Laboratorio de Ingeniería Genética y Biología Celular y Molecular-Área Virosis de Insectos, Instituto de Microbiología Básica y Aplicada, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Roque Sáenz Peña 352, Bernal B1876BXD, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Jan 3;25(1):603. doi: 10.3390/ijms25010603.
Baculoviruses are viral pathogens that infect different species of Lepidoptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera, with a global distribution. Due to their biological characteristics and the biotechnological applications derived from these entities, the family is an important subject of study and manipulation in the natural sciences. With the advent of RNA interference mechanisms, the presence of baculoviral genes that do not code for proteins but instead generate transcripts similar to microRNAs (miRNAs) has been described. These miRNAs are functionally associated with the regulation of gene expression, both in viral and host sequences. This article provides a comprehensive review of miRNA biogenesis, function, and characterization in general, with a specific focus on those identified in baculoviruses. Furthermore, it delves into the specific roles of baculoviral miRNAs in regulating viral and host genes and presents structural and thermodynamic stability studies that are useful for detecting shared characteristics with predictive utility. This review aims to expand our understanding of the baculoviral miRNAome, contributing to improvements in the production of baculovirus-based biopesticides, management of resistance phenomena in pests, enhancement of recombinant protein production systems, and development of diverse and improved BacMam vectors to meet biomedical demands.
杆状病毒是一类感染鳞翅目、双翅目和膜翅目等不同物种的病毒病原体,具有全球分布。由于其生物学特性以及由此衍生的生物技术应用,杆状病毒科是自然科学领域中重要的研究和操作对象。随着 RNA 干扰机制的出现,已经描述了杆状病毒基因的存在,这些基因不编码蛋白质,而是产生类似于 microRNA(miRNA)的转录本。这些 miRNA 与病毒和宿主序列中的基因表达调控功能相关。本文全面综述了 miRNA 的生物发生、功能和特征,特别关注了杆状病毒中鉴定出的 miRNA。此外,还深入探讨了杆状病毒 miRNA 调节病毒和宿主基因的特定作用,并介绍了结构和热力学稳定性研究,这些研究对于检测与预测效用相关的共享特征非常有用。本综述旨在增进我们对杆状病毒 miRNA 组的理解,有助于改进杆状病毒生物农药的生产、管理害虫的抗药性现象、增强重组蛋白生产系统,以及开发多样化和改进的 BacMam 载体以满足生物医学需求。