Combining two genetic sexing strains allows sorting of non-transgenic males for Aedes genetic control
2023
Lutrat, Célia | Burckbuchler, Myriam | Proveti Olmo, Roenick | Beugnon, Rémy | Fontaine, Albin | Akbari, Omar S. | Argilés-Herrero, Rafael | Baldet, Thierry | Bouyer, Jérémy | Marois, Eric | Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risques et Ecosystèmes (UMR ASTRE) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Modèles Insectes de l'Immunité Innée (M3I) ; Institut de biologie moléculaire et cellulaire (IBMC) ; Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) | Leipzig University / Universität Leipzig | Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées [Antenne Marseille] (IRBA) | University of California [San Diego] (UC San Diego) ; University of California (UC) | Cincidela LTD | Département Systèmes Biologiques (Cirad-BIOS) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad) | International Atomic Energy Agency [Vienna] (IAEA) | Insectarium de Baillarguet doi.:10.18167/infrastructure/00001 | ANR-11-EQPX-0022,I2MC,Insectarium pour l'Infectiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire(2011) | European Project: 682387,REVOLINC
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. Chemical control of disease vectoring mosquitoes Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti is costly, unsustainable, and increasingly ineffective due to the spread of insecticide resistance. The Sterile Insect Technique is a valuable alternative but is limited by slow, error-prone, and wasteful sex-separation methods. Here, we present four Genetic Sexing Strains (two for each Aedes species) based on fluorescence markers linked to the m and M sex loci, allowing for the isolation of transgenic males. Furthermore, we demonstrate how combining these sexing strains enables the production of non-transgenic males. In a mass-rearing facility, 100,000 first instar male larvae could be sorted in under 1.5 h with an estimated 0.01-0.1% female contamination on a single machine. Cost-efficiency analyses revealed that using these strains could result in important savings while setting up and running a mass-rearing facility. Altogether, these Genetic Sexing Strains should enable a major upscaling in control programmes against these important vectors.
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