棉铃虫ATP合酶亚基α对Cry2Ab毒理的影响

为探究棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera ATP合酶亚基α（ATP synthase subunit α,ATPs-α）对Cry2Ab毒理的影响,采用实时荧光定量PCR技术检测了ATPs-α基因在棉铃虫幼虫不同发育阶段、不同组织及受Cry2Ab诱导后的表达量,并通过在昆虫细胞中过表达和干扰ATPs-α基因验证其在Cry2Ab毒理中的功能。结果显示：ATPs-α基因在棉铃虫各发育阶段和组织中普遍表达,其中在幼虫的1龄和2龄期,以及5龄的中肠、头部和表皮中表达较高。棉铃虫取食Cry2Ab 6 h后,ATPs-α基因表达量开始显著降低,一直持续到36 h;在Sf9细胞系中成功表达ATPs-α蛋白后,显著增强了Cry2Ab的细胞毒力;在美洲棉铃虫H.zea的中肠细胞中干扰ATPs-α基因后,显著降低了Cry2Ab的细胞毒力。表明棉铃虫ATPs-α参与Cry2Ab的毒理过程。     

Cry1Ac抗性亚洲玉米螟对四种Bt蛋白的交互抗性

种Bt蛋白Cry1Ac、Cry1Ab、Cry1Ah和Cry1Ie对敏感品系ACB-BtS和抗性品系ACB-AcR的毒力,结果显示,ACB-AcR对Cry1Ah的相对抗性倍数达14.9倍,有显著的交互抗性;对Cry1Ab的相对抗性倍数为4.3倍,交互抗性水平较低;对Cry1Ie的相对抗性倍数为0.9,即无交互抗性.4种蛋白对抗、感品系的EC50表明,ACB-AcR品系对Cry1Ac蛋白产生了显著的抗性,相对抗性达到32.6倍,对Cry1Ah和Cry1Ab有低水平的交互抗性,而对Cry1Ie没有交互抗性.     

二化螟Cry1Ac汰选品系对不同Bt蛋白的敏感性

为明确靶标害虫对Bt蛋白的抗性及对不同类型Bt蛋白的交互抗性,采用生物测定法进行了二化螟Chilo suppressalis(Walker)敏感品系和Cry1Ac汰选品系在Cry1Ac毒饲料上的时间-死亡率反应、对不同Bt杀虫蛋白的敏感性及不同Bt蛋白复配组合对二化螟毒力效果的研究。结果表明,二化螟Cry1Ac汰选品系已对36.67μg/mL(LC_(50))的Cry1Ac杀虫蛋白产生了一定的适应性,但对308.69μg/mL(LC90)的Cry1Ac蛋白反应仍较敏感。Cry1Ac敏感品系和汰选品系对Cry1Ab蛋白的LC_(50)分别为1.40μg/mL和3.86μg/mL,二者差异显著,但对Cry1Ca(1.63μg/mL和1.73μg/mL)或Cry2Aa(127.48μg/mL和144.50μg/mL)的LC_(50)差异不显著,即Cry1Ac汰选品系与Cry1Ab存在明显的交互抗性,但与Cry1Ca和Cry2Aa不存在交互抗性。在不同Bt蛋白复配组合中(1∶1复配),Cry1Ab+Cry1Ca、Cry1Ab+Cry2Aa和Cry1Ca+Cry2Aa增效作用最为显著。表明抗虫基因cry1Ca和cry2Aa可作为双价转基因抗虫水稻研发的候选基因。     

小菜蛾Btk抗性品系对四种Bt杀虫晶体蛋白抗性发展的研究

使用苏云金芽胞杆菌库斯塔克亚种（Btk）可湿性粉剂对小菜蛾进行继代汰选获得F₈₀代和F₁₀₀代抗性品系。通过分别测定Cry1Ab、Cry1Ac、Cry1Ah和Cry1Ca四种杀虫晶体蛋白对小菜蛾Btk抗性品系F₈₀代和F₁₀₀代的室内毒力,明确了小菜蛾Btk抗性品系对四种Bt杀虫晶体蛋白抗性发展规律。研究结果表明,汰选至F₈₀代时,Cry1Ca对小菜蛾的毒力最高,LC₅₀约12.1 mg/L,其次为Cry1Ac,LC₅₀约47.7 mg/L;而汰选至F₁₀₀代时,仍以Cry1Ca对小菜蛾的毒力最高,LC₅₀约21.4 mg/L,其次为Cry1Ab,LC₅₀约72.2 mg/L。与相对敏感品系相比,小菜蛾抗性品系对Cry1Ac的抗性发展较快（抗性倍数高达67.3～106.8倍）,对Cry1Ab的次之（抗性倍数高达60.0～66.1倍）,而对Cry1Ca和Cry1Ah的抗性发展较慢（抗性倍数分别为3.4～6.0倍和1.6～2.5倍）。以上结果说明,在主效杀虫基因为Cry1Ac的Btk药剂选择压力下,小菜蛾对四种Bt杀虫晶体蛋白的抗性发展速度差异较大,且Cry1Ac和Cry1Ab存在交互抗性风险。     

