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Normantovich M, Amitzur A, Offri S, Pashkovsky E, Shnaider Y, Nizan S, Yogev O, Jacob A, Taylor CG, Desbiez C, Whitham SA, Bar-Ziv A, Perl-Treves R. The melon Fom-1-Prv resistance gene pair: Correlated spatial expression and interaction with a viral protein. PLANT DIRECT 2024; 8:e565. [PMID: 38389929 PMCID: PMC10883720 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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The head-to-head oriented pair of melon resistance genes, Fom-1 and Prv, control resistance to Fusarium oxysporum races 0 and 2 and papaya ringspot virus (PRSV), respectively. They encode, via several RNA splice variants, TIR-NBS-LRR proteins, and Prv has a C-terminal extra domain with a second NBS homologous sequence. In other systems, paired R-proteins were shown to operate by "labor division," with one protein having an extra integrated domain that directly binds the pathogen's Avr factor, and the second protein executing the defense response. We report that the expression of the two genes in two pairs of near-isogenic lines was higher in the resistant isoline and inducible by F. oxysporum race 2 but not by PRSV. The intergenic DNA region separating the coding sequences of the two genes acted as a bi-directional promoter and drove GUS expression in transgenic melon roots and transgenic tobacco plants. Expression of both genes was strong in melon root tips, around the root vascular cylinder, and the phloem and xylem parenchyma of tobacco stems and petioles. The pattern of GUS expression suggests coordinated expression of the two genes. In agreement with the above model, Prv's extra domain was shown to interact with the cylindrical inclusion protein of PRSV both in yeast cells and in planta.
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- Michael Normantovich
- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology Iowa State University Ames Iowa USA
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan Israel
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Barr Z, Tilsner J. Cell-to-Cell Connectivity Assays for the Analysis of Cytoskeletal and Other Regulators of Plasmodesmata. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2604:193-202. [PMID: 36773234 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2867-6_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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The actin cytoskeleton has close but so far incompletely understood connections to plasmodesmata, the cell junctions of plants. Plasmodesmata are essential for plant development and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses and facilitate the intercellular exchange of metabolites and hormones but also macromolecules such as proteins and RNAs. The molecular size exclusion limited of plasmodesmata is dynamically regulated, including by actin-associated proteins. Therefore, experimental analysis of plasmodesmal regulation can be relevant to plant cytoskeleton research. This chapter presents two simple imaging-based protocols for analyzing macromolecular cell-to-cell connectivity in leaves.
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- Zoe Barr
- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, Fife, UK
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- Cell & Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, UK.
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Akbarimotlagh M, Azizi A, Shams-Bakhsh M, Jafari M, Ghasemzadeh A, Palukaitis P. Critical points for the design and application of RNA silencing constructs for plant virus resistance. Adv Virus Res 2023; 115:159-203. [PMID: 37173065 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aivir.2023.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Control of plant virus diseases is a big challenge in agriculture as is resistance in plant lines to infection by viruses. Recent progress using advanced technologies has provided fast and durable alternatives. One of the most promising techniques against plant viruses that is cost-effective and environmentally safe is RNA silencing or RNA interference (RNAi), a technology that could be used alone or along with other control methods. To achieve the goals of fast and durable resistance, the expressed and target RNAs have been examined in many studies, with regard to the variability in silencing efficiency, which is regulated by various factors such as target sequences, target accessibility, RNA secondary structures, sequence variation in matching positions, and other intrinsic characteristics of various small RNAs. Developing a comprehensive and applicable toolbox for the prediction and construction of RNAi helps researchers to achieve the acceptable performance level of silencing elements. Although the attainment of complete prediction of RNAi robustness is not possible, as it also depends on the cellular genetic background and the nature of the target sequences, some important critical points have been discerned. Thus, the efficiency and robustness of RNA silencing against viruses can be improved by considering the various parameters of the target sequence and the construct design. In this review, we provide a comprehensive treatise regarding past, present and future prospective developments toward designing and applying RNAi constructs for resistance to plant viruses.
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- Masoud Akbarimotlagh
- Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.
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- Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, Higher Education Complex of Saravan, Saravan, Iran
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- Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Horticulture Sciences, Seoul Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Lacroix B, Citovsky V. Biolistic Approach for Transient Gene Expression Studies in Plants. Methods Mol Biol 2020; 2124:125-139. [PMID: 32277451 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0356-7_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Since its inception in the late 1980s, the delivery of exogenous nucleic acids into living cells via high-velocity microprojectiles (biolistic, or microparticle bombardment) has been an invaluable tool for both agricultural and fundamental plant research. Here, we review the technical aspects and the major applications of the biolistic method for studies involving transient gene expression in plant cells. These studies cover multiple areas of plant research, including gene expression, protein subcellular localization and cell-to-cell movement, plant virology, silencing, and the more recently developed targeted genome editing via transient expression of customized endonucleases.
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- Benoît Lacroix
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Burnett D, Lichius A, Tilsner J. RNA Imaging with RNase-Inactivated Csy4 in Plants and Filamentous Fungi. Methods Mol Biol 2020; 2166:157-178. [PMID: 32710408 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0712-1_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Subcellular localizations of RNAs can be imaged in vivo with genetically encoded reporters consisting of a sequence-specific RNA-binding protein (RBP) fused to a fluorescent protein. Several such reporter systems have been described based on RBPs that recognize RNA stem-loops. Here we describe RNA tagging for imaging with an inactive mutant of the bacterial endonuclease Csy4, which has a significantly higher affinity for its cognate stem-loop than alternative systems. This property allows for sensitive imaging with only few tandem copies of the target stem-loop inserted into the RNA of interest.
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- David Burnett
- Cell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, UK
- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, The University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, The University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, UK.
- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, The University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK.
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Brault ML, Petit JD, Immel F, Nicolas WJ, Glavier M, Brocard L, Gaston A, Fouché M, Hawkins TJ, Crowet J, Grison MS, Germain V, Rocher M, Kraner M, Alva V, Claverol S, Paterlini A, Helariutta Y, Deleu M, Lins L, Tilsner J, Bayer EM. Multiple C2 domains and transmembrane region proteins (MCTPs) tether membranes at plasmodesmata. EMBO Rep 2019; 20:e47182. [PMID: 31286648 PMCID: PMC6680132 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201847182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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In eukaryotes, membrane contact sites (MCS) allow direct communication between organelles. Plants have evolved a unique type of MCS, inside intercellular pores, the plasmodesmata, where endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-plasma membrane (PM) contacts coincide with regulation of cell-to-cell signalling. The molecular mechanism and function of membrane tethering within plasmodesmata remain unknown. Here, we show that the multiple C2 domains and transmembrane region protein (MCTP) family, key regulators of cell-to-cell signalling in plants, act as ER-PM tethers specifically at plasmodesmata. We report that MCTPs are plasmodesmata proteins that insert into the ER via their transmembrane region while their C2 domains dock to the PM through interaction with anionic phospholipids. A Atmctp3/Atmctp4 loss of function mutant induces plant developmental defects, impaired plasmodesmata function and composition, while MCTP4 expression in a yeast Δtether mutant partially restores ER-PM tethering. Our data suggest that MCTPs are unique membrane tethers controlling both ER-PM contacts and cell-to-cell signalling.
