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Miranda MP, Fitches EC, Sukiran NA, Eduardo WI, Garcia RB, Jaciani FJ, Readshaw JJ, Bell J, Peña L. Spider venom neurotoxin based bioinsecticides: A novel bioactive for the control of the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera). Toxicon 2024; 239:107616. [PMID: 38218384 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2024.107616] [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: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
Abstract
The Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), is a key vector of the phloem-limited bacteria Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas) associated with huanglongbing (HLB), the most serious and currently incurable disease of citrus worldwide. Here we report the first investigation into the potential use of a spider venom-derived recombinant neurotoxin, ω/κ-HxTx-Hv1h (hereafter HxTx-Hv1h) when delivered alone or when fused to snowdrop lectin (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin; GNA) to control D. citri. Proteins, including GNA alone, were purified from fermented transformed yeast Pichia pastoris cultures. Recombinant HxTx-Hv1h, HxTx-Hv1h/GNA and GNA were all orally toxic to D. citri, with Day 5 median lethal concentrations (LC50) derived from dose-response artificial diet assays of 27, 20 and 52 μM, respectively. Western analysis of whole insect protein extracts confirmed that psyllid mortality was attributable to protein ingestion and that the fusion protein was stable to cleavage by D. citri proteases. When applied topically (either via droplet or spray) HxTx-Hv1h/GNA was the most effective of the proteins causing >70 % mortality 5 days post treatment, some 2 to 3-fold higher levels of mortality as compared to the toxin alone. By contrast, no significant mortality or phenotypic effects were observed for bumble bees (Bombus terrestris L.) fed on the recombinant proteins in acute toxicity assays. This suggests that HxTx-Hv1h/GNA has potential as a novel bioinsecticide for the management of D. citri offering both enhanced target specificity as compared to chemical pesticides and compatibility with integrated pest management (IPM) strategies.
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- Marcelo P Miranda
- Fund for Citrus Protection (Fundecitrus), Research and Development, Avenida Dr. Adhemar Pereira de Barros, 201, 14807- 040, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- School of Biosciences, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
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- School of Biosciences, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Fund for Citrus Protection (Fundecitrus), Research and Development, Avenida Dr. Adhemar Pereira de Barros, 201, 14807- 040, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Fund for Citrus Protection (Fundecitrus), Research and Development, Avenida Dr. Adhemar Pereira de Barros, 201, 14807- 040, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Fund for Citrus Protection (Fundecitrus), Research and Development, Avenida Dr. Adhemar Pereira de Barros, 201, 14807- 040, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- School of Biosciences, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Biologıa Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IBMCP-CSIC), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
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Wang Y, Guo S, Ventura T, Jain R, Robinson KE, Mitter N, Herzig V. Development of a soybean leaf disc assay for determining oral insecticidal activity in the lepidopteran agricultural pest Helicoverpa armigera. Toxicon 2024; 238:107588. [PMID: 38147939 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107588] [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: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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Pest insects pose a heavy burden on global agricultural industries with small molecule insecticides being predominantly used for their control. Unwanted side effects and resistance development plagues most small molecule insecticides such as the neonicotinoids, which have been reported to be harmful to honeybees. Bioinsecticides like Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins can be used as environmentally-friendly alternatives. Arachnid venoms comprise another promising source of bioinsecticides, containing a multitude of selective and potent insecticidal toxins. Unfortunately, no standardised insect models are currently available to assess the suitability of insecticidal agents under laboratory conditions. Thus, we aimed to develop a laboratory model that closely mimics field conditions by employing a leaf disk assay (LDA) for oral application of insecticidal agents in a bioassay tray format. Neonate larvae of the cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) were fed with soybean (Glycine max) leaves that were treated with different insecticidal agents. We observed dose-dependent insecticidal effects for Bt toxin and the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid, with imidacloprid exhibiting a faster response. Furthermore, we identified several insecticidal arachnid venoms that were active when co-applied with sub-lethal doses of Bt toxin. We propose the H. armigera LDA as a suitable tool for assessing the insecticidal effects of insecticidal agents against lepidopterans.
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- Yachen Wang
- Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia; School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia
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- Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia; School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia
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- Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia; School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia
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- Centre for Horticultural Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Horticultural Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Horticultural Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia; School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia.
