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Fabrick JA, Li X, Carrière Y, Tabashnik BE. Molecular Genetic Basis of Lab- and Field-Selected Bt Resistance in Pink Bollworm. INSECTS 2023; 14:insects14020201. [PMID: 36835770 PMCID: PMC9959750 DOI: 10.3390/insects14020201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Transgenic crops producing insecticidal proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) control some important insect pests. However, evolution of resistance by pests reduces the efficacy of Bt crops. Here we review resistance to Bt cotton in the pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella, one of the world's most damaging pests of cotton. Field outcomes with Bt cotton and pink bollworm during the past quarter century differ markedly among the world's top three cotton-producing countries: practical resistance in India, sustained susceptibility in China, and eradication of this invasive lepidopteran pest from the United States achieved with Bt cotton and other tactics. We compared the molecular genetic basis of pink bollworm resistance between lab-selected strains from the U.S. and China and field-selected populations from India for two Bt proteins (Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab) produced in widely adopted Bt cotton. Both lab- and field-selected resistance are associated with mutations affecting the cadherin protein PgCad1 for Cry1Ac and the ATP-binding cassette transporter protein PgABCA2 for Cry2Ab. The results imply lab selection is useful for identifying genes important in field-evolved resistance to Bt crops, but not necessarily the specific mutations in those genes. The results also suggest that differences in management practices, rather than genetic constraints, caused the strikingly different outcomes among countries.
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- Jeffrey A. Fabrick
- USDA ARS, U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, AZ 85138, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Tabashnik BE, Unnithan GC, Yelich AJ, Fabrick JA, Dennehy TJ, Carrière Y. Responses to Bt toxin Vip3Aa by pink bollworm larvae resistant or susceptible to Cry toxins. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2022; 78:3973-3979. [PMID: 35633103 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Transgenic crops that make insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have revolutionized management of some pests. However, evolution of resistance to Bt toxins by pests diminishes the efficacy of Bt crops. Resistance to crystalline (Cry) Bt toxins has spurred adoption of crops genetically engineered to produce the Bt vegetative insecticidal protein Vip3Aa. Here we used laboratory diet bioassays to evaluate responses to Vip3Aa by pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella), one of the world's most damaging pests of cotton. RESULTS Against pink bollworm larvae susceptible to Cry toxins, Vip3Aa was less potent than Cry1Ac or Cry2Ab. Conversely, Vip3Aa was more potent than Cry1Ac or Cry2Ab against laboratory strains highly resistant to those Cry toxins. Five Cry-susceptible field populations were less susceptible to Vip3Aa than a Cry-susceptible laboratory strain (APHIS-S). Relative to APHIS-S, significant resistance to Vip3Aa did not occur in strains selected in the laboratory for > 700-fold resistance to Cry1Ac or both Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab. CONCLUSIONS Resistance to Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab did not cause strong cross-resistance to Vip3Aa in pink bollworm, which is consistent with predictions based on the lack of shared midgut receptors between these toxins and previous results from other lepidopterans. Comparison of the Bt toxin concentration in plants relative to the median lethal concentration (LC50 ) from bioassays may be useful for estimating efficacy. The moderate potency of Vip3Aa against Cry1Ac- and Cry2Ab-resistant and susceptible pink bollworm larvae suggests that Bt cotton producing this toxin together with novel Cry toxins might be useful as one component of integrated pest management. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- USDA ARS, US Arid Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, AZ, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Tariq M, Tabassum B, Bakhsh A, Farooq AM, Qamar Z, Akram F, Naz F, Rao AQ, Malik K, Nasir IA. Heterologous expression of cry1Ia12 insecticidal gene in cotton encodes resistance against pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae); an alternate insecticidal gene for insect pest management. Mol Biol Rep 2022; 49:10557-10564. [PMID: 36169899 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-022-07824-0] [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: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cotton is continuously exposed to sucking and chewing insect pest pressure since emergence to harvesting. Pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) has become major chewing insect pest to reduce the cotton yield and results in bad lint quality even in transgenic crops. The efficiency of insecticidal genes has been compromised due to extensive utilization of transgenic crops. METHODS AND RESULTS The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of an alternate cry1Ia12 insecticidal gene against pink bollworm (PBW) in cotton. Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA4404 harboring pCAMBIA2300 expression vector containing cry1Ia12 gene under the control of 35S CaMV was used to transform a local cotton cultivar GS-01. The various molecular analyses revealed the transgene integration and expression in primary transformants. Among five selected transgenic plants, tcL-08 showed maximum (16.06-fold) mRNA expression of cry1Ia12 gene whereas tcL-03 showed minimum (2.33-fold) expression. Feeding bioassays of 2nd and 3rd instar pink bollworm (PBW) larvae on immature cotton bolls, flowers and cotton squares revealed up to 33.33% mortality on tcL-08 while lowest mortality (13.33%) was observed in tcL-03 and tcL-15. Furthermore, the average weight and size of survived larvae fed on transgenic plants was significantly lesser than the average weight of larvae survived on non-transgenic plants. CONCLUSIONS The present study suggests the cry1Ia12 gene as an alternate insecticidal gene for the resistance management of cotton bollworms, especially PBW.
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- Muhammad Tariq
- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of the Punjab, 53700, Lahore, Pakistan.
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of the Punjab, 53700, Lahore, Pakistan
- School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of the Punjab, 53700, Lahore, Pakistan
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of the Punjab, 53700, Lahore, Pakistan
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of the Punjab, 53700, Lahore, Pakistan
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of the Punjab, 53700, Lahore, Pakistan
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of the Punjab, 53700, Lahore, Pakistan
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of the Punjab, 53700, Lahore, Pakistan
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of the Punjab, 53700, Lahore, Pakistan
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of the Punjab, 53700, Lahore, Pakistan.
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Xiao Y, Li W, Yang X, Xu P, Jin M, Yuan H, Zheng W, Soberón M, Bravo A, Wilson K, Wu K. Rapid spread of a densovirus in a major crop pest following wide-scale adoption of Bt-cotton in China. eLife 2021; 10:e66913. [PMID: 34263726 PMCID: PMC8324301 DOI: 10.7554/elife.66913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops have been widely planted and the effects of Bt-crops on populations of the target and non-target insect pests have been well studied. However, the effects of Bt-crops exposure on microorganisms that interact with crop pests have not previously been quantified. Here, we use laboratory and field data to show that infection of Helicoverpa armigera with a densovirus (HaDV2) is associated with its enhanced growth and tolerance to Bt-cotton. Moreover, field monitoring showed a much higher incidence of cotton bollworm infection with HaDV2 in regions cultivated with Bt-cotton than in regions without it, with the rate of densovirus infection increasing with increasing use of Bt-cotton. RNA-seq suggested tolerance to both baculovirus and Cry1Ac were enhanced via the immune-related pathways. These findings suggest that exposure to Bt-crops has selected for beneficial interactions between the target pest and a mutualistic microorganism that enhances its performance on Bt-crops under field conditions.
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- Yutao Xiao
- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesShenzhenChina
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- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
- Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Fertility, Hubei Academy of Agricultural SciencesWuhanChina
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- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
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- Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesQingdaoChina
- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster UniversityLancasterUnited Kingdom
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesShenzhenChina
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesShenzhenChina
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesShenzhenChina
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMorelosUnited States
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMorelosUnited States
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesShenzhenChina
- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster UniversityLancasterUnited Kingdom
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- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijingChina
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CRISPR-mediated mutations in the ABC transporter gene ABCA2 confer pink bollworm resistance to Bt toxin Cry2Ab. Sci Rep 2021; 11:10377. [PMID: 34001946 PMCID: PMC8128902 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89771-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Crops genetically engineered to produce insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have many benefits and are important globally for managing insect pests. However, the evolution of pest resistance to Bt crops reduces their benefits. Understanding the genetic basis of such resistance is needed to better monitor, manage, and counter pest resistance to Bt crops. Previous work shows that resistance to Bt toxin Cry2Ab is associated with mutations in the gene encoding the ATP-binding cassette protein ABCA2 in lab- and field-selected populations of the pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella), one of the world’s most destructive pests of cotton. Here we used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to test the hypothesis that mutations in the pink bollworm gene encoding ABCA2 (PgABCA2) can cause resistance to Cry2Ab. Consistent with this hypothesis, introduction of disruptive mutations in PgABCA2 in a susceptible strain of pink bollworm increased the frequency of resistance to Cry2Ab and facilitated creation of a Cry2Ab-resistant strain. All Cry2Ab-resistant individuals tested in this study had disruptive mutations in PgABCA2. Overall, we found 17 different disruptive mutations in PgABCA2 gDNA and 26 in PgABCA2 cDNA, including novel mutations corresponding precisely to single-guide (sgRNA) sites used for CRISPR/Cas9. Together with previous results, these findings provide the first case of practical resistance to Cry2Ab where evidence identifies a specific gene in which disruptive mutations can cause resistance and are associated with resistance in field-selected populations.
