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Insecticides 632 Lecture 6 - Application of cellular neuroscience to a practical problem
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Cellular Neuroscience - Revision nResting potential nAction potential nChannels: u voltage gated, u ligand gated, ionotropic & metabotropic nChemical synaptic transmission
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Aims of lecture nto know problems of effective application of insecticides nto know the main types of insecticides nto know their site(s) of action npossible mechanisms of resistance
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Reading Matters nWeb see http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/632 nBook: u Tomlin, CD S (1997) The pesticide manual nPapers u Narahashi T (1996) Neuronal ion channels as the target sites of insecticides Pharmacology & Toxicology 79: 1-14 u ffrench-Constant, RH et al (1998) Why are there so few resistance- associated mutations in insecticide target genes? Phil.Trans. R. Soc. B 353 1685-1693 u Matsuda et al (2001) Neonicotinoids: insecticides acting on insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors Trends pharm. 11:573-580
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Delivering insecticide effectively? nrapidity nspecificity u to target species u side effects nstability u light & air (oxygen) u not too persistent nsolubility ncheap
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Main targets ndevelopment u ecdysis [moulting] specific to insects u cuticle specific to insects nrespiration nCNS
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Why Knockdown nresting insects have low metabolic demand u unlike mammals u general respiratory or muscular poisons not so good? nknockdown insecticides u disable insect quickly u OK to kill slowly u target CNS
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Main classes norganochlorine (1940s) ncyclodiene norganophosphorus npyrethroids (1975-) nImidacloprid (1990s) nphenyl pyrazoles
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Organophosphorus nexample: malathion ncarbamates have similar action nmore toxic to insects nphosphorylate acetylcholinesterase nraises [ACh], so use atropine as antidote if humans are poisoned
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Organophosphorus nphosphate group, with two CH 3 / C 2 H 5 and one longer side chain noften S replaces O malathion
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Carbamates also related noriginally derived from calabar beans in W Africa naldicarb LD 50 5mg/kg
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nInsects u OP oxidase much more toxic F cytochrome P450 oxidase in mitochondria, etc nVertebrates u OP carboxyesterase non-toxic More toxic to insects
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Phosphorylate acetylcholinesterase nactive site of enzyme has serine - OH nactive site binds P from phosphate u half like very long (80 min) acetylcholine maloxon
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Cyclodiene ne.g. Dieldrin, Lindane n once widely used n like other organochlorines, very lipid soluble
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Cyclodiene mode of action naffects GABA A which carry Cl- currents u binds to picrotoxin site u not GABA site u enhances current u faster desensitisation dieldrin GABA induced Cl - current
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Cyclodiene sensitivity ninsects are more sensitive to GABA A insecticides because u receptor is a pentamer the -subunit binds the insecticide insect homooligomer 3 receptors mammals have heterooligomer
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Phenyl pyrazoles nfipronil u also targets GABA A receptors u same site as Lindane
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Organochlorine nDDT nlow solubility in water, high in lipids nat main peak of use, Americans ate 0.18mg/day u human mass 80kg nNa Channel effect nmore toxic to insects
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DDT nsymptoms of poisoning are bursty discharges
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Na current effect nNa current is slower to end in DDT orange bar marks stimulus
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Pyrethroids nvery quick knockdown nneed an oxidase inhibitor nphotostable and effective u 30g/hectare (1% of previous insecticides\)
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Pyrethroids nmajor current insecticide nderived from chrysanthemum nNa channel effect nmore toxic because of differences in Na sequence nmay also have other effects ? n typically esters of chrysanthemic acid
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typical pyrethroids... aromatic rings & Cl or Br contribute to toxicity Deltamethrin most toxic nNo CN nhyperexcitation nconvulsions nCN next to ester bond nhypersensitive nparalysis
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Na channel effect n Sodium current lasts longer u Voltage clamp n Note tail current controltetramethrin single voltage voltage series
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Na channel effect - ii n Unitary sodium current lasts longer u patch clamp u type II open even less often but for even longer
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more toxic because nof differences in Na channel sequence nrat mutant isoleucine methionine in intracellular loop of domain 2 (I874M)
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other effects ? nPyrethroids have been reported to affect u calcium channels u GABA, ACh, glutamate receptors
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Imidacloprid nnewer nicotinic nbinds to ACh receptor
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Imidacloprid ii stimulate nerve and record EPSP apply carbamylcholine
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Summary so far nNa + channels targets of DDT, pyrethroids nAChEsterase targets of OPs nACh receptor target of Imidacloprid nGABA A receptor target of cyclodienes & fipronil
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Problem of Resistance nresistance means that the insects survive! nsome species never develop, u e.g. tsetse flies - few offspring nmost very quick u e.g. mosquitoes - rapid life, many offspring ncross resistance, e.g. to DDT and pyrethroids because same target is used. n[behavioural resistance]
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Resistance mechanisms norganophosphates norganochlorine ncyclodiene npyrethroids nsee Ann Rev Entomology 2000
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Organophosphates ncarboxylesterase genes amplified u e.g. in mosquito, Culex, up to 250 x copies of gene/cell ncarboxylesterase gene mutated u higher kinetics and affinity ( Tribolium ) n detoxified by glutathione-S- transferases (i.e. addition of glutathione)
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Organochlorine nDDT detoxified by glutathione-S- transferases (i.e. addition of glutathione) nNa channel resistance
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Cyclodiene ntarget site change known as Rdl u resistance to dieldrin nGABA A receptor u alanine 302 serine [or glycine] u change affects cyclodiene, picrotoxin binding u and reduces desensitisation
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Pyrethroids nnon-target resistance P450 oxidase u more transcription giving more expression u leads to cross-resistance to organophosphates & carbamates ntarget resistance Na + channel
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Na + channel n kdr : leucine alanine (L1014F) u 9 Musca strains nsuper-kdr : methionine threonine (M918T)
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Effect on currents M918T blocks current completely
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Comparative mutations
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Conclusions nCellular neuroscience helps understand many insecticide actions nbinding to channel proteins u ligand-gated u voltage gated nmutation leads to resistance u target site u enzymatic degradation nWeb page u http://biolpc22.york.ac.uk/632/
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