Enhancement of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab and Cry1Fa Toxicity to Spodoptera frugiperda by Domain III Mutations Indicates There Are Two Limiting Steps in Toxicity as Defined by Receptor Binding and Protein Stability

Cry1Ab and Cry1Fa toxins are environmentally safe insecticides that control important insect pests. is an important maize pest that shows low susceptibility to Cry1A toxins, in contrast to Cry1Fa, which is highly active against this pest and is used in transgenic maize for control. The β16 region fr...

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description Cry1Ab and Cry1Fa toxins are environmentally safe insecticides that control important insect pests. is an important maize pest that shows low susceptibility to Cry1A toxins, in contrast to Cry1Fa, which is highly active against this pest and is used in transgenic maize for control. The β16 region from domain III of Cry1Ab has been shown to be involved in interactions with receptors such as alkaline phosphatase (ALP) or aminopeptidase (APN) in different lepidopteran insects. Alanine-scanning mutagenesis of amino acids of Cry1Ab β16 ( STLRVN ) revealed that certain β16 mutations, such as N514A, resulted in increased toxicity of Cry1Ab for without affecting the toxicity for other lepidopteran larvae, such as larvae. Exhaustive mutagenesis of N514 was performed, showing that the Cry1Ab N514F, N514H, N514K, N514L, N514Q, and N514S mutations increased the toxicity toward A corresponding mutation was constructed in Cry1Fa (N507A). Toxicity assays of wild-type and mutant toxins (Cry1Ab, Cry1AbN514A, Cry1AbN514F, Cry1Fa, and Cry1FaN507A) against four populations from Mexico and one from Brazil revealed that Cry1AbN514A and Cry1FaN507A consistently showed 3- to 18-fold increased toxicity against four of five populations. In contrast, Cry1AbN514F showed increased toxicity in only two of the populations analyzed. The mutants Cry1AbN514A and Cry1AbN514F showed greater stability to midgut protease treatment. In addition, binding analysis of the Cry1Ab mutants showed that the increased toxicity correlated with increased binding to brush border membrane vesicles and increased binding affinity for ALP, APN, and cadherin receptors. is the main maize pest in South and North America and also is an invasive pest in different African countries. However, it is poorly controlled by Cry1A toxins expressed in transgenic crops, which effectively control other lepidopteran pests. In contrast, maize expressing Cry1Fa is effective in the control of , although its effectiveness is being lost due to resistance evolution. Some of the Cry1Ab domain III mutants characterized here show enhanced toxicity for without loss of toxicity to Thus, these Cry1Ab mutants could provide useful engineered toxins that, along with other Cry toxins, would be useful for developing transgenic maize expressing stacked proteins for the effective control of and other lepidopteran pests in the field.
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Alkaline phosphatase
Amino acids
Aminopeptidase
Bacillus thuringiensis
Binding
Binding sites
Cadherin receptors
Cadherins
Corn
Gram-positive bacteria
Insecticides
Insects
Invertebrate Microbiology
Larvae
Membrane vesicles
Midgut
Mutagenesis
Mutants
Mutation
Pest control
Pests
Populations
Proteins
Receptors
Scanning mutagenesis
Spodoptera frugiperda
Stability analysis
Toxicity
Toxins
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