ArticleMolecular pharmacology2015
A mutation in the intracellular loop III/IV of mosquito sodium channel synergizes the effect of mutations in helix IIS6 on pyrethroid resistance.
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- CRISPR/Cas9 modified An. gambiae carrying kdr mutation L1014F functionally validate its contribution in insecticide resistance and combined effect with metabolic enzymes.PLoS genetics · 2021Article
- Compensatory mechanisms in resistant Anopheles gambiae AcerKis and KdrKis neurons modulate insecticide-based mosquito control.Communications biology · 2021Article
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- Molecular evidence of sequential evolution of DDT- and pyrethroid-resistant sodium channel in Aedes aegypti.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
- Temporal escalation of Pyrethroid Resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles coluzzii from Sahelo-Sudanian Region of northern Nigeria.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae from the northern Democratic Republic of Congo, with extreme knockdown resistance (kdr) mutation frequencies revealed by a new diagnostic assay.Malaria journal · 2018Article
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- Development of a rapid field-applicable molecular diagnostic for knockdown resistance (kdr) markers in An. gambiae.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
- Rapid selection of a pyrethroid metabolic enzyme CYP9K1 by operational malaria control activities.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Article
- Current and Future Prospects for Preventing Malaria Transmission via the Use of Insecticides.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2017Review
- Mutations of two acidic residues at the cytoplasmic end of segment IIIS6 of an insect sodium channel have distinct effects on pyrethroid resistance.Insect biochemistry and molecular biology · 2017Article
- Identification, Validation, and Application of Molecular Diagnostics for Insecticide Resistance in Malaria Vectors.Trends in parasitology · 2016Review
- Evidence for Dual Binding Sites for 1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT) in Insect Sodium Channels.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2016Article
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Abstract
Activation and inactivation of voltage-gated sodium channels are critical for proper electrical signaling in excitable cells. Pyrethroid insecticides promote activation and inhibit inactivation of sodium channels, resulting in prolonged opening of sodium channels. They preferably bind to the open state of the sodium channel by interacting with two distinct receptor sites, pyrethroid receptor sites PyR1 and PyR2, formed by the interfaces of domains II/III and I/II, respectively. Specific mutations in PyR1 or PyR2 confer pyrethroid resistance in various arthropod pests and disease vectors. Recently, a unique mutation, N(1575)Y, in the cytoplasmic loop linking domains III and IV (LIII/IV) was found to coexist with a PyR2 mutation, L(1014)F in IIS6, in pyrethroid-resistant populations of Anopheles gambiae. To examine the role of this mutation in pyrethroid resistance, N(1575)Y alone or N(1575)Y + L(1014)F were introduced into an Aedes aegypti sodium channel, AaNav1-1, and the mutants were functionally examined in Xenopus oocytes. N(1575)Y did not alter AaNav1-1 sensitivity to pyrethroids. However, the N(1575)Y + L(1014)F double mutant was more resistant to pyrethroids than the L(1014)F mutant channel. Further mutational analysis showed that N(1575)Y could also synergize the effect of L(1014)S/W, but not L(1014)G or other pyrethroid-resistant mutations in IS6 or IIS6. Computer modeling predicts that N(1575)Y allosterically alters PyR2 via a small shift of IIS6. Our findings provide the molecular basis for the coexistence of N(1575)Y with L(1014)F in pyrethroid resistance, and suggest an allosteric interaction between IIS6 and LIII/IV in the sodium channel.
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