新疆地区棉铃虫自然种群对Bt棉的抗性频率监测

为监测新疆棉区棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera(Hübner)田间种群对Bt棉的抗性频率,在2010年和2011年分别采集石河子和喀什地区莎车的棉铃虫单雌系,以Cry1Ac毒蛋白作为人工饲料,用单雌系F1/F2代法进行棉铃虫种群抗性个体检测。2010年筛选了123个石河子的棉铃虫单雌系,2 011年筛选了152个莎车的棉铃虫单雌系。两地的棉铃虫种群均没有筛选到相对平均发育级别≥0.8的抗Bt棉个体,估算出石河子和莎车的棉铃虫种群的抗性频率低于10-3。莎车F2单雌系与其对应的F1单雌系相对平均发育级别有明显差异。研究表明新疆石河子地区田间棉铃虫种群仍保持敏感状态,喀什地区田间棉铃虫种群对Bt棉的耐受性增高。     

The effects of diet on the detection of resistance to Cry1Ac toxin in Australian Helicoverpa armigera Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

The effects of raw or heat-denatured soybean flour in an artificial diet on the detection of Cry1Ac resistance in Helicoverpa armigera were examined. Resistant neonate larvae reared on denatured soybean flour diet showed resistance factors of 7980 and 16,901 at the LC₅₀ and LC_99.9 levels, respectively. By comparison, resistance could not be detected in neonate larvae reared on raw flour diet. Third instar larvae reared on denatured flour diet showed resistance factors of 322 and 21,190 at the LC₅₀ and LC_99.9 levels. Resistance was not detected in third instar larvae reared on raw flour diet. There was 68% survival of resistant neonate larvae on Bollgard II cotton leaf feeding assays, compared to 100% mortality in a susceptible strain. We conclude that detection of CRY1Ac resistance in H. armigera from Australia can be masked, if an artificial diet gives chronic exposure to potent, protease inhibitors present in raw soy flour.     

Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab, but not Cry1Aa or Cry1Ac, disrupts liposomes

We evaluated the ability of Cry1Aa9, Cry1Ab4, and Cry1Ac1 insecticidal toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis to destroy liposomes. Cry1A toxins are thought to form pores in midgut apical cell membranes (BBMV), thereby disrupting midgut cells. Liposomes containing fluorescent calcein were prepared using phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylserine (PS) (PC/PS-Liposomes) or PC alone (PC-Liposomes). Cry1Ab (1.4 μM), but not Cry1Aa or Cry1Ac, disrupted PC/PS-Liposomes and PC-Liposomes. PC/PS-Liposomes containing cholesterol and oligosaccharylceramide from Plutella xylostella midgut were damaged even more extensively by Cry1Ab, but the inclusion of either lipid alone had no effect. The initial velocity of Cry1Ab-mediated liposome disruption increased 17-fold when liposomes were prepared with Triton X-100-soluble proteins from Bombyx mori BBMV and PC (PC/Proteo-Liposomes), and Cry1Aa and Cry1Ac also caused slight disruption. These data suggest that Cry1Ab achieves higher penetration into PC/PS-Liposomes, PC-Liposomes, and PC/Proteo-Liposomes compared with Cry1Aa or Cry1Ac and that Cry1Ab may interact with membrane proteins.     

棉铃虫对Cry1Ac抗性的稳定性及其对适合度的影响

为明确棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera（Hübner）对苏云金芽胞杆菌Bacillus thuringiensis（Bt）Cry1Ac毒蛋白抗性的稳定性及其适合度变化,利用生物测定的方法研究了Cry1Ac抗性品系棉铃虫转到正常饲料饲养后的抗性衰退及再次筛选后抗性的恢复情况,并比较了敏感、抗性和抗性衰退后各品系间的适合度差异。在失去选择压的情况下,高抗品系棉铃虫对Cry1Ac的抗性迅速衰退,经过4代后抗性水平由最初的3626.67倍下降到1436.67倍;到第12代时抗性水平已低于10倍,随后品系保持较稳定的低抗水平;当重新进行抗性再筛选时,其抗性水平可快速恢复,抗性倍数快速回升,5代后恢复到1123.33倍。与敏感品系相比,高抗棉铃虫品系的适合度明显降低,相对适合度仅为0.33,但转到正常饲料连续饲养14代后,棉铃虫适合度明显上升,相对适合度为0.87,主要表现为卵孵化率和幼虫存活率等显著提高。     

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.     