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Sukiran NA, Pyati P, Willis CE, Brown AP, Readshaw JJ, Fitches EC. Enhancing the oral and topical insecticidal efficacy of a commercialized spider venom peptide biopesticide via fusion to the carrier snowdrop lectin (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin). PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2023; 79:284-294. [PMID: 36161468 PMCID: PMC10091797 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Spear®-T sold as a contact foliar spray for the control of glasshouse pests such as aphids, thrips, spider mites and whiteflies, contains the recombinant spider venom peptide GS-ω/κ-HxTx-Hv1h (named as GS-ω/κ-HxTx-Hv1a by Vestaron) as the active ingredient. Here we investigate whether fusion of the peptide to snowdrop lectin, (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin; GNA) enhances the efficacy of this venom peptide towards aphid pests. RESULTS Recombinant GS-ω/κ-HxTx-Hv1h (HxTx-Hv1h) and an HxTx-Hv1h/GNA fusion protein were produced using the yeast Pichia pastoris. Purified proteins showed comparable toxicity when injected into lepidopteran (Mamestra brassicae) larvae, but significant differences in oral and contact activity towards aphids. HxTx-Hv1h had comparable acute oral toxicity to pea (Acyrthosiphon pisum) and peach potato (Myzus persicae) aphids with respective Day (2) median lethal concentration (LC50 ) values of 111 and 108 μm derived from diet assays. The fusion protein also showed comparable oral toxicity to both species but D2 LC50 values were >3-fold lower (35 and 33 μm for pea and peach potato aphids, respectively) as compared to HxTx-Hv1h. Topically applied toxin and fusion protein, but not GNA, caused significant reductions in pea aphid survival. Contact effects on mortality were significantly greater for aphids exposed to fusion protein as compared to toxin alone. Whole aphid fluorescence microscopy and immunoblotting suggest that improved efficacy is due to enhanced persistence of HxTx-Hv1h when fused to GNA following internalisation of ingested or topically applied proteins. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to report on the insecticidal activity of HxTx-Hv1h towards aphids and results suggest that a fusion protein-based approach offers opportunities to significantly enhance oral and contact efficacy of naturally derived toxins, such as HxTx-Hv1h, towards crop pests. © 2022 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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- School of BiosciencesUniversity of DurhamDurhamUK
- Ajeet Seeds Pvt. Ltd.Plant Biotechnology Research CentreAurangabadIndia
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- School of BiosciencesUniversity of DurhamDurhamUK
- Biointeractions & Crop Protection DepartmentRothamstead ResearchHarpendenUK
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A ShK-like Domain from Steinernema carpocapsae with Bioinsecticidal Potential. Toxins (Basel) 2022; 14:toxins14110754. [PMID: 36356004 PMCID: PMC9699480 DOI: 10.3390/toxins14110754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Entomopathogenic nematodes are used as biological control agents against a broad range of insect pests. We ascribed the pathogenicity of these organisms to the excretory/secretory products (ESP) released by the infective nematode. Our group characterized different virulence factors produced by Steinernema carpocapsae that underlie its success as an insect pathogen. A novel ShK-like peptide (ScK1) from this nematode that presents high sequence similarity with the ShK peptide from a sea anemone was successfully produced recombinantly in Escherichia coli. The secondary structure of ScK1 appeared redox-sensitive, exhibiting a far-UV circular dichroism spectrum consistent with an alpha-helical secondary structure. Thermal denaturation of the ScK1 allowed estimating the melting temperature to 59.2 ± 0.1 °C. The results from toxicity assays using Drosophila melanogaster as a model show that injection of this peptide can kill insects in a dose-dependent manner with an LD50 of 16.9 µM per adult within 24 h. Oral administration of the fusion protein significantly reduced the locomotor activity of insects after 48 h (p < 0.05, Tukey's test). These data show that this nematode expresses insecticidal peptides with potential as next-generation insecticides.
