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。     

Phenobarbital induction of permethrin detoxification and phenobarbital metabolism in susceptible and resistant strains of the beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua (Hübner)

The permethrin resistant strain (TR-strain) of the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner), has 92.5-fold resistance to permethrin (at LD₅₀ level) compared to the permethrin susceptible strain (TS-strain). Bioassay involving permethrin mixed with piperonyl butoxide, an inhibitor of microsomal cytochrome P450s, significantly reduced the resistance ratio from 92.5- to 7.9-fold. However, S,S,S-tributylphosphorotrithioate and diethylmaleate which are inhibitors of esterases and glutathione S-transferase, respectively, did not affect the resistance level. These results indicate that the detoxification of permethrin in the TR-strain was primarily due to the cytochrome P450 monooxygenases. LD₅₀ for permethrin was increased to 4.5-fold by the pre-treatment of phenobarbital in the TS-strain. The effect of induction by phenobarbital was almost completely overcome by the piperonyl butoxide treatment. However, it was observed that phenobarbital treatment did not cause any change in the toxicity of permethrin to TR strain. Since this result deviated from the expectation that the metabolism of phenobarbital in the TR-strain should be greater than that in the TS-strain, it was deemed necessary to compare the metabolism of phenobarbital between the TS- and TR-strains. Comparison was made based on the concentration of phenobarbital in the hemolymph and whole body. The results showed no significant difference in phenobarbital treatment between the two strains used in this study suggesting the possibility that the induction system in TS-strain is different from the TR-strain.     

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase-mediated permethrin resistance confers limited and larval specific cross-resistance in the southern house mosquito, Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus

The cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenases (P450s) are an important enzymatic system that metabolizes xenobiotics (e.g., pesticides), as well as endogenous compounds (e.g., hormones). P450-mediated metabolism can result in detoxification of insecticides such as pyrethroids, or can be involved in the bioactivation and detoxification of insecticides such as organophosphates. We isolated (from the JPAL strain) a permethrin resistant strain (ISOP450) of Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus, having 1300-fold permethrin resistance using standard backcrossing procedures. ISOP450 is highly related to the susceptible lab strain (SLAB) and the high resistance to permethrin is due solely to P450-mediated detoxification. This is the first time in mosquitoes that P450 monooxygenase involvement in pyrethroid resistance has been isolated and studied without the confounding effects of kdr. Resistance in ISOP450 is incompletely dominant (D = +0.3), autosomally linked, and monofactorally inherited. It is expressed in the larvae, but not in adults. Cross-resistance to pyrethroids lacking a 3-phenoxybenzyl moiety (tetramethrin, fenfluthrin, bioallethrin, and bifenthrin) ranged from 1.5- to 12-fold. ISOP450 had only limited (6.6- and 11-fold) cross-resistance to 3-phenoxybenzyl pyrethroids with an α-cyano group (cypermethrin and deltamethrin, respectively). Examination of cross-resistance patterns to organophosphate insecticides in ISOP450 showed an 8-fold resistance to fenitrothion, while low, but significant, levels of negative cross-resistance were found for malathion (RR = 0.84), temephos (RR = 0.73), and methyl-parathion (RR = 0.55). The importance and uniqueness of this P450 mechanism in insecticide resistance is discussed.     

Molecular analysis of pyrethroid resistance conferred by target insensitivity and increased metabolic detoxification in Plutella xylostella

BACKGROUND: The pyrethroid resistance of the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (L.) is conferred by increased gene expression of cytochrome P450 to detoxify the insecticide and/or through gene mutation of the sodium channel, which makes the individual insensitive to pyrethroids. However, no information is available about the correlation between the increased metabolic detoxification and the target insensitivity in pyrethroid resistance. RESULTS: Frequencies of pyrethroid‐resistant alleles (L1014F, T929I and M918I) and two resistance‐related mutations (A1101T and P1879S) at the sodium channel and expression levels of the cytochrome P450 gene CYP6BG1 were examined individually using laboratory and field strains of P. xylostella. Real‐time quantitative PCR analysis using the laboratory strains revealed that levels of larval expression of the resistant strain, homozygous for the pyrethroid‐resistant alleles other than the M918I, are significantly higher than those of the susceptible strain. In the field strains, the expression levels in insects having the same resistant alleles as those of the resistant strains varied greatly among individuals. The expression levels were not significantly higher than those in the heterozygotes. CONCLUSION: Significant correlation between the target insensitivity and the increased metabolic detoxification in pyrethroid resistance of P. xylostella was observed in the laboratory but not in the field. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry     

