为进一步明确细胞色素P450CYP687、细胞色素b,(cytochrome b5,Cyt-b,)和细胞色素P450还原酶(cytochrome P450 reductase,CPR)在棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera(Htibner)对拟除虫菊酯类药剂抗性中的作用,通过RNA干扰技术沉默了抗氰戊菊酯棉铃虫中3种组分的基因,并测定基因沉默后高效氯氰菊酯对棉铃虫的毒力变化。结果显示,经单个CYP687或CYP687与CPR、Cyt-b,基因的双链RNA注射处理后12-48h,棉铃虫幼虫死亡率在19.4%-92.5%之间,明显高于空白对照处理的10.47%-62.87%;高效氯氰菊酯对基因沉默后幼虫的LD50值随着时间的延长而逐渐下降,12—48h的LD50值在0.97-2.97μg/头之间,而空白对照处理为2.27-3.57μg/头。研究表明,细胞色素P450CYP687,或CYP687与CPR、Cyt-b5基因的沉默,可提高高效氯氰菊酯对抗性棉铃虫的毒力,进一步证明了CYP687、CPR和Cyt-b,在棉铃虫对菊酯类药剂抗性中起着重要作用。
To further clarify the role of cytochrome P450 CYP6B7, cytochrome b5 ( Cyt-b5 ) and cyto- chrome P450 reduetase (CPR) in a Handan fenvalerate-resistant strain of Helicoverpa armigera ( HD- FR), the genes of the three components were silenced with RNA interference (RNAi) strategies, and the toxicity of beta-cypermethrin against H. arm@era was assessed. The results showed that the mortalities of the double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-injected larvae of H. armigera were 19.4% -92.5%, which were significantly higher than those of the control ( 10.47% - 62.87% ). The LDs0 values of beta-cyper- methrin to the dsRNA-injected larvae were 0.97 - 2.97 μg/larva, while those of the control were 2.27 - 3.57 μg/larva during a 12 - 48 h period, and the LD50 values decreased as the exposure time to beta- eypermethrin increased. The present study indicated that silencing of CYP6B7 alone or together with CPR and/or Cyt-b5 genes increased the toxicity of beta-cypermethrin against the larvae of fenvalerate-resistant strain of H. armigera, further suggesting that CYP6B7, CPR and Cyt-b5 played crucial roles in the resist- ance of H. armigera to pyrethroids.