Silencing of Thrips palmi UHRF1BP1 and PFAS Using Antisense Oligos Induces Mortality and Reduces Tospovirus Titer in Its Vector
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. T. palmi Population
2.2. Virus Culture
2.3. Designing and Synthesis of Antisense Oligonucleotides
2.4. Delivery of ASOs
2.5. Efficacy of ASOs on Survival of Thrips palmi Adults
2.6. Estimating Relative Expression of T. palmi UHRF1BP1 and PFAS mRNA
2.7. Quantification of GBNV Copies in ASO-Fed T. palmi
3. Results
3.1. Thrips palmi Population and Virus Culture
3.2. Design of Phosphorothioate-Modified ASO
3.3. Effect of ASOs on the Relative Expression of T. palmi UHRF1BP1 and PFAS
3.4. Effect of Modified ASOs on Thrips Survival
3.5. Effect of ASOs on Virus Acquisition by T. palmi
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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S. N. | ASO Name | ASO Sequence (5′→3′) | Length (Nucleotide) | Gene Target | GC % | ∆G (kcal/mol) | Unpaired Probability of Target Site Nucleotide |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | AG459-UHRF1BP1-ASO | *A*C*CATCC*T*GC*G*ACCCTTCT*G | 20 | T. palmiUHRF1BP1 | 55 | −12.3 | 0.570 |
2 | AG461-PFAS-ASO | *G*GATGCTGATACAGCCTTA*A | 20 | T. palmiPFAS | 45 | −8.9 | 0.563 |
3 | UHRF1BP1 sense oligo | *C*AGAAGGGTCGCAGGATGG*T | 20 | T. palmiUHRF1BP1 | 60 | ||
4 | PFAS sense oligo | *T*TAAGGCTGTATCAGCATC*C | 20 | T. palmiPFAS | 45 |
S.N. | Forward Primer | Forward Primer Sequence (5′→3′) | Reverse Primer | Reverse Primer Sequence (5′→3′) | Target Gene | Amplicon Length (bp) | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | AG109F | CCATCTACTTCAGTAGAAAACACTAG | AG110R | AGAGCAATCAGTGCAACAATTAAATA | GBNV M segment | 1767 | [14] |
2 | AG335F | CATCTGGCCCTACGTCAG | AG336R | CTGGTGGCTCTGCAGATG | GBNV nucleocapsid protein (N) gene | 219 | This study |
3 | AG171F | CCAGCCACATTCCTGGATAC | AG172R | ATGCGTTGGCAGTCACATAC | T. palmi β-tubulin | 117 | [13] |
4 | AG369F | CTGCGATGGATTCTGGGAAA | AG370R | GTCAGGCCAACTTTCTGACA | T. palmi PFAS | 170 | This study |
5 | AG379F | CGGAGGTGCTCTTCAAATCA | AG380R | AACTGCACGGTTGCTTTCTA | T. palmi UHRF1BP1 | 190 | This study |
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Priti; Mukherjee, S.K.; Ghosh, A. Silencing of Thrips palmi UHRF1BP1 and PFAS Using Antisense Oligos Induces Mortality and Reduces Tospovirus Titer in Its Vector. Pathogens 2022, 11, 1319. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11111319
Priti, Mukherjee SK, Ghosh A. Silencing of Thrips palmi UHRF1BP1 and PFAS Using Antisense Oligos Induces Mortality and Reduces Tospovirus Titer in Its Vector. Pathogens. 2022; 11(11):1319. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11111319
Chicago/Turabian StylePriti, Sunil Kumar Mukherjee, and Amalendu Ghosh. 2022. "Silencing of Thrips palmi UHRF1BP1 and PFAS Using Antisense Oligos Induces Mortality and Reduces Tospovirus Titer in Its Vector" Pathogens 11, no. 11: 1319. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11111319