Insect Hsp90 Chaperone Assists <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacillus thuringiensis</named-content> Cry Toxicity by Enhancing Protoxin Binding to the Receptor and by Protecting Protoxin from Gut Protease Degradation

ABSTRACT Bacillus thuringiensis Cry proteins are pore-forming insecticidal toxins with specificity against different crop pests and insect vectors of human diseases. Previous work suggested that the insect host Hsp90 chaperone could be involved in Cry toxin action. Here, we show that the interaction...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a1fe8557564b4bcf89e9d16eff3ef3322021-11-15T15:54:46ZInsect Hsp90 Chaperone Assists <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacillus thuringiensis</named-content> Cry Toxicity by Enhancing Protoxin Binding to the Receptor and by Protecting Protoxin from Gut Protease Degradation10.1128/mBio.02775-192150-7511https://doaj.org/article/a1fe8557564b4bcf89e9d16eff3ef3322019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02775-19https://doaj.org/toc/2150-7511ABSTRACT Bacillus thuringiensis Cry proteins are pore-forming insecticidal toxins with specificity against different crop pests and insect vectors of human diseases. Previous work suggested that the insect host Hsp90 chaperone could be involved in Cry toxin action. Here, we show that the interaction of Cry toxins with insect Hsp90 constitutes a positive loop to enhance the performance of these toxins. Plutella xylostella Hsp90 (PxHsp90) greatly enhanced Cry1Ab or Cry1Ac toxicity when fed together to P. xylostella larvae and also in the less susceptible Spodoptera frugiperda larvae. PxHsp90 bound Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac protoxins in an ATP- and chaperone activity-dependent interaction. The chaperone Hsp90 participates in the correct folding of proteins and may suppress mutations of some client proteins, and we show here that PxHsp90 recovered the toxicity of the Cry1AbG439D protoxin affected in receptor binding, in contrast to the Cry1AbR99E or Cry1AbE129K mutant, affected in oligomerization or membrane insertion, respectively, which showed a slight toxicity improvement. Specifically, PxHsp90 enhanced the binding of Cry1AbG439D protoxin to the cadherin receptor. Furthermore, PxHsp90 protected Cry1A protoxins from degradation by insect midgut proteases. Our data show that PxHsp90 assists Cry1A proteins by enhancing their binding to the receptor and by protecting Cry protoxin from gut protease degradation. Finally, we show that the insect cochaperone protein PxHsp70 also increases the toxicity of Cry1Ac in P. xylostella larvae, in contrast to a bacterial GroEL chaperone, which had a marginal effect, indicating that the use of insect chaperones along with Cry toxins could have important biotechnological applications for the improvement of Cry insecticidal activity, resulting in effective control of insect pests. IMPORTANCE Bacillus thuringiensis took advantage of important insect cellular proteins, such as chaperones, involved in maintaining protein homeostasis, to enhance its insecticidal activity. This constitutes a positive loop where the concentrations of Hsp90 and Hsp70 in the gut lumen are likely to increase as midgut cells burst due to Cry1A pore formation action. Hsp90 protects Cry1A protoxin from degradation and enhances receptor binding, resulting in increased toxicity. The effect of insect chaperones on Cry toxicity could have important biotechnological applications to enhance the toxicity of Cry proteins to insect pests, especially those that show low susceptibility to these toxins.Blanca I. García-GómezSayra N. CanoErika E. ZagalEdgar Dantán-GonzalezAlejandra BravoMario SoberónAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleBacillus thuringiensisCry toxinsreceptor bindingprotein chaperoneprotoxinsMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmBio, Vol 10, Iss 6 (2019)
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collection DOAJ
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topic Bacillus thuringiensis
Cry toxins
receptor binding
protein chaperone
protoxins
Microbiology
QR1-502
spellingShingle Bacillus thuringiensis
Cry toxins
receptor binding
protein chaperone
protoxins
Microbiology
QR1-502
Blanca I. García-Gómez
Sayra N. Cano
Erika E. Zagal
Edgar Dantán-Gonzalez
Alejandra Bravo
Mario Soberón
Insect Hsp90 Chaperone Assists <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacillus thuringiensis</named-content> Cry Toxicity by Enhancing Protoxin Binding to the Receptor and by Protecting Protoxin from Gut Protease Degradation
