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Potential of Cry10Aa and Cyt2Ba, two minority δ-endotoxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis ser. israelensis, for the control of Aedes aegypti larvae

dc.contributor.authorValtierra de Luis, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorVillanueva San Martín, Maite
dc.contributor.authorLai, Liliana
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Trevor
dc.contributor.authorCaballero Murillo, Primitivo
dc.contributor.departmentAgronomia, Bioteknologia eta Elikaduraeu
dc.contributor.departmentInstitute for Multidisciplinary Research in Applied Biology - IMABen
dc.contributor.departmentAgronomía, Biotecnología y Alimentaciónes_ES
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-15T10:10:52Z
dc.date.available2021-01-15T10:10:52Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractBacillus thuringiensis ser. israelensis (Bti) has been widely used as microbial larvicide for the control of many species of mosquitoes and blackflies. The larvicidal activity of Bti resides in Cry and Cyt δ-endotoxins present in the parasporal crystal of this pathogen. The insecticidal activity of the crystal is higher than the activities of the individual toxins, which is likely due to synergistic interactions among the crystal component proteins, particularly those involving Cyt1Aa. In the present study, Cry10Aa and Cyt2Ba were cloned fromthe commercial larvicideVectoBac-12AS® and expressed in the acrystalliferous Bt strain BMB171 under the cyt1Aa strong promoter of the pSTAB vector. The LC50 values for Aedes aegypti second instar larvae estimated at 24 hpi for these two recombinant proteins (Cry10Aa and Cyt2Ba) were 299.62 and 279.37 ng/mL, respectively. Remarkable synergistic mosquitocidal activity was observed between Cry10Aa and Cyt2Ba (synergistic potentiation of 68.6-fold) when spore + crystal preparations, comprising a mixture of both recombinant strains in equal relative concentrations, were ingested by A. aegypti larvae. This synergistic activity is among the most powerful described so far with Bt toxins and is comparable to that reported for Cyt1A when interacting with Cry4Aa, Cry4Ba or Cry11Aa. Synergistic mosquitocidal activity was also observed between the recombinant proteins Cyt2Ba and Cry4Aa, but in this case, the synergistic potentiation was 4.6-fold. In conclusion, although Cry10Aa and Cyt2Ba are rarely detectable or appear as minor components in the crystals of Bti strains, they represent toxicity factors with a high potential for the control of mosquito populations.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (RTI2018-095204-B-C22). D.V.-d.-L. received a doctoral grant from Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. L.L. received a doctoral grant from the European Union’s H2020 research and innovation programme under Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement N. 801586.en
dc.format.extent14 p.
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dc.identifier.doi10.3390/toxins12060355
dc.identifier.issn2072-6651
dc.identifier.urihttps://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/38964
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.relation.ispartofToxins, 2020, 12(6): 355en
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/European Commission/Horizon 2020 Framework Programme/801586en
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/RTI2018-095204-B-C22/ES/en
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.3390/toxins12060355
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dc.subjectBacillus thuringiensisen
dc.subjectAedes aegyptien
dc.subjectMinor proteinsen
dc.subjectSynergyen
dc.subjectMosquito controlen
dc.subjectBtien
dc.titlePotential of Cry10Aa and Cyt2Ba, two minority δ-endotoxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis ser. israelensis, for the control of Aedes aegypti larvaeen
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