WO2003093484A1 - Insect resistant plants and methods for making the same - Google Patents

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WO2003093484A1
WO2003093484A1 PCT/EP2003/004700 EP0304700W WO03093484A1 WO 2003093484 A1 WO2003093484 A1 WO 2003093484A1 EP 0304700 W EP0304700 W EP 0304700W WO 03093484 A1 WO03093484 A1 WO 03093484A1
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  • the present invention relates to a DNA sequence encoding a modified CrylAb protein that has insecticidal activity.
  • the invention further relates to a method for producing insect resistant plants by introducing into the genome of the plants a foreign DNA comprising such a modified crylAb coding sequence.
  • the invention further relates to plants or parts thereof comprising in their genome the modified crylAb coding sequence of the present invention.
  • Bacillus thuringiensis is well known for its production of proteins or delta-endo toxins, that are toxic to a variety of lepidopteran, coleopteran, and dipteran larvae.
  • Different strains of B. thuringiensis have been shown to produce different insecticidal crystal proteins, which are specifically toxic to certain species of insects (reviewed by H ⁇ fte and Whiteley, 1989; Schnepf et al., 1998).
  • compositions comprising different Bt strains the product of choice for the biological control of agricultural insect pests.
  • Various of the genes encoding the crystal proteins have been cloned and their DNA sequences determined (H ⁇ fte and Whiteley, 1989; Crickmore et al., 1995). This has led to the engineering of modified delta-endotoxin encoding genes and the development of plants expressing these delta-endotoxin genes to make them insect resistant.
  • the family of cryl genes encode the Cryl crystal proteins, which are primarily active against lepidopteran pests.
  • the pro-toxin form of Cryl delta-endotoxins consists of a C-terminal protoxin part which is not toxic and is thought to be important for crystal formation (Arvidson et al., 1989).
  • the amino-half of the protoxin comprises the active toxin segment of the Cryl protein.
  • Different domains have further been identified in the active toxin which are implied in different aspects of the toxicity effect (Grochulski et al., 1995). However, these functions seem to be dependent on the delta endotoxin examined.
  • the present invention relates to a novel modified CrylAb protein and DNA sequences encoding this protein which can be used to engineer insect resistance in plants. More particularly, it was found that this modified sequence, despite having a native 240 region, ensures sufficiently high expression in plant cells to confer insect resistance to the plant or plant tissue in which it is expressed.
  • the present invention relates to a modified crylAb coding sequence, which encodes the modified CrylAb protein of SEQ ID NO: 1, which is an insecticidal protein.
  • the DNA sequence encoding the modified CrylAb sequence corresponds to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, or comprises the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.
  • the invention further relates to chimeric genes comprising the modified crylAb DNA sequence of the present invention under the control of a plant-expressible promoter.
  • the plant-expressible promoter is either a constitutive promoter, a tissue-specific promoter or a wound-inducible promoter or a promoter that ensures expression o f the modified CrylAb protein at least in the cells or tissues of a plant which are susceptible to insect attack.
  • the invention further relates to recombinant vectors comprising the chimeric genes of the invention and to the production of transgenic plants using these recombinant vectors.
  • the invention further relates to plants and cells, seeds or tissues thereof, comprising in their genome a foreign DNA comprising the modified crylAb DNA sequence of the present invention under the control of a plant-expressible promoter.
  • the invention also relates to a method for engineering insect resistance in plants, by introducing, into the genome of the plant, a foreign DNA comprising the modified crylAb coding sequence of the present invention under the control of a plant-expressible promoter.
  • the modified crylAb coding sequence is particularly suited for engineering insect resistance in agricultural crops such as corn and cotton.
  • expression of the modified CrylAb protein confers resistance to lepidopteran pests of these plants.
  • these pests include, but are not limited to, major lepidopteran pests of corn, cotton and rice, such as Ostrinia nubilalis (European corn borer or ECB), Sesamia nonagrioides (Mediterranean Stalk borer), Sesamia inferens (Pink stemborer), Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm, cotton bollworm), Helicoverpa armigera (American bollworm), Heliothis virescens (Tobacco budworm), Scirpophaga incertulas (Yellow stemborer), and Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Rice leaf folder).
  • Ostrinia nubilalis European corn borer or ECB
  • Sesamia nonagrioides Mediterranean S
  • gene refers to any DNA sequence comprising several operably linked DNA fragments such as a promoter r egion, a 5 ' untranslated region (the 5 'UTR), a coding region, and an untranslated 3' region (3 'UTR) comprising a polyadenylation site.
  • a gene may include additional DNA fragments such as, for example, introns.
  • the 3' UTR comprising a polyadenylation site need not be present in the transferred gene itself, but can be recovered in the upstream plant DNA sequences after insertion of a gene not containing a 3' UTR comprising a polyadenylation site.
  • chimeric when referring to a gene or DNA sequence is used to refer to the fact that the gene or DNA sequence comprises at least two functionally relevant DNA fragments (such as promoter, 5 'UTR, coding region, 3 'UTR, intron) that are not naturally associated with each other and/or originate, for example, from different sources.
  • "Foreign” referring to a gene or DNA sequence with respect to a plant species is used to indicate that the gene or DNA sequence is not naturally found in that plant, or is not naturally found in that genetic locus in that plant.
  • foreign DNA will be used herein to refer to a DNA sequence as it has incorporated into the genome of a plant as a result of transformation.
  • a genome of a plant, plant tissue or plant cell refers to any genetic material in the plant, plant tissue or plant cell, and includes both the nuclear and the plastid and mitochondrial genome.
  • a “fragment” or “truncation” of a DNA molecule or protein sequence as used herein refers to a portion of the original DNA or protein sequence (nucleic acid or amino acid) referred to or a synthetic version thereof (such as a sequence which is adapted for optimal expression in plants), which can vary in length but which is sufficient to ensure the (encoded) protein is an insect toxin.
  • a “variant” of a sequence is used herein to indicate a DNA molecule or protein of which the sequence (nucleic or amino acid) is essentially identical to the sequence to which the term refers.
  • Sequences which are "essentially identical” means that when two sequences are aligned, the percent sequence identity, i.e. the number of positions with identical nucleotides or amino acids divided by the number of nucleotides or amino acids in the shorter of the sequences, is higher than 70%, preferably higher than 85%, more preferably higher than 90%, especially preferably is higher than 95%, most preferably is between 96 and 100 %.
  • the alignment of two nucleotide sequences is performed by the algorithm as described by Wilbur and Lipmann (1983) using a window size of 20 nucleotides, a word length of 4 nucleotides, and a gap penalty of 4.
  • a 'plant-expressible promoter' as used herein refers to a promoter which ensures expression of a coding sequence to which it is linked in a plant cell. Examples of such promoters are well known in the art.
