title: Insecticidal and neural activities of candidate photoaffinity probes for neonicotinoid binding sites.
abstract: Photoreactive derivatives of imidacloprid and its nitromethylene analogue were synthesized as candidate photoaffinity probes for identifying the amino acid residues of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) that interact with the neonicotinoid insecticides. When the candidate probes were injected into American cockroaches, the nerve cord neural activity initially increased, then ceased and death of the insect followed. Both the nerve cord and toxicity were enhanced by changing the photoreactive substituent from the para position to the meta position on the spacer benzyl moiety. When tested on a Drosophila SAD/chicken beta2 hybrid, recombinant nAChR expressed in Xenopus oocytes, the nitromethylene candidate probes showed agonist activity similar to that previously observed for imidacloprid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Kinki University, Nara, Japan. kmatsuda@nara.kindai.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Sattelle
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komai
mesh_terms: D000691:Anabasine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D004330:Drosophila; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007306:Insecticides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009420:Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D010526:Periplaneta; D019920:Photoaffinity Labels / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D019920:Photoaffinity Labels; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; D000691:Anabasine