Author:
Correy Galen J.,Zaidman Daniel,Harmelin Alon,Carvalho Silvia,Mabbitt Peter D.,Calaora Viviane,James Peter J.,Kotze Andrew C.,London Nir,Jackson Colin J.
Abstract
AbstractInsecticides allow control of agricultural pests and disease vectors and are vital for global food security and health. The evolution of resistance to insecticides, such as organophosphates (OPs), is a serious and growing concern. OP resistance often involves sequestration or hydrolysis of OPs by carboxylesterases. Inhibiting carboxylesterases could therefore restore the effectiveness of OPs for which resistance has evolved. Here, we use covalent computational design to produce nano/pico-molar boronic acid inhibitors of the carboxylesterase αE7 from the agricultural pest Lucilia cuprina, as well as a common Gly137Asp αE7 mutant that confers OP resistance. These inhibitors, with high selectivity against human acetylcholinesterase, and low to no toxicity in human cells and mice, act synergistically with the OPs diazinon and malathion to reduce the amount of OP required to kill L. cuprina by up to 16-fold, and abolish resistance. The compounds exhibit broad utility in significantly potentiating another OP, chlorpyrifos against the common pest, the peach-potato aphid (Myzus persicae). These compounds represent a solution to OP resistance as well as to environmental concerns regarding overuse of OPs, allowing significant reduction of use without compromising efficacy.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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