  • a plant-expressible promoter can be a constitutive promoter. Examples of promoters directing constitutive expression in plants are known in the art and include the 35S promoter from Cauliflower Mosaic virus, the nopaline synthase (NOS) promoter, the ubi promoter (Christensen et al. 1992), the promoter of the GOS2 gene from rice (de Pater et al., 1992).
  • a plant-expressible promoter can be a tissue-specific promoter, i.e., a promoter directing a higher level of expression of a coding sequence (as can be measured by conventional RNA assays) in some tissues of the plant, e.g. in green tissues (such as the promoter of the PEP carboxylase) than in other tissues of the p lant.
  • a p lant- expressible promoter can be a wound-inducible promoter.
  • a 'wound-inducible' promoter or a promoter directing an expression pattern which is wound-inducible as used herein means that upon wounding of the plant, either mechanically or by insect feeding, expression of the coding sequence under control of the promoter is significantly increased.
  • wound- inducible promoters include the proteinase inhibitor gene of potato and tomato (pinl and pin2)(Johnson et al., 1 989) and the promoter o f the maize proteinase inhibitor (MPI) gene (Cordero et al. 1994).
  • TR2' promoter as used herein relates to any promoter comprising the TR2' (or mannopine synthase, abbreviated as mas) functional part of the TR1'-TR2' dual promoter element from Agrobacterium (Velten et al. 1984; Langridge et al. 1989).
  • this can comprise the TR2' element either alone or in combination with all or part of the divergent TR1' element (Guevara-Garcia et al., 1998) or other (regulatory) elements, including but not limited to enhancer regions, introns and the like, as long as the wound-induction characteristics i n m onocots, particularly corn, in accordance with the present invention are substantially retained.
  • transcription is directed from the TR2' promoter region (and the coding sequence is hence downstream of the TR2' promoter sequence), even if the TR1'-TR2' dual promoter (or any part thereof retaining the TR2' promoter element) is used.
  • target insects are the pests such as, but not limited to, major lepidopteran pests, such as Ostrinia nubilalis (European corn borer or ECB), Sesamia nonagrioides (Mediterranean Stalk borer), Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm, cotton bollworm), Helicoverpa armigera (American bollworm) and Heliothis viriscens (Tobacco budworm).
  • major lepidopteran pests such as Ostrinia nubilalis (European corn borer or ECB), Sesamia nonagrioides (Mediterranean Stalk borer), Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm, cotton bollworm), Helicoverpa armigera (American bollworm) and Heliothis viriscens (Tobacco budworm).
  • major lepidopteran pests such as Ostrinia nubilalis (European corn borer or ECB), Sesamia nonagrio
  • the DNA encoding an insecticidal crystal protein is a modified crylAb DNA sequence encoding an ICP which is a modified CrylAb protein.
  • the modified crylAb coding sequence encodes the modified CrylAb protein corresponding to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.
  • the modified crylAb coding sequence corresponds to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.
  • the DNA sequence used for transformation of plants, particularly corn, cotton or rice, in accordance with the current invention can also comprise other elements besides a coding region encoding the modified CrylAb protein of the invention, such as a coding region encoding a transit peptide, a coding region encoding a selectable marker protein or a protein conferring resistance to a herbicide.
  • the modified CrylAb protein is toxic to major lepidopteran pests of crops such as corn, cotton and rice.
  • the plants of the present invention comprising a foreign DNA in their genome comprising a DNA encoding a modified CrylAb protein are protected against these pests, by expressing a controlling amount of this protein.
  • controlling is meant a toxic (lethal) or combative (sublethal) amount.
  • the plants should be morphologically normal and may be cultivated in a usual manner for consumption and/or production of products.
  • said plants should substantially obviate the need for chemical or biological insecticides (to insects targetted by the modified CrylAb protein).
  • the expression level of an ICP in plant material can be determined in a number of ways described in the art, such as by quantification of the mRNA encoding the insecticidal protein produced in the tissue using specific primers (such as described by Cornelissen & Vandewiele, 1989) or direct specific detection of the amount of insecticidal protein produced, e.g., by immunological detection methods. More particularly, according to the present invention the expression level of a modified CrylAb protein is represented as the percentage of soluble insecticidal protein as determined by immunospecific ELISA as described herein related to the total amount of soluble protein (as determined, e.g., by Bradford analysis (Bradford, 1976)).
  • a preferred ELISA in the current invention is a sandwich ELISA (Clark et al, 1986).
  • the target insects are the major lepidopteran pests of agricultural crops such as corn, cotton and rice, more particularly the European Corn Borer (ECB) and Sesamia nonagrioides (SMG) in corn, the cotton bollworm (CBW) and tobacco budworm (TBW) in cotton, and the yellow stem borer, the pink stem borer and the rice leaf folder in rice.
  • ECB European Corn Borer
  • SMG Sesamia nonagrioides
  • CBW cotton bollworm
  • TW tobacco budworm
  • the toxicity of an ICP produced in a corn plant on ECB can be assayed in vitro by testing of protein extracted from the plant in feeding bioassays with ECB larvae or by scoring mortality of larvae distributed on leaf material of transformed plants in a petri dish • (both assays as described by Jansens et al., 1997), or on plants isolated in individual cylinders.
  • first brood European corn borer (ECB1) infestation is evaluated based on leaf damage ratings (Guthrie, 1989) while evaluation of the total number of stalk tunnels per plant and stalk tunnel length are indicative of second brood (ECB2) stalk feeding damage.
  • Efficacy of the ICP produced in cotton plants transformed with a modified crylAb gene can similarly be measured using in vitro and/or in vivo assays. Toxicity of the transformed plant tissue to CBW larvae can be measured by feeding CBW larvae on squares, leaves or terminals and assaying weight of surviving larvae. In the field, plants are artificially infested with neonate CBW larvae and rating damage to leaves, terminals, squares, white bloom and bolls at regular intervals (as described herein). It will be understood that similar assays can be developed for any target or non-target insect in order to determine efficacy of the ICP produced in the plant against such insect.
  • the plants of the present invention optionally also comprise in their genome a gene encoding herbicide resistance.
  • the herbicide resistance gene is the bar or the pat gene, which confers glufosinate tolerance to the plant, i.e. the plants are tolerant to the herbicide LibertyTM.
  • Tolerance to LibertyTM can be tested in different ways. For instance, tolerance can be tested by LibertyTM spray application. Spray treatments should be made between the plant stages V2 and V6 for best results (corn stages are as determined in 'How a Corn Plant Develops, Special Report No.
  • Tolerant plants are characterized by the fact that spraying of the plants with at least 200 grams active ingredient/hectare (g.a.i./ha), preferably 400 g.a.i./ha, and possibly up to 1600 g.a.i./ha (4X the normal field rate), does not kill the plants.
  • a broadcast application should be applied at a rate of 28-34 oz LibertyTM + 3 lb Ammonium Sulfate per acre.