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Karthik K, Negi J, Rathinam M, Saini N, Sreevathsa R. Exploitation of Novel Bt ICPs for the Management of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) in Cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.): A Transgenic Approach. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:661212. [PMID: 33995323 PMCID: PMC8116509 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.661212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Cotton is a commercial crop of global importance. The major threat challenging the productivity in cotton has been the lepidopteron insect pest Helicoverpa armigera or cotton bollworm which voraciously feeds on various plant parts. Biotechnological interventions to manage this herbivore have been a universally inevitable option. The advent of plant genetic engineering and exploitation of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) insecticidal crystal proteins (ICPs) marked the beginning of plant protection in cotton through transgenic technology. Despite phenomenal success and widespread acceptance, the fear of resistance development in insects has been a perennial concern. To address this issue, alternate strategies like introgression of a combination of cry protein genes and protein-engineered chimeric toxin genes came into practice. The utility of chimeric toxins produced by domain swapping, rearrangement of domains, and other strategies aid in toxins emerging with broad spectrum efficacy that facilitate the avoidance of resistance in insects toward cry toxins. The present study demonstrates the utility of two Bt ICPs, cry1AcF (produced by domain swapping) and cry2Aa (produced by codon modification) in transgenic cotton for the mitigation of H. armigera. Transgenics were developed in cotton cv. Pusa 8–6 by the exploitation of an apical meristem-targeted in planta transformation protocol. Stringent trait efficacy-based selective screening of T1 and T2 generation transgenic plants enabled the identification of plants resistant to H. armigera upon deliberate challenging. Evaluation of shortlisted events in T3 generation identified a total of nine superior transgenic events with both the genes (six with cry1AcF and three with cry2Aa). The transgenic plants depicted 80–100% larval mortality of H. armigera and 10–30% leaf damage. Molecular characterization of the shortlisted transgenics demonstrated stable integration, inheritance and expression of transgenes. The study is the first of its kind to utilise a non-tissue culture-based transformation strategy for the development of stable transgenics in cotton harbouring two novel genes, cry1AcF and cry2Aa for insect resistance. The identified transgenic events can be potential options toward the exploitation of unique cry genes for the management of the polyphagous insect pest H. armigera.
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- Kesiraju Karthik
- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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Mahmood S, Kumar M, Kumari P, Mahapatro GK, Banerjee N, Sarin NB. Novel insecticidal chitinase from the insect pathogen Xenorhabdus nematophila. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 159:394-401. [PMID: 32422264 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.05.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Xenorhabdus nematophila strain ATCC 19061 is an insect pathogen that produces various protein toxins which intoxicate and kill its larval host. In the present study, we have described the cloning, expression and characterization of a 76-kDa chitinase protein of X. nematophila. A 1.9 kb DNA sequence encoding the chitinase gene was PCR amplified and cloned. Further, the chitinase protein was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified by using affinity chromatography. Two highly conserved domains were identified GH18 and ChiA. The purified chitinase protein showed chitobiosidase activity, β-N-acetylglucosaminidase and endochitinase activity, when enzyme activity was measured using respective substrates. The purified chitinase protein was found to be orally toxic to the larvae of a major crop pest, Helicoverpa armigera when fed to the larvae mixed with artificial diet. It also had adverse effect on the growth and development of the surviving larvae. Surviving larvae showed 9-fold reduction in weight, as a result the transformation of larvae into pupae was adversely affected. Our results demonstrated that the chitinase protein of X. nematophila has insecticidal property and can prove to be a potent candidate for pest control in plants.
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- Saquib Mahmood
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India.
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Pink Bollworm Resistance to Bt Toxin Cry1Ac Associated with an Insertion in Cadherin Exon 20. Toxins (Basel) 2019; 11:toxins11040186. [PMID: 30925748 PMCID: PMC6521048 DOI: 10.3390/toxins11040186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are widely used to control insect pests, but their efficacy is reduced when pests evolve resistance. We report on a novel allele (r16) of the cadherin gene (PgCad1) in pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) associated with resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ac, which is produced by transgenic cotton. The r16 allele isolated from a field population in China has 1545 base pairs of a degenerate transposon inserted in exon 20 of PgCad1, which generates a mis-spliced transcript containing a premature stop codon. A strain homozygous for r16 had 300-fold resistance to Cry1Ac, 2.6-fold cross-resistance to Cry2Ab, and completed its life cycle on transgenic Bt cotton producing Cry1Ac. Inheritance of Cry1Ac resistance was recessive and tightly linked with r16. Compared with transfected insect cells expressing wild-type PgCad1, cells expressing r16 were less susceptible to Cry1Ac. Recombinant cadherin protein was transported to the cell membrane in cells transfected with the wild-type PgCad1 allele, but not in cells transfected with r16. Cadherin occurred on brush border membrane vesicles (BBMVs) in the midgut of susceptible larvae, but not resistant larvae. These results imply that the r16 allele mediates Cry1Ac resistance in pink bollworm by interfering with the localization of cadherin.
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Naik VC, Kumbhare S, Kranthi S, Satija U, Kranthi KR. Field-evolved resistance of pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), to transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton expressing crystal 1Ac (Cry1Ac) and Cry2Ab in India. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2018; 74:2544-2554. [PMID: 29697187 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pink bollworm (PBW) adaptation to transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton expressing crystal 1Ac (Cry1Ac) (Bt-I) and Cry1Ac + Cry2Ab (Bt-II) was assessed in India during 2010-2017 in 38 districts of the 10 major cotton-growing states. RESULTS PBW larval incidence on Bt cotton was nil in northern India, wherein the resistance ratios (RRs) to Cry1Ac were 26-262 and those to Cry2Ab were 1-108. In central and southern India, the annual average PBW larval recovery from Bt II cotton was high at 28.85-72.49% during 2014-2017. In central and southern India, the 50% lethal concentration (LC50 ) of Cry1Ac increased from a mean of 0.330 µg mL-1 (range 0.126-0.849 µg mL-1 ) in 2013 to a mean of 6.938 µg mL-1 (range 3.52 to 10.30 µg mL-1 ) in 2017 and the RR increased from a mean of 47.12 (range 18-121) in 2013 to a mean of 1387 (704-2060) in 2017, whereas the LC50 value for Cry2Ab increased from a mean of 0.014 µg mL-1 (range 0.004-0.094 µg mL-1 ) in 2013 to a mean of 12.51 µg mL-1 (range 3.92 to 28.10 µg mL-1 ) in 2017 and the RR increased from a mean of 5.4 (range 1-31) in 2013 to a mean of 4196 (1306-9366) in 2017. CONCLUSION High PBW larval recovery on Bt-II in conjunction with high LC50 values for Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab in major cotton-growing districts of central and southern India provides evidence of field-evolved resistance in PBW to Bt-I and Bt-II cotton. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Vakudavath Cb Naik
- Crop Protection Division, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, India
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- Crop Protection Division, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, India
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- Crop Protection Division, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, India
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- Crop Protection Division, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, India
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- Crop Protection Division, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, India
- Technical Information Section, International Cotton Advisory Committee, Washington, DC, USA
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Luo JY, Zhang S, Zhu XZ, Ji JC, Zhang KX, Wang CY, Zhang LJ, Wang L, Cui JJ. Effect of NaCl-stressed Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton on the feeding behaviors and nutritional parameters of Helicoverpa armigera. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0198570. [PMID: 30216338 PMCID: PMC6138370 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Saline-alkali soil is an arable land resource on which transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton has been planted on a large scale in accordance with food security strategies. There are, however, concerns about the insecticidal effects of Bt cotton on target insect pests. In this study, a Bt cotton variety, GK19, and its nontransgenic parent variety, Simian-3, were used as experimental models for investigating the effect of the expression of exogenous insecticidal proteins in Bt cotton under NaCl stress on the feeding behavior and nutritional parameters of Helicoverpa armigera. The results showed that the expression of exogenous insecticidal proteins in GK19 was significantly inhibited under NaCl stress. However, the feeding, crawling, resting and spinning down behavior of the 5th instar H. armigera larvae on GK19 Bt cotton, as well as the amount of food consumed and feces produced by these larvae, did not markedly differ under different NaCl concentrations. In contrast, the mean relative growth rate (MRGR), relative growth rate (RGR), approximate digestibility (AD), efficiency of conversion of ingested food (ECI) and efficiency of conversion of digested food (ECD) of the larvae markedly decreased in response to NaCl stress. Under the same concentration of NaCl, the nutritional parameters of the bollworm larvae on GK19 Bt cotton or Simian-3 nontransgenic cotton were different. However, the interaction between salt stress and cotton variety had no significant effect on the feeding behavior or nutritional parameters of H. armigera larvae. These results may provide a scientific basis for determining the effect of exogenous insecticidal protein expression in Bt cotton under NaCl stress on H. armigera and can therefore be useful for the effective application of Bt cotton in saline-alkali soils to prevent and control H. armigera.
