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Afzal MBS, Ijaz M, Abbas N, Shad SA, Serrão JE. Resistance of Lepidopteran Pests to Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins: Evidence of Field and Laboratory Evolved Resistance and Cross-Resistance, Mode of Resistance Inheritance, Fitness Costs, Mechanisms Involved and Management Options. Toxins (Basel) 2024; 16:315. [PMID: 39057955 PMCID: PMC11281168 DOI: 10.3390/toxins16070315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2024] [Revised: 07/07/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins are potential alternatives to synthetic insecticides for the control of lepidopteran pests. However, the evolution of resistance in some insect pest populations is a threat and can reduce the effectiveness of Bt toxins. In this review, we summarize the results of 161 studies from 20 countries reporting field and laboratory-evolved resistance, cross-resistance, and inheritance, mechanisms, and fitness costs of resistance to different Bt toxins. The studies refer mainly to insects from the United States of America (70), followed by China (31), Brazil (19), India (12), Malaysia (9), Spain (3), and Australia (3). The majority of the studies revealed that most of the pest populations showed susceptibility and a lack of cross-resistance to Bt toxins. Factors that delay resistance include recessive inheritance of resistance, the low initial frequency of resistant alleles, increased fitness costs, abundant refuges of non-Bt, and pyramided Bt crops. The results of field and laboratory resistance, cross-resistance, and inheritance, mechanisms, and fitness cost of resistance are advantageous for predicting the threat of future resistance and making effective strategies to sustain the effectiveness of Bt crops.
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- Muhammad Babar Shahzad Afzal
- Beekeeping & Hill Fruit Pests Research Station, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan;
- Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan;
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- Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan;
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- Pesticides and Environmental Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan;
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- Department of General Biology, Federal University of Vicosa, Vicosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil;
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Lima Neto JE, da Solidade Ribeiro LM, de Siqueira HÁA. Inheritance and Fitness of Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) Resistance to Chlorfenapyr. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 2021; 114:875-884. [PMID: 33479776 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toaa299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), is a key pest of Brassicaceae worldwide. Populations have globally evolved resistance to various insecticides including chlorfenapyr, which was observed at high frequency in Brazil. We report the genetic characterization and fitness costs associated with chlorfenapyr resistance in a field-derived strain. The resistant strain (BZR-RR) and a susceptible strain (REC-SS) were used in both concentration-response bioassays and demography-based approach. Inheritance pattern of chlorfenapyr resistance was determined by conducting reciprocal crosses between susceptible and resistant strains, and by backcrossing. Next, life table analysis for the susceptible, heterozygotes, and resistant strains was performed to assess eventual fitness costs associated with chlorfenapyr resistance. Resistance of P. xylostella (BZR-RR) strain to chlorfenapyr was very high (RR50 = 421.58-fold) and also autosomal (no differences between reciprocal crosses), monofactorial and incompletely dominant (F1 pool DD = 0.26 ± 0.14). Dominance (h) was concentration dependent with 16 mg/l allowing at least 95% survival of the resistant heterozygotes. Recessive fitness cost was observed to be associated with resistance to chlorfenapyr. The relative fitness of heterozygotes (RS) and resistant homozygotes (BZR-RR) in comparison to the susceptible strain (REC-SS) was 0.91 and 0.23, respectively. Significant differences were found for many fitness components in the resistant homozygotes. Altogether, results suggest a rational use of chlorfenapyr in areas where susceptible populations still prevail, in parallel with the use of diagnostic concentrations (e. g., 20 mg chlorfenapyr/l), and rotation with different mode of actions, for which fitness costs of resistance are nonrecessive in P. xylostella.