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- Marie L Brault
- Laboratoire de Biogenèse MembranaireUMR5200, CNRSUniversité de BordeauxVillenave d'OrnonFrance
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- Laboratoire de Biogenèse MembranaireUMR5200, CNRSUniversité de BordeauxVillenave d'OrnonFrance
- Laboratoire de Biophysique Moléculaire aux InterfacesTERRA Research Centre, GX ABTUniversité de LiègeGemblouxBelgium
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- Laboratoire de Biogenèse MembranaireUMR5200, CNRSUniversité de BordeauxVillenave d'OrnonFrance
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- Laboratoire de Biogenèse MembranaireUMR5200, CNRSUniversité de BordeauxVillenave d'OrnonFrance
- Present address:
Division of Biology and Biological EngineeringCalifornia Institute of TechnologyPasadenaCAUSA
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- Laboratoire de Biogenèse MembranaireUMR5200, CNRSUniversité de BordeauxVillenave d'OrnonFrance
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- Bordeaux Imaging CentrePlant Imaging PlatformUMS 3420, INRA‐CNRS‐INSERM‐University of BordeauxVillenave‐d'OrnonFrance
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- Laboratoire de Biogenèse MembranaireUMR5200, CNRSUniversité de BordeauxVillenave d'OrnonFrance
- Present address:
UMR 1332 BFPINRAUniversity of BordeauxBordeauxFrance
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- Laboratoire de Biogenèse MembranaireUMR5200, CNRSUniversité de BordeauxVillenave d'OrnonFrance
- Present address:
UMR 1332 BFPINRAUniversity of BordeauxBordeauxFrance
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique Moléculaire aux InterfacesTERRA Research Centre, GX ABTUniversité de LiègeGemblouxBelgium
- Present address:
Matrice Extracellulaire et Dynamique Cellulaire MEDyCUMR7369, CNRSUniversité de Reims‐Champagne‐ArdenneReimsFrance
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- Laboratoire de Biogenèse MembranaireUMR5200, CNRSUniversité de BordeauxVillenave d'OrnonFrance
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- Laboratoire de Biogenèse MembranaireUMR5200, CNRSUniversité de BordeauxVillenave d'OrnonFrance
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- Laboratoire de Biogenèse MembranaireUMR5200, CNRSUniversité de BordeauxVillenave d'OrnonFrance
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- Division of BiochemistryDepartment of BiologyFriedrich‐Alexander University Erlangen‐NurembergErlangenGermany
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- Department of Protein EvolutionMax Planck Institute for Developmental BiologyTübingenGermany
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- Proteome PlatformFunctional Genomic Center of BordeauxUniversity of BordeauxBordeaux CedexFrance
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- The Sainsbury LaboratoryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique Moléculaire aux InterfacesTERRA Research Centre, GX ABTUniversité de LiègeGemblouxBelgium
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- Laboratoire de Biophysique Moléculaire aux InterfacesTERRA Research Centre, GX ABTUniversité de LiègeGemblouxBelgium
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- Biomedical Sciences Research ComplexUniversity of St AndrewsFifeUK
- Cell and Molecular SciencesThe James Hutton InstituteDundeeUK
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- Laboratoire de Biogenèse MembranaireUMR5200, CNRSUniversité de BordeauxVillenave d'OrnonFrance
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Canto T. Transient Expression Systems in Plants: Potentialities and Constraints. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2016; 896:287-301. [PMID: 27165332 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27216-0_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Plants have been used from old to extract and isolate by different means the products of interest that they store. In recent years new techniques have emerged that allow the use of plants as factories to overexpress transiently and often efficiently, specific genes of interest, either endogenous or foreign, in their native form or modified. These techniques allow and facilitate the targeted purification of gene products for research and commercial purposes without resorting to lengthy, time-consuming and sometimes challenging plant stable transformations, while avoiding some of their associated regulatory constraints. In this chapter we describe the main strategies available for the transient expression of gene sequences and their encoded products in plants. We discuss biological issues affecting transient expression, including resistance responses elicited by the plant against sequences that it recognizes naturally as foreign, and ways to neutralize them. We also discuss the relative advantages of each expression strategy as well as their inherent drawbacks and technical limitations, and how to partially prevent or overcome them, whenever possible.
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- Tomas Canto
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB, CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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Construction of infectious cDNA clones derived from the potyviruses clover yellow vein virus and bean yellow mosaic virus. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1236:219-27. [PMID: 25287506 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1743-3_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Infectious cDNA clones are now indispensible tools for the genetic analysis of viral factors involved in viral virulence and host resistance. In addition, infectious cDNA-derived virus vectors that express foreign genes in infected plants enable the production of useful proteins at low cost and can confer novel crop traits. We constructed infectious cDNA clones derived from two potyviruses, Clover yellow vein virus and Bean yellow mosaic virus, which infect legume plants and cause disease. Here, we present our procedure for constructing these potyvirus infectious clones.
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López-López K, Rodríguez-Mora DM, Vaca-Vaca JC. Optimización de las condiciones de inoculación por biobalística de un Begomovirus en tomate y tabaco. REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA 2013. [DOI: 10.15446/rev.colomb.biote.v15n2.41261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Vuorinen AL, Nieminen A, Gaba V, Sikorskaite S, Valkonen JPT. Biolistic DNA delivery to leaf tissue of plants with the non-vacuum gene gun (HandyGun). METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CLIFTON, N.J.) 2013; 940:45-51. [PMID: 23104332 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-110-3_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Non-vacuum gene guns such as HandyGun are flexible tools for bombardment of targets of varying size. Construction of HandyGun is simpler and cheaper than vacuum gene guns and will be described here. The conditions for maximal transient transformation efficiency of plant cells with plasmid DNA using HandyGun will be provided.
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- Anssi L Vuorinen
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Gaba V, Lapidot M, Gal-On A. HandGun-mediated inoculation of plants with viral pathogens for mechanistic studies. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 940:53-62. [PMID: 23104333 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-110-3_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Particle bombardment is an efficient method for virus inoculation of intact plants. This technique enables inoculation with full-length infectious clone cDNA, PCR products, virus from sap or virus preparation, and in vitro viral transcripts. The inoculation of some phloem-limited RNA and circular DNA viruses is also possible. The technique of bombardment without the use of vacuum permits the inoculation of soft-leaved plants that do not usually survive bombardment inoculation, the investigation of viral recombination in planta, promoter analysis, monitoring virus movement using an infectious clone bearing a reporter gene and the inoculation of large numbers of plants. The inoculation of whitefly-borne circular DNA begomoviruses is now possible due to direct genome amplification by Rolling Circle Amplification (RCA), followed by bombardment using a device that does not require a vacuum for operation. Here we describe the inoculation of intact plants with (a) RNA virus infective clones and (b) begomoviruses after direct genome amplification by RCA, using a handheld bombardment device.
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- Victor Gaba
- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Science, The Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel.
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Tuttle JR, Haigler CH, Robertson D. Method: low-cost delivery of the cotton leaf crumple virus-induced gene silencing system. PLANT METHODS 2012; 8:27. [PMID: 22853641 PMCID: PMC3441267 DOI: 10.1186/1746-4811-8-27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2012] [Accepted: 07/19/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND We previously developed a virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) vector for cotton from the bipartite geminivirusCotton leaf crumple virus (CLCrV). The original CLCrV VIGS vector was designed for biolistic delivery by a gene gun. This prerequisite limited the use of the system to labs with access to biolistic equipment. Here we describe the adaptation of this system for delivery by Agrobacterium (Agrobacterium tumefaciens). We also describe the construction of two low-cost particle inflow guns. RESULTS The biolistic CLCrV vector was transferred into two Agrobacterium binary plasmids. Agroinoculation of the binary plasmids into cotton resulted in silencing and GFP expression comparable to the biolistic vector. Two homemade low-cost gene guns were used to successfully inoculate cotton (G. hirsutum) and N. benthamiana with either the CLCrV VIGS vector or the Tomato golden mosaic virus (TGMV) VIGS vector respectively. CONCLUSIONS These innovations extend the versatility of CLCrV-based VIGS for analyzing gene function in cotton. The two low-cost gene guns make VIGS experiments affordable for both research and teaching labs by providing a working alternative to expensive commercial gene guns.
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- John Richard Tuttle
- Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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Zakri AM, Ziegler A, Commandeur U, Fischer R, Torrance L. In vivo expression and binding activity of scFv-RWAV, which recognizes the coat protein of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (family Geminiviridae). Arch Virol 2012; 157:1291-9. [PMID: 22491815 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-012-1310-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2012] [Accepted: 03/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Recombinant antibodies expressed in plants have the potential to interrupt virus infections by blocking essential stages of the infection cycle. Here, we show that the expression of a recombinant single-chain variable fragment (scFv) that recognizes the coat protein of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) in vitro can also bind to a recombinant coat protein in vivo in the reducing environment of the plant cytosol. The scFv and its target were both expressed as fluorescent protein fusions, one incorporating green fluorescent protein (GFP) and the other DsRed. We found that the incorporation of a nuclear localization signal into the scFv construct resulted in the nuclear import of the antibody-antigen complex, as shown by colocalization of the two fluorescent signals. This demonstrates that recombinant antibodies can be targeted to the nucleus and will bind to geminivirus coat proteins therein, allowing the virus infection cycle to be interrupted during its critical replicative phase.
