Insect Control: Biological and Synthetic Agents - Index of
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protein; Bole et al., 1986) play key roles in protein<br />
folding, transport, <strong>and</strong> quality control in a wide<br />
range <strong>of</strong> eukaryotic cells including insect cells<br />
(Ruddon <strong>and</strong> Bedows, 1997; Ailor <strong>and</strong> Betenbaugh,<br />
1999; Trombetta <strong>and</strong> Parodi, 2003). The coexpression<br />
<strong>of</strong> BiP by a recombinant baculovirus has been shown to<br />
reduce aggregation <strong>and</strong> increase secretion <strong>of</strong> baculovirus<br />
expressed murine IgG in T. ni derived cells (Hsu<br />
et al., 1994). Taniai et al. (2002) have investigated<br />
whether coexpression <strong>of</strong> BiP can improve the secretion<br />
<strong>of</strong> AcAaIT expressed AaIT (rAaIT) in Sf-21 cells. They<br />
found that coexpression <strong>of</strong> BiP increased the amount <strong>of</strong><br />
soluble rAaIT, however, the amount <strong>of</strong> active rAaIT<br />
that was secreted into the culture medium was not<br />
improved. Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) is another<br />
factor within the ER that is known to help protein<br />
folding <strong>and</strong> secretion in insect cells by catalyzing the<br />
oxidization, reduction, <strong>and</strong> isomerization <strong>of</strong> disulfide<br />
bonds in vitro (Hsu et al., 1996; Ruddon <strong>and</strong> Bedows,<br />
1997). Coexpression <strong>of</strong> a PDI expressing baculovirus<br />
with an AaITexpressing baculovirus was also ineffective<br />
in increasing the amount <strong>of</strong> active AaIT that was<br />
secreted into the culture medium (Taniai, Inceoglu,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Hammock, unpublished data).<br />
10.3.4.3. Expression <strong>of</strong> multiple synergistic toxins<br />
At least six distinct receptor sites are found on the<br />
voltage gated sodium channels <strong>of</strong> mammals <strong>and</strong><br />
insects that are the molecular targets <strong>of</strong> a broad<br />
range <strong>of</strong> neurotoxins. Two additional receptor sites<br />
are found on the insect sodium channel that are the<br />
molecular targets <strong>of</strong> insect selective excitatory <strong>and</strong><br />
depressant scorpion toxins (Cestele <strong>and</strong> Catterall,<br />
2000). On the basis <strong>of</strong> binding experiments using<br />
radiolabeled toxins, the depressant toxins bind to<br />
two noninteracting binding sites (one showing high<br />
affinity <strong>and</strong> the other low affinity) on the insect<br />
sodium channel (Gordon et al., 1992; Zlotkin et al.,<br />
1995; Cestele <strong>and</strong> Catterall, 2000). The excitatory<br />
toxins bind only to the high-affinity receptor site<br />
(Gordon et al., 1992). Herrmann et al. (1995) have<br />
shown that when excitatory <strong>and</strong> depressant toxins<br />
are simultaneously coinjected into larvae <strong>of</strong> the blowfly<br />
S. falculata or H. virescens, the amount <strong>of</strong> toxin<br />
required to give the same paralytic response is<br />
reduced five- to tenfold in comparison to the amount<br />
required when only one <strong>of</strong> the toxins is injected.<br />
On the basis <strong>of</strong> this synergism, they suggested that<br />
speed <strong>of</strong> kill <strong>of</strong> recombinant baculovirus(es) could<br />
be further reduced by: (1) the coinfection <strong>of</strong> two or<br />
more recombinant baculoviruses that each express<br />
toxin genes with synergistic properties; or (2) genetic<br />
