Table 5 Insect cell lines for virological research
Name of insect cell lines | Source | Applications | References |
|---|---|---|---|
AC20 | Agallia constricta (Cicadellidae: Hemiptera) | Virus infectivity tests | Chiu and Black (1967) |
AFKM-On-H | Ostrinia nubilalis (Crambidae: Lepidoptera) | Useful in virus transfection research | Belloncik et al. (2007) |
APE1 | Antitrogus parvulus (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) | Development of engineered entomopox viruses as microbial control agents | Fernon et al. (1996) |
AS-H 1 | Agrotis segetum (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) | Research on granulosis virus | Kozlov et al. (1990) |
BCIRL/AMCYAgE-CLG | Anticarsia gemmatalis (Erebidae: Lepidoptera) | Embryos production of recombinant proteins and viral pesticides | Goodman et al. (2001) |
BCIRL/AMCYAfO (/T)V-CLG | Anagrapha falcifera (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) | Adult ovaries (/testes) fat body production of viral pesticides, mainly baculoviruses | Goodman et al. (2001) |
BCIRL-Cc-AM | Cactoblastis cactorum (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) | Support baculovirus infection and used in alternative biocontrol method | Grasela et al. (2012) |
BTI-EAA | Estigmene acrea (Erebidae: Lepidoptera) | Larval hemocytes recombinant protein production insect cell lines | Hink et al. (1991) |
CSIRO-BCIRL-HP1 | Helicoverpa punctigera (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) | Embryos useful in virological studies | McIntosh et al. (1999) |
FPMI-CF-1 | Choristoneura fumiferana (Tortricidae: Lepidoptera) | Midgut expression of recombinant proteins using baculovirus vectors | Hink et al. (1991) |
FTRS-AoL | Adoxophyes orana (Tortricidae: Lepidoptera) | Neonate larvae research on viruses; susceptible to insect viruses | Mitsuhashi (1989) |
High Five cells | Trichoplusia ni (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) ovarian cells | Recombinant protein expression using baculovirus or transfection | |
IBL-SLO-1A | Spodoptera litura (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) | Useful in studies like replication of S. litura nuclear polyhedrosis virus in vitro | Shih et al. (1997) |
IPLB-LD-64 | Lymantria dispar (Erebidae: Lepidoptera) | Pupal ovaries used to quantitate infectivity | Goodwin et al. (1978) |
IPRI 108 | Malacosoma disstria (Lasiocampidae: Lepidoptera) | Larval hemocytes Nuclear polyhedrosis virus infectivity in vitro assay | Volkman and Goldsmith (1982) |
KLBIQ-Chsu-I | Chilo suppressalis (Crambidae: Lepidoptera) | Production of insect virus expression vector | Liu et al. (2015) |
LPC-Aa98-19 | Anacridium aegyptium (Acrididae: Orthoptera) | Suitable for virus multiplication and manipulation and also used in biopesticides | Hernandez-Crespo et al. (2000) |
Lub | Lutzomyia longipalpis (Psychodidae: Diptera) | Can be used in vaccines and diagnostic tests | Rey et al. (2000) |
NIAS-LeSe-11 | Leucania separata (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) | Larval fat body research on nucleopolyhedrovirus | Yanase et al. (1998) |
NIH-SaPe-4 | Sarcophaga peregrine (Sarcophagidae: Diptera) | Used in study of host–parasite relationship in insect borne pathogenic microbes | Komano et al. (1987) |
NIV-HA-197 | Helicoverpa armigera (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) | Embryonic tissue application in the mass production of this baculovirus as a bioinsecticide | Sudeep et al. (2002) |
NN-1 | Nephotettix nigropictus (Cicadellidae: Hemiptera) | Used in phytoreovirus research | Duan and Zhang (2014) |
PLB-Ekx4T | Ephestia kuehniella (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) | Embryos useful in biocontrol research and susceptible to nucleopolyhedroviruses | Lynn and Ferkovich (2004) |
RAE25 | Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Ixodidae: Ixodida) | A useful tool in defining the complex nature of the host vector and pathogen relationship | Bell-Sakyi et al. (2007) |
RIRI-BR1 | Blaps rhynchoptera (Tenebrionidae: Coleoptera) | Used as folk medicine in Yunnan province China | Zhang et al. (2018) |
Schneider 2 (S2) | Drosophila melanogaster (Drosophilidae: Diptera) | Useful in transfection research | |
Se6FHA | Spodoptera exigua (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) | Useful in nuclear polyhedrosis virus research and the production of recombinant proteins | Hara et al. (1993) |
Sf9 cells | Spodoptera frugiperda (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) | Pupal ovarian tissue recombinant protein production using baculovirus and in the evaluation of host–virus interaction | |
Sf21 cells | Spodoptera frugiperda (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) | Pupal ovarian tissue research on baculoviruses and their use for producing recombinant proteins | |
TI-1 | Thysanoplusia intermixta (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) | Studies of insect pathogenic viruses and baculovirus expression vector system | Hashiyama et al. (2011) |
WIV-BS-02 | Biston suppressaria (Geometridae: Lepidoptera) | Infection studies of homoceros tubulosa nuclear polyhedrosis virus | Mitsuhashi (1989) |
WIV-BS-481 | Biston suppressaria (Geometridae: Lepidoptera) | Larval hemocytes research on baculovirus studies | Grasela et al. (2012) |