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Pan D, Luo QJ, O Reilly AO, Yuan GR, Wang JJ, Dou W. Mutations of voltage-gated sodium channel contribute to pyrethroid resistance in Panonychus citri. INSECT SCIENCE 2024; 31:803-816. [PMID: 37650774 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.13266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 07/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Insecticide resistance in Panonychus citri is a major obstacle to mite control in citrus orchards. Pyrethroid insecticides are continually used to control mites in China, although resistance to pyrethroids has evolved in some populations. Here, the resistance to the pyrethroid fenpropathrin was investigated and 7 out of 8 field-collected populations of P. citri exhibited a high level of resistance, ranging from 171-fold to 15 391-fold higher than the susceptible (SS) comparison strain. Three voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC) mutations were identified in the tested populations: L1031V, F1747L, and F1751I. Amplicon sequencing was used to evaluate the frequency of these mutations in the 19 field populations. L1031V and F1751I were present in all populations at frequencies of 11.6%-82.1% and 0.5%-31.8%, respectively, whereas the F1747L mutation was only present in 12 populations from Chongqing, Sichuan, Guangxi, and Yunnan provinces. Introduction of these mutations singly or in combination into transgenic flies significantly increased their resistance to fenpropathrin and these flies also exhibited reduced mortality after exposure to the pyrethroids permethrin and β-cypermethrin. Panonychus citri VGSC homology modeling and ligand docking indicate that F1747 and F1751 form direct binding contacts with pyrethroids, which are lost with mutation, whereas L1031 mutation may diminish pyrethroid effects through an allosteric mechanism. Overall, the results provide molecular markers for monitoring pest resistance to pyrethroids and offer new insights into the basis of pyrethroid actions on sodium channels.
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- Deng Pan
- Key Laboratory of Entomology and Pest Control Engineering, College of Plant Protection, Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biosafety and Green Production of Upper Yangtze River (Ministry of Education), Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Entomology and Pest Control Engineering, College of Plant Protection, Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biosafety and Green Production of Upper Yangtze River (Ministry of Education), Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Entomology and Pest Control Engineering, College of Plant Protection, Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biosafety and Green Production of Upper Yangtze River (Ministry of Education), Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Entomology and Pest Control Engineering, College of Plant Protection, Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biosafety and Green Production of Upper Yangtze River (Ministry of Education), Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Entomology and Pest Control Engineering, College of Plant Protection, Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biosafety and Green Production of Upper Yangtze River (Ministry of Education), Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Gao R, Ma S, Geng J, Zhang K, Xian L, Liu K, Cao P, Yuchi Z, Wu S. Functional Characterization of Double Mutations T929I/K1774N in the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel of Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall) Related to Pyrethroid Resistance. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024; 72:11958-11967. [PMID: 38761134 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c00355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall), the main pest on legume vegetables, is controlled by pyrethroids in the field. Field strains of M. usitatus resistant to pyrethroids were collected from three areas in Hainan Province (Haikou, Ledong, and Sanya City), and two mutations, T929I and K1774N, were detected in the voltage-gated sodium channel. In this study, the sodium channel in M. usitatus was first subcloned and successfully expressed in Xenopus oocytes. The single mutation (T929I or K1774N) and double mutation (T929I/K1774N) shifted the voltage dependence of activation in the hyperpolarization direction. The three mutants all reduced the amplitude of tail currents induced by type I (permethrin and bifenthrin) and type II (deltamethrin and λ-cyhalothrin) pyrethroids. Homology modeling analysis of these two mutations shows that they may change the local hydrophobicity and positive charge of the sodium channel. Our data can be used to reveal the causes of the resistance of M. usitatus to pyrethroids and provide guidance for the comprehensive control of M. usitatus in the future.
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- Ruibo Gao
- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
- School of Life and Health Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering; School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry (School of Agricultural and Rural, School of Rural Revitalization), Hainan University, Danzhou 571737, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry (School of Agricultural and Rural, School of Rural Revitalization), Hainan University, Danzhou 571737, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry (School of Agricultural and Rural, School of Rural Revitalization), Hainan University, Danzhou 571737, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry (School of Agricultural and Rural, School of Rural Revitalization), Hainan University, Danzhou 571737, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Targets and Drug Leads for Degenerative Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering; School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry (School of Agricultural and Rural, School of Rural Revitalization), Hainan University, Danzhou 571737, China
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Yuan L, Zhang K, Wang Z, Xian L, Liu K, Wu S. Functional diversity of voltage-gated sodium channel in Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura). PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2024; 80:592-601. [PMID: 37740934 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND The larvae of Drosophila suzukii Matsumura feed directly inside the fruit, causing catastrophic damage to orchards. The misuse of pyrethroid insecticides during the control period has led to increasing resistance of D. suzukii to pyrethroids acting on the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC). RESULTS In this study, the sodium channel of D. suzukii was cloned (DsNav 5 GenBank number: OQ871532). The results of multiple-sequence alignment showed that the homology of sodium channel between D. suzukii and Drosophila melanogaster was as high as 95.3%. Analysis of transcripts from 62 variants of D. suzukii VGSC revealed a total of six alternative splicing sites (exons u, j, a, b, e, and h) and 33 RNA editing. Exons j, a, b, e, and h are conserved in D. melanogaster and other insects, whereas exon u has never been reported before. The number of A-to-I was distinctly more than that of U-to-C for RNA editing. All D. suzukii VGSC variants were expressed in Xenopus oocytes, but only one (type 5) was able to produce robust currents and nine produce weak currents. DsNav 5 with TipE of D. melanogaster co-expresses current better than its own TipE. Subsequently, tetrodotoxin was verified to be a blocker of VGSC, and the gating properties of DsNav 5 were investigated. CONCLUSION These findings proved that the VGSC of D. suzukii has not only the basic gating properties, but also the diversity of gating properties. This study also laid a foundation for the study of pyrethroid resistance mechanism of VGSC in D. suzukii. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Linlin Yuan
- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Sanya, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Sanya, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Sanya, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Sanya, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Sanya, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Sanya, China
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Lee J, Moon K, Cho S, Lim Y, Kim S, Kim SB, Han SM, Kim YH, Lee SH. Establishment and application of bioassay- and molecular marker-based methods for monitoring fluvalinate resistance of Varroa mites. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 197:105655. [PMID: 38072530 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2023.105655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 10/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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The Varroa mite, Varroa destructor, is an ectoparasite that infests honey bees. The extensive use of acaricides, including fluvalinate, has led to the emergence of resistance in Varroa mite populations worldwide. This study's objective is to monitor fluvalinate resistance in field populations of Varroa mites in Korea through both bioassay-based and molecular marker-based methods. To achieve this, a residual contact vial (RCV) bioassay was established for on-site resistance monitoring. A diagnostic dose of 200 ppm was determined based on the bioassay using a putative susceptible population. In the RCV bioassay, early mortality evaluation was effective for accurately discriminating mites with the knockdown resistance (kdr) genotype, while late evaluation was useful for distinguishing mites with additional resistance factors. The RCV bioassay of 14 field mite populations collected in 2021 indicated potential resistance development in four populations. As an alternative approach, quantitative sequencing was employed to assess the frequency of the L925I/M mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC), associated with fluvalinate kdr trait. While the mutation was absent in 2020 Varroa mite populations, it emerged in 2021, increased in frequency in 2022, and became nearly widespread across the country by 2023. This recent emergence and rapid spread of fluvalinate resistance within a span of three years demonstrate the Varroa mite's significant potential for developing resistance. This situation further underscores the urgent need to replace fluvalinate with alternative acaricides. A few novel VGSC mutations potentially involved in resistance were identified. Potential factors driving the rapid expansion of resistance were further discussed.
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- Joonhee Lee
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Vector Entomology, Kyungpook National University, Sangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Apiculture Division, Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Wanju, Republic of Korea
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- Apiculture Division, Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Wanju, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Vector Entomology, Kyungpook National University, Sangju, Republic of Korea; Research Institute of Invertebrate Vector, Kyungpook National University, Sangju, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Murray HL, Hribar LJ. Resistance and inhibitor testing on Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) (Culicidae: Diptera) populations in the Florida Keys. JOURNAL OF VECTOR ECOLOGY : JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR VECTOR ECOLOGY 2023; 49:53-63. [PMID: 38147301 DOI: 10.52707/1081-1710-49.1.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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Aedes aegypti is the species of greatest concern for mosquito-borne disease in the Florida Keys. Previous locally transmitted dengue outbreaks in Key West (2009-2010) and Key Largo (2020) illustrate the need for an immediate and effective response plan to maintain Ae. aegypti populations below threshold levels. An important part of the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District's vector response plan is adulticide application because it can provide an immediate reduction in Ae. aegypti adults in the community. It has become apparent that in the Florida Keys, and throughout Florida, Ae. aegypti resistance to the adulticide permethrin is prevalent. This study uses the CDC bottle bioassay method to look at resistance in Ae. aegypti collected from Key Largo, Vaca Key, and Key West, FL. Resistance was found in all three populations when exposed to permethrin and Sumithrin® but not malathion. Inhibitor testing revealed that esterase and glutathione transferase activity is involved in resistance to permethrin in Key Largo and Key West Ae. aegypti populations while oxidase activity is involved in resistance to permethrin in Ae. aegypti from Vaca Key. Lack of knockdown at the diagnostic time and previous studies detecting the presence of kdr-associated allele mutations suggest knockdown resistance in all three populations. Results from this study show that there are multiple factors involved with resistance in the Ae. aegypti populations in the Florida Keys and that resistance mechanisms vary between islands. Continued surveillance will remain important so the most effective active ingredients can be used in response to future disease transmission.
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- Heidi L Murray
- Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, Marathon, FL 33050, U.S.A.,
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Shamim S, Akhtar M, Gul S. Novel designed analogues of quercetin against SARS-CoV2:an in-silico pharmacokinetic evaluation, molecular modeling, MD simulations based study. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023:1-19. [PMID: 37798928 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2265469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Here we present the design of the series of quercetin analogues and their molecular docking study involving the binding of quercetin and its analogues with SARS-CoV2 3CLpro. The scientific literature shows that quercetin compound has been successfully used against SARS-CoV by inhibiting the replication of virus in respiratory epithelial cell through the inhibition of the SARS-CoV main protease (3CLpro.) It was suggested that the modification at position 3 in quercetin structure may produce potent compounds against SARS-CoV2. A series of quercetin analogues were designed and screened for physicochemical and pharmacokinetics parameters. The activities of selected compounds against SARS-CoV2 were screened by molecular modelling and evaluated that analogues, Q5, Q6 and Q13 have the best docking scores (-8.01 to -8.17 kcal/mol) and also better than quercetin, α-ketoamide and current available inhibitors of the same target. The structure-activity relationship (SAR) study revealed that the introduction of the amino group in a designed molecule was highly promising for increasing the inhibitory activity against SARS-CoV2 3CL pro. Moreover, to check the stability and orientation of selected compounds inside the binding pocket, the molecular dynamic simulations were performed for 100 ns. Results revealed that the designed analogues Q1, Q6 and Q13 having lowest binding energies (-8.0, -8.17 and -8.06 kcal/mol respectively) as well as better physicochemical properties, pharmacokinetics, and toxicity profile show their potential to synthesize and develop as the therapeutic agents against corona virus.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Sumbul Shamim
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dow College of Pharmacy, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dow College of Pharmacy, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jinnah University for Women, Karachi, Pakistan
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Hutton SM, Miarinjara A, Stone NE, Raharimalala FN, Raveloson AO, Rakotobe Harimanana R, Harimalala M, Rahelinirina S, McDonough RF, Ames AD, Hepp C, Rajerison M, Busch JD, Wagner DM, Girod R. Knockdown resistance mutations are common and widely distributed in Xenopsylla cheopis fleas that transmit plague in Madagascar. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2023; 17:e0011401. [PMID: 37607174 PMCID: PMC10443838 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, remains an important disease in Madagascar, where the oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, is a primary vector. To control fleas, synthetic pyrethroids (SPs) have been used for >20 years, resulting in resistance in many X. cheopis populations. The most common mechanisms of SP resistance are target site mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC) gene. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We obtained 25 collections of X. cheopis from 22 locations across Madagascar and performed phenotypic tests to determine resistance to deltamethrin, permethrin, and/or dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). Most populations were resistant to all these insecticides. We sequenced a 535 bp segment of the VGSC gene and identified two different mutations encoding distinct substitutions at amino acid position 1014, which is associated with knockdown resistance (kdr) to SPs in insects. Kdr mutation L1014F occurred in all 25 collections; a rarer mutation, L1014H, was found in 12 collections. There was a significant positive relationship between the frequency of kdr alleles and the proportion of individuals surviving exposure to deltamethrin. Phylogenetic comparisons of 12 VGSC alleles in Madagascar suggested resistant alleles arose from susceptible lineages at least three times. Because genotype can reasonably predict resistance phenotype, we developed a TaqMan PCR assay for the rapid detection of kdr resistance alleles. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Our study provides new insights into VGSC mutations in Malagasy populations of X. cheopis and is the first to report a positive correlation between VGSC genotypes and SP resistance phenotypes in fleas. Widespread occurrence of these two SP resistance mutations in X. cheopis populations in Madagascar reduces the viability of these insecticides for flea control. However, the TaqMan assay described here facilitates rapid detection of kdr mutations to inform when use of these insecticides is still warranted to reduce transmission of plague.
