cDNA Isolation and Expression of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate–Dependent Cytochrome P450 Reductase Gene in the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans

Carla G. Grosso Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud (INICSA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and Cátedra de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

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María M. Stroppa Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud (INICSA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and Cátedra de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

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Gonzalo M. Varela Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud (INICSA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and Cátedra de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

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Beatriz A. García Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud (INICSA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and Cátedra de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

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Pyrethroid resistance has been detected in Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), which was atributed to target site insensitivity and increased oxidative metabolism of the insecticide by cytochrome P450s. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) plays an essential role in transferring electrons from NADPH to the P450-substrate complex. In this study, the full length CPR cDNA of T. infestans was isolated and gene expression was determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The open reading frame is 2,046 bp long, encoding a protein of 682 amino acids. Amino acid sequence analysis indicates that the T. infestans CPR and the putative Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma dimidiata CPRs present conserved ligand-binding domains. Congruent with a previous study of our laboratory, in which the expression of three cytochrome P450 genes (CYP4EM7, CYP3085B1, and CYP3092A6 genes) was induced by deltamethrin, the levels of T. infestans CPR mRNA were upregulated in the fat body of fifth instar nymphs after topical application of deltamethrin. Besides, as it was observed in the CYP4EM7 gene, it was detected overexpression of the CPR gene in the most resistant strain of T. infestans included in the study. These results suggest that CPR plays an essential role in P450-mediated resistance of T. infestans to insecticides.

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Address correspondence to Beatriz A. García, INICSA (CONICET-UNC), Cátedra de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Pabellón Argentina 2do Piso, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina. E-mail: bgarcia@biomed.uncor.edu

Financial support: This research was supported by grants from Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (FONCyT-Argentina), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET-Argentina), and Secretaría de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (SECyT-UNC-Argentina). M. M. S. and B. A. G. are Career Investigators of CONICET.

Authors’ addresses: Carla G. Grosso, María M. Stroppa, Gonzalo M. Varela, and Beatriz A. García, INICSA (CONICET-UNC), Cátedra de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, E-mails: cachigrosso@hotmail.com, mercedesstroppa@hotmail.com, gonzavrla@hotmail.com, and bgarcia@biomed.uncor.edu.

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