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Han Q, Zhou Y, Zi Y, Zhang R, Feng T, Zou R, Zhu W, Wang Y, Duan H. Discovery of piperonyl-tethered sulfoximines as novel low bee-toxicity aphicides targeting Amelα1/ratβ2 complex. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 253:126719. [PMID: 37678680 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.126719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
Abstract
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) is recognized as a significant insecticide target for neonicotinoids and some agonists. In this study, the nAChR α1 subunit from Apis mellifera was first found to be narrowly tuned to different bee toxicity insecticides, namely, sulfoxaflor (SFX) and flupyradifurone (FPF). Hence, novel sulfoximine derivatives 7a-h were rationally designed and synthesized by introducing a benzo[d][1,3]dioxole moiety into a unique sulfoximine skeleton based on the binding cavity characteristics of Amelα1/ratβ2. The two electrode voltage clamp responses of 7a-h were obviously lower than that of SFX, indicating their potentially low bee toxicity. Besides, representative compounds 7b and 7g exhibited low bee toxicity (LD50 > 11.0 μg/bee at 48 h) revealed by acute contact toxicity bioassays. Molecular modelling results indicated that Ile152, Ala151, and Val160 from honeybee subunit Amelα1 and Lys144 and Trp80 from aphid subunit Mpα1 may be crucial for bee toxicity and aphicidal activity, respectively. These results clarify the toxic mechanism of agonist insecticides on nontargeted pollinators and reveal novel scaffold sulfoximine aphicidal candidates with low bee toxicity. These results will provide a new perspective on the rational design and highly effective development of novel eco-friendly insecticides based on the structure of the nAChR subunit.
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- Qing Han
- Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Pest Chemical Control, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 116000, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, MOE, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 116000, People's Republic of China
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- Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Pest Chemical Control, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Pest Chemical Control, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Pest Chemical Control, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Pest Chemical Control, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Pest Chemical Control, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resource Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 116000, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, MOE, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 116000, People's Republic of China.
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- Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Pest Chemical Control, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China.
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Losada-Pérez M, Hernández García-Moreno M, García-Ricote I, Casas-Tintó S. Synaptic components are required for glioblastoma progression in Drosophila. PLoS Genet 2022; 18:e1010329. [PMID: 35877760 PMCID: PMC9352205 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Glioblastoma (GB) is the most aggressive, lethal and frequent primary brain tumor. It originates from glial cells and is characterized by rapid expansion through infiltration. GB cells interact with the microenvironment and healthy surrounding tissues, mostly neurons and vessels. GB cells project tumor microtubes (TMs) contact with neurons, and exchange signaling molecules related to Wingless/WNT, JNK, Insulin or Neuroligin-3 pathways. This cell to cell communication promotes GB expansion and neurodegeneration. Moreover, healthy neurons form glutamatergic functional synapses with GB cells which facilitate GB expansion and premature death in mouse GB xerograph models. Targeting signaling and synaptic components of GB progression may become a suitable strategy against glioblastoma. In a Drosophila GB model, we have determined the post-synaptic nature of GB cells with respect to neurons, and the contribution of post-synaptic genes expressed in GB cells to tumor progression. In addition, we document the presence of intratumoral synapses between GB cells, and the functional contribution of pre-synaptic genes to GB calcium dependent activity and expansion. Finally, we explore the relevance of synaptic genes in GB cells to the lifespan reduction caused by GB advance. Our results indicate that both presynaptic and postsynaptic proteins play a role in GB progression and lethality. Glioblastoma (GB) is the most frequent and aggressive type of brain tumor. It is originated from glial cells that expand and proliferate very fast in the brain. GB cells infiltrate and establish cell to cell communication with healthy neurons. Currently there is no effective treatment for GB and these tumors result incurable with an average survival of 16 months after diagnosis. Here we used a Drosophila melanogaster model to search for genetic suppressors of GB progression. The results show that genes involved in the formation of synapses are required for glial cell number increase, expansion of tumoral volume and premature death. Among these synaptic genes we found that post-synaptic genes that contribute to Neuron-GB interaction which validate previous findings in human GB. Moreover, we found electro dense structures between GB cells that are compatible with synapses and that expression of pre-synaptic genes, including brp, Lip-α and syt 1, is required for GB progression and aggressiveness. These results suggest a contribution of synapses between GB cells to disease progression, named as intratumoral synapses.
