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Hernández-Martínez P, Khorramnejad A, Prentice K, Andrés-Garrido A, Vera-Velasco NM, Smagghe G, Escriche B. The Independent Biological Activity of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry23Aa Protein Against Cylas puncticollis. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1734. [PMID: 32793170 PMCID: PMC7387505 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The Cry23Aa/Cry37Aa proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have been described toxic to Cylas puncticollis larvae. In general, it is believed that Cry23Aa and Cry37Aa act jointly to exert the insecticidal activity, while there is no evidence of their toxicity individually. Therefore, in the present study, the contribution of each protein in the insecticidal activity toward C. puncticollis larvae has been assessed. The results showed that both proteins were toxic for C. puncticollis larvae when tested individually. Contrary to what was claimed previously, our results suggest that the presence of both proteins is not necessary to exert toxicity against C. puncticollis larvae. Also, the binding behavior of Cry23Aa protein to midgut receptors of C. puncticollis larvae has been determined. According to our results, Cry23Aa binds to C. puncticollis brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) specifically and independently of Cry37Aa. Due to the lack of common binding sites, Cry23Aa can be pyramided with Cry3Aa protein for better management of C. puncticollis.
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- Patricia Hernández-Martínez
- Laboratory of Biotechnological Control of Pest, ERI de Biotecnología y Biomedicina, Department of Genetics, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
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- Laboratory of Biotechnological Control of Pest, ERI de Biotecnología y Biomedicina, Department of Genetics, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
- Laboratory of Biological Control of Pest, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Biotechnological Control of Pest, ERI de Biotecnología y Biomedicina, Department of Genetics, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
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- Laboratory Membrane Proteins, ERI de Biotecnología y Biomedicina, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
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- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Biotechnological Control of Pest, ERI de Biotecnología y Biomedicina, Department of Genetics, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
- *Correspondence: Baltasar Escriche,
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An aromatic cluster in Lysinibacillus sphaericus BinB involved in toxicity and proper in-membrane folding. Arch Biochem Biophys 2018; 660:29-35. [PMID: 30321498 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2018.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The binary toxin from Lysinibacillus sphaericus has been successfully used for controlling mosquito-transmitted diseases. Based on structural alignments with other toxins, an aromatic cluster in the C-terminal domain of BinB (termed here BC) has been proposed to be important for toxicity. We tested this experimentally using BinB mutants bearing single mutations in this aromatic cluster. Consistent with the hypothesis, two of these mutations, F311A and F315A, were not toxic to Culex quinquefasciatus larvae and were unable to permeabilize liposomes or elicit ion channel activity, in contrast to wild-type BinB. Despite these effects, none of these mutations altered significantly the interaction between the activated forms of the two subunits in solution. These results indicate that these aromatic residues on the C-terminal domain of BinB are critical for toxin insertion in membranes. The latter can be by direct contact of these residues with the membrane surface, or by facilitating the formation a membrane-inserting oligomer.
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Surya W, Chooduang S, Choong YK, Torres J, Boonserm P. Binary Toxin Subunits of Lysinibacillus sphaericus Are Monomeric and Form Heterodimers after In Vitro Activation. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0158356. [PMID: 27341696 PMCID: PMC4920411 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The binary toxin from Lysinibacillus sphaericus has been successfully used for controlling mosquito-transmitted diseases. An activation step shortens both subunits BinA and BinB before their interaction with membranes and internalization in midgut cells, but the precise role of this activation step is unknown. Herein, we show conclusively using three orthogonal biophysical techniques that protoxin subunits form only monomers in aqueous solution. However, in vitro activated toxins readily form heterodimers. This oligomeric state did not change after incubation of these heterodimers with detergent. These results are consistent with the evidence that maximal toxicity in mosquito larvae is achieved when the two subunits, BinA and BinB, are in a 1:1 molar ratio, and directly link proteolytic activation to heterodimerization. Formation of a heterodimer must thus be necessary for subsequent steps, e.g., interaction with membranes, or with a suitable receptor in susceptible mosquito species. Lastly, despite existing similarities between BinB C-terminal domain with domains 3 and 4 of pore-forming aerolysin, no aerolysin-like SDS-resistant heptameric oligomers were observed when the activated Bin subunits were incubated in the presence of detergents or lipidic membranes.