Spinosad resistance in female Musca domestica L. from a field-derived population

BACKGROUND: Bait-formulated spinosad is currently being introduced for housefly (Musca domestica L.) control around the world. Spinosad resistance was evaluated in a multiresistant field population and strains derived from this by selection with insecticides. Constitutive and spinosad-induced expression levels of three cytochrome P450 genes, CYP6A1, CYP6D1 and CYP6D3, previously reported to be involved in insecticide resistance, were examined. RESULTS: In 2004 a baseline for spinosad toxicity of Danish houseflies where all field populations were considered to be susceptible was established. In the present study, females of a multiresistant field population 791a were, however, 27-fold spinosad resistant at LC₅₀, whereas 791a male houseflies were susceptible. Strain 791a was selected with spinosad, thiamethoxam, fipronil and imidacloprid, resulting in four strains with individual characteristics. Selection of 791a with spinosad did not alter spinosad resistance in either males or females, but counterselected against resistance to the insecticides thiamethoxam and imidacloprid targeting nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. A synergist study with piperonyl butoxide, as well as gene expression studies of CYP6A1, CYP6D1 and CYP6D3, indicated a partial involvement of cytochrome P450 genes in spinosad resistance. CONCLUSION: This study reports female-linked spinosad resistance in Danish houseflies. Negative cross-resistance was observed between spinosad and neonicotinoids in one multiresistant housefly strain. Spinosad resistance involved alterations of cytochrome P450 gene expression. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry     

Q型烟粉虱细胞色素P450 CYP6DV5基因克隆及其在烟粉虱对噻虫嗪抗性中的作用

烟粉虱Bemisia tabaci已严重危害农作物的正常生长,而新烟碱类杀虫剂噻虫嗪已被广泛用于烟粉虱的防治,但由于常年应用,致使烟粉虱对噻虫嗪产生了严重的抗性,而目前其抗药性分子机制尚不明确.本研究通过荧光定量PCR比较分析烟粉虱噻虫嗪抗性及敏感种群,发现细胞色素P450基因CYP6DV5在噻虫嗪抗性品系中的表达量为...     

抗氰戊菊酯棉铃虫细胞色素P450 CYP6B7基因的克隆及分析

以抗氰戊菊酯棉铃虫六龄幼虫中肠组织总RNA为模板,采用特异性引物,通过对反转录-聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)的条件进行不断探索和优化,成功克隆出全长为1 557 bp的基因片段(GenBank登录号DQ497428)。该片段包括一个完整的开放阅读框架(1 515 bp)及5'端的42个碱基,编码504个氨基酸残基。与国外报道的细胞色素P450 CYP6B7基因(GenBank登录号AF031468)的核苷酸、氨基酸同源性分别为97.75%和98.81%,为CYP6B7的等位基因。Northern杂交分析表明,抗性品系棉铃虫中肠组织中CYP6B7 mRNA的表达量明显高于敏感品系的,初步表明CYP6B7在棉铃虫对氰戊菊酯的抗药性中起着重要作用。     

稻曲病气象风险评估及适宜度等级预测技术

为了弄清适宜稻曲病发生发展的气象条件以及对应的气象适宜度等级,提高水稻气象型病害防控能力,本文利用江苏省稻曲病大田调查资料,结合历史气象资料,通过评估发病敏感时段和致病风险,以及分析江苏省稻曲病最大成灾风险度出现日期以及空间分布情况,指出8月下旬为稻曲病高发期,对于发病风险高且程度重的沿淮、沿江以及江淮之间地区需要加强病害防御。在此基础上,综合考虑不同连续致病天数对稻曲病流行的影响,利用最优化技术,构建了综合稻曲病指数,并划分气象条件适宜度等级。通过单站和多站检验发现该指数对"中等、大流行"发病实况的判定准确率极高,但容易高估"轻度流行"的程度。     

Evolutionary plasticity of monooxygenase-mediated resistance

The cytochrome P450 monooxygenases are an important metabolic system involved in the detoxification of xenobiotics, and are thus one of the major mechanisms by which insects evolve insecticide resistance. However, comparatively little is known about the evolutionary constraints of this insecticide resistance mechanism. We investigated the genetic basis of resistance in a strain of house fly (NG98) from Georgia, USA that had evolved 3700-fold resistance to the pyrethroid insecticide permethrin, and compared this to other permethrin resistant strains of house flies from the US and Japan. Resistance in NG98 was due to kdr on autosome 3 and monooxygenase-mediated resistance on autosomes 1, 2, and 5. These results indicate that the genes which evolve to produce monooxygenase-mediated resistance to permethrin are different between different populations, and that the P450 monooxygenases have some degree of plasticity in response to selection. Monooxygenase-mediated resistance appears to evolve using different P450s, and possibly different regulatory signals controlling P450 expression, even in strains selected with the same insecticide.     