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Monfared N, Ahadiyat A, Fathipour Y, Mianroodi RA. Evaluation of recombinant toxin JFTX-23, an oral-effective anti-insect peptide from the spider Selenocosmia jiafu venom gland proteome. Toxicon 2022; 217:78-86. [PMID: 35973605 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2022.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2022] [Revised: 07/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Excessive utilization of chemical pesticides for pest control can lead to adverse consequences for the health of humans and other organisms and may also cause irreversible ecological changes; therefore, the use of biologically derived insecticides can be a safe alternate strategy. Transcriptomic studies have shown JFTX- 23,a small peptide from the spider Selenocosmia jiafuis highly similar to U1-TRTX-Sp1, a well-characterized oral-effective insecticide toxin from the Australian tarantula Selenotypus plumipes. First, we evaluated the JFTX-23 peptide sequence using bioinformatics tools and modeling studies. Preliminary results showed a high similarity of JFTX-23 to JZTX-58 (91.67%) and U1-TRTX-Sp1 (86.11%). Superimposition of the α-carbons of the modeled JFTX-23 and U1-TRTX-Sp1 demonstrated a very high similarity of the 3-D structure of the two peptides (RMSD of 0.02 Å).The injection assay of JFTX-23 in Helicoverpa armigera indicated an LD50 of 0.077 and 0.423 nmol/insect after 24 and 120 h, respectively. JFTX-23 was toxic to H. armigera via oral administration with an LC50 of 1.16 nmol/g food after 5 days, which was comparable to the toxicity of the oral-effective toxin U1-TRTX-Sp1. Our studies have shown that JFTX-23 is a potent oral-effective toxin that can be considered an attractive candidate for the biological control of insect pests.
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- Niusha Monfared
- Department of Plant Protection, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- R&D Department, Research and Production Complex, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
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Rivera-de-Torre E, Rimbault C, Jenkins TP, Sørensen CV, Damsbo A, Saez NJ, Duhoo Y, Hackney CM, Ellgaard L, Laustsen AH. Strategies for Heterologous Expression, Synthesis, and Purification of Animal Venom Toxins. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 9:811905. [PMID: 35127675 PMCID: PMC8811309 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.811905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Animal venoms are complex mixtures containing peptides and proteins known as toxins, which are responsible for the deleterious effect of envenomations. Across the animal Kingdom, toxin diversity is enormous, and the ability to understand the biochemical mechanisms governing toxicity is not only relevant for the development of better envenomation therapies, but also for exploiting toxin bioactivities for therapeutic or biotechnological purposes. Most of toxinology research has relied on obtaining the toxins from crude venoms; however, some toxins are difficult to obtain because the venomous animal is endangered, does not thrive in captivity, produces only a small amount of venom, is difficult to milk, or only produces low amounts of the toxin of interest. Heterologous expression of toxins enables the production of sufficient amounts to unlock the biotechnological potential of these bioactive proteins. Moreover, heterologous expression ensures homogeneity, avoids cross-contamination with other venom components, and circumvents the use of crude venom. Heterologous expression is also not only restricted to natural toxins, but allows for the design of toxins with special properties or can take advantage of the increasing amount of transcriptomics and genomics data, enabling the expression of dormant toxin genes. The main challenge when producing toxins is obtaining properly folded proteins with a correct disulfide pattern that ensures the activity of the toxin of interest. This review presents the strategies that can be used to express toxins in bacteria, yeast, insect cells, or mammalian cells, as well as synthetic approaches that do not involve cells, such as cell-free biosynthesis and peptide synthesis. This is accompanied by an overview of the main advantages and drawbacks of these different systems for producing toxins, as well as a discussion of the biosafety considerations that need to be made when working with highly bioactive proteins.