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     

Cry1Ac和Cry2Ab蛋白对大草蛉生长发育及酶活力的影响

为明确转Cry1Ac和Cry2Ab基因棉花对大草蛉的影响,运用Bt蛋白与人工饲料混合的方法,以大于转基因棉花叶片中蛋白含量20倍的剂量饲喂大草蛉初孵幼虫,初步研究了Cry1Ac和Cry2Ab对大草蛉生物学参数和消化酶、解毒酶活性的影响。结果表明：取食含Bt蛋白饲料的大草蛉幼虫的发育历期、体重、蛹重、成虫体重、羽化率等生物学参数与对照相比均没有显著差异;在大草蛉幼虫体内可以检测到含量较高的Cry1Ac和Cry2Ab蛋白,分别为974.92~1 282.39 ng/g鲜重和5 592.62~6 082.92 ng/g鲜重,而在大草蛉成虫体内检测到的Cry1Ac和Cry2Ab蛋白含量非常低,分别为0.29~0.39 ng/g鲜重和50.34~56.71 ng/g鲜重;取食含Bt蛋白的饲料对大草蛉幼虫的类胰蛋白酶、类胰凝乳蛋白酶、氨肽酶和谷胱甘肽-S-转移酶活性有一定的影响,但对大草蛉成虫影响与对照差异不显著。表明大草蛉取食含Bt蛋白的人工饲料后,虽然体内可以检测到一定含量的Bt蛋白,但对大草蛉的生长发育并没有显著的直接不利影响。     

DNA-based screening for an intracellular cadherin mutation conferring non-recessive Cry1Ac resistance in field populations of Helicoverpa armigera

A number of cadherin mutants conferring resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ac have been reported in three major lepidopteran pests, including Helicoverpa armigera. Unlike most of the cadherin mutants conferring recessive resistance, an allele (r₁₅) with a 55aa deletion in the intracellular domain of cadherin (HaCad) was previously identified to cause non-recessive resistance to Cry1Ac in H. armigera. In the present study, a DNA-based PCR method was developed to screen the r₁₅ allele from field populations of H. armigera collected from the main cotton planting areas of China in 2011 and 2012. Three heterozygous r₁₅ alleles were detected from 562 moths collected from northern China (with intensive Bt cotton planting), and r₁₅ allele frequency was estimated to be 0.0027. However, no r₁₅ allele was detected from 314 moths collected from Xinjiang (with limited Bt cotton use). Although all the r₁₅ alleles have the same deletion in the cDNA sequence, at least four different indels causing loss of exon 32 have been detected in the genomic DNA sequences flanking exon 32 of HaCad. Multiple origins of the r₁₅ alleles illustrate parallel genotypic adaption of H. armigera to the selection pressure of Bt cotton.     

荧光增白剂对Cry1Ac抗感棉铃虫围食膜的影响及增效作用

为了提高Bt的杀虫活性,运用扫描电镜、SDS-PAGE电泳和生物测定技术,研究了荧光增白剂FB28对棉铃虫Cry1Ac抗性和敏感品系围食膜的影响及对Cry1Ac杀虫蛋白的增效作用。结果表明,正常棉铃虫围食膜表面光滑致密,没有空洞和缝隙。用含1%FB28的人工饲料饲喂刚蜕皮的5龄棉铃虫幼虫2 h后,抗感棉铃虫围食膜表面均出现许多空洞,且敏感棉铃虫的空洞明显大于抗性棉铃虫;随着处理时间的延长,围食膜上的空洞逐渐变小,13 h后恢复正常。用1%FB28离体或活体处理抗、感品系棉铃虫,均可造成围食膜蛋白被降解。用1%FB28与Cry1Ac杀虫蛋白混合饲喂抗、感棉铃虫初孵幼虫,可明显提高棉铃虫的死亡率,且对抗性品系的增效作用明显大于敏感品系,对敏感和抗性品系棉铃虫的增效比分别为2.23和9.34;1%FB28还可以明显增加对抗、感品系3龄棉铃虫幼虫的生长抑制作用。     

Biochemical and physiological changes on Bacillus thuringiensis cotton after imidacloprid foliar spray

