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He X, Yang Y, Soberón M, Bravo A, Zhang L, Zhang J, Wang Z. Bacillus thuringiensis Cry9Aa Insecticidal Protein Domain I Helices α3 and α4 Are Two Core Regions Involved in Oligomerization and Toxicity. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024; 72:1321-1329. [PMID: 38175929 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c08070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Bacillus thuringiensis Cry9 proteins show high insecticidal activity against different lepidopteran pests. Cry9 could be a valuable alternative to Cry1 proteins because it showed a synergistic effect with no cross-resistance. However, the pore-formation region of the Cry9 proteins is still unclear. In this study, nine mutations of certain Cry9Aa helices α3 and α4 residues resulted in a complete loss of insecticidal activity against the rice pest Chilo suppressalis; however, the protein stability and receptor binding ability of these mutants were not affected. Among these mutants, Cry9Aa-D121R, Cry9Aa-D125R, Cry9Aa-D163R, Cry9Aa-E165R, and Cry9Aa-D167R are unable to form oligomers in vitro, while the oligomers formed by Cry9Aa-R156D, Cry9Aa-R158D, and Cry9Aa-R160D are unstable and failed to insert into the membrane. These data confirmed that helices α3 and α4 of Cry9Aa are involved in oligomerization, membrane insertion, and toxicity. The knowledge of Cry9 pore-forming action may promote its application as an alternative to Cry1 insecticidal proteins.
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- Xiang He
- Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory for Green Pesticide Development and Application, School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Morelos 62250, Mexico
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Morelos 62250, Mexico
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- Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory for Green Pesticide Development and Application, School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
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- Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory for Green Pesticide Development and Application, School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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Karim AA, Idris AB, Yilmaz S. Bacillus thuringiensis pesticidal toxins: A global analysis based on a scientometric study (1980-2021). Heliyon 2023; 9:e18730. [PMID: 37576305 PMCID: PMC10415897 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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Several studies have been conducted on Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) pesticidal toxins due to their successful environmentally friendly biopesticide activity against various insect pest orders, protozoa, mites, and nematodes. However, no existing study has systematically examined the trends and evolution of research on Bt pesticidal toxins from a scientometric perspective. This study aimed to analyze the trends and hotspots of global research in this field. 5757 publications on Bt pesticidal toxins were extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoS) from 1980 to 2021. Statistical and scientometric analyses were performed using Excel, CiteSpace, and VOSviewer visualization tools to evaluate research evolution, journal contribution and subject categories, contributing countries and institutions, highly influential references, and most used author keywords. The 5757 publications featured in 917 journals spanning 116 subject categories. The top 5 subject categories ranked as Entomology, Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Agriculture. Out of these publications, the USA contributed the most, with 1562 publications, 72,754 citations, and 46.58 average citations per paper (ACPP); however, Belgium had the highest (106.43) ACPP among the top 20 contributing countries. The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences is the leading institution with 298 publications and 21.20 ACPP. The Pasteur Institute is ranked first (90.04) in terms of ACPP. Keywords analyses revealed that recent studies are inclined toward the evolution of insect resistance against Bt toxins. In future, studies related to the development of resistance mechanisms by insects against Bt pesticidal toxins and ways to overcome them will likely receive more attention. This study highlights the past and current situations and prospective directions of Bt pesticidal toxins-related research.
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- Abdul Aziz Karim
- School of Agriculture, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Rciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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IPD072Aa from Pseudomonas chlororaphis Targets Midgut Epithelial Cells in Killing Western Corn Rootworm ( Diabrotica virgifera virgifera). Appl Environ Microbiol 2023; 89:e0162222. [PMID: 36847510 PMCID: PMC10057879 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01622-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023] Open
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IPD072Aa from Pseudomonas chlororaphis is a new insecticidal protein that has been shown to have high activity against western corn rootworm (WCR). IPD072 has no sequence signatures or predicted structural motifs with any known protein revealing little insight into its mode of action using bioinformatic tools. As many bacterially derived insecticidal proteins are known to act through mechanisms that lead to death of midgut cells, we evaluated whether IPD072Aa also acts by targeting the cells of WCR midgut. IPD072Aa exhibits specific binding to brush border membrane vesicles (BBMVs) prepared from WCR guts. The binding was found to occur at binding sites that are different than those recognized by Cry3A or Cry34Ab1/Cry35Ab1, proteins expressed by current maize traits that target WCR. Using fluorescence confocal microscopy, immuno-detection of IPD072Aa in longitudinal sections from whole WCR larvae that were fed IPD072Aa revealed the association of the protein with the cells that line the gut. High-resolution scanning electron microscopy of similar whole larval sections revealed the disruption of the gut lining resulting from cell death caused by IPD072Aa exposure. These data show that the insecticidal activity of IPD072Aa results from specific targeting and killing of rootworm midgut cells. IMPORTANCE Transgenic traits targeting WCR based on insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis have proven effective in protecting maize yield in North America. High adoption has led to WCR populations that are resistant to the trait proteins. Four proteins have been developed into commercial traits, but they represent only two modes of action due to cross-resistance among three. New proteins suited for trait development are needed. IPD072Aa, identified from the bacterium Pseudomonas chlororaphis, was shown to be effective in protecting transgenic maize against WCR. To be useful, IPD072Aa must work through binding to different receptors than those utilized by current traits to reduce risk of cross-resistance and understanding its mechanism of toxicity could aid in countering resistance development. Our results show that IPD072Aa binds to receptors in WCR gut that are different than those utilized by current commercial traits and its targeted killing of midgut cells results in larval death.
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Hernández-Martínez P, Bretsnyder EC, Baum JA, Haas JA, Head GP, Jerga A, Ferré J. Comparison of in vitro and in vivo binding site competition of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1 proteins in two important maize pests. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2022; 78:1457-1466. [PMID: 34951106 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Binding site models, derived from in vitro competition binding studies, have been widely used for predicting potential cross-resistance among insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis. However, because discrepancies have been found between binding data and observed cross-resistance patterns in some insect species, new tools are required to study the functional relevance of the shared binding sites. RESULTS Here, an in vivo approach has been applied to the competition studies to establish the functional relevance of shared binding sites as determined by in vitro competition assays. Using Cry disabled proteins as competitors in mixed protein overlay assays, we assessed the preference of Cry1Ab, Cry1Fa, and Cry1A.105 proteins for shared binding sites in vivo in two important corn pests, Ostrinia nubilalis and Spodoptera frugiperda. CONCLUSION This study shows that in vivo and in vitro binding site competition assays can provide useful information to better ascertain whether different Cry proteins share binding sites and, consequently, whether cross-resistance due to binding site alteration can occur. © 2021 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Patricia Hernández-Martínez
- Department of Genetics, University Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain
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- Plant Biotechnology Program, Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, MO, USA
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- Plant Biotechnology Program, Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, MO, USA
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- Plant Biotechnology Program, Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, MO, USA
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- Plant Biotechnology Program, Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, MO, USA
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- Plant Biotechnology Program, Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, MO, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain
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Dong S, He K, Guan L, Shi Q, Wu J, Feng J, Yang W, Shi X. Construction and Characterization of a Single-Chain Variable Fragment (scFv) for the Detection of Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac Toxins from the Anti-Cry1Ab Monoclonal Antibody. FOOD ANAL METHOD 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12161-021-02223-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tessnow AE, Behmer ST, Sword GA. Protein-carbohydrate regulation and nutritionally mediated responses to Bt are affected by caterpillar population history. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2021; 77:335-342. [PMID: 32729162 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Revised: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND The widespread adoption of genetically modified crops, including Bacillius thuringensis (Bt) crops that target chewing insects, has transformed agricultural pest management. This increased use of Bt has raised concerns about the onset of resistance amongst target pests. Recent studies have shown that for some caterpillars, nutritional foraging (e.g. the ratio of proteins and carbohydrates consumed) can affect the insect susceptibility to the Bt toxin Cry1Ac. However, studies on both nutritional foraging and Bt susceptibility tend to rely on laboratory colonies without specifically addressing physiological differences that may occur between populations of the same species. Here, we used choice assays, no choice assays and dose response assays to address two overarching questions: Do populations of Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) vary in their protein-carbohydrate foraging behavior? and Does protein-carbohydrate intake impact S. frugiperda's susceptibility to the Bt toxin Cry1F? RESULTS All three of our S. frugiperda populations actively regulated their protein-carbohydrate intake, but we observed significant differences between populations with respect to their self-selected protein-carbohydrate intake. We also found that feeding at the protein-carbohydrate intake target slightly increased Cry1F susceptibility for one S. frugiperda population, but had no effect on the other two populations. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that inherent differences exist in the nutritional physiology of three S. frugiperda populations, possibly related to the time spent in culture. This suggests that population-level differences are an important consideration when drawing parallels between field-collected and laboratory-reared insects.
