Multiple mutations in the para-sodium channel gene are associated with pyrethroid resistance in Rhipicephalus microplus from the United States and Mexico.

Stone, Nathan E and Olafson, Pia U. and Davey, Ronald B. and Buckmeier, Greta and Bodine, Deanna and Sidak-Loftis, Lindsay C. and Giles, John R. and Duhaime, Roberta and Miller, Robert J. and Mosqueda, Juan and Scoles, Glen A. and Wagner, David M. and Busch, Joseph D. (2014) Multiple mutations in the para-sodium channel gene are associated with pyrethroid resistance in Rhipicephalus microplus from the United States and Mexico. Parasites & vectors, 7 (456). pp. 1-14. ISSN 1756-3305

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Abstract

Acaricide resistant Rhipicephalus microplus populations have become a major problem for many cattle producing areas of the world. Pyrethroid resistance in arthropods is typically associated with mutations in domains I, II, III, and IV of voltage-gated sodium channel genes. In R. microplus, known resistance mutations include a domain II change (C190A) in populations from Australia, Africa, and South America and a domain III mutation (T2134A) that only occurs in Mexico and the U.S. We investigated pyrethroid resistance in cattle fever ticks from Texas and Mexico by estimating resistance levels in field-collected ticks using larval packet discriminating dose (DD) assays and identifying single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the para-sodium channel gene that associated with resistance. We then developed qPCR assays for three SNPs and screened a larger set of 1,488 R. microplus ticks, representing 77 field collections and four laboratory strains, for SNP frequency. We detected resistance SNPs in 21 of 68 U.S. field collections and six of nine Mexico field collections. We expected to identify the domain III SNP (T2134A) at a high frequency; however, we only found it in three U.S. collections. A much more common SNP in the U.S. (detected in 19 of 21 field collections) was the C190A domain II mutation, which has never before been reported from North America. We also discovered a novel domain II SNP (T170C) in ten U.S. and two Mexico field collections. The T170C transition mutation has previously been associated with extreme levels of resistance (super-knockdown resistance) in insects. We found a significant correlation (r = 0.81) between the proportion of individuals in field collections that carried any two resistance SNPs and the percent survivorship of F1 larvae from these collections in DD assays. This relationship is accurately predicted by a simple linear regression model (R2 = 0.6635). These findings demonstrate that multiple mutations in the para-sodium channel gene independently associate with pyrethroid resistance in R. microplus ticks, which is likely a consequence of human-induced selection.

Item Type:	Article
ID number or DOI:	10.1186/s13071-014-0456-z
Related URLs:	http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/conte...
Keywords:	Bovine babesiosis, Para-sodium channel gene, Pyrethroid resistance, Rhipicephalus microplus, Rhipicephalus annulatus, Super-kdr
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology
NAU Depositing Author Academic Status:	Faculty/Staff
Department/Unit:	Research Centers > Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2015 18:10
URI:	http://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/1796

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