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Tounsi S  Jaoua S 《Biotechnology letters》2003,25(15):1219-1223
A 4 kb BamHI-HindIII fragment, corresponding to the cry2A operon of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki strain BNS3, was cloned. The sequencing of the corresponding cry2Aa-type gene, termed crybns3-4, revealed an open reading frame of 1902 bp, encoding a protein of 633 amino-acid residues. Both nucleotide and amino-acid sequences similarity analysis revealed that crybns3-4 is a new cry2Aa-type gene which has several differences from the reported cry2Aa-type genes. The transfer of the cloned operon to an acrystalliferous mutant of BNS3, revealed an expression of the new cry2Aa-type gene and a production of parasporal crystal inclusions in the transformants.  相似文献   

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Cry4Aa produced by Bacillus thuringiensis is a dipteran-specific toxin and is, therefore, of great interest for developing a bioinsecticide to control mosquitoes. However, the expression of Cry4Aa in Escherichia coli is relatively low, which is a major disadvantage in its development as a bioinsecticide. In this study, to establish an effective production system, a 1,914-bp modified gene (cry4Aa-S1) encoding Cry4Aa was designed and synthesized in accordance with the G + C content and codon preference of E. coli genes without altering the encoded amino acid sequence. The cry4Aa-S1 gene allowed a significant improvement in expression level, over five-fold, compared to that of the original cry4Aa gene. The product of the cry4Aa-S1 gene showed the same level of insecticidal activity against Culex pipiens larvae as that from cry4Aa. This suggested that unfavorable codon usage was one of the reasons for poor expression of cry4Aa in E. coli, and, therefore, changing the cry4Aa codons to accord with the codon usage in E. coli led to efficient production of Cry4Aa. Efficient production of Cry4Aa in E. coli can be a powerful measure to prepare a sufficient amount of Cry4Aa protein for both basic analytical and applied researches.  相似文献   

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The aim of this study was to test the potential of proteinase inhibitors to controlChrysomela tremulae, a beetle that causes severe damage in young plantations and in short-rotation intensive culture (SRIC) of poplar. As a first step, cysteine proteinases were determined to be the major digestive proteinases ofC. tremulae and oryzacystatin OCI, a cysteine proteinase inhibitor, was shown to inhibit this activityin vitro. The gene encoding OCI was introduced into poplar (Populus tremula ×P. tremuloides) and transgenic plants expressing OCI at a high level were selected. Feeding tests on these transgenic plants demonstrate the toxicity of OCI-producing poplar leaves againstC. tremulae larvae.J.C. Leplé and M. Bonadé-Bottino contributed equally to the research presented in this paper.  相似文献   

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This report describes the identification of a new toxigenic strain of Bacillus thuringiensis specific for long-horned beetles. B. thuringiensis Bt866 encodes a cry3Aa-like gene (Bt886cry3Aa) that is 1,956 bp in length and is predicted to encode an 85.78-kDa protein. The gene is highly similar to cry3Aa1, differing in only six nucleotides and four amino acids. The four disparate amino acids occur within the conserved domains of the Cry3Aa toxin. The expression of Bt866cry3A in Escherichia coli cells resulted in a high level of toxicity toward Apriona germari Hope larvae. More than 75% of the larvae were killed; and the remaining survivors exhibited slower growth. These results indicate that the toxigenic strain Bt886cry3Aa encodes a protein that is specific against long-horned beetles. Genetic engineering of the Bt866cry3Aa gene into poplar plantations may provide resistance to long-horned beetles.  相似文献   

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Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is the major source for transfer of genes to impart insect resistance in transgenic plants. Cry2A proteins of Bt are promising candidates for management of resistance development in insects due to their difference from the currently used Cry1A proteins, in structure and insecticidal mechanism. Two insecticidal crystal protein genes of Bt, viz. cry2Aa and cry2Ab were cloned from new isolates of Bt, 22-4 and 22-11, respectively. Expression of both the genes was studied in an acrystalliferous strain of Bt (4Q7) by fusing the cry2Aa and cry2Ab genes downstream of cry2Aa promoter and orf1 + orf2 sequences. Western blot analysis revealed a low level expression of the cloned cry2Aa and cry2Ab genes in the recombinant Bt strains. High-level expression of cry2Aa and cry2Ab genes was achieved in the recombinant E. coli by cloning the cry2A genes under the control of the T7 promoter.  相似文献   

