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J Virol. 1992 July; 66(7): 4339-4347

Generation and analysis of defective genomes of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus.

Department of Microbiology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT

We have generated defective genomes of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcNPV) by serial, undiluted passage in IPLB-SF-21 cell culture in an attempt to identify potential cis-acting sequences important for AcNPV DNA replication. Viral DNA isolated from some of the 81 serial passages was analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, restriction endonuclease analysis, and Southern blot hybridization. AcNPV-defective genomes appeared to be generated through a series of successively smaller and transiently stable intermediates. Although the defective genomes at passages later than passage 65 (P65) were somewhat heterogeneous in size, those of the majority of the population had a mean size estimated to be 50 kb, or 40% of that of standard virus. Defective genomic DNA at P81 hybridized strongly only to a 2.8-kb region mapping within 85.0 to 87.2 map units of AcNPV DNA (most of HindIII-K and a small part of HindIII-B), suggesting that the majority of P81-defective genomes were missing most of the 128-kb wild-type DNA sequence, except for this small 2.8-kb fragment. Furthermore, our results indicated that the defective genomes of P81 were composed largely of reiterations of this sequence. We suggest that the 2.8-kb DNA segment retained by the defective AcNPV genomes of P81 contains an important cis-acting element(s) sufficient for viral DNA replication in AcNPV-infected cells.

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