文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Fang, Ming ¹ ; Chai, Yiqiu ¹ ; Chen, Guanjv ¹ ; Wang, Huidong ³ ; Huang, Bo ² ;

作者机构： 1.Zhejiang Acad Agr Sci, Zhejiang Inst Subtrop Crops, Key Lab Entomogenous Fungi Resources Res & Dev We, Wenzhou 325005, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

2.Anhui Agr Univ, Res Ctr Entomogenous Fungi, Hefei 230036, Anhui, Peoples R China

3.Nanjing Agr Univ, Coll Plant Protect, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, Peoples R China

期刊名称：PLOS ONE （ 影响因子：3.24； 五年影响因子：3.788 ）

ISSN： 1932-6203

年卷期： 2016 年 11 卷 9 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, is one of the most important pests of cruciferous crops. We have earlier shown that N-6-(2-hydroxyethyl)-adenosine (HEA) exhibits insecticidal activity against P. xylostella. In the present study we investigated the possible mechanism of insecticidal action of HEA on P. xylostella. HEA is a derivative of adenosine, therefore, we speculated whether it acts via P. xylostella adenosine receptor (PxAdoR). We used RNAi approach to silence PxAdoR gene and used antagonist of denosine receptor (AdoR) to study the insecticidal effect of HEA. We cloned the whole sequence of PxAdoR gene. A BLAST search using NCBI protein database showed a 61% identity with the Drosophila adenosine receptor (DmAdoR) and a 32-35% identity with human AdoR. Though the amino acids sequence of PxAdoR was different compared to other adenosine receptors, most of the amino acids that are known to be important for adenosine receptor ligand binding and signaling were present. However, only 30% binding sites key residues was similar between PxAdoR and A1R. HEA, at a dose of 1 mg/mL, was found to be lethal to the second-instar larvae of P. xylostella, and a significant reduction of mortality and growth inhibition ratio were obtained when HEA was administered to the larvae along with PxAdoR-dsRNA or antagonist of AdoR (SCH58261) for 36, 48, or 60 h. Especially at 48 h, the rate of growth inhibition of the PxAdoR knockdown group was 3.5-fold less than that of the HEA group, and the corrected mortality of SCH58261 group was reduced almost 2-fold compared with the HEA group. Our findings show that HEA may exert its insecticidal activity against P. xylostella larvae via acting on PxAdoR.