The γ-aminobutyric acid receptor (GABAR) has been identified as a target site of some commonly used insecticides. Our pervious study documented an interesting phenomenon, i.e. GABA accumulation was involved in abamectin resistance in the carmine spider mite, Tetranychus cinnabarinus. However, the mechanism of this phenomenon remains to be clarified. In this study, we investigated the interaction between abamectin and GABAR. Firstly, an artificial increase of GABA content was conducted in T. cinnabarinus and toxicity assays showed that GABA accumulation could indeed increase the tolerance of T. cinnabarinus to abamectin in vivo. Subsequently a GABAR of T. cinnabarinus, RDL2, was expressed in Xenopus oocytes and its sensitiveness to abamectin was detected. The results revealed that RDL2 showed significant responses to a series of GABA concentrations and GABA inhibited the effect of abamectin in vitro, providing direct evidence of the abamectin resistance mediated by GABA content. Our data confirmed that GABAR is the action target of abamectin and the GABA accumulation is one of the mechanisms of abamectin resistance in spider mites.

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胭脂红叶螨中阿维菌素与 RDL 的相互作用：靶位点和抗性机制研究

γ-氨基丁酸受体（GABAR）已被确定为一些常用杀虫剂的靶点。我们之前的研究记录了一个有趣的现象，即 GABA 的积累与胭脂红叶螨 Tetranychus cinnabarinus 的阿维菌素抗性有关。然而，这一现象的机制仍有待阐明。在这项研究中，我们调查了阿维菌素和 GABAR 之间的相互作用。首先，在朱砂中人工增加 GABA 含量，毒性试验表明 GABA 积累确实可以增加朱砂在体内对阿维菌素的耐受性。随后，在非洲爪蟾卵母细胞中表达了朱砂红毛虫的 GABAR，RDL2，并检测到它对阿维菌素的敏感性。结果表明，RDL2 对一系列 GABA 浓度表现出显着反应，并且 GABA 在体外抑制阿维菌素的作用，提供了由 GABA 含量介导的阿维菌素抗性的直接证据。我们的数据证实，GABAR 是阿维菌素的作用靶点，而 GABA 的积累是叶螨抗阿维菌素的机制之一。