定量计算萜类蚊虫驱避化合物与羧酸缔合作用对其驱避活性的影响

【目的】驱避剂是防止蚊虫叮咬的良好个人防护用品,但其作用机理一直未被解释清楚。本研究利用化学计算手段对4种重要的人体引诱物（乙酸、丙酸、丁酸和戊酸）与22个萜类驱避化合物的缔合作用以及该作用对驱避活性的影响进行了研究,以期为蚊虫驱避机理研究提供新思路。【方法】利用GAUSS View软件构建引诱化合物分子、驱避化合物分子以及二者可能形成的缔合体结构,再利用GAUSSIAN软件优化所有结构,并计算它们的能量和各类参数;借助AMPAC和CODESSA软件计算出所有结构的描述符;以萜类驱避化合物对白纹伊蚊Aedes albopictus校正驱避率的对数值（logCRR）为活性数据,利用CODESSA软件建立描述符与驱避活性的定量构效关系模型。【结果】4种羧酸与萜类驱避化合物相互缔合的缔合能量大多在18~20 kJ/mol之间,缔合距离和角度分别在2.0~2.5 Å 和110°~180°内波动,符合氢键相互作用的特征。4个最优定量构效关系模型的R²值均大于0.9,模型中的参数都包含缔合体的描述符,表明引诱物 驱避物缔合作用与校正驱避率的对数值显著相关。【结论】4种羧酸与萜类驱避化合物之间存在中等强度的氢键缔合作用,该缔合作用对驱避活性具有重要影响。研究初步揭示了引诱物 驱避物缔合作用的存在,也为从新的角度研究蚊虫驱避机理提供了前期研究基础。     

萜类驱避化合物与引诱物三分子缔合的计算研究

【目的】目前驱避剂的作用机理研究还不理想,本研究从单个萜类驱避化合物分子与不同种类引诱气味分子同时相互缔合的角度入手,通过理论计算探究该缔合与蚊虫驱避作用的关系,从而为驱避作用机理研究提供新认识。【方法】利用Gaussian View 4.1和Gaussian 03W软件构建和优化萜类驱避化合物单体、单体与引诱物L-乳酸及氨分子同时缔合后三分子缔合体的结构,获得其最低能量结构和缔合能;通过程序Ampac 8.16将前述结构导入到程序Codessa 2.7.10,计算各类结构描述符;再利用Codessa 2.7.10的启发式方法得到一系列缔合体结构描述符与驱避活性之间的定量关系模型,并通过转折点确定、模型验证后确定最佳定量关系计算模型。【结果】三分子缔合的缔合能基本上在20~50 kJ/mol的范围,所得最佳三参数定量计算模型的R²值为0.9098,包含的3个结构描述符分别是三分子缔合体的maximum nucleophilic reactivity index for a C atom,topographic electronic index (all bonds) ［Zefirov’s PC］和exchange energy + e-e repulsion for a H-O bond。【结论】萜类驱避化合物分子可同时与2个不同种类的引诱物分子发生缔合作用,该缔合作用符合氢键的能量基本特征;缔合体的碳原子最大原子核反应指数、所有键的拓扑电子指数、氢氧键电子间交换互斥能对驱避活性影响显著。这些结果初步说明萜类驱避化合物与引诱物三分子缔合作用确实存在,且该缔合作用对驱避活性具有显著影响,这为驱避机理的研究提供了新的理论依据。     

