Natural products screening with resistance to honeybee viruses

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20230190

Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2024, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (1): 67-74.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20230190

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Natural products screening with resistance to honeybee viruses

HUANG Zhichu(), ZHOU Nihong, LIU Yao, ZHENG Huoqing()

College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

Received:2023-02-17 Online:2024-01-25 Published:2024-02-18

Abstract

Abstract:

In order to identify natural products with anti-honeybee virus effects, 9 natural products (thymol, artemisinin, catalpol, piperine, theobromine, amygdalin, caffeic acid, hesperidin and ρ-coumaric acid) were tested in lab conditions. RT-PCR was used to measure the inhibitory effect of the 9 natural products on honeybee viruses after 7 days. Additionally, the effects of the natural products on the expression of honeybee immunity-related genes were also determined. The results of the exogenous inoculation of Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) virus suggest that feeding honeybees with 10 μmol·L^-1 thymol for 7 days can significantly reduce the viral load of IAPV and Sacbrood virus (SBV). Without external vaccination of the virus, after feeding with 10 μmol · L^-1 thymol for 7 days, the viral load of IAPV and SBV carried by honeybees was significantly reduced compared with the control group, and the transcription level of vitellogenin gene was significantly increased. After screening, it was found that honeybees fed with 10 μmol · L^-1 thymol can achieve good antiviral effects after 7 days, and thymol can become a potential component in the development of anti-honeybee virus drugs.

Key words: honeybee, natural product, viral disease, immunity

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S895

HUANG Zhichu, ZHOU Nihong, LIU Yao, ZHENG Huoqing. Natural products screening with resistance to honeybee viruses[J]. Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis, 2024, 36(1): 67-74.

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物质名称 Product	化学物质分类 Classification of chemical substances	参考文献 Reference	试验浓度 Experimental concentration/ (μmol·L^-1)	购买货号 Item number
百里酚Thymol	萜类Terpenes	[7,9-11]	10,100	T6316
青蒿素Artemisinin	萜类Terpenes	[12]	10,100	A800831
梓醇Catalpol	萜类(环烯醚萜苷)Terpenes (Iridoid glycoside)	[7]	500,1 000	C805146
胡椒碱Piperine	生物碱Alkaloid	[13]	10,100	P886278
可可碱Theobromine	生物碱Alkaloid	[14]	50,500	T819117
苦杏仁苷Amygdalin	生氰糖苷Cyanogenic glycoside	[7,15]	10,100	A800517
咖啡酸Caffeic acid	苯丙酸类Phenylpropanoids	[16]	5,50	C804975
橙皮苷Hesperidin	黄酮类Flavonoids	[7]	50,500	H810939
ρ-香豆酸ρ-Coumaric acid	苯丙酸类Phenylpropanoids	[8,16]	50,500	C804995

物质名称 Product	化学物质分类 Classification of chemical substances	参考文献 Reference	试验浓度 Experimental concentration/ (μmol·L^-1)	购买货号 Item number
百里酚Thymol	萜类Terpenes	[7,9-11]	10,100	T6316
青蒿素Artemisinin	萜类Terpenes	[12]	10,100	A800831
梓醇Catalpol	萜类(环烯醚萜苷)Terpenes (Iridoid glycoside)	[7]	500,1 000	C805146
胡椒碱Piperine	生物碱Alkaloid	[13]	10,100	P886278
可可碱Theobromine	生物碱Alkaloid	[14]	50,500	T819117
苦杏仁苷Amygdalin	生氰糖苷Cyanogenic glycoside	[7,15]	10,100	A800517
咖啡酸Caffeic acid	苯丙酸类Phenylpropanoids	[16]	5,50	C804975
橙皮苷Hesperidin	黄酮类Flavonoids	[7]	50,500	H810939
ρ-香豆酸ρ-Coumaric acid	苯丙酸类Phenylpropanoids	[8,16]	50,500	C804995

