Isopeptide Bonding In Planta Allows Functionalization of Elongated Flexuous Proteinaceous Viral Nanoparticles, including Non-Viable Constructs by Other Means

Plant viral nanoparticles (VNPs) have become an attractive platform for the development of novel nanotools in the last years because of their safety, inexpensive production, and straightforward functionalization. Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) is one example of a plant-based VNP used as a nanobiotechnological platform either as virions or as virus-like particles (VLPs). Their functionalization mainly consists of coating their surface with the molecules of interest via chemical conjugation or genetic fusion. However, because of their limitations, these two methods sometimes result in non-viable constructs. In this paper, we applied the SpyTag/SpyCatcher technology as an alternative for the functionalization of TuMV VLPs with peptides and proteins. We chose as molecules of interest the green fluorescent protein (GFP) because of its good traceability, as well as the vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), given the previous unsuccessful attempts to functionalize TuMV VNPs by other methods. The successful conjugation of VLPs to GFP and VIP using SpyTag/SpyCatcher was confirmed through Western blot and electron microscopy. Moreover, the isopeptide bond between SpyTag and SpyCatcher occurred in vivo in co-agroinfiltrated Nicotiana benthamiana plants. These results demonstrated that SpyTag/SpyCatcher improves TuMV functionalization compared with previous approaches, thus implying the expansion of the application of the technology to elongated flexuous VNPs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Viruses - 15(2023), 2 vom: 28. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Truchado, Daniel A [VerfasserIn]
Rincón, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Zurita, Lucía [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez, Flora [VerfasserIn]
Ponz, Fernando [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

147336-22-9
Functionalization
Green Fluorescent Proteins
Journal Article
Potyvirus
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Spytag/SpyCatcher
VIP
VLPs

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Date Completed 01.03.2023

Date Revised 11.04.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/v15020375

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353576751