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Godoy R, Machuca J, Venthur H, Quiroz A, Mutis A. An Overview of Antennal Esterases in Lepidoptera. Front Physiol 2021; 12:643281. [PMID: 33868009 PMCID: PMC8044547 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.643281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Lepidoptera are used as a model for the study of insect olfactory proteins. Among them, odorant degrading enzymes (ODEs), that degrade odorant molecules to maintain the sensitivity of antennae, have received less attention. In particular, antennal esterases (AEs; responsible for ester degradation) are crucial for intraspecific communication in Lepidoptera. Currently, transcriptomic and genomic studies have provided AEs in several species. However, efforts in gene annotation, classification, and functional assignment are still lacking. Therefore, we propose to combine evidence at evolutionary, structural, and functional level to update ODEs as well as key information into an easier classification, particularly of AEs. Finally, the kinetic parameters for putative inhibition of ODEs are discussed in terms of its role in future integrated pest management (IPM) strategies.
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- Ricardo Godoy
- Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
- Centro de Investigación Biotecnológica Aplicada al Medio Ambiente (CIBAMA), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
- Centro de Investigación Biotecnológica Aplicada al Medio Ambiente (CIBAMA), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Centro de Investigación Biotecnológica Aplicada al Medio Ambiente (CIBAMA), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Centro de Investigación Biotecnológica Aplicada al Medio Ambiente (CIBAMA), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Centro de Investigación Biotecnológica Aplicada al Medio Ambiente (CIBAMA), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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Wang AJ, Zhang KX, Gao YL, Weng AZ, Wang LY, Zhang YH, Zhang Z, She DM, Ning J, Mei XD. Synthesis and bioactivity studies of sex pheromone analogs of the diamond back moth, Plutella xylostella. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2019; 75:1045-1055. [PMID: 30242939 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L., is a very important pest of cruciferous vegetables causing excessive economic losses worldwide. Bioactivities of halo-, diazo-, and cyclopropane acetates of P. xylostella sex pheromone have been evaluated using electrophysiology and enzyme inhibition assays. RESULTS A total of 23 sex pheromone analogs of P. xylostella were designed and synthesized and the result shows that (11Z)-hexadec-11-en-1-yl 2,2,2-trifluoroacetate, (11Z)-hexadec-11-en-1-yl 2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropanoate, and (11Z)-hexadec-11-en-1-yl trifluoromethanesulfonate elicited potential inhibitory effects at all doses tested in the electrophysiology and enzyme inhibition assays. Interference of locating the sex pheromone source was found strongest when these three analogs were mixed with the sex pheromone at a 10:1 ratio. In addition, field test showed that the rate of mating disruption was over 90% when (11Z)-hexadec-11-en-1-yl 2,2,2-trifluoroacetate or (11Z)-hexadec-11-en-1-yl 2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropanoate was mixed with the sex pheromone at a 10:1 ratio. CONCLUSION Two sex pheromone antagonists were screen out by electrophysiology, enzyme inhibition assays, wind tunnel and field tests. We believe that these antagonists could be used to establish a novel eco-friendly measure to control P. xylostella and provide evidence for clarifying the specific functions and molecular mechanisms of sex pheromone antagonists. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- An-Jia Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Plant Protection Station, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Dominguez A, Puigmartı́ M, Bosch MP, Rosell G, Crehuet R, Ortiz A, Quero C, Guerrero A. Synthesis, Functional Assays, Electrophysiological Activity, and Field Tests of Pheromone Antagonists of the Tomato Leafminer, Tuta absoluta. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2016; 64:3523-3532. [PMID: 27088783 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b00674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta, is one of the major pests of tomato and other Solanaceae in many regions worldwide. In the search for new strategies to control this pest, we present herewith the stereoselective synthesis, electrophysiological activity, functional analysis, and field tests of new chemicals as possible antagonists of the sex pheromone of the leafminer. The chemicals are methyl ketone (MK) and trifluoromethyl ketone (TFMK) structural analogues of both components of the pheromone. Most of the chemicals exerted per se some electrophysiological activity and inhibited the electroantennographic response to the pheromone when vapors of the inhibitor were passed over the antennae. Except TFMK 3, which elicited a modest effect, the compounds did not exhibit antiesterase activity on the pheromone-degrading enzymes of the antennae, but in the field the chemicals, particularly MK 5, notably decreased the number of catches when mixed with the pheromone in 1:1 and 10:1 ratios, regardless the infestation level of the plot. These results suggest that MK 5 is a good behavioral antagonist of the pheromone to be considered as a putative agent to control the pest in new future integrated pest management (IPM) strategies.