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- Wahyu Surya
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Salaya, Phuttamonthon, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- Persiaran Universiti, Putra Nilai, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- * E-mail: (JT); (PB)
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Salaya, Phuttamonthon, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
- * E-mail: (JT); (PB)
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Berry C. The bacterium, Lysinibacillus sphaericus, as an insect pathogen. J Invertebr Pathol 2011; 109:1-10. [PMID: 22137877 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2011.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2011] [Accepted: 10/12/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Since the first bacteria with insecticidal activity against mosquito larvae were reported in the 1960s, many have been described, with the most potent being isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis or Lysinibacillus sphaericus (formerly and best known as Bacillus sphaericus). Given environmental concerns over the use of broad spectrum synthetic chemical insecticides and the evolution of resistance to these, industry placed emphasis on the development of bacteria as alternative control agents. To date, numerous commercial formulations of B. thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) are available in many countries for control of nuisance and vector mosquitoes. Within the past few years, commercial formulations of L. sphaericus (Ls) have become available. Because Bti has been in use for more than 30 years, its properties are well know, more so than those of Ls. Thus, the purpose of this review is to summarise the most critical aspects of Ls and the various proteins that account for its insecticidal properties, especially the mosquitocidal activity of the most common isolates studied. Data are reviewed for the binary toxin, which accounts for the activity of sporulated cells, as well as for other toxins produced during vegetative growth, including sphaericolysin (active against cockroaches and caterpillars) and the different mosquitocidal Mtx and Cry toxins. Future studies of these could well lead to novel potent and environmentally compatible insecticidal products for controlling a range of insect pests and vectors of disease.
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- Colin Berry
- Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK.
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The long residual action and toxicity of the chemical insecticides have brought about serious environmental problems such as the emergence and spread of insecticide resistance in many species of vectors, mammalian toxicity, and accumulation of pesticide residues in the food chain. All these problems have highlighted the need for alternative biological control agents. Entomo-pathogenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and Bacillus sphaericus (Bs) are two safe biological control agents. They have attracted considerable interest as possible replacements for the chemical insecticides. Although microbial insecticides based on Bt and Bs are available for use, their high cost makes large-scale application impracticable in developing countries. This review focuses on the economic production of these two microorganisms by submerged fermentation and solid state fermentation using agro-industrial by-products and other wastes.
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- Magda A el-Bendary
- Microbial Chemistry Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.
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Smith AW, Cámara-Artigas A, Brune DC, Allen JP. Implications of high-molecular-weight oligomers of the binary toxin from Bacillus sphaericus. J Invertebr Pathol 2005; 88:27-33. [PMID: 15707866 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2004.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2004] [Revised: 07/20/2004] [Accepted: 10/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The mosquito-larvicidal binary toxin produced by Bacillus sphaericus is composed of BinB and BinA, which have calculated molecular weights of 51.4 and 41.9 kDa, respectively. NaOH extracts of B. sphaericus spores were analyzed using SDS-PAGE. Stained gels showed bands with molecular weights corresponding to those of BinB and BinA as well as two additional bands at 110 and 125 kDa. The matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrum of the purified 110 and 125 kDa bands showed two peaks at 104,160 and 87,358 Da that are assigned to dimers of BinB and BinA, respectively. Mass spectral analysis of trypsin-digested 110 and 125 kDa bands showed peaks at 51,328, 43,523, 43,130, and 40,832 Da that assigned to undigested BinB, two forms of digested BinB and digested BinA, respectively. Dynamic light scattering studies showed a solution of the purified 110 and 125 kDa bands was comprised almost entirely (99.6% of total mass) of a particle with a hydrodynamic radius of 5.6+/-1.2 nm and a calculated molecular weight of 186+/-38 kDa. These data demonstrate that the binary toxin extracted from B. sphaericus spores can exist in solution as an oligomer containing two copies each of BinB and BinA.