沉默cadherin基因对小菜蛾敏感性的影响

钙粘蛋白(cadherin)是许多鳞翅目昆虫中苏云金芽孢杆菌(Bt)毒素的受体。利用RNAi技术对小菜蛾中肠cadherin基因进行沉默处理,明确了cadherin基因沉默对小菜蛾对Cry1Ac毒素敏感性的影响。结果表明,注射目标dsRNA后的第1天至第5天,Cry1Ac敏感及抗性小菜蛾品系cadherin的基因表达量均显著减少,尤以第2天的减少量最为明显;Cry1Ac毒力测定结果表明,沉默cadherin基因能在一定程度上提高幼虫的成活率,即可使小菜蛾对Cry1Ac毒素的敏感性降低。研究初步表明,cadherin基因的功能与小菜蛾对Cry1Ac毒素的抗性有关。     

V-ATPase H表达量下调增强棉铃虫对Cry1Ac的抗性

棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera是世界性重要农业害虫。目前防治棉铃虫的主要手段是种植转苏云金芽胞杆菌Bacillus thuringiensis(Bt)杀虫蛋白的转基因作物。本文旨在研究棉铃虫V-ATPase H在Cry1Ac蛋白毒力和抗性中的作用。利用实时荧光定量qRT-PCR技术分析V-ATPase H在Cry1Ac抗、感品系棉铃虫幼虫中肠及敏感品系棉铃虫幼虫受Cry1Ac诱导后的表达情况;在昆虫Sf9细胞中过表达V-ATPase H对其进行细胞定位,通过细胞毒力试验验证其对Cry1Ac毒力的影响。结果发现棉铃虫V-ATPase H基因在抗性品系中低表达,并且V-ATPase H在受到Cry1Ac诱导时也低表达;在Sf9细胞内表达V-ATPase H蛋白发现其在整个细胞中都有分布,过表达该蛋白后增强了细胞对Cry1Ac蛋白的敏感性。结果表明V-ATPase H参与Cry1Ac蛋白的毒力。     

棉铃虫四个丝氨酸蛋白酶抑制剂基因的克隆与表达分析

为明确棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera丝氨酸蛋白酶抑制剂（serine protease inhibitor,serpin）的种类及其表达特性,利用PCR技术克隆棉铃虫的serpin基因,使用生物信息学软件预测其结构并进行系统进化分析,采用实时荧光定量PCR（real time quantitative PCR,RT-qPCR）技术比较serpin基因在棉铃虫不同发育阶段和组织中的表达量及取食Cry1Ac后其表达量的变化。结果表明,共获得serpin-a、serpin-b、serpin-c、serpin-e四个棉铃虫serpin基因,全长为1 119~1 254 bp,编码373~418个氨基酸,均包含一段具有反应中心环的保守结构域,且与斜纹夜蛾Spodoptera litura、草地贪夜蛾S.frugiperda等鳞翅目昆虫serpin的同源性较高。serpin-a和serpin-e在棉铃虫4龄幼虫期的表达量最高,serpin-b和serpin-c分别在成虫期和蛹期表达量最高。serpin-a在中肠和围食膜中表达量最高,serpin-b在头、中肠和表皮中表达量最高,serpin-c在头部表达量最高,serpin-e在中肠和血淋巴中的表达量显著高于其他组织。棉铃虫取食低浓度Cry1Ac后,中肠的serpin-b和serpin-e的表达量显著增加。推测不同serpin基因在棉铃虫不同发育时期和组织中可能发挥不同的作用,其中serpin-b和serpin-e可能参与棉铃虫对Cry1Ac的解毒过程。     

