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Rai A, Sivalingam PN, Senthil-Kumar M. A spotlight on non-host resistance to plant viruses. PeerJ 2022; 10:e12996. [PMID: 35382007 PMCID: PMC8977066 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Plant viruses encounter a range of host defenses including non-host resistance (NHR), leading to the arrest of virus replication and movement in plants. Viruses have limited host ranges, and adaptation to a new host is an atypical phenomenon. The entire genotypes of plant species which are imperceptive to every single isolate of a genetically variable virus species are described as non-hosts. NHR is the non-specific resistance manifested by an innately immune non-host due to pre-existing and inducible defense responses, which cannot be evaded by yet-to-be adapted plant viruses. NHR-to-plant viruses are widespread, but the phenotypic variation is often not detectable within plant species. Therefore, molecular and genetic mechanisms of NHR need to be systematically studied to enable exploitation in crop protection. This article comprehensively describes the possible mechanisms of NHR against plant viruses. Also, the previous definition of NHR to plant viruses is insufficient, and the main aim of this article is to sensitize plant pathologists to the existence of NHR to plant viruses and to highlight the need for immediate and elaborate research in this area.
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- Avanish Rai
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
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Marttinen EM, Lehtonen MT, van Gessel N, Reski R, Valkonen JPT. Viral suppressor of RNA silencing in vascular plants also interferes with the development of the bryophyte Physcomitrella patens. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2022; 45:220-235. [PMID: 34564869 PMCID: PMC9135061 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plant viruses are important pathogens able to overcome plant defense mechanisms using their viral suppressors of RNA silencing (VSR). Small RNA pathways of bryophytes and vascular plants have significant similarities, but little is known about how viruses interact with mosses. This study elucidated the responses of Physcomitrella patens to two different VSRs. We transformed P. patens plants to express VSR P19 from tomato bushy stunt virus and VSR 2b from cucumber mosaic virus, respectively. RNA sequencing and quantitative PCR were used to detect the effects of VSRs on gene expression. Small RNA (sRNA) sequencing was used to estimate the influences of VSRs on the sRNA pool of P. patens. Expression of either VSR-encoding gene caused developmental disorders in P. patens. The transcripts of four different transcription factors (AP2/erf, EREB-11 and two MYBs) accumulated in the P19 lines. sRNA sequencing revealed that VSR P19 significantly changed the microRNA pool in P. patens. Our results suggest that VSR P19 is functional in P. patens and affects the abundance of specific microRNAs interfering with gene expression. The results open new opportunities for using Physcomitrella as an alternative system to study plant-virus interactions.
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- Eeva M. Marttinen
- Department of Agricultural SciencesUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Agricultural SciencesUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
- Plant Analytics UnitFinnish Food AuthorityHelsinkiFinland
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- Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of BiologyUniversity of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
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- Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of BiologyUniversity of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
- Signalling Research Centres BIOSS and CIBSSUniversity of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
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The modern view of the mechanism of intercellular movement of viruses is based largely on data from the study of the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) 30-kDa movement protein (MP). The discovered properties and abilities of TMV MP, namely, (a) in vitro binding of single-stranded RNA in a non-sequence-specific manner, (b) participation in the intracellular trafficking of genomic RNA to the plasmodesmata (Pd), and (c) localization in Pd and enhancement of Pd permeability, have been used as a reference in the search and analysis of candidate proteins from other plant viruses. Nevertheless, although almost four decades have passed since the introduction of the term “movement protein” into scientific circulation, the mechanism underlying its function remains unclear. It is unclear why, despite the absence of homology, different MPs are able to functionally replace each other in trans-complementation tests. Here, we consider the complexity and contradictions of the approaches for assessment of the ability of plant viral proteins to perform their movement function. We discuss different aspects of the participation of MP and MP/vRNA complexes in intra- and intercellular transport. In addition, we summarize the essential MP properties for their functioning as “conditioners”, creating a favorable environment for viral reproduction.
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Carpino C, Ferriol Safont I, Elvira‐González L, Medina V, Rubio L, Peri E, Davino S, Galipienso Torregrosa L. RNA2-encoded VP37 protein of Broad bean wilt virus 1 is a determinant of pathogenicity, host susceptibility, and a suppressor of post-transcriptional gene silencing. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2020; 21:1421-1435. [PMID: 32936537 PMCID: PMC7549002 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Broad bean wilt virus 1 (BBWV-1, genus Fabavirus, family Secoviridae) is a bipartite, single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus infecting many horticultural and ornamental crops worldwide. RNA1 encodes proteins involved in viral replication whereas RNA2 encodes two coat proteins (the large and small coat proteins) and two putative movement proteins (MPs) of different sizes with overlapping C-terminal regions. In this work, we determined the role played by the small putative BBWV-1 MP (VP37) on virus pathogenicity, host specificity, and suppression of post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS). We engineered a BBWV-1 35S-driven full-length cDNA infectious clone corresponding to BBWV-1 RNA1 and RNA2 (pBBWV1-Wt) and generated a mutant knocking out VP37 (pBBWV1-G492C). Agroinfiltration assays showed that pBBWV1-Wt, as the original BBWV-1 isolate, infected broad bean, tomato, pepper, and Nicotiana benthamiana, whereas pBBWV1-G492C did not infect pepper and tomato systemically. Also, pBBWV1-G492C induced milder symptoms in broad bean and N. benthamiana than pBBWV1-Wt. Differential retrotranscription and amplification of the (+) and (-) strands showed that pBBWV1-G492C replicated in the agroinfiltrated leaves of pepper but not in tomato. All this suggests that VP37 is a determinant of pathogenicity and host specificity. Transient expression of VP37 through a potato virus X (PVX) vector enhanced PVX symptoms and induced systemic necrosis associated with programmed cell death in N. benthamiana plants. Finally, VP37 was identified as a viral suppressor of RNA silencing by transient expression in N. benthamiana 16c plants and movement complementation of a viral construct based on turnip crinkle virus (pTCV-GFP).