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- Jun-Yu Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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Expression of Cry2Aa, a Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal protein in transgenic pigeon pea confers resistance to gram pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera. Sci Rep 2018; 8:8820. [PMID: 29891840 PMCID: PMC5995972 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26358-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Pigeon pea is an important legume infested by a plethora of insect pests amongst which gram pod borer Helicoverpa armigera is very prominent. Imparting resistance to this insect herbivore is of global importance in attaining food security. Expression of insecticidal crystal proteins (ICP) in diverse crops has led to increased resistance to several pests. We report in this paper, expression of Cry2Aa in transgenic pigeon pea and its effectiveness towards H. armigera by employing Agrobacterium-mediated in planta transformation approach. Approximately 0.8% of T1 generation plants were identified as putative transformants based on screening in the presence of 70 ppm kanamycin as the selection agent. Promising events were further recognized in advanced generations based on integration, expression and bioefficacy of the transgenes. Seven T3 lines (11.8% of the selected T1 events) were categorized as superior as these events demonstrated 80–100% mortality of the challenged larvae and improved ability to prevent damage caused by the larvae. The selected transgenic plants accumulated Cry2Aa in the range of 25–80 µg/g FW. The transgenic events developed in the study can be used in pigeon pea improvement programmes for pod borer resistance.
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Luo JY, Zhang S, Zhu XZ, Ji JC, Zhang KX, Wang CY, Zhang LJ, Wang L, Cui JJ. Effect of NaCl-stressed Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton on the feeding behaviors and nutritional parameters of Helicoverpa armigera. PLoS One 2018. [PMID: 30216338 DOI: 10.1101/365213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023] Open
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Saline-alkali soil is an arable land resource on which transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton has been planted on a large scale in accordance with food security strategies. There are, however, concerns about the insecticidal effects of Bt cotton on target insect pests. In this study, a Bt cotton variety, GK19, and its nontransgenic parent variety, Simian-3, were used as experimental models for investigating the effect of the expression of exogenous insecticidal proteins in Bt cotton under NaCl stress on the feeding behavior and nutritional parameters of Helicoverpa armigera. The results showed that the expression of exogenous insecticidal proteins in GK19 was significantly inhibited under NaCl stress. However, the feeding, crawling, resting and spinning down behavior of the 5th instar H. armigera larvae on GK19 Bt cotton, as well as the amount of food consumed and feces produced by these larvae, did not markedly differ under different NaCl concentrations. In contrast, the mean relative growth rate (MRGR), relative growth rate (RGR), approximate digestibility (AD), efficiency of conversion of ingested food (ECI) and efficiency of conversion of digested food (ECD) of the larvae markedly decreased in response to NaCl stress. Under the same concentration of NaCl, the nutritional parameters of the bollworm larvae on GK19 Bt cotton or Simian-3 nontransgenic cotton were different. However, the interaction between salt stress and cotton variety had no significant effect on the feeding behavior or nutritional parameters of H. armigera larvae. These results may provide a scientific basis for determining the effect of exogenous insecticidal protein expression in Bt cotton under NaCl stress on H. armigera and can therefore be useful for the effective application of Bt cotton in saline-alkali soils to prevent and control H. armigera.
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- Jun-Yu Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan, China
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The First Cry2Ac-Type Protein Toxic to Helicoverpa armigera: Cloning and Overexpression of Cry2ac7 Gene from SBS-BT1 Strain of Bacillus thuringiensis. Toxins (Basel) 2017; 9:toxins9110358. [PMID: 29099767 PMCID: PMC5705973 DOI: 10.3390/toxins9110358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2017] [Revised: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The Cry (crystal) proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis are known to have toxicity against a variety of insects and have been exploited to control insect pests through transgenic plants and biopesticides. B. thuringiensis SBS BT-1 carrying the cry2 genes was isolated from soil samples in Pakistan. The 2-kb full length cry2Ac gene was cloned, sequenced, and submitted to the EMBL DNA database (Accession No. AM292031). For expression analysis, Escherichia coli DH5α was transformed with the fragment sub-cloned in pET22b expression vector using NdeI and HindIII restriction sites, and later confirmed by restriction endonuclease analysis. To assess the toxicity of Cry2Ac7 protein against lepidopteran and dipteran insects, BL21 (codon plus) strain of E. coli was further transformed with the recombinant plasmid. The 65-kDa protein was expressed in the form of inclusion bodies up to 180 OD units per liter of the medium. Inclusions were washed with a buffer containing 1.5% Triton-X 100 and >90% pure Cry2Ac7 was obtained. The inclusion bodies were dissolved in 50 mM K2CO3 (pH 11.5), dialyzed, and freeze-dried. This freeze-dried protein as well as inclusion bodies were used in bioassays against larvae of Helicoverpa armigera and Musca domestica. The freeze-dried protein was toxic to H. armigera larvae with an LC50 value of 131 ng/mL. However, Cry2Ac7 produced in E. coli did not show any mortality to M. domestica larvae. This is the first report of Cry2Ac protein toxic to H. armigera.
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Ghosh G, Ganguly S, Purohit A, Chaudhuri RK, Das S, Chakraborti D. Transgenic pigeonpea events expressing Cry1Ac and Cry2Aa exhibit resistance to Helicoverpa armigera. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2017; 36:1037-1051. [PMID: 28352969 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-017-2133-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Independent transgenic pigeonpea events were developed using two cry genes. Transgenic Cry2Aa-pigeonpea was established for the first time. Selected transgenic events demonstrated 100% mortality of Helicoverpa armigera in successive generations. Lepidopteran insect Helicoverpa armigera is the major yield constraint of food legume pigeonpea. The present study was aimed to develop H. armigera-resistant transgenic pigeonpea, selected on the basis of transgene expression and phenotyping. Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of embryonic axis explants of pigeonpea cv UPAS 120 was performed using two separate binary vectors carrying synthetic Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal crystal protein genes, cry1Ac and cry2Aa. T0 transformants were selected on the basis of PCR and protein expression profile. T1 events were exclusively selected on the basis of expression and monogenic character for cry, validated through Western and Southern blot analyses, respectively. Independently transformed 12 Cry1Ac and 11 Cry2Aa single-copy events were developed. The level of Cry-protein expression in T1 transgenic events was 0.140-0.175% of total soluble protein. Expressed Cry1Ac and Cry2Aa proteins in transgenic pigeonpea exhibited significant weight loss of second-fourth instar larvae of H. armigera and ultimately 80-100% mortality in detached leaf bioassay. Selected Cry-transgenic pigeonpea events, established at T2 generation, inherited insect-resistant phenotype. Immunohistofluorescence localization in T3 plants demonstrated constitutive accumulation of Cry1Ac and Cry2Aa in leaf tissues of respective transgenic events. This study is the first report of transgenic pigeonpea development, where stable integration, effective expression and biological activity of two Cry proteins were demonstrated in subsequent three generations (T0, T1, and T2). These studies will contribute to biotechnological breeding programmes of pigeonpea for its genetic improvement.
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- Gourab Ghosh
- Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), 30, Park Street, Kolkata, 700016, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), 30, Park Street, Kolkata, 700016, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), 30, Park Street, Kolkata, 700016, West Bengal, India
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- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, P1/12 C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata, 700054, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), 30, Park Street, Kolkata, 700016, West Bengal, India.
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Liu L, Gao M, Yang S, Liu S, Wu Y, Carrière Y, Yang Y. Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis toxin Cry2Ab and survival on single-toxin and pyramided cotton in cotton bollworm from China. Evol Appl 2016; 10:170-179. [PMID: 28127393 PMCID: PMC5253426 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Evolution of Helicoverpa armigera resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton producing Cry1Ac is progressing in northern China, and replacement of Cry1Ac cotton by pyramided Bt cotton has been considered to counter such resistance. Here, we investigated four of the eight conditions underlying success of the refuge strategy for delaying resistance to Cry1Ac+Cry2Ab cotton, a pyramid that has been used extensively against H. armigera outside China. Laboratory bioassays of a Cry2Ab‐selected strain (An2Ab) and a related unselected strain (An) reveal that resistance to Cry2Ab (130‐fold) was nearly dominant, autosomally inherited, and controlled by more than one locus. Strong cross‐resistance occurred between Cry2Ab and Cry2Aa (81‐fold). Weaker cross‐resistance (18‐ to 22‐fold) between Cry2Ab and Cry1A toxins was also present and significantly increased survival of An2Ab relative to An on cotton cultivars producing the fusion protein Cry1Ac/Cry1Ab or Cry1Ac. Survival on Cry1Ac+Cry2Ab cotton was also significantly higher in An2Ab than in An, showing that redundant killing on this pyramid was incomplete. Survival on non‐Bt cotton did not differ significantly between An2Ab and An, indicating an absence of fitness costs affecting this trait. These results indicate that a switch to three‐toxin pyramided cotton could be valuable for increasing durability of Bt cotton in China.
