Oxidative Damage to Spodoptera litura Cell Induced by α-Terthienyl

In this study, the oxidative damage of α-terthienyl （α-T） to the Spodoptera litura （SL） cell and its mechanism were investigated. MTT was used to compare the toxicity of α-T and rotenone to the SL cell. The output of malondialdehyde and relative content of glutathione were determined with 2-thiobarbituric acid （TBA） and 5, 5＇-dithio-bis （2-nitrobenzoic acid） （DTNB）, respectively. Transmission electron microscope （TEM） was employed to observe the influence of α-T on the membrane and organelle of the SL cell. The result showed that the IC50 value of α-T to the SL cell was 0.21 μg mL^-1, whereas the corresponding dose of rotenone was 12.25 μg mL^-1. The output of MDA had the same changing tendency with the concentration of α-T, whereas the content of GSH had the negative correlation with it. According to TEM, the cell membrane and karyotheca swelled and couldn＇t retain integrity, the intracellular substances leaked out, unidentified granules appeared in the SL cell. The mitochondria expanded, and the membrane and subcellular organelle were damaged severely. In this study, it was found that after oxidative damage induced by α-T, the output of MDA increased notably, whereas the relative content of GSH decreased. This indicated that the antioxidant ability of cell weakened. The result of TEM implied that the SL cell suffered from oxidative damage under the appointed dose.

Mitochondria are involved in apoptosis induced by ultraviolet radiation in lepidopteran Spodoptera fitura cell line

Mitoehondria are involved in apoptosis of mammalian cells and even singlecell organisms, but mitochondria are not required in apoptosis in cultured Drosophila cells such as S2 and BG2 cell lines. It is not very clear whether mitochondria are involved in apoptosis in other insect cells such as lepidopteran cell lines. Thus, we determined to elucidate the role of mitochondria in apoptosis induced by ultraviolet radiation in Spodoptera litura （Lepidoptera： Noctuidae） cell line （SL-ZSU-1）. The Western blot results suggested that cytochrome c in the ultraviolet-treated SL-1 cells was released from the mitochondria to cytosol as early as 4 h after the induction of ultraviolet radiation and increased in the cytosolic fractions in a time-dependent manner. Flow cytometric analysis of mitochondrial membrane potential （△ ψm） of SL-ZSU-1 cell treated with ultraviolet-C （UV-C） light indicated the decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential was dependent on the times of ultraviolet treatment. Both of them are different from apoptosis in cultured Drosophila melanogaster cell lines （S2 and BG2） and it appears evident mitochondria are involved in apoptosis of the studied lepidopteran cells.

The synthesis and photoactivated cytotoxicity of novel 5-phenyl-3-(2,2':5',2"-terthien-5-yl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazolines

A series of novel 5-phenyl-3-（2,2＇：5＇,2″-terthien-5-yl）-4,5-dihydro-lH-pyrazolines were synthesized in this report. Their photoactivated cytotoxicities on the 5podoptera litura （SL） cell line were evaluated using the MTT method. It was noticed that the inhibitory activities of all the conjugates was enhanced when irradiated with UV-A light. Compounds 4, 6 and 8 were found to be most effective with inhibition rates of 88.1%, 88.0%, and 90,5%, respectively, For compound B, the inhibition rate value was only slightly enhanced under the irradiation treatment （78.3%） compared to the dark treatment （74.8%）. The relationship analysis between structure and activity showed that the middle thiophene ring played an important role on the inhibitory activities. It was shown that these compounds could be the potential candidates for new photoactivated pesticides.