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Chen S, Wang W, Kang G, Yang X, Wu K. Toxic Effects of Bt-(Cry1Ab+Vip3Aa) Maize on Storage Pest Paralipsa gularis (Zeller). Toxins (Basel) 2024; 16:92. [PMID: 38393170 PMCID: PMC10892971 DOI: 10.3390/toxins16020092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2023] [Revised: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
Abstract
Paralipsa gularis (Zeller) is a storage pest; however, in recent years it has evolved into a considerable maize pest during the late growth stage in the border region between China and other Southeast Asian countries. Bt transgenic insect-resistant maize is an effective measure in controlling a wide range of lepidopteran pests, but there is a lack of research on the toxic effects of storage pests. We tested the toxicity of Bt-Cry1Ab, Vip3Aa, and their complex proteins against P. gularis via bioassay and investigated the efficiency of Bt-(Cry1Ab+Vip3Aa) maize in controlling P. gularis during the late growth stage of maize in the period 2022-2023. The bioassay results show that the susceptibilities of P. gularis to the two Bt proteins and their complex proteins were significantly different. The LC50 values of DBNCry1Ab ("DBN9936" event), DBNVip3Aa ("DBN9501" event), DBN Cry1Ab+Vip3Aa ("DBN3601T" event), and Syngenta Cry1Ab+Vip3Aa ("Bt11" event × "MIR162" event) were 0.038 μg/g, 0.114 μg/g, 0.110 μg/g, and 0.147 μg/g, and the GIC50 values were 0.014 μg/g, 0.073 μg/g, 0.027 μg/g, and 0.026 μg/g, respectively. Determination of the expression content of the insecticidal protein in different tissues of Bt-(Cry1Ab+Vip3Aa) maize shows that the total Bt protein content in different tissues was in the following order: stalk > bract > cob > kernel. However, the bioassay results show that the mortalities of P. gularis feeding on Bt-(Cry1Ab+Vip3Aa) maize in different tissues at different growth stages were all above 93.00%. The field trial indicates that the occurrence density of larvae and plant damage rate for conventional maize were 422.10 individuals/100 plants and 94.40%, respectively, whereas no larvae were found on Bt-(Cry1Ab+Vip3Aa) maize. In summary, this study implies that Bt-(Cry1Ab+Vip3Aa) maize has a high potential for control of P. gularis, providing a new technical measure for the management of the pest.
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- Shuang Chen
- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China;
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (G.K.); (X.Y.)
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- Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China;
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (G.K.); (X.Y.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (G.K.); (X.Y.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (G.K.); (X.Y.)
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Wang Y, Guo S, Ventura T, Jain R, Robinson KE, Mitter N, Herzig V. Development of a soybean leaf disc assay for determining oral insecticidal activity in the lepidopteran agricultural pest Helicoverpa armigera. Toxicon 2024; 238:107588. [PMID: 38147939 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
Abstract
Pest insects pose a heavy burden on global agricultural industries with small molecule insecticides being predominantly used for their control. Unwanted side effects and resistance development plagues most small molecule insecticides such as the neonicotinoids, which have been reported to be harmful to honeybees. Bioinsecticides like Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins can be used as environmentally-friendly alternatives. Arachnid venoms comprise another promising source of bioinsecticides, containing a multitude of selective and potent insecticidal toxins. Unfortunately, no standardised insect models are currently available to assess the suitability of insecticidal agents under laboratory conditions. Thus, we aimed to develop a laboratory model that closely mimics field conditions by employing a leaf disk assay (LDA) for oral application of insecticidal agents in a bioassay tray format. Neonate larvae of the cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) were fed with soybean (Glycine max) leaves that were treated with different insecticidal agents. We observed dose-dependent insecticidal effects for Bt toxin and the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid, with imidacloprid exhibiting a faster response. Furthermore, we identified several insecticidal arachnid venoms that were active when co-applied with sub-lethal doses of Bt toxin. We propose the H. armigera LDA as a suitable tool for assessing the insecticidal effects of insecticidal agents against lepidopterans.
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- Yachen Wang
- Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia; School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia
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- Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia; School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia
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- Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia; School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia
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- Centre for Horticultural Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Horticultural Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Horticultural Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia; School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia.
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Takahashi H, Asakura M, Ide T, Hayakawa T. Mutational analysis of the transmembrane α4-helix of Bacillus thuringiensis mosquito-larvicidal Cry4Aa toxin. Curr Microbiol 2024; 81:80. [PMID: 38281302 PMCID: PMC10822788 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-023-03602-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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Cry4Aa, produced by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis, exhibits specific toxicity to larvae of medically important mosquito genera. Cry4Aa functions as a pore-forming toxin, and a helical hairpin (α4-loop-α5) of domain I is believed to be the transmembrane domain that forms toxin pores. Pore formation is considered to be a central mode of Cry4Aa action, but the relationship between pore formation and toxicity is poorly understood. In the present study, we constructed Cry4Aa mutants in which each polar amino acid residues within the transmembrane α4 helix was replaced with glutamic acid. Bioassays using Culex pipiens mosquito larvae and subsequent ion permeability measurements using symmetric KCl solution revealed an apparent correlation between toxicity and toxin pore conductance for most of the Cry4Aa mutants. In contrast, the Cry4Aa mutant H178E was a clear exception, almost losing its toxicity but still exhibiting a moderately high conductivity of about 60% of the wild-type. Furthermore, the conductance of the pore formed by the N190E mutant (about 50% of the wild-type) was close to that of H178E, but the toxicity was significantly higher than that of H178E. Ion selectivity measurements using asymmetric KCl solution revealed a significant decrease in cation selectivity of toxin pores formed by H178E compared to N190E. Our data suggest that the toxicity of Cry4Aa is primarily pore related. The formation of toxin pores that are highly ion-permeable and also highly cation-selective may enhance the influx of cations and water into the target cell, thereby facilitating the eventual death of mosquito larvae.
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- Hirokazu Takahashi
- Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-Naka, Kita-Ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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- Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-Naka, Kita-Ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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- Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-Naka, Kita-Ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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- Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-Naka, Kita-Ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
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He X, Yang Y, Soberón M, Bravo A, Zhang L, Zhang J, Wang Z. Bacillus thuringiensis Cry9Aa Insecticidal Protein Domain I Helices α3 and α4 Are Two Core Regions Involved in Oligomerization and Toxicity. J Agric Food Chem 2024; 72:1321-1329. [PMID: 38175929 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c08070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Bacillus thuringiensis Cry9 proteins show high insecticidal activity against different lepidopteran pests. Cry9 could be a valuable alternative to Cry1 proteins because it showed a synergistic effect with no cross-resistance. However, the pore-formation region of the Cry9 proteins is still unclear. In this study, nine mutations of certain Cry9Aa helices α3 and α4 residues resulted in a complete loss of insecticidal activity against the rice pest Chilo suppressalis; however, the protein stability and receptor binding ability of these mutants were not affected. Among these mutants, Cry9Aa-D121R, Cry9Aa-D125R, Cry9Aa-D163R, Cry9Aa-E165R, and Cry9Aa-D167R are unable to form oligomers in vitro, while the oligomers formed by Cry9Aa-R156D, Cry9Aa-R158D, and Cry9Aa-R160D are unstable and failed to insert into the membrane. These data confirmed that helices α3 and α4 of Cry9Aa are involved in oligomerization, membrane insertion, and toxicity. The knowledge of Cry9 pore-forming action may promote its application as an alternative to Cry1 insecticidal proteins.
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- Xiang He
- Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory for Green Pesticide Development and Application, School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Morelos 62250, Mexico
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Morelos 62250, Mexico
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- Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory for Green Pesticide Development and Application, School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
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- Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory for Green Pesticide Development and Application, School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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Zhao Y, Li P, Yao X, Li Y, Tian Y, Xie G, Deng Z, Xu S, Wei J, Li X, An S. V-ATPase E mediates Cry2Ab binding and toxicity in Helicoverpa armigera. Pestic Biochem Physiol 2024; 198:105744. [PMID: 38225087 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2023.105744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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Cry2Ab is one of the important alternative Bt proteins that can be used to manage insect pests resistant to Cry1A toxins and to expand the insecticidal spectrum of pyramided Bt crops. Previous studies have showed that vacuolar H+-ATPase subunits A and B (V-ATPase A and B) may be involved in Bt insecticidal activities. The present study investigated the role of V-ATPases subunit E in the toxicity of Cry2Ab in Helicoverpa amigera. RT-PCR analysis revealed that oral exposure of H. amigera larvae to Cry2Ab led to a significant reduction in the expression of H. armigera V-ATPase E (HaV-ATPase E). Ligand blot, homologous and heterologous competition experiments confirmed that HaV-ATPases E physically and specifically bound to activated Cry2Ab toxin. Heterologous expressing of HaV-ATPase E in Sf9 cells made the cell line more susceptible to Cry2Ab, whereas knockdown of the endogenous V-ATPase E in H. zea midgut cells decreased Cry2Ab's cytotoxicity against this cell line. Further in vivo bioassay showed that H. armigera larvae fed a diet overlaid with both Cry2Ab and E. coli-expressed HaV-ATPase E protein suffered significantly higher mortality than those fed Cry2Ab alone. These results support that V-ATPases E is a putative receptor of Cry2Ab and can be used to improve Cry2Ab toxicity and manage Cry2Ab resistance at least in H. armigera.
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- Yuge Zhao
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; State key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- State key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- State key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- State key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- State key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- State key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China.
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- State key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China.
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- Department of Entomology and BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- State key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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Meng F, Tan L, Cai P, Wang J. Effects of polystyrene nanoplastics on growth and hemolysin production of microalgae Karlodinium veneficum. Aquat Toxicol 2024; 266:106810. [PMID: 38134819 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2023] [Revised: 12/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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There are few studies on the effects of nanoplastics on growth and hemolysin production of harmful algal bloom species at present. In this study, Karlodinium veneficum was exposed to different concentrations (0, 5, 25, 50, 75 mg/L) of polystyrene nanoplastics (PS-NPs, 100 nm) for 96 h. The effects of PS-NPs on growth of K. veneficum were investigated by measuring algal cell abundance, growth inhibition rate (IR), total protein (TP), malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathione reductase (GSH), superoxide dismutase (SOD), ATPase activity (Na+/K+ ATPase and Ca2+/Mg2+ ATPase). Scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope (SEM and TEM) images of microalgae with or without nanoplastics were also observed. The effects of PS-NPs on hemolysin production of K. veneficum were studied by measuring the changes of hemolytic toxin production of K. veneficum exposed to PS-NPs on 1, 3, 5 and 7 days. High concentrations (50 and 75 mg/L) of PS-NPs seriously affected the growth of K. veneficum and different degrees of damage to cell morphology and ultrastructure were found. Excessive free radicals and other oxidants were produced in the cells, which disrupted the intracellular redox balance state and caused oxidative damage to the cells, and the basic activities such as photosynthesis and energy metabolism were weakened. The athletic ability of K. veneficum was decreased, but the ability to produce hemolysin was enhanced. It was suggested that the presence of nanoplastics in seawater may strengthen the threat of harmful algal bloom species to aquatic ecosystems and human health.
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- Fanmeng Meng
- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, No.238, Songling Road, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, No.238, Songling Road, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, No.238, Songling Road, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, No.238, Songling Road, Qingdao 266100, China.
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Wang Z, Yang W, Yin C, Ma W, Liao M, Li F, Zhang J. Cry9A and Vip3A protein-induced transcriptional changes correspond to their synergistic damage to the midgut of Chilo suppressalis. Pestic Biochem Physiol 2023; 196:105596. [PMID: 37945246 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2023.105596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 08/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Cry and Vip3 proteins are both pore-forming toxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis that show synergistic insecticidal activity against different insect pests. However, the synergistic effect of Cry and Vip3 proteins on the midgut in target insects is still unclear. In this study, faster and more serious damage was observed after treatment with both Cry9A and Vip3A proteins in the Chilo suppressalis midgut compared to single-protein treatment. Through RNA sequencing, midgut transcriptomic comparison was performed between dual- and single-protein treatments according to midgut injury. After 6 h, 609 differentially expressed genes were found with the combined Cry9A and Vip3A treatments, which was much more than that in the single treatment, corresponding to faster and more serious damage. These genes were mainly enriched in similar pathways, such as lipid metabolic, oxidation-reduction and carbohydrate metabolic process, peptide secretion and cell-cell adhesion; however, the number and expression level of differentially expressed genes are increased. For specific genes significantly regulated by induction of Cry9A and Vip3A, lipases, phospholipid scramblase, probable tape measure protein and arylsulfatase J were significantly downregulated after 6 h treatment. In addition, regular genes related to the activation and receptor binding of B. thuringiensis toxins were differentially regulated, such as ATP-binding cassette subfamily G member 1 and serine protease. Validation with RT-qPCR showed agreement with the sequencing results. Overall, our results support that stronger and faster midgut responses at the cellular and transcriptional levels are induced by the synergistic toxicity of Cry9A and Vip3A in C. suppressalis.