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- Laipan Liu
- College of Plant Protection Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing China
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- College of Plant Protection Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing China
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- College of Plant Protection Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing China
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- College of Plant Protection Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing China
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- College of Plant Protection Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing China
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- Department of Entomology University of Arizona Tucson AZ USA
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- College of Plant Protection Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing China
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Can Pyramids and Seed Mixtures Delay Resistance to Bt Crops? Trends Biotechnol 2016; 34:291-302. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Revised: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Abid MA, Malik W, Yasmeen A, Qayyum A, Zhang R, Liang C, Guo S, Ashraf J. Mode of inheritance for biochemical traits in genetically engineered cotton under water stress. AOB PLANTS 2016; 8:plw008. [PMID: 26839284 PMCID: PMC4789546 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plw008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Drought is an abiotic environmental stress that can significantly reduce crop productivity. We examined the mode of inheritance for different biochemical traits including total soluble proteins, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll, carotenoids, total phenolic contents and enzymatic antioxidants (superoxide dismutase, peroxidase and catalase), and their relationship with Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin under control and drought conditions. Eight genetically diverse cotton genotypes were selfed for two generations to ensure homozygosity. Fifteen F1 hybrids were developed by crossing five non-Bt female lines with three Bt male testers. The F1 hybrids and eight parents were finally evaluated under control (100 % field capacity (FC)) and drought (50 % FC) conditions in 2013. The biochemical traits appeared to be controlled by non-additive gene action with low narrow sense heritability estimates. The estimates of general combining ability and specific combining ability for all biochemical traits were significant under control and drought conditions. The genotype-by-trait biplot analysis showed the better performance of Bt cotton hybrids when compared with their parental genotypes for various biochemical traits under control and drought conditions. The biplot and path coefficient analyses revealed the prevalence of different relationships between Cry1Ac toxin and biochemical traits in the control and drought conditions. In conclusion, biochemical traits could serve as potential biochemical markers for breeding Bt cotton genotypes without compromising the optimal level of Bt toxin.
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- Muhammad Ali Abid
- Genomics Lab, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60000, Pakistan Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100081 Beijing, China
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- Genomics Lab, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60000, Pakistan Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100081 Beijing, China
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60000, Pakistan
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- Genomics Lab, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60000, Pakistan
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100081 Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100081 Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100081 Beijing, China
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- Genomics Lab, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60000, Pakistan
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de Oliveira RS, Oliveira-Neto OB, Moura HFN, de Macedo LLP, Arraes FBM, Lucena WA, Lourenço-Tessutti IT, de Deus Barbosa AA, da Silva MCM, Grossi-de-Sa MF. Transgenic Cotton Plants Expressing Cry1Ia12 Toxin Confer Resistance to Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and Cotton Boll Weevil (Anthonomus grandis). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:165. [PMID: 26925081 PMCID: PMC4759279 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Accepted: 01/31/2016] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Gossypium hirsutum (commercial cooton) is one of the most economically important fibers sources and a commodity crop highly affected by insect pests and pathogens. Several transgenic approaches have been developed to improve cotton resistance to insect pests, through the transgenic expression of different factors, including Cry toxins, proteinase inhibitors, and toxic peptides, among others. In the present study, we developed transgenic cotton plants by fertilized floral buds injection (through the pollen-tube pathway technique) using an DNA expression cassette harboring the cry1Ia12 gene, driven by CaMV35S promoter. The T0 transgenic cotton plants were initially selected with kanamycin and posteriorly characterized by PCR and Southern blot experiments to confirm the genetic transformation. Western blot and ELISA assays indicated the transgenic cotton plants with higher Cry1Ia12 protein expression levels to be further tested in the control of two major G. hirsutum insect pests. Bioassays with T1 plants revealed the Cry1Ia12 protein toxicity on Spodoptera frugiperda larvae, as evidenced by mortality up to 40% and a significant delay in the development of the target insects compared to untransformed controls (up to 30-fold). Also, an important reduction of Anthonomus grandis emerging adults (up to 60%) was observed when the insect larvae were fed on T1 floral buds. All the larvae and adult insect survivors on the transgenic lines were weaker and significantly smaller compared to the non-transformed plants. Therefore, this study provides GM cotton plant with simultaneous resistance against the Lepidopteran (S. frugiperda), and the Coleopteran (A. grandis) insect orders, and all data suggested that the Cry1Ia12 toxin could effectively enhance the cotton transgenic plants resistance to both insect pests.
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- Raquel S. de Oliveira
- Catholic University of BrasiliaBrasilia, Brazil
- Pest-Plant Molecular Interaction Laboratory, Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brazilian Research Agricultural CorporationBrasilia, Brazil
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- Pest-Plant Molecular Interaction Laboratory, Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brazilian Research Agricultural CorporationBrasilia, Brazil
- UNIEURO – University CenterBrasília, Brazil
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- Pest-Plant Molecular Interaction Laboratory, Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brazilian Research Agricultural CorporationBrasilia, Brazil
- Biology Institute, Brasilia UniversityBrasilia, Brazil
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- Pest-Plant Molecular Interaction Laboratory, Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brazilian Research Agricultural CorporationBrasilia, Brazil
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- Pest-Plant Molecular Interaction Laboratory, Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brazilian Research Agricultural CorporationBrasilia, Brazil
- Federal University of Rio Grande do SulPorto Alegre, Brazil
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- Pest-Plant Molecular Interaction Laboratory, Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brazilian Research Agricultural CorporationBrasilia, Brazil
- Embrapa CottonCampina Grande, Brazil
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- Pest-Plant Molecular Interaction Laboratory, Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brazilian Research Agricultural CorporationBrasilia, Brazil
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- Pest-Plant Molecular Interaction Laboratory, Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brazilian Research Agricultural CorporationBrasilia, Brazil
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- Pest-Plant Molecular Interaction Laboratory, Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brazilian Research Agricultural CorporationBrasilia, Brazil
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- Catholic University of BrasiliaBrasilia, Brazil
- Pest-Plant Molecular Interaction Laboratory, Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brazilian Research Agricultural CorporationBrasilia, Brazil
- *Correspondence: Maria F. Grossi-de-Sa,
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Fabrick JA, Unnithan GC, Yelich AJ, DeGain B, Masson L, Zhang J, Carrière Y, Tabashnik BE. Multi-Toxin Resistance Enables Pink Bollworm Survival on Pyramided Bt Cotton. Sci Rep 2015; 5:16554. [PMID: 26559899 PMCID: PMC5156061 DOI: 10.1038/srep16554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Transgenic crops producing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins kill key insect pests, providing economic and environmental benefits. However, the evolution of pest resistance threatens the continued success of such Bt crops. To delay or counter resistance, transgenic plant "pyramids" producing two or more Bt proteins that kill the same pest have been adopted extensively. Field populations of the pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) in the United States have remained susceptible to Bt toxins Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab, but field-evolved practical resistance to Bt cotton producing Cry1Ac has occurred widely in India. Here we used two rounds of laboratory selection to achieve 18,000- to 150,000-fold resistance to Cry2Ab in pink bollworm. Inheritance of resistance to Cry2Ab was recessive, autosomal, conferred primarily by one locus, and independent of Cry1Ac resistance. We created a strain with high resistance to both toxins by crossing the Cry2Ab-resistant strain with a Cry1Ac-resistant strain, followed by one selection with Cry2Ab. This multi-toxin resistant strain survived on field-collected Bt cotton bolls producing both toxins. The results here demonstrate the risk of evolution of resistance to pyramided Bt plants, particularly when toxins are deployed sequentially and refuges are scarce, as seen with Bt cotton and pink bollworm in India.