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- Adel M Zakri
- Institute for Molecular Biotechnology (Biology VII), RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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Yaakov N, Levy Y, Belausov E, Gaba V, Lapidot M, Gafni Y. Effect of a single amino acid substitution in the NLS domain of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus-Israel (TYLCV-IL) capsid protein (CP) on its activity and on the virus life cycle. Virus Res 2011; 158:8-11. [PMID: 21376764 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2011.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2010] [Revised: 02/14/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The capsid protein (CP) of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus-Israel (TYLCV-IL), encoded by the v1 gene, is the only known component of the viral capsid. Three point mutations introduced into the conserved NLS region of the CP were investigated. One mutant, in which the Arg at position 19 was converted to Leu, had the most significant effect on the CP-CP homotypic interaction as well as on CP's interaction with its nuclear receptor karyopherin α1 and with the protein GroEL. The latter has been suggested to protect the virions in the insect vector hemolymph. These effects were first observed by yeast two-hybrid assay and then confirmed in tobacco protoplasts by measuring fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between YFP- and CFP-tagged proteins. Most importantly, when the point mutation converting Arg 19 to Leu was introduced into the full-length TYLCV genome, it disrupted its ability to cause symptoms.
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- Noga Yaakov
- Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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Šmídková M, Holá M, Angelis KJ. Efficient biolistic transformation of the moss Physcomitrella patens. BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2010; 54:777-780. [PMID: 0 DOI: 10.1007/s10535-010-0141-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Wright KM, Cowan GH, Lukhovitskaya NI, Tilsner J, Roberts AG, Savenkov EI, Torrance L. The N-terminal domain of PMTV TGB1 movement protein is required for nucleolar localization, microtubule association, and long-distance movement. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2010; 23:1486-97. [PMID: 20923354 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-05-10-0105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The triple-gene-block (TGB)1 protein of Potato mop-top virus (PMTV) was fused to fluorescent proteins and expressed in epidermal cells of Nicotiana benthamiana under the control of the 35S promoter. TGB1 fluorescence was observed in the cytoplasm, nucleus, and nucleolus and occasionally associated with microtubules. When expressed from a modified virus (PMTV.YFP-TGB1) which formed local lesions but was not competent for systemic movement, yellow fluorescent protein (YFP)-TGB1 labeled plasmodesmata in cells at the leading edge of the lesion and plasmodesmata, microtubules, nuclei, and nucleoli in cells immediately behind the leading edge. Deletion of 84 amino acids from the N-terminus of unlabeled TGB1 within the PMTV genome abolished movement of viral RNA to noninoculated leaves. When the same deletion was introduced into PMTV.YFP-TGB1, labeling of microtubules and nucleoli was abolished. The N-terminal 84 amino acids of TGB1 were fused to green fluorescent protein (GFP) and expressed in epidermal cells where GFP localized strongly to the nucleolus (not seen with unfused GFP), indicating that these amino acids contain a nucleolar localization signal; the fusion protein did not label microtubules. This is the first report of nucleolar and microtubule association of a TGB movement protein. The results suggest that PMTV TGB1 requires interaction with nuclear components and, possibly, microtubules for long-distance movement of viral RNA.
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- Kathryn M Wright
- Plant Pathology Programme, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK
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Nakahara KS, Shimada R, Choi SH, Yamamoto H, Shao J, Uyeda I. Involvement of the P1 cistron in overcoming eIF4E-mediated recessive resistance against Clover yellow vein virus in pea. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2010; 23:1460-9. [PMID: 20653413 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-11-09-0277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Two recessive genes (cyv1 and cyv2) are known to confer resistance against Clover yellow vein virus (ClYVV) in pea. cyv2 has recently been revealed to encode eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) and is the same allele as sbm1 and wlm against other potyviruses. Although mechanical inoculation with crude sap is rarely able to cause infection of a cyv2 pea, biolistic inoculation of the infectious ClYVV cDNA clone does. At the infection foci, the breaking virus frequently emerges, resulting in systemic infection. Here, a derived cleaved-amplified polymorphic sequence analysis showed that the breakings were associated with a single nonsynonymous mutation on the ClYVV genome, corresponding to an amino-acid substitution at position 24 (isoleucine to valine) on the P1 cistron. ClYVV with the point mutation was able to break the resistance. This is a first report demonstrating that P1 is involved in eIF4E-mediated recessive resistance.
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- Kenji S Nakahara
- Pathogen-Plant Interactions Group, Plant Breeding Science, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan.
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Pseudo-polyprotein translated from the full-length ORF1 of capillovirus is important for pathogenicity, but a truncated ORF1 protein without variable and CP regions is sufficient for replication. Virus Res 2010; 152:1-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2010.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2009] [Revised: 03/30/2010] [Accepted: 03/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Lim HS, Vaira AM, Domier LL, Lee SC, Kim HG, Hammond J. Efficiency of VIGS and gene expression in a novel bipartite potexvirus vector delivery system as a function of strength of TGB1 silencing suppression. Virology 2010; 402:149-63. [PMID: 20381827 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2010] [Revised: 02/07/2010] [Accepted: 03/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We have developed plant virus-based vectors for virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) and protein expression, based on Alternanthera mosaic virus (AltMV), for infection of a wide range of host plants including Nicotiana benthamiana and Arabidopsis thaliana by either mechanical inoculation of in vitro transcripts or via agroinfiltration. In vivo transcripts produced by co-agroinfiltration of bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase resulted in T7-driven AltMV infection from a binary vector in the absence of the Cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter. An artificial bipartite viral vector delivery system was created by separating the AltMV RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and Triple Gene Block (TGB)123-Coat protein (CP) coding regions into two constructs each bearing the AltMV 5' and 3' non-coding regions, which recombined in planta to generate a full-length AltMV genome. Substitution of TGB1 L(88)P, and equivalent changes in other potexvirus TGB1 proteins, affected RNA silencing suppression efficacy and suitability of the vectors from protein expression to VIGS.
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- Hyoun-Sub Lim
- USDA-ARS, Plant Sciences Institute, Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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Guenoune-Gelbart D, Sufrin-Ringwald T, Capobianco H, Gaba V, Polston JE, Lapidot M. Inoculation of plants with begomoviruses by particle bombardment without cloning: Using rolling circle amplification of total DNA from infected plants and whiteflies. J Virol Methods 2010; 168:87-93. [PMID: 20447420 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2010] [Revised: 04/22/2010] [Accepted: 04/27/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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A new system for inoculation of plants with begomoviral DNA without cloning or the use insect vectors is described. Total DNA extracted from begomovirus-infected plants was amplified by rolling circle amplification (RCA) using the bacteriophage phi29 DNA polymerase, and inoculated to plants by particle bombardment. Infection rates of up to 100% were obtained using this technique. This technique successfully inoculated all the begomoviruses evaluated: five bipartite (Bean golden yellow mosaic virus, Cabbage leaf curl virus, Squash leaf curl virus, Tomato mottle virus, Watermelon chlorotic stunt virus) as well as one monopartite (Tomato yellow leaf curl virus). The success of the technique was not dependent upon plant species. Four species from three plant families [Phaseolus vulgaris (bean), Solanum lycopersicum (tomato), Cucurbita pepo (squash), and Citrullus lanatus (watermelon)], could all be inoculated by this technique. The success of the method was not dependent upon either the type or the age of the source of virus. Infectious DNA was obtained successfully from fresh, freeze-dried or desiccated plant material, from squashes of plant leaves on FTA cards, as well as from the insect vector. Plant material collected and dried as long as 25 years ago yielded infectious DNA by this method. In summary, this method can be used to obtain infectious DNA of single-stranded circular DNA viruses that can be activated for purposes of completing Koch's postulates, for preservation of pure virus cultures, and for many other applications where infectious DNA is required.
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- Dana Guenoune-Gelbart
- Department of Vegetable Research, Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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Sikorskaite S, Vuorinen AL, Rajamäki ML, Nieminen A, Gaba V, Valkonen JPT. HandyGun: An improved custom-designed, non-vacuum gene gun suitable for virus inoculation. J Virol Methods 2010; 165:320-4. [PMID: 20188761 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2009] [Revised: 02/13/2010] [Accepted: 02/18/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Particle bombardment with a non-vacuum gene gun is an efficient method for transfection of plant cells with cloned viruses and initiation of virus infection. The HandyGun developed in this study is an improved version of a non-vacuum gene gun. Bombardment parameters were studied by inoculating an infectious, 35S promoter-driven cDNA of Potato virus A (PVA; Potyvirus) to the potato clone 'A6', Nicotiana benthamiana and N. tabacum as plasmid DNA coated on microprojectiles (gold particles). The large number of initial infection sites (necrotic local lesions) observed on inoculated 'A6' leaves and the high percentage of Nicotiana plants which were infected systemically with PVA following inoculation with HandyGun were not particularly sensitive to variation in the parameters tested (helium pressure and the amounts of plasmid DNA and gold particles). Data showed that HandyGun is a robust and reliable tool for obtaining high infection rates in plants reproducibly. It is easy and inexpensive to use and can be constructed from parts commonly available.
