Estudo da Atividade Tóxica para Aedes aegypti das proteínas Cry4Aa e Cry4Ba de Bacillus thuringiensis expressas em baculovírus recombinantes

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2007

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The cry4Aa and cry4Ba genes from Brazilian strains of Bacillus thuringiensis, S-1806 and S-1989, respectively, were amplified by PCR, cloned into a plasmid cloning vector and sequenced. Sequence analysis of the cry4Aa gene showed high identity to previous known cry genes and it was cloned into both pSynXIVVI+X3 and pFastBac1 transfer vectors for expression and toxicity analysis of the heterologous proteins derived from the recombinant baculoviruses constructed by homologous recombination (vSynCry4Aa) and transposition (vBacCry4Aa). The cry4Ba gene was introduced into the transfer vector pSynXIVVI+X3/3 resulting in the construction of the recombinant virus vSynCry4Ba by homologous recombination. The recombinant viruses, derived from homologous recombination, were isolated by serial dilution in 96 well plates while the recombinant virus produced by transposition was isolated from Escherichi coli (DH10BacTM) colonies grown on Petri dishes containing antibiotics, X-Gal and IPTG. Insect cells BTI-TN5B1-4 were separetly infected with the recombinante viruses and mRNA from cell extracts (72 h.p.i.) analysed by RT-PCR, in order to confirm the presence of the genes specific transcripts. Recombinant viruses infected insect extracts (120 h p.i.) were analysed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) showing the presence of polypepitide bands of around 128 and 130 kDa, corresponding, respectively to the sizes of the proteins Cry4Aa and Cry4Ba. Putative crystals from the recombinant proteins were observed by light microscopy. Bioassays with virus-infected insect extracts were shown to be toxic to second instar Aedes aegypti larvae.

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medicina recombinação homóloga vírus recombinantes extratos celulares

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