  • herbicide resistance genes are the genes encoding resistance to phenmedipham (such as the pmph gene, US 5,347,047; US 5,543,306), the genes encoding resistance to glyphosate (such as the EPSPS genes, US 5,510,471), genes encoding bromoxynyl resistance (such as described in US 4,810,648), genes encoding resistance to sulfonylurea (such as described in EPA 0 360 750), genes encoding resistance to the herbicide dalapon (such as described in WO 99/27116), and genes encoding resistance to cyanamide (such as described in WO 98/48023 and WO 98/56238), and genes encoding resistance to glutamine synthetase inhibitors, such as PPT (such as described in EP-A-0 242 236, EP-A-0 242 246, EP-A-0 257 542).
  • PPT glutamine synthetase inhibitors
  • Introduction of a foreign DNA into a plant cell can be obtained by conventional transformation methods described in the art. Such methods include but are not limited to Agrobacterium mediated transformation (US 6,074,877, Hiei et al., 1997), microprojectile bombardment (as described, for example by Chen et al., 1994; Casas et al., 1995; Christou, 1997, Finer et al., 1999, Vasil et al. 1999), direct DNA uptake into protoplasts (as described, for example by De Block et al.
  • SEQ ID NO: 1 Modified Cryl Ab protein
  • SEQ ID NO: 2 DNA sequence encoding a modified CrylAb protein
  • the modified CrylAb DNA sequence used herein encodes part of the CrylAb5 protein described by H ⁇ fte et al. (1986) corresponding to amino acid 1 to 616, which has an insertion of an alanine codon (GCT) 3' of the ATG start codon (AlaAsp2...Asp616).
  • the protein sequence of the modified CrylAb protein is provided in SEQ ID NO: 1.
  • the sequence of the DNA encoding such a modified CrylAb protein is provided in SEQ ID NO: 2.
  • constructs were developed wherein the crylAb coding sequence was placed under the control of different promoters: 35S promoter (Odell et al. 1985), the ubi promoter (Christensen et al. 1992), the promoter of the GOS2 gene , from rice (de Pater et al., 1992) with the cab22 leader from Petunia (Harpster et al. 1988), the 5' leader sequence of the GOS2 gene from rice, containing the second exon, the first intron and the first exon of the GOS transcript (de Pater et al., 1992), or a TR2' promoter region (Velten et al. 1984); all constructs included the 35S-bar gene.
  • Agrobacterium-mediated transformation was done by co-cultivation of type I callus derived from immature embryo's with strain C58C1 (pTiEHA101)(pTTS35)(Agrobacterium C58ClRifR strain cured for pTiC58 harboring the non-oncogenic Ti plasmid pTiEHAlOl (Hood et al., 1986) and the plasmids in the table below containing the genes of interest placed between the T-DNA borders).
  • Protoplast transformation was done by PEG mediated transfection of protoplasts prepared from suspension cultures derived from Pa91xH99xHE89 Z15 embryos.
  • the DNA used for transfection was a purified fragment of the plasmids in the table below containing the genes of interest between T-DNA borders.
  • Regenerated plantlets were selected based on Liberty tolerance and/or measurement of PAT protein levels by ELISA (Clark et al, 1986).
  • the Agrobacterium transformants were checked for presence of vector sequence at the left border of the T-DNA. Southern blot analyses were performed with leaf material of the primary transformants (TO).
  • the events were analyzed in the greenhouse for CrylAb expression by detecting soluble modified CrylAb protein levels in different tissues by a CrylAb sandwich ELISA with a polycondensated IgG fraction of a polyclonal rabbit antiserum against CrylAb as first antibody and a monoclonal antibody against CrylAb as second antibody.
  • the expression levels of modified CrylAb protein in different tissues of early whorl plants transformed with the p35S-crylAb construct is provided in Table 1. Expression in the different progeny plants of one event obtained with p35S-crylAb event was found to be constitutive and above 0.5% on average.
  • CrylAb protein The expression levels of CrylAb protein in different tissues in early V, Rl and R4-5 stage leaves, R4-5 stage kernels and in pollen for plants transformed with the p35S-cryl Ab, pGos- cab-crylAb, pGos-gos-cryl Ab and pTR2-crylAb constructs are provided in Table 2. Results are presented as averages of leaf and kernel samples taken from 5 plants and as averages of pollen samples taken from 3 plants (standard deviation in brackets). ICP expression for the one p35S-crylAb plant is above 0.1% total soluble protein. The p Gos-cab-crylAb plants showed around 0.01-0.06% CrylAb expression in leaves.
  • Table 3 Expression of insecticidal protein in different plant parts before and after mechanical wounding
  • WI600-0218 Mean 0.000 0.020 0.000 0.020 0.023 0.036 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
  • WI606-0406 Mean 0.005 0.046 0.000 0.007 0.012 0.008 0.000 ⁇ 0.002 0.002
  • WI604-1602 Mean 0.002 0.104 0.001 0.020 0.020 0.024 0.000 0.004 0.004 0.001
  • WI606-0802 Mean 0.003 0.064 0.001 0.010 0.027 0.037 0.000 0.002 0.004 0.003
  • WI606-1206 Mean 0.001 0.081 0.000 0.022 0.032 0.024 0.000 0.004 0.002 0.001
  • CE048-2402 Mean 0.83 0.614 0.280 0.397 0.196 0.253 0.000 0.376 1.120 0.047
  • CE048-2602 Mean 0.636 0.527 0.007 0.006 0.087 0.045 0.000 0.106 0.040 0.015
  • Control 1 Mean 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.001 0
  • Control 2 Mean 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • CE0104-0202 Mean 0.022 0.023 0.008 0.017 0.023 0.016 0.0001 ⁇ . ⁇ ⁇
  • CE1014-0402 Mean 0.025 0.017 0.007 0.010 0.028 0.034 0.000 0.010 0.040 0.002
  • CrylAb protein was either absent or around the detection limit in leaves, stalk and kernels of the different pTR2' events tested. No expression above background levels (as found in untransformed control plants) was found in leaves and pollen in whorl and pollen shedding plant stage. Constitutive expression was seen in the roots. When leaves are mechanically damaged, expression of the modified CrylAb protein is induced and goes up to 0.02-0.1% in V4 stage leaves.
  • ECB efficacy trials were performed in the greenhouse and at two different locations in the field. At the same time, plants were evaluated for phytotoxicity effects of the constructs introduced. T able 4 shows the results of efficacy tested for ECB.
  • ECB efficacy is determined by measuring the length of tunnels in cm per stalk for 10 plants and is expressed as the average length (sd in brackets) of tunnels per maximum number of tunnels per plant. In the field, ECB efficacy is expressed as the average of 3 values obtained for different groups of 10 plants.
  • the p35S-cryl Ab event gave absolute ECB control, both in the greenhouse as in field-trials at different locations which correlated with the high-dose expression (as described above). Similarly, the pGos-gos-crylAb and PGos-cab-crylAb events displayed good ECB control at all locations tested. The pUbi-cryl Ab event did not show good ECB control.