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- Ashley E Tessnow
- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Interdisciplinary Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Interdisciplinary Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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Raeman R, Hua G, Zhang Q, Adang MJ. Fluorescent analyses of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Fa and Cry1Ab toxin binding sites on brush border membrane vesicles of Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), Diatraea grandiosella (Dyar), and Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) larvae. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 167:104592. [PMID: 32527425 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.104592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry1Fa and Cry1Ab proteins are important Cry toxins due to their high, selective toxicity against a number of lepidopteran species, including important pests of corn and cotton. Competition binding assays are a classical tool for investigating Cry toxin interactions with target pest insects. We developed a fluorescence-based binding assay and assessed Cry1Fa and Cry1Ab toxin binding to brush border membrane preparations from lepidopteran corn pests including Ostrinia nubilalis (European corn borer, ECB), Diatraea grandiosella (south western corn borer, SWCB), and Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm, CEW). Homologous and heterologous competition binding assays with fluorophore-(Alexa488)-labeled Cry1Fa toxin showed that Cry1Fa shares binding site(s) with Cry1Ab toxin in ECB, and SWCB for which Cry1Ab has higher affinity than Cry1Fa. Apart from the shared binding sites, Cry1Ab and Cry1Fa bind an additional site(s) in ECB and SWCB. In CEW, Cry1Fa and Cry1Ab each, has a high affinity binding site(s), which binds the heterologous toxin with low affinity. The Cry1Ab-Cry1Fa toxin binding models for ECB, SWCB and CEW based on our results are considered in the context of what is known about acquired cross-resistance against Cry1Ab and Cry1Fa toxins.
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- Reben Raeman
- Departments of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2603, United States of America
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- Departments of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2603, United States of America
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- Departments of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2603, United States of America
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- Departments of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2603, United States of America; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2603, United States of America.
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Gao M, Hu X, Zhang X, Zhong J, Lu L, Liu Y, Dong S, Wang Y, Liu X. Identification of a Cry1Fa binding site of cadherin in Plutella xylostella through fragment exchanging and molecular docking methods. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 146:62-69. [PMID: 31836394 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.12.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Revised: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Binding to the cadherin in target pests is the primary step in the action mechanism of Cry toxins, but little is known regarding the interaction of Cry1Fa with cadherin. Our previous study suggested that a Plutella xylostella cadherin fragment (PxCad-TBR) can bind to Cry1Fa, while its homologous fragment (HaCad-TBR) in Helicoverpa armigera cannot. In this study, we expressed two cadherin fragments that combine parts of PxCad-TBR and HaCad-TBR in Escherichia coli and tested their binding to the Cry1Fa. The results showed that the fragment containing amino acids T1202-A1341 of P. xylostella cadherin showed binding ability to Cry1Fa. Furthermore, two regions (V1219-E1233 and D1326-F1337) were predicted as hot spot regions that are involved in the interaction of Cry1Fa and PxCad-TBR with computer-aided molecular docking. We then constructed two PxCad-TBR mutations by fragment exchanging based on the molecular docking results and verified the mutations' binding abilities to the Cry1Fa. The results showed that the region that contains amino acids D1326-F1337 was one important binding site to Cry1Fa in P. xylostella cadherin. These results suggested that a combination of computer-aided molecular docking and fragment exchanging is an effective way to locate the key binding sites of Bt toxins in receptors.
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- Meijing Gao
- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, China
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- Horticulture Dept, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China.
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Dong S, Gao M, Bo Z, Guan L, Hu X, Zhang H, Liu B, Li P, He K, Liu X, Zhang C. Production and characterization of a single-chain variable fragment antibody from a site-saturation mutagenesis library derived from the anti-Cry1A monoclonal antibody. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 149:60-69. [PMID: 31954781 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.01.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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There are plenty of applications of Cry1A toxins (Cry1Aa, Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac) in genetically modified crops, and it is necessary to establish corresponding detection methods. In this study, a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) with high affinities to Cry1A toxins was produced. First, the variable regions of heavy (VH) and light chain (VL) were amplified from hybridoma cell 5B5 which secrete anti-Cry1A monoclonal antibody (mAb) and then spliced into scFv-5B5 by overlap extension polymerase chain reaction (SOE-PCR). Subsequently, site-saturation mutagenesis was performed after homology modeling and molecular docking, which showed that asparagine35, phenylalanine36, isoleucine104, tyrosine105, and serine196, respectively, located in VH complementarity-determining region (CDR1 and CDR3) and VL framework region (FR3) were key amino acid sites. Then, the mutagenesis scFv library (1.35 × 105 CFU/mL) was constructed and a mutant scFv-2G12 with equilibrium dissociation constant (KD) value of 9.819 × 10-9 M against Cry1Ab toxin, which was lower than scFv-5B5 (2.025 × 10-8 M) was obtained by biopanning. Then, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was established with limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantitation (LOQ) of 4.6-9.2 and 11.1-17.1 ng mL-1 respectively for scFv-2G12, which were lower than scFv-5B5 (12.4-22.0 and 23.6-39.7 ng mL-1). Results indicated the promising prospect of scFv-2G12 used for the detection of Cry1A toxins.
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- Sa Dong
- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, PR China; College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, 225009 Yangzhou, PR China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, PR China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, 225009 Yangzhou, PR China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, PR China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, PR China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, PR China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, PR China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, 225009 Yangzhou, PR China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, PR China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, PR China.
