Chlorine dioxide enhances lipid peroxidation through inhibiting calcium-independent cellular PLA2 in larvae of the Indianmeal moth, Plodia interpunctella.

Polyunsaturated fatty acids usually undergo lipid peroxidation induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS). Calcium-independent cellular phospholipase A 2 (iPLA 2 ) can maintain fatty acid compositions in phospholipids depending on physiological conditions. An insect iPLA 2 (Pi-iPLA 2 ) was predicted from the transciptome of the Indianmeal moth, Plodia interpunctella . It encodes 835 amino acids. It possesses five ankyrin repeats in the N terminal and patatin lipase domain in the C terminal. Pi-iPLA 2 was expressed in all developmental stages of the Indianmeal moth. In the larval stage, it was expressed in all tissues tested. RNA interference (RNAi) specific to Pi-iPLA 2 was performed using specific double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). It resulted in almost 70% of reduction in gene expression. Under such RNAi condition, P. interpunctella exhibited significant accumulation of lipid peroxidation based on the amount of malondialdehyde. RNAi of Pi-PLA 2 expression also impaired cellular immune response of P. interpunctella . Chlorine dioxide (ClO 2 ), an insecticidal agent by generating ROS, increased lipid peroxidation in a dose-dependent manner. However, the addition of vitamin E (an antioxidant) reduced the formation of lipid peroxidation. ClO 2 treatment significantly reduced expression of Pi-iPLA 2 but increased lipid peroxidation in larval fat body of P. interpunctella . Furthermore, larvae treated with dsRNA specific to Pi-iPLA 2 were significantly susceptible to ClO 2 treatment. These results suggest that Pi-iPLA 2 plays a crucial role in repairing damaged fatty acids from phospholipids. Our results also suggest that ClO 2 can elevate lipid peroxidation through inhibiting Pi-iPLA 2 expression in addition to direct ROS production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]