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- Aroa Dominguez
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Modelling, Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (CSIC) , Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Modelling, Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (CSIC) , Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Modelling, Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (CSIC) , Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutic Chemistry, Unit Associated to CSIC, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona , Avinguda Diagonal s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Modelling, Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (CSIC) , Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, EPSL, University of Jaén , Linares (Jaén), Spain
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Modelling, Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (CSIC) , Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Modelling, Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (CSIC) , Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Possible origin of modified EAG activity by point-fluorination of insect pheromones. Future Med Chem 2011; 1:835-45. [PMID: 21426083 DOI: 10.4155/fmc.09.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Fluorine closely mimics the steric requirement of hydrogen at enzyme receptor sites, but its strong electronegativity significantly alters the reactivity of neighboring centers. Therefore, point-fluorination of biologically active molecules is an important technology with which to investigate the relationship between a biologically active compound with a receptor protein. We synthesized point-fluorinated pheromone analogues of eldanolide and measured their biological activity by electroantennography (EAG) to understand the importance of conformation in the specificity of ligand recognition by the olfactory receptor. By comparing EAG activities and conformational analysis of these molecules using density functional theory calculations, significant differences were found in the population of preferable conformers between EAG-active compounds and EAG-inactive compounds. Based on these results, we propose a working hypothesis for the possible origin of the diversity of relationship between enantiomer and activity in pheromone perception response. These results obtained in the investigation of the mechanism of chemical communication through pheromone molecules among insects should be useful to expand the horizons of medicinal chemists.
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A survey of the new environmentally safe strategies used for insect control is presented. The survey includes mating disruption, pheromone antagonists as chemical communication inhibitors, pheromones and plant-based volatiles, attractant-and-kill, and push-pull strategies. Important successes have been obtained, particularly in mating disruption with significant reduction in pesticide use in low to moderate pest infestations. One important factor of concern is the high cost of semiochemicals and formulations containing them in comparison to the conventional insecticide treatments, and a combined effort by scientists, producers, and farmers should be made to reduce the cost of application of these semiochemicals.
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Chamorro ER, Sequeira AF, Zalazar MF, Peruchena NM. Theoretical analysis of the electronic properties of the sex pheromone and its analogue derivatives in the female processionary moth Thaumetopoea pytiocampa. Bioorg Med Chem 2008; 16:8535-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2008] [Revised: 07/28/2008] [Accepted: 08/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Riba M, Eizaguirre M, Sans A, Quero C, Guerrero A. Inhibition of pheromone action inSesamia nonagrioidesby Haloacetate analogues. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/ps.2780410205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Malik MS, Vetter RS, Baker TC, Roy Fukuto T. Dialkyl phosphorofluoridates and alkyl methylphosphonofluoridates as disruptants of moth sex pheromone-mediated behavior. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/ps.2780320105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Hayase S, Renou M, Itoh T. Possible Origin of Modified EAG Activity by Point-Fluorination of the Insect Pheromone Eldanolide. European J Org Chem 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200400863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Pesenti C, Viani F. The Influence of Fluorinated Molecules (Semiochemicals and Enzyme Substrate Analogues) on the Insect Communication System. Chembiochem 2004; 5:590-613. [PMID: 15122631 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200300829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Can the introduction of fluorine atoms affect the bioactivity of natural semiochemicals? Can fluorine contribute in the creation of specific enzyme inhibitors to interrupt or disrupt the insect communication system? The first step for the bioactivity of a molecule is interaction with the biological sensor. Hydrogen and fluorine are almost bioisosteric and the receptor site of the enzyme can still recognize and accept the fluoro analogue of its natural substrate. However, the peculiar electronegativity of the fluorine atom can affect the binding, absorption, and transport of the molecule. The differences in the molecule's electronic properties can lead to differences in the chemical interactions between the receptor and the fluorinated substrate. Fluorine introduction can modify the metabolic stability and pathway of the semiochemicals in many different ways. Fluorinated analogues can show synergism, inhibition, or hyperagonism effects on insect behaviors, that is, the activity of the nonfluorinated parent compounds can be mimicked, lost, or increased. In any case, the fluorinated molecules can interact with the bioreceptors in a new and disrupting way. The semiochemicals are olfactory substances: fluorine can affect their volatility or smell. Production of semiochemicals from exogenous substances, perception at antennal receptors, and processing of biological responses are the main steps of communication among insects. In the production step, the fluorinated molecules can interact with enzymes that catalyze the biosynthesis of the natural pheromones. In the perception step, fluorinated semiochemicals can interact with the olfactory receptor cells; this often leads to totally unpredictable behaviors. Fluorinated molecules have been developed as probes to elucidate the complex chemorecognition processes of insects. Many of these molecules have been tested to find highly effective behavior-modifying chemicals. New analogues have been synthesized to investigate the metabolic pathway of a pheromone molecule and many of them are promising disrupting agents. Despite such titanic research efforts, the results have often been random, rational trends in the induced behaviors have sometimes been impossible to find, and practical applications of the fluorinated semiochemicals are still uncertain.