  • the pTSVH0203 constract contains the modified crylAb coding sequence (encoding part of the CrylAb5 protein described by H ⁇ fte et al.1986 having an insertion of an alanine codon (GCT) 3' of the ATG start codon) under control of the constitutive promoters 35S (Odell et al.
  • the construct additionally comprises the bar coding sequence (the coding sequence of phosphinothricin acetyl transferase of Streptomyces hygroscopicus; Thompson et al., 1 987) under control of the 35S promoter.
  • This construct was used for transformation of cotton.
  • the obtained events were subjected to molecular analysis to confirm presence of the transgene.
  • modified CrylAb protein Expression of modified CrylAb protein was determined in leaf, terminal, square, flower and boll samples using ELISA (Table 7). Results represent percentage of CrylAb protein of total protein content as an average of samples taken from 9 plants. The time point at which samples were taken is represented as days after planting (in brackets).
  • CBW larvae were fed on squares, leaf and terminals obtained from leaves in the field. Weight of surviving larvae was measured for the different events (Table 8). Samples from two non- transgenic plants and from one plant comprising a herbicide r esistance g ene (LL25 event) were used as control.
  • the constract contains the modified crylAb coding sequence (encoding part of the CrylAb5 protein described by H ⁇ fte et al.1986 having an insertion of an alanine codon (GCT) 3' of the ATG start codon) under control of the promoter with the 5' leader sequence of the GOS2 gene from rice, containing the second exon, the first intron and the first exon of the GOS transcript (de Pater et al., 1992).
  • GCT alanine codon
  • Plants of 25 different events were tested for control of rice leaf folder, yellow stem borer, and pink stem borer by counting the number of surviving larvae. Damage to the plants was assessed as damage to the leaves (for leaf folder) or the number of deadhearts per number of tillers at the preflowering stage (yellow stem borer and p ink s tem b orer) or the number of whiteheads per number of tillers at the flowering stage (yellow stem borer). For only 2 events plants were found on which some (5-7 out of 25) of the larvae survived. All plants of all other events showed 90-100% dead larvae. While the control plants were either completely dried up or showed many folded leaves when infested with rice leaf folder, none of the plants of the crylAb events showed any significant damage. Similarly, no deadhearts or whiteheads were detected for the plants of the crylAb events, infested with yellow stem borer or pink stem borer.

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The present invention relates to a DNA sequence encoding a modified Cry1Ab protein that has insecticidal activity. The invention further relates to a method for producing insect resistant plants by introducing into the genome of the plants a foreign DNA comprising such a modified cry1Ab coding sequence. The invention further relates to plants or parts thereof comprising in their genome the modified cry1Ab coding sequence of the present invention.

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INSECT RESISTANT PLANTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a DNA sequence encoding a modified CrylAb protein that has insecticidal activity. The invention further relates to a method for producing insect resistant plants by introducing into the genome of the plants a foreign DNA comprising such a modified crylAb coding sequence. The invention further relates to plants or parts thereof comprising in their genome the modified crylAb coding sequence of the present invention.
BACKGROUND ART
The Gram-positive soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is well known for its production of proteins or delta-endo toxins, that are toxic to a variety of lepidopteran, coleopteran, and dipteran larvae. Different strains of B. thuringiensis have been shown to produce different insecticidal crystal proteins, which are specifically toxic to certain species of insects (reviewed by Hδfte and Whiteley, 1989; Schnepf et al., 1998).
The specific toxicity of insecticidal toxins produced by B. thuringiensis for target insects and their non-toxicity to plants and other organisms has made compositions comprising different Bt strains the product of choice for the biological control of agricultural insect pests. Various of the genes encoding the crystal proteins have been cloned and their DNA sequences determined (Hδfte and Whiteley, 1989; Crickmore et al., 1995). This has led to the engineering of modified delta-endotoxin encoding genes and the development of plants expressing these delta-endotoxin genes to make them insect resistant.
The family of cryl genes encode the Cryl crystal proteins, which are primarily active against lepidopteran pests. The pro-toxin form of Cryl delta-endotoxins consists of a C-terminal protoxin part which is not toxic and is thought to be important for crystal formation (Arvidson et al., 1989). The amino-half of the protoxin comprises the active toxin segment of the Cryl protein. Different domains have further been identified in the active toxin which are implied in different aspects of the toxicity effect (Grochulski et al., 1995). However, these functions seem to be dependent on the delta endotoxin examined.
Significant effort has gone into modifying the ayl genes so as to improve expression levels in plants while at least retaining their toxicity to the target insects. Modification of the crylAb and crylAc genes to remove putative plant polyadenylation signals and instability motifs (without altering the encoded amino acid sequences) resulted in increased resistance of the plants transformed with these sequences (van der Salm et al., 1994). Modifications of the crylAb gene have been described in US 6,320,100, US 6,180,774 and US 6114608. US 5,500,365 describes how modification in the 240 region of the coding region of a ctγlAb gene so as to remove putative plant signals is of significant importance to increase expression levels and thereby toxicity of the Cry toxin in plants.
The present invention relates to a novel modified CrylAb protein and DNA sequences encoding this protein which can be used to engineer insect resistance in plants. More particularly, it was found that this modified sequence, despite having a native 240 region, ensures sufficiently high expression in plant cells to confer insect resistance to the plant or plant tissue in which it is expressed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a modified crylAb coding sequence, which encodes the modified CrylAb protein of SEQ ID NO: 1, which is an insecticidal protein. According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the DNA sequence encoding the modified CrylAb sequence corresponds to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, or comprises the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.
The invention further relates to chimeric genes comprising the modified crylAb DNA sequence of the present invention under the control of a plant-expressible promoter. According to a particular embodiment of the present invention the plant-expressible promoter is either a constitutive promoter, a tissue-specific promoter or a wound-inducible promoter or a promoter that ensures expression o f the modified CrylAb protein at least in the cells or tissues of a plant which are susceptible to insect attack.
The invention further relates to recombinant vectors comprising the chimeric genes of the invention and to the production of transgenic plants using these recombinant vectors.
The invention further relates to plants and cells, seeds or tissues thereof, comprising in their genome a foreign DNA comprising the modified crylAb DNA sequence of the present invention under the control of a plant-expressible promoter.
The invention also relates to a method for engineering insect resistance in plants, by introducing, into the genome of the plant, a foreign DNA comprising the modified crylAb coding sequence of the present invention under the control of a plant-expressible promoter.
According to a particular embodiment of the present invention the modified crylAb coding sequence is particularly suited for engineering insect resistance in agricultural crops such as corn and cotton. Most particularly, expression of the modified CrylAb protein confers resistance to lepidopteran pests of these plants. More particularly, these pests include, but are not limited to, major lepidopteran pests of corn, cotton and rice, such as Ostrinia nubilalis (European corn borer or ECB), Sesamia nonagrioides (Mediterranean Stalk borer), Sesamia inferens (Pink stemborer), Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm, cotton bollworm), Helicoverpa armigera (American bollworm), Heliothis virescens (Tobacco budworm), Scirpophaga incertulas (Yellow stemborer), and Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Rice leaf folder).
