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US 12,428,648 · App. 18/117,995 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Compositions comprising peptides that block transmission of orthotospoviruses

Inventors: Ioannis Tzanetakis (Fayetteville, AR); Jing Zhou (Greenbelt, MD)
Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
C12N15/8283C07K7/08
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Patent No.
US 12,428,648
App. No.
18/117,995
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Orthotospovirus virions travel through the thrips foregut and enter midgut epithelial cells through the interaction between virus glycoproteins and cellular receptors with several protein motifs thought to be involved in the interaction. Single, double and triple mutant polypeptides in the soybean vein necrosis virus (SVNV)/ Neohydatothrips variabilis system are provided herein and several are shown to block viral transmission from the thrips to the soybean plants. Methods for inhibiting viral transmission using these polypeptides or constructs comprising polynucleotides encoding peptides are also provided herein.

Claims (25)

1. A composition comprising:

a. a first polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 1 (NASI RGD HEVSQE); and

b. a second polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 2 (RLTGEC N ITKVSLTN).

2. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising a feeding buffer, wherein the feeding buffer comprises 8% sucrose and 20% blue food dye.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the polypeptides are included in the composition at 10 nM.

4. A construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding at least one of the polypeptides of claim 1 operably connected to a heterologous promoter.

5. The construct of claim 4 , wherein the promoter is plant-specific, tissue-specific, or cell-specific.

6. The construct of claim 4 , wherein the promoter is temporal, inducible, or constitutive.

7. The construct of claim 4 , wherein the construct is a plasmid.

8. The construct of claim 4 , wherein the polynucleotide comprises SEQ ID NOs: 1 and 2.

9. A transgenic or genetically-modified plant comprising the construct of claim 4 .

10. A cell, seed, part or progeny of the plant of claim 9 .

11. A method of inhibiting viral transmission comprising:

contacting larvae with the composition of claim 1 .

12. A method of inhibiting viral transmission comprising:

administering the composition of claim 1 to a plant.

13. A method of inhibiting viral transmission comprising:

administering the plant of claim 9 to larvae.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the larvae is thrips larvae.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the viral transmission inhibited is from the larvae to the plants.

16. The thrips larvae of claim 14 , wherein the thrips is selected from the group consisting of: Ceratothripoides claratris, T. palmi, F. schultzei, F. occidentalis, F. schultzei, F. occidentalis, F. intonsa, F. gemina, F. intonsa, T. tabaci, T. palmi, Scirtothrips dorsalis, F. fusca, F. bispinosa, T. setosus, F. zucchini, Microcephalothrips abdominalis , and thrips belonging to the genera Frankliniella, Thrips, Ceratothripoides, Scirtothrips, Dictyothrips, Neohydatothrips , and Taeniothrips.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the viral transmission is via an orthotospovirus.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the orthotospovirus is selected from the group consisting of: tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), soybean vein necrosis virus (SVNV), impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV), bean necrotic mosaic virus (BNMV), capsicum chlorosis virus (CaCV), calla lily chlorotic spot virus (CCSV), chrysanthemum stem necrosis virus (CSNV), groundnut ringspot virus (GRSV), groundnut bud necrosis virus (GBNV), groundnut yellow spot virus (GYSV), iris yellow spot virus (IYSV), melon yellow spot virus (MYSV), peanut bud necrosis virus (PBNV), peanut chlorotic fan virus (PCFV), peanut yellow spot virus (PYSV), tomato chlorotic spot virus (TCSV), tomato yellow fruit ring virus (TYFRV) (=ToVV, tomato varamin virus), tomato necrotic ringspot virus (TNRV), tomato yellow ring virus (TYRV), tomato zonate spot virus (TZSV), watermelon bud necrosis virus (WBNV), watermelon silver mottle virus (WSMoV), zucchini lethal chlorosis tospovirus (ZLCV), polygonum ringspot virus (PolRSV), hippeastrum chlorotic ringspot virus (HCRV), melon yellow spot virus (MYSV), pepper chlorotic spot virus (PCSV), tomato necrotic spot associated virus (TNSaV), groundnut chlorotic fan-spot virus (GCFSV), mulberry vein banding associated virus (MVBaV), and chilli yellow ringspot virus (ChiYRSV).

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the larvae is thrips larvae.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the viral transmission is via an orthotospovirus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2023
From: TZANETAKIS, IOANNIS; ZHOU, JING
To: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Reel/Frame 063605/0953 →
Continuity (3)
Division 16913721 · Jun 26, 2020
Provisional Application 62866855 · Jun 26, 2019
Related Publication 20230365986A1 · Nov 16, 2023
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