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- A W Smith
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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Baum JA, Chu CR, Rupar M, Brown GR, Donovan WP, Huesing JE, Ilagan O, Malvar TM, Pleau M, Walters M, Vaughn T. Binary toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis active against the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:4889-98. [PMID: 15294828 PMCID: PMC492402 DOI: 10.1128/aem.70.8.4889-4898.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, is a significant pest of corn in the United States. The development of transgenic corn hybrids resistant to rootworm feeding damage depends on the identification of genes encoding insecticidal proteins toxic to rootworm larvae. In this study, a bioassay screen was used to identify several isolates of the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis active against rootworm. These bacterial isolates each produce distinct crystal proteins with approximate molecular masses of 13 to 15 kDa and 44 kDa. Insect bioassays demonstrated that both protein classes are required for insecticidal activity against this rootworm species. The genes encoding these proteins are organized in apparent operons and are associated with other genes encoding crystal proteins of unknown function. The antirootworm proteins produced by B. thuringiensis strains EG5899 and EG9444 closely resemble previously described crystal proteins of the Cry34A and Cry35A classes. The antirootworm proteins produced by strain EG4851, designated Cry34Ba1 and Cry35Ba1, represent a new binary toxin. Genes encoding these proteins could become an important component of a sustainable resistance management strategy against this insect pest.
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- James A Baum
- Monsanto Company, 700 Chesterfield Pkwy. West, Chesterfield, MO 63017-1732, USA.
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Klein D, Uspensky I, Braun S. Tightly bound binary toxin in the cell wall of Bacillus sphaericus. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:3300-7. [PMID: 12089007 PMCID: PMC126819 DOI: 10.1128/aem.68.7.3300-3307.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2001] [Accepted: 04/11/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have shown that urea-extracted cell wall of entomopathogenic Bacillus sphaericus 2297 and some other strains is a potent larvicide against Culex pipiens mosquitoes, with 50% lethal concentrations comparable to that of the well-known B. sphaericus binary toxin, with which it acts synergistically. The wall toxicity develops in B. sphaericus 2297 cultures during the late logarithmic stage, earlier than the appearance of the binary toxin crystal. It disappears with sporulation when the binary toxin activity reaches its peak. Disruption of the gene for the 42-kDa protein (P42) of the binary toxin abolishes both cell wall toxicity and crystal formation. However, the cell wall of B. sphaericus 2297, lacking P42, kills C. pipiens larvae when mixed with Escherichia coli cells expressing P42. Thus, the cell wall toxicity in strongly toxic B. sphaericus strains must be attributed to the presence in the cell wall of tightly bound 51-kDa (P51) and P42 binary toxin proteins. The synergism between binary toxin crystals and urea-treated cell wall preparations reflects suboptimal distribution of binary toxin subunits in both compartments. Binary toxin crystal is slightly deficient in P51, while cell wall is lacking in P42.
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- Daniela Klein
- Department of Biological Chemistry, A. Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Charles JF, Silva-Filha MH, Nielsen-LeRoux C, Humphreys MJ, Berry C. Binding of the 51- and 42-kDa individual components from the Bacillus sphaericus crystal toxin to mosquito larval midgut membranes from Culex and Anopheles sp. (Diptera: Culicidae). FEMS Microbiol Lett 1997; 156:153-9. [PMID: 9368375 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb12721.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Individual components (P51 and P42) from the crystal toxin (Bin) of Bacillus sphaericus were used for in vitro binding competition experiments with brush border membranes (BBMFs) from Culex pipiens and Anopheles gambiae larval midguts. P51 competed for the Bin binding site with a similar affinity to the Bin toxin, on both BBMFs. For C. pipiens, P42 bound non-specifically until P51 was added with maximum binding of P42 at a molar ratio of each component. The binding of P42 was much greater on A. gambiae BBMFs and the presence of either P51 or P42 enhanced the binding of the other component, with highest binding when a mole ratio of each protein was supplied.
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- J F Charles
- Bactéries Entomopathogènes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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Cokmus C, Davidson EW, Cooper K. Electrophysiological effects of Bacillus sphaericus binary toxin on cultured mosquito cells. J Invertebr Pathol 1997; 69:197-204. [PMID: 9170345 DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1997.4660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The electrophysiological effects of both trypsinactivated native and 42- and 51-kDa cloned binary toxins of Bacillus sphaericus were investigated on cultured Culex quinquefasciatus cells using the patchclamp technique. Rates of reduction in whole-cell membrane resistance were correlated with increasing native toxin concentration. The 42- or 51-kDa cloned toxin alone at 50 micrograms/ml reduced the resistance. Electrophysiological effects occurred before any changes were visible by phase-contrast microscopy.