Molecular analysis of resistance in a deltamethrin-resistant strain of Musca domestica from China

We investigated the molecular basis of resistance in a strain of house fly (BJD) from Beijing, China. This strain showed 567-fold resistance to commonly used deltamethrin. Flies were 64-fold resistant to deltamethrin synergized by piperonyl butoxide (PBO). The 5′-flanking sequence of the cytochrome P450 gene CYP6D1 in BJD strain had a 15-bp insert as in the LPR strain. Two mutations (kdr, super-kdr) in the voltage sensitive sodium channel (VSSC) were also detected in the BJD strain. Our results showed that a combination of resistance alleles for CYP6D1 and VSSC existed in deltamethrin resistant house flies in China.     

Pyrethroid resistance and cross‐resistance in the German cockroach,Blattella germanica (L)

A German cockroach (Blatella germanica (L)) strain, Apyr‐R, was collected from Opelika, Alabama after control failures with pyrethroid insecticides. Levels of resistance to permethrin and deltamethrin in Apyr‐R (97‐ and 480‐fold, respectively, compared with a susceptible strain, ACY) were partially or mostly suppressed by piperonyl butoxide (PBO) and S,S,S,‐tributylphosphorotrithioate (DEF), suggesting that P450 monooxygenases and hydrolases are involved in resistance to these two pyrethroids in Apyr‐R. However, incomplete suppression of pyrethroid resistance with PBO and DEF implies that one or more additional mechanisms are involved in resistance. Injection, compared with topical application, resulted in 43‐ and 48‐fold increases in toxicity of permethrin in ACY and Apyr‐R, respectively. Similarly, injection increased the toxicity of deltamethrin 27‐fold in ACY and 28‐fold in Apyr‐R. These data indicate that cuticular penetration is one of the obstacles for the effectiveness of pyrethroids against German cockroaches. However, injection did not change the levels of resistance to either permethrin or deltamethrin, suggesting that a decrease in the rate of cuticular penetration may not play an important role in pyrethroid resistance in Apyr‐R. Apyr‐R showed cross‐resistance to imidacloprid, with a resistance ratio of 10. PBO treatment resulted in no significant change in the toxicity of imidacloprid, implying that P450 monooxygenase‐mediated detoxication is not the mechanism responsible for cross‐resistance. Apyr‐R showed no cross‐resistance to spinosad, although spinosad had relatively low toxicity to German cockroaches compared with other insecticides tested in this study. This result further confirmed that the mode of action of spinosad to insects is unique. Fipronil, a relatively new insecticide, was highly toxic to German cockroaches, and the multi‐resistance mechanisms in Apyr‐R did not confer significant cross‐resistance to this compound. Thus, we propose that fipronil could be a valuable tool in integrated resistance management of German cockroaches. © 2001 Society of Chemical Industry     

Insecticide resistance status of Aedes aegypti (L.) from Colombia

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the insecticide susceptibility status of Aedes aegypti (L.) in Colombia, and as part of the National Network of Insecticide Resistance Surveillance, 12 mosquito populations were assessed for resistance to pyrethroids, organophosphates and DDT. Bioassays were performed using WHO and CDC methodologies. The underlying resistance mechanisms were investigated through biochemical assays and RT‐PCR. RESULTS: All mosquito populations were susceptible to malathion, deltamethrin and cyfluthrin, and highly resistant to DDT and etofenprox. Resistance to lambda‐cyhalothrin, permethrin and fenitrothion ranged from moderate to high in some populations from Chocó and Putumayo states. In Antioquia state, the Santa Fe population was resistant to fenitrothion. Biochemical assays showed high levels of both cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYP) and non‐specific esterases (NSE) in some of the fenitrothion‐ and pyrethroid‐resistant populations. All populations showed high levels of glutathione‐S‐transferase (GST) activity. GSTe2 gene was found overexpressed in DDT‐resistant populations compared with Rockefeller susceptible strain. CONCLUSIONS: Differences in insecticide resistance status were observed between insecticides and localities. Although the biochemical assay results suggest that CYP and NSE could play an important role in the pyrethroid and fenitrothion resistance detected, other mechanisms remain to be investigated, including knockdown resistance. Resistance to DDT was high in all populations, and GST activity is probably the main enzymatic mechanism associated with this resistance. The results of this study provide baseline data on insecticide resistance in Colombian A. aegypti populations, and will allow comparison of changes in susceptibility status in this vector over time. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry     

A novel F1552/C1552 point mutation in the Aedes aegypti voltage-gated sodium channel gene associated with permethrin resistance

Sodium channel mutations were investigated through nucleotide sequencing of three cDNA fragments amplified from permethrin resistant and susceptible Aedes aegypti from northern Thailand. There was a novel nucleotide substitution (T → G) at the second position of codon 1552 resulting in the replacement of Phenylalanine by Cysteine in segment 6 domain III. This amino acid was indicated by another study to involve an aromatic-aromatic contact between the sodium channel protein and the first aromatic ring of the pyrethroid alcohol moiety. Reciprocal crosses between the homozygous parental susceptible and resistant strains indicated that resistance was autosomal and incompletely recessive, and highly associated with the homozygous mutation. The bioassay of the F₂ progeny, formed by backcrossing the F₁ with the resistant parental strain, did not show a clear plateau curve across the range of doses, suggesting that resistance to permethrin was controlled by more than one gene locus. Other possible resistance mechanisms involved are discussed.     

