棉蚜抗氧化乐果品系及敏感品系羧酸酯酶性质的比较

在室内用氧化乐果逐代筛选的棉蚜抗性品系,相对于敏感品系的抗性倍数是17。用α-乙酸萘酯（α-NA）、α-丁酸萘酯（α-NB）、α-磷酸萘酯（α-NP）和β-磷酸萘酯（β-NP）作底物比较研究了氧化乐果抗性和敏感品系棉蚜Aphis gossypii羧酸酯酶的比活力、米氏常数（K_m）和最大反应速度V_max）等有关的动力学常数。以α-NA和α-NB作底物时,抗性品系棉蚜的比活力显著低于敏感品系的;以α-NP和β-NP作底物时,两个品系棉蚜的比活力、K_m和V_max没有明显差异。用α-NA、β-NA作底物染色做酯酶同工酶电泳,抗性品系棉蚜的酯酶同工酶染色比敏感品系棉蚜的浅。     

棉蚜抗氧化乐果品系的羧酸酯酶基因突变

用氧化乐果对室内敏感品系棉蚜Aphis gossypii (Glover)进行抗性选育,经24代筛选,抗性指数达到124.7倍。以α-乙酸萘酯（α-NA）为底物,比较了氧化乐果敏感和抗性品系棉蚜羧酸酯酶的比活力,发现抗性品系羧酸酯酶比活力明显小于敏感品系。对这两个品系的羧酸酯酶基因进行了克隆,通过对抗性和敏感品系羧酸酯酶基因核苷酸序列及推导的氨基酸序列比较,发现抗性品系有4个氨基酸残基发生了替代 (His¹⁰⁴→Arg, Ala¹²⁸→Val, Thr³³³→Asp, Lys⁴⁸⁴→Arg)。对其蛋白质三维结构分析推测只有His¹⁰⁴→Arg的替代是位于其活性中心。棉蚜氧化乐果敏感和抗性品系羧酸酯酶基因cDNA全长的GenBank登录号分别为AY485216和AY485214。     

有机磷对抗拟除虫菊酯家蝇的毒力

测定敏感、抗溴氰菊酯(Del-R)、抗氯菊酯(2Cl-R)的家蝇品系对有机磷杀虫剂敌敌畏、辛硫磷及马拉硫磷的LD₅₀,α-乙酸萘酯（α-NA）酯酶动力学,酯酶的活性和酯酶的抑制作用。Del-R和2Cl-R的家蝇品系对三种有机磷杀虫剂的抗性倍数为0.966～7.190倍,均为低抗水平。三个家蝇品系的羧酸酯酶活性水平与抑制中浓度存在正相关性,说明羧酸酯酶在抗拟除虫菊酯家蝇对有机磷杀虫剂的抗性中起一定的作用。     

Expression and kinetic analysis of carboxylesterase LmCesA1 from Locusta migratoria

Objective

To investigate the biochemical characterization of the carboxylesterase LmCesA1 from Locusta migratoria.

Results

We expressed recombinant LmCesA1 in Sf9 cells by using the Bac-to-bac baculovirus expression system. Enzyme kinetic assays showed that the K_m values of LmCesA1 for α-naphthyl acetate (α-NA) and β-naphthyl acetate (β-NA) were 0.08?±?0.01 mM and 0.22?±?0.03 mM, respectively, suggesting that LmCesA1 has a higher affinity for α-NA. LmCesA1 retained its enzymatic activity during incubations at pH 7–10 and at 10–30 °C. In an inhibition experiment, two organophosphate pesticides (malaoxon and malathion) and one pyrethroid pesticide (deltamethrin) showed different inhibition profiles against purified LmCesA1. Recombinant LmCesA1 activity was significantly inhibited by malaoxon in vitro. UPLC analysis showed that no metabolites were detected.

Conclusions

These results suggest that overexpression of LmCesA1 enhances malathion sequestration to confer malathion tolerance in L. migratoria.