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Hao J, Li Y, Wang J, Xu C, Gao M, Chen W, Zhang X, Hu X, Liu Y, Liu X. Screening and activity identification of an anti-idiotype nanobody for Bt Cry1F toxin from the camelid naive antibody phage display library. FOOD AGR IMMUNOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/09540105.2019.1691156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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- Jia Hao
- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agri-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute of Agricultural Product Quality Safety and Nutrition Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agri-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute of Agricultural Product Quality Safety and Nutrition Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agri-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute of Agricultural Product Quality Safety and Nutrition Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agri-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute of Agricultural Product Quality Safety and Nutrition Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agri-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute of Agricultural Product Quality Safety and Nutrition Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agri-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute of Agricultural Product Quality Safety and Nutrition Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agri-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute of Agricultural Product Quality Safety and Nutrition Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agri-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute of Agricultural Product Quality Safety and Nutrition Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agri-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute of Agricultural Product Quality Safety and Nutrition Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agri-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute of Agricultural Product Quality Safety and Nutrition Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing People’s Republic of China
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Wang Z, Fang L, Zhou Z, Pacheco S, Gómez I, Song F, Soberón M, Zhang J, Bravo A. Specific binding between Bacillus thuringiensis Cry9Aa and Vip3Aa toxins synergizes their toxicity against Asiatic rice borer ( Chilo suppressalis). J Biol Chem 2018; 293:11447-11458. [PMID: 29858245 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.003490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2018] [Revised: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis produces several insecticidal proteins, such as the crystal proteins (Cry) and the vegetative insecticidal proteins (Vip). In this work, we report that a specific interaction between two B. thuringiensis toxins creates insecticidal synergism and unravel the molecular basis of this interaction. When applied together, the three-domain Cry toxin Cry9Aa and the Vip Vip3Aa exhibited high insecticidal activity against an important insect pest, the Asiatic rice borer (Chilo suppressalis). We found that these two proteins bind specifically to brush border membrane vesicles of C. suppressalis and that they do not share binding sites because no binding competition was observed between them. Binding assays revealed that the Cry9Aa and Vip3Aa proteins interacted with high affinity. We mapped their specific interacting regions by analyzing binding of Cry9Aa to overlapping fragments of Vip3Aa and by analyzing binding of Vip3Aa to individual domains of Cry9Aa. Binding to peptide arrays helped narrow the binding sites to domain II loop-3 of Cry9Aa and to 428TKKMKTL434 in Vip3Aa. Site-directed mutagenesis confirmed that these binding regions participate in binding that directly correlates with the synergism between the two proteins. In summary, we show that the B. thuringiensis Cry9Aa and Vip3Aa toxins display potent synergy based on a specific interaction between them. Our results further our understanding of the complex synergistic activities among B. thuringiensis toxins and are highly relevant to the development of toxin combinations for effective insect control and for delaying development of insect resistance.
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- Zeyu Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Number 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China; Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Morelos 62250, Mexico
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Number 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Number 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Morelos 62250, Mexico
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Morelos 62250, Mexico
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Number 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Morelos 62250, Mexico
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Number 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China.
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Morelos 62250, Mexico.
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Yu T, Li X, Coates BS, Zhang Q, Siegfried BD, Zhou X. microRNA profiling between Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab-susceptible and -resistant European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner). INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 27:279-294. [PMID: 29451334 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Transgenic maize hybrids that express insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crystalline (Cry) protein toxins effectively protect against the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, a devastating maize pest. Field monitoring and laboratory selections have detected varying levels of O. nubilalis resistance to Cry1Ab toxin. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short noncoding RNAs that are involved in post-transcriptional gene regulation. Their potential roles in the evolution of Bt resistance, however, remain largely unknown. Sequencing of small RNA libraries from the midgut of Cry1Ab-susceptible and resistant O. nubilalis larvae resulted in the discovery of 277 miRNAs, including 248 conserved and 29 novel. Comparative analyses of miRNA expression profiles between the laboratory strains predicted 26 and nine significantly up- and down-regulated transcripts, respectively, in the midgut of Cry1Ab resistant larvae. Amongst 15 differentially regulated miRNAs examined by quantitative real-time PCR, nine (60%) were validated as cosegregating with Cry1Ab resistance in a backcross progeny. Differentially expressed miRNAs were predicted to affect transcripts involved in cell membrane components with functions in metabolism and binding, and the putative Bt-resistance genes aminopeptidase N and cadherin. These results lay the foundation for future investigation of the potential role of miRNAs in the evolution of Bt resistance.
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- T Yu
- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Corn Insects & Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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Osman GH, Altaf WJ, Saleh IA, Soltane R, Abulreesh HH, Arif IA, Ramadan AM, Osman YA. First report of detection of the putative receptor of Bacillus thuringiensis toxin Vip3Aa from black cutworm ( Agrotis ipsilon). Saudi J Biol Sci 2018; 25:441-445. [PMID: 29686508 PMCID: PMC5910636 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2018.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2017] [Revised: 12/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Black cutworm (BCW) Agrotis ipsilon, an economically important lepidopteran insect, has attracted a great attention. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is spore forming soil bacteria and is an excellent environment-friendly approach for the control of phytophagous and disease-transmitting insects. In fact, bio-pesticide formulations and insect resistant transgenic plants based on the bacterium Bt delta-endotoxin have attracted worldwide attention as a safer alternative to harmful chemical pesticides. The major objective of the current study was to understand the mechanism of interaction of Bt toxin with its receptor molecule(s). The investigation involved the isolation, identification, and characterization of a putative receptor - vip3Aa. In addition, the kinetics of vip toxin binding to its receptor molecule was also studied. The present data suggest that Vip3Aa toxin bound specifically with high affinity to a 48-kDa protein present at the brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) prepared from the midgut epithelial cells of BCW larvae.
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- Gamal H. Osman
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
- Microbial Genetics Department, Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI), Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Prince Sultan Research Chair for Environment and Wildlife, Department of Botany & Microbiology, College of Sciences, King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Prince Sultan Research Chair for Environment and Wildlife, Department of Botany & Microbiology, College of Sciences, King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah 80203, Saudi Arabia
- Plant Molecular Biology Department, Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza, Egypt
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- Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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Zhang T, Coates BS, Wang Y, Wang Y, Bai S, Wang Z, He K. Down-regulation of aminopeptidase N and ABC transporter subfamily G transcripts in Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac resistant Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Int J Biol Sci 2017; 13:835-851. [PMID: 28808417 PMCID: PMC5555102 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.18868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The Asian corn borer (ACB), Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), is a highly destructive pest of cultivated maize throughout East Asia. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crystalline protein (Cry) toxins cause mortality by a mechanism involving pore formation or signal transduction following toxin binding to receptors along the midgut lumen of susceptible insects, but this mechanism and mutations therein that lead to resistance are not fully understood. In the current study, quantitative comparisons were made among midgut expressed transcripts from O. furnacalis susceptible (ACB-BtS) and laboratory selected strains resistant to Cry1Ab (ACB-AbR) and Cry1Ac toxins (ACB-AcR) when feeding on non-Bt diet. From a combined de novo transcriptome assembly of 83,370 transcripts, ORFs of ≥ 100 amino acids were predicted and annotated for 28,940 unique isoforms derived from 12,288 transcripts. Transcriptome-wide expression estimated from RNA-seq read depths predicted significant down-regulation of transcripts for previously known Bt resistance genes, aminopeptidase N1 (apn1) and apn3, as well as a putative ATP binding cassette transporter group G (abcg) gene in both ACB-AbR and -AcR (log2[fold-change] ≥ 1.36; P < 0.0001). The transcripts that were most highly differentially regulated in both ACB-AbR and -AcR compared to ACB-BtS (log2[fold-change] ≥ 2.0; P < 0.0001) included up- and down-regulation of serine proteases, storage proteins and cytochrome P450 monooxygenases, as well as up-regulation of genes with predicted transport function. This study predicted the significant down-regulation of transcripts for previously known Bt resistance genes, aminopeptidase N1 (apn1) and apn3, as well as abccg gene in both ACB-AbR and -AcR. These data are important for the understanding of systemic differences between Bt resistant and susceptible genotypes.