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- Jaconias Escócio Lima Neto
- Departamento de Agronomia-Entomologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE, Brazil
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Khan HAA. Permethrin resistance associated with inherited genes in a near-isogenic line of Musca domestica. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2021; 77:963-969. [PMID: 32985790 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 09/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Permethrin has been used frequently in the control of Musca domestica worldwide including Pakistan, with reports of resistance development in different field strains. A near-isogenic line of M. domestica with permethrin resistance (Perm-R) was constructed to elucidate mode of inheritance and cross-resistance analyses. RESULTS Toxicity responses of reciprocal progenies F1 and F1' showed no significant difference in median lethal dose (LD50 ) values, suggesting that permethrin resistance was inherited in an autosomal fashion with neither sex linkage nor maternal effects in the Perm-R strain of M. domestica. Degree of dominance was 0.6 and 0.7 for F1 and F1' progenies, respectively, which suggests that permethrin resistance was expressed as an incompletely dominant trait. Chi-square analyses for self-bred (F2), and backcross progenies (BC1, BC2, BC3 and BC4) revealed significant differences between the observed and expected mortality, indicating the possibility of multiple genes responsible for permethrin resistance. Moreover, the Perm-R strain did not show cross-resistance to propoxur, chlorpyrifos, profenofos or spinetoram. CONCLUSION Permethrin resistance in the Perm-R strain of M. domestica was inherited as autosomal, incompletely dominant and governed by more than one gene. Lack of cross-resistance between permethrin and propoxur, chlorpyrifos, profenofos or spinetoram provides an opportunity for rotational use of these insecticides in the control of M. domestica. These data could help to manage M. domestica and the problem of permethrin resistance.
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Lawrie RD, Mitchell III RD, Deguenon JM, Ponnusamy L, Reisig D, Pozo-Valdivia AD, Kurtz RW, Roe RM. Multiple Known Mechanisms and a Possible Role of an Enhanced Immune System in Bt-Resistance in a Field Population of the Bollworm, Helicoverpa zea: Differences in Gene Expression with RNAseq. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E6528. [PMID: 32906662 PMCID: PMC7555151 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21186528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Several different agricultural insect pests have developed field resistance to Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) proteins (ex. Cry1Ac, Cry1F, etc.) expressed in crops, including corn and cotton. In the bollworm, Helicoverpa zea, resistance levels are increasing; recent reports in 2019 show up to 1000-fold levels of resistance to Cry1Ac, a major insecticidal protein in Bt-crops. A common method to analyze global differences in gene expression is RNA-seq. This technique was used to measure differences in global gene expression between a Bt-susceptible and Bt-resistant strain of the bollworm, where the differences in susceptibility to Cry1Ac insecticidal proteins were 100-fold. We found expected gene expression differences based on our current understanding of the Bt mode of action, including increased expression of proteases (trypsins and serine proteases) and reduced expression of Bt-interacting receptors (aminopeptidases and cadherins) in resistant bollworms. We also found additional expression differences for transcripts that were not previously investigated, i.e., transcripts from three immune pathways-Jak/STAT, Toll, and IMD. Immune pathway receptors (ex. PGRPs) and the IMD pathway demonstrated the highest differences in expression. Our analysis suggested that multiple mechanisms are involved in the development of Bt-resistance, including potentially unrecognized pathways.
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- Roger D. Lawrie
- Department of Biology/Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Program, 850 Main Campus Dr, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA;
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Campus Box 7647, 3230 Ligon Street, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; (J.M.D.); (L.P.)
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- Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insects Research Laboratory Genomics Center, 2700 Fredericksburg Road, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Kerrville, TX 78028, USA;
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Campus Box 7647, 3230 Ligon Street, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; (J.M.D.); (L.P.)
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Campus Box 7647, 3230 Ligon Street, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; (J.M.D.); (L.P.)
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Vernon G. James Research & Extension Center, 207 Research Station Road, Plymouth, NC 27962, USA; (D.R.); (A.D.P.-V.)
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Vernon G. James Research & Extension Center, 207 Research Station Road, Plymouth, NC 27962, USA; (D.R.); (A.D.P.-V.)
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- Cotton Incorporated, 6399 Weston Parkway, Cary, NC 27513, USA;
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- Department of Biology/Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Program, 850 Main Campus Dr, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA;
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Campus Box 7647, 3230 Ligon Street, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; (J.M.D.); (L.P.)