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- Zeyu Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology & Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology & Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China.
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Trisyono YA, Aryuwandari VEF, Rahayu T, Martinelli S, Head GP, Parimi S, Camacho LR. Baseline Susceptibility of the Field Populations of Ostrinia furnacalis in Indonesia to the Proteins Cry1A.105 and Cry2Ab2 of Bacillus thuringiensis. Toxins (Basel) 2023; 15:602. [PMID: 37888633 PMCID: PMC10610637 DOI: 10.3390/toxins15100602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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Genetically modified MON 89034 corn (Zea mays L.) expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) insecticidal proteins, viz. Cry1A.105 and Cry2Ab2, is a biotechnological option being considered for the management of the major corn pest in Indonesia, the Asian corn borer (Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)). As a part of a proactive resistance-management program for MON 89034 corn in Indonesia, we assessed the baseline susceptibility of field-collected populations of O. furnacalis to Cry1A.105 and Cry2Ab2 proteins. Dose-response bioassays using the diet-dipping method indicated that the lethal concentration (LC50) values of Cry1A.105 and Cry2Ab2 in 24 different field populations of O. furnacalis ranged from 0.006 to 0.401 µg/mL and from 0.044 to 4.490 µg/mL, respectively, while the LC95 values ranged from 0.069 to 15.233 µg/mL for Cry1A.105 and from 3.320 to 277.584 µg/mL for Cry2Ab2. The relative resistance ratios comparing the most tolerant field populations and an unselected laboratory population were 6.0 for Cry1A.105 and 2.0 for Cry2Ab2 based on their LC50 values. Some field populations were more susceptible to both proteins than the unselected laboratory population. The LC99 and its 95% fiducial limits across the field populations were calculated and proposed as candidate diagnostic concentrations. These data provide a basis for resistance monitoring in Bt Corn and further support building resistance-management strategies in Indonesia.
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- Y. Andi Trisyono
- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
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- Regulatory Science, Bayer Crop Science US, Chesterfield, MO 63017, USA
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- Regulatory Science, Bayer Crop Science US, Chesterfield, MO 63017, USA
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- Bayer (South East Asia) Pte Ltd., 2 Tanjong Katong Road #07-01, Paya Lebar Quarter 3, Singapore 437161, Singapore
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Wang S, Guo Y, Sun Y, Weng M, Liao Q, Qiu R, Zou S, Wu S. Identification of two Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa toxin-binding aminopeptidase N from Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Bull Entomol Res 2023; 113:615-625. [PMID: 37466033 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485323000299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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Rhynchophorus ferrugineus is a quarantine pest that mainly damages plants in tropical regions, which are essential economic resources. Cry3Aa has been used to control coleopteran pests and is known to be toxic to R. ferrugineus. The binding of the Cry toxin to specific receptors on the target insect plays a crucial role in the toxicological mechanism of Cry toxins. However, in the case of R. ferrugineus, the nature and identity of the receptor proteins involved remain unknown. In the present study, pull-down assays and mass spectrometry were used to identify two proteins of aminopeptidase N proteins (RfAPN2a and RfAPN2b) in the larval midguts of R. ferrugineus. Cry3Aa was able to bind to RfAPN2a (Kd = 108.5 nM) and RfAPN2b (Kd = 68.2 nM), as well as midgut brush border membrane vesicles (Kd = 482.5 nM). In silico analysis of both RfAPN proteins included the signal peptide and anchored sites for glycosyl phosphatidyl inositol. In addition, RfAPN2a and RfAPN2b were expressed in the human embryonic kidney 293T cell line, and cytotoxicity assays showed that the transgenic cells were not susceptible to activated Cry3Aa. Our results show that RfAPN2a and RfAPN2b are Cry3Aa-binding proteins involved in the Cry3Aa toxicity of R. ferrugineus. This study deepens our understanding of the action mechanism of Cry3Aa in R. ferrugineus larvae.
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- Shaozhen Wang
- College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350000, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350000, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests, Fujian Province University, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350000, China
- Asian Research Center for Bioresource and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 188-0002, Japan
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- College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350000, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests, Fujian Province University, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350000, China
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- College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350000, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests, Fujian Province University, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350000, China
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- College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350000, China
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- College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350000, China
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- College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350000, China
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- College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350000, China
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Ecological Forests, Fujian Province University, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350000, China
- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China, 350002
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Xue B, Wang M, Wang Z, Shu C, Geng L, Zhang J. Analysis of Synergism between Extracellular Polysaccharide from Bacillus thuringensis subsp. kurstaki HD270 and Insecticidal Proteins. Toxins (Basel) 2023; 15:590. [PMID: 37888621 PMCID: PMC10610938 DOI: 10.3390/toxins15100590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is the most widely used biopesticide worldwide and can produce several insecticidal crystal proteins and vegetative insecticidal proteins (Vips) at different growth stages. In our previous study, extracellular polysaccharides (EPSs) of Bt strain HD270 were found to enhance the insecticidal activity of Cry1Ac protoxin against Plutella xylostella (L.) and promote the binding of Cry1Ac to the intestinal brush border membrane vesicles (BBMVs). Whether the synergistic activity of Bt EPSs is common to other Cry1-type or Vip proteins is unclear, as is the potential synergistic mechanism. In this study, crude EPS-HD270 was found to increase the toxicity of Cry1-type toxins and Vip3Aa11 against different lepidopteran pests by approximately 2-fold. The purified EPS-HD270 also possessed synergistic activity against the toxicity of Cry1Ac and Vip3Aa11 against Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) and Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner). Furthermore, we found that EPS-HD270 had a strong binding ability with Vip3Aa11 and promoted the binding of Vip3Aa11 to the BBMVs of H. armigera and S. frugiperda. Bt EPS-HD270 also protected Vip3Aa11 from proteolytic processing in larval midgut juice. Bt EPSs had universal synergistic effects on Cry1-type or Vip toxins against S. frugiperda and H. armigera. Bt EPS-HD270 exhibited synergistic activity with Vip3Aa through promotion of binding to BBMVs and protection from digestion by midgut protease. The results indicated that synergistic activity with Bt toxins was an important function of Bt EPSs, which was very different from other Bacillus spp.
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- Bai Xue
- College of Life Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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Chen SWW, Teulon JM, Pellequer JL. Cry11Aa and Cyt1Aa exhibit different structural orders in crystal topography. J Mol Recognit 2023; 36:e3047. [PMID: 37474122 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.3047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Cry11Aa and Cyt1Aa are two pesticidal toxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. To improve our understanding of the nature of their oligomers in the toxic actions and synergistic effects, we performed the atomic force microscopy to probe the surfaces of their natively grown crystals, and used the L-weight filter to enhance the structural features. By L-weight filtering, molecular sizes of the Cry11Aa and Cyt1Aa monomers obtained are in excellent agreement with the three-dimensional structures determined by x-ray crystallography. Moreover, our results show that the layered feature of a structural element distinguishes the topographic characteristics of Cry11Aa and Cyt1Aa crystals, suggesting that the Cry11Aa toxin has a better chance than Cyt1Aa for multimerization and therefore cooperativeness of the toxic actions.
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- Shu-Wen W Chen
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), Grenoble, France
- Rue Cyprien Jullin, Vinay, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), Grenoble, France
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Fonseca FCDA, Antonino JD, de Moura SM, Rodrigues-Silva PL, Macedo LLP, Gomes Júnior JE, Lourenço-Tessuti IT, Lucena WA, Morgante CV, Ribeiro TP, Monnerat RG, Rodrigues MA, Cuccovia IM, Mattar Silva MC, Grossi-de-Sa MF. In vivo and in silico comparison analyses of Cry toxin activities toward the sugarcane giant borer. Bull Entomol Res 2023; 113:335-346. [PMID: 36883802 DOI: 10.1017/s000748532200061x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The sugarcane giant borer, Telchin licus licus, is an insect pest that causes significant losses in sugarcane crops and in the sugar-alcohol sector. Chemical and manual control methods are not effective. As an alternative, in the current study, we have screened Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry toxins with high toxicity against this insect. Bioassays were conducted to determine the activity of four Cry toxins (Cry1A (a, b, and c) and Cry2Aa) against neonate T. licus licus larvae. Notably, the Cry1A family toxins had the lowest LC50 values, in which Cry1Ac presented 2.1-fold higher activity than Cry1Aa, 1.7-fold larger than Cry1Ab, and 9.7-fold larger than Cry2Aa toxins. In silico analyses were performed as a perspective to understand putative interactions between T. licus licus receptors and Cry1A toxins. The molecular dynamics and docking analyses for three putative aminopeptidase N (APN) receptors (TlAPN1, TlAPN3, and TlAPN4) revealed evidence for the amino acids that may be involved in the toxin-receptor interactions. Notably, the properties of Cry1Ac point to an interaction site that increases the toxin's affinity for the receptor and likely potentiate toxicity. The interacting amino acid residues predicted for Cry1Ac in this work are probably those shared by the other Cry1A toxins for the same region of APNs. Thus, the presented data extend the existing knowledge of the effects of Cry toxins on T. licus licus and should be considered in further development of transgenic sugarcane plants resistant to this major occurring insect pest in sugarcane fields.
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- Fernando Campos de Assis Fonseca
- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- Biology Cellular Department, Federal University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF, Brazil
- Federal Institut of Goias (IFG), Águas Lindas, GO, Brazil
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- Biology Cellular Department, Federal University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF, Brazil
- Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, PE, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology, INCT PlantStress Biotech, Embrapa, Brazil
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology, INCT PlantStress Biotech, Embrapa, Brazil
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology, INCT PlantStress Biotech, Embrapa, Brazil
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology, INCT PlantStress Biotech, Embrapa, Brazil
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- Biology Cellular Department, Federal University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology, INCT PlantStress Biotech, Embrapa, Brazil
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology, INCT PlantStress Biotech, Embrapa, Brazil
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology, INCT PlantStress Biotech, Embrapa, Brazil
- Embrapa Semiarid, Petrolina, PE, Brazil
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology, INCT PlantStress Biotech, Embrapa, Brazil
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology, INCT PlantStress Biotech, Embrapa, Brazil
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology, INCT PlantStress Biotech, Embrapa, Brazil
- Catholic University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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Yang J, Chen S, Xu X, Lin S, Wu J, Lin G, Bai J, Song Q, You M, Xie M. Novel miR-108 and miR-234 target juvenile hormone esterase to regulate the response of Plutella xylostella to Cry1Ac protoxin. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2023; 254:114761. [PMID: 36907089 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.114761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 03/05/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Insect hormones, such as juvenile hormone (JH), precisely regulate insect life-history traits. The regulation of JH is tightly associated with the tolerance or resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). JH esterase (JHE) is a primary JH-specific metabolic enzyme which plays a key role in regulating JH titer. Here, we characterized a JHE gene from Plutella xylostella (PxJHE), and found it was differentially expressed in the Bt Cry1Ac resistant and susceptible strains. Suppression of PxJHE expression with RNAi increased the tolerance of P. xylostella to Cry1Ac protoxin. To investigate the regulatory mechanism of PxJHE, two target site prediction algorithms were applied to predict the putative miRNAs targeting PxJHE, and the resulting putative miRNAs were subsequently verified for their function targeting PxJHE using luciferase reporter assay and RNA immunoprecipitation. MiR-108 or miR-234 agomir delivery dramatically reduced PxJHE expression in vivo, whilst only miR-108 overexpression consequently increased the tolerance of P. xylostella larvae to Cry1Ac protoxin. By contrast, reduction of miR-108 or miR-234 dramatically increased PxJHE expression, accompanied by the decreased tolerance to Cry1Ac protoxin. Furthermore, injection of miR-108 or miR-234 led to developmental defects in P. xylostella, whilst injection of antagomir did not cause any obvious abnormal phenotypes. Our results indicated that miR-108 or miR-234 can be applied as potential molecular targets to combat P. xylostella and perhaps other lepidopteran pests, providing novel insights into miRNA-based integrated pest management.