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- Jeffrey A Fabrick
- USDA ARS, U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, AZ 85138 USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada H4P 2R2
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, Haidian District, 100193 Peoples Republic of China
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
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An J, Gao Y, Lei C, Gould F, Wu K. Monitoring cotton bollworm resistance to Cry1Ac in two counties of northern China during 2009-2013. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2015; 71:377-82. [PMID: 24753356 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2013] [Revised: 04/12/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Transgenic cotton that expresses a gene derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has been deployed for combating cotton bollworm in China since 1997. As a follow-up on research started in 2002, the quantitative shifts in larval Cry1Ac resistance of field Helicoverpa armigera populations were monitored from 2009-2013 using bioassays of isofemale lines. RESULTS A total of 2837 lines from Xiajin and 2055 lines from Anci were screened for growth rate on normal artificial diet and on a diet containing 1.0 µg mL(-1) of Cry1A(c) toxin. In 2009-2013, the mean relative average development rates (RADRs) of H. armigera larvae in the Xiajin population were 0.62, 0.59, 0.59, 0.58 and 0.62 respectively, and in the Anci population 0.54, 0.58, 0.60, 0.53 and 0.62 respectively. CONCLUSIONS Compared with previous results in 2002, there was an increase in the RADR of H. armigera during 2009-2013, with ratios of 1.53-1.63 and 1.77-2.07 in the respective Xiajin and Anci populations, suggesting that resistance to Cry1Ac has increased in H. armigera populations in northern China.
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- Jingjie An
- Hubei Insect Resources Utilisation and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, Institute of Insect Resources, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China; State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Huang T, Xiao Y, Pan J, Zhang L, Gelbič I, Guan X. Characterization of cry1Cb3 and cry1Fb7 from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. galleriae. Open Life Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1515/biol-2015-0054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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AbstractTwo cry1-type genes encoding insecticidal crystal proteins (ICPs) were detected by PCR-RFLP and cloned from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. galleriae 87. The nucleotide sequences were deposited in GenBank with accession numbers EU679501 and EU679502, and designated as cry1Fb7 and cry1Cb3 respectively by B. thuringiensis Delta- Endotoxin Nomenclature Committee. cry1Cb3 shared 99% homology with other cry1Cb genes. The existence of two additional stop codons indicated cry1Cb3 was a silent gene. The cry1Cb3 was 3531 bp with 38.98% G+C content and its first open reading frame (ORF) encoded a protein of 213 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular weight of 23.8 kDa and a predicted pI value of 4.63. Five amino acid sequence blocks (block 1, block 2, block 3, block 4 and block 5) were found in Cry1Cb3. Translation of cry1Fb7 revealed an ORF of 3525 bp with 39.12% G+C content and a protein with a calculated molecular weight of 133.2 kDa and a predicted pI value of 5.18. Cry1Fb7 had five amino acid sequence blocks (blocks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) and three domains (I, II and III), which consisted of 218 residues (Leu
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Optimizing pyramided transgenic Bt crops for sustainable pest management. Nat Biotechnol 2015; 33:161-8. [DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2013] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Head GP, Greenplate J. The design and implementation of insect resistance management programs for Bt crops. GM CROPS & FOOD 2014; 3:144-53. [DOI: 10.4161/gmcr.20743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Xiao Y, Zhang T, Liu C, Heckel DG, Li X, Tabashnik BE, Wu K. Mis-splicing of the ABCC2 gene linked with Bt toxin resistance in Helicoverpa armigera. Sci Rep 2014; 4:6184. [PMID: 25154974 PMCID: PMC4143771 DOI: 10.1038/srep06184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Toxins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are used widely for insect control in sprays and transgenic plants, but their efficacy is reduced when pests evolve resistance. Previous work showed that mutations in a gene encoding the transporter protein ABCC2 are linked with resistance to Bt toxins Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac or both in four species of Lepidoptera. Here we compared the ABCC2 gene of Helicoverpa armigera (HaABCC2) between susceptible strains and a laboratory-selected strain with >1,000-fold resistance to Cry1Ac relative its susceptible parent strain. We discovered a 73-base pair (bp) insertion in the cDNA of the resistant strain that generates a premature stop codon expected to yield a truncated ABCC2 protein. Sequencing of genomic DNA revealed that this insertion is an intron that is not spliced out because of a 6-bp deletion at its splicing site. Analysis of progeny from crosses revealed tight genetic linkage between HaABCC2 and resistance to Cry1Ac. These results provide the first evidence that mis-splicing of a gene encoding an ABCC2 protein confers resistance to a Bt toxin.
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- Yutao Xiao
- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, West Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing, 100193, China
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- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, West Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing, 100193, China
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- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, West Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Entomology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knoell-Str. 8, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, West Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing, 100193, China
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Fabrick JA, Ponnuraj J, Singh A, Tanwar RK, Unnithan GC, Yelich AJ, Li X, Carrière Y, Tabashnik BE. Alternative splicing and highly variable cadherin transcripts associated with field-evolved resistance of pink bollworm to bt cotton in India. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97900. [PMID: 24840729 PMCID: PMC4026531 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2014] [Accepted: 04/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Evolution of resistance by insect pests can reduce the benefits of insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) that are used extensively in sprays and transgenic crops. Despite considerable knowledge of the genes conferring insect resistance to Bt toxins in laboratory-selected strains and in field populations exposed to Bt sprays, understanding of the genetic basis of field-evolved resistance to Bt crops remains limited. In particular, previous work has not identified the genes conferring resistance in any cases where field-evolved resistance has reduced the efficacy of a Bt crop. Here we report that mutations in a gene encoding a cadherin protein that binds Bt toxin Cry1Ac are associated with field-evolved resistance of pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) in India to Cry1Ac produced by transgenic cotton. We conducted laboratory bioassays that confirmed previously reported resistance to Cry1Ac in pink bollworm from the state of Gujarat, where Bt cotton producing Cry1Ac has been grown extensively. Analysis of DNA from 436 pink bollworm from seven populations in India detected none of the four cadherin resistance alleles previously reported to be linked with resistance to Cry1Ac in laboratory-selected strains of pink bollworm from Arizona. However, DNA sequencing of pink bollworm derived from resistant and susceptible field populations in India revealed eight novel, severely disrupted cadherin alleles associated with resistance to Cry1Ac. For these eight alleles, analysis of complementary DNA (cDNA) revealed a total of 19 transcript isoforms, each containing a premature stop codon, a deletion of at least 99 base pairs, or both. Seven of the eight disrupted alleles each produced two or more different transcript isoforms, which implicates alternative splicing of messenger RNA (mRNA). This represents the first example of alternative splicing associated with field-evolved resistance that reduced the efficacy of a Bt crop.
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- Jeffrey A. Fabrick
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, Arizona, United States of America
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- National Institute of Plant Health Management, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- National Centre for Integrated Pest Management, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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- National Centre for Integrated Pest Management, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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Tabashnik BE, Fabrick JA, Unnithan GC, Yelich AJ, Masson L, Zhang J, Bravo A, Soberón M. Efficacy of genetically modified Bt toxins alone and in combinations against pink bollworm resistant to Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab. PLoS One 2013; 8:e80496. [PMID: 24244692 PMCID: PMC3820661 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Accepted: 10/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Evolution of resistance in pests threatens the long-term efficacy of insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) used in sprays and transgenic crops. Previous work showed that genetically modified Bt toxins Cry1AbMod and Cry1AcMod effectively countered resistance to native Bt toxins Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac in some pests, including pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella). Here we report that Cry1AbMod and Cry1AcMod were also effective against a laboratory-selected strain of pink bollworm resistant to Cry2Ab as well as to Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac. Resistance ratios based on the concentration of toxin killing 50% of larvae for the resistant strain relative to a susceptible strain were 210 for Cry2Ab, 270 for Cry1Ab, and 310 for Cry1Ac, but only 1.6 for Cry1AbMod and 2.1 for Cry1AcMod. To evaluate the interactions among toxins, we tested combinations of Cry1AbMod, Cry1Ac, and Cry2Ab. For both the resistant and susceptible strains, the net results across all concentrations tested showed slight but significant synergism between Cry1AbMod and Cry2Ab, whereas the other combinations of toxins did not show consistent synergism or antagonism. The results suggest that the modified toxins might be useful for controlling populations of pink bollworm resistant to Cry1Ac, Cry2Ab, or both.
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- Bruce E. Tabashnik
- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS, U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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- National Research Council of Canada, Biotechnology Research Institute, Montreal,Quebec, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Chakravarthy VSK, Reddy TP, Reddy VD, Rao KV. Current status of genetic engineering in cotton(Gossypium hirsutum L): an assessment. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2012. [DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2012.743502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Valizadeh M, Kazemitaba SK, A. Jongsma M. Agrobacterium-mediated Genetic Transformation of Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.) with an Aphidicidal Gene, gcs (Gamma-cadinene Synthase). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.3923/ijpbg.2012.168.181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Tabashnik BE, Wu K, Wu Y. Early detection of field-evolved resistance to Bt cotton in China: Cotton bollworm and pink bollworm. J Invertebr Pathol 2012; 110:301-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A 50-kilodalton Cry2A peptide is lethal to Bombyx mori and Lymantria dispar. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:4755-7. [PMID: 22544240 DOI: 10.1128/aem.07123-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Cry2Aa3 gene was introduced into asporogenic Bacillus thuringiensis, and the synthesized protoxin killed Bombyx mori and Lymantria dispar larvae. Chymotrypsin hydrolyzed the linkages between 49Tyr/Val50 and 145Lys/Ser146 in the protoxin, and 50- and 58-kDa fragments were generated, respectively. Both peptides killed the larvae of both insects.
