Tier-1 assays for assessing the toxicity of insecticidal proteins produced by genetically engineered plants to non-target arthropods

作     者：Yun-He Li Jorg Romeis Kong-Ming Wu Yu-Fa Peng 

作者机构：State Key Laboratory for Plant Diseases and Insect Pests Institute of Plant Protection Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Beijing China Agroscope Reckenholz-Tanikon Research Station ART Zurich Switzerland 

基　　金：supported by the National GMO New Variety Breeding Program of the PRC 

出 版 物：《Insect Science》 (昆虫科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第21卷第2期

页      码：125-134页

摘      要：In assessing an insect-resistant genetically engineered （IRGE） crop before its commercialization, researchers normally use so-called ＂Tier-1 assays＂ as the initial step to determine the effects of the crop on non-target organisms. In these tests, the insecticidal proteins （IPs） produced by the IRGEs are added to the diets of test organisms in the laboratory. Test organisms in such assays can be directly exposed to much higher concentrations of the test IPs than they would encounter in the field. The results of Tier-1 assays are thus more conservative than those generated in studies in which the organisms are exposed to the IPs by feeding on IRGE plant tissue or in the case of predators or parasites, by feeding on invertebrate prey or hosts that have fed on IRGE plant tissue. In this report, we consider three important factors that must be considered in Tier-1 assays： （i） methods for delivery of the IP to the test organisms; （ii） the need for and selection of compounds used as positive controls; and （iii） methods for monitoring the concentration, stability and bioactivity of the IP during the assay. We also analyze the existing data from Tier-1 assays regarding the toxicity of Bt Cry proteins to non-target arthropod species. The data indicate that the widely used Bt proteins have no direct toxicity to non-target organisms

主 题 词：artificial diet Cry protein environmental risk assessment ELISA positivecontroll sensitive insect bioassay 

学科分类：0710[理学-生物科学类] 071001[071001] 07[理学] 09[农学] 0904[农学-动物医学类] 

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D　O　I：10.1111/1744-7917.12044

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