     

不同地区小菜蛾种群羧酸酯酶的毒理学性质研究

在1995～1997年对湖北武汉、河北张家口地区小菜蛾Plutella xylostella(L.)种群的抗药性进行了研究。结果表明对阿维菌素的抗性和台湾敏感种群相比,武汉种群抗性为4.3倍,张家口种群抗性为1.8倍;对马拉硫磷的抗性武汉和张家口种群分别为2.2和2.9倍;对氟铃脲的抗性分别为3.2和0.5倍;对溴氰菊酯的抗性分别为2.4和1.7倍。对羧酸酯酶(Care)的研究结果表明,三个种群幼虫CarE对a-乙酸萘酯或β-乙酸萘酯(a或β-NA)水解活性差异显著,但成虫Care活性没有明显差异。武汉和张家口种群幼虫CarE对a-NA和β-NA的亲和力没有明显差异,但是武汉种群幼虫Care对底物的亲和力高于张家口种群。敏感品系Care对a—NA的亲和力明显高于对β-NA,相差约3倍。不同类型的抑制剂对小菜蛾幼虫CarE的抑制能力不同。增效磷和对氧磷对敏感品系CarE水解a-NA具有明显的抑制作用,分别比对武汉种群Care的抑制作用大4.577倍(SVl)和2.576倍(对氧磷)。     

Differential mRNA expression levels and gene sequences of carboxylesterase in both deltamethrin resistant and susceptible strains of the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii

Extensive use of insecticides on cotton has prompted resistance development in the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii (Glover) in China. A deltamethrin‐selected population of cotton aphids from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China with 228.59‐fold higher resistance to deltamethrin was used to examine how carboxylesterase conferred resistance to this pyrethroid insecticide. The carboxylesterase activity in the deltamethrin‐resistant strain was 3.67‐, 2.02‐ and 1.16‐fold of the susceptible strain when using α‐naphthyl acetate (α‐NA), β‐naphthyl acetate (β‐NA) and α‐naphthyl butyrate (α‐NB) as substrates, respectively. Carboxylesterase cDNA was cloned and sequenced from both deltamethrin‐resistant and susceptible strains. The cDNA contained 1581 bp open reading frames (ORFs) coding a 526 amino acid protein. Only one amino acid substitution (Val⁸⁷‐Ala) was observed between deltamethrin‐resistant and susceptible strains but it is not genetically linked to resistance by the catalytic triad and signature motif analysis. The real‐time polymerase chain reaction analysis indicated that the resistant strain had a 6.61‐fold higher level of carboxylesterase mRNA than the susceptible strain. The results revealed that up‐regulation of the carboxylesterase gene, not modified gene structure, may be responsible for the development of resistance in cotton aphids to deltamethrin.     

中华稻蝗两地理种群酯酶特性的比较研究

对采自江苏徐州和山西临猗两个种群中华稻蝗进行了马拉硫磷敏感性的生物测定,同时对两个种群的酯酶特性进行了比较研究。生物测定结果表明,徐州种群的LD₅₀值（13.00 μg/g虫重）是临猗种群（4.64 μg/g虫重）的2.8倍;用对氧磷、马拉氧磷、西维因及毒扁豆碱等四种抑制剂对该两个种群的酯酶的体外抑制研究表明,两个种群所含酯酶大都为B型酯酶;酯酶动力学研究结果表明,徐州种群动力学参数米氏常数（K_m值）和最大反应速度（V_max值）均较临猗种群为高;用α-乙酸萘酯（α-NA）、α-丁酸萘酯（α-NB）和β-乙酸萘酯（β-NA）三种底物测定酯酶活性,在雌性稻蝗中,徐州种群比临猗种群分别高2.02、1.58和1.28倍,雄性中则分别高2.71、1.67和1.33倍;对两个种群酯酶活性频率分布进行比较,徐州种群中酯酶活性高的个体数远大于临猗种群。我们推测徐州种群酯酶的生化特性可能不同于临猗种群,这可能与地理分布、生态环境和食物条件不同有关,杀虫剂选择压力不同可能也起一定的作用。     