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- Sidona Sikorskaite
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, FIN-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Tilsner J, Cowan GH, Roberts AG, Chapman SN, Ziegler A, Savenkov E, Torrance L. Plasmodesmal targeting and intercellular movement of potato mop-top pomovirus is mediated by a membrane anchored tyrosine-based motif on the lumenal side of the endoplasmic reticulum and the C-terminal transmembrane domain in the TGB3 movement protein. Virology 2010; 402:41-51. [PMID: 20350737 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Revised: 12/02/2009] [Accepted: 03/03/2010] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Live-cell fluorescence microscopy was used to investigate the third triple gene block protein (TGB3) of potato mop-top pomovirus and its role in assisted targeting of TGB2 to plasmodesmata (PD). Wild-type and mutant TGB3 proteins were expressed under the control of the 35S promoter or from a virus reporter clone. Assisted targeting of TGB2 to PD was optimal when the proteins were expressed from a bicistronic plasmid in the relative ratios expected in a virus infection, suggesting that excess TGB3 inhibited PD localisation. Contrary to the generally accepted view, bimolecular fluorescence complementation showed that the TGB3 N terminus is located in the cytosol. Mutational analysis to dissect TGB3 sub domain functions showed that PD targeting was mediated by a composite signal comprising an ER-lumenal tyrosine-based motif and the C-terminal transmembrane domain. Mutation of either of these domains also abolished cell-to-cell movement of the virus. The results are discussed in the context of TGB3 membrane topology.
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- J Tilsner
- Plant Pathology Programme, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, DD2 5DA, UK
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Haupt S, Ziegler A, Cowan G, Torrance L. Studies of the role and function of barley stripe mosaic virus encoded proteins in replication and movement using GFP fusions. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 515:287-97. [PMID: 19378124 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-559-6_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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This chapter describes techniques to investigate the localisation and function of virus-encoded proteins in plants using green fluorescent protein (GFP) transiently expressed from plasmids or infectious cDNA reporter clones of barley stripe mosaic virus. Virus movement and the localisation of GFP-tagged proteins in living cells were monitored by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). In addition, GFP expression was imaged in transgenic plants where specific organelles or subcellular structures such as endoplasmic reticulum were labelled with another fluorophore (e.g., monomeric red fluorescent protein). Using these approaches we discovered evidence for additional roles played by virus encoded movement protein TGB2 and gammab protein in virus replication. Methods are described for clone construction and mutagenesis, and for transient expression (biolistic bombardment or agrobacterium infiltration) in the epidermal cells of Nicotiana benthamiana or barley. In addition, techniques for chloroplast isolation and imaging of the different fluorescent proteins, and the avoidance of interference from autofluorescence, are described.
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- Sophie Haupt
- Scottish Crop Research Institute, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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Gaba V, Gal-On A. Inoculation of plants using bombardment. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN MICROBIOLOGY 2008; Chapter 16:Unit16B.3. [PMID: 18770583 DOI: 10.1002/9780471729259.mc16b03s00] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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This unit describes methods for the construction and use of handheld particle bombardment devices for high-efficiency inoculation of intact plants with nucleic acids and viruses. The devices accelerate heavy metal particles coated with nucleic acids or viruses into plant tissues and are driven by pressurized gas. They are inexpensive to construct and use, and can be assembled in any laboratory. The equipment enables inoculation with full-length infectious cDNA, PCR products, virus from sap or a virus preparation, and in vitro viral transcripts. The inoculation of some phloem-limited RNA viruses is also possible. Additionally, this technology allows for inoculation of large numbers of plants (mass bombardment), inoculation of soft plants that do not survive bombardment inoculation by other means, inoculation in the greenhouse, study of viral recombination in plants, rapid promoter analysis, and monitoring of virus movement using an infectious clone bearing a reporter gene.
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Haupt S, Ziegler A, Torrance L. Localization of viral proteins in plant cells: protein tagging. Methods Mol Biol 2008; 451:463-73. [PMID: 18370274 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-102-4_31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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This chapter describes techniques for in vivo imaging of fluorescent fusion proteins in living cells by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). Methods are provided for (i) producing the constructs for transient expression from plasmids or virus-based vectors, (ii) introduction of constructs to plant epidermal cells; (iii) imaging of the expressed proteins by CLSM and image processing, and (iv) studying the expression in the presence of agents that affect the integrity or function of cytoskeletal elements. Notes are provided to aid comprehension and indicate problems.
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- Sophie Haupt
- University of Dundee at SCRI, Invergowrie, DD2 5DA, UK
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Shiboleth YM, Haronsky E, Leibman D, Arazi T, Wassenegger M, Whitham SA, Gaba V, Gal-On A. The conserved FRNK box in HC-Pro, a plant viral suppressor of gene silencing, is required for small RNA binding and mediates symptom development. J Virol 2007; 81:13135-48. [PMID: 17898058 PMCID: PMC2169133 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01031-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The helper component-proteinase (HC-Pro) protein of potyviruses is a suppressor of gene silencing and has been shown to elicit plant developmental-defect-like symptoms. In Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV), a mutation in the highly conserved FR180NK box of HC-Pro to FI180NK causes attenuation of these symptoms. At 5 days postinoculation and before symptoms appear, virus accumulation, HC-Pro protein levels, and viral short interfering RNA (siRNA) levels are similar for the severe (FRNK) and attenuated (FINK) strains. At this stage, ZYMV(FRNK) caused greater accumulation of most microRNAs (miRNAs), and especially of their complementary miRNA "passenger" strands (miRNA*s), in systemically infected leaves than the attenuated ZYMV(FINK) did. HC-Pro(FRNK) specifically bound artificial siRNA and miRNA/miRNA* duplexes with a much higher affinity than the mutated HC-Pro(FINK). Further analysis of the mutant and wild-type HC-Pro proteins revealed that suppressor activity of the ZYMV HC(FINK) mutant was not diminished. However, the FINK mutation caused a loss of HC-Pro suppressor function in other potyviruses. Replacement of the second positively charged amino acid in the ZYMV FRNK box to result in FRNA also caused symptom attenuation and reduced small RNA duplex-binding affinity without loss of suppressor activity. Our data suggest that the highly conserved FRNK box in the HC-Pro of potyviruses is a probable point of contact with siRNA and miRNA duplexes. The interaction of the FRNK box with populations of miRNAs directly influences their accumulation levels and regulatory functions, resulting in symptom development.
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- Yoel Moshe Shiboleth
- Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural Research Organization, the Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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Andrade M, Sato M, Uyeda I. Two Resistance Modes to Clover yellow vein virus in Pea Characterized by a Green Fluorescent Protein-Tagged Virus. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2007; 97:544-550. [PMID: 18943572 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-97-5-0544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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ABSTRACT This study characterized resistance in pea lines PI 347295 and PI 378159 to Clover yellow vein virus (ClYVV). Genetic cross experiments showed that a single recessive gene controls resistance in both lines. Conventional mechanical inoculation did not result in infection; however, particle bombardment with infectious plasmid or mechanical inoculation with concentrated viral inocula did cause infection. When ClYVV No. 30 isolate was tagged with a green fluorescent protein (GFP) and used to monitor infection, viral cell-to-cell movement differed in the two pea lines. In PI 347595, ClYVV replicated at a single-cell level, but did not move to neighboring cells, indicating that resistance operated at a cell-to-cell step. In PI 378159, the virus moved to cells around the infection site and reached the leaf veins, but viral movement was slower than that in the susceptible line. The viruses observed around the infection sites and in the veins were then recovered and inoculated again by a conventional mechanical inoculation method onto PI 378159 demonstrating that ClYVV probably had mutated and newly emerged mutant viruses can move to neighboring cells and systemically infect the plants. Tagging the virus with GFP was an efficient tool for characterizing resistance modes. Implications of the two resistance modes are discussed.
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Chen CP, Chou JC, Liu BR, Chang M, Lee HJ. Transfection and expression of plasmid DNA in plant cells by an arginine-rich intracellular delivery peptide without protoplast preparation. FEBS Lett 2007; 581:1891-7. [PMID: 17433309 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.03.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2007] [Revised: 03/01/2007] [Accepted: 03/21/2007] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The delivery and expression of exogenous genes in plant cells have been of particular interest for plant research and biotechnology. Here, we present results demonstrating a simple DNA transfection system in plants. Short arginine-rich intracellular delivery peptide, a protein transduction domain, was capable of delivering plasmid DNA into living plant cells non-covalently. This peptide-mediated DNA delivery conferred several advantages, such as nuclear targeting, non-toxic effect, and ease of preparation without protoplast formulation. Thus, this novel technology shall provide a powerful tool to investigate gene function in vivo, and lay the foundation for the production of transgenic plants in future.