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- Jie Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
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Wang Y, Hu YC, Lu JX, Mao DQ, Wang R, Liu XB, Chen J, Wu WX, Li M. Chronic Toxicity of Genetically Modified Maize with Cry1Ab-ma Gene and Its Effect on Serum Metabolites in Rats. J Agric Food Chem 2023; 71:4729-4735. [PMID: 36897264 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c07142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Genetic engineering has inserted the crystallin (Cry) gene of Bacillus thuringiensis into the genes of maize to cultivate a variety of transgenic insect-resistant maizes. At present, genetically modified maize with Cry1Ab-ma gene (maize CM8101) was in the stage of safety verification. In this study, a 1-year chronic toxicity test was carried out to evaluate the safety of maize CM8101. Wistar rats were selected for the experiment. Rats were randomly divided into three groups and fed the corresponding diets: genetically modified maize group (CM8101 group), parental maize group (Zheng58 group), and AIN group. Rat serum and urine were collected at the third, sixth, and twelfth months of the experiment, and viscera were collected at the end of the experiment for detection. Metabolomics was used to analyze the metabolites in the serum of rats at the 12th month. While the CM8101 group rats' diets were supplemented with 60% maize CM8101, no obvious poisoning symptoms were found in rats, and no poisoning death occurred. There were no negative effects on body weight, food intake, blood and urine indices, or organ histopathological examination results. Furthermore, metabolomics results revealed that, when compared to group differences, the gender of rats had a more obvious effect on metabolites. The CM8101 group primarily changed linoleic acid metabolism in female rats, while glyceropholipid metabolism was altered in male rats. In rats, consumption of maize CM8101 did not result in significant metabolic dysfunction.
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- Yao Wang
- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Nutrition of National Health Commission, National Institute of Nutrition and Health, Beijing 100032, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Nutrition of National Health Commission, National Institute of Nutrition and Health, Beijing 100032, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Nutrition of National Health Commission, National Institute of Nutrition and Health, Beijing 100032, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Nutrition of National Health Commission, National Institute of Nutrition and Health, Beijing 100032, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Nutrition of National Health Commission, National Institute of Nutrition and Health, Beijing 100032, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Nutrition of National Health Commission, National Institute of Nutrition and Health, Beijing 100032, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Nutrition of National Health Commission, National Institute of Nutrition and Health, Beijing 100032, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Nutrition of National Health Commission, National Institute of Nutrition and Health, Beijing 100032, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Nutrition of National Health Commission, National Institute of Nutrition and Health, Beijing 100032, China
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Cai L, Liu X, Tian Z, Michaud JP, Shen Z, Li Z, Zhang S, Liu X. Safety of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ah and Vip3Aa toxins for the predatory stink bug Arma custos (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Sci Total Environ 2022; 851:158120. [PMID: 35987246 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Revised: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The widespread adoption of Bt crops expressing insecticidal proteins derived from Bacillus thuringiensis has created a need to assess the potential effects of these toxins on non-target organisms, especially species such as Arma custos, a generalist predator that provides important biological control services in many field crops in Asia. Direct dietary exposure of A. custos to Cry1Ah and Vip3Aa proteins produced no adverse effects on life history traits, despite continuous exposure throughout development and early adult life to concentrations significantly higher than the Bt protein concentration likely encountered by A.custos in the field, even when feeding directly on Bt plants. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay confirmed the presence of Bt proteins in A. custos midguts, but quantitative real-time PCR analysis of 12 genes associated with detoxification, antioxidative responses, immune responses, and metabolism revealed no significant changes in expression in adult bugs. Indirect exposure to these toxins via consumption of intoxicated prey, larvae of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner), likewise produced no negative impacts on survival, development, adult weight, or female fecundity in either the F0 (exposed) or F1 (unexposed) generation, but female fresh weight was reduced in the F0 generation by the Cry1Ah (50 μg/g) treatment. Finally, a competitive binding assay with labelled protein and a ligand blotting assay both demonstrated that the Cry1Ah protein could not bind to receptors on the midgut brush border membrane vesicles (BBMVs) of A. custos adults. Therefore, we conclude that Cry1Ah and Vip3Aa proteins are unlikely to have significant negative effects on A. custos populations if employed as plant-incorporated protectants in field crops.
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- Limei Cai
- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China
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- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China
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- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China
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- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Agricultural Research Station-Hays, Hays, KS 67601, USA
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- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China
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- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China
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- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China
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- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China.
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Wan Y, Wang X, Bai T, Zheng X, Yang L, Li Q, Wang X. Lysine Inhibits Hemolytic Activity of Staphylococcus aureus and Its Application in Food Model Contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus. Toxins (Basel) 2022; 14:toxins14120867. [PMID: 36548764 PMCID: PMC9786064 DOI: 10.3390/toxins14120867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Alpha-hemolysin (Hla) is one of the important exotoxins of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and can be used as a target to reduce the virulence of S. aureus. This study explored the inhibitory effect of Lysine (Lys) on Hla and its application in food safety. Lys significantly inhibited the expression of Hla at sub-inhibitory concentrations and directly interacted with Hla to interfere with its oligomerization and thus significantly inhibited its hemolytic activity. Notably, Lys attenuated S. aureus damage to mouse small intestine and Caco-2 cells and delayed mouse mortality. In the food model, Lys inhibited the expression of Hla of S. aureus and had no significant effect on the sensory score. Moreover, Lys had no obvious damage effect on the main organs of mice, which indicated that Lys has good biocompatibility and has the potential to be used in the food industry as an anti-S. aureus preparation.
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Oliveira-Filho EC, Grisolia CK. The Ecotoxicology of Microbial Insecticides and Their Toxins in Genetically Modified Crops: An Overview. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19:16495. [PMID: 36554372 PMCID: PMC9778766 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192416495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The use of microbial insecticides and their toxins in biological control and transgenic plants has increased their presence in the environment. Although they are natural products, the main concerns are related to the potential impacts on the environment and human health. Several assays have been performed worldwide to investigate the toxicity or adverse effects of these microbial products or their individual toxins. This overview examines the published data concerning the knowledge obtained about the ecotoxicity and environmental risks of these natural pesticides. The data presented show that many results are difficult to compare due to the diversity of measurement units used in the different research data. Even so, the products and toxins tested present low toxicity and low risk when compared to the concentrations used for pesticide purposes. Complementary studies should be carried out to assess possible effects on human health.
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- Departamento de Genética e Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, DF, Brazil
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Shen C, Li YH, Lin MM, Zhang JZ, Wang J, Gao MJ, Zhang X, Hu XD, Liu Y, Liu XJ. Identifying the Epitopes of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Aa Toxin Involved in Cadherin Interaction by a Monoclonal Antibody. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2022; 195:2709-2718. [PMID: 36074237 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-022-04162-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Antibodies are a useful tool for assistance to map the binding epitopes in Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins and their receptors, and even determine how receptors promote toxicity. In this work, a monoclonal antibody (mAb-1D2) was produced by the hybridoma cell line raised against Cry2Aa toxins, with a half inhibition concentration (IC50) of 9.16 μg/mL. The affinity constant of two recombinant toxin-binding fragments derived from Helicoverpa armigera and Plutella xylostella cadherin-like protein (HaCad-TBR or PxCad-TBR) to Cry2Aa toxin was measured to be 1.21 μM and 1.24 μM, respectively. Competitive ELISA showed that mAb-1D2 competed with HaCad-TBR or PxCad-TBR binding to Cry2Aa. Meanwhile, the toxicity of the Cry2Aa toxin to the H. armigera and P. xylostella larvae were greatly reduced when the toxin was mixed with mAb-1D2, which indicated that cadherin may play an important functional role in the toxicity of Cry2Aa. After transforming mAb-1D2 to a single-chain variable fragment (scFv), the hot spot residues of Cry2Aa with 1D2-scFv, PxCad-TBR, and HaCad-TBR were analyzed by molecular docking. It was demonstrated that the hot spot residues of Cry2Aa involving with 1D2-scFv interaction were mainly in Domain II, and some residues in Domain I. Moreover, mAb-1D2 and the two cadherin fragments shared the common hot spot residues on Cry2Aa, which could explain mAb-1D2 inhibited Cry2Aa binding with cadherin fragments. This monoclonal antibody could be a useful tool for identifying the binding epitopes between Cry2Aa and cadherin, and even assist to analyze the roles of cadherin in Cry2Aa toxicity.
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- Cheng Shen
- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210014, China.
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
- Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210014, China.
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Peng Y, Lv B, Lei ZY, Peng YD, Chen LJ, Wang Z. Toxic effects of the combined cadmium and Cry1Ab protein exposure on the protective and transcriptomic responses of Pirata subpiraticus. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2022; 239:113631. [PMID: 35598445 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) pollution poses a serious threat to agricultural production and paddy field fauna. Crystalline proteins (e.g., Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac) are secreted by Bacillus thuringiensis, which can manage pests via a complicated toxic mechanism and have been widely used for pest control due to the commercialization of transgenic crops (e.g., cotton and rice) that expresses Bt insecticidal proteins. Nonetheless, studies on the effects of combined stress of Cd and Cry1Ab protein on field indicator species are limited. In the present study, we showed that spiders, Pirata subpiraticus, fed with Cd-containing flies+Cry1Ab had dramatically higher Cd accumulation than that in the spiders fed with Cd-containing flies (p < 0.05). In addition, the enrichment of Cd led to the activation of the protective mechanism by elevating the concentrations of glutathione peroxidase, glutathione S-transferase, and metallothionein in the spiders (p < 0.05). An in-depth transcriptome analysis revealed that the activities of ion metal binding proteins, transporters, and channels might play essential roles in the Cd accumulation process. More importantly, the higher Cd concentration in the combined Cd+Cry1Ab exposure prolonged developmental duration of P. subpiraticus, due to the down-regulated cuticle proteins (CPs) encoding genes involved in the molting process, which was regulated by a series of putative transcriptional factors such as ZBTB and zf-C2H2. Collectively, this integrated analysis illustrates that the combined Cd+Cry1Ab exposure increases the adverse effects of Cd stress on the growth, antioxidase, and CPs encoding genes of P. subpiraticus, thus providing a research basis and prospect for the rationality of transgenic Cry1Ab crops in the cultivation of heavy metal contaminated soil.
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- Yong Peng
- College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410006, Hunan, China
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- College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410006, Hunan, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Institute of Bast Fiber Crops, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410205, Hunan, China
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- College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410006, Hunan, China; Shaoyang University, Shaoyang 422000, Hunan, China.
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- College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410006, Hunan, China.
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Yin Y, Cao K, Zhao X, Cao C, Dong X, Liang J, Shi W. Bt Cry1Ab/2Ab toxins disrupt the structure of the gut bacterial community of Locusta migratoria through host immune responses. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2022; 238:113602. [PMID: 35526455 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The gut microbiota of insects plays a vital role in digestion, nutrient acquisition, metabolism of dietary toxins, pathogen immunity and maintenance of gut homeostasis. Bacillus thuringinensis (Bt) poisons target insects through its toxins that are activated in the insect gut. The effects of Bt toxins on gut microbiota of insects and their underlying mechanisms are not well understood. In this study, we found that Cry1Ab/2Ab toxins significantly changed the gut bacterial community's structure and reduced the total load of gut bacteria in the Locusta migratoria. In addition, Cry toxins significantly increased the level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the gut of locusts. Our results also showed that Cry1Ab/2Ab toxins induced the host gut's immune response by up-regulating of key genes in the Immune deficiency (IMD) and Toll pathway. RNA interference showed that knocking down Relish could narrow the difference in the load, diversity, and composition in gut bacteria caused by Cry toxins. Our findings suggest that Bt potentially influences the gut bacterial community of L. migratoria through host immune response.
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- Yue Yin
- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China.
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- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China.
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- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China.
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- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China.
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- Department of Agriculture Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China.
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- Development Center of Science and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100176, China.
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- Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China.