Bacillus thuringiensis cotton is a variety of cotton genetically modified to contain a gene derived from B. thuringiensis bacteria; which results in expression of toxin protein that confers resistance to bollworm complex (the most destructive pest of cotton). Introduction of Bt cotton lowered the need of insecticides, but still a number of insecticides are used for other insects like jassids, whitefly, aphids and tobacco caterpillar to which Bt gene does not provide effective control. Imidacloprid (tradename Imidacel 17.8 SL) is an insecticide designed for control of these major sucking/piercing insects that affect cotton. So in the present work we studied the post effect of imidacloprid insecticide on plant health of three Bt cotton hybrids (RCH-134, JKCH-1947, NCEH-6R) as there are reports of this insecticide causing growth and yield enhancements in absence of insect pests. Imidacloprid was first sprayed at recommended concentration (40 ml/acre) on 3 months old plants sown in randomly designed plots with three replications of each hybrid. The spray was repeated three times at 10 days interval. The level of B. thuringiensis gene expression, peroxidase activity and total phenols was measured on third day after every spray in leaves along with growth and yield of plants. The insecticide has shown to increase the level of B. thuringiensis protein, peroxidase enzyme activity, total phenols, height, number of bolls retained on plants and yield. These observations suggested that the imidacloprid treated plants showed better growth and development, thereby imidacloprid has growth enhancing effect on Bt cotton plants in addition to its insecticidal properties.     

马铃薯羧肽酶抑制剂与Cry1Ac毒素混用对棉铃虫中肠蛋白酶活性及杀虫活性的影响

为研发转多价抗虫棉,利用蛋白酶专性底物测定马铃薯羧肽酶抑制剂（potato carboxypeptidases inhibitor,PCI）和Cry1Ac毒素单用及混用后棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera幼虫中肠内总蛋白酶、类胰蛋白酶、类胰凝乳蛋白酶和羧肽酶的活性、羧肽酶A（carboxypeptidase A,CPA）和羧肽酶B（carboxypeptidase B,CPB）基因的相对表达量及对棉铃虫的杀虫活性。结果表明,饲喂20 μg/cm² PCI+1 μg/cm² Cry1Ac、40 μg/cm² PCI+5 μg/cm² Cry1Ac含药饲料后,棉铃虫3龄幼虫中肠内CPA活性分别为0.20 U/mg和0.16 U/mg,显著低于对照;总蛋白酶活性均为0.15 OD·min^-1·mg^-1,与对照差异不显著;类胰蛋白酶活性均为0.45 μmol·min^-1·mg^-1,均显著低于其他处理,CPB基因表达量较对照显著下调。饲喂20 μg/cm² PCI、40 μg/cm² PCI、1 μg/cm² Cry1Ac、5 μg/cm² Cry1Ac、20 μg/cm² PCI+1 μg/cm² Cry1Ac、40 μg/cm² PCI+5 μg/cm² Cry1Ac含药饲料后,CPB活性分别为0.26、0.26、0.24、0.26、0.27和0.26 U/mg,与对照差异不显著;棉铃虫3龄幼虫中肠内类胰凝乳蛋白酶活性分别为0.48、0.39、0.42、0.41、0.40和0.45 μmol·min^-1·mg^-1,6者之间差异不显著,但均显著低于对照;棉铃虫3龄幼虫中肠内CPA基因表达量均较对照显著上调。饲喂20 μg/cm² PCI+0.02 μg/cm² Cry1Ac、40 μg/cm² PCI+0.02 μg/cm² Cry1Ac、20 μg/cm² PCI+0.06 μg/cm² Cry1Ac、40 μg/cm² PCI+0.06 μg/cm² Cry1Ac含药饲料后,棉铃虫初孵幼虫实际校正死亡率分别为66.54%、68.28%、77.74%和85.76%,均高于其预期校正死亡率,表明PCI和Cry1Ac两者对杀虫活性表现为独立作用和增效作用,两者可共同用于棉铃虫幼虫的防治。     

