Acting target of toosendanin locates in the midgut epithelium cells of Mythimna separate Walker larvae (lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Hai LiXing Zhang

Abstract

Toosendanin (TSN), which is extracted from the root bark of Melia toosendan Siebold and Zuccarini, has multiple modes of action against insects. Especially, this compound has a potent stomach poisoning activity against several lepidoptera pests. In this paper, the signs of toxicity, digestive enzymes activity, the histopathological changes and immuno-electron microscopic localization of TSN in the midgut epithelium of Mythimna separate Walker larvae were investigated for better understanding its action mechanism against insects. The bioassay results indicated that TSN has strong stomach poisoning against the fifth-instar larvae of M. separata (LC50 = 252.23 μg/mL). The typical poisoned symptom were regurgitation and paralysis. Activities of digestive enzymes had no obvious changes after treatment with LC80 dose of TSN. The midgut epithelial cells of insect were damaged by TSN, showing the degeneration of microvilli, hyperplasia of smooth endoplasmic reticulum and condensation of chromatin. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the gold particles existed on the microvilli of columnar cells and goblet cells, and gradually accumulated with the exacerbation of poisoning symptoms, showing that TSN targets on the microvilli of t...Continue Reading

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