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Zhu Q, Yang Y, Zhong Y, Lao Z, O'Neill P, Hong D, Zhang K, Zhao S. Synthesis, insecticidal activity, resistance, photodegradation and toxicity of pyrethroids (A review). CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 254:126779. [PMID: 32957265 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Pyrethroids are a class of highly effective, broad-spectrum, less toxic, biodegradable synthetic pesticides. However, despite the extremely wide application of pyrethroids, there are many problems, such as insecticide resistance, lethal/sub-lethal toxicity to mammals, aquatic organisms or other beneficial organisms. The objectives of this review were to cover the main structures, synthesis, steroisomers, mechanisms of action, anti-mosquito activities, resistance, photodegradation and toxicities of pyrethroids. That was to provide a reference for synthesizing or screening novel pyrethroids with low insecticide resistance and low toxicity to beneficial organisms, evaluating the environmental pollution of pyrethroids and its metabolites. Besides, pyrethroids are mainly used for the control of vectors such as insects, and the non-target organisms are mammals, aquatic organisms etc. While maintaining the insecticidal activity is important, its toxic effects on non-target organisms should be also considered. Pyrethroid resistance is present not only in insect mosquitoes but also in environmental microorganisms, which results in anti-pyrethroids resistance (APR) strains. Besides, photodegradation product dibenzofurans is harmful to mammals and environment. Additionally, pyrethroid metabolites may have higher hormonal interference than the parents. Particularly, delivery of pyrethroids in nanoform can reduce the discharge of more toxic substances (such as organic solvents, etc.) to the environment.
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- Qiuyan Zhu
- School of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, L3 5QA, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Chemistry, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, L3 5QA, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
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- School of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China; Faculty of Biotechnology and Health, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, 529020, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
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Xu J, Wang Z, Wang Y, Ma H, Zhu H, Liu J, Zhou Y, Deng X, Zhou X. ABCC2 participates in the resistance of Plutella xylostella to chemical insecticides. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 162:52-59. [PMID: 31836054 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2019.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The ABCC2 protein of Plutella xylostella is an important target of Cry1A toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), but whether this protein is involved in the resistance of P. xylostella to other insecticides remains unclear. In this study, the abcc2 gene of P. xylostella was cloned and the expression levels of Pxabcc2 in susceptible and resistant strains were investigated. ABCC2 was found to be expressed 3.2-6.7-fold higher in the resistant strain than in the susceptible strain; in the surviving P. xylostella, ABCC2 levels were significantly higher when treated with indoxacarb, avermectin, and beta-cypermethrin. We constructed a stable ABCC2-expressing HEK-293 cell line to reveal the contribution of ABCC2 to insecticide resistance. The avermectin and chlorfenapyr sensitivities of the stably-transfected cell line were significantly lower than those of the control cells. The intracellular avermectin concentration was significantly lower in the stably-transfected cell line than in the control cells after four hours of exposure. This study shows that up-regulated ABCC2 expression is related to insecticide resistance in P. xylostella. Moreover, we used RNA interference technology to reduce ABCC2 levels in P. xylostella. Down-regulating ABCC2 expression did not significantly affect avermectin or chlorfenapyr resistance in P. xylostella. We speculate that increased ABCC2 expression can enhance metabolic resistance in P. xylostella. This study also provides new insights into cross-resistance between B. thuringiensis toxins and chemical insecticides.
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- Jie Xu
- College of Plant Protection, Graduate School of Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Hunan Province Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Graduate School of Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Hunan Province Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China.