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- Cristina Pesenti
- Istituto di Chimica per il Riconoscimento Molecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy
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Abad JL, Villorbina G, Fabriàs G, Camps F. Synthesis of fluorinated analogs of myristic acid as potential inhibitors of egyptian armyworm (Spodoptera littorialis) Δ11 desaturasedesaturase. Lipids 2003; 38:865-71. [PMID: 14577666 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-003-1137-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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To study the activity of the different desaturases present in the pheromone biosynthetic pathway of the Egyptian armyworm, Spodoptera littoralis, we prepared a series of mono- and gem-difluorinated analogs of myristic acid with halogen substitution at the C8-C11 positions of the aliphatic chain via specifically positioned dithiane precursors. Thus, transformation of dithianes by treatment with N-bromosuccinimide in the presence of H2O followed by reduction with LiAlH4 afforded the appropriate alcohols, which reacted with diethylaminosulfur trifluoride to give rise to the corresponding monofluoroderivative intermediates. Alternatively, the introduction of the gem-difluoro functionality was carried out by reaction of the appropriate dithiane intermediate with 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin in the presence of HF/pyridine. The activity of these fluorinated FA as substrates and inhibitors of the desaturases involved in the biosynthesis of the sex pheromonal blend of S. littoralis has been studied. In this case, 11-fluorotetradecanoic acid elicited a moderate inhibitory activity of delta11 desaturase.
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- José-Luis Abad
- Departamento de Química Orgánica Biológica, Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas y Ambientales de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
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Quero C, Rosell G, Jiménez O, Rodriguez S, Bosch MP, Guerrero A. New fluorinated derivatives as esterase inhibitors. Synthesis, hydration and crossed specificity studies. Bioorg Med Chem 2003; 11:1047-55. [PMID: 12614892 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(02)00467-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A variety of new fluorinated chemicals have been prepared for the first time and tested as inhibitors of esterases, one of the main enzymes involved in pheromone catabolism, in two economically important pests, the Egyptian armyworm Spodoptera littoralis (SL) and the Mediterranean corn borer Sesamia nonagrioides (SN). Using the respective major component of the pheromone as substrate, the K(m) and V(max) of the antennal esterase of both insects resulted to be 5.66 x 10(-4) M and 8.47 x 10(-6) Mmin(-1) for SL and 1.61 x 10(-7) M and 1.25 x 10(-7) Mmin(-1) for SN, pointing out that SN esterase has a higher affinity for its corresponding substrate than SL. In general, the trifluoromethyl ketones (TFMKs) exhibited higher inhibitory potency than the corresponding difluoromethyl ketones (DFMKs) or difluoroaldehydes (DFAs). The compounds appeared to hydrate differently in aqueous solution, the extent of hydration following the order: alpha,alpha-DFMKs<alpha,alpha-difluoro-beta-thioalkylmethyl ketones<TFMKs<beta-thiotrifluoromethyl ketones<alpha,alpha-DFAs. No clear correlation has been found between the K(hyd) and the inhibitory potency and no specificity has been found when the chemicals were assayed on extracts of both insects.
