Oral RNAi toxicity assay suggests clathrin heavy chain as a promising molecular target for controlling the 28 ‐spotted potato ladybird, Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata

作者：Mujuan Guo, Satyabrata Nanda, Shimin Chen, Jing Lü, Chunxiao Yang, Zhuoqi Liu, Wei Guo, Bao‐Li Qiu, Youjun Zhang, Xuguo Zhou, Huipeng Pan · 发表于：Pest Management Science · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.1002/ps.6594 · 被引用次数：30 · 研究领域：Insect Resistance and Genetics、Insect Pheromone Research and Control、CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

BACKGROUND: Use of RNA interference (RNAi) technology in effective pest management has been explored for decades. Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata is a major solanaceous crop pest in Asia. In this study, the effects of the RNAi-mediated silencing of clathrin heavy chain in H. vigintioctopunctata were investigated. RESULTS: Feeding either the in vitro-synthesized or the bacterially expressed double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) significantly impaired the normal physiology of H. vigintioctopunctata instars and adults. However, the bacterially expressed dsHvChc caused higher mortality than the in vitro-synthesized ones in the larvae and adults. Moreover, on evaluating the potential risk of dsHvChc on Propylea japonica, significant transcriptional effects of dsHvChc1 were observed, while the organismal level effects were not significant. On the contrary, dsHvChc2 did not affect P. japonica at either level. A similar test revealed significant transcriptional effects of dsPjChc1 on H. vigintioctopunctata, while staying ineffective at the organismal levels. Conversely, dsPjChc2 did not affect H. vigintioctopunctata at either level. Importantly, no effect of dsPjChc1 exposure on H. vigintioctopunctata suggested that other factors besides the 21-nucleotide (nt) matches between sequences were responsible. Finally, ingestion of dsHvmChc1 derived from H. vigintioctomaculata, containing 265-nt matches with dsHvChc1, caused 100% mortality in H. vigintioctopunctata. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that...