Abstract
A German cockroach strain, Munsyana (MA) had 80-fold resistance to the pyrethroid insecticide cypermethrin, 4.5-fold greater total cytochrome P450 content and 2.5-fold greater cytochrome P450-mediated N-demethylation of 4-chloro- N-methylaniline compared to the susceptible Johnson Wax (JWax) strain. Immobilized artificial membrane high performance liquid chromatography (IAM-HPLC) of microsomal proteins from the MA strain enriched cytochrome P450 greater than 70-fold. Following purification, a single protein band of M r=49 000 (P450 MA), was detected by silver-staining SDS PAGE gels. Antiserum to the purified protein from the MA strain (anti-P450 MA) was produced in mice. Anti-P450 MA inhibited cytochrome P450-mediated N-demethylation by 4-fold in both MA and JWax strains. In Western blots of microsomal proteins, anti-P450 MA differentiated single MA and JWax individuals by recognizing an M r 49 000 protein band in only the MA strain. In JWax cockroaches, the M r 49 000 band was only detectable in Western analysis following induction with pentamethylbenzene (PMB). PMB induction also increases N-demethylation 2.6 and 8.0-fold in the MA and JWax strains, respectively. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that insecticide resistance in the MA strain is due to over-expression of a cytochrome P450.
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