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The term "gene" as used herein refers to any DNA sequence comprising several operably linked DNA fragments such as a promoter r egion, a 5 ' untranslated region (the 5 'UTR), a coding region, and an untranslated 3' region (3 'UTR) comprising a polyadenylation site. A gene may include additional DNA fragments such as, for example, introns. While a promoter and a coding region are required in a gene used for plant transformation in the current invention, the 3' UTR comprising a polyadenylation site need not be present in the transferred gene itself, but can be recovered in the upstream plant DNA sequences after insertion of a gene not containing a 3' UTR comprising a polyadenylation site.
The term "chimeric" when referring to a gene or DNA sequence is used to refer to the fact that the gene or DNA sequence comprises at least two functionally relevant DNA fragments (such as promoter, 5 'UTR, coding region, 3 'UTR, intron) that are not naturally associated with each other and/or originate, for example, from different sources. "Foreign" referring to a gene or DNA sequence with respect to a plant species is used to indicate that the gene or DNA sequence is not naturally found in that plant, or is not naturally found in that genetic locus in that plant. The term "foreign DNA" will be used herein to refer to a DNA sequence as it has incorporated into the genome of a plant as a result of transformation. A genome of a plant, plant tissue or plant cell, as used herein, refers to any genetic material in the plant, plant tissue or plant cell, and includes both the nuclear and the plastid and mitochondrial genome.
A "fragment" or "truncation" of a DNA molecule or protein sequence as used herein refers to a portion of the original DNA or protein sequence (nucleic acid or amino acid) referred to or a synthetic version thereof (such as a sequence which is adapted for optimal expression in plants), which can vary in length but which is sufficient to ensure the (encoded) protein is an insect toxin. A "variant" of a sequence is used herein to indicate a DNA molecule or protein of which the sequence (nucleic or amino acid) is essentially identical to the sequence to which the term refers.
Sequences which are "essentially identical" means that when two sequences are aligned, the percent sequence identity, i.e. the number of positions with identical nucleotides or amino acids divided by the number of nucleotides or amino acids in the shorter of the sequences, is higher than 70%, preferably higher than 85%, more preferably higher than 90%, especially preferably is higher than 95%, most preferably is between 96 and 100 %. The alignment of two nucleotide sequences is performed by the algorithm as described by Wilbur and Lipmann (1983) using a window size of 20 nucleotides, a word length of 4 nucleotides, and a gap penalty of 4.
A 'plant-expressible promoter' as used herein refers to a promoter which ensures expression of a coding sequence to which it is linked in a plant cell. Examples of such promoters are well known in the art. A plant-expressible promoter can be a constitutive promoter. Examples of promoters directing constitutive expression in plants are known in the art and include the 35S promoter from Cauliflower Mosaic virus, the nopaline synthase (NOS) promoter, the ubi promoter (Christensen et al. 1992), the promoter of the GOS2 gene from rice (de Pater et al., 1992). Alternatively, a plant-expressible promoter can be a tissue-specific promoter, i.e., a promoter directing a higher level of expression of a coding sequence (as can be measured by conventional RNA assays) in some tissues of the plant, e.g. in green tissues (such as the promoter of the PEP carboxylase) than in other tissues of the p lant. Alternatively, a p lant- expressible promoter can be a wound-inducible promoter. A 'wound-inducible' promoter or a promoter directing an expression pattern which is wound-inducible as used herein means that upon wounding of the plant, either mechanically or by insect feeding, expression of the coding sequence under control of the promoter is significantly increased. Examples of wound- inducible promoters include the proteinase inhibitor gene of potato and tomato (pinl and pin2)(Johnson et al., 1 989) and the promoter o f the maize proteinase inhibitor (MPI) gene (Cordero et al. 1994).
The "TR2' promoter" as used herein relates to any promoter comprising the TR2' (or mannopine synthase, abbreviated as mas) functional part of the TR1'-TR2' dual promoter element from Agrobacterium (Velten et al. 1984; Langridge et al. 1989). Thus, this can comprise the TR2' element either alone or in combination with all or part of the divergent TR1' element (Guevara-Garcia et al., 1998) or other (regulatory) elements, including but not limited to enhancer regions, introns and the like, as long as the wound-induction characteristics i n m onocots, particularly corn, in accordance with the present invention are substantially retained. In a preferred embodiment of this invention, transcription is directed from the TR2' promoter region (and the coding sequence is hence downstream of the TR2' promoter sequence), even if the TR1'-TR2' dual promoter (or any part thereof retaining the TR2' promoter element) is used.
'Insecticidal' is used herein to mean toxic to insects which are crop pests. More particularly, in the context of the present invention target insects are the pests such as, but not limited to, major lepidopteran pests, such as Ostrinia nubilalis (European corn borer or ECB), Sesamia nonagrioides (Mediterranean Stalk borer), Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm, cotton bollworm), Helicoverpa armigera (American bollworm) and Heliothis viriscens (Tobacco budworm).
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the DNA encoding an insecticidal crystal protein (ICP) is a modified crylAb DNA sequence encoding an ICP which is a modified CrylAb protein. According to a preferred embodiment, the modified crylAb coding sequence encodes the modified CrylAb protein corresponding to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. According to a further preferred embodiment of the invention the modified crylAb coding sequence corresponds to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2. The DNA sequence used for transformation of plants, particularly corn, cotton or rice, in accordance with the current invention, can also comprise other elements besides a coding region encoding the modified CrylAb protein of the invention, such as a coding region encoding a transit peptide, a coding region encoding a selectable marker protein or a protein conferring resistance to a herbicide.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention the modified CrylAb protein is toxic to major lepidopteran pests of crops such as corn, cotton and rice. The plants of the present invention, comprising a foreign DNA in their genome comprising a DNA encoding a modified CrylAb protein are protected against these pests, by expressing a controlling amount of this protein. By controlling is meant a toxic (lethal) or combative (sublethal) amount. At the same time, the plants should be morphologically normal and may be cultivated in a usual manner for consumption and/or production of products. Furthermore, said plants should substantially obviate the need for chemical or biological insecticides (to insects targetted by the modified CrylAb protein).
