1. A spinosyn-sensitive Drosophila melanogaster nicotinic acetylcholine receptor identified through chemically induced target site resistance, resistance gene identification, and heterologous expression
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Gustafson Gary D, Jim M. Gifford, Ignacio Larrinua, Thomas C. Sparks, Scott Chouinard, Gerald B. Watson, Jon C. Mitchell, Ted Letherer, Vincent L. Salgado, James M. Hasler, William L. Pak, Chaoxian Geng, Kevin R. Cook, and Geoff E. Stilwell
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Insecticides ,Chaperonins ,Protein subunit ,Mutant ,Drug Resistance ,Gene Expression ,Mutagenesis (molecular biology technique) ,Receptors, Nicotinic ,Biology ,Biochemistry ,Xenopus laevis ,Melanogaster ,Animals ,Drosophila Proteins ,Receptor ,Molecular Biology ,biology.organism_classification ,Molecular biology ,Cell biology ,Drug Combinations ,Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ,Drosophila melanogaster ,Insect Science ,Mutation ,Oocytes ,Macrolides ,Heterologous expression - Abstract
Strains of Drosophila melanogaster with resistance to the insecticides spinosyn A, spinosad, and spinetoram were produced by chemical mutagenesis. These spinosyn-resistant strains were not cross-resistant to other insecticides. The two strains that were initially characterized were subsequently found to have mutations in the gene encoding the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit Dalpha6. Subsequently, additional spinosyn-resistant alleles were generated by chemical mutagenesis and were also found to have mutations in the gene encoding Dalpha6, providing convincing evidence that Dalpha6 is a target site for the spinosyns in D. melanogaster. Although a spinosyn-sensitive receptor could not be generated in Xenopus laevis oocytes simply by expressing Dalpha6 alone, co-expression of Dalpha6 with an additional nAChR subunit, Dalpha5, and the chaperone protein ric-3 resulted in an acetylcholine- and spinosyn-sensitive receptor with the pharmacological properties anticipated for a native nAChR.
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- 2010
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