Mechanisms of Cell Entry by dsRNA Viruses: Insights for Efficient Delivery of dsRNA and Tools for Improved RNAi-Based Pest Control

While RNAi is often heralded as a promising new strategy for insect pest control, a major obstacle that still remains is the efficient delivery of dsRNA molecules within the cells of the targeted insects. However, it seems overlooked that dsRNA viruses already have developed efficient strategies for...

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Autores principales: Luc Swevers, Dimitrios Kontogiannatos, Anna Kolliopoulou, Feifei Ren, Min Feng, Jingchen Sun
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d177618bbadb49a5b4f01999eed82ecb2021-11-11T07:56:33ZMechanisms of Cell Entry by dsRNA Viruses: Insights for Efficient Delivery of dsRNA and Tools for Improved RNAi-Based Pest Control1664-042X10.3389/fphys.2021.749387https://doaj.org/article/d177618bbadb49a5b4f01999eed82ecb2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.749387/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-042XWhile RNAi is often heralded as a promising new strategy for insect pest control, a major obstacle that still remains is the efficient delivery of dsRNA molecules within the cells of the targeted insects. However, it seems overlooked that dsRNA viruses already have developed efficient strategies for transport of dsRNA molecules across tissue barriers and cellular membranes. Besides protecting their dsRNA genomes in a protective shell, dsRNA viruses also display outer capsid layers that incorporate sophisticated mechanisms to disrupt the plasma membrane layer and to translocate core particles (with linear dsRNA genome fragments) within the cytoplasm. Because of the perceived efficiency of the translocation mechanism, it is well worth analyzing in detail the molecular processes that are used to achieve this feat. In this review, the mechanism of cell entry by dsRNA viruses belonging to the Reoviridae family is discussed in detail. Because of the large amount of progress in mammalian versus insect models, the mechanism of infections of reoviruses in mammals (orthoreoviruses, rotaviruses, orbiviruses) will be treated as a point of reference against which infections of reoviruses in insects (orbiviruses in midges, plant viruses in hemipterans, insect-specific cypoviruses in lepidopterans) will be compared. The goal of this discussion is to uncover the basic principles by which dsRNA viruses cross tissue barriers and translocate their cargo to the cellular cytoplasm; such knowledge subsequently can be incorporated into the design of dsRNA virus-based viral-like particles for optimal delivery of RNAi triggers in targeted insect pests.Luc SweversDimitrios KontogiannatosAnna KolliopoulouFeifei RenMin FengJingchen SunFrontiers Media S.A.articledsRNA virusentry mechanismarbo-reovirusplant reovirusCypovirusRNAiPhysiologyQP1-981ENFrontiers in Physiology, Vol 12 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic dsRNA virus
entry mechanism
arbo-reovirus
plant reovirus
Cypovirus
RNAi
Physiology
QP1-981
spellingShingle dsRNA virus
entry mechanism
arbo-reovirus
plant reovirus
Cypovirus
RNAi
Physiology
QP1-981
Luc Swevers
Dimitrios Kontogiannatos
Anna Kolliopoulou
Feifei Ren
Min Feng
Jingchen Sun
Mechanisms of Cell Entry by dsRNA Viruses: Insights for Efficient Delivery of dsRNA and Tools for Improved RNAi-Based Pest Control
description While RNAi is often heralded as a promising new strategy for insect pest control, a major obstacle that still remains is the efficient delivery of dsRNA molecules within the cells of the targeted insects. However, it seems overlooked that dsRNA viruses already have developed efficient strategies for transport of dsRNA molecules across tissue barriers and cellular membranes. Besides protecting their dsRNA genomes in a protective shell, dsRNA viruses also display outer capsid layers that incorporate sophisticated mechanisms to disrupt the plasma membrane layer and to translocate core particles (with linear dsRNA genome fragments) within the cytoplasm. Because of the perceived efficiency of the translocation mechanism, it is well worth analyzing in detail the molecular processes that are used to achieve this feat. In this review, the mechanism of cell entry by dsRNA viruses belonging to the Reoviridae family is discussed in detail. Because of the large amount of progress in mammalian versus insect models, the mechanism of infections of reoviruses in mammals (orthoreoviruses, rotaviruses, orbiviruses) will be treated as a point of reference against which infections of reoviruses in insects (orbiviruses in midges, plant viruses in hemipterans, insect-specific cypoviruses in lepidopterans) will be compared. The goal of this discussion is to uncover the basic principles by which dsRNA viruses cross tissue barriers and translocate their cargo to the cellular cytoplasm; such knowledge subsequently can be incorporated into the design of dsRNA virus-based viral-like particles for optimal delivery of RNAi triggers in targeted insect pests.
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author Luc Swevers
Dimitrios Kontogiannatos
Anna Kolliopoulou
Feifei Ren
Min Feng
Jingchen Sun
author_facet Luc Swevers
Dimitrios Kontogiannatos
Anna Kolliopoulou
Feifei Ren
Min Feng
Jingchen Sun
author_sort Luc Swevers
title Mechanisms of Cell Entry by dsRNA Viruses: Insights for Efficient Delivery of dsRNA and Tools for Improved RNAi-Based Pest Control
title_short Mechanisms of Cell Entry by dsRNA Viruses: Insights for Efficient Delivery of dsRNA and Tools for Improved RNAi-Based Pest Control
title_full Mechanisms of Cell Entry by dsRNA Viruses: Insights for Efficient Delivery of dsRNA and Tools for Improved RNAi-Based Pest Control
title_fullStr Mechanisms of Cell Entry by dsRNA Viruses: Insights for Efficient Delivery of dsRNA and Tools for Improved RNAi-Based Pest Control
title_full_unstemmed Mechanisms of Cell Entry by dsRNA Viruses: Insights for Efficient Delivery of dsRNA and Tools for Improved RNAi-Based Pest Control
title_sort mechanisms of cell entry by dsrna viruses: insights for efficient delivery of dsrna and tools for improved rnai-based pest control
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/d177618bbadb49a5b4f01999eed82ecb
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