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In the recent past research has been mainly focused on the expression of cry1 genes of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) to engineer lepidopteran insect resistance in plants. Search for structurally different toxins is necessary for the management of resistance development in insects. The intact cry2Aa operon (3.95 kb) of a new isolate of Bt, 47-8, was subcloned into a Bt shuttle vector, pHT3101 (6.7 kb). Recombinant pHT3101 containing the cry2Aa operon of Bt strain 47-8 was named as pTN2Aa and used to transform acrystalliferous Bt strain 4Q7 by electroporation. Phase contrast microscopic observation revealed the presence of crystalline inclusions in the transformants of Bt strain 4Q7 harbouring pTN2Aa. SDS–PAGE of a spore–crystal mixture prepared from transformants of acrystalliferous Bt strain 4Q7 harbouring pTN2Aa showed a single band of about 65 kDa alone confirming the expression of the cloned cry2Aa. Bioassay with Helicoverpa armigera showed 71.4% mortality caused by the proteins encoded by the newly cloned cry2Aa gene (at the concentration of 2.3 g/l) on the seventh day and all the survivors that escaped from Cry2Aa toxicity showed severe (81–99%) inhibition in larval growth.  相似文献   

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A large number of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) isolates have been obtained from soil samples in China. The flagellar antigen serotypes, cry genes and crystal proteins of 570 Bt isolates were determined, and the pesticidal activity was assayed against the insects, Plutella xylostella, Heliothis armigera, Phaedon brassicae and Locusta migratoria manilensis, and the snail, Oncomelania hupensis. The results indicated that the Bt isolates were distributed within 35 H-serotypes, in which isolates of H3 were the most abundant (20%) followed by H5 (13%), H7 (9%) and H4 (8.7%), whereas isolates of other H-serotypes were less than 6%. The percentage of isolates containing the genes cry1Ac, cry1Aa/cry1Ac, cry1Aa/cry1Ac/cry1Ab, and cry1Aa/cry1Ac/cry1C was 14.7%, 6.6%, 5.6%, and 7.0%, respectively, while 265 isolates, representing 46.5% of the 570 Bt isolates, did not show any amplification product for the genes cry1Aa, cry1Ac, cry1C, cry2, cry3, cry4, cry7Aa. Some of the 570 Bt isolates caused high mortality of the assayed pests with 14.9%, 6%, 1.6%, 1.1%, and 0.2% of the isolates killing more than 90% of P. xylostella, H. armigera, P. brassicae, O. hupensis, and L. migratoria manilensis, respectively. The remaining 76.2% of the 570 isolates caused no mortality or less than 90% mortality against the tested insect and snail species.  相似文献   

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One hundred and twenty-eight Bacillus thuringiensis isolates from fields of different ecological regions of Iran were collected to study the distribution and diversity of Dipteran-specific cry and cyt genes. The percentage of samples with Bt showed significant differences between different regions and also between different fields. The most Bt frequency was observed in the soil samples collected from Caspianic zone (7%) and soils of cotton (17%). Characterization of isolates was based on morphological characteristics of crystals, plasmid profiles and protein band patterns as well as PCR analysis using general and specific primers for 22 different cry and cyt genes encoding proteins active against mosquitoes. Thirty-eight different cry gene profiles were detected in this collection. Several of them were found to be different from all previously published profiles and none of the previous researches reported these numbers of profiles. Strains containing cry2-type genes were the most abundant and represent 57.1% of the isolates. Strains harboring cry24 and cry10 genes were also highly abundant (38.7 and 32.8%, respectively). cry11, cry4, cry17, cry19, cry21, cry29, cyt1, and cry9 genes were less abundant, found in 25.7, 14.3, 11.4, 1.4, 4.3, 1.4, and 10% of the strains, respectively. Among the cry2 gene containing isolates, 37.5% strains harbored cry2Aa, 55% cry2Ab, 2.5% cry2Ac, and 5% other or novel cry2-type genes. Among the cry4 gene containing isolates, 0% strains harbored cry4A, 60% cry4B, and 40% cry4C, cry4D or novel cry4 type genes. Finally, based on crystal morphology, protein patterns and PCR, 21 strains were selected as potentially high Dipteran-active for bioassays. Also our results showed that some of the isolates may harbor minimum a putative novel cry gene.  相似文献   

