Herbicide resistance in transgenic plants with mammalian P450 monooxygenase genes

Transgenic potato and rice plants were generated by the introduction of human P450 species, CYP1A1, CYP2B6, CYP2C9 and CYP2C19, which metabolized a number of herbicides, insecticides and industrial chemicals. The transgenic potato plant T1977 co-expressing CYP1A1, CYP2B6 and CYP2C19 genes showed remarkable cross-resistance to several herbicides with different structures and modes of action due to metabolism of these herbicides by the P450 species expressed. The transgenic rice plant 2C9-57R2 expressing CYP2C9 gene showed resistance to sulfonylureas, and the transgenic rice plant 2C19-12R1 expressing CYP2C19 gene showed cross-resistance to certain herbicides with different structures and modes of action. These transgenic plants appear to be useful for herbicide resistance as well as phytoremediation of environmental contaminants.     

Human metabolism of atrazine

Atrazine (ATZ) metabolism by human liver microsomes (HLM), cytochrome P450 (CYP) isoforms, and human liver (HL) S9 fractions, was investigated using HPLC/PDA and LC/MS/MS. CYP-dependent metabolites from pooled HLM are desethylatrazine (DEA), desisopropylatrazine (DIA), 1-hydroxyisopropylatrazine (HIATZ), and 2-hydroxyethyl atrazine (HEATZ). DEA and DIA were major metabolites in pooled HLM. CYP1A2 and 2C19, respectively, were major isoforms for DEA and DIA production. CYP3A4, while less active, is generally at high concentrations, produces both DEA and DIA and is significant. The percent total normalized rates (%TNR) for CYP1A2 and 3A4 in pooled HLM were 63% and 24% for DEA, and 35% and 56% for DIA production. Single donor HLM samples, showed correlations for CYP1A2 (r = 0.92) and 3A4 (r = 0.81) for DEA and DIA production, while variations in production of DEA and DIA were 8.5- and 6.0-fold, respectively. Pooled S9 fractions also mediate glutathione conjugation of atrazine, DEA and DIA.     

Metabolism of the herbicides chlorotoluron, diuron, linuron, simazine, and atrazine by CYP1A9 and CYP1C1 from Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)

Through the use of a number of bioconversion experiments we demonstrated that P450 proteins (CYP1A9 and CYP1C1) from Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) metabolized a number of herbicides and the drug phenacetin. We performed bioconversion experiments in which substrates were added directly to incubation medium. The resulting metabolites were extracted and analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography. Proteins CYP1A9 and CYP1C1 metabolized 50 nmol of the drug phenacetin to yield 12.1 and 1.1 nmol of product (acetaminophen), respectively. Further incubation of CYP1A9 with 50 nmol of the herbicides chlorotoluron, diuron, linuron, simazine, or atrazine yielded 16.5, 18.5, 7.3, 1.6, or 0.8 nmol of product, respectively. CYP1C1 also metabolized linuron, diuron, and simazine yield 5.4, 4.6, or 0.7 nmol of product, respectively. Next, polyclonal antibody was isolated by immunizing with two conjugated-peptides (amino acid residues 272–290 and 294–310) of CYP1A9. This antibody did not recognize human CYP1A2 or CYP1C1. Western blotting using the antibody revealed one band in the livers of Japanese eel and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Theses results suggest that CYP1A9 and CYP1C1 metabolize herbicides, and that CYP1A9 is an useful biomarker of contamination when detected with this antibody.     