Cry1Ac毒蛋白对亚洲玉米螟生长发育和种群增长的影响

以含不同浓度的Cry1Ac毒蛋白的人工饲料(不加毒蛋白为对照)饲喂亚洲玉米螟幼虫,采用实验种群生命表的方法,测定了Cry1Ac毒蛋白对亚洲玉米螟的控害作用。结果显示,含2 000.0ng/g Cry1Ac毒蛋白的人工饲料处理该虫第5天的幼虫存活率为0;200.0、20.0 ng/g CrylAc毒蛋白处理第10、15天的幼虫存活率、化蛹率、成蛾率、净增长率和种群增长指数均显著低于对照,且高浓度处理显著低于低浓度处理;200.0 ng/g CrylAc毒蛋白处理的世代平均周期和种群加倍时间显著长于其它处理;而200.0 ng/g CrylAc毒蛋白处理的周限增长率显著小于2.0、0.2 ng/g处理。表明微量的Cry1Ac毒蛋白对亚洲玉米螟的种群增长有显著影响,且随着浓度的增加控制作用增强。     

Toxicity of chlorantraniliprole to Cry1Ac-susceptible and resistant strains of Helicoverpa armigera

Transgenic Bt cotton expressing Cry1Ac is important in controlling various agricultural pests, including Helicoverpa armigera. Especially for transgenic crops that are cultivated in large expanses, avoiding resistance development is a key for ensuring sustainability of Bt technologies. Integrated pest management, in which transgenic crops are strategically combined with rational pesticide use, may help to prevent H. armigera resistance acquisition in Bt cotton. In this study, we evaluated the toxicity of a novel insecticide (chlorantraniliprole) on Cry1Ac-susceptible and resistant individuals of H. armigera. More specifically, we assessed the effect of chlorantraniliprole on the activity of two enzymes and conducted laboratory bioassays to determine its toxicity on H. armigera larvae. Chlorantraniliprole increased esterase and glutathione-S-transferase activities in Cry1Ac susceptible and resistant populations of H. armigera. Cry1Ac resistant populations XJ-F (Cry1Ac resistance ratio 21.8-fold), XJ-10.0 (95.8-fold) and BTR (3536.5-fold) did not show cross-resistance to chlorantraniliprole, with LC₅₀ values of 0.0733 (μg/mL) in XJ-F, 0.0545 (μg/ml) in XJ-10.0 and 0.0731 (μg/mL) in BTR, which were close to that in the susceptible strain 96S (0.0954 μg/mL). Our work shows that chlorantraniliprole could be considered to be integrated in Bt cotton management schemes to delay the H. armigera resistance development.     

Cry1Ac毒素对小菜蛾幼虫中肠蛋白酶和羧酸酯酶活性的影响

为了明确Cry1Ac毒素对小菜蛾Plutella xylostella幼虫中肠蛋白酶和羧酸酯酶活性的影响,利用蛋白酶专性底物测定其中肠各蛋白酶活性在不同缓冲液中的最适pH,并用不同浓度Cry1Ac毒素饲喂小菜蛾幼虫后测定该毒素的致死中浓度LC_(50),观察中肠蛋白酶和羧酸酯酶活性的变化,分析Cry1Ac毒素与昆虫中肠酶活性间的关系。结果表明,小菜蛾幼虫中肠总蛋白酶在Tris-HCl、KH_2PO_4/NaOH和Glycine/NaOH三种缓冲液中最适pH均为11.0;强碱性胰蛋白酶的最适pH分别为10.0、10.5和10.5;弱碱性胰蛋白酶的最适pH均为8.5;胰凝乳蛋白酶的最适pH分别为8.5、9.0和9.0。Cry1Ac毒素对小菜蛾的致死中浓度LC_(50)为0.343μg/mL。用不同浓度Cry1Ac毒素饲喂小菜蛾幼虫后,其中肠各蛋白酶活性均随时间的变化而变化。弱碱性胰蛋白酶和胰凝乳蛋白酶的活性明显升高,且随浓度升高呈上升趋势;在取食36~72 h期间低浓度处理组的羧酸酯酶活性与对照组间无显著差异,而高浓度处理组羧酸酯酶活性显著高于对照组。表明Cry1Ac毒素能够显著影响小菜蛾的中肠蛋白酶和羧酸酯酶活性。     

Prohibitin,an essential protein for Colorado potato beetle larval viability,is relevant to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa toxicity