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- Instituto Cajal-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
- IIER-Instituto de Salud CarlosIII, Majadahonda, Spain
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Mitchell EL, Viscarra F, Bermudez I, Hawkins J, Goodchild JA, Jones AK. The Apis mellifera alpha 5 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit expresses as a homomeric receptor that is sensitive to serotonin. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 182:105055. [PMID: 35249651 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2022.105055] [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: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are molecular targets of highly effective insecticides such as neonicotinoids. Functional expression of these receptors provides useful insights into their functional and pharmacological properties. Here, we report that the α5 nAChR subunit of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, functionally expresses in Xenopus laevis oocytes, which is the first time a homomeric insect nAChR has been robustly expressed in a heterologous system without the need for chaperone proteins. Using two-electrode voltage-clamp electrophysiology we show that the α5 receptor has low sensitivity to acetylcholine with an EC50 of 2.37 mM. However, serotonin acts as an agonist with a considerably lower EC50 at 119 μM that is also more efficacious than acetylcholine in activating the receptor. Molecular modelling indicates that residues in the complementary binding site may be involved in the selectivity towards serotonin. This is the first report of a ligand-gated ion channel activated by serotonin from an insect and phylogenetic analysis shows that the α5 subunit of A. mellifera and other non-Dipteran insects, including pest species, belong to a distinct subgroup of subunits, which may represent targets for the development of novel classes of insecticides.
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- Eleanor L Mitchell
- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom.
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- Syngenta, Jealotts Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6EY, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom.
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Wang J, Ma H, Zuo Y, Yang Y, Wu Y. CRISPR-mediated gene knockout reveals nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit α6 as a target of spinosyns in Helicoverpa armigera. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2020; 76:2925-2931. [PMID: 32384223 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND The spinosyn insecticides (spinosad and spinetoram) have been intensively used to control a wide range of agricultural pests. However, resistance to spinosyns has evolved in several agricultural pests. Disruption of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit α6 (nAChRα6) has been associated with high levels of resistance to spinosyns in both field and laboratory-selected strains of several insect pests. Among the 12 nAChR subunits of Helicoverpa armigera, Haα6 has the closest sequence similarity (66.02%) to Haα7. Here we used CRISPR-mediated knockouts to evaluate the role of two nAChR subunits (Haα6 and Haα7) of H. armigera in toxicity of spinosyns. RESULTS Individual knockouts of Haα6 and Haα7 were created utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 system in H. armigera. The Haα6 knockout (Haα6-KO) strain exhibited high levels of resistance to spinosad (531-fold) and spinetoram (1105-fold) compared with the wild-type parent SCD strain, whereas the Haα7 knockout (Haα7-KO) strain showed no significant susceptibility changes to both spinosyns. Genetic analyses demonstrated that resistance to spinosad conferred by knockout of Haα6 was autosomal, incompletely recessive and tightly linked to the disruption mutation of Haα6. Both Haα6-KO and Haα7-KO strains had no significant effects on susceptibility to other four insecticides including emamectin benzoate, beta-cypermethrin, chlorantraniliprole and indoxacarb. CONCLUSION Our results provide in vivo functional evidence for Haα6 as a target of spinosyns in H. armigera, and little or no role of Haα7 in mediating toxicity of spinosyns. The results are valuable to the development of resistance monitoring and management methods for spinosyn resistance in H. armigera. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Jing Wang
- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Anadón A, Ares I, Martínez M, Martínez-Larrañaga MR, Martínez MA. Neurotoxicity of Neonicotinoids. ADVANCES IN NEUROTOXICOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.ant.2019.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Taillebois E, Cartereau A, Jones AK, Thany SH. Neonicotinoid insecticides mode of action on insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors using binding studies. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 151:59-66. [PMID: 30704714 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2018.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2017] [Revised: 04/14/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are the main target of neonicotinoid insecticides, which are widely used in crop protection against insect pests. Electrophysiological and molecular approaches have demonstrated the presence of several nAChR subtypes with different affinities for neonicotinoid insecticides. However, the precise mode of action of neonicotinoids on insect nAChRs remains to be elucidated. Radioligand binding studies with [3H]-α-bungarotoxin and [3H]-imidacloprid have proved instructive in understanding ligand binding interactions between insect nAChRs and neonicotinoid insecticides. The precise binding site interactions have been established using membranes from whole body and specific tissues. In this review, we discuss findings concerning the number of nAChR binding sites against neonicotinoid insecticides from radioligand binding studies on native tissues. We summarize the data available in the literature and compare the binding properties of the most commonly used neonicotinoid insecticides in several insect species. Finally, we demonstrate that neonicotinoid-nAChR binding sites are also linked to biological samples used and insect species.