我国棉铃虫对Bt蛋白Cry1Ac抗性现状及分子机制研究进展

棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera是一种全球性的重要农业害虫,主要为害棉花、玉米和大豆等作物。长期种植单价Bt棉花（表达Cry1Ac蛋白）会使棉铃虫田间种群承受单一、持续的选择压力,必然会导致棉铃虫对Cry1Ac的抗性发生演化。该文概述我国棉铃虫田间种群对Cry1Ac的抗性现状、自然庇护所对棉铃虫Cry1Ac抗性演化的延缓作用以及棉铃虫对Cry1Ac抗性的遗传多样性,并对今后我国关于棉铃虫Bt抗性的治理对策进行了展望。     

苏云金芽孢杆菌cry基因在大肠杆菌中表达产物和生物活性

研究了几种Bt cry基因于大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)中表达产物在pH 10.0的50mmol/L碳酸钠和20mmol/L乙醇胺溶解液中的溶解性 ,发现同样的Cry蛋白在碳酸钠中的溶解度大于乙醇胺。通过胰蛋白酶消化 ,明确Cry1Ca7、Cry1Ia8酶解产物为 38kD多肽 ;Cry1Ie1、Cry1Cb2、Cry2Ab4酶解产物为 41kD多肽 ;Cry1Ac酶解产物为60kD多肽。采用FPLC层析方法对 6种原毒素及其酶解后得到的毒素多肽进行了分离纯化 ,比较了原毒素和毒素的杀虫活性的差异。其结果表明 ,Cry1Ac的原毒素和毒素对棉铃虫初孵幼虫的校正死亡率均为 100% ,Cry2Ab4的原毒素的毒力高于其酶解毒素。     

棉铃虫ABCA2作为Cry2Ab受体的功能分析

为明确棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera ATP结合盒转运蛋白家族A蛋白亚家族2（ATP binding cassette transporter subfamily A member 2,ABCA2）在Cry2Ab杀虫机制中的作用,利用酵母双杂交技术研究棉铃虫ABCA2与Cry2Ab的结合特性,并利用RNA干涉（dsRNA和siRNA）降低ABCA2在细胞和幼虫中的表达,结合细胞毒理学试验分析ABCA2的功能。结果表明,棉铃虫ABCA2能与Cry2Ab特异性结合;棉铃虫的ABCA2序列与美洲棉铃虫H.zea相关序列的相似度为92.86%,利用dsRNA干涉美洲棉铃虫中肠细胞ABCA2的表达能显著降低Cry2Ab对中肠细胞的毒力;利用siRNA干涉技术降低ABCA2在棉铃虫幼虫活体中的表达也显著降低了Cry2Ab对幼虫的毒力。表明棉铃虫ABCA2不仅是Cry2Ab的特异性结合蛋白,而且参与Cry2Ab的杀虫过程,是Cry2Ab的一个重要功能受体。     

Field-evolved resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ac in the pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), from India

BACKGROUND: The pink bollworm is one of the most destructive pests of cotton. Transgenic cotton producing Bt toxin Cry1Ac or a combination of Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab2 has been used effectively against this pest. However, some other insects have evolved resistance to Bt toxins in the field. During the 2007–2008 and 2008–2009 seasons, pink bollworm populations in India were surveyed to evaluate their responses to Cry1Ac and seed powder containing Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab2. RESULTS: The results provide evidence that resistance to Cry1Ac had evolved by 2008 in a population sampled from non‐Bt cotton in the Amreli district of Gujarat in western India. The median lethal concentration of Cry1Ac for five‐day‐old larvae (LC₅₀) was significantly higher for insects derived in 2008 from Amreli than for any of the other field populations tested from four locations in India. For Cry1Ac, the mean LC₅₀ for the strain derived from Amreli in 2008 was 44 times higher than for the most susceptible population. However, for seed powder of Bollgard II containing primarily Cry2Ab2, the 2008 Amreli population was only slightly less susceptible than the most susceptible population. CONCLUSIONS: The data reported here constitute the first evidence of field‐evolved resistance of pink bollworm to Cry1Ac. This initial evidence spurred more extensive evaluations during the 2009–2010 growing season, which confirmed field‐evolved resistance to Cry1Ac in Amreli. The lack of cross‐resistance to Cry2Ab2 suggests that plants producing this toxin are likely to be more effective against resistant populations than plants producing only Cry1Ac. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry     

Midgut juice of Plutellaxylostella highly resistant to Bacillusthuringiensis Cry1Ac contains a three times larger amount of glucosinolate sulfatase which binds to Cry1Ac compared to that of susceptible strain