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- Shelby M. Hutton
- Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
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- Medical Entomology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
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- Medical Entomology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Medical Entomology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Medical Entomology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
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- Office of Field Operations, Food Safety Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture, Souderton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
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- Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
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- Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
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- Medical Entomology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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Barreaux P, Ranson H, Foster GM, McCall PJ. Pyrethroid-treated bed nets impair blood feeding performance in insecticide resistant mosquitoes. Sci Rep 2023; 13:10055. [PMID: 37344580 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-35958-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
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The blood feeding performance of female mosquitoes directly impacts their ability to transmit malaria. Yet their host seeking and blood feeding behaviours in the presence of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are still poorly understood. This work explores how both insecticide resistant and susceptible Anopheles gambiae s.l. mosquitoes interact with pyrethroid nets (PermaNet 2.0 or Olyset net) or an untreated net (UTN) while attempting to blood feed on a human arm. Regardless of mosquito resistance status, the ITNs did not efficiently prevent host searching but reduced blood feeding success by 34.1 (29.31-38.95) %. The Permanet and Olyset net reduced to 227.5 (208.19-246.77) sec and 235.9 (214.03-257.74) sec the average blood feeding duration from 369.9 (342.78-397.04) sec with the UTN. The ingested blood volume was on average 22% lower for all mosquitoes exposed to insecticide. When feeding through ITNs, the blood volume flow rate of the susceptible strain increased by 35%, but no significant difference was found in the resistant strain. Thus, whilst the presence of the insecticide in ITNs reduced mosquito blood feeding success and blood volume, the mosquito's ability to respond by accelerating her rate of blood ingestion may further reduce the impact of ITNs on resistant mosquitoes.
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- Priscille Barreaux
- Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
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- Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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Gao R, Lu R, Qiu X, Wang L, Zhang K, Wu S. Detection of Putative Mutation I873S in the Sodium Channel of Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall) Which May Be Associated with Pyrethroid Resistance. INSECTS 2023; 14:388. [PMID: 37103203 PMCID: PMC10143160 DOI: 10.3390/insects14040388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Pyrethroid resistance of thrips has been reported in many countries, and knockdown resistance (kdr) has been identified as a main mechanism against pyrethroids in many insects. To characterize pyrethroid resistance in Megalurothrips usitatus from the Hainan Province of China, we conducted a biological assay and sequenced the voltage-gated sodium channel gene domain II from M. usitatus field populations. It showed high resistance to the pyrethroids for 2019 and 2020, in which LC50 to lambda-cyhalothrin of M. usitatus was 1683.521 mg/L from Sanya in 2020. The LC50 value of deltamethrin was lower in Haikou than in other locations, which mean the south of Hainan has higher resistance than the north of Hainan. Two mutations of I873S and V1015M were detected in the domain II region of the sodium channel in M. usitatus; however, the mutation frequency of V1015M was only 3.33% and that of I873S was 100%. One is homozygous and the other is a heterozygous mutant type. The three thrips-sensitive strains of sodium channel 873 are highly conserved in amino acids (isoleucine), while the M. usitatus pyrethroid-resistant strains are all serine, so I873S may be related to the resistance of M. usitatus to pyrethroids. The present study will contribute to the understanding of the evolution of pyrethroids resistance and contribute to the development of resistance management of M. usitatus in Hainan.
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- Ruibo Gao
- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute, Hainan University, Yazhou, Sanya 572024, China; (R.G.); (R.L.); (X.Q.); (L.W.)
- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
- Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Yazhou, Sanya 572024, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute, Hainan University, Yazhou, Sanya 572024, China; (R.G.); (R.L.); (X.Q.); (L.W.)
- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
- Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Yazhou, Sanya 572024, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute, Hainan University, Yazhou, Sanya 572024, China; (R.G.); (R.L.); (X.Q.); (L.W.)
- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
- Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Yazhou, Sanya 572024, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute, Hainan University, Yazhou, Sanya 572024, China; (R.G.); (R.L.); (X.Q.); (L.W.)
- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
- Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Yazhou, Sanya 572024, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute, Hainan University, Yazhou, Sanya 572024, China; (R.G.); (R.L.); (X.Q.); (L.W.)
- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
- Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Yazhou, Sanya 572024, China
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- Sanya Nanfan Research Institute, Hainan University, Yazhou, Sanya 572024, China; (R.G.); (R.L.); (X.Q.); (L.W.)
- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
- Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Yazhou, Sanya 572024, China
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Djondji Kamga FM, Mugenzi LMJ, Tchouakui M, Sandeu MM, Maffo CGT, Nyegue MA, Wondji CS. Contrasting Patterns of Asaia Association with Pyrethroid Resistance Escalation between the Malaria Vectors Anopheles funestus and Anopheles gambiae. Microorganisms 2023; 11:microorganisms11030644. [PMID: 36985217 PMCID: PMC10053915 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11030644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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Microbiome composition has been associated with insecticide resistance in malaria vectors. However, the contribution of major symbionts to the increasingly reported resistance escalation remains unclear. This study explores the possible association of a specific endosymbiont, Asaia spp., with elevated levels of pyrethroid resistance driven by cytochrome P450s enzymes and voltage-gated sodium channel mutations in Anopheles funestus and Anopheles gambiae. Molecular assays were used to detect the symbiont and resistance markers (CYP6P9a/b, 6.5 kb, L1014F, and N1575Y). Overall, genotyping of key mutations revealed an association with the resistance phenotype. The prevalence of Asaia spp. in the FUMOZ_X_FANG strain was associated with the resistance phenotype at a 5X dose of deltamethrin (OR = 25.7; p = 0.002). Mosquitoes with the resistant allele for the markers tested were significantly more infected with Asaia compared to those possessing the susceptible allele. Furthermore, the abundance correlated with the resistance phenotype at 1X concentration of deltamethrin (p = 0.02, Mann-Whitney test). However, for the MANGOUM_X_KISUMU strain, findings rather revealed an association between Asaia load and the susceptible phenotype (p = 0.04, Mann-Whitney test), demonstrating a negative link between the symbiont and permethrin resistance. These bacteria should be further investigated to establish its interactions with other resistance mechanisms and cross-resistance with other insecticide classes.
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- Fleuriane Metissa Djondji Kamga
- Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID), Yaoundé P.O. Box 13591, Cameroon
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé P.O. Box 812, Cameroon
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- Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID), Yaoundé P.O. Box 13591, Cameroon
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- Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID), Yaoundé P.O. Box 13591, Cameroon
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- Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID), Yaoundé P.O. Box 13591, Cameroon
- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine and Sciences, University of Ngaoundéré, Ngaoundéré P.O. Box 454, Cameroon
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- Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID), Yaoundé P.O. Box 13591, Cameroon
- Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
- Correspondence:
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Hadiatullah H, Zhang Y, Samurkas A, Xie Y, Sundarraj R, Zuilhof H, Qiao J, Yuchi Z. Recent progress in the structural study of ion channels as insecticide targets. INSECT SCIENCE 2022; 29:1522-1551. [PMID: 35575601 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.13032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Ion channels, many expressed in insect neural and muscular systems, have drawn huge attention as primary targets of insecticides. With the recent technical breakthroughs in structural biology, especially in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), many new high-resolution structures of ion channel targets, apo or in complex with insecticides, have been solved, shedding light on the molecular mechanism of action of the insecticides and resistance mutations. These structures also provide accurate templates for structure-based insecticide screening and rational design. This review summarizes the recent progress in the structural studies of 5 ion channel families: the ryanodine receptor (RyR), the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR), the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC), the transient receptor potential (TRP) channel, and the ligand-gated chloride channel (LGCC). We address the selectivity of the channel-targeting insecticides by examining the conservation of key coordinating residues revealed by the structures. The possible resistance mechanisms are proposed based on the locations of the identified resistance mutations on the 3D structures of the target channels and their impacts on the binding of insecticides. Finally, we discuss how to develop "green" insecticides with a novel mode of action based on these high-resolution structures to overcome the resistance.
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- Hadiatullah Hadiatullah
- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital; National Clinical Research Center for Cancer; Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin; Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China
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Major KM, Weston DP, Wellborn GA, Lydy MJ, Poynton HC. Predicting Resistance: Quantifying the Relationship between Urban Development, Agricultural Pesticide Use, and Pesticide Resistance in a Nontarget Amphipod. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:14649-14659. [PMID: 36201633 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c04245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Resistance alleles within the voltage-gated sodium channel (vgsc) have been correlated with pyrethroid resistance in wild populations of the nontarget amphipod, Hyalella azteca from California (CA), U.S.A. In the present study, we expand upon the relationship between land use and the evolution of pesticide resistance in H. azteca to develop a quantitative methodology to target and screen novel populations for resistance allele genotypes in a previously uninvestigated region of the U.S. (New England: NE). By incorporating urban land development and toxicity-normalized agricultural pesticide use indices into our site selection, we successfully identified three amino acid substitutions associated with pyrethroid resistance. One of the resistance mutations has been described in H. azteca from CA (L925I). We present the remaining two (vgsc I936F and I936V) as novel pyrethroid-resistance alleles in H. azteca based on previous work in insects and elevated cyfluthrin resistance in one NE population. Our results suggest that urban pesticide use is a strong driver in the evolution of resistance alleles in H. azteca. Furthermore, our method for resistance allele screening provides an applied framework for detecting ecosystem impairment on a nationwide scale that can be incorporated into ecological risk assessment decisions.