病毒名称Virus	引物Primer	序列Sequence(5'-3')	参考文献Reference
急性蜜蜂麻痹病毒Acute bee paralysis virus	ABPV-F	GAAACGGCTACCACATCTAAGGA	[18]
	ABPV-R	TGACATAGGGAGGTAGTGACAAGAAA
黑蜂王台病毒Black queen cell virus	BQCV-F	GGAGTCGCAGAGTTCCAAAT	[19]
	BQCV-R	GTGGGAGGTGAAGTGGCTAT
慢性蜜蜂麻痹病毒Chronic bee paralysis virus	CBPV-F	GGCACCTCAAGATCGTCCAAGTTAC	[20]
	CBPV-R	ACGGAGATGGTGACCTGGTATGG
残翅病毒Deformed wing virus	DWV-F	ACCTGGAACATCAGGTAAGCG	[21]
	DWV-R	TTGAATCTCGAGTTCGGGACG
以色列急性麻痹病毒Israeli acute paralysis virus	IAPV-F	TCGCTGAAGGCATGTATTTC	[22]
	IAPV-R	ATTACCACTGCTCCGACACA
囊状幼虫病毒Sacbrood virus	SBV-F	AACGTCCACTACACCGAAATGTC	[23]
	SBV-R	ACACTGCGCGTCTAACATTCC
克什米尔蜜蜂病毒Kashmir bee virus	KBV-F	CCGGACATTTGACTGGATTC	[19]
	KBV-R	TCCTTGGATTCACCAAGAGC

病毒名称Virus	引物Primer	序列Sequence(5'-3')	参考文献Reference
急性蜜蜂麻痹病毒Acute bee paralysis virus	ABPV-F	GAAACGGCTACCACATCTAAGGA	[18]
	ABPV-R	TGACATAGGGAGGTAGTGACAAGAAA
黑蜂王台病毒Black queen cell virus	BQCV-F	GGAGTCGCAGAGTTCCAAAT	[19]
	BQCV-R	GTGGGAGGTGAAGTGGCTAT
慢性蜜蜂麻痹病毒Chronic bee paralysis virus	CBPV-F	GGCACCTCAAGATCGTCCAAGTTAC	[20]
	CBPV-R	ACGGAGATGGTGACCTGGTATGG
残翅病毒Deformed wing virus	DWV-F	ACCTGGAACATCAGGTAAGCG	[21]
	DWV-R	TTGAATCTCGAGTTCGGGACG
以色列急性麻痹病毒Israeli acute paralysis virus	IAPV-F	TCGCTGAAGGCATGTATTTC	[22]
	IAPV-R	ATTACCACTGCTCCGACACA
囊状幼虫病毒Sacbrood virus	SBV-F	AACGTCCACTACACCGAAATGTC	[23]
	SBV-R	ACACTGCGCGTCTAACATTCC
克什米尔蜜蜂病毒Kashmir bee virus	KBV-F	CCGGACATTTGACTGGATTC	[19]
	KBV-R	TCCTTGGATTCACCAAGAGC

基因名称Gene name	引物Primer	序列Sequence(5'-3')	参考文献Reference
β-actin	β-actin-F	TTGTATGCCAACACTGTCCTTT	[24]
	β-actin-R	TGGCGCGATGATCTTAATTT
vitellogenin	Vg-F	TCGACAACTGCGATCAAAGGA	[25]
	Vg-R	TGGTCACCGACGATTGGATG
hymenoptaecin	hymenoptaecin-F	ATATCCCGACTCGTTTCCGA	[26]
	hymenoptaecin-R	TCCCAAACTCGAATCCTGCA
abaecin	abaecin-F	AGATCTGCACACTCGAGGTCTG	[26]
	abaecin-R	TCGGATTGAATGGTCCCTGA
defensin	defensin-F	TGTCGGCCTTCTCTTCATGG	[26]
	defensin-R	TGACCTCCAGCTTTACCCAAA
dicer	dicer-F	TGCAGAATGAATCAAAGAACCGA	[27]
	dicer-R	TGAGCCAATACAAAGCTGGA
protein lethal (2) essential for life-like	pl2-F	ATTTGGATCGTCCACATCGT	[28]
	pl2-R	CGGACAATGGCCGATAGTAG
heat shock 70-ku protein cognate	hsc70-F	CTTGCGTGGGTGTTTTCCAG	[29]
	hsc70-R	TATCATCGAAGCGACGACCG
heat shock protein 90	hsp90-F	CATGGCTAATGCCGGAGAGG	[29]
	hsp90-R	CTGCACCAGCTTGAAGAGC

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