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- Chung-Pin Chen
- Department of Life Science, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 97401, Taiwan
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Yang C, Guo R, Jie F, Nettleton D, Peng J, Carr T, Yeakley JM, Fan JB, Whitham SA. Spatial analysis of arabidopsis thaliana gene expression in response to Turnip mosaic virus infection. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2007; 20:358-70. [PMID: 17427806 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-20-4-0358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Virus-infected leaf tissues comprise a heterogeneous mixture of cells at different stages of infection. The spatial and temporal relationships between sites of virus accumulation and the accompanying host responses, such as altered host gene expression, are not well defined. To address this issue, we utilized Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) tagged with the green fluorescent protein to guide the dissection of infection foci into four distinct zones. The abundance of Arabidopsis thaliana mRNA transcripts in each of the four zones then was assayed using the Arabidopsis ATH1 GeneChip oligonucleotide microarray (Affymetrix). mRNA transcripts with significantly altered expression profiles were determined across gradients of virus accumulation spanning groups of cells in and around foci at different stages of infection. The extent to which TuMV-responsive genes were up- or downregulated primarily correlated with the amount of virus accumulation regardless of gene function. The spatial analysis also allowed new suites of coordinately regulated genes to be identified that are associated with chloroplast functions (decreased), sulfate assimilation (decreased), cell wall extensibility (decreased), and protein synthesis and turnover (induced). The functions of these downregulated genes are consistent with viral symptoms, such as chlorosis and stunted growth, providing new insight into mechanisms of pathogenesis.
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- Chunling Yang
- Department of Plant Pathology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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Gal-On A. Zucchini yellow mosaic virus: insect transmission and pathogenicity -the tails of two proteins. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2007; 8:139-50. [PMID: 20507486 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2007.00381.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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UNLABELLED SUMMARY Taxonomy: Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) is a member of genus Potyvirus, family Potyviridae. ZYMV is a positive-strand RNA virus. Physical properties: Virions are flexuous filaments of 680-730 nm in length and 11-13 nm in diameter, composed of about 2000 subunits of a single 31-kDa protein (calculated). The genome RNA size is 9.6 kb covalently linked to a viral-encoded protein (the VPg) at the 5' end, and with a 3' poly A tail. The 5' end of the sequence is AU-rich (69%). Viral proteins: The genome is expressed as a polyprotein cleaved by three viral proteases and processed into ten putative mature proteins. The structural coat protein is processed from the carboxyl terminus of the polyprotein and is highly immunogenic. Host and symptoms: Natural and experimental infection has been reported mainly in the Cucurbitaceae. Experimental local lesion hosts include Chenopodium amaranticolour, C. quinoa and Gomphrena globosa. Some ZYMV strains cause symptomless infection as in Ranunculus sardous, Nicotiana benthamiana and Sesamum indicum. ZYMV causes stunting and major foliar deformation with dark green blisters and mosaics in cucurbit hosts, eventually developing a filamentous leaf phenotype. In general, symptoms are severe on cucurbit hosts and cause dramatic reductions in yields due to severe fruit deformation. The virus is present in all the plant tissues at relatively high concentrations (c. 0.1 mg/mL of purified virus per 1 g fresh leaf tissue). The most suitable species for maintenance and purification is Cucurbita pepo. TRANSMISSION ZYMV is efficiently transmitted by aphids in a non-persistent manner. The coat protein (CP) and the helper component-protease (HC-Pro) are required for aphid transmission, through the CP DAG motif and the HC-Pro KLSC and PTK motifs. Mechanical transmission is efficient both in the laboratory and naturally. Economic importance: ZYMV disease is a major constraint in the production of cucurbits world-wide. The virus can cause massive damage (to total loss) to cucurbit crops, and prevents the growth of some cucurbit crops in certain areas. Control of ZYMV requires the integration of conventional resistance and transgenic breeding along with cross-protection technologies.
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- Amit Gal-On
- Department of Plant Pathology, Volcani Center-ARO, Bet-Dagan, 50250, Israel
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Shoresh M, Gal-On A, Leibman D, Chet I. Characterization of a mitogen-activated protein kinase gene from cucumber required for trichoderma-conferred plant resistance. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2006; 142:1169-79. [PMID: 16950863 PMCID: PMC1630744 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.082107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The fungal biocontrol agent Trichoderma asperellum has been recently shown to induce systemic resistance in plants through a mechanism that employs jasmonic acid and ethylene signal transduction pathways. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) proteins have been implicated in the signal transduction of a wide variety of plant stress responses. Here we report the identification and characterization of a Trichoderma-induced MAPK (TIPK) gene function in cucumber (Cucumis sativus). Similar to its homologs, wound-induced protein kinase, MPK3, and MPK3a, TIPK is also induced by wounding. Normally, preinoculation of roots with Trichoderma activates plant defense mechanisms, which result in resistance to the leaf pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv lachrymans. We used a unique attenuated virus vector, Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV-AGII), to overexpress TIPK protein and antisense (AS) RNA. Plants overexpressing TIPK were more resistant to pathogenic bacterial attack than control plants, even in the absence of Trichoderma preinoculation. On the other hand, plants expressing TIPK-AS revealed increased sensitivity to pathogen attack. Moreover, Trichoderma preinoculation could not protect these AS plants against subsequent pathogen attack. We therefore demonstrate that Trichoderma exerts its protective effect on plants through activation of the TIPK gene, a MAPK that is involved in signal transduction pathways of defense responses.
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- Michal Shoresh
- Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Haupt S, Cowan GH, Ziegler A, Roberts AG, Oparka KJ, Torrance L. Two plant-viral movement proteins traffic in the endocytic recycling pathway. THE PLANT CELL 2005; 17:164-81. [PMID: 15608333 PMCID: PMC544497 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.027821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2004] [Accepted: 11/05/2004] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Many plant viruses exploit a conserved group of proteins known as the triple gene block (TGB) for cell-to-cell movement. Here, we investigated the interaction of two TGB proteins (TGB2 and TGB3) of Potato mop-top virus (PMTV), with components of the secretory and endocytic pathways when expressed as N-terminal fusions to green fluorescent protein or monomeric red fluorescent protein (mRFP). Our studies revealed that fluorophore-labeled TGB2 and TGB3 showed an early association with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and colocalized in motile granules that used the ER-actin network for intracellular movement. Both proteins increased the size exclusion limit of plasmodesmata, and TGB3 accumulated at plasmodesmata in the absence of TGB2. TGB3 contains a putative Tyr-based sorting motif, mutations in which abolished ER localization and plasmodesmatal targeting. Later in the expression cycle, both fusion proteins were incorporated into vesicular structures. TGB2 associated with these structures on its own, but TGB3 could not be incorporated into the vesicles in the absence of TGB2. Moreover, in addition to localization to the ER and motile granules, mRFP-TGB3 was incorporated into vesicles when expressed in PMTV-infected epidermal cells, indicating recruitment by virus-expressed TGB2. The TGB fusion protein-containing vesicles were labeled with FM4-64, a marker for plasma membrane internalization and components of the endocytic pathway. TGB2 also colocalized in vesicles with Ara7, a Rab5 ortholog that marks the early endosome. Protein interaction analysis revealed that recombinant TGB2 interacted with a tobacco protein belonging to the highly conserved RME-8 family of J-domain chaperones, shown to be essential for endocytic trafficking in Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster. Collectively, the data indicate the involvement of the endocytic pathway in viral intracellular movement, the implications of which are discussed.