The expression level of an ICP in plant material can be determined in a number of ways described in the art, such as by quantification of the mRNA encoding the insecticidal protein produced in the tissue using specific primers (such as described by Cornelissen & Vandewiele, 1989) or direct specific detection of the amount of insecticidal protein produced, e.g., by immunological detection methods. More particularly, according to the present invention the expression level of a modified CrylAb protein is represented as the percentage of soluble insecticidal protein as determined by immunospecific ELISA as described herein related to the total amount of soluble protein (as determined, e.g., by Bradford analysis (Bradford, 1976)). A preferred ELISA in the current invention is a sandwich ELISA (Clark et al, 1986). Different assays can be used to measure the insecticidal effect or efficacy of ICP expression in the p lant. According to the present invention, the target insects are the major lepidopteran pests of agricultural crops such as corn, cotton and rice, more particularly the European Corn Borer (ECB) and Sesamia nonagrioides (SMG) in corn, the cotton bollworm (CBW) and tobacco budworm (TBW) in cotton, and the yellow stem borer, the pink stem borer and the rice leaf folder in rice. The toxicity of an ICP produced in a corn plant on ECB can be assayed in vitro by testing of protein extracted from the plant in feeding bioassays with ECB larvae or by scoring mortality of larvae distributed on leaf material of transformed plants in a petri dish • (both assays as described by Jansens et al., 1997), or on plants isolated in individual cylinders. In the field first brood European corn borer (ECB1) infestation is evaluated based on leaf damage ratings (Guthrie, 1989) while evaluation of the total number of stalk tunnels per plant and stalk tunnel length are indicative of second brood (ECB2) stalk feeding damage. Efficacy of the ICP produced in cotton plants transformed with a modified crylAb gene can similarly be measured using in vitro and/or in vivo assays. Toxicity of the transformed plant tissue to CBW larvae can be measured by feeding CBW larvae on squares, leaves or terminals and assaying weight of surviving larvae. In the field, plants are artificially infested with neonate CBW larvae and rating damage to leaves, terminals, squares, white bloom and bolls at regular intervals (as described herein). It will be understood that similar assays can be developed for any target or non-target insect in order to determine efficacy of the ICP produced in the plant against such insect.
The plants of the present invention optionally also comprise in their genome a gene encoding herbicide resistance. More particularly, the herbicide resistance gene is the bar or the pat gene, which confers glufosinate tolerance to the plant, i.e. the plants are tolerant to the herbicide LibertyTM. Tolerance to LibertyTM can be tested in different ways. For instance, tolerance can be tested by LibertyTM spray application. Spray treatments should be made between the plant stages V2 and V6 for best results (corn stages are as determined in 'How a Corn Plant Develops, Special Report No. 48, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Cooperative Extension Service, Ames, Iowa, Reprinted June 1993; s ee also the website at: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/pages/hancock/agriculture/corn/corn_develop/CornGrowthSt ages.html:). Tolerant plants are characterized by the fact that spraying of the plants with at least 200 grams active ingredient/hectare (g.a.i./ha), preferably 400 g.a.i./ha, and possibly up to 1600 g.a.i./ha (4X the normal field rate), does not kill the plants. A broadcast application should be applied at a rate of 28-34 oz LibertyTM + 3 lb Ammonium Sulfate per acre. It is best to apply at a volume of 20 gallons of water per acre using a flat fan type nozzle while being c areful not to d irect s pray a pplications d irectly i nto t he w horl o f t he p lants t o a void surfactant burn on the leaves. The herbicide effect should appear within 48 hours and be clearly visible within 5-7 days.
Examples of other herbicide resistance genes are the genes encoding resistance to phenmedipham (such as the pmph gene, US 5,347,047; US 5,543,306), the genes encoding resistance to glyphosate (such as the EPSPS genes, US 5,510,471), genes encoding bromoxynyl resistance (such as described in US 4,810,648), genes encoding resistance to sulfonylurea (such as described in EPA 0 360 750), genes encoding resistance to the herbicide dalapon (such as described in WO 99/27116), and genes encoding resistance to cyanamide (such as described in WO 98/48023 and WO 98/56238), and genes encoding resistance to glutamine synthetase inhibitors, such as PPT (such as described in EP-A-0 242 236, EP-A-0 242 246, EP-A-0 257 542).
Introduction of a foreign DNA into a plant cell can be obtained by conventional transformation methods described in the art. Such methods include but are not limited to Agrobacterium mediated transformation (US 6,074,877, Hiei et al., 1997), microprojectile bombardment (as described, for example by Chen et al., 1994; Casas et al., 1995; Christou, 1997, Finer et al., 1999, Vasil et al. 1999), direct DNA uptake into protoplasts (as described, for example by De Block et al. 1989; Poulsen, 1996, Datta et al., 1999), electroporation (D'Halluin et al, 1992, US 5,641,665; Bates, 1995) or silicon whisker mediated DNA introduction (Dunwell, 1999) or other methods as generally reviewed by Potrykus (1990), Sawahel et al. (1995), Komari et al. (1998), Bogorad (2000) and Newell (2000).
The following non-limiting examples describe the development of a DNA sequence encoding a modified CrylAb protein, the construction of chimeric genes comprising this sequence for expression in plants, and insect resistant plants obtained therewith. Unless stated otherwise in the Examples, all recombinant DNA techniques are carried out according to . standard protocols as described in Sambrook and Russell (2001) Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Third E dition, C old S pring H arbor Laboratory P ress, N Y, i n V olumes 1 and 2 o f Ausubel et al. (1994) Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Current Protocols, USA and in Volumes I and II o f Brown ( 1998) M olecular Biology L abFax, S econd E dition, A cademic Press (UK). Standard materials and methods for plant molecular work are described in Plant Molecular Biology Labfax (1993) by R.D.D. Croy, jointly published by BIOS Scientific Publications Ltd (UK) and Blackwell Scientific Publications, UK. Standard materials and methods for p olymerase chain reactions c an be found in Dieffenbach and Dveksler (1995) PCR Primer: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, and in McPherson at al. (2000) PCR - Basics: From Background to Bench, First Edition, Springer Verlag, Germany.
Throughout the description and Examples, reference is made to the following sequences represented in the sequence listing:
SEQ ID NO: 1 : Modified Cryl Ab protein
SEQ ID NO: 2: DNA sequence encoding a modified CrylAb protein
EXAMPLES
1. Development of a modified CrylAb gene
The modified CrylAb DNA sequence used herein encodes part of the CrylAb5 protein described by Hδfte et al. (1986) corresponding to amino acid 1 to 616, which has an insertion of an alanine codon (GCT) 3' of the ATG start codon (AlaAsp2...Asp616). The protein sequence of the modified CrylAb protein is provided in SEQ ID NO: 1. The sequence of the DNA encoding such a modified CrylAb protein is provided in SEQ ID NO: 2.
2. CrylAb gene in corn
I. Development of CrylAb events in corn
For Agrobacterium transformation of com, constructs were developed wherein the crylAb coding sequence was placed under the control of different promoters: 35S promoter (Odell et al. 1985), the ubi promoter (Christensen et al. 1992), the promoter of the GOS2 gene, from rice (de Pater et al., 1992) with the cab22 leader from Petunia (Harpster et al. 1988), the 5' leader sequence of the GOS2 gene from rice, containing the second exon, the first intron and the first exon of the GOS transcript (de Pater et al., 1992), or a TR2' promoter region (Velten et al. 1984); all constructs included the 35S-bar gene. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation was done by co-cultivation of type I callus derived from immature embryo's with strain C58C1 (pTiEHA101)(pTTS35)(Agrobacterium C58ClRifR strain cured for pTiC58 harboring the non-oncogenic Ti plasmid pTiEHAlOl (Hood et al., 1986) and the plasmids in the table below containing the genes of interest placed between the T-DNA borders).