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- Tiantao Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insects & Crop Genetics Research Unit, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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Dong S, Zhang X, Liu Y, Zhang C, Xie Y, Zhong J, Xu C, Liu X. Establishment of a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for specific detection of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry1Ab toxin utilizing a monoclonal antibody produced with a novel hapten designed with molecular model. Anal Bioanal Chem 2017; 409:1985-1994. [PMID: 28078413 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-0146-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2016] [Revised: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cry1Ab toxin is commonly expressed in genetically modified crops in order to control chewing pests. At present, the detection method with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on monoclonal antibody cannot specifically detect Cry1Ab toxin for Cry1Ab's amino acid sequence and spatial structure are highly similar to Cry1Ac toxin. In this study, based on molecular design, a novel hapten polypeptide was synthesized and conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH). Then, through animal immunization with this antigen, a monoclonal antibody named 2C12, showing high affinity to Cry1Ab and having no cross reaction with Cry1Ac, was produced. The equilibrium dissociation constant (K D) value of Cry1Ab toxin with MAb 2C12 was 1.947 × 10-8 M. Based on this specific monoclonal antibody, a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (DAS-ELISA) was developed for the specific determination of Cry1Ab toxin and the LOD and LOQ values were determined as 0.47 ± 0.11 and 2.43 ± 0.19 ng mL-1, respectively. The average recoveries of Cry1Ab from spiked rice leaf and rice flour samples ranged from 75 to 115%, with coefficient of variation (CV) less than 8.6% within the quantitation range (2.5-100 ng mL-1), showing good accuracy for the quantitative detection of Cry1Ab toxin in agricultural samples. In conclusion, this study provides a new approach for the production of high specific antibody and the newly developed DAS-ELISA is a useful method for Cry1Ab monitoring in agriculture products. Graphical Abstract Establishment of a DAS-ELISA for the specific detecting of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry1Ab toxin.
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- Sa Dong
- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China.,College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China. .,College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China.
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Wang Y, Wang Y, Wang Z, Bravo A, Soberón M, He K. Genetic Basis of Cry1F-Resistance in a Laboratory Selected Asian Corn Borer Strain and Its Cross-Resistance to Other Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0161189. [PMID: 27518813 PMCID: PMC4982602 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
The Asian corn borer (ACB), Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), is the most destructive insect pest of corn in China. Susceptibility to the Cry1F toxin derived from Bacillus thuringiensis has been demonstrated for ACB, suggesting the potential for Cry1F inclusion as part of an insect pest management program. Insects can develop resistance to Cry toxins, which threatens the development and use of Bt formulations and Bt crops in the field. To determine possible resistance mechanisms to Cry1F, a Cry1F-resistant colony of ACB (ACB-FR) that exhibited more than 1700-fold resistance was established through selection experiments after 49 generations of selection under laboratory conditions. The ACB-FR strain showed moderate cross-resistance to Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac of 22.8- and 26.9-fold, respectively, marginally cross-resistance to Cry1Ah (3.7-fold), and no cross-resistance to Cry1Ie (0.6-fold). The bioassay responses of progeny from reciprocal F1 crosses to different Cry1 toxin concentrations indicated that the resistance trait to Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac and Cry1F has autosomal inheritance with no maternal effect or sex linked. The effective dominance (h) of F1 offspring was calculated at different concentrations of Cry1F, showing that h decreased as concentration of Cry1F increased. Finally, the analysis of actual and expected mortality of the progeny from a backcross (F1 × resistant strain) indicated that the inheritance of the resistance to Cry1F in ACB-FR was due to more than one locus. The present study provides an understanding of the genetic basis of Cry1F resistance in ACB-FR and also shows that pyramiding Cry1F with Cry1Ah or Cry1Ie could be used as a strategy to delay the development of ACB resistance to Bt proteins.
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- Yueqin Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, People’s Republic of China
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Cuernavaca, 62250, Morelos, Mexico
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Cuernavaca, 62250, Morelos, Mexico
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, People’s Republic of China
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Sánchez-Yáñez JM, García-Ortiz VR, Ulibarri G, Hernández-Escareño JJ. Existencia y supervivencia de esporas de variedades de Bacillus thuringiesis en granos de almacén. JOURNAL OF THE SELVA ANDINA RESEARCH SOCIETY 2016. [DOI: 10.36610/j.jsars.2016.070200034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dong S, Zhang C, Zhang X, Liu Y, Zhong J, Xie Y, Xu C, Ding Y, Zhang L, Liu X. Production and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibody Broadly Recognizing Cry1 Toxins by Use of Designed Polypeptide as Hapten. Anal Chem 2016; 88:7023-32. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b00429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sa Dong
- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory
of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory
Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for
Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute
of Food Quality Safety and Detection Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, Jiangsu People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory
of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory
Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for
Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute
of Food Quality Safety and Detection Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, Jiangsu People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory
of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory
Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for
Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute
of Food Quality Safety and Detection Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, Jiangsu People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory
of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory
Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for
Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute
of Food Quality Safety and Detection Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, Jiangsu People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory
of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory
Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for
Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute
of Food Quality Safety and Detection Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, Jiangsu People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory
of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory
Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for
Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute
of Food Quality Safety and Detection Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, Jiangsu People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory
of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory
Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for
Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute
of Food Quality Safety and Detection Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, Jiangsu People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory
of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory
Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for
Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute
of Food Quality Safety and Detection Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, Jiangsu People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory
of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory
Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for
Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute
of Food Quality Safety and Detection Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, Jiangsu People’s Republic of China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory
of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory
Breeding Base, Key Laboratory of Control Technology and Standard for
Agro-product Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture, and Institute
of Food Quality Safety and Detection Research, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 210014 Nanjing, Jiangsu People’s Republic of China
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Coates BS. Bacillus thuringiensis toxin resistance mechanisms among Lepidoptera: progress on genomic approaches to uncover causal mutations in the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2016; 15:70-77. [PMID: 27436734 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2016.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2016] [Revised: 03/25/2016] [Accepted: 04/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Transgenic plants that express Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crystal (Cry) protein toxins (Bt crops) effectively control feeding by the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, although documented resistance evolution among a number of species in both the laboratory and field has heightened concerns about the durability of this technology. Research has provided major insights into the mutations that alter Bt toxin binding receptor structure and function within the midgut of Lepidoptera that directly impacts the efficacy of Bt toxins, and potentially leads to the evolution of resistance to Bt crops in the field. In this manuscript we provide an overview of available data on the identification of genes involved in high levels of resistance to Cry toxins, with emphasis on resistance described for O. nubilalis as the main target of Bt corn.
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- Brad S Coates
- USDA-ARS, Corn Insects & Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, IA 50011, United States.
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Vélez AM, Vellichirammal NN, Jurat-Fuentes JL, Siegfried BD. Cry1F resistance among lepidopteran pests: a model for improved resistance management? CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2016; 15:116-124. [PMID: 27436741 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2016.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Revised: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
The Cry1Fa protein from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is known for its potential to control lepidopteran pests, especially through transgenic expression in maize and cotton. The maize event TC1507 expressing the cry1Fa toxin gene became commercially available in the United States in 2003 for the management of key lepidopteran pests including the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, and the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. A high-dose/refuge strategy has been widely adopted to delay evolution of resistance to event TC1507 and other transgenic Bt crops. Efficacy of this strategy depends on the crops expressing a high dose of the Bt toxin to targeted pests and adjacent refuges of non-Bt host plants serving as a source of abundant susceptible insects. While this strategy has proved effective in delaying O. nubilalis resistance, field-evolved resistance to event TC1507 has been reported in S. frugiperda populations in Puerto Rico, Brazil, and the southeastern United States. This paper examines available information on resistance to Cry1Fa in O. nubilalis and S. frugiperda and discusses how this information identifies opportunities to refine resistance management recommendations for Bt maize.
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- Ana M Vélez
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Entomology, 103 Entomology Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0816, United States.
