Exploring the neural mechanisms of aversion to bitter gourd phytochemicals in insects using Drosophila

Chakraborty Rusha,Thakur Tamanna Singh,Chauhan Riti,Manzar Zeba,Das Gaurav,Mitra Aniruddha 한국응용곤충학회 2021 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.24 No.3

Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) has compounds that repel insect pests. Unlike conventional pesticides, these compounds are eco-friendly and beneficial for human health. However the mechanisms by which these compounds repel insects and affect their physiology remains poorly known. Here we used Drosophila melanogaster (Meigen) to address these issues. We tested a wild strain, and a laboratory bred Canton S strain. Bitter gourd extract reduced the viability of developing flies, but did not affect survival in adults. Flies avoided bitter gourd extract in a food choice assay, and consumed a significantly low amount of food mixed with bitter gourd – indicating that it acts as an antifeedant. Transgenic flies with impaired aversive taste sensitive neurons showed a reduced aversion towards bitter gourd extract showing that these compounds act through the bitter sensitive gustatory neurons. Finally, flies also retained the memory of consuming bitter gourd extract for at least 24 hours, suggesting an additional cognitive mechanism for long term aversion. Our study provides the first evidence of bitter gourd compounds acting as antifeedants and also as potent reinforcers of aversive memory in drosophilids. We suggest that flies can be used to understand the physiological and neural mechanisms underlying the mode of action of other such phyto-extracts with the goal of developing potent but less harmful pest control formulations.

Antifeedant Activity of Essential Oils and Its Constituents to Spodoptera litura and Spodoptera exigua

Jun-Ran Kim,Sang-Guei Lee 한국응용곤충학회 2014 한국응용곤충학회 학술대회논문집 Vol.2014 No.04

The antifeedant activity of 20 plant essential oils, constituents from clove stem oil and related compounds were tested against the third instar larvae from both moth Spodoptera litura and Spodoptera exigua by used leaf dipping bioassay. Among the oils tested, clove stem (94%), thyme oil red (85%), and savory oil (80%) were showed high antifeedant activity against both S. litura and S. exigua third instar larvae. Thyme oil white (91%), geranium (90%), and cinnamon bark oil (85%) were shown high antifeedant activity against only S. exigua when compare other oils. The other plant essential oils were showed moderate (40-50%) or low (>20%) antifeedant activity against third instar larvae of both S. litura and S. exigua. The most active clove stem oil constituents were indentified by GC-MS. The major constituents eugenol (95%), farnesene (81%) and structurally related compounds isoeugenol (96%), nerolidol (80%) were showed significant antifeedant activity against both S. litura and S. exigua. Global efforts to reduce the level of highly toxic synthetic insecticides in the agricultural environment justify further studies on the essential oils and their constituents describes as potential insecticides for the control of moth population with antifeedant activity.

Isolation of an antifeedant compound from tree of heaven, Ailanthus altissima against diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella

Jin-Won Jeong,Sun-Ran Cho,Changmann Yoon,Jeong-Oh Yang,Chul-Sa Kim,Gil-Hah Kim 한국응용곤충학회 2011 한국응용곤충학회 학술대회논문집 Vol.2011 No.05

From the methanol crude extracts of the tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) leaves, the antifeedant substance was isolated and bioassayed with different concentrations against diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) larvae. The antifeeding activity was evaluated by measuring the feeding area during 24 hr after inoculation. Methanol extracts showing antifeeding activity at 5000 ppm was subsequently fractionated into hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and water layer. Third larvae of diamondback moth was tested to each fraction layer. Chloroform layer shows the highest antifeeding activity and the layer was purified by silica gel open column chromatography. The C22 and C23 fractions showed higher antifeeding ratio with 96 and 86%, respectively, and then these two fractions were re-isolated by ODS open column chromatography. As a result, both fractions in methanol 40% (v/v) showed antifeeding ratio over 90%. The C221 fraction showed insecticidal activity in all fraction, however, C231 fraction was showed the antifeeding activity only in C2311 fraction. The C2311 fraction judging to have antifeeding activity was re-isolated and purified by HPLC and recycling, and finally obtained the bioactive substances (C23111) with antifeeding ratio with 88%. The structure of bioactive materials isolated was confirmed by LC-mass and 1H-NMR(500 MHz), 13C-NMR(100 MHz).

Antifeedant activity and phytochemical investigation of Millettia pachycarpa extracts against Tobacco Leaf Eating Caterpillar, Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Arati Ningombam,Vivek Ahluwalia,Chitra Srivastava,SureshWalia 한국응용곤충학회 2017 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.20 No.2

This studywas aimed to evaluate the antifeedant activity of leaf extracts on third instar larvae of Tobacco Leaf Eating Caterpillar (Spodoptera litura) and bioassay guided isolation of pure compounds from Millettia pachycarpa. Plant material was extracted with two different solvents; hexane and methanol. Methanol extract was found to be active as compared to hexane extract against S. litura after 48 h andwas sequentially further partitioned between hexane, dichloromethane and butanol. DCM fraction was further subjected to column chromatography from which five fractions were obtained. Among different CC fractions, fraction 2 (FR 2) showed highest activity (AI50 227.12 ppm) and pure compound, lupeol, was isolated. Antifeedant activity results show that activity was comparable to natural plant based insecticide azadirachtin and this plant can be further explored for its use as natural pesticide.

