Abstract
MicroRNAs play critical roles in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression, which participate in the modulation of almost all of the cellular processes. Although emerging evidence indicates that microRNAs are related with antineoplastic drugs resistance, whether microRNAs are responsible for insecticide resistance in mosquitos is poorly understood. In this paper, we found that miR-285 was significantly upregulated in the deltamethrin-resistant strain of Culex pipiens pallens, and overexpression miR-285 through microinjection increased mosquito survival rate against deltamethrin treatement. Using bioinformatic software, quantitative reverse transcription PCR, luciferase reporter assay and microinjection approaches, we conformed that CYP6N23 was the target of miR-285. Lower expression of CYP6N23 was observed in the deltamethrin-resistant strain. While, mosquito mortality rate was decreased after downregulating expression of CYP6N23 by dsRNA against CYP6N23 or miR-285 mimic microinjection. These findings revealed that miR-285 could target CYP6N23 to regulate pyrethroid resistance, providing new insights into mosquito insecticide resistance surveillance and control.
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This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health of US (NIH) (Grant No. 2R01AI075746), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 81171610 and 81301458), the National S & T Major Program (Grant Nos. 2012ZX10004-219 and 2012ZX10004-220) and Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.
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The expression of typical resistance- related P450s had a increase tendency with CYP6N23 lower. RT-qPCR was performed, using the same templates collected after injecting miR-285 mimic. The expression levels of CYP6AA9 (a) and CYP6AG11 (b) were detected . DEPC and NC groups were used as controls. β-actin primers were used as the internal control. Student’s t-test *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. (TIF 66567 kb) (GIF 39 kb)
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Tian, M., Liu, B., Hu, H. et al. MiR-285 targets P450 (CYP6N23) to regulate pyrethroid resistance in Culex pipiens pallens . Parasitol Res 115, 4511–4517 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-016-5238-4
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