 out of 361). Of these, the Replicase gene of macula-like virus (BmMLV) was highly induced in both of BmAgo1- and BmAgo2-depleted cells. RT-PCR analysis confirmed that the knockdown of silkworm RNAi pathway-related genes increased the expression of the Replicase gene. These data strongly suggested that the RNAi pathway negatively regulated BmMLV proliferation in silkworm BmN4 cells.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 19-23 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology |
Volume | 82 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 5 2013 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biotechnology
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Business, Management and Accounting(all)
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Insect Science
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering