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PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 155, Issue -, Pages 36-44Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2019.01.001
Keywords
8916; Chilo suppressalis; Fluralaner; GABA receptor; RDL; LCCH3
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Funding
- National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFD0200900]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31501672, 31871995]
- Chinese Universities Scientific Fund [KJQN201664]
- Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province [SJCX18_0231]
- SAAS Program for Excellent Research Team
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Ionotropic gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors (GABARs) mediate rapid inhibitory neurotransmission in both vertebrates and invertebrates, and are important molecular targets of insecticides. However, components of insect GABARs remain elusive. In addition to CsRDL1 and CsRDL2, the complementary DNAs (cDNAs) of another two GABA receptor-like subunits, CsLCCH3 and Cs8916, were identified from the rice striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis Walker in the present study. Both CsLCCH3 and Cs8916 subunits shared common structural features, such as a highly-conserved Cys-loop structure, six distinct regions involved in ligand binding (loops A-F), and four transmembrane domains (TM 1-4). Transcript analysis demonstrated that the relative mRNA expression levels of both CsLCCH3 and Cs8916 subunits were the highest in the ventral nerve cord. Regarding developmental stage, transcript levels of both subunits were highest in eggs. Injections of double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs), including dsRDL1, dsRDL2, dsLCCH3, or ds8916, significantly reduced mRNA abundance after 24 and 48 h. However, no observable effects on the development of C. suppressalis were observed. Injection of dsRDL1 or dsRDL2 did significantly reduce the mortality of C. suppressalis treated with fluralaner. Our results indicated that CsRDLs mediated the susceptibility of C. suppressalis to fluralaner, whereas CsLCCH3 and CsL8916 did not. The current investigation enhances our knowledge of Lepidopteran GABARs and offers a molecular basis for the development of novel insecticides to control C. suppressalis.
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