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- Hunan Province Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- Hunan Province Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- Hunan Province Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- Hunan Province Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
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- Hunan Province Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China; College of Plant Protection, Graduate School of Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
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The role of midgut nonspecific esterase in the susceptibility of Galleria mellonella larvae to Bacillus thuringiensis. J Invertebr Pathol 2019; 166:107208. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2019.107208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2019] [Revised: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Lourenço AM, Haddi K, Ribeiro BM, Corrêia RFT, Tomé HVV, Santos-Amaya O, Pereira EJG, Guedes RNC, Santos GR, Oliveira EE, Aguiar RWS. Essential oil of Siparuna guianensis as an alternative tool for improved lepidopteran control and resistance management practices. Sci Rep 2018; 8:7215. [PMID: 29740112 PMCID: PMC5940754 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-25721-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Although the cultivation of transgenic plants expressing toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) represents a successful pest management strategy, the rapid evolution of resistance to Bt plants in several lepidopteran pests has threatened the sustainability of this practice. By exhibiting a favorable safety profile and allowing integration with pest management initiatives, plant essential oils have become relevant pest control alternatives. Here, we assessed the potential of essential oils extracted from a Neotropical plant, Siparuna guianensis Aublet, for improving the control and resistance management of key lepidopteran pests (i.e., Spodoptera frugiperda and Anticarsia gemmatalis). The essential oil exhibited high toxicity against both lepidopteran pest species (including an S. frugiperda strain resistant to Cry1A.105 and Cry2Ab Bt toxins). This high insecticidal activity was associated with necrotic and apoptotic effects revealed by in vitro assays with lepidopteran (but not human) cell lines. Furthermore, deficits in reproduction (e.g., egg-laying deterrence and decreased egg viability), larval development (e.g., feeding inhibition) and locomotion (e.g., individual and grouped larvae walking activities) were recorded for lepidopterans sublethally exposed to the essential oil. Thus, by similarly and efficiently controlling lepidopteran strains susceptible and resistant to Bt toxins, the S. guianensis essential oil represents a promising management tool against key lepidopteran pests.
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- Adriano M Lourenço
- Departamento de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal de Tocantins, Gurupi, TO, 77413-070, Brazil
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- Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, DF, 70910-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal de Tocantins, Gurupi, TO, 77413-070, Brazil.,Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, DF, 70910-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil.,EAG Laboratories, 13709 Progress Blvd #24 Suite S163, Alachua-FL, 32615, USA
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- Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal de Tocantins, Gurupi, TO, 77413-070, Brazil
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- Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal de Tocantins, Gurupi, TO, 77413-070, Brazil.
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Crickmore N. Bacillus thuringiensis resistance in Plutella - too many trees? CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2016; 15:84-8. [PMID: 27436736 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2016.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Revised: 03/10/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Plutella xylostella was the first insect for which resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis was reported in the field, yet despite many studies on the nature of this resistance phenotype its genetic and molecular basis remains elusive. Many different factors have been proposed as contributing to resistance, although in many cases it has not been possible to establish a causal link. Indeed, there are so many studies published that it has become very difficult to 'see the wood for the trees'. This article will attempt to clarify our current understanding of Bt resistance in P. xylostella and consider the criteria that are used when validating a particular model.
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- Neil Crickmore
- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK.
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Dai R, Su X, Jin X, Zhang J, Guan X, Chen C, Shu C, Huang T. Cloning, Expression, Purification, and Insecticidal Activity of a Novel Cry1Na3 Toxin From Bacillus thuringiensis BRC-ZYR2. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 2016; 109:1064-1070. [PMID: 27170729 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tow031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Bacillus thuringiensis produces a variety of insecticidal crystal proteins (ICPs). Genome sequencing is a promising strategy for detecting and identifying B. thuringiensis ICPs, which are of great interest to the biocontrol field. In this study, a novel ICP gene was cloned from B. thuringiensis BRC-ZYR2 based on genomic data from 454 GS-FLX Titanium sequencing and an analysis of the results using the B. thuringiensis Toxin_Scanner ( http://bcam.hzaubmb.net/BtToxin_scanner/index.php ). cry1Na3 designated by the B. thuringiensis Toxin Nomenclature Committee, encoded a 601-amino acid, 68.0-kDa protein that exhibited 95% identity with Cry1Na1 and 99% identity with Cry1Na2. Cry1Na3 contained three conserved domains commonly found in three-domain ICPs. Cry1Na3 was toxic to Plutella xylostella (L.) and Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée), with LC 50 values of 3.69 μg/ml and 31.30 μg/ml, respectively. However, Laodelphax striatellus (Fallén) nymphs were unaffected when fed purified Cry1Na3 (250 μg/ml) in their diet. Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) and Colaphellus bowringi (Baly) larvae survived even when the concentration of Cry1Na3 protein reached 500 μg/ml. Cry1Na3 is a promising agent for the control of lepidopteran insect pests.