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- Kaley M Major
- School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, United States
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- Center for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences and Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
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- School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, United States
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Sun H, Nomura Y, Du Y, Liu Z, Zhorov BS, Dong K. Characterization of two kdr mutations at predicted pyrethroid receptor site 2 in the sodium channels of Aedes aegypti and Nilaparvata lugens. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 148:103814. [PMID: 35932971 PMCID: PMC10076083 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/17/2022] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Pyrethroid insecticides prolong the opening of insect sodium channels by binding to two predicted pyrethroid receptor sites (PyR), PyR1 and PyR2. Many naturally-occurring sodium channel mutations that confer pyrethroid resistance (known as knockdown resistance, kdr) are located at PyR1. Recent studies identified two new mutations, V253F and T267A, at PyR2, which co-exist with two well-known mutations F1534C or M918T, at PyR1, in pyrethroid-resistant populations of Aedes aegypti and Nilaparvata lugens, respectively. However, the role of the V253F and T267A mutations in pyrethroid resistance has not been functionally examined. Here we report functional characterization of the V253F and T267A mutations in the Ae. aegypti sodium channel AaNav2-1 and the N. lugens sodium channel NlNav1 expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Both mutations alone reduced channel sensitivity to pyrethroids, including etofenprox. We docked etofenprox in a homology model of the pore module of the NlNav1 channel based on the crystal structure of an open prokaryotic sodium channel NavMs. In the low-energy binding pose etofenprox formed contacts with V253, T267 and a previously identified L1014 within PyR2. Combining of V253F or T267A with F1534C or M918T results in a higher level of pyrethroid insensitivity. Furthermore, both V253F and T267A mutations altered channel gating properties. However, V253F- and T267A-induced gating modifications was not observed in the double mutant channels. Our findings highlight the first example in which naturally-found combinational mutations in PyR1 and PyR2 not only confer higher level pyrethroid insensitivity, but also reduce potential fitness tradeoff in pyrethroid-resistant mosquitoes caused by kdr mutation-induced sodium channel gating modifications.
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- Huahua Sun
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Southern Insect Management Research Unit, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 141 Experiment Station Road, Stoneville, MS, 38776, USA
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Canada; Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology & Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194223, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
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Zhorov BS, Dong K. Pyrethroids in an AlphaFold2 Model of the Insect Sodium Channel. INSECTS 2022; 13:745. [PMID: 36005370 PMCID: PMC9409284 DOI: 10.3390/insects13080745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2022] [Revised: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Pyrethroid insecticides stabilize the open state of insect sodium channels. Previous mutational, electrophysiological, and computational analyses led to the development of homology models predicting two pyrethroid receptor sites, PyR1 and PyR2. Many of the naturally occurring sodium channel mutations, which confer knockdown resistance (kdr) to pyrethroids, are located within or close to these receptor sites, indicating that these mutations impair pyrethroid binding. However, the mechanism of the state-dependent action of pyrethroids and the mechanisms by which kdr mutations beyond the receptor sites confer resistance remain unclear. Recent advances in protein structure prediction using the AlphaFold2 (AF2) neural network allowed us to generate a new model of the mosquito sodium channel AaNav1-1, with the activated voltage-sensing domains (VSMs) and the presumably inactivated pore domain (PM). We further employed Monte Carlo energy minimizations to open PM and deactivate VSM-I and VSM-II to generate additional models. The docking of a Type II pyrethroid deltamethrin in the models predicted its interactions with many known pyrethroid-sensing residues in the PyR1 and PyR2 sites and revealed ligand-channel interactions that stabilized the open PM and activated VSMs. Our study confirms the predicted two pyrethroid receptor sites, explains the state-dependent action of pyrethroids, and proposes the mechanisms of the allosteric effects of various kdr mutations on pyrethroid action. The AF2-based models may assist in the structure-based design of new insecticides.
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- Boris S. Zhorov
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology & Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg 194223, Russia
- Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Saint Petersburg 197341, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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Pichler V, Caputo B, Valadas V, Micocci M, Horvath C, Virgillito C, Akiner M, Balatsos G, Bender C, Besnard G, Bravo-Barriga D, Bueno-Mari R, Collantes F, Delacour-Estrella S, Dikolli E, Falcuta E, Flacio E, García-Pérez AL, Kalan K, Kavran M, L'Ambert G, Lia RP, Marabuto E, Medialdea R, Melero-Alcibar R, Michaelakis A, Mihalca A, Mikov O, Miranda MA, Müller P, Otranto D, Pajovic I, Petric D, Rebelo MT, Robert V, Rogozi E, Tello A, Zitko T, Schaffner F, Pinto J, Della Torre A. Geographic distribution of the V1016G knockdown resistance mutation in Aedes albopictus: a warning bell for Europe. Parasit Vectors 2022; 15:280. [PMID: 35932088 PMCID: PMC9356396 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-022-05407-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Colonization of large part of Europe by the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is causing autochthonous transmission of chikungunya and dengue exotic arboviruses. While pyrethroids are recommended only to reduce/limit transmission, they are widely implemented to reduce biting nuisance and to control agricultural pests, increasing the risk of insurgence of resistance mechanisms. Worryingly, pyrethroid resistance (with mortality < 70%) was recently reported in Ae. albopictus populations from Italy and Spain and associated with the V1016G point mutation in the voltage-sensitive sodium channel gene conferring knockdown resistance (kdr). Genotyping pyrethroid resistance-associated kdr mutations in field mosquito samples represents a powerful approach to detect early signs of resistance without the need for carrying out phenotypic bioassays which require availability of live mosquitoes, dedicated facilities and appropriate expertise. METHODS Here we report results on the PCR-genotyping of the V1016G mutation in 2530 Ae. albopictus specimens from 69 sampling sites in 19 European countries. RESULTS The mutation was identified in 12 sites from nine countries (with allele frequencies ranging from 1 to 8%), mostly distributed in two geographical clusters. The western cluster includes Mediterranean coastal sites from Italy, France and Malta as well as single sites from both Spain and Switzerland. The eastern cluster includes sites on both sides of the Black Sea in Bulgaria, Turkey and Georgia as well as one site from Romania. These results are consistent with genomic data showing high connectivity and close genetic relationship among West European populations and a major barrier to gene flow between West European and Balkan populations. CONCLUSIONS The results of this first effort to map kdr mutations in Ae. albopictus on a continental scale show a widespread presence of the V1016G allele in Europe, although at lower frequencies than those previously reported from Italy. This represents a wake-up call for mosquito surveillance programs in Europe to include PCR-genotyping of pyrethroid resistance alleles, as well as phenotypic resistance assessments, in their routine activities.
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- Verena Pichler
- Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica & Malattie Infettive, Università di Roma Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica & Malattie Infettive, Università di Roma Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto De Higiene E Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova De Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica & Malattie Infettive, Università di Roma Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica & Malattie Infettive, Università di Roma Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Insects & Parasites of Medical Importance, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Kifisia, Greece
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- Syndicat de Lutte Contre Les Moustiques du Bas-Rhin, Strasbourg, France
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- Entente Interdépartementale Rhône-Alpes pour la Démoustication, Chindrieux, France
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- Animal Health Department, Veterinary Faculty, University of Extremadura (UEx), Cáceres, Spain
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- Cantacuzino, National Military-Medical Institute of Research and Development, Bucharest, Romania
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- University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland, Manno, Switzerland
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- Neiker-Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Derio, Spain
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- Entente Interdépartementale Rhône-Alpes pour la Démoustication, Chindrieux, France
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- Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Laboratory of Insects & Parasites of Medical Importance, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Kifisia, Greece
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- University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Applied Zoology and Animal Conservation, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- CESAM-Ciências, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, , Lisbon, Portugal
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- Mivegec Laboratory, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Public Health of Split-Dalmatia County, Split, Croatia
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- Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto De Higiene E Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova De Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica & Malattie Infettive, Università di Roma Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
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Fang C, Hopkinson JE, Balzer J, Frese M, Tay WT, Walsh T. Screening for insecticide resistance in Australian field populations of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) using bioassays and DNA sequencing. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2022; 78:3248-3259. [PMID: 35396820 PMCID: PMC9546000 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Species within the Bemisia tabaci cryptic species complex can cause significant crop damage. We used high-throughput amplicon sequencing to identify the species composition and resistance allele genotypes in field populations from cotton fields in Australia. For selected populations, the resistance phenotype was determined in bioassays and compared with sequencing data. RESULTS A metabarcoding approach was used to analyse the species composition in 144 field populations collected between 2013 and 2021. Two mixed AUS I and MEAM1 populations were detected, whereas the remaining 142 populations consisted of MEAM1 only. High-throughput sequencing of organophosphate and pyrethroid resistance gene amplicons showed that the organophosphate resistance allele F331W was fixed (> 99%) in all MEAM1 populations, whereas the pyrethroid resistance allele L925I in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene was detected at varying frequencies [1.0%-7.0% (43 populations); 27.7% and 42.1% (two populations); 95%-97.5% (three populations)]. Neither organophosphate nor pyrethroid resistance alleles were detected in the AUS I populations. Pyrethroid bioassays of 85 MEAM1 field-derived populations detected no resistance in 51 populations, whereas 32 populations showed low frequency resistance, and 2 populations were highly resistant. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrate that high-throughput sequencing and bioassays are complementary approaches. The detection of target site mutations and the phenotypic provides a comprehensive analysis of the low-level resistance to pyrethroids that is present in Australian cotton farms. By contrast, a limited survey of whitefly populations from horticulture found evidence of high-level resistance against pyrethroids. Furthermore, we found that the F331W allele (linked to organophosphate resistance) is ubiquitous in Australian MEAM1. © 2022 Commonwealth of Australia. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Cao Fang
- Faculty of Science and TechnologyUniversity of CanberraCanberraAustralia
- CSIROActon
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- Department of Agriculture and FisheriesQueensland GovernmentToowoombaAustralia
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- Department of Agriculture and FisheriesQueensland GovernmentToowoombaAustralia
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- Faculty of Science and TechnologyUniversity of CanberraCanberraAustralia
- CSIROActon
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- CSIROActon
- Department of Applied BioSciencesMacquarie UniversitySydney
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- CSIROActon
- Department of Applied BioSciencesMacquarie UniversitySydney
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Rezende-Teixeira P, Dusi RG, Jimenez PC, Espindola LS, Costa-Lotufo LV. What can we learn from commercial insecticides? Efficacy, toxicity, environmental impacts, and future developments. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 300:118983. [PMID: 35151812 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Worldwide pesticide usage was estimated in up to 3.5 million tons in 2020. The number of approved products varies among different countries, however, in Brazil, there are nearly 5000 of such products available. Among them, insecticides correspond to a group of mounting importance for controlling crop pests and disease-associated vectors in public health. Unfortunately, resistance to commercially approved insecticides is commonly observed, limiting the use of these products. Thus, the search for more effective and environmentally friendly products is both a challenge and a necessity since several insecticides are no longer allowed in many countries. In this review, we discuss the historical strategies used in the development of modern insecticides, including chemical structure alterations, mechanism of action and their impact on insecticidal activity. The environmental impact of each pesticide class is also discussed, with persistence data and activity on non-target organisms, along with the human toxicological effect. By tracing the historical route of discovery and development of blockbuster pesticides like DDT, pyrethroids and organophosphates, we also aim to categorize and relate the successful chemical alterations and novel pesticide development strategies that resulted in safer alternatives. A brief discussion on the Brazilian registration procedure and a perspective of insecticides currently approved in the country was also included.
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- Paula Rezende-Teixeira
- Laboratório de Farmacologia Marinha, Departamento de Farmacologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacognosia, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, 70910-900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioprospecção de Organismos Marinhos, Instituto do Mar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Santos, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacognosia, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, 70910-900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia Marinha, Departamento de Farmacologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Valmorbida I, Coates BS, Hodgson EW, Ryan M, O’Neal ME. Evidence of enhanced reproductive performance and lack-of-fitness costs among soybean aphids, Aphis glycines, with varying levels of pyrethroid resistance. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2022; 78:2000-2010. [PMID: 35102702 PMCID: PMC9310592 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Foliar application of insecticides is the main strategy to manage soybean aphid, Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae), in the northcentral United States. Subpopulations of A. glycines have multiple nonsynonymous mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel (vgsc) genes that are associated with pyrethroid resistance. We explored if fitness costs are associated with phenotypes conferred by vgsc mutations using life table analyses. We predicted that there would be significant differences between pyrethroid susceptibility and field-collected, parthenogenetic isofemale clones with differing, nonsynonymous mutations in vgsc genes. RESULTS Estimated resistance ratios for the pyrethroid-resistant clones ranged from 3.1 to 37.58 and 5.6 to 53.91 for lambda-cyhalothrin and bifenthrin, respectively. Although life table analyses revealed some biological and demographic parameters to be significantly different among the clonal lines, there was no association between levels of pyrethroid resistance and a decline in fitness. By contrast, one of the most resistant clonal lines (SBA-MN1-2017) had a significantly higher finite rate of increase, intrinsic rate of increase and greater overall fitness compared to the susceptible control and other pyrethroid-resistant clonal lines. CONCLUSIONS Our life history analysis suggests that there are no negative pleotropic effects associated with the pyrethroid resistance in the clonal A. glycines lines used in this study. We discuss the potential impact of these results on efficacies of insecticide resistance management (IRM) and integrated pest management (IPM) plans directed at delaying the spread of pyrethroid-resistant A. glycines.
