Korean journal of applied entomology (한국응용곤충학회지)

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Mosquito Larvicidal Activity of Synechocystis PCC6803 Transformed with the cry11Aa gene to Culex tritaeniorhynchus and Anopheles sinensis

Cry11Aa 유전자로 형질전환된 Synechocystis PCC6803의 작은빨간집모기와 중국얼룩날개모기 유충에 대한 살충효과

  • 이대원 (서울대학교 농업생명과학대학 농생명공학부)
  • Published : 2004.03.01
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Abstract

Bacillus thuringiensis produces crystal proteins toxic to medically and agriculturally important pests during sporulation. To improve the activity of insecticidal crystal protein in applying to mosquito larval control, an expression vector, pSyn4D harboring the mosquitocidal cry11Aa gene under control of psbA promoter of Amaranthus hybridus was constructed. This expression vector was transformed into Synechocystis PCC6803 and a transformant, Tr2C was selected with kanamycin. The mosquitocidal cry11Aa gene was stably integrated Into genomic DNA of Tr2C in PCR detection using cry11Aa-specific primers. The transformant expressed 72-kDa Cry11Aa protein and median lethal time (LT$\sub$50/) was approximately 2.1 days for Culex tritaeniorhynchus larvae and 0.7 day for Anopheles sinensis larvae, respectively. These results suggest this transformant can be used for mosquito larval control as a biological control agent.

Bacillus thuringiensis는 포자형성기 동안에 위생해충이나 농업해충에 독성을 보이는 내독소 단백질을 생성한다. 내독소 단백질의 모기 유충 방제효과를 높이기 위해, 광합성에 관여하는 psbA promoter로 모기 살충성 cry11Aa유전자를 발현하는 pSyn4D벡터를 제작하고, 모기 유충이 먹이로 이용하는 Synechocystis PCC6803에 형질 전환시켰다. 형질 전환체들은 kanamycin이 포함된 배지에서 선발되었으며, 정상적인 생물검정을 통해 형질 전환체 Tr2C를 선발하였다. cry11Aa 유전자는 형질전환체의 genomic DNA에 안정적으로 결합되어 있는 것을 PCR을 이용하여 확인하였다. 형질전환체 Tr2C는 약 72-kDa크기의 Cry11Aa 단백질을 발현하였으며, 작은빨간집모기(Culex tritaeniorhynchus) 3령 유충과 중국얼룩날개모기(Anopheles sinensis) 3령 유충에 75%가 넘는 살충력을 보였다. 모기 유충에 대한 형질전환체의 반수치사시간(LT$_{50}$)은 작은빨간집모기 유충과 중국얼룩날개모기 유충에 대해 각각 2.1일과 0.7일이었다. 이상의 결과들은 형질전환체 Tr2C가 모기 유충방제에 유용하게 이용될 수 있음을 보여준다.

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