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2015 ; 10
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A Locomotor Deficit Induced by Sublethal Doses of Pyrethroid and Neonicotinoid
Insecticides in the Honeybee Apis mellifera
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Charreton M
; Decourtye A
; Henry M
; Rodet G
; Sandoz JC
; Charnet P
; Collet C
PLoS One
2015[]; 10
(12
): e0144879
PMID26659095
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The toxicity of pesticides used in agriculture towards non-targeted organisms and
especially pollinators has recently drawn the attention from a broad scientific
community. Increased honeybee mortality observed worldwide certainly contributes
to this interest. The potential role of several neurotoxic insecticides in
triggering or potentiating honeybee mortality was considered, in particular
phenylpyrazoles and neonicotinoids, given that they are widely used and highly
toxic for insects. Along with their ability to kill insects at lethal doses, they
can compromise survival at sublethal doses by producing subtle deleterious
effects. In this study, we compared the bee's locomotor ability, which is crucial
for many tasks within the hive (e.g. cleaning brood cells, feeding larvae?),
before and after an acute sublethal exposure to one insecticide belonging to the
two insecticide classes, fipronil and thiamethoxam. Additionally, we examined the
locomotor ability after exposure to pyrethroids, an older chemical insecticide
class still widely used and known to be highly toxic to bees as well. Our study
focused on young bees (day 1 after emergence) since (i) few studies are available
on locomotion at this stage and (ii) in recent years, pesticides have been
reported to accumulate in different hive matrices, where young bees undergo their
early development. At sublethal doses (SLD48h, i.e. causing no mortality at 48
h), three pyrethroids, namely cypermethrin (2.5 ng/bee), tetramethrin (70
ng/bee), tau-fluvalinate (33 ng/bee) and the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam (3.8
ng/bee) caused a locomotor deficit in honeybees. While the SLD48h of fipronil (a
phenylpyrazole, 0.5 ng/bee) had no measurable effect on locomotion, we observed
high mortality several days after exposure, an effect that was not observed with
the other insecticides. Although locomotor deficits observed in the sublethal
range of pyrethroids and thiamethoxam would suggest deleterious effects in the
field, the case of fipronil demonstrates that toxicity evaluation requires
information on multiple endpoints (e.g. long term survival) to fully address
pesticides risks for honeybees. Pyrethroid-induced locomotor deficits are
discussed in light of recent advances regarding their mode of action on honeybee
ion channels and current structure-function studies.