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- Carmen Quero
- Department of Biological Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry and Environmental Research (CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Riba M, Sans A, Bau P, Grolleau G, Renou M, Guerrero A. Pheromone response inhibitors of the corn stalk borer Sesamia nonagrioides. Biological evaluation and toxicology. J Chem Ecol 2001; 27:1879-97. [PMID: 11545377 DOI: 10.1023/a:1010468911352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The behavioral activity of some trifluoromethyl ketones (TFMKs) as inhibitors of the pheromone activity of the corn stalk borer Sesamia nonagrioides (Lef.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is reported. The most closely-related analogue to the pheromone tested, (Z)-11-hexadecenyl trifluoromethyl ketone (Z11-16:TFMK), elicited a significant decrease in the number of male catches in traps baited with mixtures with the pheromone in 1:1 and 10:1 ratios in comparison to the pheromone alone. The E isomer of the analogue as well as two highly hydrated ketones, 3-octylthio-1,1,1-trifluoropropan-2-one (OTFP) and 1,1-difluoropentadecyl trifluoromethyl ketone, were inactive. Conversely, the saturated TFMKs n-dodecyl trifluoromethyl ketone and, particularly, n-hexadecyl trifluoromethyl ketone induced a synergistic effect when mixed with the synthetic pheromone in 10:1 ratio. However, in a wind tunnel these chemicals did not elicit any differential effect on flying moths attracted to a source containing a 10:1 blend of the analogue and the pheromone. In a dual choice bioassay with two dispensers, containing the pheromone alone, and mixtures of Z11-16:TFMK and the pheromone and separated 5 cm apart, males showed no particular preference for either dispenser. The ketone mixture, however, induced moths to execute erratic flights with frequent crosswind counter-turns and intersections with plume boundaries. The total number of contacts with the source were reduced when a control dispenser was paired with a dispenser containing Z11-16:TFMK and pheromone. Z11-16:TFMK and OTFP showed little toxicity on mice with a LD50 of 1 g/kg after the 6th day of treatment. For comparitive purposes, the major component of the pheromone, Z11-16:Ac, displayed a LD50 of 5 g/kg 6 days after application. Our results provide additional information about the activity of the TFMKs, which might be useful for the utilization of these chemicals in future pest control studies.
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- M Riba
- Escola Tecnica Superior Enginyeria Agrària, UdL-IRTA, Lleida, Spain.
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Renou M, Guerrero A. Insect parapheromones in olfaction research and semiochemical-based pest control strategies. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY 2000; 45:605-630. [PMID: 10761591 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.45.1.605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The possibility of disrupting the chemical communication of insect pests has initiated the development of new semiochemicals, parapheromones, which are anthropogenic compounds structurally related to natural pheromone components. Modification at the chain and/or at the polar group, isosteric replacements, halogenation or introduction of labeled atoms have been the most common modifications of the pheromone structure. Parapheromones have shown a large variety of effects, and accordingly have been called agonists, pheromone mimics, synergists and hyperagonists, or else pheromone antagonists, antipheromones and inhibitors. Pheromone analogues have been used in quantitative structure-activity relationship studies of insect olfaction, and from a practical point of view they can replace pheromones when these are costly to prepare or unstable under field conditions.
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- M Renou
- INRA, Unité de Phytopharmacie et Médiateurs Chimiques, Versailles, France.
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Campanacci V, Longhi S, Nagnan-Le Meillour P, Cambillau C, Tegoni M. Recombinant pheromone binding protein 1 from Mamestra brassicae (MbraPBP1). Functional and structural characterization. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 264:707-16. [PMID: 10491116 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00666.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Pheromone binding proteins (PBPs) are small proteins (17 kDa on average) present at high concentrations ( approximately 10 mM) in the sensillum lymph of Lepidoptera antennae, where they play a key role in the perception of pheromones. By expression in Escherichia coli, we have obtained large quantities (2-3 mg.L-1) of pure, soluble, Mamestra brassicae PBP1 (MbraPBP1). These quantities are compatible with the requirements of X-ray and NMR studies. The recombinant protein has been characterized by native-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, Western blotting, N-terminal sequencing, mass spectrometry, gel filtration, circular dichroism, and NMR. Moreover, the recombinant MbraPBP1 has been shown to be able to bind the specific pheromone and a structural analogue, Z11-16:TFMK (cis-11-hexadecenyl trifluoromethyl ketone), in displacement experiments. Our results on MbraPBP1 confirm and extend previous findings on PBPs. MbraPBP1 and two PBPs from different species have been found to exist as dimers under nondenaturing conditions. The CD and structural prediction data confirm a markedly helical structure for insect PBPs rather than the beta-barrel fold found in vertebrates odorant binding proteins. We have tentatively identified the location of the helices and the short beta-strands with respect to the binding site. Currently we have obtained small diffracting crystals of the recombinant MbraPBP1 and determined their space group and molecular content.
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Itoh T, Sakabe K, Kudo K, Ohara H, Takagi Y, Kihara H, Zagatti P, Renou M. Systematic Synthesis of Multifluorinated alpha,alpha-Difluoro-gamma-lactones through Intramolecular Radical Cyclization. J Org Chem 1999; 64:252-265. [PMID: 11674110 DOI: 10.1021/jo982035b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Carbon radicals from allyl O-(trimethylsilyl)-alpha-bromo-alpha,alpha-difluoroacetal can cyclize onto the olefinic part regiospecifically to give gamma-lactols in good yield. The lactols are then converted to the corresponding alpha,alpha-difluoro-gamma-lactones. Systematic synthesis of multifluorinated-alpha,alpha-difluoro-gamma-lactones has thus been accomplished through intramolecular radical cyclization as a key reaction. Semiempirical MO calculation study suggested a unique nature of alpha,alpha-difluoroacetate in that complete delocalization of the electrons in the SOMO orbital of alpha,alpha-difluoroacetyl radical occurred; this caused unsuccessful cyclization. To apply the present radical reaction, the first synthesis of both enantiomers of difluoroeldanolide, analogues of the sex pheromone of the male African sugarcane borer, has been demonstrated. Electrophysiological tests revealed that the difluorinated analogues were as active as the natural eldanolide on the olfactory receptors.