运用α-氰代酯荧光底物检测抗性棉蚜羧酸酯酶代谢活性

为了研究抗性和敏感棉蚜Aphis gossypii品系对菊酯类药剂代谢的差异, 本实验合成了溴氰菊酯和高效氯氰菊酯报告荧光底物, 应用这两种底物水解后生成具有荧光化合物的特性,测定了不同品系棉蚜羧酸酯酶的代谢活性。结果表明: 氧化乐果棉蚜抗性和敏感品系羧酸酯酶对溴氰菊酯报告荧光底物的代谢活性分别为10.0和3.4 pmol/min·mg; 对高效氯氰菊酯报告荧光底物的代谢活性分别为4.0和2.4 pmol/min·mg, 抗性品系羧酸酯酶对溴氰菊酯和高效氯氰菊酯报告荧光底物的代谢活性分别为敏感品系的2.9和1.7倍; 溴氰菊酯棉蚜抗性和敏感品系羧酸酯酶对溴氰菊酯报告荧光底物的代谢活性分别为7.6和6.2 pmol/min·mg; 对高效氯氰菊酯报告荧光底物的代谢活性分别为9.3和5.2 pmol/min·mg, 抗性品系羧酸酯酶对溴氰菊酯和高效氯氰菊酯报告荧光底物的代谢活性分别为敏感品系的1.2和1.8倍。这种衍生的报告荧光底物能够用来检测抗性棉蚜羧酸酯酶的水解活性, 表明羧酸酯酶可能参与棉蚜对溴氰菊酯和氧化乐果抗性的形成。     

白纹伊蚊溴氰菊酯抗性和敏感品系羧酸酯酶性质比较

本文对白纹伊蚊Aedes albopictus溴氰菊酯抗性品系和敏感品系羧酸酯酶的生物化学性质进行了比较。白纹伊蚊抗性品系和敏感品系羧酸酯酶随底物浓度(α-乙酸萘酯或β-乙酸萘酯)的变化比活力变化趋势一致,但抗性品系对这2种底物的比活力均高于敏感品系,抗性品系羧酸酯酶的米氏常数和最大反应速度与敏感品系有显著差异。胆碱酯酶抑制剂测定结果表明,抗性品系羧酸酯酶对敌敌畏和磷酸三苯酯的敏感性高于敏感品系,对残杀威的敏感性低于敏感品系。2个品系羧酸酯酶对脱叶磷的敏感性差异不大。说明羧酸酯酶可能与白纹伊蚊对溴氰菊酯抗性有关。     

应用酶标仪动力学方法监测棉蚜的抗药性

用酶标仪动力学测定法对3个抗性水平不同的棉蚜品系（R1、R2和R3）和1个敏感品系（S）的羧酸酯酶进行了研究,S、R1、R2和R3品系对α-乙酸萘酯（α-NA）的平均比活力分别为57．10、1171．69、1236．14和3293．00μmol·mgpro－1·min-1（分光光度计终点测定法）和38．24、85．27、198．14和762．25mOD·min－1·aphid-1（酶标仪动力学法）。终点测定法结果显示出不同品系间最大相差达60倍;酶标仪动力学测定法研究表明,4个棉蚜品系羧酸酶活性与其抗药性程度显著相关。通过对这两种方法的比较,酶动力学方法的测定结果更可靠。     

Toxicological and biochemical characterizations of malathion sensitivity in two field populations of Oxya chinensis （Orthoptera： Acridoidea）