Bacillus thuringienesis (Bt) Cry toxins constitute the most extensively used environmentally safe biopesticide and their mode of action relies on the interaction of the toxins with membrane proteins in the midgut of susceptible insects that mediate toxicity and insect specificity. Therefore, identification of Bt Cry toxin interacting proteins in the midgut of target insects and understanding their role in toxicity is of great interest to exploit their insecticidal action. Using ligand blot, we demonstrated that Bt Cry3Aa toxin bound to a 30 kDa protein in Colorado potato beetle (CPB) larval midgut membrane, identified by sequence homology as prohibitin-1 protein. Prohibitins comprise a highly conserved family of proteins implicated in important cellular processes. We obtained the complete CPB prohibitin-1 DNA coding sequence of 828 pb, in silico translated into a 276-amino acid protein. The analysis at the amino acid level showed that the protein contains a prohibitin-homology domain (Band7_prohibitin, cd03401) conserved among prohibitin proteins. A striking feature of the CPB identified prohibitin-1 is the predicted presence of cadherin elements, potential binding sites for Cry toxins described in other Bt susceptible insects. We also showed that CPB prohibitin-1 protein partitioned into both, detergent soluble and insoluble membrane fractions, as well as a prohibitin-2 homologous protein, previously reported to form functional complexes with prohibitin-1 in other organisms. Prohibitin complexes act as membrane scaffolds ensuring the recruitment of membrane proteases to facilitate substrate processing. Accordingly, sequestration of prohibitin-1 by an anti-prohibitin-1 antibody impaired the Cry3Aa toxin inhibition of the proteolytic cleavage of a fluorogenic synthetic substrate of an ADAM-like metalloprotease previously reported to proteolize this toxin. In this work, we also demonstrated that prohibitin-1 RNAi silencing in CPB larvae produced deleterious effects and together with a LD50 Cry3Aa toxin treatment resulted in a highly efficient short term response since 100% larval mortality was achieved just 5 days after toxin challenge. Therefore, the combination of prohibitin RNAi and Cry toxin reveals as an effective strategy to improve crop protection.     

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。     

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。     

Bio-potency of serine proteinase inhibitors from Acacia senegal seeds on digestive proteinases, larval growth and development of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner)

Proteinase inhibitors (AsPIs) with high activity against serine proteinases were purified from seeds of the tree legume, Acacia senegal by ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by DEAE-Sephadex A-25 column and evaluated against Helicoverpa armigera larvae by in vitro and in vivo methods. The molecular weight of AsPIs was found to be approximately 19.58 ± 1.00 and 21.23 ± 1.00 kDa for PI and 18.16 ± 1.00 kDa for PII on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The AsPIs (5 μg/ml) inhibited approximately 70% of midgut trypsin and 61% of elastase-like chymotrypsin. In vitro studies showed that AsPIs have remarkable inhibitory activity towards total gut proteolytic enzymes followed by trypsin and chymotrypsin. The IC₅₀ of AsPIs for midgut trypsin was 0.1 μg/ml and for chymotrypsin was 2.0 μg/ml. The inhibition of gut proteinase enzymes was of the non-competitive type. In larval feeding studies, AsPIs were found to retard growth and development of H. armigera and also affects the fecundity of the pest. The results advocate the use of AsPIs in transgenic technology to develop plant resistance to H. armigera.     

转基因棉和常规棉叶片对抗Cry1Ac近等基因系棉铃虫生长发育的影响

利用室内饲喂法,以抗Cry1Ac近等基因系棉铃虫为材料,比较转基因棉花33B和SGK321及其对照亲本DP5415和石远321对抗、感棉铃虫生长发育的影响。结果表明,抗性棉铃虫在取食常规棉叶后表现出一定的适合度代价。取食DP5415和石远321两种常规棉花后,抗性品系棉铃虫的幼虫存活率显著低于敏感品系,取食33B和SGK321两种转基因棉花的抗性棉铃虫,不仅其幼虫存活率显著高于敏感品系,而且致死中时间也比敏感品系延长。取食9天后,抗性品系在常规棉花石远321和DP5415上发育到3龄和4龄幼虫的比例显著低于敏感品系,取食33B和SGK321转基因棉花的抗性品系发育到3龄幼虫的比例均显著高于敏感品系。抗性品系在常规棉上的蛹重均显著低于敏感品系,部分取食转基因棉花的抗性品系棉铃虫可以化蛹,而敏感品系不能在转基因棉花上化蛹。     

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。