定量计算萜类驱避化合物与二氧化碳缔合对其蚊虫驱避活性的影响

为验证萜类驱避化合物与嗅觉引诱物二氧化碳存在缔合作用, 并研究缔合作用对蚊虫驱避活性的影响。本研究借助计算化学的方法获得缔合体和缔合能量, 利用Gaussian View和Gaussian 03W软件分别构建和优化二氧化碳、 22个萜类蚊虫驱避化合物以及它们与二氧化碳缔合后的三维分子结构, 经Ampac 8.16转化后, 获得它们的缔合能量。借助定量构效关系计算方法研究缔合作用对驱避活性的影响, 利用Codessa 2.7.10计算获得驱避剂和缔合体的各类结构描述符, 从包括缔合体结构描述符及特征描述符在内的各类结构参数中筛选显著性参数, 以萜类驱避化合物对白纹伊蚊Aedes albopictus的校正驱避率的对数值为活性数据, 建立结构描述符与驱避活性的定量构效关系（quantitative structure-activity relationship, QSAR）模型。结果获得了22个萜类驱避化合物与二氧化碳缔合的缔合能量, 计算显示它们之间存在缔合作用并且可以形成缔合体; 获得1个R²为0.9643的4参数QSAR模型, 这4个参数所对应的结构描述符分别是COM-WNSA 3 Weighted PNSA (PNSA3*TMSA/1 000) ［Zefirov’s PC］, f-TerCO₂-Min e-n attraction for a C-O bond, M-Max 1-electron reaction index for an O atom, M-Min (>0.1) bond order of an H atom, 前2个参数分别为缔合体的整体结构描述符和碎片特征描述符。计算化学结果表明, 萜类驱避化合物与二氧化碳存在缔合作用, 该缔合作用对驱避活性的影响显著。     

芳香羧酸衍生物驱避剂的非线性定量构效关系

【目的】驱避剂可使害虫不敢接近受用者从而保护受用者免遭其害。建立高精度、可解释性强的非线性定量构效关系(quantitative structure activity relationship, QSAR)模型对设计合成新的高效昆虫驱避剂有重要意义。【方法】基于37个芳香羧酸类化合物对家蝇Musca domestica的驱避活性,以量子化学计算软件PCLIENT获取每一化合物初始描述符,以二元矩阵重排过滤器、多轮末尾淘汰实施特征非线性筛选,以支持向量回归(support vector regression, SVR)建立非线性QSAR模型,以SVR非线性解释体系分析各保留描述符对驱避活性的影响。【结果】1 542个初始描述符的SVR模型F=1.2,特征筛选后6个保留描述符的SVR模型F=184.6,特征筛选对QSAR模型精度有重要影响。6个保留分子描述符的重要性依次为p4BCD>GATS7v>T(O..O)> JGI8>SssO>nArCONR2。【结论】保留描述符与芳香羧酸类化合物对家蝇驱避活性的非线性关系明显,获得了高精度、普适性强的非线性SVR-QSAR模型。     

Molecular interactions between terpenoid mosquito repellents and human-secreted attractants

Molecular interactions between terpenoid mosquito repellents and three typical human-secreted attractants, ammonia, 1-octen-3-ol, and formic acid were studied. Relative energies, bond distances, and bond angles of the molecular interactions were obtained at HF level to evaluate the interaction intensity and types. The effects of molecular interactions on repellency were investigated by the subsequent quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) study. The results of this study suggest that attractant–repellent interaction should not be ignored and could be helpful for future research on the repelling mechanism of mosquito repellents.     

QSAR study of mosquito repellents from terpenoid with a six-member-ring

A new class of low-toxicity mosquito repellents is synthesized from - and β-pinene in terpenoid compounds and preliminary biological tests show promising mosquito repellency. Statistical modeling is built using Codessa in order to reveal the quantitative relationship between the structure and the biological activity and to provide the guidance for further synthetic work.     

An in vitro bioassay for the quantitative evaluation of mosquito repellents against Stegomyia aegypti (=Aedes aegypti) mosquitoes using a novel cocktail meal