We evaluate comparative toxicity of malathion in the two populations of the grasshopper Oxya chinensis, collected from Daixian and Fanshi of Shanxi province, China. General esterases and acetylcholinesterase （ACHE） from the two populations were characterized and compared. LD50 of the Daixian population （7.58 μg/g body weight） was 2.02-fold higher than that of the Fanshi population （3.75μg/g body weight）. General esterase-specific activities in the Daixian population were 1.91,130 and 1.85-fold higher than those in the Fanshi population, when α-NA, α-NB and β-NA were used as a substrate, respectively. Kinetic studies of general esterase showed that Vmax values of general esterases hydrolyzing α-NA,α-NB and β-NA in the Daixian population were 2.15-, 1.12-, and 1.47-fold, respectively, higher than those in the Fanshi population. The AChE activity of the Fanshi population was 1.54-fold higher than that of the Daixian population. Kinetic analysis of AChE showed that significant differences were presented between the two populations in the Km values; and the Vmax value in the Fanshi population was higher than that in the Daixian population. Inhibition studies of AChE indicated that AChE from the Daixian population was 2.56-, 2.80-, and 2.29-fold less sensitive to inhibition by paraoxon, chlorpyrifos-oxon, and demeton-S-methyl, respectively, than that from the Fanshi population. These biochemical characterizations of general esterases and AChE were consistent with malathion bioassay in the two populations. It is inferred that the reduced sensitivity of altered AChE and increased general esterase activities play an important role in the differences of insusceptibility of Oxya chinensis to malathion between the two populations.     

Heterologous expression and characterization of a malathion-hydrolyzing carboxylesterase from a thermophilic bacterium, Alicyclobacillus tengchongensis

A carboxylesterase gene from thermophilic bacterium, Alicyclobacillus tengchongensis, was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). The gene coded for a 513 amino acid protein with a calculated molecular mass of 57.82 kDa. The deduced amino acid sequence had structural features highly conserved among serine hydrolases, including Ser204, Glu325, and His415 as a catalytic triad, as well as type-B carboxylesterase serine active site (FGGDPENITIGGQSAG) and type-B carboxylesterase signature 2 (EDCLYLNIWTP). The purified enzyme exhibited optimum activity with β-naphthyl acetate at 60 °C and pH 7 as well as stability at 25 °C and pH 7. One unit of the enzyme hydrolyzed 5 mg malathion l^?1 by 50 % within 25 min and 89 % within 100 min. The enzyme strongly degraded malathion and has a potential use for the detoxification of malathion residues.     

Characterization of esterases in malathion-resistant and susceptible strains of the pteromalid parasitoid Anisopteromalus calandrae

General esterase, malathion-specific carboxylesterase, phosphotriesterase, glutathione S-transferase, cytochrome P-450-dependent monooxygenase activity, and target site sensitivity were compared in malathion-resistant (R) and malathion-susceptible (S) strains of the parasitoid Anisopteromalus calandrae (Howard) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Activity against -naphthyl acetate was not significantly different in male and female wasps for either strain. General esterase activity ranged from 1.2-fold to 2.5-fold higher in the R strain compared with the S strain, but these differences between strains were not consistent. Based on V_max/K_m ratios estimated for a number of analogs of four substrates (-naphthyl acetate, β-naphthyl acetate, 4-methylumbelliferyl acetate, and p-nitrophenyl acetate) there was no evidence that general esterase activity was elevated or reduced in the R strain. Malathion-specific carboxylesterase (MCE) activity, determined by using 2,3-¹⁴C-malathion as substrate, was 10- to 30-fold higher in the R strain compared with that in the S strain. The MCE has a pH optima at about pH 7, is cytosolic, and is labile upon storage at −80°C. MCE activity could be recovered from native 10% PAGE gels and IEF–PAGE gels (pI=5.2), but the peak of MCE activity also contained the major peak of activity against -naphthyl acetate. There was no evidence for major involvement of phosphotriesterase, glutathione S-transferase, monooxygenase, or altered acetylcholinesterase in the resistance. These data suggest that an increased activity of a MCE in the R strain is the probable major mechanism conferring resistance to malathion in A. calandrae. This study provides the first characterization of a biochemical resistance mechanism in a parasitoid with a high level of resistance to an organophosphate insecticide.     

