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TOXINS
卷 13, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/toxins13070455
关键词
aegerolysin; bioinsecticide; MACPF-protein; oyster mushroom; pore-forming protein; western corn rootworm
资金
- Slovenian Research Agency [J4-1772, P1-0207, P4-0072]
- Swiss National Science Foundation [179520]
OlyA6 is a protein produced by oyster mushrooms that binds strongly to insect-specific membrane sphingolipid CPE. Together with PlyB, it exhibits potent insecticidal activity against the western corn rootworm by forming transmembrane pore complexes in the insect midgut. The molecular mechanism of action involves specific interactions with CPE, leading to pore formation in the insect midgut.
Ostreolysin A6 (OlyA6) is a protein produced by the oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus). It binds to membrane sphingomyelin/cholesterol domains, and together with its protein partner, pleurotolysin B (PlyB), it forms 13-meric transmembrane pore complexes. Further, OlyA6 binds 1000 times more strongly to the insect-specific membrane sphingolipid, ceramide phosphoethanolamine (CPE). In concert with PlyB, OlyA6 has potent and selective insecticidal activity against the western corn rootworm. We analysed the histological alterations of the midgut wall columnar epithelium of western corn rootworm larvae fed with OlyA6/PlyB, which showed vacuolisation of the cell cytoplasm, swelling of the apical cell surface into the gut lumen, and delamination of the basal lamina underlying the epithelium. Additionally, cryo-electron microscopy was used to explore the membrane interactions of the OlyA6/PlyB complex using lipid vesicles composed of artificial lipids containing CPE, and western corn rootworm brush border membrane vesicles. Multimeric transmembrane pores were formed in both vesicle preparations, similar to those described for sphingomyelin/cholesterol membranes. These results strongly suggest that the molecular mechanism of insecticidal action of OlyA6/PlyB arises from specific interactions of OlyA6 with CPE, and the consequent formation of transmembrane pores in the insect midgut.
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