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- Esperanza Rivera-de-Torre
- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- *Correspondence: Esperanza Rivera-de-Torre, ; Andreas H. Laustsen,
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Biology, Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- *Correspondence: Esperanza Rivera-de-Torre, ; Andreas H. Laustsen,
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Mateos Fernández R, Petek M, Gerasymenko I, Juteršek M, Baebler Š, Kallam K, Moreno Giménez E, Gondolf J, Nordmann A, Gruden K, Orzaez D, Patron NJ. Insect pest management in the age of synthetic biology. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2022; 20:25-36. [PMID: 34416790 PMCID: PMC8710903 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
Arthropod crop pests are responsible for 20% of global annual crop losses, a figure predicted to increase in a changing climate where the ranges of numerous species are projected to expand. At the same time, many insect species are beneficial, acting as pollinators and predators of pest species. For thousands of years, humans have used increasingly sophisticated chemical formulations to control insect pests but, as the scale of agriculture expanded to meet the needs of the global population, concerns about the negative impacts of agricultural practices on biodiversity have grown. While biological solutions, such as biological control agents and pheromones, have previously had relatively minor roles in pest management, biotechnology has opened the door to numerous new approaches for controlling insect pests. In this review, we look at how advances in synthetic biology and biotechnology are providing new options for pest control. We discuss emerging technologies for engineering resistant crops and insect populations and examine advances in biomanufacturing that are enabling the production of new products for pest control.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Systems BiologyNational Institute of BiologyLjubljanaSlovenia
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- Plant Biotechnology and Metabolic EngineeringTechnische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadtGermany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Systems BiologyNational Institute of BiologyLjubljanaSlovenia
- Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate SchoolLjubljanaSlovenia
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- Department of Biotechnology and Systems BiologyNational Institute of BiologyLjubljanaSlovenia
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- Institut für PhilosophieTechnische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadtGermany
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- Institut für PhilosophieTechnische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadtGermany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Systems BiologyNational Institute of BiologyLjubljanaSlovenia
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- Institute for Plant Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMCP)UPV‐CSICValenciaSpain
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Khoshdel Nezamiha F, Imani S, Arabi Mianroodi R, Tirgari S, Shahbazzadeh D. OdTx12/GNA, a chimeric variant of a β excitatory toxin from Odontobuthus doriae, reveals oral toxicity towards Locusta migratoria and Tenebrio molitor. Toxicon 2021; 202:13-19. [PMID: 34537212 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2021.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OdTx12, a beta excitatory toxin from Odontobothus doriae had previously been identified and characterized. It had been shown that OdTx12 causes significant lethal effects on insects by injection but does not show any toxicity on mice. Due to the natural ineffectiveness of scorpion toxins to act as oral toxins, OdTx12 was fused to Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (GNA), a protein with the potential to cross the insect gut. The sequence of OdTx12/GNA gene was chemically synthesized, cloned in Escherichia coli, and expressed. The effect of the purified fusion protein (OdTx12/GNA) was assessed on the insect and mammalian cell lines, insect larvae and mice. Toxicity assay on insect cell culture (SF9 cell line) showed comparable toxicity between OdTx12 and OdTx12/GNA (LD50 of 0.0030 and 0.0048 μM, respectively). Also very similar mortality rates were observed by injecting OdTx12 and OdTx12/GNA to Locusta migratoria and Tenebrio molitor. Oral administration of OdTx12/GNA, after five days of feeding, resulted in 96.6% and 98.3% mortality of L. migratoria and T. molitor larvae with an LC50 of 0.69 and 0.43 nmol/g of insect food, respectively, while OdTx12 alone did not cause any toxic effects on the larvae orally, suggesting the role of GNA in delivering the toxin to the insect's haemolymph. No toxicity or mortality was observed after toxicity testing of OdTx12/GNA on a mammalian cell line (HEP-2) or any mortality in vivo, by testing the protein in the laboratory mouse. Herein, we demonstrated that the fusion protein OdTx12/GNA could be considered an effective toxin for the biological control of insects.
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- Department of Plant Protection, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- R&D Department, Production and Research Complex, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology of Iran, Venom and Therapeutic Biomolecules Lab, Institute Pasteur of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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Chung SH, Bigham M, Lappe RR, Chan B, Nagalakshmi U, Whitham SA, Dinesh‐Kumar SP, Jander G. A sugarcane mosaic virus vector for rapid in planta screening of proteins that inhibit the growth of insect herbivores. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2021; 19:1713-1724. [PMID: 33763921 PMCID: PMC8428830 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Revised: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) is a notorious pest that threatens maize production worldwide. Current control measures involve the use of chemical insecticides and transgenic maize expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins. Although additional transgenes have confirmed insecticidal activity, limited research has been conducted in maize, at least partially due to the technical difficulty of maize transformation. Here, we describe implementation of a sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) vector for rapidly testing the efficacy of both endogenous maize genes and heterologous genes from other organisms for the control of S. frugiperda in maize. Four categories of proteins were tested using the SCMV vector: (i) maize defence signalling proteins: peptide elicitors (Pep1 and Pep3) and jasmonate acid conjugating enzymes (JAR1a and JAR1b); (ii) maize defensive proteins: the previously identified ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP2) and maize proteinase inhibitor (MPI), and two proteins with predicted but unconfirmed anti-insect activities, an antimicrobial peptide (AMP) and a lectin (JAC1); (iii) lectins from other plant species: Allium cepa agglutinin (ACA) and Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (GNA); and (iv) scorpion and spider toxins: peptides from Urodacus yaschenkoi (UyCT3 and UyCT5) and Hadronyche versuta (Hvt). In most cases, S. frugiperda larval growth was reduced by transient SCMV-mediated overexpression of genes encoding these proteins. Additionally, experiments with a subset of the SCMV-expressed genes showed effectiveness against two aphid species, Rhopalosiphum maidis (corn leaf aphid) and Myzus persicae (green peach aphid). Together, these results demonstrate that SCMV vectors are a rapid screening method for testing the efficacy and insecticidal activity of candidate genes in maize.
