Molecular action of larvicidal flavonoids on ecdysteroidogenic glutathione S-transferase Noppera-bo in Aedes aegypti
| Autor: | Kazue Inaba, Kana Ebihara, Miki Senda, Ryunosuke Yoshino, Chisako Sakuma, Kotaro Koiwai, Daisuke Takaya, Chiduru Watanabe, Akira Watanabe, Yusuke Kawashima, Kaori Fukuzawa, Riyo Imamura, Hirotatsu Kojima, Takayoshi Okabe, Nozomi Uemura, Shinji Kasai, Hirotaka Kanuka, Takashi Nishimura, Kodai Watanabe, Hideshi Inoue, Yuuta Fujikawa, Teruki Honma, Takatsugu Hirokawa, Toshiya Senda, Ryusuke Niwa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Flavonoids
Mosquito Control Physiology fungi food and beverages Cell Biology Plant Science General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Structural Biology Aedes Larva Animals Humans General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Developmental Biology Biotechnology Glutathione Transferase |
| Zdroj: | BMC biology. 20(1) |
| ISSN: | 1741-7007 |
| Popis: | Background Mosquito control is a crucial global issue for protecting the human community from mosquito-borne diseases. There is an urgent need for the development of selective and safe reagents for mosquito control. Flavonoids, a group of chemical substances with variable phenolic structures, such as daidzein, have been suggested as potential mosquito larvicides with less risk to the environment. However, the mode of mosquito larvicidal action of flavonoids has not been elucidated. Results Here, we report that several flavonoids, including daidzein, inhibit the activity of glutathione S-transferase Noppera-bo (Nobo), an enzyme used for the biosynthesis of the insect steroid hormone ecdysone, in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. The crystal structure of the Nobo protein of Ae. aegypti (AeNobo) complexed with the flavonoids and its molecular dynamics simulation revealed that Glu113 forms a hydrogen bond with the flavonoid inhibitors. Consistent with this observation, substitution of Glu113 with Ala drastically reduced the inhibitory activity of the flavonoids against AeNobo. Among the identified flavonoid-type inhibitors, desmethylglycitein (4′,6,7-trihydroxyisoflavone) exhibited the highest inhibitory activity in vitro. Moreover, the inhibitory activities of the flavonoids correlated with the larvicidal activity, as desmethylglycitein suppressed Ae. aegypti larval development more efficiently than daidzein. Conclusion Our study demonstrates the mode of action of flavonoids on the Ae. aegypti Nobo protein at the atomic, enzymatic, and organismal levels. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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