Cytopathological effects of Bacillus sphaericus Cry48Aa/Cry49Aa toxin on binary toxin-susceptible and -resistant Culex quinquefasciatus larvae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4782-4789

  De Melo, Janaina Viana ^a   Jones, Gareth Wyn ^b   Berry, Colin ^b   Vasconcelos, Romero Henrique Teixeira ^a   De Oliveira, Cláudia Maria Fontes ^a   Furtado, André Freire ^a   Peixoto, Christina Alves ^a   Silva Filha, Maria Helena Neves Lobo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANES; METABOLITES; PROTEINS;

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS; AFTER-TREATMENT; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; COMBINED ACTIONS; COMPLEX EFFECTS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SYNERGISTIC MIXTURES;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

TOXIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CYTOPLASM; INSECTICIDE; LARVA; MITOCHONDRION; MOSQUITO; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN; TOXIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL VACUOLE; CONJUGATE; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; MICROVILLUS; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 67650497702     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00811-09     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Amorim, L. B., C. M. F. Oliveira, E. M. Rios, L. Regis, and M. H. N. L. Silva-Filha. 2007. Development of Culex quinquefasciatus resistance to Bacillus sphaericus strain IAB59 needs long term selection pressure. Biol. Control 42:155-160.
2. Andreassen, O. A., R. J. Ferrante, P. Klivenyi, A. M. Klein, L. A. Shinobu, C. J. Epstein, and M. F. Beal. 2000. Partial deficiency of manganese superoxide dismutase exacerbates a transgenic mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Ann. Neurol. 47:447-455.
3. Bourgouin, C., A. Delecluse, F. de la Torre, and J. Szulmajster. 1990. Transfer of the toxin protein genes of Bacillus sphaericus into Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and their expression. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56:340-344.
4. Cavados, C. F., S. Majerowicz, J. Q. Chaves, C. J. Araujo-Coutinho, and L. Rabinovitch. 2004. Histopathological and ultrastructural effects of deltaendotoxins of Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis in the midgut of Simulium pertinax larvae (Diptera, Simuliidae). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 99:493-498.
5. Charles, J. F. 1987. Ultrastructural midgut events in Culicidae larvae fed with Bacillus sphaericus 2297 spore/crystal complex. Ann. Inst. Pasteur Microbiol. 138:471-484.
6. Charles, J. F., and H. De Barjac. 1981. Histopathologie de l'action de la delta-endotoxine de Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis sur les larves de Aedes aegyti (Diptera: Culicidae). Entomophaga 26:203-212.
7. Charles, J. F., C. Nielson-LeRoux, and A. Delecluse. 1996. Bacillus sphaericus toxins: molecular biology and mode of action. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 41:451-472.
8. Davidson, E. W. 1981. A review of the pathology of bacilli infecting mosquitoes, including an ultrastructural study of larvae fed Bacillus sphaericus 1593 spores. Dev. Ind. Microbiol. 22:69-81.
9. de Maagd, R. A., A. Bravo, C. Berry, N. Crickmore, and H. E. Schnepf. 2003. Structure, diversity, and evolution of protein toxins from spore-forming entomopathogenic bacteria. Annu. Rev. Genet. 37:409-433.
10. de Melo, J. V., R. H. Vasconcelos, A. F. Furtado, C. A. Peixoto, and M. H. Silva-Filha. 2008. Ultrastructural analysis of midgut cells from Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae resistant to Bacillus sphaericus. Micron 39:1342-1350.
11. Federici, B. A., H. W. Park, D. K. Bideshi, M. C. Wirth, J. J. Johnson, Y. Sakano, and M. Tang. 2007. Developing recombinant bacteria for control of mosquito larvae. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 23:164-175.
12. Georghiou, G. P., and M. C. Wirth. 1997. Influence of exposure to single versus multiple toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis on development of resistance in the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:1095-1101.
13. Jones, G. W., C. Nielsen-Leroux, Y. Yang, Z. Yuan, V. F. Dumas, R. G. Monnerat, and C. Berry. 2007. A new Cry toxin with a unique two-component dependency from Bacillus sphaericus. FASEB J. 21:4112-4120.
14. Jones, G. W., M. C. Wirth, R. G. Monnerat, and C. Berry. 2008. The Cry48Aa-Cry49Aa binary toxin from Bacillus sphaericus exhibits highly restricted target specificity. Environ. Microbiol. 10:2418-2424.
