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. 1990 Jul;87(13):4961–4965. doi: 10.1073/pnas.87.13.4961

Venom and viral expression products of the endoparasitic wasp Campoletis sonorensis share epitopes and related sequences.

B A Webb 1, M D Summers 1
PMCID: PMC54241  PMID: 1695005

Abstract

Endoparasitic wasps of lepidopteran insects must induce changes in host immunity and development to survive. Depending on the species, this may require wasp venom proteins and/or a polydnavirus. We describe an immunological and genetic relationship between the Campoletis sonorensis polydnavirus and the wasp's venom gland. Monoclonal antibodies raised against venom glands recognized epitopes conserved on several polydnavirus proteins and on multiple wasp oviduct and venom proteins. The viral envelope proteins had molecular masses of 16, 20, 45, and 50 kDa, while a complex of at least five immunoreactive venom-gland and soluble oviduct proteins ranged in size from 24 to 36 kDa. Since the conserved epitopes were present on the viral envelope, neutralization assays were performed. Monoclonal antibodies added to purified virus blocked the normal viral inhibition of host growth and development. To determine whether venom mRNA and viral genes were also related, venom-related cDNA clones were isolated from the wasp oviduct with a venom-gland cDNA probe. Venom-related viral clones were then identified and selected from a viral genomic library and from a parasitized Heliothis virescens cDNA library. Venom-related mRNAs were expressed in the venom gland, the oviduct, and the parasitized host. We propose that the immunological relationship between venom and viral proteins, and the hybridization of venom and viral genes, may reflect an evolutionary relationship in which venom gene homologs were incorporated into the viral genome, thereby allowing viral expression of venom-related genes and enhancing parasite survival.

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