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Shahi I, Llaneras CN, Perelman SS, Torres VJ, Ratner AJ. Genome-Wide CRISPR-Cas9 Screen Does Not Identify Host Factors Modulating Streptococcus agalactiae β-Hemolysin/Cytolysin-Induced Cell Death. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0218621. [PMID: 35196804 PMCID: PMC8865549 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02186-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pore-forming toxins (PFTs) are commonly produced by pathogenic bacteria, and understanding them is key to the development of virulence-targeted therapies. Streptococcus agalactiae, or group B Streptococcus (GBS), produces several factors that enhance its pathogenicity, including the PFT β-hemolysin/cytolysin (βhc). Little is understood about the cellular factors involved in βhc pore formation. We conducted a whole-genome CRISPR-Cas9 forward genetic screen to identify host genes that might contribute to βhc pore formation and cell death. While the screen identified the established receptor, CD59, in control experiments using the toxin intermedilysin (ILY), no clear candidate genes were identified that were required for βhc-mediated lethality. Of the top targets from the screen, two genes involved in membrane remodeling and repair represented candidates that might modulate the kinetics of βhc-induced cell death. Upon attempted validation of the results using monoclonal cell lines with targeted disruption of these genes, no effect on βhc-mediated cell lysis was observed. The CRISPR-Cas9 screen results are consistent with the hypothesis that βhc does not require a single nonessential host factor to mediate target cell death. IMPORTANCE CRISPR-Cas9 forward genetic screens have been used to identify host cell targets required by bacterial toxins. They have been used successfully to both verify known targets and elucidate novel host factors required by toxins. Here, we show that this approach fails to identify host factors required for cell death due to βhc, a toxin required for GBS virulence. These data suggest that βhc may not require a host cell receptor for toxin function or may require a host receptor that is an essential gene and would not be identified using this screening strategy.
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- Ifrah Shahi
- Department of Microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
- Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens Program, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
- Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens Program, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Chen Y, Romeis J, Meissle M. Addressing the challenges of non-target feeding studies with genetically engineered plant material - stacked Bt maize and Daphnia magna. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2021; 225:112721. [PMID: 34478987 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Previous studies reported adverse effects of genetically engineered maize that produces insecticidal Cry proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) on the water flea Daphnia magna. In the current study, effects of flour, leaves, or pollen from stacked Bt maize that contains six Bt proteins (SmartStax) in two plant backgrounds on life table parameters of D. magna were investigated. Adverse effects were observed for Bt maize flour, originating from different production fields and years, but not for leaves or pollen, produced from plants grown concurrently in a glasshouse. Because leaves contained eight to ten times more Cry protein than flour, the effects of the flour were probably not caused by the Cry proteins, but by compositional differences between the plant backgrounds. Furthermore, considering the natural range of variation in the response of D. magna to conventional maize lines, the observed effects of Bt maize flour were unlikely to be of biological relevance. Our study demonstrates how Cry protein effects can be separated from plant background effects in non-target studies using Bt plant material as the test substance and how detected effects can be judged for their biological relevance.
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- Yi Chen
- Research Division Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Research Division Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Research Division Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Ramm F, Stech M, Zemella A, Frentzel H, Kubick S. The Pore-Forming Hemolysin BL Enterotoxin from Bacillus cereus: Subunit Interactions in Cell-Free Systems. Toxins (Basel) 2021; 13:toxins13110807. [PMID: 34822591 PMCID: PMC8623112 DOI: 10.3390/toxins13110807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The tripartite enterotoxin Hemolysin BL (Hbl) has been widely characterized as a hemolytic and cytotoxic virulence factor involved in foodborne diarrheal illness caused by Bacillus cereus. Previous studies have described the formation of the Hbl complex and aimed to identify the toxin’s mode of action. In this study, we analyzed the assembly of Hbl out of its three individual subunits L1, L2 and B in a soluble as well as a putative membrane bound composition using a Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell-free system. Subunits were either coexpressed or synthesized individually in separate cell-free reactions and mixed together afterwards. Hemolytic activity of cell-free synthesized subunits was demonstrated on 5% sheep blood agar and identified both synthesis procedures, coexpression as well as individual synthesis of each subunit, as functional for the synthesis of an active Hbl complex. Hbl’s ability to perforate cell membranes was evaluated using a propidium iodide uptake assay. These data suggested that coexpressed Hbl subunits augmented cytotoxic activity with increasing concentrations. Further, a pre-pore-complex of L1-L2 showed cytotoxic effects suggesting the possibility of an interaction between the cell membrane and the pre-pore-complex. Overall, this study shows that cell-free protein synthesis is a fast and efficient way to study the assembly of multiple protein subunits in soluble as well as vesicular fractions.
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- Franziska Ramm
- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Branch Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses (IZI-BB), Am Mühlenberg 13, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (F.R.); (M.S.); (A.Z.)
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Branch Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses (IZI-BB), Am Mühlenberg 13, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (F.R.); (M.S.); (A.Z.)
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Branch Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses (IZI-BB), Am Mühlenberg 13, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (F.R.); (M.S.); (A.Z.)
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- Department of Biological Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany;
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Branch Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses (IZI-BB), Am Mühlenberg 13, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (F.R.); (M.S.); (A.Z.)
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Joint Faculty of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane and the University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-331-58-187-306; Fax: +49-331-58-187-199
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Schulz E, Schumann M, Schneemann M, Dony V, Fromm A, Nagel O, Schulzke JD, Bücker R. Escherichia coli Alpha-Hemolysin HlyA Induces Host Cell Polarity Changes, Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction and Cell Detachment in Human Colon Carcinoma Caco-2 Cell Model via PTEN-Dependent Dysregulation of Cell Junctions. Toxins (Basel) 2021; 13:toxins13080520. [PMID: 34437391 PMCID: PMC8402498 DOI: 10.3390/toxins13080520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli (E. coli) of the B2 phylotype reside in human and animal intestines. The bacteria possess pathogenicity factors such as α-hemolysin (HlyA) that can induce intestinal epithelial leaks. We addressed the questions which host cell processes were dysregulated by E. coli HlyA that can potentiate intestinal diseases. The colon carcinoma cell line Caco-2 was infected by HlyA+ E. coli. Cell polarity regulation was analyzed by live cell imaging for the phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) abundance. In Caco-2 monolayers, transepithelial electrical resistance was measured for characterization of barrier function. Cell proliferation and separation were assessed microscopically. Epithelial regulation and cell signaling were analyzed by RNA-Seq and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA). Our main findings from E. coli HlyA toxinogenicity in the colon carcinoma cell line are that (i) PIP2 at the membrane decrease, (ii) PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog) inhibition leads to cell polarity changes, (iii) epithelial leakiness follows these polarity changes by disruption of cell junctions and (iv) epithelial cell detachment increases. HlyA affected pathways, e.g., the PTEN and metastasis signaling, were identified by RNA-Seq bioinformatics calculations in IPA. In conclusion, HlyA affects cell polarity, thereby inducing epithelial barrier dysfunction due to defective tight junctions and focal leak induction as an exemplary mechanism for leaky gut.
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- Emanuel Schulz
- Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany; (E.S.); (M.S.); (V.D.)
- Junior Clinician Scientist Program, Biomedical Innovation Academy, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany; (E.S.); (M.S.); (V.D.)
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- Clinical Physiology/Nutritional Medicine, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany; (M.S.); (A.F.); (O.N.); (J.-D.S.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany; (E.S.); (M.S.); (V.D.)
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- Clinical Physiology/Nutritional Medicine, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany; (M.S.); (A.F.); (O.N.); (J.-D.S.)
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- Clinical Physiology/Nutritional Medicine, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany; (M.S.); (A.F.); (O.N.); (J.-D.S.)
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- Clinical Physiology/Nutritional Medicine, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany; (M.S.); (A.F.); (O.N.); (J.-D.S.)
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- Clinical Physiology/Nutritional Medicine, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany; (M.S.); (A.F.); (O.N.); (J.-D.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-30-450-514548
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Panevska A, Glavan G, Jemec Kokalj A, Kukuljan V, Trobec T, Žužek MC, Vrecl M, Drobne D, Frangež R, Sepčić K. Effects of Bioinsecticidal Aegerolysin-Based Cytolytic Complexes on Non-Target Organisms. Toxins (Basel) 2021; 13:457. [PMID: 34208927 PMCID: PMC8310125 DOI: 10.3390/toxins13070457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Aegerolysin proteins ostreolysin A6 (OlyA6), pleurotolysin A2 (PlyA2) and erylysin A (EryA) produced by the mushroom genus Pleurotus bind strongly to an invertebrate-specific membrane sphingolipid, and together with a protein partner pleurotolysin B (PlyB), form transmembrane pore complexes. This pore formation is the basis for the selective insecticidal activity of aegerolysin/PlyB complexes against two economically important coleopteran pests: the Colorado potato beetle and the western corn rootworm. In this study, we evaluated the toxicities of these aegerolysin/PlyB complexes using feeding tests with two ecologically important non-target arthropod species: the woodlouse and the honey bee. The mammalian toxicity of the EryA/PlyB complex was also evaluated after intravenous administration to mice. None of the aegerolysin/PlyB complexes were toxic against woodlice, but OlyA6/PlyB and PlyA2/PlyB were toxic to honeybees, with 48 h mean lethal concentrations (LC50) of 0.22 and 0.39 mg/mL, respectively, in their food. EryA/PlyB was also tested intravenously in mice up to 3 mg/kg body mass, without showing toxicity. With no toxicity seen for EryA/PlyB for environmentally beneficial arthropods and mammals at the tested concentrations, these EryA/PlyB complexes are of particular interest for development of new bioinsecticides for control of selected coleopteran pests.
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- Anastasija Panevska
- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (A.P.); (G.G.); (A.J.K.); (D.D.)
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (A.P.); (G.G.); (A.J.K.); (D.D.)
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (A.P.); (G.G.); (A.J.K.); (D.D.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia;
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- Institute of Preclinical Sciences, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (T.T.); (M.C.Ž.); (M.V.)
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- Institute of Preclinical Sciences, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (T.T.); (M.C.Ž.); (M.V.)
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- Institute of Preclinical Sciences, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (T.T.); (M.C.Ž.); (M.V.)
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (A.P.); (G.G.); (A.J.K.); (D.D.)
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- Institute of Preclinical Sciences, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (T.T.); (M.C.Ž.); (M.V.)
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (A.P.); (G.G.); (A.J.K.); (D.D.)
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Milijaš Jotić M, Panevska A, Iacovache I, Kostanjšek R, Mravinec M, Skočaj M, Zuber B, Pavšič A, Razinger J, Modic Š, Trenti F, Guella G, Sepčić K. Dissecting Out the Molecular Mechanism of Insecticidal Activity of Ostreolysin A6/Pleurotolysin B Complexes on Western Corn Rootworm. Toxins (Basel) 2021; 13:toxins13070455. [PMID: 34209983 PMCID: PMC8310357 DOI: 10.3390/toxins13070455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Ostreolysin A6 (OlyA6) is a protein produced by the oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus). It binds to membrane sphingomyelin/cholesterol domains, and together with its protein partner, pleurotolysin B (PlyB), it forms 13-meric transmembrane pore complexes. Further, OlyA6 binds 1000 times more strongly to the insect-specific membrane sphingolipid, ceramide phosphoethanolamine (CPE). In concert with PlyB, OlyA6 has potent and selective insecticidal activity against the western corn rootworm. We analysed the histological alterations of the midgut wall columnar epithelium of western corn rootworm larvae fed with OlyA6/PlyB, which showed vacuolisation of the cell cytoplasm, swelling of the apical cell surface into the gut lumen, and delamination of the basal lamina underlying the epithelium. Additionally, cryo-electron microscopy was used to explore the membrane interactions of the OlyA6/PlyB complex using lipid vesicles composed of artificial lipids containing CPE, and western corn rootworm brush border membrane vesicles. Multimeric transmembrane pores were formed in both vesicle preparations, similar to those described for sphingomyelin/cholesterol membranes. These results strongly suggest that the molecular mechanism of insecticidal action of OlyA6/PlyB arises from specific interactions of OlyA6 with CPE, and the consequent formation of transmembrane pores in the insect midgut.
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- Matej Milijaš Jotić
- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.M.J.); (A.P.); (R.K.); (M.M.); (M.S.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.M.J.); (A.P.); (R.K.); (M.M.); (M.S.); (A.P.)
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- Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; (I.I.); (B.Z.)
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.M.J.); (A.P.); (R.K.); (M.M.); (M.S.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.M.J.); (A.P.); (R.K.); (M.M.); (M.S.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.M.J.); (A.P.); (R.K.); (M.M.); (M.S.); (A.P.)
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- Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; (I.I.); (B.Z.)
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.M.J.); (A.P.); (R.K.); (M.M.); (M.S.); (A.P.)
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- Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (J.R.); (Š.M.)
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- Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (J.R.); (Š.M.)
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- Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy; (F.T.); (G.G.)
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- Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy; (F.T.); (G.G.)