15. Karch, S., and J. Coz. 1983. Histopathologie de Culex pipiens Linne (Diptera, Culicidae) soumis a l'activité larvicide de Bacillus sphaericus 1593-4. Ser. Ent. Med. Parasitol. 21:225-230.
16. Lahkim-Tsror, L., C. Pascar-Gluzman, J. Margalit, and Z. Barak. 1983. Larvicidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis, serovar H14 in Aedes aegypti: histopathological studies. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 41:104-116.
17. Lecadet, M. M., M. O. Blondel, and J. Ribier. 1980. Generalized transduction in Bacillus thuringiensis var. berliner 1715 using bacteriophage CP-54Ber. J. Gen. Microbiol. 121:203-212.
18. Lüthy, P., and M. G. Wolfersberger. 2000. Pathogenesis of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins, p. 167-180. In J. F. Charles, A. Delécluse, and C. Nielsen-Leroux (ed.), Entomopathogenic bacteria: from laboratory to field application. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
19. Nielsen-Leroux, C., N. Pasteur, J. Pretre, J. F. Charles, H. B. Sheikh, and C. Chevillon. 2002. High resistance to Bacillus sphaericus binary toxin in Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae): the complex situation of west Mediterranean countries. J. Med. Entomol. 39:729-735.
20. Partridge, M. R., and C. Berry. 2002. Insecticidal activity of the Bacillus sphaericus Mtx1 toxin against Chironomus riparus. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 79: 135-136.
21. Pei, G., C. M. Oliveira, Z. Yuan, C. Nielsen-LeRoux, M. H. Silva-Filha, J. Yan, and L. Regis. 2002. A strain of Bacillus sphaericus causes slower development of resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:3003-3009.
22. Poncet, S., C. Bernard, E. Dervyn, J. Cayley, A. Klier, and G. Rapoport. 1997. Improvement of Bacillus sphaericus toxicity against dipteran larvae by integration, via homologous recombination, of the Cry11A toxin gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:4413-4420.
23. Rey, D., A. Long, M. P. Pautou, and J. C. Meyran. 1998. Comparative histopathology of some Diptera and Crustacea of aquatic alpine ecosystems, after treatment with Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 88:255-263.
24. Romão, T. P., K. D. de Melo Chalegre, S. Key, C. F. Ayres, C. M. Fontes de Oliveira, O. P. de-Melo-Neto, and M. H. Silva-Filha. 2006. A second independent resistance mechanism to Bacillus sphaericus binary toxin targets its alpha-glucosidase receptor in Culex quinquefasciatus. FEBS J. 273:1556-1568.
25. Schwartz, J. L., L. Potvin, F. Coux, J. F. Charles, C. Berry, M. J. Humphreys, A. F. Jones, I. Bernhart, M. Dalla Serra, and G. Menestrina. 2001. Permeabilization of model lipid membranes by Bacillus sphaericus mosquitocidal binary toxin and its individual components. J. Membr. Biol. 184:171-183.
26. Silva-Filha, M. H., C. M. Oliveira, L. Regis, Z. Yuan, C. M. Rico, and C. Nielsen-LeRoux. 2004. Two Bacillus sphaericus binary toxins share the midgut receptor binding site: implications for resistance of Culex pipiens complex (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 241:185-191.
27. Singh, G. J., and S. S. Gill. 1988. An electron microscope study of the toxic action of Bacillus sphaericus in Culex quinquefasciatus larvae. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 52:237-247.
28. Wirth, M. C., J. A. Jiannino, B. A. Federici, and W. E. Walton. 2005. Evolution of resistance toward Bacillus sphaericus or a mixture of B. sphaericus+Cyt1A from Bacillus thuringiensis, in the mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Invertebr. Pathol. 88:154-162.
29. Wirth, M. C., J. A. Jiannino, B. A. Federici, and W. E. Walton. 2004. Synergy between toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and Bacillus sphaericus. J. Med. Entomol. 41:935-941.
30. Wirth, M. C., Y. Yang, W. E. Walton, B. A. Federici, and C. Berry. 2007. Mtx toxins synergize Bacillus sphaericus and Cry11Aa against susceptible and insecticide-resistant Culex quinquefasciatus larvae. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:6066-6071.
31. World Health Organization. 1985. Informal consultation on the development of Bacillus sphaericus as microbial larvicide. TDR/BCV/SPHAERICUS/ 85.3.1-24. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
32. Yuan, Z. M., G. F. Pei, L. Regis, C. Nielsen-Leroux, and Q. X. Cai. 2003. Cross-resistance between strains of Bacillus sphaericus but not B. thuringiensis in colonies of the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus. Med. Vet. Entomol. 17:251-256.