Sequential phase I metabolism of pyrethroids by duplicated CYP6P9 variants results in the loss of the terminal benzene moiety and determines resistance in the malaria mosquito Anopheles funestus

Nolden, Melanie, Paine, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-7713 and Nauen, Ralf (2022) 'Sequential phase I metabolism of pyrethroids by duplicated CYP6P9 variants results in the loss of the terminal benzene moiety and determines resistance in the malaria mosquito Anopheles funestus'. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Vol 148, p. 103813.

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Abstract

Pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles funestus is threatening the eradication of malaria. One of the major drivers of pyrethroid resistance in An. funestus are cytochrome P450 monooxygenases CYP6P9a and CYP6P9b, which are found upregulated in resistant An. funestus populations from Sub-Saharan Africa and are known to metabolise pyrethroids. Here, we have functionally expressed CYP6P9a and CYP6P9b variants and investigated their interactions with azole-fungicides and pyrethroids. Some azole fungicides such as prochloraz inhibited CYP6P9a and CYP6P9b at nanomolar concentrations, whereas pyrethroids were weak inhibitors (>100 μM). Amino acid sequence comparisons suggested that a valine to isoleucine substitution at position 310 in the active site cavity of CYP6P9a and CYP6P9b, respectively, might affect substrate binding and metabolism. We therefore swapped the residues by site directed mutagenesis to produce CYP6P9aI310V and CYP6P9bV310I. CYP6P9bV310I produced stronger metabolic activity towards coumarin substrates and pyrethroids, particularly permethrin. The V310I mutation was previously also detected in a pyrethroid resistant field population of An. funestus in Benin. Additionally, we found the first metabolite of permethrin and deltamethrin after hydroxylation, 4′OH permethrin and 4′OH deltamethrin, were also suitable substrates for CYP6P9-variants, and were depleted by both enzymes to a higher extent than as their respective parent compounds (approximately 20% more active). Further, we found that both metabolites were toxic against An. funestus FANG (pyrethroid susceptible) but not towards FUMOZ-R (pyrethroid resistant) mosquitoes, the latter suggesting detoxification by overexpressed CYP6P9a and CYP6P9b. We confirmed by mass-spectrometric analysis that CYP6P9a and CYP6P9b are capable of cleaving phenoxybenzyl-ethers in type I pyrethroid permethrin and type II pyrethroid deltamethrin and that both enzymes preferentially metabolise trans-permethrin. This provides new insight into the metabolism of pyrethroids and a greater understanding of the molecular mechanisms of pyrethroid resistance in An. funestus.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QU Biochemistry > Cells and Genetics > QU 350 Cellular structures QX Parasitology > QX 20 Research (General) QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 510 Mosquitoes 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.ibmb.2022.103813
SWORD Depositor:	JISC Pubrouter
Depositing User:	JISC Pubrouter
Date Deposited:	13 Dec 2022 11:01
Last Modified:	30 Aug 2023 14:15
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/20938

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