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- Department of Plant Pathology and MicrobiologyIowa State UniversityAmesIAUSA
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- Department of Plant Biology and The Genome CenterCollege of Biological SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCAUSA
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- Department of Plant Biology and The Genome CenterCollege of Biological SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCAUSA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and MicrobiologyIowa State UniversityAmesIAUSA
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- Department of Plant Biology and The Genome CenterCollege of Biological SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCAUSA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant ResearchIthacaNYUSA
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Martínez-Alarcón D, Varrot A, Fitches E, Gatehouse JA, Cao M, Pyati P, Blanco-Labra A, Garcia-Gasca T. Recombinant Lectin from Tepary Bean ( Phaseolus acutifolius) with Specific Recognition for Cancer-Associated Glycans: Production, Structural Characterization, and Target Identification. Biomolecules 2020; 10:E654. [PMID: 32340396 PMCID: PMC7226325 DOI: 10.3390/biom10040654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Herein, we report the production of a recombinant Tepary bean lectin (rTBL-1), its three-dimensional (3D) structure, and its differential recognition for cancer-type glycoconjugates. rTBL-1 was expressed in Pichia pastoris, yielding 316 mg per liter of culture, and was purified by nickel affinity chromatography. Characterization of the protein showed that rTBL-1 is a stable 120 kDa homo-tetramer folded as a canonical leguminous lectin with two divalent cations (Ca2+ and Mn2+) attached to each subunit, confirmed in its 3D structure solved by X-ray diffraction at 1.9 Å resolution. Monomers also presented a ~2.5 kDa N-linked glycan located on the opposite face of the binding pocket. It does not participate in carbohydrate recognition but contributes to the stabilization of the interfaces between protomers. Screening for potential rTBL-1 targets by glycan array identified 14 positive binders, all of which correspond to β1-6 branched N-glycans' characteristics of cancer cells. The presence of α1-6 core fucose, also tumor-associated, improved carbohydrate recognition. rTBL-1 affinity for a broad spectrum of mono- and disaccharides was evaluated by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC); however, no interaction was detected, corroborating that carbohydrate recognition is highly specific and requires larger ligands for binding. This would explain the differential recognition between healthy and cancer cells by Tepary bean lectins.
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- Dania Martínez-Alarcón
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Unidad Irapuato, Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Irapuato 36821, Guanaj uato, Mexico;
- University of Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CERMAV, 38000 Grenoble, France;
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- University of Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CERMAV, 38000 Grenoble, France;
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; (E.F.); (J.A.G.); (M.C.); (P.P.)
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; (E.F.); (J.A.G.); (M.C.); (P.P.)
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; (E.F.); (J.A.G.); (M.C.); (P.P.)
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; (E.F.); (J.A.G.); (M.C.); (P.P.)
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- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Unidad Irapuato, Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Irapuato 36821, Guanaj uato, Mexico;
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- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Santiago de Querétaro 76230, Querétaro, Mexico
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Liu X, Cooper AMW, Yu Z, Silver K, Zhang J, Zhu KY. Progress and prospects of arthropod chitin pathways and structures as targets for pest management. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 161:33-46. [PMID: 31685194 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2019.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Chitin is a structural component of the arthropod cuticular exoskeleton and the peritrophic matrix of the gut, which play crucial roles in growth and development. In the past few decades, our understanding of the composition, biosynthesis, assembly, degradation, and regulation of chitinous structures has increased. Many chemicals have been developed that target chitin biosynthesis (benzoyphenyl ureas, etoxazole), chitin degradation (allosamidin, psammaplin), and chitin regulation (benzoyl hydrazines), thus resulting in molting deformities and lethality. In addition, proteins that disrupt chitin structures, such as lectins, proteases, and chitinases have been utilized to halt feeding and induce mortality. Chitin-degrading enzymes, such as chitinases are also useful for improving the efficacy of bio-insecticides. Transgenic plants, baculoviruses, fungi, and bacteria have been engineered to express chitinases from a variety of organisms for control of arthropod pests. In addition, RNA interference targeting genes involved in chitin pathways and structures are now being investigated for the development of environmentally friendly pest management strategies. This review describes the chemicals and proteins used to target chitin structures and enzymes for arthropod pest management, as well as pest management strategies based upon these compounds, such as plant-incorporated-protectants and recombinant entomopathogens. Recent advances in RNA interference-based pest management, and how this technology can be used to target chitin pathways and structures are also discussed.