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insects & Crop Genetics ResearchAmesIAUSA
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- Corteva Agriscience, Agriculture Division of DowDuPontDallas CenterIAUSA
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Nolden M, Brockmann A, Ebbinghaus-Kintscher U, Brueggen KU, Horstmann S, Paine MJI, Nauen R. Towards understanding transfluthrin efficacy in a pyrethroid-resistant strain of the malaria vector Anopheles funestus with special reference to cytochrome P450-mediated detoxification. CURRENT RESEARCH IN PARASITOLOGY & VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES 2022; 1:100041. [PMID: 35284893 PMCID: PMC8906121 DOI: 10.1016/j.crpvbd.2021.100041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Malaria vector control interventions rely heavily on the application of insecticides against anopheline mosquitoes, in particular the fast-acting pyrethroids that target insect voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSC). Frequent applications of pyrethroids have resulted in resistance development in the major malaria vectors including Anopheles funestus, where resistance is primarily metabolic and driven by the overexpression of microsomal cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s). Here we examined the pattern of cross-resistance of the pyrethroid-resistant An. funestus strain FUMOZ-R towards transfluthrin and multi-halogenated benzyl derivatives, permethrin, cypermethrin and deltamethrin in comparison to the susceptible reference strain FANG. Transfluthrin and two multi-fluorinated derivatives exhibited micromolar potency - comparable to permethrin - to functionally expressed dipteran VGSC in a cell-based cation influx assay. The activity of transfluthrin and its derivatives on VGSC was strongly correlated with their contact efficacy against strain FUMOZ-R, although no such correlation was obtained for the other pyrethroids due to their rapid detoxification by the resistant strain. The low resistance levels for transfluthrin and derivatives in strain FUMOZ-R were only weakly synergized by known P450 inhibitors such as piperonyl butoxide (PBO), triflumizole and 1-aminobenzotriazole (1-ABT). In contrast, deltamethrin toxicity in FUMOZ-R was synergized > 100-fold by all three P450 inhibitors. The biochemical profiling of a range of fluorescent resorufin and coumarin compounds against FANG and FUMOZ-R microsomes identified 7-benzyloxymethoxy-4-trifluoromethylcoumarin (BOMFC) as a highly sensitive probe substrate for P450 activity. BOMFC was used to develop a fluorescence-based high-throughput screening assay to measure the P450 inhibitory action of potential synergists. Azole fungicides prochloraz and triflumizole were identified as extremely potent nanomolar inhibitors of microsomal P450s, strongly synergizing deltamethrin toxicity in An. funestus. Overall, the present study contributed to the understanding of transfluthrin efficacy at the molecular and organismal level and identified azole compounds with potential to synergize pyrethroid efficacy in malaria vectors. Transfluthrin and derivatives lack cross-resistance in resistant Anopheles funestus. Pyrethroid resistance in An. funestus is strongly synergized by azole fungicides. BOMFC is a highly active fluorescent probe substrate for microsomal cytochrome P450 monooxygenases in An. funestus. Azole fungicides are nanomolar inhibitors of microsomal cytochrome P450 monooxygenases in An. funestus.
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- Melanie Nolden
- Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Alfred Nobel Str. 50, D-40789, Monheim am Rhein, Germany.,Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, United Kingdom
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- Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Alfred Nobel Str. 50, D-40789, Monheim am Rhein, Germany.,Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, D-53113, Bonn, Germany
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- Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Alfred Nobel Str. 50, D-40789, Monheim am Rhein, Germany
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- Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Alfred Nobel Str. 50, D-40789, Monheim am Rhein, Germany
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- Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, United Kingdom
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- Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Alfred Nobel Str. 50, D-40789, Monheim am Rhein, Germany
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Tikhonov DB, Zhorov BS. P-Loop Channels: Experimental Structures, and Physics-Based and Neural Networks-Based Models. MEMBRANES 2022; 12:membranes12020229. [PMID: 35207150 PMCID: PMC8876033 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12020229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The superfamily of P-loop channels includes potassium, sodium, and calcium channels, as well as TRP channels and ionotropic glutamate receptors. A rapidly increasing number of crystal and cryo-EM structures have revealed conserved and variable elements of the channel structures. Intriguing differences are seen in transmembrane helices of channels, which may include π-helical bulges. The bulges reorient residues in the helices and thus strongly affect their intersegment contacts and patterns of ligand-sensing residues. Comparison of the experimental structures suggests that some π-bulges are dynamic: they may appear and disappear upon channel gating and ligand binding. The AlphaFold2 models represent a recent breakthrough in the computational prediction of protein structures. We compared some crystal and cryo-EM structures of P-loop channels with respective AlphaFold2 models. Folding of the regions, which are resolved experimentally, is generally similar to that predicted in the AlphaFold2 models. The models also reproduce some subtle but significant differences between various P-loop channels. However, patterns of π-bulges do not necessarily coincide in the experimental and AlphaFold2 structures. Given the importance of dynamic π-bulges, further studies involving experimental and theoretical approaches are necessary to understand the cause of the discrepancy.
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Clarkson CS, Miles A, Harding NJ, O’Reilly AO, Weetman D, Kwiatkowski D, Donnelly MJ. The genetic architecture of target-site resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in the African malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii. Mol Ecol 2021; 30:5303-5317. [PMID: 33590926 PMCID: PMC9019111 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Resistance to pyrethroid insecticides is a major concern for malaria vector control. Pyrethroids target the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC), an essential component of the mosquito nervous system. Substitutions in the amino acid sequence can induce a resistance phenotype. We use whole-genome sequence data from phase 2 of the Anopheles gambiae 1000 Genomes Project (Ag1000G) to provide a comprehensive account of genetic variation in the Vgsc gene across 13 African countries. In addition to known resistance alleles, we describe 20 other non-synonymous nucleotide substitutions at appreciable population frequency and map these variants onto a protein model to investigate the likelihood of pyrethroid resistance phenotypes. Thirteen of these novel alleles were found to occur almost exclusively on haplotypes carrying the known L995F kdr (knock-down resistance) allele and may enhance or compensate for the L995F resistance genotype. A novel mutation I1527T, adjacent to a predicted pyrethroid-binding site, was found in tight linkage with V402L substitutions, similar to allele combinations associated with resistance in other insect species. We also analysed genetic backgrounds carrying resistance alleles, to determine which alleles have experienced recent positive selection, and describe ten distinct haplotype groups carrying known kdr alleles. Five of these groups are observed in more than one country, in one case separated by over 3000 km, providing new information about the potential for the geographical spread of resistance. Our results demonstrate that the molecular basis of target-site pyrethroid resistance in malaria vectors is more complex than previously appreciated, and provide a foundation for the development of new genetic tools for insecticide resistance management.
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- Wellcome Sanger InstituteCambridgeUK
- Big Data InstituteLi Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and DiscoveryUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Big Data InstituteLi Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and DiscoveryUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Wellcome Sanger InstituteCambridgeUK
- Big Data InstituteLi Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and DiscoveryUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Wellcome Sanger InstituteCambridgeUK
- Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineLiverpoolUK
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Hernandez JR, Longnecker M, Fredregill CL, Debboun M, Pietrantonio PV. Kdr genotyping (V1016I, F1534C) of the Nav channel of Aedes aegypti (L.) mosquito populations in Harris County (Houston), Texas, USA, after Permanone 31-66 field tests and its influence on probability of survival. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2021; 15:e0009833. [PMID: 34735439 PMCID: PMC8568202 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Aedes aegypti (L.) is an important mosquito vector of emerging arboviruses such as Zika, dengue, yellow fever, and chikungunya. To quell potential disease outbreaks, its populations are controlled by applying pyrethroid insecticides, which selection pressure may lead to the development of insecticide resistance. Target site insensitivity to pyrethroids caused by non-synonymous knockdown resistance (kdr) mutations in the voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channel is a predominant mechanism of resistance in mosquitoes. To evaluate the potential impact of pyrethroid resistance on vector control, Ae. aegypti eggs were collected from eight mosquito control operational areas in Harris County, Texas, and emerged females were treated in field tests at four different distances from the pyrethroid Permanone 31-66 source. The females were genotyped by melting curve analyses to detect two kdr mutations (V1016I and F1534C) in the NaV channel. Harris County females had higher survivorship rates at each distance than the pyrethroid-susceptible Orlando strain females. Survivorship increased with distance from the pyrethroid source, with 39% of field-collected mosquitoes surviving at 7.62 m and 82.3% at 22.86 m from the treatment source. Both the V1016I and F1534C pyrethroid resistant genotypes were widely distributed and at high frequency, with 77% of the females being double homozygous resistant (II/CC), this being the first report of kdr mutations in Ae. aegypti in Harris County. Analysis of the probability of survival for each mutation site independently indicated that the CC genotype had similar probability of survival as the FC heterozygous, while the II genotype had higher survival than both the VI and VV, that did not differ. The double homozygous resistant genotype (II/CC) had the highest probability of survival. A linear model estimated probability of survival for areas and genotypes. The high frequency and widespread distribution of double-homozygote pyrethroid-resistant Ae. aegypti may jeopardize disease vector control efforts in Harris County.
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- Jonathan R. Hernandez
- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Harris County Public Health, Mosquito and Vector Control Division (HCPH-MVCD), Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Harris County Public Health, Mosquito and Vector Control Division (HCPH-MVCD), Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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Rodbell EA, Wanner KW. First Report of Alfalfa Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Resistance to Lambda-Cyhalothrin in Montana. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 2021; 114:2088-2095. [PMID: 34343288 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toab152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Forage alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. [Fabales: Fabacae]) is a major agronomic crop grown nationally and Montana ranks highly in acres harvested. The alfalfa weevil (Hypera postica Gyllenhal [Coleoptera: Curculionidae]) is the primary defoliating pest that requires insecticide applications to prevent yield loss, particularly pyrethroid active ingredients (a.i.) that are both efficacious and cost-effective. Reports from commercial alfalfa producers in Big Horn County, MT, suggested local populations of alfalfa weevil had developed resistance to the pyrethroid a.i. lambda-cyhalothrin (type II pyrethroid). Chemical control is an important component of integrated pest management (IPM) of alfalfa weevil and the loss of pyrethroid a.i. as an effective tool would result in additional production costs. Two locations in southern Big Horn County and nine locations in four other Montana counties where resistance has not been reported were sampled and assayed for resistance to lambda-cyhalothrin. Populations from three counties were susceptible, the concentration causing 50% mortality (LC50) ranged from 0.02 to 0.10 µg/cm2. In contrast, populations from Big Horn County did not reach 50% mortality at the highest concentration of lambda-cyhalothrin tested (3.30 µg/cm2), indicating high levels of resistance have developed in these populations. A field trial in Big Horn County supported laboratory results of resistance; lambda-cyhalothrin at the highest label rate did not reduce alfalfa weevil populations. Additional bioassays suggest cross-resistance to zeta-cypermethrin (type II pyrethroid), but only partial cross-resistance to permethrin (type I pyrethroid).