Antifeedant of sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci biotype-Q to the Nokkwang variety of red pepper

Jeong-Oh Yang,Eun-Hee Kim,Doo-Jin Noh,Hee-Geun Ahn,Changmann Yoon,Gil-Hah Kim 한국응용곤충학회 2008 한국응용곤충학회 학술대회논문집 Vol.2008 No.10

This study was performed to investigate the feeding behavior of sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci using the DC-EPG and the each developmental periods of biotype Q against nine varieties of red pepper. The result was showed that biotype Q did not feed and develop in the Nokkwang variety. In order to analyze the antifeedant, three feeding-preferred varieties (Cheongpungdaegun, Cheonyang, and Sannedeul) and non-preferred variety (Nokkwang) was tested for their sugar compounds using HPLC (ELSD Detector). The detected sugars were erythritol, xylose, xylitol, fructose, glucose, mannitol, and sucrose. In feeding-preferred varieties, the sugar such as erythritol, xylose, and xylitol were present at higher quantity than Nokkwang variety, however, fructose was existed lower quantity than Nokkwang variety. Subsequent bioassay for antifeedant activity, only xylitol showed repelled at lower concentration; however, attracted at higher concentration. Therefore, it is believed that xylitol may play a key role in the variety choice of red pepper by Q biotype of sweetpotato whitefly.

Metabolic Profiling and Biological Activities of Bioactive Compounds Produced by Pseudomonas sp. Strain ICTB-745 Isolated from Ladakh, India

( Kamal ),( Ahmed ),( Anver Basha Shaik ),( C. Ganesh Kumar ),( Poornima Mongolla ),( P. Usha Rani ),( K. V. S ),( Rama Krishna ),( Suman Kumar Mamidyala ),( Joveeta Joseph ) 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2012 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.22 No.1

In an ongoing survey of the bioactive potential of microorganisms from Ladakh, India, the culture medium of a bacterial strain of a new Pseudomonas sp., strain ICTB-745, isolated from an alkaline soil sample collected from Leh, Ladakh, India, was found to contain metabolites that exhibited broad-spectrum antimicrobial and biosurfactant activities. Bioactivity-guided purification resulted in the isolation of four bioactive compounds. Their chemical structures were elucidated by 1H and 13C NMR, 2D-NMR (HMBC, HSQC, 1H,1H-COSY, and DEPT- 135), FT-IR, and mass spectroscopic methods, and were identified as 1-hydroxyphenazine, phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA), rhamnolipid-1 (RL-1), and rhamnolipid-2 (RL-2). These metabolites exhibited various biological activities like antimicrobial and efficient cytotoxic potencies against different human tumor cell lines such as HeLa, HepG2, A549, and MDA MB 231. RL-1 and RL-2 exhibited a dose-dependent antifeedant activity against Spodoptera litura, producing about 82.06% and 73.66% antifeedant activity, whereas PCA showed a moderate antifeedant activity (63.67%) at 60 μg/cm2 area of castor leaf. Furthermore, PCA, RL-1, and RL-2 exhibited about 65%, 52%, and 47% mortality, respectively, against Rhyzopertha dominica at 20 μg/ml. This is the first report of rhamnolipids as antifeedant metabolites against Spodoptera litura and as insecticidal metabolites against Rhyzopertha dominica. The metabolites from Pseudomonas sp. strain ICTB-745 have interesting potential for use as a biopesticide in pest control programs.

Castor and camphor essential oils alter hemocyte populations and induce biochemical changes in larvae of Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Ali M. Ali,Ahmed M.A. Ibrahim 한국응용곤충학회 2018 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.21 No.2

Two plant essential oils; camphor and castor were tested for insecticidal and antifeedant activity against the 4th instar larvae of Spodoptera littoralis, a serious pest on cotton in Egypt. Also the impact of LC10 of both oils on some physiological parameters in larvae was studied by using leaf dipping technique. Analysis of both oils using GC–MS revealed several insecticidal and antifeedant compounds. Our results showed higher insecticidal activity and antifeedant index of camphor oil against S. littoralis. The LC50 and the antifeedant indices were 163.1, 246.8 mg/ml and 12.69, 6.62% for camphor and castor bean oil, respectively. The total hemocyte count (THC) and differential hemocyte count (DHC) were reduced significantly after 48 h of treatment compared to controls. Both oils reduced all types of hemocytes except plasmatocytes which were reduced only by castor oil. Camphor oil decreased total proteins and carbohydrates while castor oil targeted only carbohydrate content. Both oils didn't affect the amount of total lipids. Lipase, α-amylase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) enzyme activities were increased significantly in larvae treated with camphor oil than other treatments. These results clearly indicate that castor and camphor oils can affect the nutritional status in S. littoralis larvae, thereby changing the internal metabolic processes in the larvae which make them as potential control agents in IPM programs against S. littoralis.

