PMID- 35405136 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220603 LR - 20220613 IS - 1096-0805 (Electronic) IS - 0022-2011 (Linking) VI - 191 DP - 2022 Jun TI - Heterologous expression of scFv fragment against Vairimorpha (Nosema) ceranae hexokinase in Sf9 cell culture inhibits microsporidia intracellular growth. PG - 107755 LID - S0022-2011(22)00040-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jip.2022.107755 [doi] AB - Secretion of hexokinase (HK) by microsporidia into infected cells suggests an important role for this enzyme for the intracellular development of parasites. To verify whether the expression of HK-specific antibodies in the host cell cytoplasm can suppress the growth of microsporidia, we constructed an immune library of recombinant scFv fragments against the enzyme of the honey bee pathogen Vairimorpha (Nosema) ceranae (VcHK) with a representativeness of about 5 million bacterial transformants. Two variants of VcHK-specific recombinant antibodies were selected by library panning and expressed in lepidopteran Sf9 cell line. Infecting of cells expressing two selected and control scFv fragments with V. ceranae spores was followed by their cultivation for 4 days. Analysis of parasite beta-tubulin as well as spore wall protein SWP32 transcripts in infected cultures by reverse transcription PCR and real-time qPCR showed (1) V. ceranae growth in cells heterologous to bee pathogens, (2) its inhibition by one of the selected VcHK-specific recombinant antibodies. The latter result once again emphasizes an important role of microsporidia hexokinases in their relationships with infected host cells and suggests further focusing on the mechanisms of such suppression, as well as on the search for new V. ceranae - inhibiting scFv fragments. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Dolgikh, Viacheslav V AU - Dolgikh VV AD - Laboratory of Molecular Plant Protection, All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, St. Petersburg, Pushkin, Russia. Electronic address: dol1slav@yahoo.com. FAU - Zhuravlyov, Vladimir S AU - Zhuravlyov VS AD - Laboratory of Molecular Plant Protection, All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, St. Petersburg, Pushkin, Russia. FAU - Senderskiy, Igor V AU - Senderskiy IV AD - Laboratory of Molecular Plant Protection, All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, St. Petersburg, Pushkin, Russia. FAU - Ignatieva, Anastasiya N AU - Ignatieva AN AD - Laboratory of Molecular Plant Protection, All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, St. Petersburg, Pushkin, Russia. FAU - Timofeev, Sergey A AU - Timofeev SA AD - Laboratory of Molecular Plant Protection, All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, St. Petersburg, Pushkin, Russia. FAU - Seliverstova, Elena V AU - Seliverstova EV AD - Laboratory of Renal Physiology, Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, St. Petersburg, Russia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220409 PL - United States TA - J Invertebr Pathol JT - Journal of invertebrate pathology JID - 0014067 RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (Hexokinase) RN - Nosema ceranae RN - Vairimorpha cheracis SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bees MH - Cell Culture Techniques MH - Hexokinase MH - Microsporidia MH - *Nosema/physiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Hexokinase OT - Honey bee OT - Microsporidia OT - Single-chain antibodies OT - Vairimorpha (Nosema) ceranae OT - scFv immune library EDAT- 2022/04/12 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/07 06:00 CRDT- 2022/04/11 20:10 PHST- 2021/10/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/03/31 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/04/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/04/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/04/11 20:10 [entrez] AID - S0022-2011(22)00040-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jip.2022.107755 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Invertebr Pathol. 2022 Jun;191:107755. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2022.107755. Epub 2022 Apr 9.