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ArticleScientific reports2014

Role of G-protein-coupled receptor-related genes in insecticide resistance of the mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus.

Ting Li, Lena Liu, Lee Zhang, Nannan Liu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ting LiDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn AL 36849, USA.
Lena LiuDepartment of Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Lee ZhangDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn AL 36849, USA.
Nannan LiuDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn AL 36849, USA.
Auburn University · USCornell University · US

Funding

Characterizing the role of the 22 up-regulated genes in mosquito resistanceR21AI076893 · NIAID · AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT AUBURN · PI LIU, NANNAN · 2009 to 2010
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NIAID NIH HHS 1R21AI076893NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI076893
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G-protein-coupled receptors regulate signal transduction pathways and play diverse and pivotal roles in the physiology of insects, however, the precise function of GPCRs in insecticide resistance remains unclear. Using quantitative RT-PCR and functional genomic methods, we, for the first time, explored the function of GPCRs and GPCR-related genes in insecticide resistance of mosquitoes, Culex quinquefasciatus. A comparison of the expression of 115 GPCR-related genes at a whole genome level between resistant and susceptible Culex mosquitoes identified one and three GPCR-related genes that were up-regulated in highly resistant Culex mosquito strains, HAmCq(G8) and MAmCq(G6), respectively. To characterize the function of these up-regulated GPCR-related genes in resistance, the up-regulated GPCR-related genes were knockdown in HAmCq(G8) and MAmCq(G6) using RNAi technique. Knockdown of these four GPCR-related genes not only decreased resistance of the mosquitoes to permethrin but also repressed the expression of four insecticide resistance-related P450 genes, suggesting the role of GPCR-related genes in resistance is involved in the regulation of resistance P450 gene expression. This results help in understanding of molecular regulation of resistance development in Cx. quinquefasciatus.

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AnimalsCulexCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemGene Expression RegulationGene Knockdown TechniquesGenome, InsectInsecticide ResistanceInsecticidesReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledSignal TransductionCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemInsecticidesReceptors, G-Protein-Coupled

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PMID25262705
PMCPMC4178296
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