Characterization of a novel esterase conferring insecticide resistance in the mosquito Culex tarsalis

Resistance to the organophosphate insecticide, malathion, in a strain of Culex tarsalis mosquitoes is due to increased activity of a malathion carboxylesterase (MCE). To determine whether resistance was due to a qualitative or quantitative change in the MCE, the enzyme was purified from both malathion-resistant and -susceptible mosquitoes. Enzyme kinetic measurements revealed that the two strains have one MCE in common, but resistant mosquitoes also have a unique MCE which hydrolyses malathion 18 times faster. Interestingly, this MCE does not hydrolyse α-naphthyl acetate, a substrate commonly used to detect increased levels of esterases in other organophosphate-resistant insects. Unlike the over-produced esterase of some related mosquito species, each MCE in C. tarsalis accounts for only a small fraction (0.015%) of the total extractable protein in either strain. Therefore, resistance in these insects is due to the presence of a qualitatively different enzyme, and not to a quantitative increase of a non-specific esterase. This study therefore demonstrates that the underlying biochemical mechanisms of insecticide resistance in one insect cannot necessarily be predicted from those of another, even closely related species. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Enhanced esterase gene expression and activity in a malathion-resistant strain of the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris

Extensive use of insecticides on cotton in the mid-South has prompted resistance development in the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois). A field population of tarnished plant bugs in Mississippi with 11-fold higher resistance to malathion was used to examine how gene regulation conferred resistance to this organophosphate insecticide. In laboratory bioassays, synergism by the esterase inhibitors S,S,S,-tributylphosphorotrithioate (DEF) and triphenylphosphate (TPP) effectively abolished resistance and increased malathion toxicity by more than 80%. Esterase activities were compared in vitro between malathion susceptible and resistant (selected) strains. More than 6-, 3- and 10-fold higher activities were obtained with the resistant strain using alpha-naphthyl acetate, beta-naphthyl acetate, and p-nitrophenyl acetate, respectively. Up to 95% and 89% of the esterase activity in the susceptible and resistant strains, respectively, was inhibited by 1 mM DEF. Inhibition of esterase activity up to 75% and 85% in the susceptible and resistant strains, respectively, was obtained with 0.03 mM TPP. Esterase activities in field populations increased by up to 5.4-fold during the fall season. The increase was synchronized with movement of the insect into cotton where exposure to pesticides occurred. Esterase cDNA was cloned and sequenced from both malathion susceptible and resistant strains. The 1818-nucleotide cDNA contained a 1710-bp open reading frame coding a 570 amino acid protein which was similar to many insect esterases conferring organophosphate resistance. No amino acid substitution was observed between susceptible and resistant strains, indicating that esterase gene mutation was not involved in resistance development in the resistant strain in Mississippi. Further examination of esterase gene expression levels using quantitative RT-PCR revealed that the resistant strain had a 5.1-fold higher level of esterase mRNA than the susceptible strain. The results of this study indicated that up-regulation of the esterase gene appeared to be related to the development of resistance in the tarnished plant bug.     

Purification and characterization of a carboxylesterase involved in malathion-specific resistance from Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Specific resistance to malathion in a strain of Tribolium castaneum is due to a 44-fold increase in malathion carboxylesterase (MCE) activity relative to a susceptible strain, whereas non-specific esterase levels are slightly lower. Unlike the overproduced esterase of some mosquito and aphid species, MCE in Tribolium castaneum accounts for only a small fraction (0.033-0.045%) of the total extractable protein respectively in resistant and susceptible strains. The enzyme was purified to apparent homogeneity from these two strains and has a similar molecular weight of 62,000. However, preparative isoelectricfocusing indicated that resistant insects possess one MCE with pI of 7.3, while susceptible insects possess a MCE with a pI of 6.6. Purified MCE from both populations had different K(m) and V(m) values for hydrolysis of malathion as well as for alpha-naphthyl acetate. The kinetic analysis suggests that MCE of resistant insects hydrolyses malathion faster than the purified carboxylesterase from susceptible beetles and that this enzyme has greater affinity for malathion than for naphthyl esters. Malathion-specific resistance is due to the presence of a qualitatively different esterase in the resistant strain.     