Midgut juice of Plutellaxylostella strain PXR which is resistant to Cry1Ac was biochemically characterized relative to the susceptible PXS strain. The midgut juice of PXR (PXR-Juice) was shown to process Cry1Ac protoxin to 60 kDa active toxin with the same processing pattern as that of juice from PXS (PXS-Juice) in SDS–PAGE. PXS larvae which were given the Cry1Ac toxin pre-processed with PXR-Juice were killed with the same rate as that with Cry1Ac pre-activated by trypsin. PXR-Juice was found to contain three times larger amount of 66 kDa protein (P66) than PXS-Juice and the N-terminal amino acid sequence of P66 was matched to that of glucosinolate sulfatase in data base search. The protein band of P66 was coincided with the band of p-nitro phenyl sulfatase activity in zymogram. P66 purified to homogeneity in SDS-PAGE bound to Cry1Ac and soybean agglutinin, and K_D for Cry1Ac was estimated to be 718 nM with surface plasmon resonance analysis. Using purified sulfatase, K_m and V_max were estimated and involvement of the enzyme in the PXR resistance was discussed.     

Binding of three Cry1A toxins in resistant and susceptible strains of cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera)

Evolution of resistance by pests is the greatest threat to the continuous success of theBacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins used in conventional sprays or in transgenic plants. The most common mechanism of insect resistance to Bt is reduced binding of toxins to target sites in the brush border membrane of the larval mid-gut. In this paper, binding experiments were performed with three ¹²⁵I-Cry1A toxins and the brush border membrane vesicles from Cry1Ac resistant or susceptible strains of Helicoverpa armigera. The homologous competition test showed that there was no significant difference in Cry1Ac-binding affinity, but the concentration of Cry1Ac-binding sites dramatically decreased in the resistant strain (R_t decreased from 5.87 ± 1.40 to 2.23 ± 0.80). The heterologous competition test showed that there were three Cry1Ac-binding sites in the susceptible strain. Among them, site 1 bound with all three Cry1A toxins, site 2 bound with both Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac, and site 3 only bound with Cry1Ac. In the Cry1Ac resistant strain, the binding capability of site 1 with Cry1Ab decreased and site 2 did not bind with Cry1Ac. It is suggested that the absence of one binding site is responsible for H. armigera resistance to Cry1Ac. This result also showed that the resistance fitted the “mode 1” pattern of Bt resistance described previously.     

四种Bt毒素蛋白对二点委夜蛾幼虫毒力测定及中肠组织病理学变化

为更好地了解苏云金芽胞杆菌Bacillus thuringiensis毒素蛋白对二点委夜蛾Athetis lepigone的毒力以及作用机理,通过饲喂含有Cry1Ac、Cry1Ab、Cry2Ab和Vip3Aa四种不同Bt毒素蛋白饲料,测定Bt毒素蛋白对二点委夜蛾幼虫的毒力,并观察取食4种毒素蛋白后幼虫中肠组织的病理学变化。结果显示,二点委夜蛾幼虫取食毒素蛋白后72 h,Cry1Ab和Cry1Ac毒素蛋白对二点委夜蛾幼虫的杀虫活性较高,校正死亡率为84.7%和76.4%;Vip3Aa和Cry2Ab毒素蛋白的毒力较弱。二点委夜蛾幼虫取食4种Bt毒素蛋白后,中肠柱状细胞微绒毛脱落,杂乱地分散在肠腔内,杯状细胞变形和腔内微绒毛脱落,线粒体和内质网等变形破裂,细胞核的核膜消失、核质凝聚和形状发生变化,经Cry1Ab和Cry1Ac毒素蛋白处理后中肠细胞的病变症状和速度明显高于Cry2Ab和Vip3Aa毒素蛋白处理。表明Cry1Ab和Cry1Ac毒素蛋白对二点委夜蛾幼虫杀虫活性较高,显著高于Cry2Ab和Vip3Aa毒素蛋白,且对其中肠细胞的破坏作用也较强。     

转Bt 基因抗虫玉米对棉铃虫杀虫活性的初步评价

国内外在转 Bt基因抗虫作物的研究和应用上已取得重大进展 ,其中 Bt抗虫棉已在美国、澳大利亚、中国等进入商品化应用阶段 ,近年来种植面积增长很快 ,并取得了显著的经济、生态和社会效益。 1 997年下半年 ,我国农业部分别批准了孟山都公司申报的保铃棉○R在河北省商业化生产和 Bt玉米在我国多省份的田间种植。其中保铃棉 ○R已由河北省定名为新棉 33B,1 998年在全省实际种植了近 1 0万 hm2 ,1 999年的种植面积已达 1 5万 hm2 。我国自主研制的 Bt抗虫棉也于 1 998年开始商品化应用 ,当年种植面积即达 1 0万 hm2以上 ,1 999年推广总面积…     