description ABSTRACT Bacillus thuringiensis Cry proteins are pore-forming insecticidal toxins with specificity against different crop pests and insect vectors of human diseases. Previous work suggested that the insect host Hsp90 chaperone could be involved in Cry toxin action. Here, we show that the interaction of Cry toxins with insect Hsp90 constitutes a positive loop to enhance the performance of these toxins. Plutella xylostella Hsp90 (PxHsp90) greatly enhanced Cry1Ab or Cry1Ac toxicity when fed together to P. xylostella larvae and also in the less susceptible Spodoptera frugiperda larvae. PxHsp90 bound Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac protoxins in an ATP- and chaperone activity-dependent interaction. The chaperone Hsp90 participates in the correct folding of proteins and may suppress mutations of some client proteins, and we show here that PxHsp90 recovered the toxicity of the Cry1AbG439D protoxin affected in receptor binding, in contrast to the Cry1AbR99E or Cry1AbE129K mutant, affected in oligomerization or membrane insertion, respectively, which showed a slight toxicity improvement. Specifically, PxHsp90 enhanced the binding of Cry1AbG439D protoxin to the cadherin receptor. Furthermore, PxHsp90 protected Cry1A protoxins from degradation by insect midgut proteases. Our data show that PxHsp90 assists Cry1A proteins by enhancing their binding to the receptor and by protecting Cry protoxin from gut protease degradation. Finally, we show that the insect cochaperone protein PxHsp70 also increases the toxicity of Cry1Ac in P. xylostella larvae, in contrast to a bacterial GroEL chaperone, which had a marginal effect, indicating that the use of insect chaperones along with Cry toxins could have important biotechnological applications for the improvement of Cry insecticidal activity, resulting in effective control of insect pests. IMPORTANCE Bacillus thuringiensis took advantage of important insect cellular proteins, such as chaperones, involved in maintaining protein homeostasis, to enhance its insecticidal activity. This constitutes a positive loop where the concentrations of Hsp90 and Hsp70 in the gut lumen are likely to increase as midgut cells burst due to Cry1A pore formation action. Hsp90 protects Cry1A protoxin from degradation and enhances receptor binding, resulting in increased toxicity. The effect of insect chaperones on Cry toxicity could have important biotechnological applications to enhance the toxicity of Cry proteins to insect pests, especially those that show low susceptibility to these toxins.
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author Blanca I. García-Gómez
Sayra N. Cano
Erika E. Zagal
Edgar Dantán-Gonzalez
Alejandra Bravo
Mario Soberón
author_facet Blanca I. García-Gómez
Sayra N. Cano
Erika E. Zagal
Edgar Dantán-Gonzalez
Alejandra Bravo
Mario Soberón
author_sort Blanca I. García-Gómez
title Insect Hsp90 Chaperone Assists <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacillus thuringiensis</named-content> Cry Toxicity by Enhancing Protoxin Binding to the Receptor and by Protecting Protoxin from Gut Protease Degradation
title_short Insect Hsp90 Chaperone Assists <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacillus thuringiensis</named-content> Cry Toxicity by Enhancing Protoxin Binding to the Receptor and by Protecting Protoxin from Gut Protease Degradation
title_full Insect Hsp90 Chaperone Assists <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacillus thuringiensis</named-content> Cry Toxicity by Enhancing Protoxin Binding to the Receptor and by Protecting Protoxin from Gut Protease Degradation
title_fullStr Insect Hsp90 Chaperone Assists <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacillus thuringiensis</named-content> Cry Toxicity by Enhancing Protoxin Binding to the Receptor and by Protecting Protoxin from Gut Protease Degradation
title_full_unstemmed Insect Hsp90 Chaperone Assists <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacillus thuringiensis</named-content> Cry Toxicity by Enhancing Protoxin Binding to the Receptor and by Protecting Protoxin from Gut Protease Degradation
title_sort insect hsp90 chaperone assists <named-content content-type="genus-species">bacillus thuringiensis</named-content> cry toxicity by enhancing protoxin binding to the receptor and by protecting protoxin from gut protease degradation
publisher American Society for Microbiology
publishDate 2019
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