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. 1989 Aug;63(8):3270–3278. doi: 10.1128/jvi.63.8.3270-3278.1989

Expression of two related nonstructural proteins of bluetongue virus (BTV) type 10 in insect cells by a recombinant baculovirus: production of polyclonal ascitic fluid and characterization of the gene product in BTV-infected BHK cells.

T J French 1, S Inumaru 1, P Roy 1
PMCID: PMC250898  PMID: 2545903

Abstract

In vitro translation of bluetongue virus (BTV) double-stranded RNA in the rabbit reticulocyte lysate system has shown segment 10 (S10) to code for two related proteins, NS3 and NS3A. The presence of both products in vivo, however, has remained unconfirmed owing to the very low level of synthesis of the S10 gene product(s) in BTV-infected BHK cells. In the present work, a cDNA copy of BTV type 10 (BTV-10) S10 RNA was inserted into Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis baculovirus (AcNPV) in lieu of the 5' coding region of the AcNPV polyhedrin gene. Spodoptera frugiperda cells infected with the recombinant baculovirus synthesized two polypeptides, which were shown to represent NS3 and NS3A by Western blot (immunoblot) and peptide map analysis. Antibodies raised to the expressed NS3 by immunization of mice detected both NS3 and NS3A in BTV-10-infected BHK cells but not in purified BTV-10 virus particles. In contrast to in vitro translation of BTV S10 RNA in which NS3 and NS3A are synthesized in equimolar amounts, NS3 was the principle product both in the baculovirus expression system and in vivo in BTV-infected cells. The results indicate the caution which should be exercised when using the rabbit reticulocyte lysate system to predict the pattern of protein synthesis from a gene with alternative start codons. The expressed NS3 and NS3A proteins reacted strongly with sera from sheep infected with homologous and heterologous BTV serotypes, suggesting that the S10 gene products are highly conserved group-specific antigens.

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