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UGT2B13 and UGT2C1 are involved in lambda-cyhalothrin resistance in Rhopalosiphum padi
Suji Wang1, Xi Liu1, Hongcheng Tang1
1State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Key laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Abstract:
Uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) are major multifunctional detoxification phase II enzymes involved in the metabolic detoxification of xenobiotics. However, their roles in insecticides resistance are still unclear. In this study, we identified two UGTs genes (UGT2B13 and UGT2C1) in Rhopalosiphum padi, a serious insect pest of wheat worldwide. Bioassays results showed that the resistance ratio of R. padi resistance strain (LC-R) to lambda-cyhalothrin (LC) was 2963.8 fold. The roles of UGT2B13 and UGT2C1 in lambda-cyhalothrin resistance were evaluated. Results indicated that the UGTs contents were significantly increased in the LC resistant strain of R. padi. UGT2B13 and UGT2C1 were significantly overexpressed in the LC-R strain. Transcription levels of UGT2B13 and UGT2C1 were relatively higher in the gut of LC-R strain. RNA interference (RNAi) of UGT2B13 or UGT2C1 significantly decreased the UGTs contents of the LC-R aphids and increased mortality of R. padi exposure to the LC50 concentration of LC. This study provides a new view that UGTs are involved in LC resistance of R. padi. The findings will promote further work to detailed the functions of UGTs in the metabolism resistance of insects to insecticides.