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Hänsch R  Kurz T  Schulze J  Mendel RR  Cerff R  Hehl R 《Planta》2003,218(1):79-86
The maize (Zea mays L.) glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene 4 (GapC4) promoter confers anaerobic gene expression in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.), potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. Here we have investigated its expression in hybrid poplar (Populus tremula × P. alba). Our results show that the promoter is not expressed in leaves and stems under normoxic conditions while anaerobiosis induces reporter gene expression in leaves up to a level observed for the STLS-1 promoter from potato that is shown to confer leaf-specific gene expression in transgenic poplar. Anaerobic induction is cell autonomous and requires a CO2 atmosphere and light. As in tobacco, the GapC4 promoter in poplar is wound inducible. The induction by CO2 and light may reflect a natural situation because flooding, a natural cause of anaerobiosis, is often accompanied by high CO2 concentrations in the floodwater. Our results show that the GapC4 promoter is suitable as an anaerobic reporter and as an inducible gene expression system in poplar.Abbreviations CaMV cauliflower mosaic virus - GapC4 glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene 4 - GUS -glucuronidase - 4-MU methylumbelliferone - STLS-1 stem- and leaf-specific promoter 1  相似文献   

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Transgenic white poplar (Populus alba L.) plants expressing a novel Arabidopsis thaliana cysteine proteinase inhibitor (Atcys) gene have been produced using Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated gene transfer. Internodal stem segments of cv. Villafranca were co-cultivated with the EHA105 pBI-Atcys A. tumefaciens strain. Sixteen putative transgenic plant lines were regenerated from different calli with a transformation efficiency of 11%. The integration and expression of the cysteine proteinase inhibitor (Atcys) gene into the plant genome was confirmed by Southern and northern blot analyses. Papain inhibitory activity was detected in poplar transgenic tissues by means of a specific in vitro assay. Such activity was sufficient to inhibit most of the digestive proteinase activity of chrysomelid beetle (Chrysomela populi L.) and confer resistance to C. populi larvae on selected transgenic plants. A close correspondence between the inhibition of papain and resistance to poplar leaf beetle was observed in all tested transgenic lines. Our results indicate that Atcys could be succesfully employed in breeding programmes aimed at the selection of new poplar genotypes resistant to major insect pests.  相似文献   

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The genes cry1Ac and cry1Ca from Bacillus thuringiensis subsps. kurstaki HD-73 and aizawai 4J4, respectively, encoding δ-endotoxins against lepidopteran larvae were isolated, cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli, with and without cyt1Aa (encoding cytolytic protein) and p20 (accessory protein) from subsp. israelensis. Nine combinations of the genes under control of an early T7, P A1 inducible promoter, produced the encoding proteins. Toxicities were examined against larvae of three major agricultural pests: Pectinophora gossypiella, Helicoverpa armigera and Spodoptera littoralis. The clones expressing cyt1Aa, with or without p20, were not toxic. The clone expressing cry1Ac (pBt-1A) was the most toxic to P. gossypiella (LC50 of 0.27 × 108 cells g−1). Clone pBt-1CA expressing cry1Ca and cry1Ac displayed the highest toxicity (LC50 of 0.12 × 108 cells ml−1) against S. littoralis. Clone pBt-1CARCy expressing all four genes (cry1Ca, cry1Ac, p20, cyt1Aa) in tandem exhibited the highest toxicity to H. armigera (LC50 of 0.16 × 108 cells ml−1). Cyt1Aa failed to raise the toxicity of these Cry toxins against P. gossypiella and S. littoralis but significantly enhanced toxicity against H. armigera. Two additional clones expressing either cry1Ac or cry1Ca under tandem promoters, P A1 and P psbA (constitutive), displayed significantly higher toxicities (7.5- to 140-fold) than their counterparts with P A1 alone, reducing the LC50 values to below 107 cells ml−1. Vadim Khasdan and Maria Sapojnik are contributed equally to this work.  相似文献   