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- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Entomology, 103 Entomology Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0816, United States
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- University of Tennessee, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Plant Biotechnology Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States
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- University of Florida, Entomology and Nematology Department, Charles Steinmetz Hall, PO Box 110620, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620, United States
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Castañera P, Farinós GP, Ortego F, Andow DA. Sixteen Years of Bt Maize in the EU Hotspot: Why Has Resistance Not Evolved? PLoS One 2016; 11:e0154200. [PMID: 27144535 PMCID: PMC4856266 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2015] [Accepted: 04/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The majority of Bt maize production in the European Union (EU) is concentrated in northeast Spain, which is Europe's only hotspot where resistance might evolve, and the main target pest, Sesamia nonagrioides, has been exposed to Cry1Ab maize continuously since 1998. The cropping system in northeast Spain has some similar characteristics to those that probably led to rapid resistance failures in two other target noctuid maize pests. These include repeated cultivation of Bt maize in the same fields, low use of refuges, recurring exposure of larvae to non-high dose concentrations of Cry1Ab toxin during the first years of cultivation, low migratory potential, and production concentrated in an irrigated region with few alternative hosts. Available data reveal no evidence of resistance in S. nonagrioides after 16 years of use. We explore the possible reasons for this resistance management success using evolutionary models to consider factors expected to accelerate resistance, and those expected to delay resistance. Low initial adoption rates and the EU policy decision to replace Event 176 with MON 810 Bt maize were key to delaying resistance evolution. Model results suggest that if refuge compliance continues at the present 90%, Bt maize might be used sustainably in northeast Spain for at least 20 more years before resistance might occur. However, obtaining good estimates of the present R allele frequency and level of local assortative mating are crucial to reduce uncertainty about the future success of resistance management.
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- Pedro Castañera
- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 219 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Ave., Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108, United States of America
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Coates BS, Siegfried BD. Linkage of an ABCC transporter to a single QTL that controls Ostrinia nubilalis larval resistance to the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Fa toxin. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 63:86-96. [PMID: 26093031 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Revised: 06/02/2015] [Accepted: 06/04/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Field evolved resistance of insect populations to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crystalline (Cry) toxins expressed by crop plants has resulted in reduced control of insect feeding damage to field crops, and threatens the sustainability of Bt transgenic technologies. A single quantitative trait locus (QTL) that determines resistance in Ostrinia nubilalis larvae capable of surviving on reproductive stage transgenic corn that express the Bt Cry1Fa toxin was previously mapped to linkage group 12 (LG12) in a backcross pedigree. Fine mapping with high-throughput single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) anchor markers, a candidate ABC transporter (abcc2) marker, and de novo mutations predicted from a genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) data redefined a 268.8 cM LG12. The single QTL on LG12 spanned an approximate 46.1 cM region, in which marker 02302.286 and abcc2 were ≤ 2.81 cM, and the GBS marker 697 was an estimated 1.89 cM distant from the causal genetic factor. This positional mapping data showed that an O. nubilalis genome region encoding an abcc2 transporter is in proximity to a single QTL involved in the inheritance of Cry1F resistance, and will assist in the future identification the mutation(s) involved with this phenotype.
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- Brad S Coates
- USDA-ARS, Corn Insects & Crop Genetics Research Unit, Genetics Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
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Nanoth Vellichirammal N, Wang H, Eyun SI, Moriyama EN, Coates BS, Miller NJ, Siegfried BD. Transcriptional analysis of susceptible and resistant European corn borer strains and their response to Cry1F protoxin. BMC Genomics 2015. [PMID: 26220297 PMCID: PMC4518661 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1751-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Despite a number of recent reports of insect resistance to transgenic crops expressing insecticidal toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), little is known about the mechanism of resistance to these toxins. The purpose of this study is to identify genes associated with the mechanism of Cry1F toxin resistance in European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner). For this, we compared the global transcriptomic response of laboratory selected resistant and susceptible O. nubilalis strain to Cry1F toxin. We further identified constitutive transcriptional differences between the two strains. Results An O. nubilalis midgut transcriptome of 36,125 transcripts was assembled de novo from 106 million Illumina HiSeq and Roche 454 reads and used as a reference for estimation of differential gene expression analysis. Evaluation of gene expression profiles of midgut tissues from the Cry1F susceptible and resistant strains after toxin exposure identified a suite of genes that responded to the toxin in the susceptible strain (n = 1,654), but almost 20-fold fewer in the resistant strain (n = 84). A total of 5,455 midgut transcripts showed significant constitutive expression differences between Cry1F susceptible and resistant strains. Transcripts coding for previously identified Cry toxin receptors, cadherin and alkaline phosphatase and proteases were also differentially expressed in the midgut of the susceptible and resistant strains. Conclusions Our current study provides a valuable resource for further molecular characterization of Bt resistance and insect response to Cry1F toxin in O. nubilalis and other pest species. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1751-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
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- Center for Biotechnology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
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- School of Biological Sciences and Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
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- USDA-ARS, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, IA, USA.
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- Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
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- Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
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Zhao C, Jurat-Fuentes JL, Abdelgaffar HM, Pan H, Song F, Zhang J. Identification of a New cry1I-Type Gene as a Candidate for Gene Pyramiding in Corn To Control Ostrinia Species Larvae. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 81:3699-705. [PMID: 25795679 PMCID: PMC4421046 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00379-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pyramiding of diverse cry toxin genes from Bacillus thuringiensis with different modes of action is a desirable strategy to delay the evolution of resistance in the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis). Considering the dependency of susceptibility to Cry toxins on toxin binding to receptors in the midgut of target pests, a diverse mode of action is commonly defined as recognition of unique binding sites in the target insect. In this study, we present a novel cry1Ie toxin gene (cry1Ie2) as a candidate for pyramiding with Cry1Ab or Cry1Fa in corn to control Ostrinia species larvae. The new toxin gene encodes an 81-kDa protein that is processed to a protease-resistant core form of approximately 55 kDa by trypsin digestion. The purified protoxin displayed high toxicity to Ostrinia furnacalis and O. nubilalis larvae but low to no activity against Spodoptera or heliothine species or the coleopteran Tenebrio molitor. Results of binding assays with (125)I-labeled Cry1Ab toxin and brush border membrane vesicles from O. nubilalis larvae demonstrated that Cry1Ie2 does not recognize the Cry1Ab binding sites in that insect. Reciprocal competition binding assays with biotin-labeled Cry1Ie2 confirmed the lack of shared sites with Cry1Ab or Cry1Fa in O. nubilalis brush border membrane vesicles. These data support Cry1Ie2 as a good candidate for pyramiding with Cry1Ab or Cry1Fa in corn to increase the control of O. nubilalis and reduce the risk of resistance evolution.
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- Can Zhao
- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Binding analysis of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1 proteins in the sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). J Invertebr Pathol 2015; 127:32-4. [PMID: 25736726 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2015.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Revised: 12/12/2014] [Accepted: 01/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis, F.) is an important corn pest in South America and United States. The aim of the present study was to analyze the susceptibility and binding interactions of three Cry1A proteins and Cry1Fa in a Brazilian D. saccharalis population. The results showed that Cry1Ab was the most active, followed by Cry1Ac, Cry1Fa and Cry1Aa. All Cry1-biotinylated proteins tested bound specifically to the D. saccharalis brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV). Heterologous competition assays showed shared binding sites for all Cry1A proteins and another one shared by Cry1Fa and Cry1Ab. Thus, pyramiding Cry1Aa/Cry1Ac and Cry1F proteins would be a recommended strategy for managing this pest.