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- Xiaojian Liu
- Research Institute of Applied Biology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China
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- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Research Institute of Applied Biology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China.
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- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
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Powell ME, Bradish HM, Cao M, Makinson R, Brown AP, Gatehouse JA, Fitches EC. Demonstrating the potential of a novel spider venom-based biopesticide for target-specific control of the small hive beetle, a serious pest of the European honeybee. JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE 2019; 93:391-402. [PMID: 31997983 PMCID: PMC6957549 DOI: 10.1007/s10340-019-01143-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Revised: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The parasitic small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) feeds on pollen, honey and brood of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera); establishment in North America and Australia has resulted in severe economic damage to the apiculture industry. We report potential for the "in-hive" use of a novel biopesticide that is toxic to this invasive beetle pest but harmless to honeybees. Constructs encoding the spider venom neurotoxin ω-hexatoxin-Hv1a (Hv1a) linked to the N- or C-terminus of snowdrop lectin (GNA) were used to produce recombinant Hv1a/GNA and GNA/Hv1a fusion proteins. Both were similarly toxic to beetles by injection (respective LD50s 1.5 and 0.9 nmoles/g larvae), whereas no effects on adult honeybee survival were observed at injection doses of > 200 nmoles/g insect. When fed to A. tumida larvae, GNA/Hv1a was significantly more effective than Hv1a/GNA (LC50s of 0.52 and 1.14 mg/ml diet, respectively), whereas both proteins were similarly toxic to adults. Results suggested that the reduced efficacy of Hv1a/GNA against larvae was attributable to differences in the susceptibility of the fusion proteins to cleavage by gut serine proteases. In laboratory assays, A. tumida larval survival was significantly reduced when brood, inoculated with eggs, was treated with GNA/Hv1a.
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- School of Biosciences, University of Durham, Durham, UK
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- Fera Science Ltd, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ UK
- School of Biosciences, University of Durham, Durham, UK
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Cytotoxic and lethal effects of recombinant β-BUTX-Lqq1a peptide against Lepidopteran insects and cell lines. Toxicol In Vitro 2019; 60:44-50. [PMID: 31082490 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2019.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Extensive usage of synthetic chemical pesticides have collateral effect in harming the health, environment and development of resistance in insect pests. Scorpion produces variety of molecules that are specific to insects, mammals and to both. Insect specific molecules act as potential candidature as an alternative to synthetic chemical pesticides. We have successfully expressed and purified recombinant Scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus quinquestriaus β-BUTX-Lqq1a toxin in bacterial system. Cytotoxic activity assay with the help of insect cell line Sf-21 from Spodoptera frugiperda reveals that mean IC50 1.72-3.0 μg ml -1 significantly reduced the cell proliferation when compared with control. Microscopic examination of treated Sf-21 cell lines also showed changes in the cell morphology such as cell membrane blebbing, cell shrinkage and granulated apoptotic bodies. When β-BUTX-Lqq1a was hemocoelly injected with various doses, significant reduction in survival of Helicoverpa armigera (LC50 = 0.13 μg insect-1) and Spodoptera litura (LC50 = 0.147 μg insect -1) were noticeable with immediate paralysis, and reduced feeding when compared with control. Toxicity with purified recombinant β-BUTX-Lqq1a protein towards insect cell line Sf-21 and major agricultural pest was demonstrated by various bioassays. Cytotoxicity and insect bioassay demonstrated the potential use of β-BUTX-Lqq1a protein as an effective insecticide against lepidopteran insects. These results strongly suggest that the development of rational insecticidal molecule against with significant promise.
