Pesticide resistance greatly limits control efficacy after the long-term application of pesticides.The two-spottedspider mite,Tetranychus urticae Koch,is a notorious agricultural pest worldwide that is resistant to va...Pesticide resistance greatly limits control efficacy after the long-term application of pesticides.The two-spottedspider mite,Tetranychus urticae Koch,is a notorious agricultural pest worldwide that is resistant to various pesticides,including abamectin.While some studies of abamectin resistance have investigated target resistance related toglutamate-gated chloride channels(GluCls),studies on the metabolic resistance mechanisms are still limited.In this study,we identified an ABCC subfamily gene,Tu ABCC4,that was overexpressed in resistant populations of T.urticae,based on the analysis of previously obtained transcriptomic and RNA-seq data.No consistent nonsynonymousmutations in the Tu ABCC4 gene were found between the susceptible and resistant populations,although Tu ABCC4expression was significantly increased in all the resistant populations that were studied.Synergistic experiments withthe inhibitor verapamil and gene expression analysis of the susceptible and resistant populations confirmed the key roleof Tu ABCC4 in abamectin resistance.In addition,an increase in the expression of the Tu ABCC4 gene was shown byRNA interference and genetic association analysis to be closely related to the resistance of T.urticae to abamectin.Inconclusion,overexpression of Tu ABCC4 was shown to be involved in abamectin resistance in T.urticae.These resultscan help us to better understand the molecular basis of pest resistance to abamectin.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32072458 and 32221004)the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFD1602403)+2 种基金the Beijing Agriculture Innovation Consortium,China(BAIC04-2024)the earmarked fund for China Agriculture Research System(CARS-23)the Beijing Key Laboratory for Pest Control and Sustainable Cultivation of Vegetables,China。
文摘Pesticide resistance greatly limits control efficacy after the long-term application of pesticides.The two-spottedspider mite,Tetranychus urticae Koch,is a notorious agricultural pest worldwide that is resistant to various pesticides,including abamectin.While some studies of abamectin resistance have investigated target resistance related toglutamate-gated chloride channels(GluCls),studies on the metabolic resistance mechanisms are still limited.In this study,we identified an ABCC subfamily gene,Tu ABCC4,that was overexpressed in resistant populations of T.urticae,based on the analysis of previously obtained transcriptomic and RNA-seq data.No consistent nonsynonymousmutations in the Tu ABCC4 gene were found between the susceptible and resistant populations,although Tu ABCC4expression was significantly increased in all the resistant populations that were studied.Synergistic experiments withthe inhibitor verapamil and gene expression analysis of the susceptible and resistant populations confirmed the key roleof Tu ABCC4 in abamectin resistance.In addition,an increase in the expression of the Tu ABCC4 gene was shown byRNA interference and genetic association analysis to be closely related to the resistance of T.urticae to abamectin.Inconclusion,overexpression of Tu ABCC4 was shown to be involved in abamectin resistance in T.urticae.These resultscan help us to better understand the molecular basis of pest resistance to abamectin.
