dc.contributor.author | Silva, WM | |
dc.contributor.author | Berger, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Bass, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Williamson, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Moura, DM | |
dc.contributor.author | Ribeiro, LM | |
dc.contributor.author | Siqueira, HA | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-13T08:24:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-02-22 | |
dc.description.abstract | The tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta, now a major pest of tomato crops worldwide, is primarily controlled using chemical insecticides. Recently, high levels of resistance to the insecticide spinosad have been described in T. absoluta populations in Brazil. Selection of a resistant field-collected strain led to very high levels of resistance to spinosad and cross-resistance to spinetoram, but not to other insecticides that target the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). In this study the mechanisms underlying resistance to spinosad were investigated using toxicological, biochemical and molecular approaches. Inhibition of metabolic enzymes using synergists and biochemical assessment of detoxification enzyme activity provided little evidence of metabolic resistance in the selected strain. Cloning and sequencing of the nAChR α6 subunit from T. absoluta, the spinosad target-site, from susceptible and spinosad-resistant strains were done to investigate the role of a target-site mechanism in resistance. A single nucleotide change was identified in exon 9 of the α6 subunit of the resistant strain, resulting in the replacement of the glycine (G) residue at position 275 observed in susceptible T. absoluta strains with a glutamic acid (E). A high-throughput DNA-based diagnostic assay was developed and used to assess the prevalence of the G275E mutation in 17 field populations collected from different geographical regions of Brazil. The resistant allele was found at low frequency, and in the heterozygous form, in seven of these populations but at much higher frequency and in the homozygous form in a population collected in the Iraquara municipality. The frequency of the mutation was significantly correlated with the mortality of these populations in discriminating dose bioassays. In summary our results provide evidence that the G275E mutation is an important mechanism of resistance to spinosyns in T. absoluta, and may be used as a marker for resistance monitoring in field populations. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Thanks to CAPES for the scholarship granted to the first author and to Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico — CNPq for the financial support to the project (Universal 484240/2011-0, H.A.A.S.). The research leading to these results has received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013/ under REA grant agreement PIRSES-GA-2012 – 318246. This work was in part funded by a fellowship grant (BB/G023352/1) from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK to Dr. Chris Bass and a PhD studentship award from the BBSRC which funded Madeleine Berger. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 131, July 2016, pp. 1 - 8 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.pestbp.2016.02.006 | |
dc.identifier.other | S0048-3575(16)30013-X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/23887 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27265820 | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004835751630013X | en_GB |
dc.rights.embargoreason | Publisher's policy. | en_GB |
dc.rights | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Insecticide resistance | en_GB |
dc.subject | Metabolism | en_GB |
dc.subject | Target-site alteration | en_GB |
dc.subject | Tomato leafminer | en_GB |
dc.subject | nACh receptor | en_GB |
dc.title | Mutation (G275E) of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α6 subunit is associated with high levels of resistance to spinosyns in Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 0048-3575 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | United States | en_GB |
dc.description | Published | en_GB |
dc.description | Journal Article | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1095-9939 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology | en_GB |