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Cyt1Aa is a cytolytic toxin, found together with the delta-endotoxins in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis parasporal insecticidal crystals. The latter are used as an environmental friendly insecticide against mosquitoes and black flies. Contrary to Cry delta-endotoxin, the mode of action of Cyt1Aa is not completely understood. In the absence of direct structural data, a novel mutated cyt1Aa gene was used to obtain indirect informations on Cyt1Aa conformation changes in the lipid membrane environment. A mutated cyt1Aa gene named cyt1A97 has been isolated from a B. thuringiensis israelensis strain named BUPM97. The nucleotide sequence predicted a protein of 249 amino acids residues with a calculated molecular mass of 27 kDa. Both nucleotide and amino acid sequences similarity analysis revealed that cyt1A97 presents one amino acid different from the native cyt1Aa gene. This mutation was located in the helix α C corresponding to a substitution of Met115 by a Thr. The heterologous expression of the cyt1A97 and another cyt1Aa-type gene called cyt1A98, not affected by such mutation used as control, was performed in Escherichia coli. It revealed that the mutated Cyt1A97 protein was over produced as inclusion bodies showing a very weak toxicity to E. coli contrarily to Cyt1A98 that stopped E. coli growth. Hence, hydrophobic residue Met at position 115 of Cyt1Aa should play a very important role for the maintenance of the structure and cytolytic functions of Cyt1Aa.  相似文献   

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It is known that various poplar species and cultivated poplar hybrids have the potential to interbreed and produce fertile offspring. Conservation strategies for the genetic resources of the endangered Eurasian black poplar (Populus nigra L.) thus rely on a monitoring which enables the identification and verification of the pure species status. At the same time, the risk of hybrid dispersal and introgressive gene flow has to be estimated. In the present study a combination of two molecular markers, one from chloroplast DNA and the other from nuclear DNA, was applied to evaluate a large P. nigra population on the Elbe River. Hybrid clones of P. × canadensis are scattered within this population and also occur as plantations in the surrounding landscape. By means of the DNA markers the taxonomic status of 208 adult trees in the population and 140 young poplars along the riverbank was monitored. From the analysed young poplars, almost 20 percent were found to exhibit at least one of the two P. deltoides or P. × canadensis diagnostic alleles or genotypes, respectively. Possible vegetative spreads of F1 hybrids and precedent mating scenarios are discussed. Most interestingly we found clear evidence for a small number of backcross hybrids where P.  × canadensis acted as pollen donor. This case had long been debated and thought to be less probable, so far.  相似文献   

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Poplar is an important crop and a model system to understand molecular processes of growth, development and responses to environmental stimuli in trees. In this study, we analyzed gene expression in white poplar (Populus alba) plants subjected to chilling. Two forward suppression-subtractive-hybridization libraries were constructed from P. alba plants exposed to low non-freezing temperature for 6 or 48 h. Hundred and sixty-two cDNAs, 54 from the 6-h library and 108 from the 48-h library, were obtained. Isolated genes belonged to six categories of genes, specifically those that: (i) encode stress and defense proteins; (ii) are involved in signal transduction; (iii) are related to regulation of gene expression; (iv) encode proteins involved in cell cycle and DNA processing; (v) encode proteins involved in metabolism and energetic processes; and (vi) are involved in protein fate.Different expression patterns at 3, 6, 12, 24, 48 h at 4 °C and after a recovery of 24 h at 20 °C were observed for isolated genes, as expected according to the class in which the gene putatively belongs. Forty-four of 162 genes contained DRE/LTRE cis-elements in the 5′ proximal promoter of their orthologs in Populus trichocarpa, suggesting that they putatively belong to the CBF regulon. The results contribute new data to the list of possible candidate genes involved in cold response in poplar.  相似文献   

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Three endophytic yeast, one isolated from stems of wild cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa), two from stems of hybrid poplar (P. trichocarpa × Populus deltoides), were characterized by analyzing three ribosomal genes, the small subunit (18S), internal transcribed spacer (ITS), and D1/D2 region of the large subunit (26S). Phenotypic characteristics of the yeast isolates were also obtained using a commercial yeast identification kit and used for assisting the species identification. The isolate from wild cottonwood was identified to be closest to species Rhodotorula graminis. The two isolates from hybrid poplar were identified to be species Rhodotorula mucilaginosa. In addition, the three yeast isolates were observed to be able to produce indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), a phytohormone which can promote plant growth, when incubated with l-tryptophan. To our knowledge, the yeast strains presented in this study were the first endophytic yeast strains isolated from species of Populus.  相似文献   

