Specific binding between Bacillus thuringiensis Cry9Aa and Vip3Aa toxins synergizes their toxicity against Asiatic rice borer (Chilo suppressalis)

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第一作者： Fang, Longfa

作者： Fang, Longfa;Zhou, Zishan;Song, Fuping;Zhang, Jie;Wang, Zeyu;Pacheco, Sabino;Gomez, Isabel;Soberon, Mario;Bravo, Alejandra

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关键词： protein-protein interaction; toxin; Bacillus; insect; epitope mapping; pesticide; synergism; synergistic activity

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY （ 影响因子：5.157； 五年影响因子：5.041 ）

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年卷期： 2018 年 293 卷 29 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： The bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis produces several insecticidal proteins, such as the crystal proteins (Cry) and the vegetative insecticidal proteins (Vip). In this work, we report that a specific interaction between two B. thuringiensis toxins creates insecticidal synergism and unravel the molecular basis of this interaction. When applied together, the three-domain Cry toxin Cry9Aa and the Vip Vip3Aa exhibited high insecticidal activity against an important insect pest, the Asiatic rice borer (Chilo suppressalis). We found that these two proteins bind specifically to brush border membrane vesicles of C. suppressalis and that they do not share binding sites because no binding competition was observed between them. Binding assays revealed that the Cry9Aa and Vip3Aa proteins interacted with high affinity. We mapped their specific interacting regions by analyzing binding of Cry9Aa to overlapping fragments of Vip3Aa and by analyzing binding of Vip3Aa to individual domains of Cry9Aa. Binding to peptide arrays helped narrow the binding sites to domain II loop-3 of Cry9Aa and to (TKKMKTL434)-T-428 in Vip3Aa. Site-directed mutagenesis confirmed that these binding regions participate in binding that directly correlates with the synergism between the two proteins. In summary, we show that the B. thuringiensis Cry9Aa and Vip3Aa toxins display potent synergy based on a specific interaction between them. Our results further our understanding of the complex synergistic activities among B. thuringiensis toxins and are highly relevant to the development of toxin combinations for effective insect control and for delaying development of insect resistance.

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