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- Sophie Haupt
- Programme of Cell-to-Cell Communication, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, United Kingdom
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Kimalov B, Gal-On A, Stav R, Belausov E, Arazi T. Maintenance of coat protein N-terminal net charge and not primary sequence is essential for zucchini yellow mosaic virus systemic infectivity. J Gen Virol 2004; 85:3421-3430. [PMID: 15483260 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80417-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) surface exposed coat protein (CP) N-terminal domain (Nt) is 43 aa long and contains an equal number of positively and negatively charged amino acid residues (CP-Nt net charge = 0). A ZYMV-AGII truncation mutant lacking the first 20 aa of its CP-Nt (AGII-CP Delta 20; CP-Nt net charge = +2) was found to be systemically non-infectious even though AGII mutants harbouring larger CP-Nt deletions were previously demonstrated to be fully infectious. Nevertheless, AGII-CP Delta 20 infectivity was restored by fusion to its CP-Nt two Asp residues or a negatively charged Myc peptide, both predicted to neutralize CP-Nt net positive charge. To evaluate further the significance of CP-Nt net charge for AGII infectivity, a series of CP-Nt net charge mutants was generated and analysed for systemic infectivity of squash plants. AGII-CP(KKK) harbouring a CP-Nt amino fusion of three Lys residues (CP-Nt net charge = +3) was not systemically infectious. Addition of up to four Asp residues to CP-Nt did not abolish virus infectivity, although certain mutants were genetically unstable and had delayed infectivity. Addition of five negatively charged residues abolished infectivity (AGII-CP(DDDDD); CP-Nt net charge = -5) even though a recombinant CP(DDDDD) could assemble into potyviral-like particle in bacteria. Neutralization of CP-Nt net charge by fusing Asp or Lys residues recovered infectivity of AGII-CP(KKK) and AGII-CP(DDDDD). GFP-tagging of these mutants has demonstrated that both viruses have defective cell-to-cell movement. Together, these findings suggest that maintenance of CP-Nt net charge and not primary sequence is essential for ZYMV infectivity.
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- Boaz Kimalov
- Department of Ornamental Horticulture, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, PO Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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- Department of Virology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, PO Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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- Department of Ornamental Horticulture, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, PO Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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- Horticulture Institute, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, PO Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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- Department of Ornamental Horticulture, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, PO Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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Gao Z, Johansen E, Eyers S, Thomas CL, Noel Ellis TH, Maule AJ. The potyvirus recessive resistance gene, sbm1, identifies a novel role for translation initiation factor eIF4E in cell-to-cell trafficking. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 40:376-85. [PMID: 15469495 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2004.02215.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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From the characterization of the recessive resistance gene, sbm1, in pea we have identified the eukaryotic translation initiation factor, eIF4E, as a susceptibility factor required for infection with the Potyvirus, Pea seed-borne mosaic virus. A functional analysis of the mode of action of the product of the dominant allele revealed a novel function for eIF4E in its support for virus movement from cell-to-cell, in addition to its probable support for viral RNA translation, and hence replication. Different resistance specificities in two independent pea lines were explained by different mutations in eIF4E. On the modelled structure of eIF4E the coding changes were in both cases lying in and around the structural pocket involved in binding the 5'-m7G cap of eukaryotic mRNAs. Protein expression and cap-binding analysis showed that eIF4E encoded by a resistant plant could not bind to m7G-Sepharose, a result which may point to functional redundancy between eIF4E and the paralogous eIF(iso)4E in resistant peas. These observations, together with related findings for other potyvirus recessive resistances, provide a more complete picture of the potyvirus life cycle.
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- Zhihuan Gao
- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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Fernandez-Delmond I, Pierrugues O, de Wispelaere M, Guilbaud L, Gaubert S, Divéki Z, Godon C, Tepfer M, Jacquemond M. A novel strategy for creating recombinant infectious RNA virus genomes. J Virol Methods 2004; 121:247-57. [PMID: 15381363 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2004.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2004] [Revised: 07/05/2004] [Accepted: 07/13/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Reverse transcriptases with RNase H activity are particularly apt to switch templates and generate recombinant molecules in vitro. This property has been exploited for the first time to create a library of recombinant RNAs 3 between two strains of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) or between CMV and Tomato aspermy virus (TAV), which share 75 and 63% sequence identity, respectively. The recombination events were almost entirely of the precise homologous type, and occurred at the same sites as those previously identified in co-infected plants, making it possible to use this strategy to create numerous cDNA fragments with crossovers similar to those occurring in vivo. Sub-cloning of recombinant fragments into an infectious full-length clone was accomplished by homologous recombination in yeast, alleviating the need for in vitro ligation at common restriction sites. Most of the recombinant genomes were infectious. Association of these two methods constitutes an efficient and practical means for generating numerous infectious viral genomes equivalent to ones that might arise by precise homologous recombination between two parental viral genomes in nature.
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Wang Y, Tzfira T, Gaba V, Citovsky V, Palukaitis P, Gal-On A. Functional analysis of the Cucumber mosaic virus 2b protein: pathogenicity and nuclear localization. J Gen Virol 2004; 85:3135-3147. [PMID: 15448377 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80250-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The 2b protein encoded by Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) has been shown to be a silencing suppressor and pathogenicity determinant in solanaceous hosts, but a movement determinant in cucumber. In addition, synergistic interactions between CMV and Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) have been described in several cucurbit species. Here, it was shown that deletion of the 2b gene from CMV prevented extensive systemic movement of the virus in zucchini squash, which could not be complemented by co-infection with ZYMV. Thus, ZYMV expressing a silencing suppressor with a different target could not complement the CMV 2b-specific movement function. Expression of the 2b protein from an attenuated ZYMV vector resulted in a synergistic response, largely restoring infection symptoms of wild-type ZYMV in several cucurbit species. Deletion or alteration of either of two nuclear localization signals (NLSs) did not affect nuclear localization in two assays, but did affect pathogenicity in several cucurbit species, whilst deletion of both NLSs led to loss of nuclear localization. The 2b protein interacted with an Arabidopsis thaliana karyopherin alpha protein (AtKAPalpha) in the yeast two-hybrid system, as did each of the two single NLS-deletion mutants. However, 2b protein containing a deletion of both NLSs was unable to interact with AtKAPalpha. These data suggest that the 2b protein localizes to the nucleus by using the karyopherin alpha-mediated system, but demonstrate that nuclear localization was insufficient for enhancement of the 2b-mediated pathogenic response in cucurbit hosts. Thus, the sequences corresponding to the two NLSs must have another role leading to pathogenicity enhancement.
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- Yongzeng Wang
- Department of Virology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215, USA
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- Department of Virology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215, USA
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- Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK
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- Department of Virology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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Gao Z, Eyers S, Thomas C, Ellis N, Maule A. Identification of markers tightly linked to sbm recessive genes for resistance to Pea seed-borne mosaic virus. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2004; 109:488-94. [PMID: 15067509 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-004-1652-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2003] [Accepted: 02/25/2004] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Two virus resistance loci on linkage groups II and VI have provided the only sources of natural resistance against Pea seed-borne mosaic virus (PSbMV, Potyviridae) in the important crop plant Pisum sativum L. A combination of parallel approaches was used to collate linked markers, particularly for sbm-1 resistance on linkage group VI. We have identified sequences derived from the genes for the eukaryotic translation initiation factors eIF4E and eIF(iso)4E as being very tightly linked to the resistance gene clusters on linkage groups VI and II, respectively. In particular, no recombinants between sbm-1 and eIF4E were found amongst 500 individuals of an F2 cross between the BC4 resistant line (JI1405) and its recurrent susceptible parent 'Scout'. In a different mapping population, the gene eIF(iso)4E was also shown to be linked to sbm-2 on linkage group II. A parallel cDNA-AFLP comparison of pairs of resistant and susceptible lines also identified an expressed tag marker just 0.7 cM from sbm-1. eIF4E and eIF(iso)4E have been associated with resistance to related viruses in other hosts. This correlation strengthens the use of our markers as valuable tools to assist in breeding multiple virus resistances into peas, and identifies potential targets for resistance gene identification in pea.
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- Z Gao
- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, UK
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Moury B, Morel C, Johansen E, Guilbaud L, Souche S, Ayme V, Caranta C, Palloix A, Jacquemond M. Mutations in potato virus Y genome-linked protein determine virulence toward recessive resistances in Capsicum annuum and Lycopersicon hirsutum. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2004; 17:322-329. [PMID: 15000399 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.2004.17.3.322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The recessive resistance genes pot-1 and pvr2 in Lycopersicon hirsutum and Capsicum annuum, respectively, control Potato virus Y (PVY) accumulation in the inoculated leaves. Infectious cDNA molecules from two PVY isolates differing in their virulence toward these resistances were obtained using two different strategies. Chimeras constructed with these cDNA clones showed that a single nucleotide change corresponding to an amino acid substitution (Arg119His) in the central part of the viral protein genome-linked (VPg) was involved in virulence toward the pot-1 resistance. On the other hand, 15 nucleotide changes corresponding to five putative amino acid differences in the same region of the VPg affected virulence toward the pvr2(1) and pvr2(2) resistances. Substitution models identified six and five codons within the central and C terminal parts of the VPg for PVY and for the related potyvirus Potato virus A, respectively, which undergo positive selection. This suggests that the role of the VPg-encoding region is determined by the protein and not by the viral RNA apart from its protein-encoding capacity.
