Determination of insecticide resistence associated insensitive acetylcholinesterase in Culex quinquefasciatus, Say,1823 (Diptera: Culicidae) collected in Yucatán, Mexico

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  • Wilbert Antonio Chi Chim Laboratorio de Arbovirología. Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi”. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México. CP 97225. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8366-3058
  • Wilbert 0000-0002-8366-3058
  • Julián García Rejón Laboratorio de Arbovirología. Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi”. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México. CP 97225. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6681-1581
  • Carlos Marcial Baak Baak Laboratorio de Arbovirología. Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi”. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México. CP 97225. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3772-6740
  • Lourdes Talavera Aguilar Laboratorio de Arbovirología. Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi”. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México. CP 97225. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8673-3808
  • Rosa Cetina Trejo Laboratorio de Arbovirología. Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi”. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México. CP 97225. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3489-9520
  • Nohemi Cigarroa Toledo Laboratorio de Biología Celular. Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi”. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México. CP 97000. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0363-0222
  • Miguel Ángel Reyes López Lab. Medicina de la Conservación, Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9939-3032

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2023.3912574

Palabras clave:

Mosquitos, Prueba bioquimca, Actividad enzimatica, Encuestas, Rural, Urbano

Resumen

Acetylcholinesterase is an enzyme whose main function is to terminate the transmission of nerve impulses in the cholinergic synapse in insects through the hydrolysis of acetylcholine. However, frequent applications of insecticides can select for individuals with an alteration in the enzyme and functional changes that result in an insensitivity to insecticides. In Mexico, the current strategy to combat insect vectors such as Culex quinquefasciatus is based mainly on the use of synthetic insecticides. The use of these chemicals in health and agricultural practices may also contribute to mosquito insensitivity to several groups of insecticides. Therefore, it is considered necessary to determine if there is any physiological mechanism associated with resistance. For this reason, the objective of this research was to identify if there is insensitivity of acetylcholinesterase to insecticides in Cx. quinquefasciatus populations, collected in urban and rural areas of the State of Yucatán, Mexico. Enzymatic tests were carried out with slight modifications to the established protocols. Areas were identified with mosquito populations showing acetylcholinesterase insensitivity to propoxur, a carbamate insecticide. We consider it important to determine the environmental factors that affect the behavior and response of mosquitoes following exposure to insecticides, and this knowledge could inform the design of efficient strategies in vector control programs. 

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26-09-2023

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Chi Chim, W. A., Chi Chim, W. A. ., García Rejón, J., Baak Baak, C. M., Talavera Aguilar , L., Cetina Trejo, R., … Reyes López, M. Ángel. (2023). Determination of insecticide resistence associated insensitive acetylcholinesterase in Culex quinquefasciatus, Say,1823 (Diptera: Culicidae) collected in Yucatán, Mexico. ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.), 39(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2023.3912574
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