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ArticleScientific reports2021

Beauvericin potentiates the activity of pesticides by neutralizing the ATP-binding cassette transporters in arthropods.

Charbel Al Khoury, Nabil Nemer, Georges Nemer

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Charbel Al KhouryDepartment of Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Byblos Campus, P.O. Box 36, Byblos, Lebanon. charbel.alkhoury@lau.edu.lb.
Nabil NemerDepartment of Agriculture and Food Engineering, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, P.O. Box 446, Jounieh, Lebanon.
Georges NemerDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 110236, Beirut, Lebanon. GNemer@hbku.edu.qa.
American University of Beirut · LBHoly Spirit University of Kaslik · LBLebanese American University · LB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multi-drug resistance is posing major challenges in suppressing the population of pests. Many herbivores develop resistance, causing a prolonged survival after exposure to a previously effective pesticide. Consequently, resistant pests reduce the yield of agricultural production, causing significant economic losses and reducing food security. Therefore, overpowering resistance acquisition of crop pests is a must. The ATP binding cassette transporters (ABC transporters) are considered as the main participants to the pesticide efflux and their neutralization will greatly contribute to potentiate failed treatments. Real-Time PCR analysis of 19 ABC transporter genes belonging to the ABCB, ABCC, ABCG, and ABCH revealed that a broad range of efflux pumps is activated in response to the exposure to pesticides. In this study, we used beauvericin (BEA), a known ABC transporters modulator, to resensitize different strains of Tetranychus urticae after artificial selection for resistance to cyflumetofen, bifenazate, and abamectin. Our results showed that the combinatorial treatment of pesticide (manufacturer's recommended doses) + BEA (sublethal doses: 0.15 mg/L) significantly suppressed the resistant populations of T. urticae when compared to single-drug treatments. Moreover, after selective pressure for 40 generations, the LC

Indexed as

AnimalsArthropodsATP-Binding Cassette TransportersDepsipeptidesDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug ResistanceDrug SynergismGene Expression RegulationModels, MolecularMolecular ConformationPesticidesProtein BindingStructure-Activity RelationshipATP-Binding Cassette TransportersbeauvericinDepsipeptidesPesticides

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PMID34035330
PMCPMC8149815
OpenAlexW3165845761

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