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Table 1 Progress in morphological, behavioral, biochemical, bioassay, and genetic characterization of insecticide resistance mechanisms in bed bugs (Cimex spp.)

From: Insecticide resistance and resistance mechanisms in bed bugs, Cimex spp. (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)

Year

Characterization

Targets

Methods

Accession numbera

Resistance mechanisms

Reference

C. lectularius

2009

Behavioral

–

Bioassay: SC

–

Behavioral resistance

[89]

2009; 2015;2016

Bioassay

P450s; esterases

Bioassay (SC/T) plus synergists (e.g. PBO, PBH, EN16/5–1)

 

Metabolic resistance: P450s, esterases

[127, 128, 136]

2008; 2011; 2016

Biochemical

P450s; GSTs; esterases

Biochemical assays

–

Metabolic resistance: P450s, GSTs and esterases

[64, 113, 156]

2016

Morphological

Cuticle

SEM

–

Penetration resistance

[95]

2008

Genetic

VGSC

Cloning and sequencing (RACE)

FJ031996; FJ031997

Target site insensitivity: kdr

[156]

2011

Genetic

Transcriptome

454 pyrosequencing (Roche 454 GS FLX Titanium platform)

SRA024509

Metabolic resistance: P450s

[104]

2011

Genetic

Transcriptome

High-throughput sequencing (Roche 454 Titanium platform)

SRA043735

Metabolic resistance: P450s, GSTs and esterases; Target site insensitivity: kdr

[113]

2012

Genetic

RNA-seq

Illumina high-throughput sequencing (GAII platform)

GSE31823

Metabolic resistance: P450s, GSTs, ABC-transporters, esterases; Penetration resistance; Target site insensitivity: kdr

[92]

2012

Genetic

ClCPR

Cloning and sequencing (RACE)

JQ178363

Metabolic resistance: P450s

[122]

2012

Genetic

ClAChE1; ClAChE2; ClSChE

Cloning and sequencing (RACE)

JN563927; GU597837;GU597838;GU597839

–

[168]

2013

Genetic

CPRR

Data from NCBI

–

Penetration resistance

[94]

2013

Genetic

Transcriptome

454 pyrosequencing (Roche 454 GS FLX Titanium platform)

–

Metabolic resistance: P450s, esterases, ABC-transporters; Penetration resistance; Target site insensitivity: kdr

[90]

2016

Genetic

Genome

Illumina high-throughput sequencing (Illumina HiSeq2000s)

SRS580017

Metabolic resistance: P450s, esterases, ABC-transporters, GSTs; Penetration resistance; Target site insensitivity: kdr

[197]

2016

Genetic

Genome; RNA-seq

Illumina high-throughput sequencing

SRS749263; SRR1790655

Target site insensitivity: kdr, putative GABA receptors; Metabolic resistance:P450s, GSTs, esterases

[93]

C. hemipterus

2011

Bioassay

P450s

Bioassay (SC) plus PBO

–

Metabolic resistance: P450s

[129]

2007

Biochemical

P450s; GSTs; Esterases

Biochemical assays

–

Metabolic resistance: GSTs, and esterases

[56]

2015

Genetic

VGSC(Part)

Sanger sequencing

–

Target site insensitivity: kdr

[17]

  1. Abbreviations: EN16/5–1 6-[2-(2-butoxyethoxy) ethoxymethyl]-5-propyl-2, 3-dihydrobenzofuranby [127], PBH 3-Phenoxybenzyl hexanoate, a surrogate substrate for carboxylesterases and oxidases [136], SC surface contact, T topical application, SEM scanning electron microscope, ClCPR Cimex lectularius NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase [122], CPRR cuticular protein with the rebers and riddiford consensus [94], ClAChE1, ClAChE2 two C. lectularius acetylcholinesterases, ClSChE C. lectularius salivary gland-specific cholinesterase-like protein [168], RACE rapid amplification of cDNA ends, ABC-transporters ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters
  2. aData from GenBank at NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information)