GATAe transcription factor is involved in Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxin receptor gene expression inducing toxin susceptibility

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第一作者： Wei, Wei

作者： Wei, Wei;Pan, Shuang;Ma, Yuemin;Yang, Yongbo;He, Sijia;Liu, Kaiyu;Xiao, Yutao;Bravo, Alejandra;Soberon, Mario

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关键词： GATA transcription factor; Bacillus thuringiensis; Midgut tissue; Insect cell line; Helicoverpa annigera; Cry toxin; Cry toxin-receptor gene promoter

期刊名称：INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY （ 影响因子：4.714； 五年影响因子：4.953 ）

ISSN： 0965-1748

年卷期： 2020 年 118 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： The insecticidal Cry toxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are powerful tools for insect control. Cry toxin receptors such as cadherin (CAD), ABCC2 transporter and alkaline phosphatase (ALP), located on insect midgut cells, are needed for Cry toxicity. Although insect cell lines are useful experimental models for elucidating toxin action mechanism, most of them show low expression of Cry-receptors genes. The GATA transcription factor family plays important roles in regulating development and differentiation of intestine stem cells. Here, we investigated whether GATAs transcription factors are involved in the expression of Cry1Ac-receptors genes, using multiple insect cell lines. Four GATA genes were identified in the transcriptome of the midgut tissue from the lepidopteran larvae Helicoverpa armigera. These HaGATA genes were transiently expressed in three lepidopteran cell lines, Spodoptera frugiperda Sf9, H. armigera QB-Ha-E5 and Trichoplusia ni Hi5. Analysis of transcription activity using transcriptional gene-fusions showed that only H. armigera GATAe (HaGATAe) significantly increased the transcription of CAD, ABCC2 and ALP receptors genes in all insect cell lines. Key DNA regions for HaGATAe regulation were identified in the promoter sequence of these Cry-receptors genes by using promoter deletion mapping. The transient expression of HaGATAe in these cell lines, conferred sensitivity to Cry1Ac toxin, although in Hi5 cells the susceptibility to Cry1Ac was lower than in other two cell lines. High sensitivity to Cry1Ac correlated with simultaneous transcription of ABCC2 and CAD genes in Sf9 and QB-Ha-E5 cells. Our results reveal that HaGATAe enhances transcription of several lepidopteran Cry1Ac receptor genes in cultured insect cells.

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