黏虫CYP9A113基因的克隆及外源物质对基因表达的诱导效应

黏虫是我国作物上最重要的害虫之一。细胞色素P450能够参与昆虫外源物质代谢。本研究采用RACE技术克隆了一条编码黏虫P450基因的cDNA序列,并通过Real-time PCR技术,检测了4种外源物质对该基因表达的诱导效应。该基因被国际P450命名委员会命名为CYP9A113,GenBank登录号为KY436739。利用2.5%高效氯氟氰菊酯乳油的LD_(50)处理黏虫3 h,LD_(10)、LD_(30)和LD_(50)处理12 h和24 h,可诱导表达CYP9A113基因;20%氯虫苯甲酰胺悬浮剂的LD_(10)处理黏虫12、24和48 h,LD_(30)和LD_(50)处理24 h,CYP9A113基因表达呈诱导效应;0.1和0.5 mg/mL香豆素处理6、12、24和48 h,CYP9A113基因表达均呈诱导效应;0.1和0.5 mg/mL吲哚-3-甲醇处理3、6、12、24和48 h,CYP9A113基因表达均呈诱导效应。     

寄生蜂细胞色素P450基因家族进化分析

寄生蜂是重要的天敌昆虫,被广泛应用于生物防治,但在实际生产应用中面临诸多问题,如环境适应性和耐药性问题。细胞色素P450是真核生物中广泛存在的超基因家族酶系,参与农药、植物次生代谢物及环境有害物质等的代谢,同时也参与昆虫体内多种内源性化合物的合成与代谢。本文通过对植食性榕小蜂和9种寄生蜂基因组数据的生物信息学分析,共获得615个P450基因,分析表明不同寄生蜂P450基因家族的差异主要发生在CYP3和CYP4簇,而CYP2和Mito簇相对保守;相较于外寄生蜂,内寄生蜂的P450超基因家族有明显的收缩现象;此外,发现了2个在寄生蜂中1：1：1高度保守的P450基因,CYP18和CYP314,以及茧蜂特有的CYP304基因和内寄生蜂特有的CYP28基因。本研究从基因组水平系统地分析了寄生蜂P450超基因家族的进化,为寄生蜂的遗传改良和规模化饲养等提供理论基础。     

Biotransformation of s-Triazine Herbicides and Related Degradation Products in Liquid Cultures by the White Rot Fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium

The ability of the white rot basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium to transform s-triazine herbicides has been investigated in laboratory experiments. The chlorinated metabolites formed during atrazine N-dealkylations were not further transformed by the fungus, whereas hydroxy-atrazine was converted to an unknown product. P. chrysosporium was also able to carry out the N-dealkylation of the herbicides simazine, propazine and terbuthylazine. Herbicide metabolism was not supported by purified peroxidases. The highest rates of herbicide N-dealkylation were obtained in liquid cultures maintained under moderate temperature allowing a long mycelium growing phase. Atrazine transformation was found to be supported by the mycelium, which contained significant amounts of microsomal cytochrome P450. Herbicide N-dealkylation was decreased in the presence of 1-aminobenzotriazole, in agreement with the involvement of P450 monooxygenases in atrazine metabolism. © 1997 SCI.     

Cloning and expression of an atrazine inducible cytochrome P450, CYP4G33, from Chironomus tentans (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Previous studies performed in our laboratory have measured the effect of atrazine exposure on cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenase activity and have found increased activity in midge larvae (Chironomus tentans) as a result of atrazine exposure (1-10 ppm). Here we report the cloning and expression of a specific C. tentans CYP4 gene that is responsive to atrazine induction with an open reading frame of 1678 bp which encodes a putative protein of 559 amino acid residues. Alignments of deduced amino acid sequences with other insect P450 genes and phylogenetic analysis indicated a high degree of similarity to other insect CYP4 genes. Northern blotting analysis employing a fragment of 1200 bp from the CYP4 gene as a probe indicated that the CYP4 gene was expressed in all developmental stages, but was expressed at highest levels in late instar larvae. Additionally, over-expression of CYP4 in C. tentans exposed to atrazine (10 mg/l) confirms the ability of atrazine to induce specific P450 genes and provides insight into potential consequences of atrazine exposure in aquatic organisms.     

