Abstract
Insecticides tolerance in herbivorous arthropods is associated with preadaptation to host plant allelochemicals. However, how plant secondary metabolites activate detoxifying metabolic genes to develop tolerance remains unclear. Herein, the tolerance of Spodoptera litura larvae to cyantraniliprole was increased after nicotine exposure. An S. litura α esterase, SlCOE030, was predominantly expressed in the midgut and induced after exposure to cyantraniliprole, nicotine, and cyantraniliprole plus nicotine. Drosophila melanogaster with ectopically overexpressed SlCOE030 enhanced cyantraniliprole and nicotine tolerance by 4.91- and 2.12-fold, respectively. Compared to UAS-SlCOE030 and Esg-GAL4 lines, the Esg > SlCOE030 line laid more eggs after nicotine exposure. SlCOE030 knockdown decreased the sensitivity of nicotine-treated S. litura larvae to cyantraniliprole. Metabolism assays indicated that recombinant SlCOE030 protein metabolizes cyantraniliprole. Homology modeling and molecular docking analysis demonstrated that SlCOE030 exhibits effective affinities for cyantraniliprole and nicotine. Thus, insect CarEs may result in the development of cross-tolerance between synthetic insecticides and plant secondary metabolites.
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