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Common, but complex, mode of resistance of Plutella xylostella to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac

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posted on 2023-06-07, 20:28 authored by Ali H Sayyed, Roxani Gatsi, M. Sales Ibiza-Palacios, Baltasar Escriche, Denis J Wright, Neil CrickmoreNeil Crickmore
A field collected population of Plutella xylostella (SERD4) was selected in the laboratory with Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxins Cry1Ac (Cry1Ac-SEL) and Cry1Ab (Cry1Ab-SEL). Both subpopulations showed similar phenotypes: high resistance to the Cry1A toxins and little cross-resistance to Cry1Ca or Cry1D. A previous analysis of the Cry1Ac-SEL showed incompletely dominant resistance to Cry1Ac with more than one factor, at least one of which was sex influenced. In the present study reciprocal mass crosses between Cry1Ab-SEL and a laboratory susceptible population (ROTH) provided evidence that Cry1Ab resistance was also inherited as incompletely dominant trait with more than one factor, and at least one of the factors was sex influenced. Analysis of single pair mating indicated that Cry1Ab-SEL was still heterogeneous for Cry1Ab resistance genes, showing genes with different degrees of dominance. Binding studies showed a large reduction of specific binding of Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac to midgut membrane vesicles of the Cry1Ab-SEL subpopulation. Cry1Ab-SEL was found to be more susceptible to trypsin-activated Cry1Ab toxin than protoxin, although no defect in toxin activation was found. Present and previous results indicate a common basis of resistance to both Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac in selected subpopulations and suggest that a similar set of resistance genes are responsible for resistance to Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac and are selected whichever toxin was used. The possibility of an incompletely dominant trait of resistant to these toxins should be taken into account when considering refuge resistance management strategies.

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  • Published

Journal

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

ISSN

0099-2240

Issue

11

Volume

71

Page range

6863-6869

Pages

7.0

Department affiliated with

  • Biochemistry Publications

Notes

NC directed this research. 90% of the work was performed at Sussex by Gatsi and Sayyed, specialised work performed by collaborators in London and Spain. The work describes the characterisation of a common resistance mechanism and discredits a widely held explanation for this resistance.

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Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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