Protoplast transformation was done by PEG mediated transfection of protoplasts prepared from suspension cultures derived from Pa91xH99xHE89 Z15 embryos. The DNA used for transfection was a purified fragment of the plasmids in the table below containing the genes of interest between T-DNA borders.
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Regenerated plantlets were selected based on Liberty tolerance and/or measurement of PAT protein levels by ELISA (Clark et al, 1986).
π. Evaluation of events
a) general characterization
The Agrobacterium transformants were checked for presence of vector sequence at the left border of the T-DNA. Southern blot analyses were performed with leaf material of the primary transformants (TO).
b) Expression of modified CrylAb protein
The events were analyzed in the greenhouse for CrylAb expression by detecting soluble modified CrylAb protein levels in different tissues by a CrylAb sandwich ELISA with a polycondensated IgG fraction of a polyclonal rabbit antiserum against CrylAb as first antibody and a monoclonal antibody against CrylAb as second antibody. The expression levels of modified CrylAb protein in different tissues of early whorl plants transformed with the p35S-crylAb construct is provided in Table 1. Expression in the different progeny plants of one event obtained with p35S-crylAb event was found to be constitutive and above 0.5% on average.
Table 1. Expression of CrylAb in different tissues of the early whorl plant
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The expression levels of CrylAb protein in different tissues in early V, Rl and R4-5 stage leaves, R4-5 stage kernels and in pollen for plants transformed with the p35S-cryl Ab, pGos- cab-crylAb, pGos-gos-cryl Ab and pTR2-crylAb constructs are provided in Table 2. Results are presented as averages of leaf and kernel samples taken from 5 plants and as averages of pollen samples taken from 3 plants (standard deviation in brackets). ICP expression for the one p35S-crylAb plant is above 0.1% total soluble protein. The p Gos-cab-crylAb plants showed around 0.01-0.06% CrylAb expression in leaves. The events obtained with the pGos- gos-crylAb constructs showed high expression (0.2-0.6%) protein) in leaf tissue. Basal expression of protein in leaves of plants transformed with the modified crylAb DNA sequence under control of the wound-inducible TR2' promoter (pTR2'-cryl Ab) was low to undetectable.
Table 2. Expression of Cryl Ab protein in different tissues of plants transformed with the CrylAb gene
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In a greenhouse study, expression of modified CrylAb protein was determined in leaf samples of plants in V3 stage, and, where available, leaf and pollen of plants in Rl stage, and leaf, stalk and pollen of plants at harvest, for events obtained with the different constructs. Again, the p lants with the pGos-gos-crylAb constructs showed high CrylAb expression in leaves (>0.2% total soluble protein) (irrespective of transformation method used). For these plants, high expression levels were also found i n t he s talk ( 0.8% t otal s oluble p rotein o r m ore o n average). Events obtained from transformation with the pTR2'-cryl Ab constructs showed low (0.02% total soluble protein or less on average) or undetectable expression of CrylAb protein in all tissues tested. c) Inducible CrylAb expression
For the events obtained with the pTR2'-crylAb construct, studies were performed in the greenhouse to determine the expression of the CrylAb protein upon mechanical damage. Leaf samples were taken before wounding, and 18h after mechanical damage and CrylAb protein levels were measured by ELISA (Table 3). Damaged leaf parts were excised and incubated for 18 hours in a petri dish on filter paper moistened with Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium (Plant Molecular Biology Labfax (1993) by R.D.D. Croy, jointly published by BIOS Scientific Publications Ltd (UK) and Blackwell Scientific Publications, UK) at room temperature and then CrylAb protein level was measured using a sandwich ELISA assay. Unwounded control leaf parts (of similar size as the wounded leaf parts) were excised from the plants and were immediately put on dry ice for protein analysis.
Table 3: Expression of insecticidal protein in different plant parts before and after mechanical wounding
CrylAb in % soluble protein / total protein
V4 stage Flowerin g Harvest
Event Leaf Leaf Leaf Leaf root Root Pollen Leaf Stalk Kernel
(construct) induced induced induced
WI600-0218 Mean 0.000 0.020 0.000 0.020 0.023 0.036 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
(pTR2'-CrylAb) st.dev. 0.000 0.008 0.000 0.007 0.008 0.011 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
WI606-0406 Mean 0.005 0.046 0.000 0.007 0.012 0.008 0.000 \ 0.002 0.002
(pTR2'-CrylAb) st.dev. 0.007 0.005 0.000 0.006 0.009 0.009 0.000 0.004
WI604-1602 Mean 0.002 0.104 0.001 0.020 0.020 0.024 0.000 0.004 0.004 0.001
(pTR2 '-CrylAb) st.dev. 0.003 0.012 0.000 0.009 0.008 0.008 0.000 0.002 0.003 0.000
WI606-0802 Mean 0.003 0.064 0.001 0.010 0.027 0.037 0.000 0.002 0.004 0.003
(pTR2'-CrylAb) st.dev. 0.004 0.000 0.009 0.012 0.020 0.000 0.001 0.003 0.001
WI606-1206 Mean 0.001 0.081 0.000 0.022 0.032 0.024 0.000 0.004 0.002 0.001
(pTR2'-CrylAb) st.dev. 0.016 0.000 0.010 0.005 0.011 0.000 0.003 0.001 0.001
CE048-2402 Mean 0.83 0.614 0.280 0.397 0.196 0.253 0.000 0.376 1.120 0.047
(p35S-CrylAb) st.dev. 0.108 0.111 0.027 0.133 0.083 0.000 0.098 0.175 0.014
CE048-2602 Mean 0.636 0.527 0.007 0.006 0.087 0.045 0.000 0.106 0.040 0.015
(p35S-CrylAb) st.dev. 0.16 0.046 0.002 0.002 0.044 0.007 0.000 0.011 0.013 0.004 CrylAb in % soluble protein / total protein
V4 stage Flowering Harvest
Event Leaf Leaf Leaf Leaf root Root Pollen Leaf Stalk Kernel
(construct) induced induced induced
Control 1 Mean 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.001 0
(untransformed) st.dev. 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.002 0
Control 2 Mean 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(untransformed) st.dev. 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CE0104-0202 Mean 0.022 0.023 0.008 0.017 0.023 0.016 0.0001 \ . \ \
(pGos/cab-CrylAb) st.dev. 0.009 0.005 0.005 0.004 0.012 0.005 0.000
CE1014-0402 Mean 0.025 0.017 0.007 0.010 0.028 0.034 0.000 0.010 0.040 0.002
(pGos/cab-CrylAb) 0.005 0.003 0.001 0.003 0.017 0.013 0.000 0.003 0.020 0.001
Expression of the CrylAb protein was either absent or around the detection limit in leaves, stalk and kernels of the different pTR2' events tested. No expression above background levels (as found in untransformed control plants) was found in leaves and pollen in whorl and pollen shedding plant stage. Constitutive expression was seen in the roots. When leaves are mechanically damaged, expression of the modified CrylAb protein is induced and goes up to 0.02-0.1% in V4 stage leaves.