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Rauf I, Javaid S, Naqvi RZ, Mustafa T, Amin I, Mukhtar Z, Jander G, Mansoor S. In-planta expression of insecticidal proteins provides protection against lepidopteran insects. Sci Rep 2019; 9:6745. [PMID: 31043622 PMCID: PMC6494996 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41833-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The development of advanced biotechnological control strategies opens a new era of environment friendly pest management. The current study is part of such an effort, in which we developed a control strategy based on gene pyramiding that confers broad-spectrum resistance against lepidopteran (Helicoverpa armigera and Spodoptera litura) and hemipteran (Myzus persicae, Phenacoccus solenopsis, and Bemisia tabaci) insect pests. Previously, we reported a double gene construct expressing Hvt and lectin in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) plants under phloem specific promoters which confers resistance against hemipteran insects. Here we extended our studies by evaluating the advanced generation of these tobacco plants expressing hvt-lectin against lepidopteran insects. Tobacco plants expressing both toxins were tested against H. armigera and S. litura. Insect bioassay results showed 100% mortality of H. armigera within 48-72 hours and 100% mortality of S. litura within 72-96 hours. Our results suggest that the use of both toxins as a gene pyramiding strategy to control both lepidopteran and hemipterans insects on commercial basis to reduce the use of chemical pesticides.
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- Imran Rauf
- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
- Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
- Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Lahore Main Campus, Defense Road, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Paiva ALB, Mudadu MA, Pereira EHT, Marri CA, Guerra-Duarte C, Diniz MRV. Transcriptome analysis of the spider Phoneutria pertyi venom glands reveals novel venom components for the genus Phoneutria. Toxicon 2019; 163:59-69. [PMID: 30902682 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2019.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Phoneutria nigriventer spider venom has been studied for more than 40 years and several components with pharmacological potential have been described in it. However, studies on venoms from other species of the Phoneutria genus are scarce. In this work, a conventional cDNA library from the species Phoneutria pertyi venom glands was constructed, aiming to identify novel putative cysteine-rich peptide toxins for the genus Phoneutria. 296 unique sequences were identified and 51 sequences corresponded to putative cysteine-rich peptide toxins. Besides cysteine-rich peptide toxins, other putative venom components such as protease inhibitors, defensins and serine proteinases were identified. Furthermore, by manual curation of the sequences with no match at UniProt, we were able to identify glycine-rich proteins (GRP), a class of venom component never described in Phoneutria genus. This work describes the first complete sequences of toxins from the venom of P. pertyi and reveals that, despite most of the retrieved toxins show a high identity to toxins identified in Phoneutria genus, novel putative toxins remains to be described.
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- Ana L B Paiva
- Diretoria de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Diretoria de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Diretoria de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Diretoria de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Diretoria de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Diretoria de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Saez NJ, Herzig V. Versatile spider venom peptides and their medical and agricultural applications. Toxicon 2018; 158:109-126. [PMID: 30543821 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.11.298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Revised: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Spiders have been evolving complex and diverse repertoires of peptides in their venoms with vast pharmacological activities for more than 300 million years. Spiders use their venoms for prey capture and defense, hence they contain peptides that target both prey (mainly arthropods) and predators (other arthropods or vertebrates). This includes peptides that potently and selectively modulate a range of targets such as ion channels, receptors and signaling pathways involved in physiological processes. The contribution of these targets in particular disease pathophysiologies makes spider venoms a valuable source of peptides with potential therapeutic use. In addition, peptides with insecticidal activities, used for prey capture, can be exploited for the development of novel bioinsecticides for agricultural use. Although we have already reviewed potential applications of spider venom peptides as therapeutics (in 2010) and as bioinsecticides (in 2012), a considerable number of research articles on both topics have been published since, warranting an updated review. Here we explore the most recent research on the use of spider venom peptides for both medical and agricultural applications.