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- Emiliane Taillebois
- Université François Rabelais de Tours, Laboratoire Nutrition, Croissance et Cancer, INSERM 1069, 37032 Tours, France
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- Université d'Orléans, LBLGC USC INRA 1328, 1 rue de Chartres, 45067 Orléans, France
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- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK
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- Université d'Orléans, LBLGC USC INRA 1328, 1 rue de Chartres, 45067 Orléans, France.
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Bao H, Meng X, Liu Z. Spider acetylcholine binding proteins: An alternative model to study the interaction between insect nAChRs and neonicotinoids. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 90:82-89. [PMID: 28993249 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2017.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Acetylcholine binding proteins (AChBPs) are homologs of extracellular domains of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) and serve as models for studies on nAChRs. Particularly, studies on invertebrate nAChRs that are limited due to difficulties in their heterologous expression have benefitted from the discovery of AChBPs. Thus far, AChBPs have been characterized only in aquatic mollusks, which have shown low sensitivity to neonicotinoids, the insecticides targeting insect nAChRs. However, AChBPs were also found in spiders based on the sequence and tissue expression analysis. Here, we report five AChBP subunits in Pardosa pseudoannulata, a predator enemy against rice insect pests. Spider AChBP subunits shared higher sequence similarities with nAChR subunits of both insects and mammals compared with mollusk AChBP subunits. The AChBP1 subunit of P. pseudoannulata (Pp-AChBP) was then expressed in Sf9 cells. The Ls-AChBP from Lymnaea stagnalis was also expressed for comparison. In both AChBPs, one ligand site per subunit was present at each interface between two adjacent subunits. Neonicotinoids had higher affinities (7.9-18.4 times based on Kd or Ki values) for Pp-AChBP than for Ls-AChBP, although epibatidine and α-bungarotoxin showed higher affinities for Ls-AChBP. These results indicate that spider AChBP could be used as an alternative model to study the interaction between insect nAChRs and neonicotinoids.
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- Haibo Bao
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing 210095, China.
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Bao H, Xu X, Liu W, Yu N, Liu Z. Dual effects of insect nAChR chaperone RIC-3 on hybrid receptor: Promoting assembly on endoplasmic reticulum but suppressing transport to plasma membrane on Xenopus oocytes. Neurochem Int 2017; 115:24-30. [PMID: 29032010 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2017.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Resistance to inhibitors of cholinesterase (RIC) -3 promotes the maturation (folding and assembly) of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) as a molecular chaperone. The modulation effects of RIC-3 on homomeric α7 nAChRs are always positive, but its effects on heteromeric subtypes are inconsistent among reports. In this study, five RIC-3 isoforms were identified from Locusta migratoria. Four isoforms showed obvious effects on hybrid receptor Locα1/rβ2 expressed in Xenopus oocytes. As a representative, the co-expression of RIC-3v4 exhibited the decreased agonist responses (Imax) on oocytes, lower specific [3H]epibatidine binding (Bmax) on plasma membrane protein (PMP), and reduced subunit levels in PMP, which showed that the mature Locα1/rβ2 on the plasma membrane was decreased by the co-expression of RIC-3. In contrast, the [3H]epibatidine binding and mature Locα1/rβ2 levels in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein (ERMP) were much increased when co-expressing with RIC-3v4. The [3H]epibatidine binding and mature Locα1/rβ2 levels in total membrane protein (TMP) gave the similar results as that in ERMP. Taking data together, the results showed that the co-expression of RIC-3 increased the mature Locα1/rβ2 receptor levels on ER of Xenopus oocytes, but these mature receptors were mostly kept on ER and suppressed to transport to plasma membrane.