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Similar genetic basis of resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ac in Boll-selected and diet-selected strains of pink bollworm. PLoS One 2012; 7:e35658. [PMID: 22530065 PMCID: PMC3329465 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2012] [Accepted: 03/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Genetically engineered cotton and corn plants producing insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins kill some key insect pests. Yet, evolution of resistance by pests threatens long-term insect control by these transgenic Bt crops. We compared the genetic basis of resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ac in two independently derived, laboratory-selected strains of a major cotton pest, the pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella [Saunders]). The Arizona pooled resistant strain (AZP-R) was started with pink bollworm from 10 field populations and selected with Cry1Ac in diet. The Bt4R resistant strain was started with a long-term susceptible laboratory strain and selected first with Bt cotton bolls and later with Cry1Ac in diet. Previous work showed that AZP-R had three recessive mutations (r1, r2, and r3) in the pink bollworm cadherin gene (PgCad1) linked with resistance to Cry1Ac and Bt cotton producing Cry1Ac. Here we report that inheritance of resistance to a diagnostic concentration of Cry1Ac was recessive in Bt4R. In interstrain complementation tests for allelism, F(1) progeny from crosses between AZP-R and Bt4R were resistant to Cry1Ac, indicating a shared resistance locus in the two strains. Molecular analysis of the Bt4R cadherin gene identified a novel 15-bp deletion (r4) predicted to cause the loss of five amino acids upstream of the Cry1Ac-binding region of the cadherin protein. Four recessive mutations in PgCad1 are now implicated in resistance in five different strains, showing that mutations in cadherin are the primary mechanism of resistance to Cry1Ac in laboratory-selected strains of pink bollworm from Arizona.
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Wan P, Huang Y, Wu H, Huang M, Cong S, Tabashnik BE, Wu K. Increased frequency of pink bollworm resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ac in China. PLoS One 2012; 7:e29975. [PMID: 22238687 PMCID: PMC3251611 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2011] [Accepted: 12/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Transgenic crops producing insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) kill some key insect pests, but evolution of resistance by pests can reduce their efficacy. The main approach for delaying pest adaptation to Bt crops uses non-Bt host plants as "refuges" to increase survival of susceptible pests. To delay evolution of pest resistance to transgenic cotton producing Bt toxin Cry1Ac, the United States and some other countries have required refuges of non-Bt cotton, while farmers in China have relied on "natural" refuges of non-Bt host plants other than cotton. The "natural" refuge strategy focuses on cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera), the primary target of Bt cotton in China that attacks many crops, but it does not apply to another major pest, pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella), which feeds almost entirely on cotton in China. Here we report data showing field-evolved resistance to Cry1Ac by pink bollworm in the Yangtze River Valley of China. Laboratory bioassay data from 51 field-derived strains show that the susceptibility to Cry1Ac was significantly lower during 2008 to 2010 than 2005 to 2007. The percentage of field populations yielding one or more survivors at a diagnostic concentration of Cry1Ac increased from 0% in 2005-2007 to 56% in 2008-2010. However, the median survival at the diagnostic concentration was only 1.6% from 2008 to 2010 and failure of Bt cotton to control pink bollworm has not been reported in China. The early detection of resistance reported here may promote proactive countermeasures, such as a switch to transgenic cotton producing toxins distinct from Cry1A toxins, increased planting of non-Bt cotton, and integration of other management tactics together with Bt cotton.
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- Peng Wan
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Dhurua S, Gujar GT. Field-evolved resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ac in the pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), from India. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2011; 67:898-903. [PMID: 21438121 DOI: 10.1002/ps.2127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2009] [Revised: 10/12/2010] [Accepted: 12/23/2010] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND The pink bollworm is one of the most destructive pests of cotton. Transgenic cotton producing Bt toxin Cry1Ac or a combination of Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab2 has been used effectively against this pest. However, some other insects have evolved resistance to Bt toxins in the field. During the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons, pink bollworm populations in India were surveyed to evaluate their responses to Cry1Ac and seed powder containing Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab2. RESULTS The results provide evidence that resistance to Cry1Ac had evolved by 2008 in a population sampled from non-Bt cotton in the Amreli district of Gujarat in western India. The median lethal concentration of Cry1Ac for five-day-old larvae (LC50 ) was significantly higher for insects derived in 2008 from Amreli than for any of the other field populations tested from four locations in India. For Cry1Ac, the mean LC50 for the strain derived from Amreli in 2008 was 44 times higher than for the most susceptible population. However, for seed powder of Bollgard II containing primarily Cry2Ab2, the 2008 Amreli population was only slightly less susceptible than the most susceptible population. CONCLUSIONS The data reported here constitute the first evidence of field-evolved resistance of pink bollworm to Cry1Ac. This initial evidence spurred more extensive evaluations during the 2009-2010 growing season, which confirmed field-evolved resistance to Cry1Ac in Amreli. The lack of cross-resistance to Cry2Ab2 suggests that plants producing this toxin are likely to be more effective against resistant populations than plants producing only Cry1Ac.
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- Sanyasi Dhurua
- Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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Binding sites for Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Ae toxin on heliothine brush border membrane vesicles are not shared with Cry1A, Cry1F, or Vip3A toxin. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:3182-8. [PMID: 21441333 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02791-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The use of combinations of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins with diverse modes of action for insect pest control has been proposed as the most efficient strategy to increase target range and delay the onset of insect resistance. Considering that most cases of cross-resistance to Bt toxins in laboratory-selected insect colonies are due to alteration of common toxin binding sites, independent modes of action can be defined as toxins sharing limited or no binding sites in brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) prepared from the target insect larvae. In this paper, we report on the specific binding of Cry2Ae toxin to binding sites on BBMV from larvae of the three most commercially relevant heliothine species, Heliothis virescens, Helicoverpa zea, and Helicoverpa armigera. Using chromatographic purification under reducing conditions before labeling, we detected specific binding of radiolabeled Cry2Ae, which allowed us to perform competition assays using Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac, Cry1Fa, Vip3A, Cry2Ae, and Cry2Ab toxins as competitors. In these assays, Cry2Ae binding sites were shared with Cry2Ab but not with the tested Cry1 or Vip3A toxins. Our data support the use of Cry2Ae toxin in combination with Cry1 or Vip3A toxins in strategies to increase target range and delay the onset of heliothine resistance.
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Liu C, Wu K, Wu Y, Gao Y, Ning C, Oppert B. Reduction of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxicity against Helicoverpa armigera by a soluble toxin-binding cadherin fragment. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 55:686-693. [PMID: 19446559 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2009] [Revised: 05/02/2009] [Accepted: 05/04/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A cadherin-like protein has been identified as a putative receptor for Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry1Ac toxin in Helicoverpa armigera and plays a key role in Bt insecticidal action. In this study, we produced a fragment from this H. armigera Cry1Ac toxin-binding cadherin that included the predicted toxin-binding region. Binding of Cry1Ac toxin to this cadherin fragment facilitated the formation of a 250-kDa toxin oligomer. The cadherin fragment was evaluated for its effect on Cry1Ac toxin-binding and toxicity by ligand blotting, binding assays, and bioassays. The results of ligand blotting and binding assays revealed that the binding of Cry1Ac to H. armigera midgut epithelial cells was reduced under denaturing or native conditions in vitro. Bioassay results indicated that toxicities from Cry1Ac protoxin or activated toxin were reduced in vivo by the H. armigera cadherin fragment. The addition of the cadherin fragment had no effect on Cry2Ab toxicity.
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- Chenxi Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Asymmetrical cross-resistance between Bacillus thuringiensis toxins Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab in pink bollworm. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:11889-94. [PMID: 19581574 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901351106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Transgenic crops producing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins kill some key insect pests and can reduce reliance on insecticide sprays. Sustainable use of such crops requires methods for delaying evolution of resistance by pests. To thwart pest resistance, some transgenic crops produce 2 different Bt toxins targeting the same pest. This "pyramid" strategy is expected to work best when selection for resistance to 1 toxin does not cause cross-resistance to the other toxin. The most widely used pyramid is transgenic cotton producing Bt toxins Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab. Cross-resistance between these toxins was presumed unlikely because they bind to different larval midgut target sites. Previous results showed that laboratory selection with Cry1Ac caused little or no cross-resistance to Cry2A toxins in pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella), a major cotton pest. We show here, however, that laboratory selection of pink bollworm with Cry2Ab caused up to 420-fold cross-resistance to Cry1Ac as well as 240-fold resistance to Cry2Ab. Inheritance of resistance to high concentrations of Cry2Ab was recessive. Larvae from a laboratory strain resistant to Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab in diet bioassays survived on cotton bolls producing only Cry1Ac, but not on cotton bolls producing both toxins. Thus, the asymmetrical cross-resistance seen here does not threaten the efficacy of pyramided Bt cotton against pink bollworm. Nonetheless, the results here and previous evidence indicate that cross-resistance occurs between Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab in some key cotton pests. Incorporating the potential effects of such cross-resistance in resistance management plans may help to sustain the efficacy of pyramided Bt crops.
