Bt toxin resistance from loss of a putative carbohydrate-modifying enzyme

The development of resistance is the main threat to the long-term use of toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) in transgenic plants. Here we report the cloning of a Bt toxin resistance gene, Caenorhabditis elegans bre-5, which encodes a putative beta-1,3-galactosyltransferase. Lack of bre-5 in the intestine led to resistance to the Bt toxin Cry5B. Wild-type but not bre-5 mutant animals were found to uptake toxin into their gut cells, consistent with bre-5 mutants lacking toxin-binding sites on their apical gut. bre-5 mutants displayed resistance to Cry14A, a Bt toxin lethal to both nematodes and insects; this indicates that resistance by loss of carbohydrate modification is relevant to multiple Bt toxins.     

Genome editing of the SfABCC2 gene confers resistance to Cry1F toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis in Spodoptera frugiperda

ATP-binding cassette transporter C2(ABCC2) is known to be a receptor for Bacillus thuringiensis(Bt) toxins in several lepidopteran insects. Mutations in the ABCC2 gene have been genetically linked to field-evolved resistance to the Cry1 F toxin from Bt in Spodoptera frugiperda. Here we generated a SfABCC2 knockout strain of S. frugiperda using the CRISPR/Cas9 system to provide further functional evidence of the role of this gene in susceptibility and resistance to Cry1 F. Results from bioassays showed that the SfABCC2 knockout S. frugiperda strain displayed 118-fold resistance to Cry1 F compared with the parental DH19 strain, but no resistance to Vip3 A toxin from Bt. These results provide the first reverse genetic evidence for SfABCC2 as a functional receptor for Cry1 F.     

苏云金芽孢杆菌cry1Ea基因的克隆及 生物信息学分析

不同来源的苏云金芽孢杆菌能产生多种多样的晶体(Cry)蛋白.基于这个特性,人们可以通过基因工程的手段向工程菌中转入编码多种Cry毒素的基因来控制虫害.通过DNA重组技术,从BtHZM2菌株中克隆出了cry1Ea基因,对其进行了生物信息学分析,同源比对结果表明.cry1Ea8基因的核苷酸序列与已知cry1Ea的同源性为99.77%～99.91%.对应的氨基酸序列同源性为99.49%～99.74%.对cry1Ea8基因的分析还揭示出了cry1Ea8及其编码蛋白的一些生物和理化性质.结构域预测表明,Cry1Ea8由3个结构域组成,其中N-末端螺旋状结构域与膜插入与孔隙形成有关,而第二和第三个结构域与受体的结合有关.该研究为转基因抗虫植物和微生物杀虫工程菌的构建提供了新的基因来源.     

氨肽酶N(APN)与鳞翅目昆虫对Bt抗性的关系

使用Bt Cry毒素防治农业害虫是作物生产上的一个革命性的进步,受体与Bt杀虫蛋白结合能力的改变可能是昆虫对Bt产生抗性的主要原因。氨肽酶N(aminopeptidase N,APN)是一类存在于昆虫中肠内的Bt毒素受体蛋白,通过讨论APN与Bt毒素的结合作用,综述了APN基因变异与鳞翅目昆虫Bt抗性相关的分子机理,并介绍了(Bt)Cry毒素与APN相关的作用方式新模型。     

Cry毒素毒杀昆虫中肠细胞的机制:穿孔细胞膜还是启动细胞死亡信号途径?

Cry毒素毒杀昆虫中肠细胞的机制有两种假说。传统假说认为Cry毒素插入细胞膜后形成孔洞,改变中肠细胞渗透压而杀死细胞。最近提出了另一种假说,认为Cry毒素与膜上受体钙黏蛋白结合后,激活G蛋白和腺苷酸环化酶而合成环腺苷酸,高浓度环腺苷酸顺次激活蛋白激酶A,促进胞内钙黏蛋白外移至细胞膜,从而招募和结合更多的毒素单体,正反馈放大细胞死亡信号途径,导致细胞死亡。     

昆虫Bt作物抗性与中肠类钙粘蛋白的关系

Bt作物已在世界范围内广泛种植,为有效控制害虫的危害发挥了重要作用。靶标害虫的抗性问题是影响Bt作物长期利用的关键因素。通过分析Bt Cry1A毒素的主要受体类钙粘蛋白（cadherin-like）的生物学特性及其与Bt毒素的结合作用,讨论类钙粘蛋白基因突变与Bt抗性的关系,综述了基于基因突变的抗性分子检测技术的研究进展。     

Toxicity and binding analyses of Bacillus thuringiensis toxin Vip3A in Cry1Ac-resistant and-susceptible strains of Helicoverpa armigera(Hübner)