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- Haibo Bao
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang 1, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang 1, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang 1, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang 1, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang 1, Nanjing 210095, China.
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Benzidane Y, Goven D, Abd-Ella AA, Deshayes C, Lapied B, Raymond V. Subchronic exposure to sublethal dose of imidacloprid changes electrophysiological properties and expression pattern of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes in insect neurosecretory cells. Neurotoxicology 2017; 62:239-247. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2017.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Revised: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/05/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kudelska MM, Holden-Dye L, O'Connor V, Doyle DA. Concentration-dependent effects of acute and chronic neonicotinoid exposure on the behaviour and development of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2017; 73:1345-1351. [PMID: 28261957 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Revised: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Neonicotinoid insecticides are under review owing to emerging toxicity to non-target species. Interest has focused on biological pollinators while their effects on other organisms that are key contributors to the ecosystem remain largely unknown. To advance this, we have tested the effects of representatives of three major classes of neonicotinoids, thiacloprid, clothianidin and nitenpyram, on the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), as a representative of the Nematoda, an ecologically important phylum contributing to biomass. RESULTS Concentrations that are several-fold higher than those with effects against target species had limited impact on locomotor function. However, increased potency was observed in a mutant with a hyperpermeable cuticle, which shows that drug access limits the effects of the neonicotinoids in C. elegans. Thiacloprid was most potent (EC50 714 μm). In addition, it selectively delayed larval development in wild-type worms at 1 mm. CONCLUSION C. elegans is less susceptible to neonicotinoids than target species of pest insect. We discuss an approach in which this defined low sensitivity may be exploited by heterologous expression of insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors from both pest and beneficial insects in transgenic C. elegans with increased cuticle permeability to provide a whole organism assay for species-dependent neonicotinoid effects. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Windley MJ, Vetter I, Lewis RJ, Nicholson GM. Lethal effects of an insecticidal spider venom peptide involve positive allosteric modulation of insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Neuropharmacology 2017; 127:224-242. [PMID: 28396143 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Revised: 03/28/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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κ-Hexatoxins (κ-HXTXs) are a family of excitotoxic insect-selective neurotoxins from Australian funnel-web spiders that are lethal to a wide range of insects, but display no toxicity towards vertebrates. The prototypic κ-HXTX-Hv1c selectively blocks native and expressed cockroach large-conductance calcium-activated potassium (BKCa or KCa1.1) channels, but not their mammalian orthologs. Despite this potent and selective action on insect KCa1.1 channels, we found that the classical KCa1.1 blockers paxilline, charybdotoxin and iberiotoxin, which all block insect KCa1.1 channels, are not lethal in crickets. We therefore used whole-cell patch-clamp analysis of cockroach dorsal unpaired median (DUM) neurons to study the effects of κ-HXTX-Hv1c on sodium-activated (KNa), delayed-rectifier (KDR) and 'A-type' transient (KA) K+ channels. 1 μM κ-HXTX-Hv1c failed to significantly inhibit cockroach KNa and KDR channels, but did cause a 30 ± 7% saturating inhibition of KA channel currents, possibly via a Kv4 (Shal-like) action. However, this modest action at such a high concentration of κ-HXTX-Hv1c would indicate a different lethal target. Accordingly, we assessed the actions of κ-HXTX-Hv1c on neurotransmitter-gated ion channels in cockroach DUM neurons. We found that κ-HXTX-Hv1c failed to produce any major effects on GABAA or glutamate-Cl receptors but dramatically slowed nicotine-evoked ACh receptor (nAChR) current decay and reversed nAChR desensitization. These actions occurred without any alterations to nAChR current amplitude or the nicotine concentration-response curve, and are consistent with a positive allosteric modulation of nAChRs. κ-HXTX-Hv1c therefore represents the first venom peptide that selectively modulates insect nAChRs with a mode of action similar to the excitotoxic insecticide spinosyn A. This article is part of the Special Issue entitled 'Venom-derived Peptides as Pharmacological Tools.'
