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Enhancement of Cry Toxicity by Ingestion of Bacterial Expressing dsRNA of β-integrin Subunit in Spodoptera exigua
Double-stranded RNA(dsRNA) had been used to specitically suppress target gene expression at post-tanscription level. Injection of dsRNA to hemocoel is the most efficient to knockdown target mRNA. However, some insects have shown to be susceptible to feeding dsRNA. Spodoptera exigua was susceptible to dsRNA at oral treatment. Especially dsRNA specific to β-integrin was potent to survival of S.exigua larvae. This study advanced our dsRNA application technology by generating recombinant E.coli expressing dsRNA specific the β-integrin. A recombinant vector L4440 was constructed with a partial β-integrin gene under T7 RNA polymerase promoter. The recombinant vector was used to transform HT115 competent cells of E.coli. The transformed E.coli expressed the dsRNA. The production of dsRNA was proportional to the bacterial number. By feeding the recombinant E.coli, S.exigua underwent significant mortality. By adding E.coli expressing Cry1Ca Bt toxin to E.coli expressing dsRNA, S.exigua exhibited highly enhanced mortality. This study suggests a possibility to use a recombinant E.coli expressing dsRNA to control S.exigua.