小菜蛾CYP6BG1基因体外真核表达及其对氯虫苯甲酰胺的代谢

小菜蛾Plutella xylostella是为害十字花科作物的世界性重要害虫,对氯虫苯甲酰胺产生了严重抗性。已经明确小菜蛾CYP6BG1的过量表达与其对氯虫苯甲酰胺的抗性相关。本文进一步通过昆虫杆状病毒表达系统在Sf9细胞中表达了小菜蛾CYP6BG1和NADPH-细胞色素P450还原酶(CPR)蛋白,并检测Sf9细胞表达CYP6BG1蛋白后对氯虫苯甲酰胺的敏感变化及氯虫苯甲酰胺经CYP6BG1蛋白代谢后对小菜蛾幼虫毒力的变化。结果显示:Sf9细胞中与CPR共表达的CYP6BG1具有7-乙氧基香豆素O-脱乙基酶活性,且细胞对氯虫苯甲酰胺的敏感性显著下降。将表达的蛋白与不同浓度的氯虫苯甲酰胺孵育24 h后,对3龄小菜蛾幼虫致死率显著低于对照组。本研究结果间接表明CYP6BG1能够降解氯虫苯甲酰胺,从而增强小菜蛾对氯虫苯甲酰胺的抗性。     

紫茎泽兰CYP75基因cDNA片段的克隆与鉴定

根据菊科植物P450基因CYP75 B5(GenEMBL AF313489)和C YP75 B6(GenEMBL AF313488)核酸序列同源区设计引物,用RT-PCR方法从紫茎泽兰植株中获得一大小为378bp的细胞色素P450基因片段。经克隆、测序及氨基酸序列同源性比较,发现由该片段推导出的氨基酸序列与C YP75 B5和C YP75 B6的氨基酸序列分别具有79.5%和85.6%的同源性,与C YP76 B1、C YP81 B1 v1、C YP81 E1 v2同源性分别为40.8%、35.2%、35.0%,与C YP73 A家族的同源性在28.9%～31.4%;所绘制的系谱树与同源性分析结果一致。因此,初步确定该序列为C YP75家族中某一成员的结构基因片段。     

代谢酶抑制剂PX对除草剂防除稗草的增效作用

为解决除草剂防除困难的问题,采用室内盆栽试验测定了PX、PM和Mn²⁺三种代谢酶抑制剂对精喹禾灵、莠去津、烟嘧磺隆、硝磺草酮和烯禾啶防除稗草Echinochloa crus-galli的增效作用,测定不同用量代谢酶抑制剂PX对这5种除草剂的增效作用及其与莠去津混用后稗草体内谷胱甘肽转移酶（glutathione S-transferase,GST）和细胞色素 P450（cytochrome P450,CYP450）活性的变化。结果显示,在3种代谢酶抑制剂中,代谢酶抑制剂PX对精喹禾灵、莠去津、烟嘧磺隆、硝磺草酮和烯禾啶5种除草剂的增效作用最显著。不同用量代谢酶抑制剂PX对不同除草剂的增效作用不同,其中75 g (a.i.)/hm²代谢酶抑制剂PX对莠去津的增效最佳,株防除效果和鲜重防除效果分别增加了35.33个百分点和37.33个百分点。莠去津与代谢酶抑制剂PX混用后,稗草体内GST和CYP450活性均较对照显著降低。表明除草剂与代谢酶抑制剂PX混用能增加除草剂对稗草的防除效果,可以达到减施除草剂的目的。     

新烟碱类杀虫剂吡虫啉和噻虫嗪的代谢研究进展

对新烟碱类杀虫剂吡虫啉和噻虫嗪的化学结构特点及代谢研究进展进行了综述,重点对其在哺乳动物、植物和昆虫体内的代谢途径及相关的生物代谢酶进行了阐述。吡虫啉和噻虫嗪在环境中可被动物、植物、微生物及昆虫所代谢,与其生物代谢相关的酶主要是微粒体细胞色素P450同工酶和醛氧化酶,其中,P450同工酶可催化吡虫啉和噻虫嗪发生羟基化、去饱和、脱烷基、硝基还原等代谢反应,而醛氧化酶主要催化其硝基部分的还原。吡虫啉和噻虫嗪经过代谢后其生物活性通常有所降低,但也有部分代谢产物的活性反而升高,增加了其对昆虫的毒性以及对非靶标生物的风险。明确吡虫啉和噻虫嗪的代谢途径、代谢产物及其生物活性,对于了解新烟碱类杀虫剂的代谢机理,以及安全有效地使用该类杀虫剂具有重要意义。     

