title: Inhibitors of calling behavior of Plodia interpunctella.
abstract: Some octopamine agonists were found to suppress the calling behavior of the stored product Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella. Compounds were screened using a calling behavior bioassay using female P. interpunctella. Four active derivatives, with inhibitory activity at the nanomolar range, were identified in order of decreasing activity: 2-(1-phenylethylamino)-2-oxazoline > 2-(2-ethyl,6-methylanilino)oxazolidine > 2-(2-methyl benzylamino)-2-thiazoline > 2-(2,6-diethylanilino)thiazolidine. Three-dimensional pharmacophore hypotheses were built from a set of 15 compounds. Among the ten common-featured models generated by the program Catalyst/HipHop, a hypothesis including a hydrogen-bond acceptor lipid, a hydrophobic aromatic and two hydrophobic aliphatic features was considered to be essential for inhibitory activity in the calling behavior. Active compounds mapped well onto all the hydrogen-bond acceptor lipid, hydrophobic aromatic and hydrophobic aliphatic features of the hypothesis. On the other hand, less active compounds were shown not to achieve the energetically favorable conformation that is found in the active molecules in order to fit the 3D common-feature pharmacophore models. The present studies demonstrate that inhibition of calling behavior is via an octopamine receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Genetics and Pest Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan. ahirasim@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirashima
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shigeta
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eiraku
authors.forename: Eiichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kuwano
mesh_terms: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D019295:Computational Biology; D005260:Female; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009036:Moths / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D009655:Octopamine / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D012724:Sex Attractants; D009655:Octopamine