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- Erika A Rodbell
- Department of Plant Science and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, 119 Plant BioSciences, Bozeman, MT 59717-3150, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, 119 Plant BioSciences, Bozeman, MT 59717-3150, USA
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Rolim GG, Coelho RR, Antonino JD, Arruda LS, Rodrigues AS, Barros EM, Torres JB. Field-evolved resistance to beta-cyfluthrin in the boll weevil: Detection and characterization. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2021; 77:4400-4410. [PMID: 33991055 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Insecticide resistance in arthropods is an inherited trait that has become a major cause of insect pest control failure. Monitoring the level of susceptibility and characterization of the type of resistance of key pest species aims to determine the risk of resistance selection in time to take action to mitigate control failures. Seven populations of the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis, collected from cotton fields in the Semiarid and Cerrado areas of Brazil, were screened for their resistance to malathion and beta-cyfluthrin, insecticides widely recommended for control of boll weevil and other pests. RESULTS The levels of adult mortality were variable for beta-cyfluthrin (0-82%) but invariant (100%) for malathion. Bioassays of concentration-mortality were used to determine lethal concentrations (LCs) for each insecticide. The LC-values corroborate the lack of resistance to field rates of malathion but high levels of resistance to beta-cyfluthrin from 62.7- to 439.7-fold. Weevils resistant to beta-cyfluthrin were found through genome sequencing to possess a kdr mutation through the L1014F substitution in the voltage gated-sodium channel gene. CONCLUSIONS This study found boll weevil resistance to beta-cyfluthrin to be not mediated by carboxylesterases, but with cross-resistance to DDT and carbaryl, and kdr mutation as the major mechanism of the resistance in our samples. Caution is recommended in further use of beta-cyfluthrin against boll weevil due to potential resistance. Monitoring studies using other boll weevil populations are recommended to determine the geographic pattern and extent of pyrethroid resistance. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Guilherme G Rolim
- Departamento de Agronomia - Entomologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
- Instituto Mato-Grossense do Algodão, Cuiabá, Brazil
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- Departamento de Agronomia - Entomologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Agronomia - Entomologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Agronomia - Entomologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
- Fundação Bahia, Luiz Eduardo Magalhães, Brazil
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- Departamento de Agronomia - Entomologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Agronomia - Entomologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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Fung CY, Zhu KY, Major K, Poynton HC, Huff Hartz KE, Wellborn G, Lydy MJ. The contribution of detoxification pathways to pyrethroid resistance in Hyalella azteca. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 284:117158. [PMID: 33895574 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 03/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Chronic exposure to pyrethroid insecticides can result in strong selective pressures on non-target species in aquatic systems and drive the evolution of resistance and population-level changes. Characterizing the underlying mechanisms of resistance is essential to better understanding the potential consequences of contaminant-driven microevolution. The current study found that multiple mechanisms enhance the overall tolerance of Hyalella azteca to the pyrethroid permethrin. In H. azteca containing mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC), both adaptation and acclimation played a role in mitigating the adverse effects of pyrethroid exposures. Pyrethroid resistance is primarily attributed to the heritable mutation at a single locus of the VGSC, resulting in reduced target-site sensitivity. However, additional pyrethroid tolerance was conferred through enhanced enzyme-mediated detoxification. Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYP450) and general esterases (GE) significantly contributed to the detoxification of permethrin in H. azteca. Over time, VGSC mutated H. azteca retained most of their pyrethroid resistance, though there was some increased sensitivity from parent to offspring when reared in the absence of pyrethroid exposure. Permethrin median lethal concentrations (LC50s) declined from 1809 ng/L in parent (P0) individuals to 1123 ng/L in the first filial (F1) generation, and this reduction in tolerance was likely related to alterations in acclimation mechanisms, rather than changes to target-site sensitivity. Enzyme bioassays indicated decreased CYP450 and GE activity from P0 to F1, whereas the VGSC mutation was retained. The permethrin LC50s in resistant H. azteca were still two orders-of-magnitude higher than non-resistant populations indicating that the largest proportion of resistance was maintained through the inherited VGSC mutation. Thus, the noted variation in tolerance in H. azteca is likely associated with inducible traits controlling enzyme pathways. A better understanding of the mechanistic and genomic basis of acclimation is necessary to more accurately predict the ecological and evolutionary consequences of contaminant-driven change in H. azteca.
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- Courtney Y Fung
- Center for Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 62901, USA.
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- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA.
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- School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, 02125, USA.
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- School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, 02125, USA.
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- Center for Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 62901, USA.
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- Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019, USA.
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- Center for Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 62901, USA.
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Residual Tau-Fluvalinate in Honey Bee Colonies Is Coupled with Evidence for Selection for Varroa destructor Resistance to Pyrethroids. INSECTS 2021; 12:insects12080731. [PMID: 34442297 PMCID: PMC8397018 DOI: 10.3390/insects12080731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Varroa destructor is considered one of the most devastating parasites of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, and a major problem for the beekeeping industry. Currently, the main method to control Varroa mites is the application of drugs that contain different acaricides as active ingredients. The pyrethroid tau-fluvalinate is one of the acaricides most widely used in beekeeping due to its efficacy and low toxicity to bees. However, the intensive and repetitive application of this compound produces a selective pressure that, when maintained over time, contributes to the emergence of resistant mites in the honey bee colonies, compromising the acaricidal treatments efficacy. Here we studied the presence of tau-fluvalinate residues in hives and the evolution of genetic resistance to this acaricide in Varroa mites from honey bee colonies that received no pyrethroid treatment in the previous four years. Our data revealed the widespread and persistent tau-fluvalinate contamination of beeswax and beebread in hives, an overall increase of the pyrethroid resistance allele frequency and a generalized excess of resistant mites relative to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium expectations. These results suggest that tau-fluvalinate contamination in the hives may seriously compromise the efficacy of pyrethroid-based mite control methods.
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The insecticide deltamethrin enhances sodium channel slow inactivation of human Nav1.9, Nav1.8 and Nav1.7. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2021; 428:115676. [PMID: 34389319 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2021.115676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The insecticide deltamethrin of the pyrethroid class mainly targets voltage-gated sodium channels (Navs). Deltamethrin prolongs the opening of Navs by slowing down fast inactivation and deactivation. Pyrethroids are supposedly safe for humans, however, they have also been linked to the gulf-war syndrome, a neuropathic pain condition that can develop following exposure to certain chemicals. Inherited neuropathic pain conditions have been linked to mutations in the Nav subtypes Nav1.7, Nav1.8, and Nav1.9. Here, we examined the effect of deltamethrin on the human isoforms Nav1.7, Nav1.8, and Nav1.9_C4 (chimera containing the C-terminus of rat Nav1.4) heterologously expressed in HEK293T and ND7/23 cells using whole-cell patch-clamp electrophysiology. For all three Nav subtypes, we observed increased persistent and tail currents that are typical for Nav channels modified by deltamethrin. The most surprising finding was an enhanced slow inactivation induced by deltamethrin in all three Nav subtypes. An enhanced slow inactivation is contrary to the prolonged opening caused by pyrethroids and has not been described for deltamethrin or any other pyrethroid before. Furthermore, we found that the fraction of deltamethrin-modified channels increased use-dependently. However, for Nav1.8, the use-dependent potentiation occurred only when the holding potential was increased to -90 mV, a potential at which the tail currents decay more slowly. This indicates that use-dependent modification is due to an accumulation of tail currents. In summary, our findings support a novel mechanism whereby deltamethrin enhances slow inactivation of voltage-gated sodium channels, which may, depending on the cellular resting membrane potential, reduce neuronal excitability and counteract the well-described pyrethroid effects of prolonging channel opening.
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Colonization and Authentication of the Pyrethroid-Resistant Anopheles gambiae s.s. Muleba-Kis Strain; an Important Test System for Laboratory Screening of New Insecticides. INSECTS 2021; 12:insects12080710. [PMID: 34442276 PMCID: PMC8396659 DOI: 10.3390/insects12080710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 07/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Simple Summary Malaria control and prevention have traditionally relied on the use of insecticides in the form of treated bed nets or residual spraying in households. However, scaling up of these interventions—based on few available insecticide classes—resulted in the development and spread of insecticide resistance in malaria-transmitting mosquitoes. There is therefore an urgent need for introducing and applying new insecticides that are effective against these mosquitoes. Laboratories tasked with evaluating the efficacy of novel insecticides need to establish a large colony of resistant mosquitoes. In this study, we report the procedures used and challenges faced during the establishment and maintenance of a resistant mosquito strain in the laboratory which reflects the characteristics of the wild-resistant mosquito populations found in East Africa. Abstract Background: The emergence and spread of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors to major classes of insecticides call for urgent innovation and application of insecticides with novel modes of action. When evaluating new insecticides for public health, potential candidates need to be screened against both susceptible and resistant mosquitoes to determine efficacy and to identify potential cross-resistance to insecticides currently used for mosquito control. The challenges and lessons learned from establishing, maintaining, and authenticating the pyrethroid-resistant An. gambiae s.s. Muleba-Kis strain at the KCMUCo-PAMVERC Test Facility are described in this paper. Methods: Male mosquitoes from the F1 generation of wild-pyrethroid resistant mosquitoes were cross-bred with susceptible female An. gambiae s.s. Kisumu laboratory strain followed by larval selection using a pyrethroid insecticide solution. Periodic screening for phenotypic and genotypic resistance was done. WHO susceptibility tests and bottle bioassays were used to assess the phenotypic resistance, while Taqman™ assays were used to screen for known target-site resistance alleles (kdr and ace-1). Additionally, the strains were periodically assessed for quality control by monitoring adult weight and wing length. Results: By out-crossing the wild mosquitoes with an established lab strain, a successful resistant insectary colony was established. Intermittent selection pressure using alphacypermethrin has maintained high kdr mutation (leucine-serine) frequencies in the selected colony. There was consistency in the wing length and weight measurements from the year 2016 to 2020, with the exception that one out of four years was significantly different. Mean annual wing length varied between 0.0142–0.0028 mm compared to values obtained in 2016, except in 2019 where it varied by 0.0901 mm. Weight only varied by approximately 0.001 g across four years, except in 2017 where it differed by 0.005 g. Routine phenotypic characterization on Muleba-Kis against pyrethroids using the WHO susceptibility test indicated high susceptibility when type I pyrethroids were used compared to type II pyrethroids. Dynamics on susceptibility status also depended on the lapse time when the selection was last done. Conclusions: This study described the procedure for introducing, colonizing, and maintaining a resistant An. gambiae s.s. strain in the laboratory with leucine to serine substitution kdr allele which reflects the features of the wild-resistant population in East Africa. Challenges in colonizing a wild-resistant mosquito strain were overcome by out-crossing between mosquito strains of desired traits followed by intermittent insecticide selection at the larval stage to select for the resistant phenotype.
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Sugiura M, Kimoto F, Itokawa K, Kasai S. Novel CONCOMITANT mutations L932F and I936V in the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel and Its Association With Pyrethroid Resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2021; 58:798-806. [PMID: 33174593 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaa238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Highly residual pyrethroids such as permethrin have been used for controlling mosquitoes that transmit infectious diseases. However, the selective pressure from such insecticides may result in cross-resistance against other pyrethroids used for household insecticides. In this study, we investigated the susceptibility of Culex quinquefasciatus Say collected from Brazil and Myanmar to permethrin in addition to four types of household pyrethroids. Both strains exhibited high resistance against all pyrethroids tested, indicating cross-resistance. Furthermore, we detected the knockdown resistance (kdr) mutations L932F+I936V in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene (VGSC) in the Brazilian strain. Notably, the L932F+I936V haplotype has previously been observed in in silico data, but it should be detected not directly from living insects. In comparison, a common kdr mutation, L1014F, was detected from the Myanmar strain. Although L1014F was also detected from the Brazilian strain, the allele frequency was too low to affect resistance. Both strains harbored the resistance-associated haplotypes of the cytochrome P450 gene, CYP9M10. The Brazilian strain demonstrated comparable resistance against pyrethroids as that of the Myanmar strain even when a cytochrome P450 inhibitor, piperonyl butoxide was added to the bioassay. Our results suggested that the L932F+I936V mutations confer the Brazilian strain of Cx. Quiquefasciatus with resistance at a comparable level to that conferred by the well-recognized kdr mutation L1014F in the Myanmar strain. The identification of unexplored mutations may improve the diagnosis and understanding of resistance of this medically important species.