入侵云南草地贪夜蛾种群对5种常用Bt蛋白的敏感性评价

草地贪夜蛾Spodoptera frugiperda(J. E. Smith)是原分布于美洲大陆热带和亚热带地区的一种重要玉米害虫。在当地,种植抗虫转基因玉米是防控草地贪夜蛾危害的主要手段。该虫于2019年1月入侵我国云南省,为明确入侵我国云南的草地贪夜蛾种群对常用Bt蛋白的敏感性水平,本文通过饲料表面涂抹法测定了瑞丽草地贪夜蛾幼虫对Cry1Ab、Cry1Ac、Cry1F、Cry2Ab以及Vip3A等5种Bt蛋白的敏感性。结果表明:几种常用Bt蛋白对瑞丽草地贪夜蛾致死作用顺序为Vip3ACry1AbCry1FCry2AbCry1Ac,对草地贪夜蛾抑制生长发育的顺序为Cry1AbCry1FVip3ACry1AcCry2Ab。此外,与美国相对敏感种群比较,云南瑞丽草地贪夜蛾种群对Cry1Ab、Cry1Ac、Cry1F、Cry2Ab和Vip3A的敏感性指标在0.28～3.76之间,表明该入侵种群对此5种Bt蛋白均未产生抗性。此研究可为将来建立以转Bt基因玉米作为防控草地贪夜蛾的技术体系提供依据。     

Cry1Ac的绿色荧光蛋白GFP标记及其在棉铃虫幼虫中肠的定位分布

为了明确Cry1Ac蛋白在棉铃虫体内与中肠组织的相互作用,采用重叠PCR方法将Bt-cry1Ac基因和绿色荧光蛋白GFP基因融合,构建含Cry1Ac毒蛋白和绿色荧光蛋白GFP原核表达载体,并在大肠杆菌大量表达。利用荧光显微镜观察发现,表达Cry1Ac-GFP融合蛋白的大肠杆菌在蓝光激发下发出绿色荧光。将含有融合蛋白的菌液拌入人工饲料饲喂3龄棉铃虫幼虫96h,取棉铃虫幼虫中肠做冰冻切片并在荧光显微镜下观察。结果显示,取食含有Cry1Ac-GFP融合蛋白饲料的棉铃虫幼虫中肠能够发出强烈荧光。比较Cry1Ac杀虫蛋白敏感和抗性棉铃虫幼虫中肠的发光部位,敏感棉铃虫幼虫的中肠围食膜已经消失,肠壁细胞发出强烈的荧光,而抗性棉铃虫的围食膜较健全并发出荧光。     

Microarray analysis of global gene regulation in the Cry1Ab-resistant and Cry1Ab-susceptible strains of Diatraea saccharalis

BACKGROUND: Extensive adoption of transgenic Bt corn in recent years for stalk borer control has increased risk of resistance evolution in the target pest populations. A Bt‐resistant strain of the sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis, was approximately 100‐fold more tolerant to Cry1Ab toxin than the susceptible counterpart. To gain a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of Bt resistance, the Cry1Ab‐susceptible (Cry1Ab‐SS) and Cry1Ab‐resistant (Cry1Ab‐RR) strains of D. saccharalis were subjected to a microarray analysis. RESULTS: Results showed that the expression levels of many genes were significantly different between the Cry1Ab‐RR and Cry1Ab‐SS strains. Microarray analysis of 7145 cDNAs revealed 384 differentially expressed genes. A total of 273 genes were significantly upregulated 2–51.6‐fold, and 111 genes were significantly downregulated 2–22.6‐fold in the Cry1Ab‐RR strain. The upregulation of three potential resistance‐related genes, coding for a glutathione S‐transferase (GST), a chymotrypsin‐like protease (CHY) and a lipase (LP), was confirmed using real‐time PCR, indicating a reproducibility of the microarray data. Ontology analysis revealed that more than twice the number of metabolic‐related genes were upregulated compared with downregulated genes with the same biological function. Up to 35.2% of the upregulated genes in the resistant strain were associated with catalytic activity, while only 9.5% of the downregulated genes were related to the same catalytic molecular function. CONCLUSION: The large portion of metabolic‐ or catalytic‐related genes with significant upregulations indicated a potential large increase in metabolic or catalytic activities in the Cry1Ab‐RR strain. This cDNA microarray gene expression data could be used to characterize and identify new genes that may be associated with Bt resistance in D. saccharalis. Copyright © 2012 Society of Chemical Industry