Panaxadiol saponins treatment caused the subtle variations in the global transcriptional state of Asiatic corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis

Liu, Shuangli,Xu, Yonghua,Gao, Yugang,Zhao, Yan,Zhang, Aihua,Zang, Liansheng,Wu, Chunsheng,Zhang, Lianxue The Korean Society of Ginseng 2020 Journal of Ginseng Research Vol.44 No.1

Background: The lepidopteran Asiatic corn borer (ACB), Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenee), has caused huge economic losses throughout the Asian-Western Pacific region. Usually, chemical pesticides are used for the control, but excessive use of pesticides has caused great harm. Therefore, the inartificial ecotypic pesticides to ACB are extremely essential. In our previous study, we found that panaxadiol saponins (PDS) can effectively reduce the harm of ACB by causing antifeedant activity. Therefore, it is necessary to reveal the biological molecular changes in ACB and the functionary mechanism of PDS. Methods: We analyzed the global transcription of ACB with different PDS concentration treatment (5 mg/mL, 10 mg/mL, and 25 mg/mL) by high-throughput sequencing and de novo transcriptome assembly method. Results: PDS treatment could cause the changes of many gene expressions which regulate its signal pathways. The genes in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) signaling pathway were significantly downregulated, and then, the downstream fatty acid degradation pathway had also been greatly affected. Conclusion: Through this experiment, we hypothesized that the occurrence of antifeedant action of ACB is because the PDS brought about the downregulation of FATP and FABP, the key regulators in the PPAR, and the downregulation of FATP and FABP exerts further effects on the expression of SCD-1, ACBP, LPL, SCP-X, and ACO, which leads to the disorder of PPAR signaling pathway and the fatty acid degradation pathway. Not only that, PDS treatment leads to enzyme activity decrease by inhibiting the expression of genes associated with catalytic activity, such as cytochrome P450 and other similar genes.

Panaxadiol saponins treatment caused the subtle variations in the global transcriptional state of Asiatic corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis

Shuangli Liu,Yonghua Xu,Yugang Gao,Yan Zhao,Aihua Zhang,Liansheng Zang,Chunsheng Wu,Lianxue Zhang 고려인삼학회 2020 Journal of Ginseng Research Vol.44 No.1

Background: The lepidopteran Asiatic corn borer (ACB), Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenee), has caused hugeeconomic losses throughout the Asian-Western Pacific region. Usually, chemical pesticides are used forthe control, but excessive use of pesticides has caused great harm. Therefore, the inartificial ecotypicpesticides to ACB are extremely essential. In our previous study, we found that panaxadiol saponins(PDS) can effectively reduce the harm of ACB by causing antifeedant activity. Therefore, it is necessary toreveal the biological molecular changes in ACB and the functionary mechanism of PDS. Methods: We analyzed the global transcription of ACB with different PDS concentration treatment (5 mg/mL, 10 mg/mL, and 25 mg/mL) by high-throughput sequencing and de novo transcriptome assemblymethod. Results: PDS treatment could cause the changes of many gene expressions which regulate its signalpathways. The genes in peroxisome proliferatoreactivated receptor (PPAR) signaling pathway weresignificantly downregulated, and then, the downstream fatty acid degradation pathway had also beengreatly affected. Conclusion: Through this experiment, we hypothesized that the occurrence of antifeedant action of ACBis because the PDS brought about the downregulation of FATP and FABP, the key regulators in the PPAR,and the downregulation of FATP and FABP exerts further effects on the expression of SCD-1, ACBP, LPL,SCP-X, and ACO, which leads to the disorder of PPAR signaling pathway and the fatty acid degradationpathway. Not only that, PDS treatment leads to enzyme activity decrease by inhibiting the expression ofgenes associated with catalytic activity, such as cytochrome P450 and other similar genes.

The Insecticide Constituents of Several Celastraceae Plants

Wang MingAn,Wu WenJun 한국농약과학회 2002 농약과학회지 Vol.6 No.1

The insecticide constituents of several Celastraceae family plants including Celastrus angulatus, Celastrus orbiculatus, Celastrus flagellaris, Euonymus verrucosides, Euonymus forunei and Euonymus phellomana were studied by bioassay-guided fractionation. All structures of sesquiterpene polyol esters and alkaloids have been elucidated by UV, IR, MS, NMR and x-ray diffraction evidences. These compounds exhibited insecticidal, antifeedant and narcotic activities against Mythimna separata.