Molecules (Sep 2021)

Pyrethroid and Etofenprox Resistance in <i>Anopheles gambiae</i> and <i>Anopheles coluzzii</i> from Vegetable Farms in Yaoundé, Cameroon: Dynamics, Intensity and Molecular Basis

  • Michael Piameu,
  • Philippe Nwane,
  • Wilson Toussile,
  • Konstantinos Mavridis,
  • Nadja Christina Wipf,
  • Paraudie France Kouadio,
  • Lili Ranaise Mbakop,
  • Stanislas Mandeng,
  • Wolfgang Eyisap Ekoko,
  • Jean Claude Toto,
  • Kelly Lionelle Ngaffo,
  • Petronile Klorane Ngo Etounde,
  • Arthur Titcho Ngantchou,
  • Mouhamadou Chouaibou,
  • Pie Müller,
  • Parfait Awono-Ambene,
  • John Vontas,
  • Josiane Etang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26185543
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 18
p. 5543

Abstract

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Previous studies have indicated widespread insecticide resistance in malaria vector populations from Cameroon. However, the intensity of this resistance and underlying mechanisms are poorly known. Therefore, we conducted three cross-sectional resistance surveys between April 2018 and October 2019, using the revised World Health Organization protocol, which includes resistance incidences and intensity assessments. Field-collected Anopheles gambiae s.l. populations from Nkolondom, Nkolbisson and Ekié vegetable farms in the city of Yaoundé were tested with deltamethrin, permethrin, alpha-cypermethrin and etofenprox, using 1× insecticide diagnostic concentrations for resistance incidence, then 5× and 10× concentrations for resistance intensity. Subsamples were analyzed for species identification and the detection of resistance-associated molecular markers using TaqMan® qPCR assays. In Nkolbisson, both An. coluzzii (96%) and An. gambiae s.s. (4%) were found together, whereas only An. gambiae s.s. was present in Nkolondom, and only An. coluzzii was present in Ekié. All three populations were resistant to the four insecticides (kdr L995F, L995S, and N1570Y, and the Ace-1 G280S-resistant alleles were found in An. gambiae from Nkolondom, at 73%, 1%, 16% and 13% frequencies, respectively, whereas only the kdr L995F was found in An. gambiae s.s. from Nkolbisson at a 50% frequency. In An. coluzzii from Nkolbisson and Ekié, we detected only the kdr L995F allele at 65% and 60% frequencies, respectively. Furthermore, expression levels of Cyp6m2, Cyp9k1, and Gste2 metabolic genes were highly upregulated (over fivefold) in Nkolondom and Nkolbisson. Pyrethroid and etofenprox-based vector control interventions may be jeopardized in the prospected areas, due to high resistance intensity, with multiple mechanisms in An. gambiae s.s. and An. coluzzii.

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