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.M.J.); (A.P.); (R.K.); (M.M.); (M.S.); (A.P.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +386-1-320-3419
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Zhang C, Wei J, Naing ZL, Soe ET, Liang G. Endogenous serpin reduces toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac against Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner). Pestic Biochem Physiol 2021; 175:104837. [PMID: 33993962 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2021.104837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Bt protoxins are required to convert to a smaller activated form by insect midgut proteases to exert toxicity against insect pests. Serine protease inhibitors (serpins) play a valuable part in gut protease of insect that hamper digestive proteases activity of insects. Whether the insect serpins induced by Bt protoxin affect the insecticidal activity were rare studied. Here, we identified a serpin-e gene from Helicoverpa armigera, which had potential RCL (Reactive Center Loop) region near the C-terminus like other serpin proteins. It widely expressed in different development stages and in various tissues, but highest expressed in fourth-instar larvae and in larval hemolymph. This Haserpin-e could be induced by Cry1Ac protoxin in vivo and inhibit the midgut proteases to activate Cry1Ac in vitro. Importantly, the functional study indicated it could inhibit the process from Cry1Ac protoxin to activated toxin, and led to the reduction of Cry1Ac insecticide activity to cotton bollworm. Based on our results, we proposed that Haserpin-e involved in the toxicity of Cry1Ac to cotton bollworm by blocking the serine protease to activate the protoxin.
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- Caihong Zhang
- State key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, PR China
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- State key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- State key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- State key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100193, PR China.
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Resnik N, Tratnjek L, Kreft ME, Kisovec M, Aden S, Bedina Zavec A, Anderluh G, Podobnik M, Veranič P. Cytotoxic Activity of LLO Y406A Is Targeted to the Plasma Membrane of Cancer Urothelial Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22073305. [PMID: 33805017 PMCID: PMC8037347 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22073305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Revised: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Identification of novel agents for bladder cancer treatment is highly desirable due to the high incidence of tumor recurrence and the risk of progression to muscle-invasive disease. The key feature of the cholesterol-dependent toxin listeriolysin O mutant (LLO Y406A) is its preferential activity at pH 5.7, which could be exploited either directly for selective targeting of cancer cells or the release of accumulated therapeutics from acidic endosomes. Therefore, our goal was to compare the cytotoxic effect of LLO Y406A on cancer cells (RT4) and normal urothelial cells (NPU), and to identify which cell membranes are the primary target of LLO Y406A by viability assays, life-cell imaging, fluorescence, and electron microscopy. LLO Y406A decreased viability, altered cell morphology, provoked membrane blebbing, and induced apoptosis in RT4 cells, while it did not affect NPU cells. LLO Y406A did not cause endosomal escape in RT4 cells, while the plasma membrane of RT4 cells was revealed as the primary target of LLO Y406A. It has been concluded that LLO Y406A has the ability to selectively eliminate cancer urothelial cells through pore-forming activity at the plasma membrane, without cytotoxic effects on normal urothelial cells. This promising selective activity merits further testing as an anti-cancer agent.
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- Nataša Resnik
- Institute of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (N.R.); (L.T.); (M.E.K.)
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- Institute of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (N.R.); (L.T.); (M.E.K.)
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- Institute of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (N.R.); (L.T.); (M.E.K.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Nanobiotechnology, National Institute of Chemistry, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.K.); (S.A.); (A.B.Z.); (G.A.); (M.P.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Nanobiotechnology, National Institute of Chemistry, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.K.); (S.A.); (A.B.Z.); (G.A.); (M.P.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Nanobiotechnology, National Institute of Chemistry, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.K.); (S.A.); (A.B.Z.); (G.A.); (M.P.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Nanobiotechnology, National Institute of Chemistry, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.K.); (S.A.); (A.B.Z.); (G.A.); (M.P.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Nanobiotechnology, National Institute of Chemistry, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.K.); (S.A.); (A.B.Z.); (G.A.); (M.P.)
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- Institute of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (N.R.); (L.T.); (M.E.K.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +386-1-543-7682
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Jin M, Yang Y, Shan Y, Chakrabarty S, Cheng Y, Soberón M, Bravo A, Liu K, Wu K, Xiao Y. Two ABC transporters are differentially involved in the toxicity of two Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1 toxins to the invasive crop-pest Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith). Pest Manag Sci 2021; 77:1492-1501. [PMID: 33145907 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND The fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda is a major agricultural pest that has invaded the East Hemisphere since 2016, generating a serious threat to food security worldwide including Africa and Asia. The Cry toxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have been shown to be effective against this insect pest. In different insect ABC transporters (ABCC2 or ABCC3) have been shown to be involved as receptors of some Cry1 toxins. Here we analyzed the role of SfABCC2 and SfABCC3 in the toxicity of Cry1Fa and Cry1Ab toxins in this insect pest. RESULTS Two S. frugiperda SfABCC2 and SfABCC3 knockout strains, coding for potential functional Bt receptors, were created using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system. Both knockout strains showed resistance to both Cry1Fa and Cry1Ab toxins compared with the susceptible strain. SfABCC2 knockout strain showed higher resistance to both Cry toxins than SfABCC3 knockout strain, suggesting a major role of SfABCC2 in the mode of action of these Cry toxins. In addition, expression of SfABCC2 and SfABCC3 genes in Trichoplusia ni Hi5 cells also increased the susceptibility to Cry1Ab and Cry1Fa toxins, in agreement with the genome editing results. The double knockout of SfABCC2 and SfABCC3 strain was not viable in contrast to other lepidopteran species. Furthermore, we report here that SfABCC2 or SfABCC3 knockout strains increased their susceptibility to abamectin and spinosad insecticides. CONCLUSION We provide functional evidence that in S. frugiperda these two ABCC transporters serve as receptors of Bt Cry1Fa and Cry1Ab toxins. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Minghui Jin
- Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 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, Beijing, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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Vieira L, Hissa DC, Souza T, Gonçalves ÍFS, Evaristo JAM, Nogueira FCS, Carvalho AFU, Farias D. Assessing the effects of an acute exposure to worst-case concentration of Cry proteins on zebrafish using the embryotoxicity test and proteomics analysis. Chemosphere 2021; 264:128538. [PMID: 33038734 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Cry1C, Cry1F and Cry1Ab are insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) which are expressed in transgenic crops. Given the entry of these proteins into aquatic environments, it is relevant to evaluate their impacts on aquatic organisms. In this work, we sought to evaluate the effects of Cry1C, Cry1F and Cry1Ab on zebrafish embryos and larvae of a predicted worst-case scenario concentration of these proteins (set to 1.1 mg/L). For that, we coupled a traditional toxicity approach (the zebrafish embryotoxicity test and dosage of enzymatic biomarkers) to gel free proteomics analysis. At the concentration tested, these proteins did not cause adverse effects in the zebrafish early life stages, either by verifying phenotypic endpoints of toxicity or alterations in representative enzymatic biomarkers (catalase, glutathione-S-tranferase and lactate-dehydrogenase). At the molecular level, the Cry proteins tested lead to very small changes in the proteome of zebrafish larvae. In a global way, these proteins upregulated the expression of vitellogenins. Besides that, Cry1C e Cry1F deregulated heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (Hnrnpa0l and Hnrnpaba, respectively), implicated in mRNA processing and gene regulation. Overall, these data lead to the conclusion that Cry1C, Cry1F and Cry1Ab proteins, even at a very high concentration, have limited effects in the early stages of zebrafish life.
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- Leonardo Vieira
- Post-Graduation Program in Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Building 907, Campus Pici, Federal University of Ceara, 60455-970, Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Building 909, Campus Pici, Federal University of Ceara, 60455-970, Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Department of Toxicogenomics, GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Oncology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Post-Graduation Program in Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Building 907, Campus Pici, Federal University of Ceara, 60455-970, Fortaleza, Brazil; Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Novel Technologies, Department of Molecular Biology, Federal University of Paraiba, 58051-900, João Pessoa, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Proteomics, LADETEC, Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 21941-909, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Proteomics, LADETEC, Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 21941-909, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Proteomics Unit, Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 21941-909, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Post-Graduation Program in Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Building 907, Campus Pici, Federal University of Ceara, 60455-970, Fortaleza, Brazil; Department of Biology, Building 909, Campus Pici, Federal University of Ceara, 60455-970, Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Post-Graduation Program in Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Building 907, Campus Pici, Federal University of Ceara, 60455-970, Fortaleza, Brazil; Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Novel Technologies, Department of Molecular Biology, Federal University of Paraiba, 58051-900, João Pessoa, Brazil.
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López-Molina S, do Nascimento NA, Silva-Filha MHNL, Guerrero A, Sánchez J, Pacheco S, Gill SS, Soberón M, Bravo A. In vivo nanoscale analysis of the dynamic synergistic interaction of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry11Aa and Cyt1Aa toxins in Aedes aegypti. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1009199. [PMID: 33465145 PMCID: PMC7846010 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The insecticidal Cry11Aa and Cyt1Aa proteins are produced by Bacillus thuringiensis as crystal inclusions. They work synergistically inducing high toxicity against mosquito larvae. It was proposed that these crystal inclusions are rapidly solubilized and activated in the gut lumen, followed by pore formation in midgut cells killing the larvae. In addition, Cyt1Aa functions as a Cry11Aa binding receptor, inducing Cry11Aa oligomerization and membrane insertion. Here, we used fluorescent labeled crystals, protoxins or activated toxins for in vivo localization at nano-scale resolution. We show that after larvae were fed solubilized proteins, these proteins were not accumulated inside the gut and larvae were not killed. In contrast, if larvae were fed soluble non-toxic mutant proteins, these proteins were found inside the gut bound to gut-microvilli. Only feeding with crystal inclusions resulted in high larval mortality, suggesting that they have a role for an optimal intoxication process. At the macroscopic level, Cry11Aa completely degraded the gastric caeca structure and, in the presence of Cyt1Aa, this effect was observed at lower toxin-concentrations and at shorter periods. The labeled Cry11Aa crystal protein, after midgut processing, binds to the gastric caeca and posterior midgut regions, and also to anterior and medium regions where it is internalized in ordered "net like" structures, leading finally to cell break down. During synergism both Cry11Aa and Cyt1Aa toxins showed a dynamic layered array at the surface of apical microvilli, where Cry11Aa is localized in the lower layer closer to the cell cytoplasm, and Cyt1Aa is layered over Cry11Aa. This array depends on the pore formation activity of Cry11Aa, since the non-toxic mutant Cry11Aa-E97A, which is unable to oligomerize, inverted this array. Internalization of Cry11Aa was also observed during synergism. These data indicate that the mechanism of action of Cry11Aa is more complex than previously anticipated, and may involve additional steps besides pore-formation activity.
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- Samira López-Molina
- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Microscopía Avanzada, Instituto de Biotecnología, UNAM, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America
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- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Yang Y, Huang X, Yuan W, Xiang Y, Guo X, Wei W, Soberón M, Bravo A, Liu K. Bacillus thuringiensis cry toxin triggers autophagy activity that may enhance cell death. Pestic Biochem Physiol 2021; 171:104728. [PMID: 33357550 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.104728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Revised: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Although it is well known that Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins kill insect pest by disrupting midgut cells of susceptible larvae through their pore formation activity, it is not clear what intracellular events are triggered after pore formation on the cell membrane of the target cells. Here we analyzed the role of Cry toxins on autophagy activation using several cell lines as models as well as in Helicoverpa armigera larvae. The selected insect cell lines (Hi5, Sl-HP and Sf9) were susceptible to activated Cry1Ca toxin, but only Sl-HP cells were also susceptible to activated Cry1Ac toxin. In contrast, the mammalian cell line 293 T was not susceptible to Cry1Ac or to Cry1Ca. Results show that Cry toxins induced autophagy only in the susceptible cell lines as shown by the analysis of the changes in the ratio of Atg8-PE to Atg8 and by formation of autophagosome dots containing Atg8-PE. The Cry1Ac enhanced autophagy in the midgut tissue of H. armigera larvae. Silencing expression of specific genes by RNAi assays confirmed that the autophagy induced by activated Cry toxins was dependent on AMPK and JNK pathways. Finally, inhibition of autophagy in the cell lines by specific inhibitors or RNAi assays resulted in delayed cell death triggered by Cry toxins, suggesting that the increased autophagy activity observed after toxin intoxication may contribute to cell death.
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- Yongbo Yang
- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Cuernavaca 62250, Morelos, Mexico
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Cuernavaca 62250, Morelos, Mexico
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430070, China,.