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Different binding sites for Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ba and Cry9Ca proteins in the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner). J Invertebr Pathol 2014; 120:1-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2014.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Revised: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Tajne S, Boddupally D, Sadumpati V, Vudem DR, Khareedu VR. Synthetic fusion-protein containing domains of Bt Cry1Ac and Allium sativum lectin (ASAL) conferred enhanced insecticidal activity against major lepidopteran pests. J Biotechnol 2014; 171:71-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2013.11.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Revised: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Li N, Wang J, Han H, Huang L, Shao F, Li X. Intravital imaging of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A toxin binding sites in the midgut of silkworm. Anal Biochem 2014; 447:90-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2013.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2013] [Revised: 10/25/2013] [Accepted: 11/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Ai B, Li J, Feng D, Li F, Guo S. The elimination of DNA from the Cry toxin-DNA complex is a necessary step in the mode of action of the Cry8 toxin. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81335. [PMID: 24324685 PMCID: PMC3852532 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Several crystal (Cry) proteins are known to occur as DNA-protein complexes. However, the role of the DNA associated with the activated toxin in the mechanism of action of the Cry toxin has long been ignored. Here, we focused on the DNA-activated Cry toxin complex. Both forms of the Cry8Ca2 and Cry8Ea1 toxins, i.e., with or without bound DNA, were separately obtained. Size-exclusion chromatography analysis indicated that the Cry8Ca2 toxin-DNA complex has a tight or compact structure. The Cry8Ca2 toxin-DNA complex is more likely to move toward the air/water interface and is more hydrophobic than the toxin without DNA. Competitive binding assays indicated that the Cry8Ca2 and Cry8Ea1 toxins without DNA specifically bind to the midgut of Anomala corpulenta and Holotrichia parallela larvae, respectively. In contrast, the association of DNA with each toxin might result in the nonspecific recognition of the Cry toxin and its target receptor in the insect midgut. The association of the DNA fragment with the Cry8 toxin was shown to protect the Cry protein from digestion by proteases. Based on our results, we propose an additional step in the mechanism of action of the Cry8 toxin and elucidate the function of the associated DNA as well as the importance of the removal of this DNA for the insecticidal activity of the toxin.
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- Bingjie Ai
- School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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Coates BS, Sumerford DV, Siegfried BD, Hellmich RL, Abel CA. Unlinked genetic loci control the reduced transcription of aminopeptidase N 1 and 3 in the European corn borer and determine tolerance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 43:1152-1160. [PMID: 24121099 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2013] [Revised: 09/03/2013] [Accepted: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Transgenic expression of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crystalline (Cry) toxins by crop plants result in reduced insect feeding damage, but sustainability is threatened by the development of resistance traits in target insect populations. We investigated Bt toxin resistance trait in a laboratory colony of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, selected for increased survival when exposed to Cry1Ab and correlated survival on Cry1Ab toxin with a constitutive ∼146.2 ± 17.3-fold reduction in midgut aminopeptidase N1 (apn1) transcript levels. A 7.1 ± 1.9-fold reduction apn3 transcript level was also correlated with Cry1Ab resistance. Quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping identified a single major genome region controlling Cry1Ab resistance on linkage group 24 (LG24), and a minor QTL on LG27. Both QTL were independent of apn1 and apn3 loci on LG02. Positional mapping identified genetic markers that may assist in the identification of causal gene(s) within QTL intervals. This study indicates that genetic factor(s) may act in trans to reduce both apn1 and apn3 expression in Cry1Ab resistant O. nubilalis larvae, and suggest that gene regulatory pathways can influence Bt resistance traits. These findings show that gene interactions (epistasis) may influence Bt resistance in target insect populations.
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- Brad S Coates
- USDA-ARS, Corn Insect and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Genetics Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
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Crava CM, Bel Y, Jakubowska AK, Ferré J, Escriche B. Midgut aminopeptidase N isoforms from Ostrinia nubilalis: activity characterization and differential binding to Cry1Ab and Cry1Fa proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 43:924-935. [PMID: 23933214 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Revised: 07/23/2013] [Accepted: 07/29/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Aminopeptidase N (APN) isoforms from Lepidoptera are known for their involvement in the mode of action of insecticidal Cry proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis. These enzymes belong to a protein family with at least eight different members that are expressed simultaneously in the midgut of lepidopteran larvae. Here, we focus on the characterization of the APNs from Ostrinia nubilalis (OnAPNs) to identify potential Cry receptors. We expressed OnAPNs in insect cells using a baculovirus system and analyzed their enzymatic activity by probing substrate specificity and inhibitor susceptibility. The interaction with Cry1Ab and Cry1Fa proteins (both found in transgenic insect-resistant maize) was evaluated by ligand blot assays and immunocytochemistry. Ligand blots of brush border membrane proteins showed that both Cry proteins bound mainly to a 150 kDa-band, in which OnAPNs were greatly represented. Binding analysis of Cry proteins to the cell-expressed OnAPNs showed that OnAPN1 interacted with both Cry1Ab and Cry1Fa, whereas OnAPN3a and OnAPN8 only bound to Cry1Fa. Two isoforms, OnAPN2 and OnAPN3b, did not interact with any of these two proteins. This work provides the first evidence of a differential role of OnAPN isoforms in the mode of action of Cry proteins in O. nubilalis.
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- Cristina M Crava
- Department of Genetics, University of Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain.
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Receptors and Lethal Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis Insecticidal Crystal Proteins to the Anticarsia gemmatalis (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). ISRN MICROBIOLOGY 2013; 2013:940284. [PMID: 24195006 PMCID: PMC3806131 DOI: 10.1155/2013/940284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bioassays with insecticidal crystal proteins (ICPs) from Bacillus thuringiensis have demonstrated that Cry1Aa, Cry1Ac, and Cry1Ba are the most active toxins on larvae of the Anticarsia gemmatalis. The toxins Cry1Da and Cry1Ea are less toxic, and toxins Cry2Aa are not active. Binding of these ICPs to midgut sections of the A. gemmatalis larvae was studied using streptavidin-mediated detection. The observed staining patterns showed that Cry1Aa and Cry1Ac bound to the brush border throughout the whole length of the midgut. However, the binding sites of Cry1Ba were not evenly distributed in the midgut microvilli. The in vivo assays against larvae of 2nd instar A. gemmatalis confirmed the results from the in vitro binding studies. These binding data correspond well with the bioassay results, demonstrating a correlation between receptors binding and toxicity of the tested ICPs in this insect.
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Tan SY, Cayabyab BF, Alcantara EP, Huang F, He K, Nickerson KW, Siegfried BD. Comparative binding of Cry1Ab and Cry1F Bacillus thuringiensis toxins to brush border membrane proteins from Ostrinia nubilalis, Ostrinia furnacalis and Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) midgut tissue. J Invertebr Pathol 2013; 114:234-40. [PMID: 23999243 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2013.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2012] [Revised: 07/31/2013] [Accepted: 08/19/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The European (Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner) and Asian corn borers (Ostrinia furnacalis Guenée) are closely related and display similar sensitivity to Cry1 toxins. In this study, we compared the binding patterns of Cry1Ab and Cry1F toxins between both Ostrinia spp., as well as the expression of putative cadherin- and aminopeptidase-N (APN)-like protein receptors. Additionally, cDNA sequences of these putative toxin receptors from both Ostrinia species were compared. Ligand blots for both species indicated a similar binding pattern for Cry1Ab with the strongest immunoreactive band at 260 kDa in both species. In addition, similar expression of the putative cadherin- and APN-like protein receptors were observed at 260 and 135 kDa, respectively. A high degree of similarity (98% amino acid sequence identity) of cDNA sequences for both putative receptor sequences was observed. The Cry1F ligand blot revealed that O. furnacalis and O. nubilalis BBMV exhibited slightly different binding patterns, with strong binding to putative proteins at 150 and 140 kDa, respectively. Both proteins appeared to also bind Cry1Ab, although the signal intensity was much reduced with Cry1Ab. O. furnacalis showed an additional but weaker band at 210 kDa relative to the 150 kDa band. Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius), which was used as an outgroup species, exhibited different binding patterns than either Ostrinia species, with both Cry1Ab and Cry1F toxins binding to a 210 kDa protein. These results support the previous experiments indicating that O. nubilalis and O. furnacalis share similar patterns of susceptibility to Cry toxins.