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- Toshiyuki Itoh
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan, Department of Natural Science, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Yashiro, Hyogo 673-14, Japan, and INRA, Unite de Phytopharmacie et Mediateurs Chimiques, Route de Saint Cyr, 78026 Versailles, France
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Guerrero A, Feixas J. Synthesis of tritiated sex pheromones of the processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa and the Egyptian armyworm Spodoptera littoralis. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1344(199610)38:10<929::aid-jlcr905>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Itoh T, Sakabe K, Kudo K, Zagatti P, Renou M. Asymmetric synthesis of both enantiomers of α,α-difluoroeldanolide: An interesting property of their biological activity. Tetrahedron Lett 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(98)00661-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Parrilla A, Villuendas I, Guerrero A. Synthesis of trifluoromethyl ketones as inhibitors of antennal esterases of insects. Bioorg Med Chem 1994; 2:243-52. [PMID: 7922135 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(00)82167-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
A variety of long chain aliphatic and aromatic trifluoromethyl ketones I-XIV has been conveniently prepared, many of them for the first time, from the corresponding Grignard or organolithium derivatives. Two of them, (Z)-1,1,1-trifluoro-15-octadecen-13-yn-2-one (XV) and (Z)-1,1,1-trifluoro-16-nonadecen-14-yn-2-one (XVI), structurally-closed analogues of (Z)-13-hexadecen-11-ynyl acetate, the sex pheromone of the processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa, have been stereospecifically synthesized in excellent yield by a convenient new method. The procedure involves lithiation of the corresponding iododerivative XXIX and XXX with one equivalent of tert-BuLi to obviate addition of the reagent to the enyne system. Some of the compounds have already been tested and found to be good inhibitors of antennal esterases in the Egyptian armyworm Spodoptera littoralis and the pheromone action in the processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa. beta-Thiotrifluoromethyl ketones XVII-XX, which are expected to enhance the inhibition activity of the parent ketones due to their higher hydration constants, have also been prepared in good yields.
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- A Parrilla
- Department of Biological Organic Chemistry, C.I.D. (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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Villuendas I, Parrilla A, Guerrero A. An efficient and expeditious synthesis of functionalized trifluoromethyl ketones through lithium-iodine exchange reaction. Tetrahedron 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(01)89400-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Antennal sexual dimorphism in Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Le Conte) (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae): Male specific structures, ultrastructure of a unique sensillum, and sites of esterase activity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0020-7322(93)90039-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Durán I, Parrilla A, Feixas J, Guerrero A. Inhibition of antennal esterases of the egyptian armyworm Spodoptera littoralis by trifluoromethyl ketones. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(01)80722-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Feixas J, Camps F, Guerrero A. Synthesis of (z)-10,10-difluoro-13-hexadecen-11-ynyl acetate, new difluoro analogue of the sex pheromone of the processionary moth. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(00)80171-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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European corn borer: Pheromonal catabolism and behavioral response to sex pheromone. J Chem Ecol 1991; 17:317-34. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00994335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/1990] [Accepted: 09/24/1990] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Perfluorinated moth pheromones. J Chem Ecol 1990; 16:1761-78. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01020493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/1989] [Accepted: 10/10/1989] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Camps F, Gasol V, Guerrero A, Hernández R, Montoya R. Inhibition of the processionary moth sex pheromone by some haloacetate analogues. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1990. [DOI: 10.1002/ps.2780290202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Prestwich GD, Graham SM, Handley M, Latli B, Streinz L, Tasayco MLJ. Enzymatic processing of pheromones and pheromone analogs. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01951812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Chemical studies of proteins that degrade pheromones. J Chem Ecol 1988; 14:2033-46. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01014248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/03/1988] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Prestwich GD, Sun WC, Dickens JC. Fluorinated analogs of aldehyde components of boll weevil pheromone. J Chem Ecol 1988; 14:1427-39. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01020146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/1987] [Accepted: 08/10/1987] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Synthesis of carrier-free tritium-labeled queen bee pheromone. J Chem Ecol 1988; 14:957-62. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01018786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/1987] [Accepted: 05/17/1987] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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