The genetic basis of malathion resistance in housefly (Musca domestica L.) strains from Turkey

Organophosphate insecticide (parathion/diazinon) resistance in housefly (Musca domestica L.) is associated with the change in carboxylesterase activity. The product of MdalphaE7 gene is probably playing a role in detoxification of xenebiotic esters. In our research, we have isolated, cloned and sequenced the MdalphaE7 gene from 5 different Turkish housefly strains. High doses of malathion (600 microg/fly) were applied in a laboratory environment for one year to Ceyhan1, Ceyhan2, Adana and Ankara strains while no insecticide treatment was performed in the laboratory to Kirazli strain. Trp251 --> Ser substitution was found in the product of MdalphaE7 gene in all malathion resistant and Kirazli stocks. In addition, we checked the malathion carboxylesterase (MCE), percent remaining activities in acetylcholinesterase (AChE), glutathion-S-transferase (GST), and general esterase activities in all 5 strains used in this study. In comparing with universal standard sensitive control WHO, a high level of MCE and GST activities were observed while lower level of general esterase activities was detected in the tested strains. In addition, a higher percent remaining activities in AChE than WHO susceptible strain were observed in all malathion resistant strains.     

INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE OF COTTON APHID IN NORTH CHINA

Abstract  The cotton aphid ( Aphis gossypii Glover) is one of the most important pests infesting cotton in the cotton areas of North China. Since 1953 organophosphorus insecticides such as parathion and systox have been used to control the aphids for keeping up good yield of cotton. After several years. the concentration and the amount of spray were increasing in the field. In the early 1980's highly effective pyrethroid insecticides such as decis and sumicidin were largely imported into China. When first used 2. 5% decis emulsion was diluted in the ratio from 1:10000 to 1: 12000. However in 1985 the resistance of cotton aphid to pyrethroids increased by 171 times in general, 3230 times in some cotton fields. Thus it has prompted us to investigate the mechanism of resistance to insecticides and to search for the strategy to control the resistant aphids.
Experiments showed that the use of synergists including SV₁ (O, O-diethyl, O-phenyl phos-phorothionate) and PB has given evidence indicating mixed function oxidases (MFO). α-NA esterases and α-NA carboxylesterase are involved in the formation of resistance. The results also showed that the sensitivity of AChE to paraoxon in resistant aphids was lower than that in susceptible aphids.
Experiments showed that SV₁ was particularly synergistic to organophosphorus or pyrethroid insecticides and had played an excellent role in overcoming the resistance of cotton aphids to insecticides.     

Biodegradation of malathion by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Brevibacillus</Emphasis> sp. strain KB2 and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Bacillus cereus</Emphasis> strain PU

We report here the degradation of a pesticide, malathion, by Brevibacillus sp. strain KB2 and Bacillus cereus strain PU, isolated from soil samples collected from malathion contaminated field and an army firing range respectively. Both the strains were cultured in the presence of malathion under aerobic and energy-limiting conditions. Both strains grew well in the medium having malathion concentration up to 0.15%. Reverse phase HPLC–UV analysis indicated that Strain KB2 was able to degrade 72.20% of malaoxon (an analogue of malathion) and 36.22% of malathion, while strain PU degraded 87.40% of malaoxon and 49.31% of malathion, after 7 days of incubation. The metabolites mal-monocarboxylic acid and mal-dicarboxylic acid were identified by Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The factors affecting biodegradation efficiency were investigated and effect of malathion concentration on degradation rate was also determined. The strain was analyzed for carboxylesterase activity and maximum activity 210 ± 2.5 U ml⁻¹ and 270 U ± 2.7 ml⁻¹ was observed for strains KB2 and PU, respectively. Cloning and sequencing of putative malathion degrading carboxylesterase gene was done using primers based PCR approach.