d) ECB Efficacy
ECB efficacy trials were performed in the greenhouse and at two different locations in the field. At the same time, plants were evaluated for phytotoxicity effects of the constructs introduced. T able 4 shows the results of efficacy tested for ECB. In the greenhouse, ECB efficacy is determined by measuring the length of tunnels in cm per stalk for 10 plants and is expressed as the average length (sd in brackets) of tunnels per maximum number of tunnels per plant. In the field, ECB efficacy is expressed as the average of 3 values obtained for different groups of 10 plants.
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The p35S-cryl Ab event gave absolute ECB control, both in the greenhouse as in field-trials at different locations which correlated with the high-dose expression (as described above). Similarly, the pGos-gos-crylAb and PGos-cab-crylAb events displayed good ECB control at all locations tested. The pUbi-cryl Ab event did not show good ECB control.
No phytotoxicity was observed for any of the p35S-crylAb or pGos-cab-crylAb events. Selfed seed of pGos-gos-cryl Ab events showed segregation in the field of normal green plants and stunted, yellowish plants, from which the lower leaves are dying, suggestive of some impact on agronomic performance.
Fourteen events obtained with the pTR2' -crylAb construct were evaluated for ECB efficacy in the greenhouse and in field trials (Table 5). Four of the five single-copy events (indicated with an asterisk) gave total ECB2 control.
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No penalty on agronomic performance was observed for the plants after second selfing (ear to row) of the different TR2' events in any of the locations tested.
e) Efficacy against Sesamia nonagrioides
Five mid whorl com plants obtained with the pTR2 '-crylAb constract were each infested with 2 egg masses. Damage was scored after 14 days and number of larvae were counted. Damage rating were averaged over the five plants. Non-transformed B73 plants were similarly infested as controls. Results are shown in Table 6. Table 6. Efficacy against Sesamia nonagrioides.
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Example 3. CrylAb gene in cotton
I. Development of CrylAb events in cotton
A constract was made for the expression of the modified crylAb gene in cotton. The pTSVH0203 constract contains the modified crylAb coding sequence (encoding part of the CrylAb5 protein described by Hδfte et al.1986 having an insertion of an alanine codon (GCT) 3' of the ATG start codon) under control of the constitutive promoters 35S (Odell et al. 1985), linked to the leader sequence of the tapetum El gene from Oryza sativa (WO92/13956) with the 3 ' ocs terminator (fragment containing polyadenylation signals from the 3 'untranslated region of the octopme synthase gene from the TL-DNA of pTiAch5, De Greve et al., 1983). The construct additionally comprises the bar coding sequence (the coding sequence of phosphinothricin acetyl transferase of Streptomyces hygroscopicus; Thompson et al., 1 987) under control of the 35S promoter.
PTSVH0203 P35S2-GEl-crylAb53-3'ocs< >p35S3-bar-3'nos p35S-crylAb-ocs
This construct was used for transformation of cotton. The obtained events were subjected to molecular analysis to confirm presence of the transgene.
II. Analysis of events
a) Expression of modified CrylAb protein Expression of modified CrylAb protein was determined in leaf, terminal, square, flower and boll samples using ELISA (Table 7). Results represent percentage of CrylAb protein of total protein content as an average of samples taken from 9 plants. The time point at which samples were taken is represented as days after planting (in brackets).
Table 7. CrylAb expression as measured by ELISA in different tissues
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b) laboratory toxicity assay
CBW larvae were fed on squares, leaf and terminals obtained from leaves in the field. Weight of surviving larvae was measured for the different events (Table 8). Samples from two non- transgenic plants and from one plant comprising a herbicide r esistance g ene (LL25 event) were used as control.
Table 8. Toxicity of modified CrylAb expressed in cotton to CBW larvae
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c) Efficacy of insect control in the field
In the field, plants were artificially infested with neonate CBW larvae. Damage to leaves, terminals, squares, white bloom and bolls was rated and counts were made each 8 days in August and September. A mean was made over the five observations dates. Statistical analysis indicated that significant differences were found in the mean damage severity of terminals, white blooms and bolls. Also, the mean number of damaged squares and damaged bolls was higher for the controls than for the CrylAb events; The mean number of larvae in squares was also significantly reduced compared to controls.
Example 4. CrylAb gene in rice
A construct was made for the expression of the modified crylAb gene in rice. The constract contains the modified crylAb coding sequence (encoding part of the CrylAb5 protein described by Hδfte et al.1986 having an insertion of an alanine codon (GCT) 3' of the ATG start codon) under control of the promoter with the 5' leader sequence of the GOS2 gene from rice, containing the second exon, the first intron and the first exon of the GOS transcript (de Pater et al., 1992). This constract was used for transformation of rice. The obtained events were subjected to molecular analysis to confirm presence of the transgene.
Plants of 25 different events were tested for control of rice leaf folder, yellow stem borer, and pink stem borer by counting the number of surviving larvae. Damage to the plants was assessed as damage to the leaves (for leaf folder) or the number of deadhearts per number of tillers at the preflowering stage (yellow stem borer and p ink s tem b orer) or the number of whiteheads per number of tillers at the flowering stage (yellow stem borer). For only 2 events plants were found on which some (5-7 out of 25) of the larvae survived. All plants of all other events showed 90-100% dead larvae. While the control plants were either completely dried up or showed many folded leaves when infested with rice leaf folder, none of the plants of the crylAb events showed any significant damage. Similarly, no deadhearts or whiteheads were detected for the plants of the crylAb events, infested with yellow stem borer or pink stem borer.
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1. A DNA sequence comprising a coding region encoding a modified CrylAb protein comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.
2. A chimeric gene comprising the DNA sequence of claim 1 under control of a plant- expressible promoter.
3. A recombinant vector comprising the chimeric gene of claim 2.
4. A transgenic plant cell comprising the chimeric gene of claim 2.
5. A transgenic plant comprising the plant cell of claim 4.
6. The transgenic plant of claim 5, which is selected from com, cotton, or rice.
7. A seed of the plant of claim 6, which comprises the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.
8. A method for protecting a plant from lepidopteran insects pests, comprising introducing into the plant the chimeric gene of claim 2.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein said insect pests are selected from the group of European Com Borer, Sesamia nonagrioides, cotton bollworm, tobacco budworm, yellow stem borer, pink stem borer, and the rice leaf folder.
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