Modulation of Mouse P450 Isoforms CYP1A2, CYP2B10, CYP2E1, and CYP3A by the Environmental Chemicals Mirex, 2,2-Bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethylene, Vinclozolin, and Flutamide

Several environmental chemicals are disruptive to the reproductive and endocrine systems of many species, including humans. Mechanisms for endocrine disruption are presently under scrutiny. Xenobiotic inducible mammalian cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes metabolize a variety of substrates including environmental chemicals, pesticides, and drugs. The metabolism, and thus the effect, of endogenous chemicals including steroid hormones, vitamins, etc. that are transformed by CYP enzymes can be influenced by environmental exposure to CYP-inducing chemicals. This study demonstrated that structurally diverse environmental chemicals including mirex, 2,2-Bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethylene (DDE), vinclozolin, and flutamide are capable of inducing several mouse liver CYP isozymes. As demonstrated by Western blotting, mirex induced CYP1A2, 2B10, 2E1, and 3A and vinclozolin induced 1A2 and 2B10. The only isoforms significantly induced by DDE and flutamide were 3A and 1A2, respectively. Since some of these isoforms are known to be involved in metabolism of endogenous hormones, we also studied the effects of these CYP inducers on testosterone metabolism and seminal vesicle weights. Mirex and DDE treatments had profound effects on the metabolism of testosterone, resulting in 2.5- to 3-fold more hydroxylated products than controls. Lesser, but significant, increases in specific metabolites of testosterone were also observed following treatment with vinclozolin and flutamide. Seminal vesicle weights were lower for all treatment groups except DDE. Results of this study demonstrate that, due to their CYP-inducing potential, these chemicals may significantly impact testosterone metabolism and this may be a contributing factor in their antiandrogenic effects.     

Co-expression of a NADPH:P450 reductase enhances CYP71A10-dependent phenylurea metabolism in tobacco

A soybean cytochrome P450 monooxygenase, designated CYP71A10, catalyzes the oxidative N-demethylation or ring methyl hydroxylation of a variety of phenylurea herbicides. The ectopic expression of CYP71A10 in tobacco was previously shown to be an effective means of enhancing whole plant tolerance to the compounds linuron and chlortoluron. Because P450 enzymes require ancillary proteins to catalyze the transfer of electrons from NADPH to the functional heme group of the P450, it is possible that the endogenous levels of these companion proteins may be insufficient to support the optimal activation of a highly expressed recombinant P450. In the present report, we have generated transgenic tobacco that simultaneously express CYP71A10 and a soybean P450 reductase. Transformed plants that express both CYP71A10 and the P450 reductase demonstrated 20-23% higher metabolic activity against phenylurea herbicides than control plants expressing CYP71A10 alone. These results suggest that herbicide tolerance strategies based on the expression of P450 genes may require concomitant expression of a cognate electron transport partner to fully exploit the herbicide metabolic capacity of the P450.     

Functional expression of Helicoverpa armigera CYP9A12 and CYP9A14 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Elevated oxidative detoxification is a major mechanism responsible for pyrethroid resistance in Helicoverpa armigera from Asia. Constitutive overexpression of CYP9A12 and CYP9A14 was associated with pyrethroid resistance in the YGF strain of H. armigera. CYP9A12 and CYP9A14 were functionally expressed in the W(R) strain of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) transformed with a plasmid shuttle vector pYES2. The cell lysates prepared from yeast transformed with CYP9A12 and CYP9A14, respectively, exhibited considerable O-demethylation activities against two model substrates p-nitroanisole (0.59 and 0.42 nmol p-nitrophenol min⁻¹ mg protein⁻¹) and methoxyresorufin (2.98 and 5.41 pmol resorufin min⁻¹ mg protein⁻¹), and clearance activity against the pyrethroid esfenvalerate (8.18 and 4.29 pmol esfenvalerate min⁻¹ mg protein⁻¹). These results provide important evidence on the role of CYP9A12 and CYP9A14 in conferring pyrethroid resistance in H. armigera, and also demonstrate that the yeast expression system can provide necessary redox environment for insect P450s to metabolize xenobiotics.     

