Distribution and residual activity of two insecticidal proteins, avidin and aprotinin, expressed in transgenic tobacco plants, in the bodies and frass of Spodoptera litura larvae following feeding |
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Authors: | Christeller John T Malone Louise A Todd Jacqui H Marshall Richelle M Burgess Elisabeth P J Philip Bruce A |
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Institution: | a The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited, Palmerston North Research Centre, Private Bag 11030, Palmerston North, New Zealand b The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited, Mt Albert Research Centre, Private Bag 92169, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Abstract: | To understand how a major cosmopolitan pest responds to two very different insecticidal proteins and to determine whether herbivorous insects and their frass could be environmental sources of recombinant proteins from transgenic plants, Spodoptera litura (Fab.) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) larvae were fed on tobacco leaves expressing either the biotin-binding protein, avidin, or the protease inhibitor, aprotinin. Control larvae received non-transgenic tobacco. Samples of larvae were taken after 5, 6 or 7 days’ feeding and frass was collected after two 24-h periods at 6 and 7 days. Insects in all treatments grew significantly during the experiment, but the avidin-fed larvae were significantly smaller than the others on Day 7. Avidin was found in all samples of avidin-fed larvae (7.0±0.86 ng mg−1, n=45), at a lower level than in their frass (31.9±5.08 ng mg−1, n=30), and these frass levels were lower than those of the the leaves fed to the larvae (69.0±6.71 ng mg−1, n=45). All of the avidin detected in these samples was capable of binding biotin. On average, between 10 and 28% of avidin was recovered with the methods used, whereas almost full recovery of aprotinin was effected. Aprotinin levels in larvae (8.2±0.53 ng mg−1, n=45) were also lower than aprotinin levels in frass (77.4±6.9 ng mg−1, n=30), which were somewhat lower than those in the leaves fed to the larvae (88.6±2.51 ng mg−1, n=45). Approximately half the trypsin-binding ability of aprotinin was lost in larvae, and in frass, aprotinin had lost about 90% of its ability to bind trypsin. |
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Keywords: | Aprotinin Ecological risk assessment Insect pest-resistant transgenic tobacco Spodoptera litura Vacuole-targeted avidin |
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