To assess the efficacy of new insect repellents, an efficient and safe in vitro bioassay system using a multiple‐membrane blood‐feeding device and a cocktail meal was developed. The multiple‐membrane blood‐feeding device facilitates the identification of new insect repellents by the high‐throughput screening of candidate chemicals. A cocktail meal was developed as a replacement for blood for feeding females of Stegomyia aegypti (=Aedes aegypti) (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae). The cocktail meal consisted of a mixture of salt, albumin and dextrose, to which adenosine triphosphate was added to induce engorging. Feeding rates of St. aegypti on the cocktail meal and pig blood, respectively, did not differ significantly, but were significantly higher than the feeding rate on citrate phosphate dextrose‐adenine 1 (CPDA‐1) solutions, which had been used to replace bloodmeals in previous repellent assays. Dose‐dependent biting inhibition rates were analysed using probit analysis. The RD₅₀ (the dose producing 50% repellence of mosquito feeding) values of DEET, citronella, carvacrol, geraniol, eugenol and thymol were 1.62, 14.40, 22.51, 23.29, 23.83 and 68.05 µg/cm², respectively.     

Efficacy of the botanical repellents geraniol,linalool, and citronella against mosquitoes

We determined the degree of personal protection provided by citronella, linalool, and geraniol in the form of commercially available candles or diffusers, both indoors and outdoors. Under the uniform conditions of the experiments, all substances repelled significantly more mosquitoes than the unprotected control. Furthermore, the repellents tested were more active when in the form of a continuous release diffuser than in candle form. All candles were 88g containing 5% of the active ingredient and all diffusers contained 20g of 100% active ingredient. Indoors, the repellency rate of citronella candles was only 14% while the repellency rate of citronella diffusers was 68%. The repellency of geraniol candles was 50% while the diffusers provided a repellency rate of 97%. No linalool candles were available for study but linalool diffusers repelled mosquitoes by 93%. Outdoors, citronella diffusers placed 6 m from mosquito traps repelled female mosquitoes by 22%, linalool repelled females by 58%, and geraniol repelled females by 75%. Trap catches were significantly reduced again when diffusers were placed 3 m from the traps. We concluded that geraniol had significantly more repellent activity than citronella or linalool in both indoor and outdoor settings.     

Laboratory and field evaluation of insect repellents as oviposition deterrents against the mosquito Aedes albopictus

Three experimental approaches were used to evaluate the oviposition deterrency of three insect repellents, AI3-35765, AI3-37220 (piperidine compounds), and the standard N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (deet) to the mosquito Aedes albopictus Skuse (Diptera: Culicidae). Against laboratory-reared Ae. albopictus gravid females, the EC50 values of AI3-37220, AI3-35765 and deet were 0.004%, 0.008% and 0.011% in laboratory cages and 0.004%, 0.01% and 0.009% in an outdoor screened cage. For a natural population of Ae. albopictus tested in the field, the EC50 values were determined as 0.004%, 0.008% and 0.001%, respectively. Ageing concentrations of 0.1% of each repellent provided >50% effective oviposition deterrency against the laboratory population of Ae. albopictus for 13 days in laboratory cages, for 15 days in the outdoor cage, and for 21 days against field population of Ae. albopictus in Florida. These topical skin repellents are effective oviposition deterrents for Ae. albopictus when employed at relatively low application rates.     

Assessing the efficacy of candidate mosquito repellents against the background of an attractive source that mimics a human host

Mosquito repellents are used around the globe to protect against nuisance biting and disease‐transmitting mosquitoes. Recently, there has been renewed interest in the development of repellents as tools to control the transmission of mosquito‐borne diseases. We present a new bioassay for the accurate assessment of candidate repellent compounds, using a synthetic odour that mimics the odour blend released by human skin. Using DEET (N,N‐diethyl‐meta‐toluamide) and PMD (p‐menthane‐3,8‐diol) as reference compounds, nine candidate repellents were tested, of which five showed significant repellency to the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto (Diptera: Culicidae). These included: 2‐nonanone; 6‐methyl‐5‐hepten‐2‐one; linalool; δ‐decalactone, and δ‐undecalactone. The lactones were also tested on the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti (Stegomyia aegypti) (Diptera: Culicidae), against which they showed similar degrees of repellency. We conclude that the lactones are highly promising repellents, particularly because these compounds are pleasant‐smelling, natural products that are also present in human food sources.