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- Monique J Windley
- School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia; School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland, Brisbane St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia.
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Ion channels remain the primary target of most of the small molecule insecticides. This review examines how the subunit composition of heterologously expressed receptors determines their insecticide-specific pharmacology and how the pharmacology of expressed receptors differs from those found in the insect nervous system. We find that the insecticide-specific pharmacology of some receptors, like that containing subunits of the Rdl encoded GABA receptor, can be reconstituted with very few of the naturally occurring subunits expressed. In contrast, workers have struggled even to express functional insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), and work has therefore often relied upon the expression of vertebrate receptor subunits in their place. We also examine the extent to which insecticide-resistance-associated mutations, such as those in the para encoded voltage-gated sodium channel, can reveal details of insecticide-binding sites and mode of action. In particular, we examine whether mutations are present in the insecticide-binding site and/or at sites that allosterically affect the drug preferred conformation of the receptor. We also discuss the ryanodine receptor as a target for the recently developed diamides. Finally, we examine the lethality of the genes encoding these receptor subunits and discuss how this might determine the degree of conservation of the resistance-associated mutations found.
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- b Biological Chemistry and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research , Harpenden , Hertfordshire , UK
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- b Biological Chemistry and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research , Harpenden , Hertfordshire , UK
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- a Biosciences , University of Exeter in Cornwall , Falmouth , UK
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Zhang M, Qiao X, Li Y, Fang B, Zuo Y, Chen M. Cloning of eight Rhopalosiphum padi (Hemiptera: Aphididae) nAChR subunit genes and mutation detection of the β1 subunit in field samples from China. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 132:89-95. [PMID: 27521918 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2016.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2015] [Revised: 02/21/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (L.), is one of the most important wheat pests. This aphid damages through direct feeding and by transmitting the Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV). Both types of damage significantly reduce the quality and yield of wheat crops globally. Insecticides are the primary method of controlling the bird cherry-oat aphid in China, yet this aphid species has developed resistance to different types of insecticides, especially organophosphates and carbamates. In the last decade, control of R. padi depends primarily on the spray of neonicotinoid insecticides, however, research on the resistance of R. padi to neonicotinoids has been limited. In this study, the full lengths of seven α-subunit (Rpα1, Rpα2, Rpα3, Rpα4, Rpα5, Rpα7-1, and Rpα7-2) and one β-subunit (Rpβ1) genes from R. padi were obtained with RT-PCR and RACE techniques. Sequence analysis showed that these genes had all the characteristics of the nAChR gene family and were highly homologous with the reported nAChR genes from other insects, and alternative splicing was detected in Rpα3 and Rpα5 subunits. Analysis of the cDNA sequence of the extracellular region of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor β1 subunit gene from 120 R. padi field samples collected in 11 Provinces revealed 17 single nucleotides polymorphism (SNP) sites, of which seven were amino acid polymorphism sites (V53I, V53G, N54T, A60T, F61L, W79C, and V83I) and two were in the loop D region (W79C and V83I). The current study will facilitate further studies on the molecular mechanisms of targeted resistance of the aphid to neonicotinoid insecticides.