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- Masaaki Sugiura
- Research & Development Division, Fumakilla Limited, Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan
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- Research & Development Division, Fumakilla Limited, Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan
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- Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
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- Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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Zhorov BS. Structure of Sodium and Calcium Channels
with Ligands. J EVOL BIOCHEM PHYS+ 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022093021020150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Tschesche C, Bekaert M, Bassett DI, Mitchell C, North B, Boyd S, Carmona-Antoñanzas G, Bron JE, Sturm A. Investigation of deltamethrin resistance in salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) provides no evidence for roles of mutations in voltage-gated sodium channels. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2021; 77:1052-1060. [PMID: 33001569 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND The pyrethroid deltamethrin is used to treat infestations of farmed salmon by parasitic salmon lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer). However, the efficacy of deltamethrin for salmon delousing is threatened by resistance development. In terrestrial arthropods, knockdown resistance (kdr) mutations of the voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav ), the molecular target for pyrethroids, can cause deltamethrin resistance. A putative kdr mutation of an L. salmonis sodium channel homologue (LsNav 1.3 I936V) has been identified previously. At the same time, deltamethrin resistance of L. salmonis has been shown to be inherited maternally and to be associated with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations. This study assessed potential roles of the above putative kdr mutation as a determinant of deltamethrin resistance in laboratory strains and field populations of L. salmonis. RESULTS The deltamethrin-resistant L. salmonis strain IoA-02 expresses the LsNav 1.3 I936V mutation but was susceptible to the non-ester pyrethroid etofenprox, a compound against which pyrethroid-resistant arthropods are usually cross-resistant if resistance is caused by Nav mutations. In a family derived from a cross between an IoA-02 male and a drug-susceptible female lacking the kdr mutation, deltamethrin resistance was not associated with the genotype at the LsNav 1.3 locus (P > 0.05). Similarly, in Scottish field populations of L. salmonis, LsNav 1.3 I936V showed no association with deltamethrin resistance. By contrast, genotypes at the mtDNA loci A14013G and A9030G were significantly associated with deltamethrin resistance (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION In the studied L. salmonis isolates, deltamethrin resistance was unrelated to the LsNav 1.3 I936V mutation, but showed close association with mtDNA mutations.
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- Claudia Tschesche
- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
- Imegen, Parc Cientific de la Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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Scott ML, Hribar LJ, Leal AL, McAllister JC. Characterization of Pyrethroid Resistance Mechanisms in Aedes aegypti from the Florida Keys. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2021; 104:1111-1122. [PMID: 33432904 PMCID: PMC7941856 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The status of insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti is of concern in areas where Aedes-borne arboviruses like chikungunya, dengue, and Zika occur. In recent years, outbreaks involving these arboviruses have occurred, for which vaccines do not exist; therefore, disease prevention is only through vector control and personal protection. Aedes aegypti are present on every inhabited island within the Florida Keys. The resistance status of Ae. aegypti in the Florida Keys was assessed to guide knowledge of the best choice of chemical for use during an outbreak. Mosquito eggs were collected using ovitraps placed on Key West, Stock Island, Vaca Key, Upper Matecumbe Key, Plantation Key, and Key Largo. Bottle bioassays were conducted at the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District using Biomist® 30+30 (Clarke Mosquito Control Products, Inc., Roselle, IL). Further bottle testing using malathion and permethrin occurred at the CDC, Fort Collins, CO, in addition to molecular and biochemical assays. Levels of resistance varied between islands with different underlying mechanisms present. Resistance was seen to Biomist® 30+30 but not to permethrin, indicating that piperonyl butoxide (PBO) or the inert ingredients may be involved in resistance. No study has been conducted to date examining the role of PBO in resistance. Key Largo was treated the most with adulticides and expressed the highest levels of alpha and beta esterases, oxidases, glutathione-S-transferases, and frequency of the V1016I knockdown mutation from all sites tested. Knowledge of localized resistance and underlying mechanisms helps in making rational decisions in selection of appropriate and effective insecticides.
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- Mariah L. Scott
- Arbovirus Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado
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- Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, Key West, Florida
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- Arbovirus Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado
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The interaction and mechanism of monoterpenes with tyramine receptor (SoTyrR) of rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae). SN APPLIED SCIENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s42452-020-03395-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Boaventura D, Martin M, Pozzebon A, Mota-Sanchez D, Nauen R. Monitoring of Target-Site Mutations Conferring Insecticide Resistance in Spodoptera frugiperda. INSECTS 2020; 11:insects11080545. [PMID: 32824659 PMCID: PMC7469220 DOI: 10.3390/insects11080545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Simple Summary Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is an invasive moth species and one of the most destructive pests of maize. It is native to the Americas but recently invaded (sub)tropical regions in Africa, Asia and Oceania. Fall armyworm larvae feeding on maize plants cause substantial economic damage and are usually controlled by the application of insecticides and genetically modified (GM) maize expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins, selectively targeting fall armyworm. It has developed resistance to many different classes of insecticides and Bt proteins as well; therefore, it is important to check field populations for the presence of mutations in target proteins conferring resistance. Here, we developed molecular diagnostic tools allowing us to test the frequency of resistance alleles in field-collected populations, either alive or preserved in alcohol. We tested 34 different populations collected on four different continents for the presence of mutations conferring resistance to common classes of insecticides and Bt proteins. We detected resistance mutations which are quite widespread, whereas others are restricted to certain geographies or even completely absent. The established molecular methods show robust results in samples collected across a broad geographical range and can be used to support decisions for sustainable fall armyworm control and applied resistance management. Abstract Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, a major pest of corn and native to the Americas, recently invaded (sub)tropical regions worldwide. The intensive use of insecticides and the high adoption of crops expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins has led to many cases of resistance. Target-site mutations are among the main mechanisms of resistance and monitoring their frequency is of great value for insecticide resistance management. Pyrosequencing and PCR-based allelic discrimination assays were developed and used to genotype target-site resistance alleles in 34 FAW populations from different continents. The diagnostic methods revealed a high frequency of mutations in acetylcholinesterase, conferring resistance to organophosphates and carbamates. In voltage-gated sodium channels targeted by pyrethroids, only one population from Indonesia showed a mutation. No mutations were detected in the ryanodine receptor, suggesting susceptibility to diamides. Indels in the ATP-binding cassette transporter C2 associated with Bt-resistance were observed in samples collected in Puerto Rico and Brazil. Additionally, we analyzed all samples for the presence of markers associated with two sympatric FAW host plant strains. The molecular methods established show robust results in FAW samples collected across a broad geographical range and can be used to support decisions for sustainable FAW control and applied resistance management.
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- Debora Boaventura
- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany;
- Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, R&D Pest Control, 40789 Monheim, Germany
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padova, 35020 Padova, Italy; (M.M.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padova, 35020 Padova, Italy; (M.M.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;
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- Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, R&D Pest Control, 40789 Monheim, Germany
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-(0)2173-38-4441
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Benavent-Albarracín L, Alonso M, Catalán J, Urbaneja A, Davies TGE, Williamson MS, González-Cabrera J. Mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene associated with deltamethrin resistance in commercially sourced Phytoseiulus persimilis. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 29:373-380. [PMID: 32249467 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The implementation of Integrated Pest Management in current agricultural practice is a convenient and very effective strategy to keep pest populations under control. The use of biological control agents, such as Phytoseiulus persimilis, is key for the success of such an approach. This predatory mite is widely used as it is very effective for controlling Tetranychus urticae, one of the most devastating crop pests. Here, we identify several mutations located in the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC) of commercially sourced P. persimilis that correlate with a reduced susceptibility to the pyrethroid deltamethrin. We found that the mites sourced from two different biocontrol product companies have intrinsic genotypic differences that correlate with their phenotype when tested with different concentrations of deltamethrin. Mites from Syngenta Bioline, carrying the mutations M918L and A1536T, were able to survive deltamethrin concentrations of up to 10 ppm, while the mites from Koppert Biological Systems, with the combination M918L, L925V and S1539T, survived treatment with 40 ppm. All of the point mutations identified in the predatory mite samples are located in a particular region of the VGSC, previously proposed as the binding site for this family of pesticides and identified as a 'hot spot' for resistance.
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- L Benavent-Albarracín
- Unidad Mixta Gestión Biotecnológica de Plagas UV-IVIA, Department of Genetics, Universitat de València, Estructura de Recerca Interdisciplinar en Biotecnología i Biomedicina (ERI-BIOTECMED), Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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- Unidad Mixta Gestión Biotecnológica de Plagas UV-IVIA, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Moncada, Valencia, Spain
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- Unidad Mixta Gestión Biotecnológica de Plagas UV-IVIA, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Moncada, Valencia, Spain
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- Unidad Mixta Gestión Biotecnológica de Plagas UV-IVIA, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Moncada, Valencia, Spain
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- Biointeractions and Crop Protection Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK
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- Biointeractions and Crop Protection Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK
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- Unidad Mixta Gestión Biotecnológica de Plagas UV-IVIA, Department of Genetics, Universitat de València, Estructura de Recerca Interdisciplinar en Biotecnología i Biomedicina (ERI-BIOTECMED), Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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Yan R, Zhou Q, Xu Z, Zhu G, Dong K, Zhorov BS, Chen M. Three sodium channel mutations from Aedes albopictus confer resistance to Type I, but not Type II pyrethroids. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 123:103411. [PMID: 32450204 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Voltage-gated sodium channels are the major targets of several classes of insecticides, including pyrethroids. However, sensitivities of many insect pest species to pyrethroids have gradually decreased due to overuse in pest management programs. One major mechanism of pyrethroid resistance known as knockdown resistance (kdr) involves mutations in the sodium channel gene. Three new mutations in helix IIIS6 of sodium channel (I1532T and F1534S/L) are recently detected in several pyrethroid-resistant populations of Aedes albopictus. The roles of these mutations in pyrethroid resistance have not been functionally examined. We introduced mutations I1532T and F1534S/L alone or in combination into the pyrethroid-sensitive sodium channel AaNav1-1 from Aedes aegypti by site-directed mutagenesis and explored effects of these mutations on the channel gating and sensitivity to pyrethroids. No significant modifications in channel properties were detected, except for a slightly changed activation by F1534S and I1532T + F1534S. However, I1532T and F1534S/L substantially reduced the channel sensitivity to Type I pyrethroids, permethrin and bifenthrin, but not to two Type II pyrethroids, deltamethrin and cypermethrin. The double mutations did not increase the channel resistance to permethrin or bifenthrin. We have built a Nav1.4-based homology model of the AaNav1-1 channel and docked pyrethroids in the model to explain different sensitivities of the mutants to Type I and Type II pyrethroids. The results will assist in developing molecular markers for monitoring pest resistance to pyrethroids. They also provide new insight in the molecular basis of different action of Type I and Type II pyrethroids on sodium channels.
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- Ru Yan
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection & Quarantine, College of Life Science, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China; Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029, China
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- Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029, China
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- Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029, China
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- Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029, China
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- Department of Entomology, Genetics and Neuroscience Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI48824, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada; Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology & Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194223, Russia
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection & Quarantine, College of Life Science, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China; Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029, China.