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- C Cokmus
- Department of Biology, Ankara University, Turkey
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Charles JF, Nielsen-LeRoux C. Les bactéries entomopathogènes: mode d'action sur les larves de moustiques et phénomènes de résistance. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-4204(97)86392-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Delécluse A, Barloy F, Rosso ML. Les bactéries pathogènes des larves de diptères: structure et spécificité des toxines. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-4204(97)86391-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Berry C, Hindley J, Ehrhardt AF, Grounds T, de Souza I, Davidson EW. Genetic determinants of host ranges of Bacillus sphaericus mosquito larvicidal toxins. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:510-8. [PMID: 8419297 PMCID: PMC196166 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.2.510-518.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The 51.4-kDa-41.9-kDa binary toxin produced by different strains of Bacillus sphaericus shows differential activity toward Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes atropalpus, and Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae. The patterns of larvicidal activity toward all three mosquito species and growth retardation in A. aegypti have been shown to be due to the 41.9-kDa protein. By using mutant toxins expressed in Escherichia coli, insecticidal activity and growth retardation correlated with amino acids centered around position 100 of the 41.9-kDa protein. In its response to these toxins, A. atropalpus resembled C. quinquefasciatus rather than its congener, A. aegypti.
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- C Berry
- Insecticidal Toxins Laboratory, National University of Singapore
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Nielsen-Leroux C, Charles JF. Binding of Bacillus sphaericus binary toxin to a specific receptor on midgut brush-border membranes from mosquito larvae. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 210:585-90. [PMID: 1459140 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb17458.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The presence of specific receptors for Bacillus sphaericus binary toxin on brush-border membrane fractions (BBMF) from Culex pipiens larvae midgut cells was demonstrated by an in vitro binding assay. Both activated and radiolabelled polypeptides from the 51-kDa and 42-kDa binary toxin of B. sphaericus 1593 specifically bound to BBMF. Direct binding and homologous competition experiments indicated a single class of B. sphaericus toxin receptors, with a dissociation constant (Kd) of approximately 20 nM and a maximum binding capacity (Bmax) of approximately 7 pmol/mg BBMF protein. The sugars GalNAc, GlcNAc and N-acetyl neuraminic acid had no detectable inhibitory effect on toxin binding to C. pipiens BBMF. Binding experiments with the non-susceptible mosquito species Aedes aegypti failed to detect significant binding of B. sphaericus binary toxin to A. aegypti BBMF.
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Baumann P, Clark MA, Baumann L, Broadwell AH. Bacillus sphaericus as a mosquito pathogen: properties of the organism and its toxins. Microbiol Rev 1991; 55:425-36. [PMID: 1682792 PMCID: PMC372827 DOI: 10.1128/mr.55.3.425-436.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In the course of sporulation, Bacillus sphaericus produces an inclusion body which is toxic to a variety of mosquito larvae. In this review we discuss the general biology of this species and concentrate on the genetics and physiology of toxin production and its processing in the midgut of the larval host. The larvicide of B. sphaericus is unique in that it consists of two proteins of 51 and 42 kDa, both of which are required for toxicity to mosquito larvae. There is a low level of sequence similarity between these two proteins, which differ in their sequences from all the other known insecticidal proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis. Within the midgut the 51- and 42-kDa proteins are processed to proteins of 43 and 39 kDa, respectively. The conversion of the 42-kDa protein to a 39-kDa protein results in a major increase in toxicity; the significance of the processing of the 51-kDa protein is not known. In contrast to the results with mosquito larvae, the 39-kDa protein is alone toxic for mosquito-derived tissue culture-grown cells, and this toxicity is not affected by the 51-kDa protein or its derivative, the 43-kDa protein. Comparisons of larvae from species which differ in their susceptibility to the B. sphaericus toxin indicate that the probable difference resides in the nature of the target sites of the epithelial midgut cells and not in uptake or processing of the toxin. A similar conclusion is derived from experiments involving tissue culture-grown cells from mosquito species which differ in their susceptibility to the B. sphaericus toxin.
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- P Baumann
- Department of Microbiology, University of California, Davis 95616
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