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Showalter AM, Heuberger S, Tabashnik BE, Carrière Y. A primer for using transgenic insecticidal cotton in developing countries. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE (ONLINE) 2009; 9:22. [PMID: 19613464 PMCID: PMC3011844 DOI: 10.1673/031.009.2201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2008] [Accepted: 06/06/2008] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Many developing countries face the decision of whether to approve the testing and commercial use of insecticidal transgenic cotton and the task of developing adequate regulations for its use. In this review, we outline concepts and provide information to assist farmers, regulators and scientists in making decisions concerning this technology. We address seven critical topics: 1) molecular and breeding techniques used for the development of transgenic cotton cultivars, 2) properties of transgenic cotton cultivars and their efficacy against major insect pests, 3) agronomic performance of transgenic cotton in developing countries, 4) factors affecting transgene expression, 5) impact of gene flow between transgenic and non-transgenic cotton, 6) non-target effects of transgenic cotton, and 7) management of pest resistance to transgenic cotton.
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
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Specific binding of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2A insecticidal proteins to a common site in the midgut of Helicoverpa species. Appl Environ Microbiol 2008; 74:7654-9. [PMID: 18931285 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01373-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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For a long time, it has been assumed that the mode of action of Cry2A toxins was unique and different from that of other three-domain Cry toxins due to their apparent nonspecific and unsaturable binding to an unlimited number of receptors. However, based on the homology of the tertiary structure among three-domain Cry toxins, similar modes of action for all of them are expected. To confirm this hypothesis, binding assays were carried out with (125)I-labeled Cry2Ab. Saturation assays showed that Cry2Ab binds in a specific and saturable manner to brush border membrane vesicles (BBMVs) of Helicoverpa armigera. Homologous-competition assays with (125)I-Cry2Ab demonstrated that this toxin binds with high affinity to binding sites in H. armigera and Helicoverpa zea midgut. Heterologous-competition assays showed a common binding site for three toxins belonging to the Cry2A family (Cry2Aa, Cry2Ab, and Cry2Ae), which is not shared by Cry1Ac. Estimation of K(d) (dissociation constant) values revealed that Cry2Ab had around 35-fold less affinity than Cry1Ac for BBMV binding sites in both insect species. Only minor differences were found regarding R(t) (concentration of binding sites) values. This study questions previous interpretations from other authors performing binding assays with Cry2A toxins and establishes the basis for the mode of action of Cry2A toxins.
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Production and characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac-resistant cotton bollworm Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 74:462-9. [PMID: 18024681 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01612-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Laboratory-selected Bacillus thuringiensis-resistant colonies are important tools for elucidating B. thuringiensis resistance mechanisms. However, cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa zea, a target pest of transgenic corn and cotton expressing B. thuringiensis Cry1Ac (Bt corn and cotton), has proven difficult to select for stable resistance. Two populations of H. zea (AR and MR), resistant to the B. thuringiensis protein found in all commercial Bt cotton varieties (Cry1Ac), were established by selection with Cry1Ac activated toxin (AR) or MVP II (MR). Cry1Ac toxin reflects the form ingested by H. zea when feeding on Bt cotton, whereas MVP II is a Cry1Ac formulation used for resistance selection and monitoring. The resistance ratio (RR) for AR exceeded 100-fold after 11 generations and has been maintained at this level for nine generations. This is the first report of stable Cry1Ac resistance in H. zea. MR crashed after 11 generations, reaching only an RR of 12. AR was only partially cross-resistant to MVP II, suggesting that MVP II does not have the same Cry1Ac selection pressure as Cry1Ac toxin against H. zea and that proteases may be involved with resistance. AR was highly cross-resistant to Cry1Ab toxin but only slightly cross-resistant to Cry1Ab expressing corn leaf powder. AR was not cross-resistant to Cry2Aa2, Cry2Ab2-expressing corn leaf powder, Vip3A, and cypermethrin. Toxin-binding assays showed no significant differences, indicating that resistance was not linked to a reduction in binding. These results aid in understanding why this pest has not evolved B. thuringiensis resistance, and highlight the need to choose carefully the form of B. thuringiensis protein used in experiments.
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Christou P, Capell T, Kohli A, Gatehouse JA, Gatehouse AMR. Recent developments and future prospects in insect pest control in transgenic crops. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2006; 11:302-8. [PMID: 16690346 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2006.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2006] [Revised: 03/22/2006] [Accepted: 04/25/2006] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The adoption of insect-resistant transgenic crops has been increasing annually at double-digit rates since the commercial release of first-generation maize and cotton expressing a single modified Bacillus thuringiensis toxin (Bt) nine years ago. Studies have shown that these Bt crops can be successfully deployed in agriculture, which has led to a decrease in pesticide usage, and that they are environmentally benign. However, the sustainability and durability of pest resistance continues to be discussed. In this review, we focus on the science that underpins second- and third-generation insect-resistant transgenic plants and examine the appropriateness and relevance of models that are currently being used to determine deployment strategies to maximize sustainability and durability. We also review strategies that are being developed for novel approaches to transgenic insect pest control.
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- Paul Christou
- ICREA, Universitat de Lleida, PVCF, Av Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, E-25198, Lleida, Spain.
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Khan SA, Zafar Y, Briddon RW, Malik KA, Mukhtar Z. Spider venom toxin protects plants from insect attack. Transgenic Res 2006; 15:349-57. [PMID: 16779650 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-0007-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2005] [Accepted: 01/31/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Many of the toxin proteins, that have been heterogeneously expressed in agricultural crops to provide resistance to insect pests, are too specific or are only mildly effective against the major insect pests. Spider venoms are a complex cocktail of toxins that have evolved specifically to kill insects. Here we show that the omega-ACTX-Hv1a toxin (Hvt), a component of the venom of the Australian funnel web spider (Hadronyche versuta) that is a calcium channel antagonist, retains its biological activity when expressed in a heterologous system. Expressed as a fusion protein in E. coli, the purified toxin fusion immobilized and killed Helicoverpa armigera and Spodoptera littoralis caterpillars when applied topically. Transgenic expression of Hvt in tobacco effectively protected the plants from H. armigera and S. littoralis larvae, with 100% mortality within 48 h. We conclude that the Hvt is an attractive and effective molecule for the transgenic protection of plants from herbivorous insects which should be evaluated further for possible application in agriculture.
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- Sher Afzal Khan
- Plant Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Jhang Road, P.O. Box 577, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Ibargutxi MA, Estela A, Ferré J, Caballero P. Use of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins for control of the cotton pest Earias insulana (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:437-42. [PMID: 16391075 PMCID: PMC1352263 DOI: 10.1128/aem.72.1.437-442.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Thirteen of the most common lepidopteran-specific Cry proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis have been tested for their efficacy against newly hatched larvae of two populations of the spiny bollworm, Earias insulana. At a concentration of 100 microg of toxin per milliliter of artificial diet, six Cry toxins (Cry1Ca, Cry1Ea, Cry1Fa, Cry1Ja, Cry2Aa, and Cry2Ab) were not toxic at all. Cry1Aa, Cry1Ja, and Cry2Aa did not cause mortality but caused significant inhibition of growth. The other Cry toxins (Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac, Cry1Ba, Cry1Da, Cry1Ia, and Cry9Ca) were toxic to E. insulana larvae. The 50% lethal concentration values of these toxins ranged from 0.39 to 21.13 microg/ml (for Cry9Ca and Cry1Ia, respectively) for an E. insulana laboratory colony originating from Egypt and from 0.20 to 4.25 microg/ml (for Cry9Ca and Cry1Da, respectively) for a laboratory colony originating from Spain. The relative potencies of the toxins in the population from Egypt were highest for Cry9Ca and Cry1Ab, and they were both significantly more toxic than Cry1Ac and Cry1Ba, followed by Cry1Da and finally Cry1Ia. In the population from Spain, Cry9Ca was the most toxic, followed in decreasing order by Cry1Ac and Cry1Ba, and the least toxic was Cry1Da. Binding experiments were performed to test whether the toxic Cry proteins shared binding sites in this insect. 125I-labeled Cry1Ac and Cry1Ab and biotinylated Cry1Ba, Cry1Ia, and Cry9Ca showed specific binding to the brush border membrane vesicles from E. insulana. Competition binding experiments among these toxins showed that only Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac competed for the same binding sites, indicating a high possibility that this insect may develop cross-resistance to Cry1Ab upon exposure to Cry1Ac transgenic cotton but not to the other toxins tested.