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- Sek Yee Tan
- Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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Hernández-Rodríguez CS, Hernández-Martínez P, Van Rie J, Escriche B, Ferré J. Shared midgut binding sites for Cry1A.105, Cry1Aa, Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac and Cry1Fa proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis in two important corn pests, Ostrinia nubilalis and Spodoptera frugiperda. PLoS One 2013; 8:e68164. [PMID: 23861865 PMCID: PMC3702569 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2012] [Accepted: 05/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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First generation of insect-protected transgenic corn (Bt-corn) was based on the expression of Cry1Ab or Cry1Fa proteins. Currently, the trend is the combination of two or more genes expressing proteins that bind to different targets. In addition to broadening the spectrum of action, this strategy helps to delay the evolution of resistance in exposed insect populations. One of such examples is the combination of Cry1A.105 with Cry1Fa and Cry2Ab to control O. nubilalis and S. frugiperda. Cry1A.105 is a chimeric protein with domains I and II and the C-terminal half of the protein from Cry1Ac, and domain III almost identical to Cry1Fa. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the chimeric Cry1A.105 has shared binding sites either with Cry1A proteins, with Cry1Fa, or with both, in O. nubilalis and in S. frugiperda. Brush-border membrane vesicles (BBMV) from last instar larval midguts were used in competition binding assays with (125)I-labeled Cry1A.105, Cry1Ab, and Cry1Fa, and unlabeled Cry1A.105, Cry1Aa, Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac, Cry1Fa, Cry2Ab and Cry2Ae. The results showed that Cry1A.105, Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac and Cry1Fa competed with high affinity for the same binding sites in both insect species. However, Cry2Ab and Cry2Ae did not compete for the binding sites of Cry1 proteins. Therefore, according to our results, the development of cross-resistance among Cry1Ab/Ac, Cry1A.105, and Cry1Fa proteins is possible in these two insect species if the alteration of shared binding sites occurs. Conversely, cross-resistance between these proteins and Cry2A proteins is very unlikely in such case.
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- Departamento de Genética, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
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Afidchao MM, Musters CJM, de Snoo GR. Asian corn borer (ACB) and non-ACB pests in GM corn (Zea mays L.) in the Philippines. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2013; 69:792-801. [PMID: 23401215 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2011] [Accepted: 12/11/2012] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Asian corn borer (ACB), Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée), has become the most damaging pest in corn in south-east Asia. Corn farmers in the Philippines have incurred great yield losses in the past decades because of ACB infestation. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and Bt herbicide-tolerant (BtHT) corns have been developed to reduce borer attacks worldwide. This study assessed the extent of ACB and non-ACB pest infestations in both GM and non-GM corn in Isabela Province, the Philippines. Specific aims were to reinvestigate the efficacy of Bt corn in controlling ACB, to evaluate what parts of Bt corn plants are susceptible to ACB, to monitor the potential development of ACB resistance and to evaluate whether secondary pests dominate in an ACB-free Bt corn environment. The study involved preparatory interviews with farmers, site selection, field scouting and visual inspection of 200 plants along 200 m transect lines through 198 cornfields. RESULTS Bt corn can efficiently reduce the ACB pest problem and reduce borer damage by 44%, to damage levels in Bt and BtHT corn of 6.8 and 7% respectively. The leaves of Bt corn were more susceptible, while cobs of Bt corn were less affected by ACB. Non-ACB pests were common in Bt toxin-free cornfields and reduced in non-GM cornfields where ACB was abundant. No secondary pest outbreaks were found in ACB-free Bt cornfields. CONCLUSION Bt and BtHT corn hybrids containing the Cry1Ab protein performed well in Isabela Province. Reduced cob damage by ACB on Bt fields could mean smaller economic losses even with ACB infestation. The occurrence of ACB in Bt and BtHT cornfields, although at a moderate and insignificant level, could imply the potential development of resistance to Bt toxin.
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- Miladis M Afidchao
- Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, The Netherlands.
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Zhang L, Huang F, Rogers Leonard B, Chen M, Clark T, Zhu YC, Wangila DS, Yang F, Niu Y. Susceptibility of Cry1Ab maize-resistant and -susceptible strains of sugarcane borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) to four individual Cry proteins. J Invertebr Pathol 2013; 112:267-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2012] [Revised: 12/03/2012] [Accepted: 12/15/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Qi Y, Chen L, He X, Jin Q, Zhang X, He Z. Marker-free, tissue-specific expression of Cry1Ab as a safe transgenic strategy for insect resistance in rice plants. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2013; 69:135-141. [PMID: 22927237 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2012] [Revised: 05/23/2012] [Accepted: 06/20/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rice is the major food resource for nearly half of the global population; however, insect infestation could severely affect the production of this staple food. To improve rice insect resistance and reduce the levels of Bt toxin released into the environment, the Cry1Ab gene was conjugated to the rice rbcS promoter to express Bt toxin in specific tissues of transgenic plants. RESULTS Eight marker-free, T(2) lines were separated from the T(0) cotransformants. Using RT-PCR, high levels of Cry1Ab expression were detected in the leaf but not in the seed. The Cry1Ab protein level ranged from 1.66 to 3.31 µg g(-1) in the leaves of four transgenic lines, but was barely detectable in their seeds by ELISA. Bioassays showed that the mortality rate of silkworm larvae feeding on mulberry leaves dipped in transgenic rice flour and pollen was less than that of the positive control (KMD), and that their average weight was higher than that of KMD, suggesting that the Cry1Ab protein was not expressed in the seed and pollen. CONCLUSION The transgene conferred a high level of resistance to insects and biosafety to the rice plants, which could be directly used in rice breeding.
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- Yongbin Qi
- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Science, Institute of Crops and Nuclear Technology Utilisation, Hangzhou, China
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Song P, Wang Q, Nangong Z, Su J, Ge D. Identification of Henosepilachna vigintioctomaculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) midgut putative receptor for Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal Cry7Ab3 toxin. J Invertebr Pathol 2012; 109:318-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2011] [Revised: 01/11/2012] [Accepted: 01/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A single major QTL controls expression of larval Cry1F resistance trait in Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and is independent of midgut receptor genes. Genetica 2011; 139:961-72. [DOI: 10.1007/s10709-011-9590-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2010] [Accepted: 06/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Crespo AL, Rodrigo-Simón A, Siqueira HA, Pereira EJ, Ferré J, Siegfried BD. Cross-resistance and mechanism of resistance to Cry1Ab toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis in a field-derived strain of European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis. J Invertebr Pathol 2011; 107:185-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2011.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2010] [Revised: 03/27/2011] [Accepted: 04/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Schmidt NR, Haywood JM, Bonning BC. Toward the physiological basis for increased Agrotis ipsilon multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus infection following feeding of Agrotis ipsilon larvae on transgenic corn expressing Cry1Fa2. J Invertebr Pathol 2009; 102:141-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2009] [Revised: 07/24/2009] [Accepted: 07/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pereira EJG, Siqueira HAA, Zhuang M, Storer NP, Siegfried BD. Measurements of Cry1F binding and activity of luminal gut proteases in susceptible and Cry1F resistant Ostrinia nubilalis larvae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). J Invertebr Pathol 2009; 103:1-7. [PMID: 19766122 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2009] [Revised: 07/24/2009] [Accepted: 08/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The biochemical mechanism of resistance to the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1F toxin was studied in a laboratory-selected strain of Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) showing more than 3000-fold resistance to Cry1F and limited cross resistance to other Cry toxins. Analyses of Cry1F binding to brush border membrane vesicles of midgut epithelia from susceptible and resistant larvae using ligand immunoblotting and Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) suggested that reduced binding of Cry1F to insect receptors was not associated with resistance. Additionally, no differences in activity of luminal gut proteases or altered proteolytic processing of the toxin were observed in the resistant strain. Considering these results along with previous evidence of relatively narrow spectrum of cross resistance and monogenic inheritance, the resistance mechanism in this Cry1F selected strain of O. nubilalis appears to be specific and may be distinct from previously identified resistance mechanisms reported in other Lepidoptera.
