The evolutionary ecology of insect resistance to plant chemicals

L Després, JP David, C Gallet - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2007‏ - cell.com
Understanding the diversity of insect responses to chemical pressures (eg plant
allelochemicals and pesticides) in their local ecological context represents a key challenge …

Xenobiotic responses in insects

L Gao, H Qiao, P Wei, B Moussian… - Archives of Insect …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Insects have evolved a powerful detoxification system to protect themselves against
environmental and anthropogenic xenobiotics including pesticides and nanoparticles. The …

Exposure to Sublethal Doses of Fipronil and Thiacloprid Highly Increases Mortality of Honeybees Previously Infected by Nosema ceranae

C Vidau, M Diogon, J Aufauvre, R Fontbonne… - PloS one, 2011‏ - journals.plos.org
Background The honeybee, Apis mellifera, is undergoing a worldwide decline whose origin
is still in debate. Studies performed for twenty years suggest that this decline may involve …

Cross-induction of detoxification genes by environmental xenobiotics and insecticides in the mosquito Aedes aegypti: impact on larval tolerance to chemical …

R Poupardin, S Reynaud, C Strode, H Ranson… - Insect biochemistry and …, 2008‏ - Elsevier
The effect of exposure of Aedes aegypti larvae to sub-lethal doses of the pyrethroid
insecticide permethrin, the organophosphate temephos, the herbicide atrazine, the …

Acetylcholinesterase in honey bees (Apis mellifera) exposed to neonicotinoids, atrazine and glyphosate: laboratory and field experiments

M Boily, B Sarrasin, C DeBlois, P Aras… - … Science and Pollution …, 2013‏ - Springer
In Québec, as observed globally, abnormally high honey bee mortality rates have been
reported recently. Several potential contributing factors have been identified, and exposure …

Ecologically Appropriate Xenobiotics Induce Cytochrome P450s in Apis mellifera

RM Johnson, W Mao, HS Pollock, G Niu, MA Schuler… - PloS one, 2012‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Honey bees are exposed to phytochemicals through the nectar, pollen and
propolis consumed to sustain the colony. They may also encounter mycotoxins produced by …

Oxysterols: A world to explore

A Otaegui-Arrazola, M Menendez-Carreño… - Food and chemical …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Oxysterols (oxidized derivatives of cholesterol and phytosterols) can be generated in the
human organism through different oxidation processes, some requiring enzymes …

Identification and validation of a gene causing cross-resistance between insecticide classes in Anopheles gambiae from Ghana

SN Mitchell, BJ Stevenson, P Müller, CS Wilding… - Proceedings of the …, 2012‏ - pnas.org
In the last decade there have been marked reductions in malaria incidence in sub-Saharan
Africa. Sustaining these reductions will rely upon insecticides to control the mosquito malaria …

Characterization of Drosophila melanogaster cytochrome P450 genes

H Chung, T Sztal, S Pasricha, M Sridhar… - Proceedings of the …, 2009‏ - pnas.org
Cytochrome P450s form a large and diverse family of heme-containing proteins capable of
carrying out many different enzymatic reactions. In both mammals and plants, some P450s …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in microbiome confer multigenerational host resistance after sub-toxic pesticide exposure

GH Wang, BM Berdy, O Velasquez, N Jovanovic… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2020‏ - cell.com
The gut is a first point of contact with ingested xenobiotics, where chemicals are metabolized
directly by the host or microbiota. Atrazine is a widely used pesticide, but the role of the …