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- Natalie J Saez
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
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Liu SM, Li J, Zhu JQ, Wang XW, Wang CS, Liu SS, Chen XX, Li S. Transgenic plants expressing the AaIT/GNA fusion protein show increased resistance and toxicity to both chewing and sucking pests. INSECT SCIENCE 2016; 23:265-76. [PMID: 25641865 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The adoption of pest-resistant transgenic plants to reduce yield losses and decrease pesticide use has been successful. To achieve the goal of controlling both chewing and sucking pests in a given transgenic plant, we generated transgenic tobacco, Arabidopsis, and rice plants expressing the fusion protein, AaIT/GNA, in which an insecticidal scorpion venom neurotoxin (Androctonus australis toxin, AaIT) is fused to snowdrop lectin (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin, GNA). Compared with transgenic tobacco and Arabidopsis plants expressing AaIT or GNA, transgenic plants expressing AaIT/GNA exhibited increased resistance and toxicity to one chewing pest, the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera. Transgenic tobacco and rice plants expressing AaIT/GNA showed increased resistance and toxicity to two sucking pests, the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, and the rice brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, respectively. Moreover, in the field, transgenic rice plants expressing AaIT/GNA exhibited a significant improvement in grain yield when infested with N. lugens. This study shows that expressing the AaIT/GNA fusion protein in transgenic plants can be a useful approach for controlling pests, particularly sucking pests which are not susceptible to the toxin in Bt crops.
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- Shu-Min Liu
- Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Yang S, Fitches E, Pyati P, Gatehouse JA. Effect of insecticidal fusion proteins containing spider toxins targeting sodium and calcium ion channels on pyrethroid-resistant strains of peach-potato aphid (Myzus persicae). PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2015; 71:951-956. [PMID: 25077959 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2014] [Revised: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND The recombinant fusion proteins Pl1a/GNA and Hv1a/GNA contain the spider venom peptides δ-amaurobitoxin-PI1a or ω-hexatoxin-Hv1a respectively, linked to snowdrop lectin (GNA). Pl1a targets receptor site 4 of insect voltage-gated sodium channels (NaCh), while Hv1a targets voltage-gated calcium channels. Insecticide-resistant strains of peach-potato aphid (Myzus persicae) contain mutations in NaCh. The pyrethroid-resistant kdr (794J) and super-kdr (UKO) strains contain mutations at residues L1014 and M918 in the channel α-subunit respectively, while the kdr + super-kdr strain (4824J), insensitive to pyrethroids, contains mutations at both L1014 and M918. RESULTS Pl1a/GNA and Hv1a/GNA fusion proteins have estimated LC50 values of 0.35 and 0.19 mg mL(-1) when fed to wild-type M. persicae. For insecticide-resistant aphids, LC50 for the Pl1a/GNA fusion protein increased by 2-6-fold, correlating with pyrethroid resistance (wild type < kdr < super-kdr < kdr + super-kdr strains). In contrast, LC50 for the Hv1a/GNA fusion protein showed limited correlation with pyrethroid resistance. CONCLUSION Mutations in the sodium channel in pyrethroid-resistant aphids also protect against a fusion protein containing a sodium-channel-specific toxin, in spite of differences in ligand-channel interactions, but do not confer resistance to a fusion protein targeting calcium channels. The use of fusion proteins with differing targets could play a role in managing pesticide resistance.
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- Sheng Yang
- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK
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- Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera), Sand Hutton, York, UK
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- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK
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- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK
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Macedo MLR, Oliveira CFR, Oliveira CT. Insecticidal activity of plant lectins and potential application in crop protection. Molecules 2015; 20:2014-33. [PMID: 25633332 PMCID: PMC6272522 DOI: 10.3390/molecules20022014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2014] [Revised: 01/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Lectins constitute a complex group of proteins found in different organisms. These proteins constitute an important field for research, as their structural diversity and affinity for several carbohydrates makes them suitable for numerous biological applications. This review addresses the classification and insecticidal activities of plant lectins, providing an overview of the applicability of these proteins in crop protection. The likely target sites in insect tissues, the mode of action of these proteins, as well as the use of lectins as biotechnological tools for pest control are also described. The use of initial bioassays employing artificial diets has led to the most recent advances in this field, such as plant breeding and the construction of fusion proteins, using lectins for targeting the delivery of toxins and to potentiate expected insecticide effects. Based on the data presented, we emphasize the contribution that plant lectins may make as tools for the development of integrated insect pest control strategies.
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- Maria Lígia R Macedo
- Department of Food Technology and Public Health, University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul 79070-900, Brazil.
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- Department of Food Technology and Public Health, University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul 79070-900, Brazil.
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- Department of Food Technology and Public Health, University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul 79070-900, Brazil.
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