Gene expression in insecticide resistant and susceptible Anopheles gambiae strains constitutively or after insecticide exposure

J. Vontas, C. Blass, A. C. Koutsos, J. P. David, F. C. Kafatos, C. Louis, Janet Hemingway, G. K. Christophides, Hilary Ranson

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Abstract

A microarray containing approximately 20 000 expressed sequence tags (ESTs; 11 760 unique EST clusters) from the malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae, was used to monitor differences in global gene expression in two insecticide resistant and one susceptible strains. Statistical analysis identified 77 ESTs that were differentially transcribed among the three strains. These include the cytochrome P450 CYP314A1, over-transcribed in the DDT resistant ZAN/U strain, and many genes that belong to families not usually associated with insecticide resistance, such as peptidases, sodium/calcium exchangers and genes implicated in lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. Short-term (6 and 10 h) effects of exposure of the pyrethroid resistant RSP strain to permethrin were also detected. Several genes belonging to enzyme families already implicated in insecticide or xenobiotic detoxification were induced, including the carboxylesterase COEAE2F gene and members of the UDP-glucuronosyl transferase and nitrilase families.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)509-521
Number of pages13
JournalInsect Molecular Biology
Volume14
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2005

Keywords

  • Anopheles gambiae
  • Detoxification
  • Insecticide resistance
  • Microarray

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