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Zhu YC, Blanco CA, Portilla M, Adamczyk J, Luttrell R, Huang F. Evidence of multiple/cross resistance to Bt and organophosphate insecticides in Puerto Rico population of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 122:15-21. [PMID: 26071802 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2015.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2014] [Revised: 12/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Fall armyworm (FAW) is a damaging pest of many economic crops. Long-term use of chemical control prompted resistance development to many insecticide classes. Many populations were found to be significantly less susceptible to major Bt toxins expressed in transgenic crops. In this study, a FAW strain collected from Puerto Rico (PR) with 7717-fold Cry1F-resistance was examined to determine if it had also developed multiple/cross resistance to non-Bt insecticides. Dose response assays showed that the PR strain developed 19-fold resistance to acephate. Besides having a slightly smaller larval body weight and length, PR also evolved a deep (2.8%) molecular divergence in mitochondrial oxidase subunit II. Further examination of enzyme activities in the midgut of PR larvae exhibited substantial decreases of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), aminopeptidase (APN), 1-NA- and 2-NA-specific esterase, trypsin, and chymotrypsin activities, and significant increases of PNPA-specific esterase and glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities. When enzyme preparations from the whole larval body were examined, all three esterase, GST, trypsin, and chymotrypsin activities were significantly elevated in the PR strain, while ALP and APN activities were not significantly different from those of susceptible strain. Data indicated that multiple/cross resistances may have developed in the PR strain to both Bt toxins and conventional insecticides. Consistently reduced ALP provided evidence to support an ALP-mediated Bt resistance mechanism. Esterases and GSTs may be associated with acephate resistance through elevated metabolic detoxification. Further studies are needed to clarify whether and how esterases, GSTs, and other enzymes (such as P450s) are involved in cross resistance development to Bt and other insecticide classes.
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- USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Biotechnology Regulatory Services, Riverdale, MD 20737, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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Zhu X, Lei Y, Yang Y, Baxter SW, Li J, Wu Q, Wang S, Xie W, Guo Z, Fu W, Zhang Y. Construction and characterisation of near-isogenic Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) strains resistant to Cry1Ac toxin. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2015; 71:225-233. [PMID: 24687616 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2013] [Revised: 01/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/23/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Resistance to insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins has arisen in multiple populations of the worldwide Brassica pest Plutella xylostella (L.). To help elucidate the mechanism of resistance to Bt Cry1Ac toxin in a population from Florida, two pairs of near-isogenic lines (NILs) were developed. RESULTS NILs were generated using either backcross or recombinant inbred line methodologies and evaluated for near-isogenicity with inter-simple-sequence-repeat (ISSR) markers. Backcross line BC6F4 maintained a similar level of Cry1Ac resistance to parental strain DBM1Ac-R (>5000-fold) yet showed 98.24% genetic similarity to the susceptible parental strain DBM1Ac-S. Single-pair backcrosses between DBM1Ac-S and BC6F4 revealed that Cry1Ac resistance was controlled by one recessive autosomal locus. BC6F4 exhibited high levels of cross-resistance to Cry1Ab and Cry1Ah but not to Cry1Ca or Cry1Ie. CONCLUSION Near-isogenic strains were constructed to provide a reliable biological system to investigate the mechanism of Cry1Ac resistance in P. xylostella. These data suggest that resistance to Cry1Ac, Cry1Ab and Cry1Ah is probably caused by the alteration of a common receptor not recognised by Cry1Ca or Cry1Ie. Understanding Bt toxin cross-resistance provides valuable information to consider when developing pest control strategies to delay resistance evolution. © 2014 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Xun Zhu
- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China; Laboratory of Pesticide, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Després L, Stalinski R, Faucon F, Navratil V, Viari A, Paris M, Tetreau G, Poupardin R, Riaz MA, Bonin A, Reynaud S, David JP. Chemical and biological insecticides select distinct gene expression patterns in Aedes aegypti mosquito. Biol Lett 2014; 10:20140716. [PMID: 25540155 PMCID: PMC4298186 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 11/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Worldwide evolution of mosquito resistance to chemical insecticides represents a major challenge for public health, and the future of vector control largely relies on the development of biological insecticides that can be used in combination with chemicals (integrated management), with the expectation that populations already resistant to chemicals will not become readily