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Baudrot V, Walker E, Lang A, Stefanescu C, Rey JF, Soubeyrand S, Messéan A. When the average hides the risk of Bt-corn pollen on non-target Lepidoptera: Application to Aglais io in Catalonia. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2021; 207:111215. [PMID: 32927159 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Field cultivation of Genetically Modified (GM) Bt-plants has a potential environmental risk toward non-target Lepidoptera (NTLs) larvae through the consumption of Bt-maize pollen. The Bt-maize Cry protein targeting Lepidoptera species detrimental to the crop is also expressed in pollen which is dispersed by wind and can thus reach habitats of NTLs. To better assess the current ecological risk of Bt-maize at landscape scales, we developed a spatially-explicit exposure-hazard model considering (i) the dynamics of pollen dispersal obtained by convolving GM plants emission with a dispersal kernel and (ii) a toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic (TKTD) model accounting for the impact of toxin ingestion on individual lethal effects. We simulated the model using real landscape observations in Catalonia (Spain): GM-maize locations, flowering dates, rainfall time series and larvae emergence date of the European peacock butterfly Aglais io. While in average, the additional mortality appears to be negligible, we show significant additional mortality at sub-population level, with for instance a mortality higher than 40% within the 10m for the 10% most Bt-sensitive individuals. Also, using Pareto optimality we capture the best trade-off between isolation distance and additional mortality: up to 50 m are required to significantly buffer Bt-pollen impact on NTLs survival at the individual level. Our study clears up the narrow line between diverging conclusions: those claiming no risk by only looking at the average regional effect of Bt on NTLs survival and those pointing out a significant threaten when considering the variability of individuals mortality.
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- Environmental Geosciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Büro Lang, Zell Im Wiesental, Germany
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- Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers, Francesc Macià 51, 08402, Granollers, Catalonia, Spain; CSIC CREAF, Cerdanyola Del Vallès, Catalonia, 08193, Spain
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Dang C, Zhou X, Sun C, Wang F, Peng Y, Ye G. Impacts of Bt rice on non-target organisms assessed by the hazard quotient (HQ). Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2021; 207:111214. [PMID: 32890949 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The potential risk of Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) crops on non-target organisms (NTOs) has drawn a lot of public concerns. Despite a series of risk assessments of Bt crops on NTOs has been conducted, a quantitative approach which could support a precise judgment of their safety is required. In the present work, hazard quotient (HQ) was applied in the safety evaluation of three Bt rice events (Cry1Ab, Cry1C and Cry2Aa rice) on NTOs. Eight NTOs in different functional guilds associated with Bt rice were selected to conduct the tests. The results showed that the HQs of three Bt rice events for eight NTOs were all below the trigger value 1, while the HQ of Cry1Ab rice for one target pest Chilo suppressalis was three times higher than 1. Our results assured the reliability of the HQ and indicated that the three Bt rice events would pose no risks to the eight NTOs. Further testing of three Bt proteins on biological parameters of one NTO Nasonia virtipennis under no observed adverse effect concentration (NOAEC) confirmed the robustness of HQ assessment. We recommend that the HQ could be applied in tier-1 risk assessments of Bt crops on NTOs as a reference data standard, which would provide more clear and credible safety information of transgenic crops for the public and policy makers.
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- Cong Dang
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology & Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310058, China
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- Jinhua Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, 321017, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology & Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology & Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100094, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology & Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310058, China.
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Hodille E, Plesa A, Bourrelly E, Belmont L, Badiou C, Lina G, Dumitrescu O. Staphylococcal Panton-Valentine Leucocidin and Gamma Haemolysin Target and Lyse Mature Bone Marrow Leucocytes. Toxins (Basel) 2020; 12:toxins12110725. [PMID: 33233557 PMCID: PMC7699679 DOI: 10.3390/toxins12110725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen, inducing several infections ranging from the benign to the life-threatening, such as necrotising pneumonia. S. aureus is capable of producing a great variety of virulence factors, such as bicomponent pore-forming leucocidin, which take part in the physiopathology of staphylococcal infection. In necrotising pneumonia, Panton–Valentine leucocidin (PVL) induces not only lung injury and necrosis, but also leukopenia, regarded as a major factor of a poor prognosis. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of bicomponent pore-forming leucocidin, PVL and gamma haemolysin on bone marrow leucocytes, to better understand the origin of leukopenia. Using multi-parameter cytometry, the expression of leucocidin receptors (C5aR, CXCR1, CXCR2, and CCR2) was assessed and toxin-induced lysis was measured for each bone marrow leucocyte population. We observed that PVL resulted in myeloid-derived cells lysis according to their maturation and their C5aR expression; it also induced monocytes lysis according to host susceptibility. Haemolysin gamma A, B, and C (HlgABC) displayed cytotoxicity to monocytes and natural killer cells, hypothetically through CXCR2 and CXCR1 receptors, respectively. Taken together, the data suggest that PVL and HlgABC can lyse bone marrow leucocytes. Nevertheless, the origin of leukopenia in severe staphylococcal infection is predominantly peripheral, since immature cells stay insensitive to leucocidins.
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- Elisabeth Hodille
- Department of Bacteriology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Centre de Biologie Nord, 69004 Lyon, France; (G.L.); (O.D.)
- Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), INSERM U1111, CNRS UMR5308, ENS Lyon, Université Lyon 1, 69364 Lyon, France;
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- Department of Hematology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Centre de Biologie Sud, 69002 Lyon, France; (A.P.); (E.B.); (L.B.)
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- Department of Hematology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Centre de Biologie Sud, 69002 Lyon, France; (A.P.); (E.B.); (L.B.)
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- Department of Hematology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Centre de Biologie Sud, 69002 Lyon, France; (A.P.); (E.B.); (L.B.)
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- Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), INSERM U1111, CNRS UMR5308, ENS Lyon, Université Lyon 1, 69364 Lyon, France;
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- Department of Bacteriology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Centre de Biologie Nord, 69004 Lyon, France; (G.L.); (O.D.)
- Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), INSERM U1111, CNRS UMR5308, ENS Lyon, Université Lyon 1, 69364 Lyon, France;
- National Reference Center for Staphylococci, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Centre de Biologie Nord, 69004 Lyon, France
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- Department of Bacteriology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Centre de Biologie Nord, 69004 Lyon, France; (G.L.); (O.D.)
- Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), INSERM U1111, CNRS UMR5308, ENS Lyon, Université Lyon 1, 69364 Lyon, France;
- National Reference Center for Staphylococci, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Centre de Biologie Nord, 69004 Lyon, France
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Möller N, Ziesemer S, Hildebrandt P, Assenheimer N, Völker U, Hildebrandt JP. S. aureus alpha-toxin monomer binding and heptamer formation in host cell membranes - Do they determine sensitivity of airway epithelial cells toward the toxin? PLoS One 2020; 15:e0233854. [PMID: 32470006 PMCID: PMC7259691 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Alpha-toxin (Hla) is a major virulence factor of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and plays an important role in S. aureus-induced pneumonia. It binds as a monomer to the cell surface of eukaryotic host cells and forms heptameric transmembrane pores. Sensitivities toward the toxin of various types of potential host cells have been shown to vary substantially, and the reasons for these differences are unclear. We used three human model airway epithelial cell lines (16HBE14o-, S9, A549) to correlate cell sensitivity (measured as rate of paracellular gap formation in the cell layers) with Hla monomer binding, presence of the potential Hla receptors ADAM10 or α5β1 integrin, presence of the toxin-stabilizing factor caveolin-1 as well as plasma membrane lipid composition (phosphatidylserine/choline, sphingomyelin). The abundance of ADAM10 correlated best with gap formation or cell sensitivities, respectively, when the three cell types were compared. Caveolin-1 or α5β1 integrin did not correlate with toxin sensitivity. The relative abundance of sphingomyelin in plasma membranes may also be used as a proxi for cellular sensitivity against alpha-toxin as sphingomyelin abundances correlated well with the intensities of alpha-toxin mediated gap formation in the cell layers.
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- Nils Möller
- Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Qi L, Qiu X, Yang S, Li R, Wu B, Cao X, He T, Ding X, Xia L, Sun Y. Cry1Ac Protoxin and Its Activated Toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis Act Differentially during the Pathogenic Process. J Agric Food Chem 2020; 68:5816-5824. [PMID: 32379448 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c01172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Although the new dual model of the Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal mechamism indicated that both Cry1A protoxin and activated toxin have the potency to kill insects, the difference in the toxic pathways elicited by the protoxin and activated toxin was less understood at the molecular level. Through utilizing the CF-203 cell line derived from the midgut of Choristoneura fumiferana, we found that there existed obvious differences in the binding sites and endocytosis pathways for the two forms of Cry1Ac. In addition, it was revealed that Cry1Ac protoxin existed predominantly in the midgut of Plutella xylostella at the early stage after ingesting Cry1Ac crystals, which brought about obvious damage to the midgut epithelium and exhibited different binding sites on the brush border membrane vesicle compared to the toxin. These findings supported the dual mode of action of B. thuringiensis Cry1A proteins and improved our understanding of the molecular features that contribute to the protoxin toxicity.
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- Lingling Qi
- College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, People's Republic of China
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Drewnowska JM, Stefanska N, Czerniecka M, Zambrowski G, Swiecicka I. Potential Enterotoxicity of Phylogenetically Diverse Bacillus cereus Sensu Lato Soil Isolates from Different Geographical Locations. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:e03032-19. [PMID: 32220844 PMCID: PMC7237779 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03032-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Bacillus cereus sensu lato comprises Gram-positive spore-forming bacteria producing toxins associated with foodborne diseases. Three pore-forming enterotoxins, nonhemolytic enterotoxin (Nhe), hemolysin BL (Hbl), and cytotoxin K (CytK), are considered the primary factors in B. cereus sensu lato diarrhea. The aim of this study was to determine the potential risk of enterotoxicity among soil B. cereus sensu lato isolates representing diverse phylogroups and originated from different geographic locations with various climates (Burkina Faso, Kenya, Argentina, Kazakhstan, and Poland). While nheA- and hblA-positive isolates were present among all B. cereus sensu lato populations and distributed across all phylogenetic groups, cytK-2-positive strains predominated in geographic regions with an arid hot climate (Africa) and clustered together on a phylogenetic tree mainly within mesophilic groups III and IV. The highest in vitro cytotoxicity to Caco-2 and HeLa cells was demonstrated by the strains clustered within phylogroups II and IV. Overall, our results suggest that B. cereus sensu lato pathogenicity is a comprehensive process conditioned by many intracellular factors and diverse environmental conditions.IMPORTANCE This research offers a new route for a wider understanding of the dependency between pathogenicity and phylogeny of a natural bacterial population, specifically within Bacillus cereus sensu lato, that is widely distributed around the world and easily transferred into food products. Our study indicates differences in the phylogenetic and geographical distributions of potential enterotoxigenic B. cereus sensu lato strains. Hence, these bacilli possess a risk for human health, and rapid testing methods for their identification are greatly needed. In particular, the detection of the CytK enterotoxin should be a supporting strategy for the identification of pathogenic B. cereus sensu lato.
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
- Laboratory of Tissue Culture, Faculty of Biology, University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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Anaya P, Onofre J, Torres-Quintero MC, Sánchez J, Gill SS, Bravo A, Soberón M. Oligomerization is a key step for Bacillus thuringiensis Cyt1Aa insecticidal activity but not for toxicity against red blood cells. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2020; 119:103317. [PMID: 31978588 PMCID: PMC7245338 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cyt1Aa toxin shows toxicity to mosquitoes, to certain coleopteran pests and also to red blood cells (RBC). However, its mode of action in the different target cells is not well defined. This protein is a single α-β domain pore-forming toxin, where a β sheet is wrapped by two α-helices layers. The Cyt1Aa α-helix hairpin in the N-terminal has been proposed to be involved in initial membrane binding and oligomerization, while the β sheet inserts into the membrane to form a pore that lyze the cells. To determine the role of the N-terminal α-helix hairpin region of Cyt1Aa in its mode of action, we characterized different single point mutations located in helices α-1 and α-2. Eight cysteine substitutions in different residues were produced in Bt, and we found that three of them: Cyt1AaA65C, Cyt1AaL85C and Cyt1AaN89C, lost insecticidal toxicity against Aedes aegypti larvae but retained similar or increased hemolytic activity towards rabbit RBC. Analysis of toxin binding and oligomerization using Ae. aegypti midgut brush border membrane vesicles showed that the three Cyt1Aa mutants non-toxic to Ae. aegypti were affected in oligomerization. However, these mutants were still hemolytic. Our data shows that oligomerization of Cyt1Aa toxin is essential for its toxicity to Ae. aegypti but not for its toxicity against RBC indicating that the mode of action of Cyt1Aa is different in these distinct target membranes.
