RRC ID 53509
著者 Zhang F, Peng D, Cheng C, Zhou W, Ju S, Wan D, Yu Z, Shi J, Deng Y, Wang F, Ye X, Hu Z, Lin J, Ruan L, Sun M.
タイトル Bacillus thuringiensis Crystal Protein Cry6Aa Triggers Caenorhabditis elegans Necrosis Pathway Mediated by Aspartic Protease (ASP-1).
ジャーナル PLoS Pathog
Abstract Cell death plays an important role in host-pathogen interactions. Crystal proteins (toxins) are essential components of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) biological pesticides because of their specific toxicity against insects and nematodes. However, the mode of action by which crystal toxins to induce cell death is not completely understood. Here we show that crystal toxin triggers cell death by necrosis signaling pathway using crystal toxin Cry6Aa-Caenorhabditis elegans toxin-host interaction system, which involves an increase in concentrations of cytoplasmic calcium, lysosomal lyses, uptake of propidium iodide, and burst of death fluorescence. We find that a deficiency in the necrosis pathway confers tolerance to Cry6Aa toxin. Intriguingly, the necrosis pathway is specifically triggered by Cry6Aa, not by Cry5Ba, whose amino acid sequence is different from that of Cry6Aa. Furthermore, Cry6Aa-induced necrosis pathway requires aspartic protease (ASP-1). In addition, ASP-1 protects Cry6Aa from over-degradation in C. elegans. This is the first demonstration that deficiency in necrosis pathway confers tolerance to Bt crystal protein, and that Cry6A triggers necrosis represents a newly added necrosis paradigm in the C. elegans. Understanding this model could lead to new strategies for nematode control.
巻・号 12(1)
ページ e1005389
公開日 2016-1-1
DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005389
PII PPATHOGENS-D-15-01711
PMID 26795495
PMC PMC4721865
MeSH Amino Acid Sequence Animals Aspartic Acid Proteases / chemistry Aspartic Acid Proteases / metabolism* Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins Bacterial Proteins / metabolism* Caenorhabditis elegans / enzymology* Calorimetry Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional Endotoxins / metabolism* Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Hemolysin Proteins / metabolism* Host-Pathogen Interactions Immunoblotting Mass Spectrometry Molecular Sequence Data Necrosis Pest Control, Biological / methods
IF 6.218
引用数 22
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