The Bacillus thuringiensis vegetative insecticidal protein, Vip3 A, represents a new family of Bt toxin and is currently applied to commercial transgenic cotton. To determine whether the Cry1Ac-resistant Helicoverpa armigera is cross-resistant to Vip3 Aa protein, insecticidal activities, proteolytic activations and binding properties of Vip3 Aa toxin were investigated using Cry1Ac-susceptible(96S) and Cry1Ac-resistant H. armigera strain(Cry1Ac-R). The toxicity of Vip3 Aa in Cry1Ac-R slightly reduced compared with 96 S, the resistance ratio was only 1.7-fold. The digestion rate of full-length Vip3 Aa by gut juice extracts from 96 S was little faster than that from Cry1Ac-R. Surface plasmon resonance(SPR) showed there was no significant difference between the binding affinity of Vip3 Aa and BBMVs between 96 S and Cry1Ac-R strains, and there was no significant competitive binding between Vip3 Aa and Cry1 Ac in susceptible or resistant strains. So there had little cross-resistance between Vip3 Aa and Cry1 Ac,Vip3A+Cry proteins maybe the suitable pyramid strategy to control H. armigera in China in the future.     

昆虫中肠Bt毒素受体氨肽酶N的研究进展

氨肽酶N(APN)是昆虫中肠中主要的Bt毒素受体,它与Cry毒素特异结合后,毒素插入细胞膜,在膜上形成孔洞,细胞裂解,最终导致昆虫死亡.APN的变异导致昆虫对Bt敏感性下降甚至产生抗性.就APN的结构特征、分类、APN与Cry毒素的相互作用机制以及APN与昆虫Bt抗性的关系作一综述.     

Identification of a gene associated with Bt resistance in Heliothis virescens

Transgenic crops producing insecticidal toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are widely used for pest control. Bt-resistant insect strains have been studied, but the molecular basis of resistance has remained elusive. Here, we show that disruption of a cadherin-superfamily gene by retrotransposon-mediated insertion was linked to high levels of resistance to the Bt toxin Cry1Ac in the cotton pest Heliothis virescens. Monitoring the early phases of Bt resistance evolution in the field has been viewed as crucial but extremely difficult, especially when resistance is recessive. Our findings enable efficient DNA-based screening for resistant heterozygotes by directly detecting the recessive allele.     

苏云金芽孢杆菌杀虫晶体蛋白对棉铃虫活性分析

利用已克隆的5种Bt Cry基因Cry2Ab4、Cry1Ia8、Cry1Ie1、Cry1Ca7、Cry1Cb2和1种野生菌株HD-73(Cry1Ac)表达的6种Bt Cry杀虫晶体蛋白,对棉铃虫进行生物活性分析,并将Cry1Ac杀虫晶体蛋白分别与其它5种Cry蛋白按1:1的比例组合,对棉铃虫进行生物活性测定。结果表明,单独使用Cry1Ac时对棉铃虫活性最高,LC50为3.16μg·mL-1,其次为Cry2Ab4。Cry1Ac与Cry2Ab4组合对棉铃虫也有较高的活性,LC50为48.70μg·mL-1,该组合对棉铃虫的共毒系数为1.21,有相加作用。Cry1Ac与这5种蛋白的组合对棉铃虫都有较高的毒力。     

Polycalin is involved in the action mechanism of Cry2Aa toxin in Helicoverpa armigera(Hübner)

Receptor proteins on the brush border membrane of the insect midgut epithelium are involved in the mode of action of insecticidal Cry proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis(Bt). Polycalin has been identified as a binding protein of the Bt Cry1 Ac toxin in several Lepidoptera including Helicoverpa armigera, but its role in the action mechanism of Cry2 Aa is still unclear. In this study, we investigated the binding characteristics of polycalin from the midgut of H. armigera with Cry2 Aa and its role in the toxicity of Cry2 Aa. The results demonstrated that heterologously expressed H. armigera polycalin peptide could bind with Cry2 Aa with high affinity(K_d=32 nmol L~(–1)). The toxicity of Cry2 Aa decreased by 27% after H. armigera larvae ingested polycalin antisera. These results suggested that polycalin could be a potential functional receptor for Cry2 Aa, and it plays an important role in the susceptibility of H. armigera to Cry2 Aa.     