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Thompson AJ, Verdin PS, Burton MJ, Davies TGE, Williamson MS, Field LM, Baines RA, Mellor IR, Duce IR. The effects of knock-down resistance mutations and alternative splicing on voltage-gated sodium channels in Musca domestica and Drosophila melanogaster. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 122:103388. [PMID: 32376273 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are a major target site for the action of pyrethroid insecticides and resistance to pyrethroids has been ascribed to mutations in the VGSC gene. VGSCs in insects are encoded by only one gene and their structural and functional diversity results from posttranscriptional modification, particularly, alternative splicing. Using whole cell patch clamping of neurons from pyrethroid susceptible (wild-type) and resistant strains (s-kdr) of housefly, Musca domestica, we have shown that the V50 for activation and steady state inactivation of sodium currents (INa+) is significantly depolarised in s-kdr neurons compared with wild-type and that 10 nM deltamethrin significantly hyperpolarised both of these parameters in the neurons from susceptible but not s-kdr houseflies. Similarly, tail currents were more sensitive to deltamethrin in wild-type neurons (EC15 14.5 nM) than s-kdr (EC15 133 nM). We also found that in both strains, INa+ are of two types: a strongly inactivating (to 6.8% of peak) current, and a more persistent (to 17.1% of peak) current. Analysis of tail currents showed that the persistent current in both strains (wild-type EC15 5.84 nM) was more sensitive to deltamethrin than was the inactivating type (wild-type EC15 35.1 nM). It has been shown previously, that the presence of exon l in the Drosophila melanogaster VGSC gives rise to a more persistent INa+ than does the alternative splice variant containing exon k and we used PCR with housefly head cDNA to confirm the presence of the housefly orthologues of splice variants k and l. Their effect on deltamethrin sensitivity was determined by examining INa+ in Xenopus oocytes expressing either the k or l variants of the Drosophila para VGSC. Analysis of tail currents, in the presence of various concentrations of deltamethrin, showed that the l splice variant was significantly more sensitive (EC50 42 nM) than the k splice variant (EC50 866 nM). We conclude that in addition to the presence of point mutations, target site resistance to pyrethroids may involve the differential expression of splice variants.
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- Andrew J Thompson
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
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- Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
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- Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
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- Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.
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Tapia CM, Folorunso O, Singh AK, McDonough K, Laezza F. Effects of Deltamethrin Acute Exposure on Nav1.6 Channels and Medium Spiny Neurons of the Nucleus Accumbens. Toxicology 2020; 440:152488. [PMID: 32387285 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2020.152488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Exposure to pyrethroids, a popular insecticide class that targets voltage-gated Na+ (Nav) channels, has been correlated to an increase in diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders, such as attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), in children. Dysregulation of medium spiny neurons (MSNs) firing in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) is thought to play a critical role in the pathophysiology of ADHD and other neurodevelopmental disorders. The Nav1.6 channel is the primary molecular determinant of MSN firing and is sensitive to modification by pyrethroids. Building on previous studies demonstrating that deltamethrin (DM), a commonly used pyrethroid, leads to use-dependent enhancement of sodium currents, we characterized the effect of the toxin on long-term inactivation (LTI) of the Nav1.6 channel, a parameter known to affect neuronal firing, and characterized changes in MSN intrinsic excitability. We employed whole-cell patch-clamp electrophysiology to measure sodium currents in HEK-293 cells stably expressing Nav1.6 channels and intrinsic excitability of MSNs in the brain slice preparation. We found that in response to repetitive stimulation acute exposure to 10 μM DM potentiated a build-up of residual sodium currents and modified availability of Nav1.6 by inducing LTI. In the NAc, DM modified MSN intrinsic excitability increasing evoked action potential firing frequency and inducing aberrant action potentials with low amplitude and depolarized voltage threshold, phenotypes that could be explained by DM induced changes on the Nav1.6 channel. These results provide a potential initial mechanism of toxicity of DM that could lead to disruption of the NAc circuitry overtime, increasing the risk of ADHD and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
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- Cynthia M Tapia
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA; NIEHS Enviornmental Toxicology Training Program, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA.
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Thull S, Neacsu C, O'Reilly AO, Bothe S, Hausmann R, Huth T, Meents J, Lampert A. Mechanism underlying hooked resurgent-like tail currents induced by an insecticide in human cardiac Nav1.5. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2020; 397:115010. [PMID: 32302602 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2020.115010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 04/12/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Voltage-gated sodium channels are responsible not only for the fast upstroke of the action potential, but they also modify cellular excitability via persistent and resurgent currents. Insecticides act via permanently opening sodium channels to immobilize the animals. Cellular recordings performed decades ago revealed distinctly hooked tail currents induced by these compounds. Here, we applied the classical type-II pyrethroid deltamethrin on human cardiac Nav1.5 and observed resurgent-like currents at very negative potentials in the absence of any pore-blocker, which resemble those hooked tail currents. We show that deltamethrin dramatically slows both fast inactivation and deactivation of Nav1.5 and thereby induces large persistent currents. Using the sea anemone toxin ATx-II as a tool to prevent all inactivation-related processes, resurgent-like currents were eliminated while persistent currents were preserved. Our experiments suggest that, in deltamethrin-modified channels, recovery from inactivation occurs faster than delayed deactivation, opening a brief window for sodium influx and leading to hooked, resurgent-like currents, in the absence of an open channel blocker. Thus, we now explain with pharmacological methods the biophysical gating changes underlying the deltamethrin induced hooked tail currents. SUMMARY: The pyrethroid deltamethrin induces hooked resurgent-like tail currents in human cardiac voltage-gated Nav1.5 channels. Using deltamethrin and ATx-II, we identify additional conducting channel states caused by a faster recovery from inactivation compared to the deltamethrin-induced delayed deactivation.
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- Institute of Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitaetsstr. 17, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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- Institute of Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany; Research Training Group 2416 MultiSenses-MultiScales, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitaetsstr. 17, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Institute of Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany; Research Training Group 2416 MultiSenses-MultiScales, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany; Research Training Group 2415 ME3T, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
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Silva JJ, Scott JG. Conservation of the voltage-sensitive sodium channel protein within the Insecta. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 29:9-18. [PMID: 31206812 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2019] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The voltage-sensitive sodium channel (VSSC) is essential for the generation and propagation of action potentials. VSSC kinetics can be modified by producing different splice variants. The functionality of VSSC depends on features such as the voltage sensors, the selectivity filter and the inactivation loop. Mutations in Vssc conferring resistance to pyrethroid insecticides are known as knockdown resistance (kdr). We analysed the conservation of VSSC in both a broad scope and a narrow scope by three approaches: (1) we compared conservation of sequences and of differential exon use across orders of the Insecta; (2) we determined which kdr mutations were possible with a single nucleotide mutation in nine populations of Aedes aegypti; and (3) we examined the individual VSSC variation that exists within a population of Drosophila melanogaster. There is an increasing amount of transcript diversity possible from Diplura towards Diptera. The residues of the voltage sensors, selectivity filter and inactivation loop are highly conserved. The majority of exon sequences were >88.6% similar. Strain-specific differences in codon constraints exist for kdr mutations in nine strains of A. aegypti. Three Vssc mutations were found in one population of D. melanogaster. This study shows that, overall, Vssc is highly conserved across Insecta and within a population of an insect, but that important differences do exist.
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- Juan J Silva
- Department of Entomology, Comstock Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Comstock Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Kumar R, Klafke GM, Miller RJ. Voltage-gated sodium channel gene mutations and pyrethroid resistance in Rhipicephalus microplus. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2020; 11:101404. [PMID: 32035899 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Pyrethroid pesticides are extensively used to manage animal and human disease vectors including the southern cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini). The indiscriminate and incorrect use of pyrethroids has led to the almost ubiquitous development of resistance to this pesticide class for this tick species. Voltage-gated sodium channels (Na-channels) are the primary target-site of pyrethroids and several studies on the involvement of mutations in the coding gene among pyrethroid-resistant R. microplus populations from different parts of the world have shown that there are various single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are associated with resistance to pyrethroids. Identification of the exact location of the mutations in the protein coding regions of the targeted gene facilitates the design of various molecular tools for genotyping the resistant populations and thus promotes the rapid detection of resistance. This review aims to provide an update on the identification of pyrethroid resistance-associated Na-channel mutations from R. microplus.The database of diverse mutations from different regions of the world helped us to develop the molecular markers for resistance monitoring in a rapid and efficient manner. Their role and the development of different forms of molecular tools for genotyping ticks for mutations in the Na-channel gene are also discussed. In this review, the word mutation is used interchangeably with SNP.
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- Rinesh Kumar
- Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Rewa, 486001, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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- Centro de Pesquisa em Saúde Animal (IPVDF), Secretaria da Agricultura, Pecuária e Desenvolvimento Rural, Estrada do Conde, 6000, Eldorado do Sul, RS, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- USDA-ARS, Cattle Fever Tick Research Laboratory, 22675 North Moorefield Rd., MAB 6419, Edinburg, TX, USA
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Major KM, Brander SM. The Ecological and Evolutionary Implications of Pyrethroid Exposure: A New Perspective on Aquatic Ecotoxicity. THE HANDBOOK OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/698_2019_432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Swale DR. Perspectives on new strategies for the identification and development of insecticide targets. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 161:23-32. [PMID: 31685193 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2019.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The discovery and development of new active ingredients to control arthropod populations and circumvent the inevitable evolution of insecticide resistance has been of consistent interest to the field of insecticide science. This interest has resulted in a slow, but steady increase in the diversity of chemical scaffolds and biochemical target sites within the insecticide arsenal over the past 70 years with growth from three biochemical target sites in the 1950s to 22 distinct biochemical targets in 2018. Despite this growth, the number of biochemical target sites for insecticides remains relatively limited when compared to human pharmaceuticals, which has approximately 700 distinct biochemical targets that are targeted by FDA approved drugs. Potential reasons for this large discrepancy between two closely related fields and putative mechanisms to enhance the identification of tractable biochemical targets for insecticides are discussed. Next, this perspective discusses the movement of insecticide science into the "genomic era" and for comparative purposes, I provide a retrospective analysis of the impact the release of the human genome had to human pharmaceutical development. Based on this analysis and because the fields of insecticide science and human pharmaceuticals mirror each other, researchers in the field of insecticide science would do well to heed the lessons learned by the human pharmaceutical industry and to carefully consider the challenges that arise from genomic approaches for chemical development. Lastly, I pose the question if the field of insecticide science would benefit from adapting an industry-academia model through the generation of industry-sponsored centers of excellence. The goal of this article is not to definitively describe strategies to enhance insecticide development, but rather present different thoughts on agrochemical development that will foster discussions among academic, government, and industry scientists to address current and future problems in the field of insecticide science.
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- Daniel R Swale
- Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States of America.
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İnak E, Alpkent YN, Çobanoğlu S, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T. Resistance incidence and presence of resistance mutations in populations of Tetranychus urticae from vegetable crops in Turkey. EXPERIMENTAL & APPLIED ACAROLOGY 2019; 78:343-360. [PMID: 31250237 DOI: 10.1007/s10493-019-00398-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Tetranychus urticae Koch is one of the most common and harmful pests in vegetable production areas. Similar to other countries, control of T. urticae is mainly based on acaricides in Turkey. However, T. urticae rapidly develops resistance and failures in chemical control have occurred frequently. The toxicity of various acaricides was investigated in ten T. urticae populations collected from vegetable crops in Turkey. In addition, populations were screened for the presence of currently known target-site resistance mutations. It was shown that resistance to bifenthrin was the most widespread, but also half of the populations were resistant to abamectin and hexythiazox. Resistance mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC) and chitin synthase 1 were found in various populations. Moreover, for the first time, F1538I and L1024V VGSC mutations were reported for Turkish populations. Mutations that confer resistance to abamectin, bifenazate and METI-I acaricides such as pyridaben were not detected. These results will contribute to the design of an effective resistance management program in Turkey.