resistant to biological insecticides. However, little is known about the metabolic pathways affected by selection with chemical or biological insecticides. Here we show that Aedes aegypti, a laboratory mosquito strain selected with a biological insecticide (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, Bti) evolved increased transcription of many genes coding for endopeptidases while most genes coding for detoxification enzymes were under-expressed. By contrast, in strains selected with chemicals, genes encoding detoxification enzymes were mostly over-expressed. In all the resistant strains, genes involved in immune response were under-transcribed, suggesting that basal immunity might be a general adjustment variable to compensate metabolic costs caused by insecticide selection. Bioassays generally showed no evidence for an increased susceptibility of selected strains towards the other insecticide type, and all chemical-resistant strains were as susceptible to Bti as the unselected parent strain, which is a good premise for sustainable integrated management of mosquito populations resistant to chemicals.
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- Laurence Després
- Université Grenoble-Alpes, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France CNRS, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France CNRS, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France CNRS, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France
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- Pôle Rhône-Alpes de Bioinformatique, Université de Lyon, Lyon 69000, France
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- INRIA Grenoble Rhône-Alpes, Montbonnot-Saint-Martin 38330, France
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France CNRS, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France CNRS, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France CNRS, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France CNRS, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France CNRS, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France CNRS, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France CNRS, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine UMR 5553, BP53, Grenoble 38041, France
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Oakeshott JG, Farnsworth CA, East PD, Scott C, Han Y, Wu Y, Russell RJ. How many genetic options for evolving insecticide resistance in heliothine and spodopteran pests? PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2013; 69:889-96. [PMID: 23526801 PMCID: PMC3818700 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Revised: 03/07/2013] [Accepted: 03/22/2013] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The widely accepted paradigm for the development of insecticide resistance in field populations of insects is of selection for one or a very few genes of major effect. Limited genetic mapping data for organophosphate and pyrethroid resistance in heliothine and spodopteran pests generally agrees with this paradigm. However, other biochemical and transcriptomic data suggest a more complex set of changes in multiple P450 and esterase gene/enzyme systems in resistant strains of these species. We discuss possible explanations for this paradox, including the likely embedding of these genes in regulatory cascades and emerging evidence for their arrangement in large clusters of closely related genes. We conclude that there could indeed be an unusually large number of genetic options for evolving resistance in these species.
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Furlong MJ, Wright DJ, Dosdall LM. Diamondback moth ecology and management: problems, progress, and prospects. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY 2013; 58:517-41. [PMID: 23020617 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120811-153605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 419] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Agricultural intensification and greater production of Brassica vegetable and oilseed crops over the past two decades have increased the pest status of the diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella L., and it is now estimated to cost the world economy US$4-5 billion annually. Our understanding of some fundamental aspects of DBM biology and ecology, particularly host plant relationships, tritrophic interactions, and migration, has improved considerably but knowledge of other aspects, e.g., its global distribution and relative abundance, remains surprisingly limited. Biological control still focuses almost exclusively on a few species of hymenopteran parasitoids. Although these can be remarkably effective, insecticides continue to form the basis of management; their inappropriate use disrupts parasitoids and has resulted in field resistance to all available products. Improved ecological understanding and the availability of a series of highly effective selective insecticides throughout the 1990s provided the basis for sustainable and economically viable integrated pest management (IPM) approaches. However, repeated reversion to scheduled insecticide applications has resulted in resistance to these and more recently introduced compounds and the breakdown of IPM programs. Proven technologies for the sustainable management of DBM currently exist, but overcoming the barriers to their sustained adoption remains an enormous challenge.
