Binding Properties of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1C δ-Endotoxin to the Midgut Epithelial Membranes of Culex pipiens

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Abstract

The Cry1C δ-endotoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis is toxic to both lepidopteran and dipteran insect larvae. To analyze the dipteran-specific insecticidal mechanisms, we investigated the properties of Cry1C binding to the epithelial cell membrane of the larval midgut from the mosquito Culex pipiens in comparison with dipteran-specific Cry4A. Immunohistochemical staining of the larval midgut sections from Culex pipiens showed that Cry1C and Cry4A bound to the microvilli of the epithelial cells. The Cry1C binding to brush border membrane vesicles from the mosquito larvae was specific and irreversible, and did not compete with Cry4A. By ligand blotting analyses, we detected several Cry1C-binding proteins, the Cry1C binding to which did compete with excess unlabeled Cry4A. These results suggested that Cry1C and Cry4A recognized the same binding site(s) on the epithelial cell surface but that their interaction with the target membrane differed. © 2002 by Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry.

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Kamauchi, S., Yamagiwa, M., Esaki, M., Otake, K., & Sakai, H. (2003). Binding Properties of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1C δ-Endotoxin to the Midgut Epithelial Membranes of Culex pipiens. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 67(1), 94–99. https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.67.94

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