The Minimal Active Fragment of the Cry1Ai Toxin is Located Between 36I and 605I

The novel cry1Ai gene that cloned from Bacillus thuringiensis strain SC6H8 encoded a protein exhibiting strong toxicity against Plutella xylostella and Chilo suppressalis in our previous study. Using the available information for the active fragments of other Cry toxins, eight truncated fragments were constructed to identify the minimal active fragment of Cry1Ai. All truncated fragments were expressed in Escherichia coli strain BL21 (DE3), and the insecticidal activity against 2nd- instar P. xylostella larvae was assessed using full-length Cry1Ai as a positive control. The results indicate that the minimal active fragment of the Cry1Ai toxin against P. xylostella is located between amino acid residues 36I and 605I, which is smaller than the regions previously reported for Cry1A. The first two amino acids (34T and 35P) on helix α-1 and whole helix α-2 of domain I and sheet β-32 of domain III are necessary for Cry1Ai toxin to keep its toxicity against P. xylostella.     

转Bt基因抗虫玉米根茬和根际土壤中Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白的田间降解动态

【目的】研究转cry1Ab杀虫蛋白基因玉米收获后玉米根茬及其根际土壤中Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白的降解动态,比较两种Bt玉米根茬和根际土壤中Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白的降解速度。【方法】以两种表达Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白的Bt抗虫玉米MON810和Bt11为材料,采用ELISA方法测定玉米收获后根茬残体和根际土壤中Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白的田间降解动态。【结果】转Bt基因玉米根茬残体和根际土壤中杀虫蛋白是逐渐降解的,Bt玉米MON810根茬中Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白含量较高,降解的速度也较慢,收获后8个月时还不能完全降解;Bt玉米Bt11根茬中Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白含量较低,降解速度比MON810根茬中Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白降解速度快,到7个月时已检测不到Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白。Bt玉米MON810根际土壤中Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白的降解较Bt11的慢,MON810和Bt11根际土壤分别在8个月和7个月时检测不到Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白。【结论】种植过Bt11和MON810抗虫玉米的田块,在第二年春播农作物已经出土时,其根茬和根际土壤中残留的Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白尚不能完全降解,还有少量残留。     

转Bt基因玉米幼苗残体中Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白田间降解动态

【目的】研究间苗后留在田间地表的转Bt基因玉米幼苗残体中Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白的降解规律,比较两种Bt玉米幼苗残体中Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白的降解速度。【方法】以两种表达Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白的转Bt基因抗虫玉米MON810和Bt11为材料,采用ELISA方法测定各取样时期中幼苗残体中Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白残留量。【结果】转Bt基因玉米幼苗残体中杀虫蛋白降解是逐渐的,且降解速度较快,到50 d时幼苗残体已经完全腐烂,Bt11幼苗残体中的杀虫蛋白已经完全降解,在MON810中还能检测到微量的杀虫蛋白。两种转基因玉米幼苗残体中的Bt杀虫蛋白的初始含量差异不显著,但在同一时间段的Bt杀虫蛋白降解速度存在差异均显著,在30 d前MON810幼苗残体中Bt杀虫蛋白降解速度比Bt11降解的快,30d后,则降解趋势相反,到50 d取样结束时MON810和Bt11分别降解了初始含量的99.81%和100%。【结论】两种转Bt基因玉米间苗后留在田间的幼苗残体中的Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白降解速度不同,在50 d完全腐烂时,其中的杀虫蛋白完全降解或仅有微量残留。     

用Envirologix Cry1Ab/Cry1Ac试剂盒快速测定转基因水稻Bt杀虫蛋白含量的研究

 用 Envirologix Cry1Ab/Cry1Ac平板试剂盒检测了两个转 cry1Ab的水稻品系克螟稻 1号 ( KMD1)、克螟稻 2号 ( KMD2 ) ,及未转化的对照品种秀水 11米粒中的 Bt杀虫蛋白含量。结果表明 ,该试剂盒标样制作的标准曲线相关系数为 0 .985～ 0 .998,在 0 .0 5或 0 .0 1水平上显著。同批次试剂盒的不同试验及不同批次试剂盒的测定值均差异不显著。最低检测剂量达 0 .5 ng/g,每次测试时间比 Western dot blotting方法缩短约 2 h。试验表明 ,该试剂盒是定量检测转基因水稻 Bt毒蛋白表达的一种理想产品     