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- Paulina Anaya
- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62250, Mexico
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- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62250, Mexico
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- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62250, Mexico
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- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62250, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62250, Mexico
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- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62250, Mexico.
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Xu S, Zhang Y, Li S, Chang L, Wu Y, Zhang J. Plastid-expressed Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cry3Bb confers high mortality to a leaf eating beetle in poplar. Plant Cell Rep 2020; 39:317-323. [PMID: 31797051 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-019-02492-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cry3Bb gene was successfully introduced into poplar plastid genome, leading to transplastomic poplar with high mortality to Plagiodera versicolora. Poplar (Populus L.) is one of the main resource of woody industry, but being damaged by insect pests. The feasibility and efficiency of plastid transformation technology for controlling two lepidopteran caterpillars have been demonstrated previously. Here, we introduced B. thuringiensis (Bt) cry3Bb into poplar plastid genome by biolistic bombardment for controlling P. versicolora, a widely distributed forest pest. Chimeric cry3Bb gene is controlled by the tobacco plastid rRNA operon promoter combined with the 5'UTR from gene10 of bacteriophage T7 (NtPrrn:T7g10) and the 3'UTR from the E. coli ribosomal RNA operon rrnB (TrrnB). The integration of transgene and homoplasmy of transplastomic poplar plants was confirmed by Southern blot analysis. Northern blot analysis indicated that cry3Bb was transcribed to both read through and shorter length transcripts in plastid. The transplastomic poplar expressing Cry3Bb insecticidal protein showed the highest accumulation level in young leaves, which reach up to 16.8 μg/g fresh weight, and comparatively low levels in mature and old leaves. Feeding the young leaves from Bt-Cry3Bb plastid lines to P. versicolora caused 100% mortality in the first-instar larvae after only 1 day, in the second-instar larvae after 2 days, and in the third-instar larvae for 3 days. Thus, we report a successful extension of plastid engineering poplar against the chrysomelid beetle.
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- Shijing Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
- School of Pharmacy, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, 264003, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
- School of Pharmacy, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, 264003, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China.
- School of Pharmacy, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, 264003, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China.
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Cao B, Shu C, Geng L, Song F, Zhang J. Cry78Ba1, One Novel Crystal Protein from Bacillus thuringiensis with High Insecticidal Activity against Rice Planthopper. J Agric Food Chem 2020; 68:2539-2546. [PMID: 32023056 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b07429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The rice planthopper is a very important hemipteran pest that preys on rice and substantially affects the safety of rice production. Moreover, the long-term prevention and control of these pests with chemical pesticides has led to an increase in the resistance of the rice planthopper as well as serious environmental pollution and food safety problems. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has been used for the efficient and green control of a variety of rice pests. Therefore, based on the high-throughput screening of Bt strains that are active against the rice planthopper, we found that Bt strain B4F11 showed certain insecticidal activity against Laodelphax striatellus Fallén, and we have identified a novel insecticidal protein Cry78Ba1 from the Bt strain B4F11, which is expected to provide the specific and safe control of the rice planthopper. The Cry78Ba1 protein is composed of 380 amino acid residues with a molecular weight of 42.55 kDa and contains conserved Ricin_B_Lectin and Toxin_10 superfamily domains. It displays high insecticidal activity against L. striatellus with a lethal concentration (LC50) of 9.723 μg/mL. More importantly, this Toxin_10-like protein does not display sequence homology to any known allergen and can be degraded and inactivated rapidly when heated at 90 °C and in simulated gastrointestinal fluid. In summary, Cry78Ba1 has great potential for applications in the efficient and safe prevention and control of the rice planthopper.
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- Beibei Cao
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing 100193 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing 100193 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing 100193 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing 100193 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing 100193 , People's Republic of China
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Li X, Miyamoto K, Takasu Y, Wada S, Iizuka T, Adegawa S, Sato R, Watanabe K. ATP-Binding Cassette Subfamily A Member 2 is a Functional Receptor for Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2A Toxins in Bombyx mori, but not for Cry1A, Cry1C, Cry1D, Cry1F, or Cry9A Toxins. Toxins (Basel) 2020; 12:E104. [PMID: 32041133 PMCID: PMC7076765 DOI: 10.3390/toxins12020104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 02/01/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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: Cry toxins are insecticidal proteins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). They are used commercially to control insect pests since they are very active in specific insects and are harmless to the environment and human health. The gene encoding ATP-binding cassette subfamily A member 2 (ABCA2) was identified in an analysis of Cry2A toxin resistance genes. However, we do not have direct evidence for the role of ABCA2 for Cry2A toxins or why Cry2A toxin resistance does not cross to other Cry toxins. Therefore, we performed two experiments. First, we edited the ABCA2 sequence in Bombyx mori using transcription activator-like effector-nucleases (TALENs) and confirmed the susceptibility-determining ability in a diet overlay bioassay. Strains with C-terminal half-deleted BmABCA2 showed strong and specific resistance to Cry2A toxins; even strains carrying a deletion of 1 to 3 amino acids showed resistance. However, the C-terminal half-deleted strains did not show cross-resistance to other toxins. Second, we conducted a cell swelling assay and confirmed the specific ability of BmABCA2 to Cry2A toxins in HEK239 cells. Those demonstrated that BmABCA2 is a functional receptor for Cry2A toxins and that BmABCA2 deficiency-dependent Cry2A resistance does not confer cross-resistance to Cry1A, Cry1F, Cry1Ca, Cry1Da, or Cry9Aa toxins.
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- Xiaoyi Li
- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka 2-24-16, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan; (X.L.); (S.A.)
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO, 1-2 Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan; (K.M.); (Y.T.); (S.W.); (T.I.)
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO, 1-2 Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan; (K.M.); (Y.T.); (S.W.); (T.I.)
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO, 1-2 Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan; (K.M.); (Y.T.); (S.W.); (T.I.)
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO, 1-2 Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan; (K.M.); (Y.T.); (S.W.); (T.I.)
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- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka 2-24-16, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan; (X.L.); (S.A.)
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- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka 2-24-16, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan; (X.L.); (S.A.)
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO, 1-2 Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan; (K.M.); (Y.T.); (S.W.); (T.I.)
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Wu N, Cernysiov V, Davidson D, Song H, Tang J, Luo S, Lu Y, Qian J, Gyurova IE, Waggoner SN, Trinh VQH, Cayrol R, Sugiura A, McBride HM, Daudelin JF, Labrecque N, Veillette A. Critical Role of Lipid Scramblase TMEM16F in Phosphatidylserine Exposure and Repair of Plasma Membrane after Pore Formation. Cell Rep 2020; 30:1129-1140.e5. [PMID: 31995754 PMCID: PMC7104872 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.12.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Plasma membrane damage and cell death during processes such as necroptosis and apoptosis result from cues originating intracellularly. However, death caused by pore-forming agents, like bacterial toxins or complement, is due to direct external injury to the plasma membrane. To prevent death, the plasma membrane has an intrinsic repair ability. Here, we found that repair triggered by pore-forming agents involved TMEM16F, a calcium-activated lipid scramblase also mutated in Scott's syndrome. Upon pore formation and the subsequent influx of intracellular calcium, TMEM16F induced rapid "lipid scrambling" in the plasma membrane. This response was accompanied by membrane blebbing, extracellular vesicle release, preserved membrane integrity, and increased cell viability. TMEM16F-deficient mice exhibited compromised control of infection by Listeria monocytogenes associated with a greater sensitivity of neutrophils to the pore-forming Listeria toxin listeriolysin O (LLO). Thus, the lipid scramblase TMEM16F is critical for plasma membrane repair after injury by pore-forming agents.
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- Ning Wu
- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, QC H2W1R7, Canada; Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, QC H2W1R7, Canada
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, QC H2W1R7, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Hematology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, QC H2W1R7, Canada
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, QC H2W1R7, Canada
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- Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Cellular Biology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Cellular Biology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C3J7, Canada; Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C3J7, Canada
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, QC H2W1R7, Canada; Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada.
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Gong L, Kang S, Zhou J, Sun D, Guo L, Qin J, Zhu L, Bai Y, Ye F, Akami M, Wu Q, Wang S, Xu B, Yang Z, Bravo A, Soberón M, Guo Z, Wen L, Zhang Y. Reduced Expression of a Novel Midgut Trypsin Gene Involved in Protoxin Activation Correlates with Cry1Ac Resistance in a Laboratory-Selected Strain of Plutella xylostella (L.). Toxins (Basel) 2020; 12:toxins12020076. [PMID: 31979385 PMCID: PMC7076802 DOI: 10.3390/toxins12020076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) produce diverse insecticidal proteins to kill insect pests. Nevertheless, evolution of resistance to Bt toxins hampers the sustainable use of this technology. Previously, we identified down-regulation of a trypsin-like serine protease gene PxTryp_SPc1 in the midgut transcriptome and RNA-Seq data of a laboratory-selected Cry1Ac-resistant Plutella xylostella strain, SZ-R. We show here that reduced PxTryp_SPc1 expression significantly reduced caseinolytic and trypsin protease activities affecting Cry1Ac protoxin activation, thereby conferring higher resistance to Cry1Ac protoxin than activated toxin in SZ-R strain. Herein, the full-length cDNA sequence of PxTryp_SPc1 gene was cloned, and we found that it was mainly expressed in midgut tissue in all larval instars. Subsequently, we confirmed that the PxTryp_SPc1 gene was significantly decreased in SZ-R larval midgut and was further reduced when selected with high dose of Cry1Ac protoxin. Moreover, down-regulation of the PxTryp_SPc1 gene was genetically linked to resistance to Cry1Ac in the SZ-R strain. Finally, RNAi-mediated silencing of PxTryp_SPc1 gene expression decreased larval susceptibility to Cry1Ac protoxin in the susceptible DBM1Ac-S strain, supporting that low expression of PxTryp_SPc1 gene is involved in Cry1Ac resistance in P. xylostella. These findings contribute to understanding the role of midgut proteases in the mechanisms underlying insect resistance to Bt toxins.
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- Lijun Gong
- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China; (L.G.); (L.G.); (F.Y.); (Z.Y.)
- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (S.K.); (J.Z.); (D.S.); (J.Q.); (L.Z.); (Y.B.); (M.A.); (Q.W.); (S.W.); (B.X.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (S.K.); (J.Z.); (D.S.); (J.Q.); (L.Z.); (Y.B.); (M.A.); (Q.W.); (S.W.); (B.X.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (S.K.); (J.Z.); (D.S.); (J.Q.); (L.Z.); (Y.B.); (M.A.); (Q.W.); (S.W.); (B.X.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (S.K.); (J.Z.); (D.S.); (J.Q.); (L.Z.); (Y.B.); (M.A.); (Q.W.); (S.W.); (B.X.)
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- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China; (L.G.); (L.G.); (F.Y.); (Z.Y.)
- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (S.K.); (J.Z.); (D.S.); (J.Q.); (L.Z.); (Y.B.); (M.A.); (Q.W.); (S.W.); (B.X.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (S.K.); (J.Z.); (D.S.); (J.Q.); (L.Z.); (Y.B.); (M.A.); (Q.W.); (S.W.); (B.X.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (S.K.); (J.Z.); (D.S.); (J.Q.); (L.Z.); (Y.B.); (M.A.); (Q.W.); (S.W.); (B.X.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (S.K.); (J.Z.); (D.S.); (J.Q.); (L.Z.); (Y.B.); (M.A.); (Q.W.); (S.W.); (B.X.)
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- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China; (L.G.); (L.G.); (F.Y.); (Z.Y.)
- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (S.K.); (J.Z.); (D.S.); (J.Q.); (L.Z.); (Y.B.); (M.A.); (Q.W.); (S.W.); (B.X.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (S.K.); (J.Z.); (D.S.); (J.Q.); (L.Z.); (Y.B.); (M.A.); (Q.W.); (S.W.); (B.X.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (S.K.); (J.Z.); (D.S.); (J.Q.); (L.Z.); (Y.B.); (M.A.); (Q.W.); (S.W.); (B.X.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (S.K.); (J.Z.); (D.S.); (J.Q.); (L.Z.); (Y.B.); (M.A.); (Q.W.); (S.W.); (B.X.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (S.K.); (J.Z.); (D.S.); (J.Q.); (L.Z.); (Y.B.); (M.A.); (Q.W.); (S.W.); (B.X.)