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- María A Ibargutxi
- Laboratorio de Entomología Agrícola y Patología de Insectos, Departamento de Producción Agraria, Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, Spain
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Sayyed AH, Gatsi R, Ibiza-Palacios MS, Escriche B, Wright DJ, Crickmore N. Common, but complex, mode of resistance of Plutella xylostella to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:6863-9. [PMID: 16269720 PMCID: PMC1287713 DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.11.6863-6869.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A field collected population of Plutella xylostella (SERD4) was selected in the laboratory with Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxins Cry1Ac (Cry1Ac-SEL) and Cry1Ab (Cry1Ab-SEL). Both subpopulations showed similar phenotypes: high resistance to the Cry1A toxins and little cross-resistance to Cry1Ca or Cry1D. A previous analysis of the Cry1Ac-SEL showed incompletely dominant resistance to Cry1Ac with more than one factor, at least one of which was sex influenced. In the present study reciprocal mass crosses between Cry1Ab-SEL and a laboratory susceptible population (ROTH) provided evidence that Cry1Ab resistance was also inherited as incompletely dominant trait with more than one factor, and at least one of the factors was sex influenced. Analysis of single pair mating indicated that Cry1Ab-SEL was still heterogeneous for Cry1Ab resistance genes, showing genes with different degrees of dominance. Binding studies showed a large reduction of specific binding of Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac to midgut membrane vesicles of the Cry1Ab-SEL subpopulation. Cry1Ab-SEL was found to be more susceptible to trypsin-activated Cry1Ab toxin than protoxin, although no defect in toxin activation was found. Present and previous results indicate a common basis of resistance to both Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac in selected subpopulations and suggest that a similar set of resistance genes are responsible for resistance to Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac and are selected whichever toxin was used. The possibility of an incompletely dominant trait of resistant to these toxins should be taken into account when considering refuge resistance management strategies.
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- Ali H Sayyed
- Division of Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
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Chen H, Tang W, Xu C, Li X, Lin Y, Zhang Q. Transgenic indica rice plants harboring a synthetic cry2A* gene of Bacillus thuringiensis exhibit enhanced resistance against lepidopteran rice pests. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2005; 111:1330-7. [PMID: 16187120 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-005-0062-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2005] [Accepted: 07/13/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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A novel synthetic cry2A* gene was introduced into the elite indica rice restorer line Minghui 63 by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. A total of 102 independent transformants were obtained. Among them, 71 transformants were positive cry2A* plants according to PCR analysis. Four highly insect-resistant lines with single-copy insertion (designated as 2A-1, 2A-2, 2A-3, and 2A-4) were selected based on field assessment and Southern blot analysis in the T(1) generation. All four transgenic lines showed Mendelian segregation by seed germination on 1/2 MS medium containing Basta. Homozygous transgenic plants were selected according to germination ratio (100%) in the T2 generation. Cry2A* protein concentrations were determined in homozygous transgenic lines, their derived hybrids, and their backcross offspring. The Cry2A* protein concentrations of four homozygous transgenic lines ranged from 9.65 to 12.11 microg/g of leaf fresh weight. There was little variation in the hybrids and backcross offspring. Insect bioassays were conducted in both the laboratory and field. All four transgenic lines were significantly resistant to lepidopteran rice pests. These cry2A* transgenic lines can be used to produce insect-resistant hybrids and serve as a resistant source for the development of two-toxin Bt rice.
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- Hao Chen
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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Tabashnik BE, Dennehy TJ, Carrière Y. Delayed resistance to transgenic cotton in pink bollworm. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:15389-93. [PMID: 16227430 PMCID: PMC1255739 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0507857102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Transgenic crops producing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins kill some key insect pests and thus can reduce reliance on insecticides. Widespread planting of such Bt crops increased concerns that their usefulness would be cut short by rapid evolution of resistance to Bt toxins by pests. Pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) is a major pest that has experienced intense selection for resistance to Bt cotton in Arizona since 1997. We monitored pink bollworm resistance to Bt toxin for 8 years with laboratory bioassays of strains derived annually from 10-17 cotton fields statewide. Bioassay results show no net increase from 1997 to 2004 in the mean frequency of pink bollworm resistance to Bt toxin. A synthesis of experimental and modeling results suggests that this delay in resistance can be explained by refuges of cotton without Bt toxin, recessive inheritance of resistance, incomplete resistance, and fitness costs associated with resistance.
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- Bruce E Tabashnik
- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
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Morin S, Henderson S, Fabrick JA, Carrière Y, Dennehy TJ, Brown JK, Tabashnik BE. DNA-based detection of Bt resistance alleles in pink bollworm. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 34:1225-1233. [PMID: 15522618 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2004] [Revised: 08/12/2004] [Accepted: 08/13/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Evolution of resistance by pests is the main threat to long-term insect control by transgenic crops that produce Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins. We previously identified three mutant alleles (r1, r2, r3) of a cadherin gene in pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) linked with recessive resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ac and survival on transgenic Bt cotton. Here we describe a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based method that detects the mutation in genomic DNA of each of the three resistant alleles. Using primers that distinguish between resistant and susceptible (s) alleles, this method enables identification of 10 genotypes (r1r1, r1r2, r1r3, r2r2, r2r3, r3r3, r1s, r2s, r3s, and ss) at the cadherin locus. For each of the three resistant alleles, the method detected the resistance allele in a single heterozygote (r1s, r2s, or r3s) pooled with DNA from the equivalent of 19 susceptible (ss) individuals. The results suggest that the DNA-based detection method described here could greatly increase the efficiency of monitoring for resistance to Cry1Ac compared to bioassays that detect rare individuals with homozygous resistance.
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- Shai Morin
- Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Schallmey M, Singh A, Ward OP. Developments in the use of Bacillus species for industrial production. Can J Microbiol 2004; 50:1-17. [PMID: 15052317 DOI: 10.1139/w03-076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 660] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Bacillus species continue to be dominant bacterial workhorses in microbial fermentations. Bacillus subtilis (natto) is the key microbial participant in the ongoing production of the soya-based traditional natto fermentation, and some Bacillus species are on the Food and Drug Administration's GRAS (generally regarded as safe) list. The capacity of selected Bacillus strains to produce and secrete large quantities (20-25 g/L) of extracellular enzymes has placed them among the most important industrial enzyme producers. The ability of different species to ferment in the acid, neutral, and alkaline pH ranges, combined with the presence of thermophiles in the genus, has lead to the development of a variety of new commercial enzyme products with the desired temperature, pH activity, and stability properties to address a variety of specific applications. Classical mutation and (or) selection techniques, together with advanced cloning and protein engineering strategies, have been exploited to develop these products. Efforts to produce and secrete high yields of foreign recombinant proteins in Bacillus hosts initially appeared to be hampered by the degradation of the products by the host proteases. Recent studies have revealed that the slow folding of heterologous proteins at the membrane-cell wall interface of Gram-positive bacteria renders them vulnerable to attack by wall-associated proteases. In addition, the presence of thiol-disulphide oxidoreductases in B. subtilis may be beneficial in the secretion of disulphide-bond-containing proteins. Such developments from our understanding of the complex protein translocation machinery of Gram-positive bacteria should allow the resolution of current secretion challenges and make Bacillus species preeminent hosts for heterologous protein production. Bacillus strains have also been developed and engineered as industrial producers of nucleotides, the vitamin riboflavin, the flavor agent ribose, and the supplement poly-gamma-glutamic acid. With the recent characterization of the genome of B. subtilis 168 and of some related strains, Bacillus species are poised to become the preferred hosts for the production of many new and improved products as we move through the genomic and proteomic era.
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Tabashnik BE, Carrière Y. Bt transgenic crops do not have favorable effects on resistant insects. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE (ONLINE) 2004; 4:4. [PMID: 15861220 PMCID: PMC455678 DOI: 10.1093/jis/4.1.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2003] [Accepted: 11/25/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Sayyed et al. (Ecology Letters (2003) 6: 167-169) hypothesized that insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins produced by transgenic crops could have nutritionally favorable effects that increase the fitness of resistant insects eating such crops. This idea was based on increased pupal weight of resistant larvae of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.), fed leaf discs treated externally with a Bt toxin. We summarize evidence from diamondback moth and other pests showing that the Bt toxins in transgenic crops do not enhance performance of resistant insects. Aside from a few notable exceptions in which performance of resistant insects did not differ between Bt and non-Bt crops, Bt crops had adverse affects on resistant insects.
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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