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- Eliseu J G Pereira
- Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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Coates BS, Sumerford DV, Hellmich RL, Lewis LC. Mining an Ostrinia nubilalis midgut expressed sequence tag (EST) library for candidate genes and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 17:607-620. [PMID: 19133073 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2008.00833.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Genes expressed in lepidopteran midgut tissues are involved in digestion and Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin resistance traits. Five hundred and thirty five unique transcripts were annotated from 1745 high quality O. nubilalis larval midgut expressed sequence tags (ESTs). Full-length cDNA sequence of 12 putative serine proteinase genes and 3 partial O. nubilalis aminopeptidase N protein genes, apn1, apn3, and apn4, were obtained, and genes may have roles in plant feeding and Bt toxin resistance traits of Ostrinia larvae. The EST library was not normalized and insert frequencies reflect transcript levels under the initial treatment conditions and redundancy of inserts from highly expressed transcripts allowed prediction of putative single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Ten di-, tri- or tetranucleotide repeat unit microsatellite loci were identified, and minisatellite repeats were observed within the C-termini of two encoded serine proteinases. Molecular markers showed polymorphism at 28 SNP loci and one microsatellite locus, and Mendelian inheritance indicated that markers were applicable to genome mapping applications. This O. nubilalis larval midgut EST collection is a resource for gene discovery, expression information, and allelic variation for use in genetic marker development.
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- B S Coates
- USDA-ARS, Corn Insect and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Genetics Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
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Coates BS, Sumerford DV, Lewis LC. Segregation of European Corn Borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, Aminopeptidase 1, Cadherin, and Bre5-Like Alleles, from a Colony Resistant to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab Toxins, are not Associated with F 2 Larval Weights when Fed a Diet Containing Cry1Ab. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE 2008; 8:21. [PMCID: PMC3061592 DOI: 10.1673/031.008.2101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2006] [Accepted: 06/20/2007] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Protein receptors may be required for activated Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins (Cry1Ab) to bind midgut epithelium prior to pore formation. Single nucleotide polymorphism markers from two Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) midgut peptide receptors, cadherin (OnCad), aminopeptidase N 1 (OnAPN1), and OnBre5 (Onb3GalT5; a β-1,3-galactosyltransferase family 5 member) were used to examine segregation in F2 families derived from paired matings of Cry1Ab-resistant females and Cry1Ab-susceptible males. Genotypic frequencies for these markers did not deviate from Mendelian expectations. Analysis of F2 larvae indicate the segregation of single nucleotide pores in OnAPN1, OnBre5 (Onb3GalT5), and OnCad marker loci were independent of the segregation of logio weights of larvae feeding on Cry1Ab diet.
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- Brad S. Coates
- USDA-ARS, Corn Insect and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Genetics Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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- USDA-ARS, Corn Insect and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Genetics Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
- Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011
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- USDA-ARS, Corn Insect and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Genetics Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
- Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011
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Aimanova KG, Zhuang M, Gill SS. Expression of Cry1Ac cadherin receptors in insect midgut and cell lines. J Invertebr Pathol 2006; 92:178-87. [PMID: 16797582 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2006.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2005] [Accepted: 02/06/2006] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Cadherin-like proteins have been identified as putative receptors for the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A proteins in Heliothis virescens and Manduca sexta. Immunohistochemistry showed the cadherin-like proteins are present in the insect midgut apical membrane, which is the target site of Cry toxins. This subcellular localization is distinct from that of classical cadherins, which are usually present in cell-cell junctions. Immunoreactivity of the cadherin-like protein in the insect midgut was enhanced by Cry1Ac ingestion. We also generated a stable cell line Flp-InT-REX-293/Full-CAD (CAD/293) that expressed the H. virescens cadherin. As expected, the cadherin-like protein was mainly localized in the cell membrane. Interestingly, toxin treatment of CAD/293 cells caused this protein to relocalize to cell membrane subdomains. In addition, expression of H. virescens cadherin-like protein affects cell-cell contact and cell membrane integrity when the cells are exposed to activated Cry1Ab/Cry1Ac.
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- Karlygash G Aimanova
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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González-Cabrera J, Farinós GP, Caccia S, Díaz-Mendoza M, Castañera P, Leonardi MG, Giordana B, Ferré J. Toxicity and mode of action of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry proteins in the Mediterranean corn borer, Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefebvre). Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:2594-600. [PMID: 16597962 PMCID: PMC1449080 DOI: 10.1128/aem.72.4.2594-2600.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Sesamia nonagrioides is one of the most damaging pests of corn in Spain and other Mediterranean countries. Bt corn expressing the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin is being grown on about 58,000 ha in Spain. Here we studied the mode of action of this Cry protein on S. nonagrioides (binding to specific receptors, stability of binding, and pore formation) and the modes of action of other Cry proteins that were found to be active in this work (Cry1Ac, Cry1Ca, and Cry1Fa). Binding assays were performed with (125)I- or biotin-labeled toxins and larval brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV). Competition experiments indicated that these toxins bind specifically and that Cry1Aa, Cry1Ab, and Cry1Ac share a binding site. Cry1Ca and Cry1Fa bind to different sites. In addition, Cry1Fa binds to Cry1A's binding site with very low affinity and vice versa. Binding of Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac was found to be stable over time, which indicates that the observed binding is irreversible. The pore-forming activity of Cry proteins on BBMV was determined using the voltage-sensitive fluorescent dye DiSC(3)(5). Membrane permeability increased in the presence of the active toxins Cry1Ab and Cry1Fa but not in the presence of the nonactive toxin Cry1Da. In terms of resistance management, based on our results and the fact that Cry1Ca is not toxic to Ostrinia nubilalis, we recommend pyramiding of Cry1Ab with Cry1Fa in the same Bt corn plant for better long-term control of corn borers.
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- Joel González-Cabrera
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de CC. Biológicas, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100-Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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Molecular approaches for identification and construction of novel insecticidal genes for crop protection. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-005-9027-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hernández CS, Ferré J. Common receptor for Bacillus thuringiensis toxins Cry1Ac, Cry1Fa, and Cry1Ja in Helicoverpa armigera, Helicoverpa zea, and Spodoptera exigua. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:5627-9. [PMID: 16151165 PMCID: PMC1214606 DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.9.5627-5629.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Binding studies using (125)I-Cry1Ac and biotinylated Cry1Fa toxins indicate the occurrence of a common receptor for Cry1Ac, Cry1Fa, and Cry1Ja in Helicoverpa armigera, Helicoverpa zea, and Spodoptera exigua. Our results, along with previous binding data and the observed cases of cross-resistance, suggest that this pattern seems to be widespread among lepidopteran species.
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- Carmen Sara Hernández
- Departament de Genètica, Universitat de València, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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