Effects of inhibitors on the protease profiles and degradation of activated Cry toxins in larval midgut juices of Cnaphalocrocis medinalis(Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Midgut juice plays an important role in food digestion and detoxification in insects. In order to understand the potential of midgut juice of Cnaphalocrocis medinalis(Guenée) to degrade Bt proteins, the enzymatic activity of midgut juice and its degradation of Bt proteins(Cry2 A, Cry1 C, Cry1 Aa, and Cry1 Ac) were evaluated in this study through protease inhibitor treatments. The activities of total protease in midgut juices were significantly inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride(PMSF), tosyl-L-lysine chloromethyl ketone(TLCK), pepstatin A and leupeptin. The enzymatic activity of chymotrypsin was significantly inhibited by PMSF, and enzymatic activity of trypsin was significantly inhibited by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid(EDTA), PMSF, tosyl phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone(TPCK), TLCK and trans-epoxysuccinyl-L-leucylamido-(4-guanidino) butane(E-64). EDTA could significantly inhibit the degradation of Cry2 A by C. medinalis. EDTA, PMSF, TPCK, and TLCK could inhibit the degradation of Cry1 C and Cry1 Aa. EDTA, PMSF, TPCK, TLCK, and E-64 could inhibit the degradation of Cry1 Ac. Our results indicated that some protease inhibitors hindered various enzymatic activities in the larval midgut of C. medinalis, which may reduce the insect's ability to degrade Bt toxins. These findings may aid the application of protease inhibitors in the management of this insect pest in the future.     

棉铃虫氨肽酶N基因片段克隆、表达和内源蛋白检测

氨肽酶N（APN）是苏云金芽孢杆菌杀虫毒素Cry在昆虫中肠中的一个重要受体。研究氨肽酶N在昆虫中肠中的分布特征对于阐明Cry毒素的杀虫机理和昆虫对Cry毒素的抗性机理具有重要的意义。通过RT-PCR的方法从棉铃虫中肠上皮细胞中克隆得到氨肽酶N的基因片段APN1551,并诱导表达纯化得到其重组蛋白APN517。以此蛋白为抗原,制备其抗血清。用该抗血清能检测到棉铃虫中肠上皮细胞中的APN蛋白。为研究Cry毒素的作用机理奠定基础。     

Studies on Rapid Quantitative Analysis of Bt Toxin by Using Envirologix Kits in Transgenic Rice

Investigations were done on the usefulness of Envirologix Cry1Ab/Cry1Ac Plate kits for quantitative analysis of Bt toxin content in transgenic rice grains. Two transgenic rice lines: Kemingdao 1 (KMD1) and Kemingdao 2 (KMD2), transformed with a cry1Ab gene, and their parental variety, cv.Xiushui 11, were used as positive and negative samples. Results showed that the correlation coefficients as high as 0. 985 - 0. 998, significant at probability level of 0.05 or 0.01, were obtained for linear regression equations by using the appended calibrators of the kits. No significant differences were detected for values of same rice sample obtained from different trials or by using different lots of the product (kit). The detectable Bt toxin content by this method could be as low as 0.5 ng/g. The Envirologix Kit could be useful for rapid quantitative detection of Bt toxin in rice grains because of its preciseness, simplicity and time saving.     

转双Bt基因巨霸杨外源基因表达及抗虫性检测

为提高转基因杨树中Bt基因的表达效率并扩大抗虫谱,以同时转入Cry1Ac和Cry3A基因的转双Bt基因巨霸杨(Populus deltocdes‘55/56’×P.deltocdes‘2KEN8’)株系1年生苗为材料,对外源基因的表达和抗虫性进行检测。经PCR检测,证明目的基因已被整合到巨霸杨基因组中。利用荧光定量PCR和ELISA技术检测了4个转基因株系叶片中Bt基因的转录丰度和毒蛋白表达量。结果表明:不同株系间Bt基因的转录丰度存在显著差异,Cry3A基因的转录丰度显著高于Cry1Ac基因的转录丰度;2种Bt毒蛋白表达量在各株系间存在显著差异,Cry3A毒蛋白质量分数均显著高于Cry1Ac毒蛋白质量分数。各株系对鳞翅目害虫美国白蛾(Hyphantria cunea)幼虫抗虫效果不明显,且无显著差异;对鞘翅目害虫柳蓝叶甲(Plagiodera versicolora)表现出极高抗虫效果,且均显著高于转单基因Cry3A 741杨高抗株系CC84,不同株系间存在显著差异。     

蛋白质工程在苏云金芽胞杆菌Cry毒素改良中的应用

Bt微生物制剂和转基因抗虫作物已经在全球范围内取得了巨大成功,但是Cry蛋白存在杀虫谱窄、毒力有限以及害虫对Bt毒素的抗性风险上升等诸多问题,将严重制约Bt在未来农业生产中进一步发挥巨大作用。利用理性设计、非理性设计等蛋白质工程技术对Bt Cry蛋白进行改造是解决这些问题的新途径。通过总结蛋白质工程在Cry毒素改良中的应用情况,分析了存在的问题,并对未来发展动向进行了展望。