Kinetics of Uptake and Metabolism of Atrazine in Model Plant Systems

The present work concerns atrazine absorption and metabolism by corn (Zea mays.) seedlings immersed in an aqueous medium in comparison with Acer pseudoplatanus cell cultures. At the point of equilibrium, the apparent concentration inside the A. pseudoplatanus cells (with a moderate lipid content: 0·17% of dry weight) was about twice that of the medium. This equilibrium was probably due to a simple partition process; part of the atrazine was dissolved in the cell water and reached the same concentration as in the external medium while the rest was concentrated inside the cellular lipids. The theoretical calculation of the lipid/water partition, taking into account the value of log P measured not with the lipids but with octanol (log P=2·5), gave a value of 1·5 for concentration inside the plant material. Such an equilibrium, resulting from a partition process between water and lipids, was also obtained in non-living corn seedlings. In living seedlings, an over-concentration of radioactivity due to [¹⁴C]atrazine derivatives was rapidly obtained inside roots and shoots giving concentrations respectively 7- and 12-fold higher than that of atrazine in the external medium. This was due to very rapid chemical transformation of atrazine into its hydroxy derivatives, especially hydroxyatrazine. This hydrolysis of atrazine in corn was due to the presence of high levels of benzoxazinone derivatives in corn seedling cells. The hydroxylated metabolites were able to concentrate in the cells very rapidly and were unable to diffuse freely into the external medium. As a consequence, this process facilitated the penetration of large quantities of atrazine which became rapidly hydroxylated, allowing therefore the passive penetration of atrazine to be further improved, since the concentration C₁ in the receiver compartment was always close to zero. The passive transfer of atrazine, following Fick's law: dq/dt=-Pa (C₀–C₁), was therefore optimized. © 1997 SCI.     

四种P450基因调控小菜蛾对氯虫苯甲酰胺的抗性

为研究CYP6家族P450基因在小菜蛾Plutella xylostella代谢氯虫苯甲酰胺中的作用,利用浸叶法测定不同小菜蛾种群3龄幼虫对氯虫苯甲酰的抗性水平,采用实时荧光定量PCR(quantitative realtime PCR,q RT-PCR)方法分析CYP1v3、CYP1v4、CYP6B6和CYP6f这4种P450基因在小菜蛾不同抗性种群体内的表达差异及杀虫剂的短期诱导效应,并通过RNA干扰技术沉默4种P450基因后分析小菜蛾对氯虫苯甲酰胺的敏感性。结果显示,4种P450基因在中等抗性水平小菜蛾种群体内高表达;氯虫苯甲酰胺处理可诱导4种基因显著上调表达。分别沉默4种P450基因后,处理组小菜蛾的P450酶活力显著下降37.60%～54.82%,且处理组小菜蛾的死亡率显著高于对照组;同时沉默4种基因处理组的小菜蛾P450酶活力显著低于其他各处理组。表明4种P450基因可能同时参于小菜蛾对氯虫苯甲酰胺的代谢。     

