A 6.5kb Intergenic Structural Variation Exacerbates the Fitness Cost of P450-Based Metabolic Resistance in the Major African Malaria Vector Anopheles funestus

Tchouakui, Magellan, Mugenzi, Leon M. J., Wondji, Murielle, Tchoupo, Micareme, Njiokou, Flobert and Wondji, Charles ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0791-3673 (2022) 'A 6.5kb Intergenic Structural Variation Exacerbates the Fitness Cost of P450-Based Metabolic Resistance in the Major African Malaria Vector Anopheles funestus'. Genes, Vol 13, Issue 4, e626.

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Abstract

Metabolic-based resistance to insecticides limit the control of medically important pests, and it is extremely detrimental in the ongoing struggle to control disease vectors. Elucidating the fitness cost of metabolic resistance in major malaria vectors is vital for successful resistance management. We established the fitness cost of the 6.5kb structural variant (6.5kb-sv) between the duplicated CYP6P9a/b P450s using the hybrid strain generated from the crossing between two An. funestus laboratory strains. Furthermore, we assessed the cumulative impact of this marker with the duplicated P450 genes. We established that individuals that were homozygote for the resistant structural variant (SV) presented reduced fecundity and slow development relative to those that were homozygote for the susceptible SV. Furthermore, we observed that 6.5kb act additively with CYP6P9a and CYP6P9b to exacerbate the reduced fecundity and the increased development time of resistant mosquitoes since double/triple homozygote susceptible (SS/SS/SS) significantly laid more eggs and developed faster than other genotypes. Moreover, a restoration of susceptibility was noted over 10 generations in the insecticide-free environment with an increased proportion of susceptible individuals. This study highlights the negative impact of multiple P450-based resistance on the key physiological traits of malaria vectors. Such high fitness costs suggest that in the absence of selection pressure, the resistant individuals will be outcompeted in the field. Therefore, this should encourage future strategies based on the rotation of insecticides to reduce selection pressure and to slow the spread of pyrethroid resistance.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QU Biochemistry > Cells and Genetics > QU 300 General works QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 515 Anopheles QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 650 Insect vectors WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 750 Malaria
Faculty: Department:	Biological Sciences > Vector Biology Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13040626
SWORD Depositor:	JISC Pubrouter
Depositing User:	JISC Pubrouter
Date Deposited:	16 Aug 2022 12:50
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2023 12:27
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/20212

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