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- Meng Zhang
- College of Plant Protection, Key Laboratory of Crop Pest Integrated Pest Management on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Key Laboratory of Crop Pest Integrated Pest Management on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Key Laboratory of Crop Pest Integrated Pest Management on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Key Laboratory of Crop Pest Integrated Pest Management on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Key Laboratory of Crop Pest Integrated Pest Management on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Key Laboratory of Crop Pest Integrated Pest Management on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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Wang J, Wang X, Lansdell SJ, Zhang J, Millar NS, Wu Y. A three amino acid deletion in the transmembrane domain of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α6 subunit confers high-level resistance to spinosad in Plutella xylostella. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 71:29-36. [PMID: 26855198 PMCID: PMC4821178 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2016.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Revised: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Spinosad is a macrocyclic lactone insecticide that acts primarily at the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) of target insects. Here we describe evidence that high levels of resistance to spinosad in the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) are associated with a three amino acid (3-aa) deletion in the fourth transmembrane domain (TM4) of the nAChR α6 subunit (Pxα6). Following laboratory selection with spinosad, the SZ-SpinR strain of P. xylostella exhibited 940-fold resistance to spinosad. In addition, the selected insect population had 1060-fold cross-resistance to spinetoram but, in contrast, no cross-resistance to abamectin was observed. Genetic analysis indicates that spinosad resistance in SZ-SpinR is inherited as a recessive and autosomal trait, and that the 3-aa deletion (IIA) in TM4 of Pxα6 is tightly linked to spinosad resistance. Because of well-established difficulties in functional expression of cloned insect nAChRs, the analogous resistance-associated deletion mutation was introduced into a prototype nAChR (the cloned human α7 subunit). Two-electrode voltage-clamp recording with wild-type and mutated nAChRs expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes indicated that the mutation causes a complete loss of agonist activation. In addition, radioligand binding studies indicated that the 3-aa deletion resulted in significantly lower-affinity binding of the extracellular neurotransmitter-binding site. These findings are consistent with the 3-amino acid (IIA) deletion within the transmembrane domain of Pxα6 being responsible for target-site resistance to spinosad in the SZ-SpinR strain of P. xylostella.
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- Jing Wang
- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
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Kim GR, Yoon TH, Park WG, Park JY, Kang JH, Kim HW. Five nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits from the Morotoge shrimp,Pandalopsis japonica: cloning, tissue distribution, and functional expression inXenopusoocytes. Anim Cells Syst (Seoul) 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/19768354.2015.1109547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Crespin L, Legros C, List O, Tricoire-Leignel H, Mattei C. Injection of insect membrane in Xenopus oocyte: An original method for the pharmacological characterization of neonicotinoid insecticides. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 2015; 77:10-6. [PMID: 26391340 DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2015.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2015] [Revised: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) represent a major target of insecticides, belonging to the neonicotinoid family. However, the pharmacological profile of native nAChRs is poorly documented, mainly because of a lack of knowledge of their subunit stoichiometry, their tissue distribution and the weak access to nAChR-expressing cells. In addition, the expression of insect nAChRs in heterologous systems remains hard to achieve. Therefore, the structure-activity characterization of nAChR-targeting insecticides is made difficult. The objective of the present study was to characterize insect nAChRs by an electrophysiological approach in a heterologous system naturally devoid of these receptors to allow a molecular/cellular investigation of the mode of action of neonicotinoids. Methods To overcome impediments linked to the expression of insect nAChR mRNA or cDNA, we chose to inject insect membranes from the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) into Xenopus oocytes. This microtransplantation technique was designed to gain access to native nAChRs embedded in their membrane, through direct stimulation with nicotinic agonists. Results We provide evidence that an enriched-nAChR membrane allows us to characterize native receptors. The presence of such receptors was confirmed with fluorescent α-BgTX labeling. Electrophysiological recordings of nicotine-induced inward currents allowed us to challenge the presence of functional nAChR. We compared the effect of nicotine (NIC) with clothianidin (CLO) and we assessed the effect of thiamethoxam (TMX). Discussion This technique has been recently highlighted with mammalian and human material as a powerful functional approach, but has, to our knowledge, never been used with insect membrane. In addition, the use of the insect membrane microtransplantation opens a new and original way for pharmacological screening of neurotoxic insecticides, including neonicotinoids. Moreover, it might also be a powerful tool to investigate the pharmacological properties of insect nAChR.