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- Benoît Moury
- Station de Pathologie Végétale, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, F-84143 Montfavet cedex, France.
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The discovery that plants recognize and degrade invading viral RNA caused a paradigm shift in our understanding of viral/host interactions. Combined with the discovery that plants cosuppress their own genes if they are transformed with homologous transgenes, new models for both plant intercellular communication and viral defense have emerged. Plant biologists adapted homology-based defense mechanisms triggered by incoming viruses to target individual genes for silencing in a process called virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS). Both VIGS- and dsRNA-containing transformation cassettes are increasingly being used for reverse genetics as part of an integrated approach to determining gene function. Virus-derived vectors silence gene expression without transformation and selection. However, because viruses also alter gene expression in their host, the process of VIGS must be understood. This review examines how DNA and RNA viruses have been modified to silence plant gene expression. I discuss advantages and disadvantages of VIGS in determining gene function and guidelines for the safe use of viral vectors.
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- Dominique Robertson
- Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7612, USA.
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Desbiez C, Gal-On A, Girard M, Wipf-Scheibel C, Lecoq H. Increase in Zucchini yellow mosaic virus Symptom Severity in Tolerant Zucchini Cultivars Is Related to a Point Mutation in P3 Protein and Is Associated with a Loss of Relative Fitness on Susceptible Plants. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2003; 93:1478-84. [PMID: 18943611 DOI: 10.1094/phyto.2003.93.12.1478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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ABSTRACT Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV, Potyvirus) is a very damaging cucurbit virus worldwide. Interspecific crosses with resistant Cucurbita moschata have led to the release of "resistant" zucchini squash (C. pepo) F(1) hybrids. However, although the resistance is almost complete in C. moschata, the commercial C. pepo hybrids are only tolerant. ZYMV evolution toward increased aggressiveness on tolerant hybrids was observed in the field and was obtained experimentally. Sequence comparisons and recombination experiments revealed that a point mutation in the P3 protein of ZYMV was enough to induce tolerance breaking. Competition experiments were performed between quasi-isogenic wild-type, and aggressive variants of ZYMV distinguished by monoclonal antibodies. The aggressive mutants were more fit than wild-type strains in mixed infections of tolerant zucchini, but they presented a drastic fitness loss in mixed infections of susceptible zucchini or melon. Thus, the ability to induce severe symptoms in tolerant zucchini is related to a genetic load in susceptible zucchini, but also on other susceptible hosts. This represents the first quantitative study of the fitness cost associated with tolerance breaking for a plant virus. Thus, although easily broken, the tolerance might prove durable in some conditions if the aggressive variants are counterselected in susceptible crops.
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Sato M, Masuta C, Uyeda I. Natural resistance to Clover yellow vein virus in beans controlled by a single recessive locus. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2003; 16:994-1002. [PMID: 14601667 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.2003.16.11.994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We characterized the resistance of the common bean cv. Jolanda to Clover yellow vein virus no. 30 (ClYVV). After inoculation, the virus was detected in neither inoculated nor upper leaves, suggesting that the resistance operates at either the viral replication or cell-to-cell movement level. To analyze the mechanism of resistance, we developed a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged ClYVV, and monitored GFP fluorescence at sites of infection on ClYVV-inoculated leaves. No GFP fluorescence was detected in Jolanda, whereas its expression in single cells and spread on inoculated leaves were observed clearly in susceptible cultivars. ClYVV-introduced Jolanda cells were found to be still viable; therefore, it is unlikely that the restriction of multiplication was due to rapid cell death. Genetic analysis indicated that a single recessive locus controlled the resistant phenotype of Jolanda. We designated this locus desc (determinant of susceptibility to ClYVV). Meanwhile, a spontaneous mutant virus that overcomes the resistance (ClYVV-Br) was isolated. Inoculation assays using chimeric viruses suggested that a viral genome-linked protein (VPg) might be the avirulence determinant. The resistance mechanism may be associated with the role of VPg in the viral infection cycle.
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- Masanao Sato
- Pathogen-Plant Interactions Group, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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Valat L, Mode F, Mauro MC, Burrus M. Preliminary attempts to biolistic inoculation of grapevine fanleaf virus. J Virol Methods 2003; 108:29-40. [PMID: 12565151 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-0934(02)00251-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Biolistics has been studied to inoculate grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV), a Nepovirus, to its natural woody host, Vitis sp., and its herbaceous host, Chenopodium quinoa. At first, bombardment conditions for in vitro and greenhouse grown plants were set using the uidA reporter gene. The infectious feature of the cartridges was then evaluated by studying infection of C. quinoa plants. Systemic infection was obtained with either GFLV particles or RNA extracts in experimental conditions which gave also the highest transient uidA gene expression. Concerning grapevine, our results indicate that extrapolation to this plant is difficult. In only 1 out of 8 independent bombardment experiments done with GFLV and 41B, we were able to detect the virus in freshly bombarded leaves. Similarly, later after bombardment, Pol mRNAs were detected once, at days 7 and 14 only. Incubating the plants in darkness, as suggested in the literature, or using Rupestris Saint Georges, an indicator for GFLV presence, did not yield any improvement. Finely, our observations suggest that detection of GFLV in bombarded grapevine tissues by immunological or molecular techniques remains a limiting factor, probably due to an excess of inhibitory compounds released during the biolistic process.
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- L Valat
- Laboratoire de Biologie et Physiologie Végétales, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, BP 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France
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Taylor NJ, Fauquet CM. Microparticle bombardment as a tool in plant science and agricultural biotechnology. DNA Cell Biol 2002; 21:963-77. [PMID: 12573053 DOI: 10.1089/104454902762053891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Microparticle bombardment technology has evolved as a method for delivering exogenous nucleic acids into plant cells and is a commonly employed technique in plant science. Desired genetic material is precipitated onto micron-sized metal particles and placed within one of a variety of devices designed to accelerate these "microcarriers" to velocities required to penetrate the plant cell wall. In this manner, transgenes can be delivered into the cell's genome or plastome. Since the late 1980s microparticle bombardment has become a powerful tool for the study of gene expression and production of stably transformed tissues and whole transgenic plants for experimental purposes and agricultural applications. This paper reviews development and application of the technology, including the protocols and mechanical systems employed as delivery systems, and the types of plant cells and culture systems employed to generate effective "targets" for receiving the incoming genetic material. Current understanding of how the exogenous DNA becomes integrated into the plant's native genetic background are assessed as are methods for improving the efficiency of this process. Pros and cons of particle bombardment technologies compared to alternative direct gene transfer methods and Agrobacterium based transformation systems are discussed.
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- Nigel J Taylor
- International Laboratory for Tropical Agricultural Biotechnology, Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri 63132, USA.
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Arazi T, Lee Huang P, Huang PL, Zhang L, Moshe Shiboleth Y, Gal-On A, Lee-Huang S. Production of antiviral and antitumor proteins MAP30 and GAP31 in cucurbits using the plant virus vector ZYMV-AGII. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 292:441-8. [PMID: 11906182 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2002.6653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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ZYMV-AGII (zucchini yellow mosaic virus-AGII) is a recombinant nonpathogenic potyvirus-based vector system for the expression of foreign genes in cucurbit plants and their edible fruits, including squash, cucumber, melon, watermelon, and pumpkin. MAP30 (Momordica anti-HIV protein, 30 kDa) and GAP31 (Gelonium anti-HIV protein 31 kDa) are multifunctional plant proteins with activity against HIV-1 virus. These proteins are also effective against other viruses, tumor cells, and microbes. We report here the production and characterization of biologically active MAP30 and GAP31 in squash plant by expression of their genes using the ZYMV-AGII vector. Recombinant expressed MAP30 and GAP31 exhibit comparable antiviral, antitumor, and antimicrobial activities as their counterparts from their original plant sources, with EC(50)s in the ranges of 0.2-0.3 nM for HIV-1. These results demonstrate for the first time the amplification and production of therapeutic proteins, MAP30 and GAP31, in common vegetables. This provides valuable alternative food sources of these antiviral, antitumor, and antimicrobial agents for therapeutic applications.