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To investigate the activity of the regulatory region of the maize (Zea mays L.) proteinase inhibitor (mpi) gene, we transferred into rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants the –689/+197 (C1) fragment of the mpi genomic clone fused to either theuidA gene or a synthetic Bacillus thuringiensis cry1B gene. Although uidA and cry1B encode very different proteins consistent results were obtained from their respective histochemical and fluorometric and immunoblot detections in T3 transgenic rice lines. In response to mechanical wounding, a 4–5 fold increase in GUS activity and a Cry1B accumulation reaching 0.1–0.2% of total soluble proteins were observed from basal and undetectable levels respectively in leaf tissue. The establishment of the time-course of wound response in both systems revealed a maximum induction level 12–16 h after treatment. From both systems we also deduced that the C1 region is not active in pollen and seed endosperm. Three independent transformation events expressing cry1B under the control of the C1 region exhibited protection against striped stem borer damage and showed 100% mortality of second instar larvae 8 days after release. These results illustrate the first evidence that wound-inducible expression of a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin gene affords full protection to transgenic rice plants.  相似文献   

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苏云金芽胞杆菌幕虫亚种T02菌株的伴胞晶体在芽胞外壁内侧形成,呈现晶胞粘连的现象。在此菌株中克隆了cry26Aacry28Aa两个基因,并对晶胞粘连现象与质粒的相关性做了系统研究。通过消除幕虫亚种T02菌株的质粒,得到了仅消除cry26Aa所在质粒的菌株BMB1151和无质粒的菌株BMB1152。通过穿梭载体将cry26Aacry28Aa两个基因分别和同时转化无质粒突变株BMB1152并表达,形成的晶体与芽胞独立存在不能粘连,表明在幕虫亚种染色体背景下仅仅cry的表达不能形成晶胞粘连现象,从而推断晶胞粘连现象可能与幕虫亚种两个基因所在的质粒有关;进一步的研究发现将cry26Aa在仅消除cry26Aa所在质粒的突变株BMB1151中表达,形成的晶体与芽胞也分别独立存在不能粘连,从而进一步推断幕虫亚种晶胞粘连现象与cry26Aa所在质粒有关。  相似文献   

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Vegetable Indian mustard (Brassica juncea cv. “Green Wave”) plants that control Plutella xylostella (diamondback moth) (DBM) were produced by introduction of one or two Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) genes. A cry1Ac Bt gene associated with the nptII gene for kanamycin selection or a cry1C Bt gene with the hpt gene for hygromycin selection was introduced individually through Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of seedling explants. A cry1C line was then transformed with the cry1Ac gene to produce pyramided cry1Ac + cry1C plants. Sixteen cry1C, five cry1Ac, and six cry1Ac + cry1C plants were produced. PCR and Southern analyses confirmed the presence of the cry1C, cry1Ac or pyramided cry1Ac + cry1C genes in the Indian mustard genome. ELISA analysis showed that production of Bt proteins varied greatly among individual transgenic plants, ranging from undetectable to over 1,000 ng Bt/mg total soluble protein. The levels of the Bt proteins were correlated with the effectiveness of control of diamondback moth (DBM) larvae. Insect bioassays indicated that both the cry1C and cry1Ac plants were toxic to susceptible DBM. The cry1C plants also controlled Cry1A-resistant DBM while cry1Ac plants controlled Cry1C-resistant DBM, and the pyramided cry1Ac + cry1C plants effectively controlled all three types of DBM. These Bt-transgenic plants could be used either for direct control of DBM and other lepidopteran insect pests or for tests of “dead-end” trap crops as protection of high value non-transgenic crucifer vegetables such as cabbage.  相似文献   

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We evaluated the utility of the promoter from the Populus PTD gene—homologous to the MADS box genes DEFICIENS and APETALA3—to genetically engineer reproductive sterility. Floral-predominant expression was confirmed via GUS reporter assays in two heterologous species (Arabidopsis and tobacco) and in an early-flowering poplar genotype. Using the PTD promoter to direct expression of the disarmed cytotoxin DTA resulted in sterile plants with otherwise normal growth at high frequency in all three species. Biomass production in greenhouse-grown, morphologically normal tobacco cytotoxin lines was indistinguishable from lines lacking the cytotoxin gene, confirming strong floral specificity of the promoter. These results suggest that the poplar PTD promoter may prove useful for transgene confinement without detrimental effects on yield.  相似文献   

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