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- Michael J Furlong
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.
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Alvi AHK, Sayyed AH, Naeem M, Ali M. Field evolved resistance in Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to Bacillus thuringiensis toxin Cry1Ac in Pakistan. PLoS One 2012; 7:e47309. [PMID: 23077589 PMCID: PMC3471837 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2012] [Accepted: 09/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) is one of the most destructive pests of several field and vegetable crops, with indiscriminate use of insecticides contributing to multiple instances of resistance. In the present study we assessed whether H. armigera had developed resistance to Bt cotton and compared the results with several conventional insecticides. Furthermore, the genetics of resistance was also investigated to determine the inheritance to Cry1Ac resistance. To investigate the development of resistance to Bt cotton, and selected foliar insecticides, H. armigera populations were sampled in 2010 and 2011 in several cotton production regions in Pakistan. The resistance ratios (RR) for Cry1Ac, chlorpyrifos, profenofos, cypermethrin, spinosad, indoxacarb, abamectin and deltamethrin were 580-fold, 320-, 1110-, 1950-, 200-, 380, 690, and 40-fold, respectively, compared with the laboratory susceptible (Lab-PK) population. Selection of the field collected population with Cry1Ac in 2010 for five generations increased RR to 5440-fold. The selection also increased RR for deltamethrin, chlorpyrifos, profenofos, cypermethrin, spinosad, indoxacarb, abamectin to 125-folds, 650-, 2840-, 9830-, 370-, 3090-, 1330-fold. The estimated LC(50s) for reciprocal crosses were 105 µg/ml (Cry1Ac-SEL female × Lab-PK male) and 81 g µg/ml (Lab-PK female × Cry1Ac-SEL male) suggesting that the resistance to Cry1Ac was autosomal; the degree of dominance (D(LC)) was 0.60 and 0.57 respectively. Mixing of enzyme inhibitors significantly decreased resistance to Cry1Ac suggesting that the resistance to Cry1Ac and other insecticides tested in the present study was primarily metabolic. Resistance to Cry1Ac was probably due to a single but unstable factor suggesting that crop rotation with non-Bt cotton or other crops could reduce the selection pressure for H. armigera and improve the sustainability of Bt cotton.
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- Anwaar H. K. Alvi
- Department of Entomology, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Entomology, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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Gassmann AJ. Field-evolved resistance to Bt maize by western corn rootworm: Predictions from the laboratory and effects in the field. J Invertebr Pathol 2012; 110:287-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Chang X, Wu Q, Wang S, Wang R, Yang Z, Chen D, Jiao X, Mao Z, Zhang Y. Determining the involvement of two aminopeptidase Ns in the resistance of Plutella xylostella to the Bt toxin Cry1Ac: cloning and study of in vitro function. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 2012; 26:60-70. [PMID: 22371317 DOI: 10.1002/jbt.20401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The cloning, expression in vitro, and characterization of two aminopeptidase Ns (APN5s and APN2s) isolated from the midgut of Cry1Ac-resistant (R) and susceptible (S) strains of Plutella xylostella larvae are presented in this paper. The deduced amino acid sequences of APN5s included C-terminal GPI-modification sites, the gluzincin aminopeptidase motif GATEN, and three N-glycosylated sites; those of APN2s had no GPI-modification sites, had gluzincin aminopeptidase motif GAMEN, and had four N-glycosylated sites. O-glycosylated sites were not predicted for either APN. Because APN2R and APN2S cDNAs contained the same nucleotides, only full-length cDNAs encoding APN5R and APN5S were expressed in Trichoplusia ni cells. Far-Western blotting showed that the expressed receptor APN5 bound to the Cry1Ac toxin. An enzyme-specific activity experiment also showed that APN5 genes were expressed in T. ni cells. ELISA revealed no differences in the binding of expression proteins from the resistant and susceptible strain with Cry1Ac.