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Shiboleth YM, Arazi T, Wang Y, Gal-On A. A new approach for weed control in a cucurbit field employing an attenuated potyvirus-vector for herbicide resistance. J Biotechnol 2001; 92:37-46. [PMID: 11604171 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1656(01)00363-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Expression of bar, a phosphinothricin acetyltransferase, in plant tissues, leads to resistance of these plants to glufosinate ammonium based herbicides. We have created a bar expressing, attenuated zucchini yellow mosaic potyvirus-vector, AGII-Bar, to enable herbicide use in cucurbit fields. The parental vector, ZYMV-AGII, has been rendered environmentally safe by both disease-symptom attenuation and aphid-assisted virus transmission abolishment. The recombinant AGII-Bar virus-encoding cDNA, when inoculated on diverse cucurbits was highly infectious, accumulated to similar levels as AGII, and elicited attenuated AGII-like symptoms. Potted cucurbits inoculated with AGII-Bar became herbicide resistant about a week post-inoculation. Herbicide resistance was sustained in squash over a period of at least 26 days and for at least 60 days in cucumber grown in a net-house under commercial conditions. To test the applicability of AGII-Bar use in a weed-infested field, a controlled experiment including more than 450 plants inoculated with this construct, was performed. Different dosages of glufosinate ammonium were sprayed, 2 weeks after planting, on the foliage of melons, cucumbers, squash, and watermelons. AGII-Bar provided protection to all inoculated plants, of every variety tested, at each dosage applied, including the highest doses that totally eradicated weeds. This study demonstrates that AGII-Bar can be utilized to facilitate weed control in cucurbits and exemplifies the practical potential of attenuated virus-vector use in agriculture.
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- Y M Shiboleth
- ViroGene Ltd., Har-Hotzvim, PO Box 45010, Jerusalem 91045, Israel
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Arazi T, Shiboleth YM, Gal-On A. A nonviral peptide can replace the entire N terminus of zucchini yellow mosaic potyvirus coat protein and permits viral systemic infection. J Virol 2001; 75:6329-36. [PMID: 11413299 PMCID: PMC114355 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.14.6329-6336.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Systematic deletion and peptide tagging of the amino-terminal domain (NT, ~43 amino acids) of an attenuated zucchini yellow mosaic potyvirus (ZYMV-AGII) coat protein (CP) were used to elucidate its role in viral systemic infection. Deletion mutants truncated by 8, 13, and 33 amino acid residues from the CP-NT 5' end were systemically infectious and produced symptoms similar to those of the AGII virus. Tagging these deletion mutants with either human c-Myc (Myc) or hexahistidine peptides maintained viral infectivity. Similarly, addition of these peptides to the intact AGII CP-NT did not affect viral life cycle. To determine which parts, if any, of the CP-NT are essential for viral systemic infection, a series of Myc-tagged mutants with 8 to 43 amino acids removed from the CP-NT were constructed. All Myc-tagged CP-NT deletion mutants, including those from which virtually all the viral CP-NT had been eliminated, were able to encapsidate and cause systemic infection. Furthermore, chimeric viruses with deletions of up to 33 amino acids from CP-NT produced symptoms indistinguishable from those caused by the parental AGII virus. In contrast to CP-NT Myc fusion, addition of the foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) immunogenic epitope to AGII CP-NT did not permit systemic infection. However, fusion of the Myc peptide to the N terminus of the FMDV peptide restored the capability of the virus to spread systemically. We have demonstrated that all CP-NT fused peptides were exposed on the virion surface, masking natural CP immunogenic determinants. Our findings demonstrate that CP-NT is not essential for ZYMV spread and that it can be replaced by an appropriate foreign peptide while maintaining systemic infectivity.
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- T Arazi
- ViroGene Ltd., Har-Hotzvim, Jerusalem 91045, Israel
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Arazi T, Slutsky SG, Shiboleth YM, Wang Y, Rubinstein M, Barak S, Yang J, Gal-On A. Engineering zucchini yellow mosaic potyvirus as a non-pathogenic vector for expression of heterologous proteins in cucurbits. J Biotechnol 2001; 87:67-82. [PMID: 11267700 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1656(01)00229-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Plant virus vectors provide an attractive biotechnological tool for the transient expression of foreign genes in whole plants. As yet there has been no use of recombinant viruses for the improvement of commercial crops. This is mainly because the viruses used to create vectors usually cause significant yield loss and can be transmitted in the field. A novel attenuated zucchini yellow mosaic potyvirus (AG) was used for the development of an environmentally safe non-pathogenic virus vector. The suitability of AG as an expression vector in plants was tested by analysis of two infectious viral constructs, each containing a distinct gene insertion site. Introduction of a foreign viral coat protein gene into AG genome between the P1 and HC-Pro genes, resulted in no expression in planta. In contrast, the same gene was stably expressed when inserted between NIb and CP genes, suggesting that this site is more suitable for a gene vector. Virus-mediated expression of reporter genes was observed in squash and cucumber leaves, stems, roots and edible fruit. Furthermore, AG stably expressed human interferon-alpha 2, an important human anti-viral drug, without affecting plant development and yield. Interferon biological activity was measured in cucumber and squash fruit. Together, these data corroborate a biotechnological utility of AG as a non-pathogenic vector for the expression of a foreign gene, as a benefit trait, in cucurbits and their edible fruit.
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- T Arazi
- ViroGene Limited, Har-Hotzvim, P.O. Box 45010, 91045, Jerusalem, Israel
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López-Moya JJ, García JA. Construction of a stable and highly infectious intron-containing cDNA clone of plum pox potyvirus and its use to infect plants by particle bombardment. Virus Res 2000; 68:99-107. [PMID: 10958981 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(00)00161-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An infectious plum pox potyvirus cDNA clone was constructed placing a copy of the full-length sequence of the virus genome between an enhanced cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter and a nopaline synthase termination signal. Stabilization of the clone and faster growth of bacteria, in addition to higher plasmid yield, followed a modification consisting of the insertion of an intron which interrupted the viral open reading frame at the P3 region. This intron-containing clone was infectious when inoculated into plants after undergoing in vivo transcription and splicing. Particle bombardment delivery of the cDNA greatly increased the efficiency of plant infection.
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- J J López-Moya
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Campus de la Universidad Autónoma, CSIC, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Wang Y, Gaba V, Wolf D, Xia XD, Zelcer A, Gal-On A. Identification of a novel plant virus promoter using a potyvirus infectious clone. Virus Genes 2000; 20:11-7. [PMID: 10766302 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008199805099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A putative promoter from the strawberry vein banding caulimovirus (SVBV) genome was identified by its ability to drive infection with full-length cDNA of the zucchini yellow mosaic RNA potyvirus (ZYMV). A high rate of infection was obtained with the cDNA under control of the SVBV promoter using particle bombardment technology. The SVBV promoter shows 60% homology to the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter in the domain spanning the conserved motifs of CCACT (at -83) and the TATA box (at -31), to the transcription start. The 3'-end one-third of the putative promoter (328 bp) was sufficient to invoke full infectivity with the ZYMV clone, and drove transient reporter gene expression in Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae transformed with a binary plant transformation vector. Stable expression of a reporter gene (GUS) under control of the truncated SVBV promoter was shown in transformed tobacco shoots in roots, leaves and stems.
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- Y Wang
- Department of Virology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
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Gal-On A. A Point Mutation in the FRNK Motif of the Potyvirus Helper Component-Protease Gene Alters Symptom Expression in Cucurbits and Elicits Protection Against the Severe Homologous Virus. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2000; 90:467-473. [PMID: 18944551 DOI: 10.1094/phyto.2000.90.5.467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
Abstract
Sequence comparison had previously shown three amino acid changes in conserved motifs in the 455-amino acid sequence of the helper component-protease (HC-Pro) between a severe field strain of Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV-NAT) and a mild field strain of ZYMV (ZYMV-WK). In this study, exchange of fragments and site-directed mutagenesis within the HC-Pro gene in an infectious clone of ZYMV enabled the effects of the mutations on symptom expression to be mapped. The substitution of Ile for Arg at position 180 in the conserved motif Phe-Arg-Asn-Lys (FRNK) of potyviruses was found to affect symptom expression. Infection of cucurbits with the engineered ZYMV (ZYMV-AG) that contained this mutation caused a dramatic symptom change from severe to mild in squash and to a symptom-free appearance in cucumber, melon, and watermelon. The Ile to Arg mutation was found to be stable, and no revertant virus was found after several passages through plants after long incubation periods. The AG strain was detected 4 days postinoculation and accumulated in cucurbits to a level and with kinetics similar to that of the wild-type ZYMV-AT strain. Cucurbit plants infected with the AG strain were protected against infection by the severe strain.
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