期刊
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY
卷 246, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2021.109055
关键词
Scoparone; Natural product; Botanical acaricide; RNAi; Egg development
资金
- National Science Foundation of China [31972288]
Scoparone, derived from Artemisia capillaris, effectively inhibits oviposition of Tetranychus cinnabarinus mites by reducing vitellogenin gene expression, potentially serving as a biopesticide in agriculture to control pests with strong egg-laying capacity.
Investigating the mechanisms of action of natural bioactive products against pests is a vital strategy to develop novel promising biopesticides. Scoparone, isolated from Artemisia capillaris, exhibited potent oviposition inhibition activity against Tetranychus cinnabarinus (a crop-threatening mite pests with strong fecundity). To explore the underlying mechanism, the vitellogenin (Vg) protein content, and Vg gene expression of mites from three consecutive generations of G0 individuals exposed to scoparone were determined, revealing marked inhibition. This study is the first to explore the egg development defect behaviour of mite pests induced by scoparone. The egg-laying inhibition of mites by scoparone was significantly increased by 47.43% compared with that of the control when TcVg was silenced by RNA interference (RNAi), suggesting that egg-development inhibition of female T. cinnabarinus by scoparone was mediated by low Vg gene expression. Furthermore, scoparone bound to the Vg protein in vitro, and its Kd value was 218.9 mu M, implying its potential function in inhibiting the egg development of mites by directly targeting the Vg protein. This study will lay the foundation for the future applications of scoparone as an agrochemical for controlling the strong egg-laying capacity mite pests in agriculture.
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