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- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China; (L.G.); (L.G.); (F.Y.); (Z.Y.)
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- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62250, Mexico; (A.B.); (M.S.)
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- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 510-3, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62250, Mexico; (A.B.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (S.K.); (J.Z.); (D.S.); (J.Q.); (L.Z.); (Y.B.); (M.A.); (Q.W.); (S.W.); (B.X.)
- Correspondence: (Z.G.); (L.W.); (Y.Z.); Tel.: +86-10-82109518 (Z.G.); +86-0731-84618163 (L.W.); +86-10-62152945 (Y.Z.)
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- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China; (L.G.); (L.G.); (F.Y.); (Z.Y.)
- Correspondence: (Z.G.); (L.W.); (Y.Z.); Tel.: +86-10-82109518 (Z.G.); +86-0731-84618163 (L.W.); +86-10-62152945 (Y.Z.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (S.K.); (J.Z.); (D.S.); (J.Q.); (L.Z.); (Y.B.); (M.A.); (Q.W.); (S.W.); (B.X.)
- Correspondence: (Z.G.); (L.W.); (Y.Z.); Tel.: +86-10-82109518 (Z.G.); +86-0731-84618163 (L.W.); +86-10-62152945 (Y.Z.)
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Shah J, Rouaud F, Guerrera D, Vasileva E, Popov LM, Kelley WL, Rubinstein E, Carette JE, Amieva MR, Citi S. A Dock-and-Lock Mechanism Clusters ADAM10 at Cell-Cell Junctions to Promote α-Toxin Cytotoxicity. Cell Rep 2019; 25:2132-2147.e7. [PMID: 30463011 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.10.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2018] [Revised: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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We previously identified PLEKHA7 and other junctional proteins as host factors mediating death by S. aureus α-toxin, but the mechanism through which junctions promote toxicity was unclear. Using cell biological and biochemical methods, we now show that ADAM10 is docked to junctions by its transmembrane partner Tspan33, whose cytoplasmic C terminus binds to the WW domain of PLEKHA7 in the presence of PDZD11. ADAM10 is locked at junctions through binding of its cytoplasmic C terminus to afadin. Junctionally clustered ADAM10 supports the efficient formation of stable toxin pores. Instead, disruption of the PLEKHA7-PDZD11 complex inhibits ADAM10 and toxin junctional clustering. This promotes toxin pore removal from the cell surface through an actin- and macropinocytosis-dependent process, resulting in cell recovery from initial injury and survival. These results uncover a dock-and-lock molecular mechanism to target ADAM10 to junctions and provide a paradigm for how junctions regulate transmembrane receptors through their clustering.
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- Jimit Shah
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211-4 Geneva, Switzerland; Institute for Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, 1211-4 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211-4 Geneva, Switzerland; Institute for Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, 1211-4 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211-4 Geneva, Switzerland; Institute for Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, 1211-4 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211-4 Geneva, Switzerland; Institute for Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, 1211-4 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1211-4 Geneva, Switzerland
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- INSERM, Université Paris-Sud, UMRS_935, 94807 Villejuif Cedex, France
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211-4 Geneva, Switzerland; Institute for Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, 1211-4 Geneva, Switzerland.
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Gao M, Dong S, Hu X, Zhang X, Liu Y, Zhong J, Lu L, Wang Y, Chen L, Liu X. Roles of Midgut Cadherin from Two Moths in Different Bacillus thuringiensis Action Mechanisms: Correlation among Toxin Binding, Cellular Toxicity, and Synergism. J Agric Food Chem 2019; 67:13237-13246. [PMID: 31671945 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b04563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The midgut cadherin has been described as one of the main functional receptors for Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins. Plutella xylostella (P. xylostella) and Helicoverpa armigera (H. armigera) are two major target pests of Bt toxins in China, and the roles of their cadherins in the action of Bt toxins have been only partially studied. Here, we expressed the two cadherins in Sf9 cells and their partial extracellular domains in Escherichia coli and tested them for Bt toxin binding, cellular toxicity, and synergism with toxins. Our results suggested that PxCad might function as a Cry1Ac receptor, although it showed lower binding levels to Cry1Ac and reduced cytotoxicity compared with HaCad. PxCad and HaCad are not receptors for Cry2A, Cry1B, Cry1C, and Cry1F toxins, although some of them can bind to the cadherins. The PxCad-TBR exhibits higher enhancement of Cry1Ac and weak enhancement of Cry1F toxicity in P. xylostella larvae, although it is not the receptor of Cry1F.
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- Meijing Gao
- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition , Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Nanjing 210014 , China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition , Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Nanjing 210014 , China
- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition , Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Nanjing 210014 , China
- Discipline of Biology, School of Life Sciences , University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus , Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000 , South Africa
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition , Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Nanjing 210014 , China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition , Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Nanjing 210014 , China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition , Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Nanjing 210014 , China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition , Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Nanjing 210014 , China
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- Horticulture Department , Jinling Institute of Technology , Nanjing 210038 , China
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- Lishui Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Lishui 323000 , China
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition , Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Nanjing 210014 , China
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Zhang S, Luo J, Jiang W, Wu L, Zhang L, Ji J, Wang L, Ma Y, Cui J. Response of the bacterial community of Propylea japonica (Thunberg) to Cry2Ab protein. Environ Pollut 2019; 254:113063. [PMID: 31454585 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Revised: 08/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Propylea japonica is a very important predator in agricultural ecosystems, which could be exposed to Bt protein. In this study, the bacterial community of P. japonica fed with normal food and food containing Cry2Ab protein was characterized for the first time using qPCR and high-throughput sequencing approaches. Results showed no effect of Cry2Ab on P. japonica development and reproduction. The most abundant bacterial phylum was Firmicutes, and the most abundant genus was Staphylococcus. The total bacteria copy number was not significantly different across four larval stages. Bacteria species composition was gathered more closely in feed on sucrose solution (sucrose-fed) than in larvae only fed on pea aphid (aphid-fed), the diversity indices of some operational taxonomic unit (OTU) were significantly different between sucrose-fed and aphid-fed samples. Different instar larval stages of P. japonica fed with sucrose solution containing Cry2Ab Bt protein and found no effect on microbial community composition and total bacteria copy numbers. However, effects on relative abundance of microbes, copy numbers of Corynebacterium 1 and Glutamicibacter arilaitensis were observed significantly lower in Bt-fed first and fourth larval stages. Low and high concentrations of Cry2Ab protein altered the microbial abundance relative to sucrose-fed P. japonica and copy numbers of G. arilaitensis and Staphylococcus xylosus were significantly lower in Bt-fed samples than control sucrose-fed. Our results are the first report showing that feeding on Cry2Ab protein does not alter microbial species composition in P. japonica, but effects gene copy number of some dominant bacteria. Further investigations are needed to assess the effect of copy number change on P. japonica.
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- Shuai Zhang
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China; Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
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- Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
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- Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
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- Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
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- Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
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- Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
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- Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
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- Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China; Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China.
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Valencia-Lozano E, Cabrera-Ponce JL, Gómez-Lim MA, Ibarra JE. Development of an Efficient Protocol to Obtain Transgenic Coffee, Coffea arabica L., Expressing the Cry10Aa Toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20215334. [PMID: 31717779 PMCID: PMC6862211 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20215334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Revised: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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This report presents an efficient protocol of the stable genetic transformation of coffee plants expressing the Cry10Aa protein of Bacillus thuringiensis. Embryogenic cell lines with a high potential of propagation, somatic embryo maturation, and germination were used. Gene expression analysis of cytokinin signaling, homedomains, auxin responsive factor, and the master regulators of somatic embryogenesis genes involved in somatic embryo maturation were evaluated. Plasmid pMDC85 containing the cry10Aa gene was introduced into a Typica cultivar of C. arabica L. by biobalistic transformation. Transformation efficiency of 16.7% was achieved, according to the number of embryogenic aggregates and transgenic lines developed. Stable transformation was proven by hygromycin-resistant embryogenic lines, green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression, quantitative analyses of Cry10Aa by mass spectrometry, Western blot, ELISA, and Southern blot analyses. Cry10Aa showed variable expression levels in somatic embryos and the leaf tissue of transgenic plants, ranging from 76% to 90% of coverage of the protein by mass spectrometry and from 3.25 to 13.88 μg/g fresh tissue, with ELISA. qPCR-based 2−ΔΔCt trials revealed high transcription levels of cry10Aa in somatic embryos and leaf tissue. This is the first report about the stable transformation and expression of the Cry10Aa protein in coffee plants with the potential for controlling the coffee berry borer.
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- Eliana Valencia-Lozano
- Departamanto de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad Irapuato, Irapuato 36824, Mexico;
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad Irapuato, Irapuato 36824, Mexico; (J.L.C.-P.); (M.A.G.-L.)
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad Irapuato, Irapuato 36824, Mexico; (J.L.C.-P.); (M.A.G.-L.)
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- Departamanto de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad Irapuato, Irapuato 36824, Mexico;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +52-462-623-9643
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Dai P, Wang M, Geng L, Yan Z, Yang Y, Guo L, Ma S, Diao Q. The effect of Bt Cry9Ee toxin on honey bee brood and adults reared in vitro, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2019; 181:381-387. [PMID: 31212186 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2018] [Revised: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The effects of Bt Cry9Ee toxin on honey bee, Apis mellifera L., survival, developmental rate, larval weight, pollen consumption, and midgut bacterial diversity were tested in the laboratory. Honey bee larvae and adults were reared in vitro and fed a diet that contained Cry9Ee toxin at 0.01, 0.1, 1, and 10 mg/L. Cry9Ee toxin 0.01, 0.1, and 1 mg/L in diet used in this study may represent a value closer to field relevance and the highest concentration is unlikely to be encountered in the field and thus represent a worst case scenario. The dependent variables were compared for groups of honey bees feeding on treated diet and those feeding on negative control (no addition of a test substance), solvent control (0.01 mM Na2CO3), and positive control diet (dimethoate 45 mg/L). Bt Cry9Ee toxin did not affect survival or larval weight, and the result was great confidence in accepting the null hypothesis by power analysis. The effect on development rates and pollen consumption were the inconclusive results because the post-hoc power was less than 0.8. Furthermore, the midgut bacterial structure and compositions were determined using high-throughput sequencing targeting the V3-V4 regions of the 16S rDNA. All core honey bee intestinal bacterial class such as γ-Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, α-Proteobacteria, Bacilli, β-Proteobacteria, and Bacteroidia were detected, and no significant changes were found in the species diversity and richness between Cry9Ee treatments and laboratory control.
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- Pingli Dai
- Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.
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- Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China; College of Bee Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.
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West MEJ, Moore PA. Bt Proteins Exacerbate Negative Growth Effects in Juvenile Rusty (F. rusticus) Crayfish Fed Corn Diet. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2019; 77:452-460. [PMID: 31451889 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-019-00664-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The adoption of genetically modified (GM) crops has occurred rapidly in the United States. The transfer of GM corn byproducts from agricultural fields to nearby streams after harvest is significant and occurs well into the post-harvest year. These corn leaves, stems, and cobs then become a detrital food source for organisms, such as shredders in the stream ecosystem. Considering that the nontarget effects of Bt corn have been observed in some terrestrial organisms, we assessed whether Bt toxins affect an important aquatic organism, juvenile F. rusticus crayfish. Juvenile crayfish were fed six distinct diet treatments: two varieties of Bt corn, two non-Bt controls of herbicide tolerant corn, and two controls: fish gelatin and river detritus. Juveniles were fed these diets while housed in flow-through artificial streams that received natural stream water from a local source. Specific growth rate and survivorship of the crayfish were measured throughout the study. Juveniles fed corn diets grew significantly less and had reduced survival compared with juveniles fed fish gelatin or river detritus diets. Furthermore, juveniles fed one Bt variety of corn (VT Triple Pro®) exhibited significantly less growth than those fed one of the herbicide tolerant varieties (Roundup Ready 2®). Our study shows that corn inputs to streams may be detrimental to the growth and survivorship of juvenile crayfish and that certain Bt varieties may exacerbate these negative effects. These effects on crayfish will have repercussions for the entire ecosystem, because crayfish are conduits of energy between many trophic levels.
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- Molly E J West
- Laboratory for Sensory Ecology, Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 43403, USA
- University of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston, MI, 49769, USA
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- Laboratory for Sensory Ecology, Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 43403, USA.
- University of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston, MI, 49769, USA.
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