Genome-wide identification of Argonaute 1- and Argonaute 2-regulating genes revealed an inhibition of macula-like virus by RNAi pathway in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Li Zhu, Zhiqing Li, Tsuneyuki Tatsuke, Daojun Cheng, Jian Xu, Kaito Yoshimura, Hiroaki Mon, Kazuhiro Iiyama, Jae Man Lee, Qingyou Xia, Takahiro Kusakabe

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)19-23
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology
Volume82
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 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

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