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- Xiaoli Chang
- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Gulzar A, Pickett B, Sayyed AH, Wright DJ. Effect of temperature on the fitness of a Vip3A resistant population of Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 2012; 105:964-970. [PMID: 22812137 DOI: 10.1603/ec11110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Microbial insecticides derived from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have become increasingly important for pest management. In addition to crystal (Cry) insecticidal protein toxins formed during sporulation, vegetative insecticidal protein (Vip) toxins can be produced during the vegetative phase. Resistance to Cry toxins has been reported in laboratory- and field-selected populations of various Lepidoptera species and several studies have identified fitness costs associated with Cry toxin resistance. Here, fitness costs are examined in the first insect population to be reported with resistance to a Vip toxin, a laboratory-selected Vip3A-resistant subpopulation of the tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens (L.) (Vip-Sel). The Vip-Sel population showed reduced survival to adult eclosion compared with an unselected subpopulation at all test temperatures, including the culture temperature (25 degrees C). Vip3A resistance was also associated with reduced egg viability and mating success and a lower intrinsic rate of population increase (r(m)) at temperatures below (20 degrees C) and above (30 degrees C) the optimal laboratory culture temperature. The latter findings agree with previous studies, that fitness costs associated with resistance are usually greater under stressful conditions. Such data can help predict the impact of fitness costs on the rate of development of resistance in the field and in the development of resistance management strategies that more fully exploit fitness costs.
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- Asim Gulzar
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park campus, Ascot, Berks SL5 7PY, United Kingdom.
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Alyokhin A. Scant evidence supports EPA's pyramided Bt corn refuge size of 5%. Nat Biotechnol 2011; 29:577-8. [PMID: 21747379 DOI: 10.1038/nbt.1911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Chen Y, Tian JC, Shen ZC, Peng YF, Hu C, Guo YY, Ye GY. Transgenic rice plants expressing a fused protein of Cry1Ab/Vip3H has resistance to rice stem borers under laboratory and field conditions. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 2010; 103:1444-1453. [PMID: 20857760 DOI: 10.1603/ec10014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Six transgenic rice, Oryza sativa L., lines (G6H1, G6H2, G6H3, G6H4, G6H5, and G6H6) expressing a fused Cry1Ab/Vip3H protein, were evaluated for resistance against the Asiatic rice borer, Chilo suppressalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), and the stem borer Sesamia inferens (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the laboratory and field. The bioassay results indicated that the mortality of Asiatic rice borer and S. inferens neonate larvae on six transgenic lines from seedling to filling stage was up to 100% at 168 h after infestation. The cumulative feeding area by Asiatic rice borer neonate larvae on all transgenic lines was significantly reduced compared with the untransformed parental 'Xiushui 110' rice. A 2-yr field evaluation showed that damage during the vegetative stage (deadheart) or during the reproductive stage (whitehead) caused by Asiatic rice borer and S. inferens for transgenic lines was much lower than the control. For three lines (G6H1, G6H2, and G6H6), no damage was found during the entire growing period. Estimation of fused Cry1Ab/Vip3H protein concentrations using PathoScreen kit for Bt-Cry1Ab/1Ac protein indicated that the expression levels of Cry1Ab protein both in main stems (within the average range of 0.006-0.073% of total soluble protein) and their flag leaves (within the average range of 0.001-0.038% of total soluble protein) were significantly different among six transgenic lines at different developmental stages. Both laboratory and field researches suggested that the transgenic rice lines have considerable potential for protecting rice from attack by both stem borers.
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- Yang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology & Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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