Can the use of larviciding with biological compounds contribute in increasing Anopheles gambiae s.l. susceptibility to pyrethroid in a population expressing high resistance intensity?

Nkahe, Diane Leslie, Sonhafouo-Chiana, Nadege, Ndjeunia Mbiakop, Paulette, Kekeunou, Sévilor, Mimpfoundi, Rémy, Awono-Ambene, Parfait, Wondji, Charles ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0791-3673 and Antonio-Nkondjio, Christophe (2023) 'Can the use of larviciding with biological compounds contribute in increasing Anopheles gambiae s.l. susceptibility to pyrethroid in a population expressing high resistance intensity?'. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, Vol 195, Issue September 2023, e105569.

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Abstract

Background
Larviciding using non-insecticide compounds is considered appropriate for controlling outdoor biting mosquitoes and for managing insecticide resistance. However, there is still not enough information on the influence of larviciding in managing pyrethroid resistance. In the present study, we checked whether the introduction of larviciding using the biolarvicide VectoMax G in the city of Yaoundé is contributing in restoring the susceptibility of An. coluzzii populations to pyrethroids.

Methodology
The susceptibility status of field An. coluzzii population was evaluated at different time points before and during larviciding treatments. In addition, An. coluzzii larvae collected in the city of Yaoundé, were split into four groups and exposed to different selection regimes for many generations as follow; (i): deltamethrin 0.05%_only, (ii): Vectomax_only, (iii): Vectomax+deltamethrin 0.05%, (iv): VectoMax+deltamethrin 0.05% + susceptible. Life traits parameters were measured in the progeny and compared between colonies. The control was the susceptible laboratory strain “Ngousso”. Kdr allele frequency and the profile of expression of different detoxification genes and oxidative stress genes was checked using qPCR analysis. Gene's expression was compared between the first and the last generation of each colony and in field populations collected before and during larviciding.

Results
An increase in mosquito susceptibility to deltamethrin and permethrin was recorded for the field populations after larviciding implementation. Resistance intensity to deltamethrin was found to decrease from high to low in field populations. Only the colony vectomax+deltamethrin+susceptible presented a high susceptibility to deltamethrin after 21 generations. The kdr gene frequency was found to be unchanged in the field population and laboratory colonies. A significant decrease in the overexpression profile of Gste2 was detected in field population after larviciding implementation. Other genes showing a similar pattern though not significant were Cyp6z1, Cyp6p1 and Cyp6g16. Concerning fitness only the colony vectomax+deltamethrin+susceptible was found to display a fitness profile similar to the susceptible colony with high fecundity, high hatching rate, short development time and long adult survival rate.

Conclusion
The profile of the field population supported reversal of phenotypic resistance to pyrethroids however no reduction in the frequency of the kdr allele was recorded. Some detoxification genes were detected less overexpressed. The study suggest that reversal may take longer to achieve in a population expressing a very high resistance profile and under continuous insecticide selection pressure.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 515 Anopheles
Faculty: Department:	Biological Sciences > Vector Biology Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pestbp.2023.105569
Depositing User:	Amy Carroll
Date Deposited:	05 Oct 2023 11:45
Last Modified:	05 Oct 2023 11:46
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/23126

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