Two cytochrome P450 genes are involved in imidacloprid resistance in field populations of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, in China

The sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera:Aleyrodidae), is an invasive and damaging pest of field crops worldwide. The neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid has been widely used to control this pest. We assessed the species composition (B vs. Q), imidacloprid resistance, and association between imidacloprid resistance and the expression of five P450 genes for 14–17 B. tabaci populations in 12 provinces in China. Fifteen of 17 populations contained only B. tabaci Q, and two populations contained both B and Q. Seven of 17 populations exhibited moderate to high resistance to imidacloprid, and eight populations exhibited low resistance to imidacloprid, compared with the most susceptible field WHHB population. In a study of 14 of the populations, resistance level was correlated with the expression of the P450 genes CYP6CM1 and CYP4C64 but not with the expression of CYP6CX1, CYP6CX4, or CYP6DZ7. This study indicates that B. tabaci Q has a wider distribution in China than previously reported. Resistance to imidacloprid in field populations of B. tabaci is associated with the increased expression of two cytochrome P450 genes (CYP6CM1 and CYP4C64).     

Toxicological and biochemical characterization of coumaphos resistance in the San Roman strain of Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)

The San Roman strain of the southern cattle tick, Boophilus microplus, collected from Mexico was previously reported to have a high level of resistance to the organophosphate acaricide coumaphos. An oxidative detoxification mechanism was suspected to contribute to coumaphos resistance in this tick strain, as coumaphos bioassay with piperonyl butoxide (PBO) on larvae of this resistant strain resulted in enhanced coumaphos toxicity, while coumaphos assays with PBO resulted in reduced toxicity of coumaphos in a susceptible reference strain. In this study, we further analyzed the mechanism of oxidative metabolic detoxification with synergist bioassays of coroxon, the toxic metabolite of coumaphos, and the mechanism of target-site insensitivity with acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition kinetics assays. Bioassays of coroxon with PBO resulted in synergism of coroxon toxicity in both the San Roman and the susceptible reference strains. The synergism ratio of PBO on coroxon in the resistant strain was 4.5 times that of the susceptible strain. The results suggested that the cytP450-based metabolic detoxification existed in both resistant and susceptible strains, but its activity was significantly enhanced in the resistant strain. Comparisons of AChE activity and inhibition kinetics by coroxon in both susceptible and resistant strains revealed that the resistant San Roman strain had an insensitive AChE, with a reduced phosphorylation rate, resulting in a reduced bimolecular reaction constant. These data indicate a mechanism of coumaphos resistance in the San Roman strain that involves both insensitive AChE and enhanced cytP450-based metabolic detoxification.     

Antibody Capture Immunoassay for the Detection of Permethrin Carboxylesterase in Colorado Potato Beetle,Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say

Polyclonal antibodies were generated against the three denatured forms (30-, 48-, and 59-kDa proteins) of permethrin carboxylesterase from Colorado potato beetle. Each antiserum showed cross-reactivities to all the denatured forms of permethrin carboxylesterase as judged by antibody capture immunoassay. An antibody capture immunoassay was developed using the immunoglobulin purified from the 30-kDa antiserum in conjunction with denatured Colorado potato beetle hemolymph as the antigen source. In this antibody capture immunoassay, the hemolymph from the permethrin-resistant strain produced 1.1–5.3 times higher signal levels than that from the susceptible strain depending on assay conditions, suggesting that the hemolymph from the resistant strain contains more permethrin carboxylesterase. These results corroborate our original findings that permethrin carboxylesterase is overexpressed in the hemolymph of the permethrin-resistant strain of Colorado potato beetle and contributes to overall permethrin resistance. The relative quantities of permethrin carboxylesterase in four different strains of Colorado potato beetle with different levels of permethrin resistance were assessed with this immunoassay and with a carboxylesterase activity assay using α-naphthyl caproate as substrate. The average levels of permethrin carboxylesterase determined by the antibody capture immunoassay were better correlated with the levels of permethrin resistance than those determined by the carboxylesterase activity. Thus, the antibody capture immunoassay can be utilized as a sensitive means to detect the levels of permethrin carboxylesterase as a resistance marker in field populations of Colorado potato beetle.