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- Lucille Crespin
- Laboratoire de Biologie Neurovasculaire et Mitochondriale Intégrée CNRS UMR6214, INSERM U1083, Univ. Angers Faculté de Médecine, rue Haute de Reculée, 49045 Angers cedex 01, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Neurovasculaire et Mitochondriale Intégrée CNRS UMR6214, INSERM U1083, Univ. Angers Faculté de Médecine, rue Haute de Reculée, 49045 Angers cedex 01, France
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- Récepteurs et Canaux Ioniques Membranaires, UPRES-EA 2647 USC INRA 1330, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Univ. Angers, 2 Bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers cedex 01, France
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- INRA/Université d'Angers, Neuroéthologie-RCIM, UPRES-EA 2647 USC INRA 1330, SFR 4207 QUASAV, 42, rue Georges Morel, 49071 Beaucouzé, France.
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Neurovasculaire et Mitochondriale Intégrée CNRS UMR6214, INSERM U1083, Univ. Angers Faculté de Médecine, rue Haute de Reculée, 49045 Angers cedex 01, France.
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Optogenetic and pharmacologic dissection of feedforward inhibition in Drosophila motion vision. J Neurosci 2014; 34:2254-63. [PMID: 24501364 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3938-13.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Visual systems extract directional motion information from spatiotemporal luminance changes on the retina. An algorithmic model, the Reichardt detector, accounts for this by multiplying adjacent inputs after asymmetric temporal filtering. The outputs of two mirror-symmetrical units tuned to opposite directions are thought to be subtracted on the dendrites of wide-field motion-sensitive lobula plate tangential cells by antagonistic transmitter systems. In Drosophila, small-field T4/T5 cells carry visual motion information to the tangential cells that are depolarized during preferred and hyperpolarized during null direction motion. While preferred direction input is likely provided by excitation from T4/T5 terminals, the origin of null direction inhibition is unclear. Probing the connectivity between T4/T5 and tangential cells in Drosophila using a combination of optogenetics, electrophysiology, and pharmacology, we found a direct excitatory as well as an indirect inhibitory component. This suggests that the null direction response is caused by feedforward inhibition via yet unidentified neurons.
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Shi M, Yue Z, Kuryatov A, Lindstrom JM, Sehgal A. Identification of Redeye, a new sleep-regulating protein whose expression is modulated by sleep amount. eLife 2014; 3:e01473. [PMID: 24497543 PMCID: PMC3912633 DOI: 10.7554/elife.01473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In this study, we report a new protein involved in the homeostatic regulation of sleep in Drosophila. We conducted a forward genetic screen of chemically mutagenized flies to identify short-sleeping mutants and found one, redeye (rye) that shows a severe reduction of sleep length. Cloning of rye reveals that it encodes a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α subunit required for Drosophila sleep. Levels of RYE oscillate in light-dark cycles and peak at times of daily sleep. Cycling of RYE is independent of a functional circadian clock, but rather depends upon the sleep homeostat, as protein levels are up-regulated in short-sleeping mutants and also in wild type animals following sleep deprivation. We propose that the homeostatic drive to sleep increases levels of RYE, which responds to this drive by promoting sleep. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01473.001.