modification such that two or more synergistic<br />
toxin genes are simultaneously expressed.<br />
10: Genetically Modified Baculoviruses for Pest <strong>Insect</strong> <strong>Control</strong> 353<br />
Regev et al. (2003) have generated a recombinant<br />
AcMNPV (vAcLqIT1-IT2) that expresses both the<br />
excitatory LqhIT1 <strong>and</strong> the depressant LqhIT2 toxins<br />
under the very late p10 <strong>and</strong> polh promoters, respectively.<br />
Time-response bioassays (at an LC95 dose)<br />
using neonate H. virescens showed that the ET 50<br />
<strong>of</strong> vAcLqIT1-IT2 was reduced by 41% (46.9 versus<br />
79.1 h) in comparison to AcMNPV. In comparison,<br />
the ET50s <strong>of</strong> recombinant AcMNPVs expressing<br />
only LqhIT1 (vAcLqIT1) or only LqhIT2 (vAcLqIT2)<br />
were 57.3 <strong>and</strong> 60.0 h, respectively. Thus,<br />
expression <strong>of</strong> both LqhIT1 <strong>and</strong> LqhIT2 by vAcLqIT1-IT2<br />
resulted in a synergistic effect that reduced<br />
the ET 50 by 10.4 h (18%) <strong>and</strong> 13.1 h (22%), respectively.<br />
A synergistic effect (15–19%) was also<br />
observed following coinfection <strong>of</strong> neonate H. virescens<br />
with a mixture <strong>of</strong> both vAcLqIT1 <strong>and</strong> vAcLqIT2<br />
(ET50 <strong>of</strong> 48.8 h). Time-response bioassays (at<br />
an LC95 dose) using neonate H. armigera showed<br />
that the ET50 <strong>of</strong> vAcLqIT1-IT2 was reduced by 24%<br />
(69.1 versus 90.8 h) in comparison to AcMNPV.<br />
However, a synergistic effect was not elicited in<br />
comparison to neonate H. armigera infected with<br />
vAcLqIT1 or vAcLqIT2 alone. Since H. armigera is<br />
only a semi-permissive host <strong>of</strong> AcMNPV, Regev et al.<br />
(2003) hypothesized that inefficient oral infection<br />
may have diminished any synergistic effect. By<br />
intrahemocoelic injection (at an LD95 dose) <strong>of</strong> third<br />
instar larvae <strong>of</strong> H. armigera, they found that the<br />
ET 50 <strong>of</strong> vAcLqIT1-IT2 (72 h) was reduced by 13 h<br />
(15%) <strong>and</strong> 70 h (49%) in comparison to larvae<br />
injected with only vAcLqIT1 or vAcLqIT2, respectively.<br />
In similar intrahemocoelic injection assays <strong>of</strong> third<br />
instar larvae <strong>of</strong> S. littoralis (nonpermissive by oral<br />
infection for AcMNPV), they found that the ET50 <strong>of</strong><br />
vAcLqIT1-IT2 (54 h) was reduced by 43 h (44%) <strong>and</strong><br />
20 h (27%) in comparison to control larvae injected<br />
with only vAcLqIT1 or vAcLqIT2, respectively.<br />
Similar or decreased levels <strong>of</strong> synergism were<br />
found with a recombinant AcMNPV (vAcLqaIT-<br />
IT2) expressing both alpha <strong>and</strong> depressant scorpion<br />
toxins in orally <strong>and</strong> intrahemocoelically infected<br />
larvae <strong>of</strong> H. virescens, H. armigera, <strong>and</strong> S. littoralis.<br />
Using thoracic neurons <strong>of</strong> the grasshopper Schistocerca<br />
americana Drury, Prikhod’ko et al. (1998)<br />
have shown that the spider <strong>and</strong> sea anemone toxins,<br />
m-Aga-IV <strong>and</strong> As II, respectively, act at distinct sites<br />
on the insect sodium channel <strong>and</strong> synergistically<br />
promote channel opening. These toxins also showed<br />
synergism when injected into third instar blowfly<br />
Lucilia sericata <strong>and</strong> fourth instar fall armyworm<br />
S. frugiperda. Prikhod’ko et al. (1998) have generated<br />
recombinant AcMNPVs (vMAg4Sat2 <strong>and</strong><br />
vhsMAg4SAt2) that coexpress both m-Aga-IV <strong>and</strong>