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A new cell line from the embryonic tissue of Helicoverpa armigera was established and designated as NIV-HA-197. It was maintained in TNM-FH medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum. The cell line at passage 20 had a heterogeneous population of cells consisting of mainly epithelial-like cells (70%), followed by fibroblast-like (27%), and multinucleated giant (3%) cells. The chromosome number ranged from 45 to 185. The growth curve at passage 40 showed a fivefold increase in cell number with a population-doubling, time of approximately 60 h. The cell line was found infected with the microsporidium Nosema heliothids at passage 9. Using the antiprotozoan drug Metrogyl 400 and simultaneous heat treatment, the parasite was removed from the culture. The cell line can be cryopreserved for 30 mo. The species specificity of the new cell line was determined by studying the isoenzyme profile of four enzymes viz., lactate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase, isocitrate dehydrogenase, and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and by heteroduplex analysis. Heteroduplex analysis was used to analyze the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid gene sequences along with the host insect gene sequences, and 100% homology was obtained, confirming the conspecificity of the cell line. The cell line was found to be susceptible to the baculoviruses Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus, Spodoptera litura multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus, and H. armigera single nucleopolyhedrovirus (HaSNPV). More than 90% of the cells were infected by HaSNPV on the seventh post infection day (PID), and 28.8×106 NPV/ml was yielded on the 10th PID. The in vitro-grown HaSNPV caused 100% mortality, when fed to the second instar H. armigera larvae, in 6 d. Cessation of feeding was observed on the second PID.
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Sudeep, A.B., Mourya, D.T., Shouche, Y.S. et al. A new cell line from the embryonic tissue of Helicoverpa armigera HBN. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 38, 262–264 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1290/1071-2690(2002)038<0262:ANCLFT>2.0.CO;2
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