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- Mi Shi
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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Puinean AM, Lansdell SJ, Collins T, Bielza P, Millar NS. A nicotinic acetylcholine receptor transmembrane point mutation (G275E) associated with resistance to spinosad in Frankliniella occidentalis. J Neurochem 2013; 124:590-601. [PMID: 23016960 PMCID: PMC3644170 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2012] [Accepted: 09/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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High levels of resistance to spinosad, a macrocyclic lactone insecticide, have been reported previously in western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, an economically important insect pest of vegetables, fruit and ornamental crops. We have cloned the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) α6 subunit from F. occidentalis (Foα6) and compared the nucleotide sequence of Foα6 from susceptible and spinosad-resistant insect populations (MLFOM and R1S respectively). A single nucleotide change has been identified in Foα6, resulting in the replacement of a glycine (G) residue in susceptible insects with a glutamic acid (E) in resistant insects. The resistance-associated mutation (G275E) is predicted to lie at the top of the third α-helical transmembrane domain of Foα6. Although there is no direct evidence identifying the location of the spinosad binding site, the analogous amino acid in the C. elegans glutamate-gated chloride channel lies in close proximity (4.4 Å) to the known binding site of ivermectin, another macrocyclic lactone pesticide. The functional consequences of the resistance-associated mutation have been examined in the human nAChR α7 subunit. Introduction of an analogous (A272E) mutation in α7 abolishes the modulatory effects of spinosad whilst having no significant effect upon activation by acetylcholine, consistent with spinosad having an allosteric mechanism of action.
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- Alin M Puinean
- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK
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Bennett HM, Lees K, Harper KM, Jones AK, Sattelle DB, Wonnacott S, Wolstenholme AJ. Xenopus laevis RIC-3 enhances the functional expression of the C. elegans homomeric nicotinic receptor, ACR-16, in Xenopus oocytes. J Neurochem 2012; 123:911-8. [PMID: 22970690 PMCID: PMC3549563 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2012] [Revised: 08/23/2012] [Accepted: 09/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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RIC-3 enhances the functional expression of certain nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in vertebrates and invertebrates and increases the availability of functional receptors in cultured cells and Xenopus laevis oocytes. Maximal activity of RIC-3 may be cell-type dependent, so neither mammalian nor invertebrate proteins is optimal in amphibian oocytes. We cloned the X. laevis ric-3 cDNA and tested the frog protein in oocyte expression studies. X. laevis RIC-3 shares 52% amino acid identity with human RIC-3 and only 17% with that of Caenorhabditis elegans. We used the C. elegans nicotinic receptor, ACR-16, to compare the ability of RIC-3 from three species to enhance receptor expression. In the absence of RIC-3, the proportion of oocytes expressing detectable nAChRs was greatly reduced. Varying the ratio of acr-16 to X. laevis ric-3 cRNAs injected into oocytes had little impact on the total cell current. When X. laevis, human or C. elegans ric-3 cRNAs were co-injected with acr-16 cRNA (1 : 1 ratio), 100 μM acetylcholine induced larger currents in oocytes expressing X. laevis RIC-3 compared with its orthologues. This provides further evidence for a species-specific component of RIC-3 activity, and suggests that X. laevis RIC-3 is useful for enhancing the expression of invertebrate nAChRs in X. laevis oocytes.
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- Hayley M Bennett
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Rasoulpour RJ, Ellis-Hutchings RG, Terry C, Millar NS, Zablotny CL, Gibb A, Marshall V, Collins T, Carney EW, Billington R. A Novel Mode-of-Action Mediated by the Fetal Muscle Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Resulting in Developmental Toxicity in Rats. Toxicol Sci 2012; 127:522-34. [DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfs118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Perry T, Batterham P, Daborn PJ. The biology of insecticidal activity and resistance. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 41:411-22. [PMID: 21426939 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2010] [Revised: 03/01/2011] [Accepted: 03/11/2011] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Identifying insecticide resistance mechanisms is paramount for pest insect control, as the understandings that underpin insect control strategies must provide ways of detecting and managing resistance. Insecticide resistance studies rely heavily on detailed biochemical and genetic analyses. Although there have been many successes, there are also many examples of resistance that still challenge us. As a precursor to rational pest insect control, the biology of the insect, within the contexts of insecticide modes of action and insecticide metabolism, must be well understood. It makes sense to initiate this research in the best model insect system, Drosophila melanogaster, and translate these findings and methodologies to other insects. Here we explore the usefulness of the D. melanogaster model in studying metabolic-based insecticide resistances, target-site mediated resistances and identifying novel insecticide targets, whilst highlighting the importance of having a more complete understanding of insect biology for insecticide studies.
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- Trent Perry
- Department of Genetics, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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