甜菜夜蛾细胞色素P450(CYP9A11)与3种杀虫剂的结合机理研究

细胞色素P450(以下简称CYP)与昆虫的抗药性密切相关。本研究运用AutoDock分子对接技术和分子力学泊松-波尔兹曼表面积法(molecular mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann surface area,MM-PBSA)结合自由能计算方法,分析了甜菜夜蛾CYP9A11与3种杀虫剂结合的作用位点、作用力类型和大小。结果表明:CYP9A11与毒死蜱结合形成两个氢键,有8个氨基酸残基参与形成疏水作用力,二者结合自由能为-3659.80 kJ/mol;CYP9A11与灭多威结合形成5个氢键,有3个氨基酸残基形成疏水作用力,结合自由能为-470.92 kJ/mol;CYP9A11中有7个氨基酸残基与氯氰菊酯结合形成疏水作用力,结合自由能为-473.44 kJ/mol。范德华力是CYP9A11与毒死蜱结合的主要驱动力,极性溶剂化能是CYP9A11与氯氰菊酯和灭多威结合的主要驱动力,这些结果为阐明甜菜夜蛾CYP9A11与3种杀虫剂的结合机理提供了参考。     

Expression of a wheat cytochrome P450 monooxygenase cDNA in yeast catalyzes the metabolism of sulfonylurea herbicides

A wheat cytochrome P450 cDNA (CYP71C6v1) was cloned by RT-PCR and heterologously expressed in yeast. The microsomal fractions derived from this strain could catalyze the metabolism of some sulfonylurea herbicides such as chlorsulfuron, triasulfuron, metsulfuron-metyl, bensulfuron-metyl, and tribenuron-metyl, but not sulfonylurea herbicides such as thifensulfuron and pyrazosulfuron. Kinetic parameters K_m for chlorsulfuron and triasulfuron were 57 (±15) μM and 38 (±16) μM in vitro, respectively. Analysis of the metabolites demonstrated that the CYP71C6v1 functioned as a 5-phenyl ring hydroxylase when chlorsulfuron and triasulfuron were the substrates.     

基于转录组测序解析草地贪夜蛾对溴氰虫酰胺的解毒代谢分子机制

为阐明草地贪夜蛾Spodoptera frugiperda对溴氰虫酰胺的解毒代谢分子机制,通过LC₅₀的溴氰虫酰胺诱导草地贪夜蛾3龄幼虫后,利用酶活测定和转录组测序鉴定解毒代谢相关基因,并采用实时荧光定量PCR技术对细胞色素P450单加氧酶(cytochrome P450 monooxygenase,P450)基因进行验证分析。结果表明,经LC₅₀的溴氰虫酰胺处理后,草地贪夜蛾3龄幼虫体内3种解毒代谢酶活性较对照均有所升高,但仅P450活性较对照显著升高,而谷胱甘肽S-转移酶和羧酸酯酶与对照无显著差异。经LC₅₀的溴氰虫酰胺处理后草地贪夜蛾3龄幼虫转录组中共筛选到1 408个差异表达基因,其中上调表达的基因有935个,下调表达的基因有473个。药物代谢-细胞色素P450通路、药物代谢-其他酶通路及细胞色素P450对异生物质的代谢通路中有超过20个基因存在差异表达。在草地贪夜蛾转录组中筛选鉴定到121个P450基因,其中,属于CYP2、CYP3、CYP4以及Mito家簇的基因分别有9、45、58和9个,而经LC_5...     

Isolation and functional characterization in yeast of CYP72A18, a rice cytochrome P450 that catalyzes (ω-1)-hydroxylation of the herbicide pelargonic acid

Cytochrome P450 proteins play important roles in plant herbicide selectivity. Here, we demonstrate metabolism of the herbicide pelargonic acid by CYP72A18, a novel cytochrome P450 isolated from the rice Oryza sativa L. cv. Nipponbare. The CYP72A18 cDNA was cloned from rice and heterologously expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae AH22 cells from the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH1) promoter. Microsomes isolated from recombinant yeast cells contained the CYP72A18, which was found to catalyze the (ω-1)-hydroxylation of the herbicide pelargonic acid. We also show that (ω-1)-hydroxypelargonic acid has reduced herbicide activity against rice seedlings. Based on these results, we suggest that CYP72A18 participates in the detoxification of the herbicide pelargonic acid in rice plants.