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- Emre İnak
- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Diskapi, 06110, Ankara, Turkey
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- Directorate of Plant Protection Central Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Yenimahalle, 06172, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Diskapi, 06110, Ankara, Turkey
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- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
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Rameshgar F, Khajehali J, Nauen R, Bajda S, Jonckheere W, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T. Point mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene associated with pyrethroid resistance in Iranian populations of the European red mite Panonychus ulmi. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 157:80-87. [PMID: 31153480 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2019.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The European red mite Panonychus ulmi (Koch) is a major pest of apple trees worldwide and causes significant damage to apple orchards in Iran. Pyrethroid insecticides/acaricides, such as fenpropathrin and fenvalerate, are widely used to control P. ulmi, but their long-term use may lead to low efficacy. Earlier studies investigating pyrethroid resistance in closely related mites such as Tetranychus urticae revealed that pyrethroid resistance was associated with point mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene (vgsc). The aim of this study was to investigate the biochemical and molecular mechanisms of fenpropathrin and fenvalerate resistance in Iranian populations of P. ulmi. Pyrethroid toxicity bioassays were carried out on different P. ulmi field populations. Marand (resistance ratio, RR = 149), Maraqeh (RR = 90) and Mianeh2 (RR = 71) populations exhibited high levels of resistance to fenpropathrin, compared to a susceptible field population (Shahin Dej). Resistance was also observed for fenvalerate with resistance ratio's ranging from 2- to 20-fold. Synergism experiments and enzyme activity assays predicted a minor role for classical detoxification enzymes. In contrast, two amino acid substitutions in the VGSC, L1024V and F1538I, that were previously shown to confer pyrethroid resistance, were detected in all three resistant P. ulmi populations and point towards target-site insensitivity as the most likely resistance mechanism. Furthermore, sequencing after cloning of vgsc fragments from single haploid males revealed the presence of multiple copies of vgsc in a highly resistant strain. The link between resistance mutations and vgsc copy number variation should be the subject of future study, as this might be used to develop molecular markers for monitoring pyrethroid resistance of P. ulmi in the field.
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- Fariborz Rameshgar
- Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran.
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- Bayer AG, CropScience Division, R&D, Pest Control, Building 6260, Alfred Nobel Str. 50, D-40789 Monheim, Germany
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- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Carmona-Antoñanzas G, Helgesen KO, Humble JL, Tschesche C, Bakke MJ, Gamble L, Bekaert M, Bassett DI, Horsberg TE, Bron JE, Sturm A. Mutations in voltage-gated sodium channels from pyrethroid resistant salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2019; 75:527-536. [PMID: 30062864 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Revised: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Parasitic salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) cause high economic losses in Atlantic salmon farming. Pyrethroids, which block arthropod voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav 1), are used for salmon delousing. However, pyrethroid resistance is common in L. salmonis. The present study characterized Nav 1 homologues in L. salmonis in order to identify channel mutations associated to resistance, called kdr (knockdown) mutations. RESULTS Genome scans identified three L. salmonis Nav 1 homologues, LsNav 1.1, LsNav 1.2 and LsNav 1.3. Arthropod kdr mutations map to specific Nav 1 regions within domains DI-III, namely segments S5 and S6 and the linker helix connecting S4 and S5. The above channel regions were amplified by RT-PCR and sequenced in deltamethrin-susceptible and deltamethrin-resistant L. salmonis. While LsNav 1.1 and LsNav 1.2 lacked nucleotide polymorphisms showing association to resistance, LsNav 1.3 showed a non-synonymous mutation in S5 of DII occurring in deltamethrin-resistant parasites. The mutation is homologous to a previously described kdr mutation (I936V, numbering according to Musca domestica Vssc1) and was present in two pyrethroid-resistant L. salmonis strains (allele frequencies of 0.800 and 0.357), but absent in two pyrethroid-susceptible strains. CONCLUSIONS The present study indicates that a kdr-mutation in LsNaV 1.3 may contribute to deltamethrin resistance in L. salmonis. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Greta Carmona-Antoñanzas
- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
- Imegen, Parc Científic de la Universitat de València, Paterna, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Sea Lice Research Centre, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Sea Lice Research Centre, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Institute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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Kadala A, Charreton M, Charnet P, Cens T, Rousset M, Chahine M, Vaissière BE, Collet C. Voltage-gated sodium channels from the bees Apis mellifera and Bombus terrestris are differentially modulated by pyrethroid insecticides. Sci Rep 2019; 9:1078. [PMID: 30705348 PMCID: PMC6355911 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37278-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Recent experimental and in-field evidence of the deleterious effects of insecticides on the domestic honey bee Apis mellifera have led to a tightening of the risk assessment requirements of these products, and now more attention is being paid to their sublethal effects on other bee species. In addition to traditional tests, in vitro and in silico approaches may become essential tools for a comprehensive understanding of the impact of insecticides on bee species. Here we present a study in which electrophysiology and a Markovian multi-state modelling of the voltage-gated sodium channel were used to measure the susceptibility of the antennal lobe neurons from Apis mellifera and Bombus terrestris, to the pyrethroids tetramethrin and esfenvalerate. Voltage-gated sodium channels from Apis mellifera and Bombus terrestris are differentially sensitive to pyrethroids. In both bee species, the level of neuronal activity played an important role in their relative sensitivity to pyrethroids. This work supports the notion that honey bees cannot unequivocally be considered as a surrogate for other bee species in assessing their neuronal susceptibility to insecticides.
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- Aklesso Kadala
- INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, 84914, Avignon, France
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- INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, 84914, Avignon, France
- UMT PRADE, Protection des Abeilles dans l'Environnement, 84914, Avignon, France
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- CNRS, UMR 5237, Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
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- CNRS, UMR 5237, Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
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- CNRS, UMR 5237, Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, G1K 7P4, Canada
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- INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, 84914, Avignon, France
- UMT PRADE, Protection des Abeilles dans l'Environnement, 84914, Avignon, France
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- INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, 84914, Avignon, France.
- UMT PRADE, Protection des Abeilles dans l'Environnement, 84914, Avignon, France.
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Campbell CL, Saavedra-Rodriguez K, Kubik TD, Lenhart A, Lozano-Fuentes S, Black WC. Vgsc-interacting proteins are genetically associated with pyrethroid resistance in Aedes aegypti. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0211497. [PMID: 30695054 PMCID: PMC6350986 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Association mapping of factors that condition pyrethroid resistance in Aedes aegypti has consistently identified genes in multiple functional groups. Toward better understanding of the mechanisms involved, we examined high throughput sequencing data (HTS) from two Aedes aegypti aegypti collections from Merida, Yucatan, Mexico treated with either permethrin or deltamethrin. Exome capture enrichment for coding regions and the AaegL5 annotation were used to identify genes statistically associated with resistance. The frequencies of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were compared between resistant and susceptible mosquito pools using a contingency χ2 analysis. The -log10(χ2p value) was calculated at each SNP site, with a weighted average determined from all sites in each gene. Genes with -log10(χ2p value) ≥ 4.0 and present among all 3 treatment groups were subjected to gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA). We found that several functional groups were enriched compared to all coding genes. These categories were transport, signal transduction and metabolism, in order from highest to lowest statistical significance. Strikingly, 21 genes with demonstrated association to synaptic function were identified. In the high association group (n = 1,053 genes), several genes were identified that also genetically or physically interact with the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC). These genes were eg., CHARLATAN (CHL), a transcriptional regulator, several ankyrin-domain proteins, PUMILIO (PUM), a translational repressor, and NEDD4 (E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase). There were 13 genes that ranked among the top 10%: these included VGSC; CINGULIN, a predicted neuronal gap junction protein, and the aedine ortholog of NERVY (NVY), a transcriptional regulator. Silencing of CHL and NVY followed by standard permethrin bottle bioassays validated their association with permethrin resistance. Importantly, VGSC levels were also reduced about 50% in chl- or nvy-dsRNA treated mosquitoes. These results are consistent with the contribution of a variety of neuronal pathways to pyrethroid resistance in Ae. aegypti.
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- Corey L Campbell
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Scott JG. Life and Death at the Voltage-Sensitive Sodium Channel: Evolution in Response to Insecticide Use. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY 2019; 64:243-257. [PMID: 30629893 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-011118-112420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The voltage-sensitive sodium channel (VSSC) is a critical component of the insect nervous system. Pyrethroids and DDT are insecticides that have been widely used, and they kill insects by perturbations of the VSSC. Decades of insecticide use selected for mutations in Vssc that give rise to resistance in almost all pest insects. However, the mutations responsible for the resistance are not always the same, and some unusual patterns have emerged. This review focuses on what pyrethroid/DDT selection has done, in terms of Vssc changes that have occurred, using four well-studied species as examples of the differences that have evolved. Information is provided about the mutations that occur, potential pathways by which alleles with multiple mutations arose, the relative fitness of the alleles, the levels of resistance conferred, and the geographic distribution of the mutations. The lessons learned and exciting new areas of research are discussed.
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- Jeffrey G Scott
- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA;
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Evans JD, McKenna D, Scully E, Cook SC, Dainat B, Egekwu N, Grubbs N, Lopez D, Lorenzen MD, Reyna SM, Rinkevich FD, Neumann P, Huang Q. Genome of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida, Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a worldwide parasite of social bee colonies, provides insights into detoxification and herbivory. Gigascience 2018; 7:5232982. [PMID: 30535280 PMCID: PMC6302959 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giy138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background The small hive beetle (Aethina tumida; ATUMI) is an invasive parasite of bee colonies. ATUMI feeds on both fruits and bee nest products, facilitating its spread and increasing its impact on honey bees and other pollinators. We have sequenced and annotated the ATUMI genome, providing the first genomic resources for this species and for the Nitidulidae, a beetle family that is closely related to the extraordinarily species-rich clade of beetles known as the Phytophaga. ATUMI thus provides a contrasting view as a neighbor for one of the most successful known animal groups. Results We present a robust genome assembly and a gene set possessing 97.5% of the core proteins known from the holometabolous insects. The ATUMI genome encodes fewer enzymes for plant digestion than the genomes of wood-feeding beetles but nonetheless shows signs of broad metabolic plasticity. Gustatory receptors are few in number compared to other beetles, especially receptors with known sensitivity (in other beetles) to bitter substances. In contrast, several gene families implicated in detoxification of insecticides and adaptation to diverse dietary resources show increased copy numbers. The presence and diversity of homologs involved in detoxification differ substantially from the bee hosts of ATUMI. Conclusions Our results provide new insights into the genomic basis for local adaption and invasiveness in ATUMI and a blueprint for control strategies that target this pest without harming their honey bee hosts. A minimal set of gustatory receptors is consistent with the observation that, once a host colony is invaded, food resources are predictable. Unique detoxification pathways and pathway members can help identify which treatments might control this species even in the presence of honey bees, which are notoriously sensitive to pesticides.
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- Jay D Evans
- USDA-ARS, Bee Research Laboratory, BARC-East Building 306, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, 3700 Walker Ave., Memphis, TN 38152, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Center for Grain and Animal Health, Stored Product Insect and Engineering Research Unit, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Bee Research Laboratory, BARC-East Building 306, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA
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- Agroscope, Swiss Bee Research Center, CH-3003 Bern, Switzerland
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- USDA-ARS, Bee Research Laboratory, BARC-East Building 306, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, 1566 Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Bee Research Laboratory, BARC-East Building 306, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, 1566 Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, 1566 Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- USDA, Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics and Physiology Laboratory, 1157 Ben Hur Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70820, USA
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- Institute of Bee Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Schwarzenburgstrasse 161, CH-3097, Liebefeld, Switzerland
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- Institute of Bee Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Schwarzenburgstrasse 161, CH-3097, Liebefeld, Switzerland.,Honey Bee Research Institute, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Zhimin Avenue 1101, 330045 Nanchang, China
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