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- Caterina Carpino
- Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones AgrariasValenciaSpain
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry ScienceUniversity of PalermoPalermoItaly
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- Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones AgrariasValenciaSpain
- Departamento de BiotecnologíaEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería NaturalUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaValenciaSpain
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- Departamento de Producción Vegetal y Ciencia ForestalUniversitat de LleidaLleidaSpain
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- Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones AgrariasValenciaSpain
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry ScienceUniversity of PalermoPalermoItaly
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry ScienceUniversity of PalermoPalermoItaly
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Zhang X, Ding X, Li Z, Wang S. Development of Tomato bushy stunt virus-based vectors for fusion and non-fusion expression of heterologous proteins in an alternative host Nicotiana excelsiana. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:8413-8425. [PMID: 32830290 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10837-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Revised: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Plant virus-based expression systems are an alternative expression platform for the production of clinically and industrially useful recombinant proteins. Nonetheless, due to a lack of viral vector with the commercial potentials, it is urgent to design and develop new, versatile, and efficient plant virus vectors. The genome of Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) offers an attractive alternative to being modified as a vector for producing heterologous proteins in plants. Here, we developed a set of novel fusion and non-fusion TBSV-CP replacement vectors, which provide more flexible and efficient tools for expressing proteins of interest in plants. An alternative tobacco plant, Nicotiana excelsiana, was used in this study as a host for newly constructed TBSV vectors because the unwanted necrotic effects were reported on the commonly used Nicotiana benthamiana host associated with expression of TBSV-encoded P19 protein. The data showed that TBSV vectors caused a symptomless infection and overexpressed reporter gene in N. excelsiana leaves, demonstrating that N. excelsiana is an ideal host plant for TBSV-mediated heterologous gene expression. Moreover, a TBSV non-fusion vector, dAUG, shows the similar accumulation level of reporter proteins to that of TMV- and PVX-based vectors in side-by-side comparison and provides more flexible aspects than the previously developed TBSV vectors. Collectively, our newly developed TBSV expression system adds a new member to the family of plant viral expression vectors and meanwhile offers a flexible and highly effective approach for producing proteins of interest in plants. KEY POINTS: • The TBSV-based transient expression system has been significantly improved. • The necrotic effects caused by viral P19 protein were avoided by the usage of N. excelsiana as a host plant. • The expression level of the non-fusion vector was similar to the most effective virus vectors reported so far.
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- Xiqian Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in Western China, Yinchuan, 750021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in Western China, Yinchuan, 750021, China
- School of Life Science, Ningxia University, 539 W Helanshan Road, Yinchuan, 750021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in Western China, Yinchuan, 750021, China
- School of Life Science, Ningxia University, 539 W Helanshan Road, Yinchuan, 750021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in Western China, Yinchuan, 750021, China.
- School of Life Science, Ningxia University, 539 W Helanshan Road, Yinchuan, 750021, China.
- Key Laboratory of Modern Molecular Breeding for Dominant and Special Crops in Ningxia, Yinchuan, 750021, China.
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Zhang CW, Liu Q, Zeng Q, Huang WT, Wang Q, Cheng YQ. p24 G1 Encoded by Grapevine Leafroll-Associated Virus 1 Suppresses RNA Silencing and Elicits Hypersensitive Response-Like Necrosis in Nicotiana Species. Viruses 2020; 12:E1111. [PMID: 33007975 PMCID: PMC7601950 DOI: 10.3390/v12101111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 1 (GLRaV-1) is a major pathogen associated with grapevine leafroll disease. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying GLRaV-1 interactions with plant cells are unclear. Using Agrobacterium infiltration-mediated RNA-silencing assays, we demonstrated that GLRaV-1 p24 protein (p24G1) acts as an RNA-silencing suppressor (RSS), inhibiting local and systemic RNA silencing. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays showed that p24G1 binds double-stranded 21-nucleotide small interfering RNA (siRNA), and that siRNA binding is required but not sufficient for its RSS activity. p24G1 localizes in the nucleus and can self-interact through its amino acid 10 to 210 region. Dimerization is needed for p24G1 interaction with importin α1 before moving to the nucleus, but is not required for its siRNA binding and RSS activity. Expression of p24G1 from a binary pGD vector or potato virus X-based vector elicited a strong hypersensitive response in Nicotiana species, indicating that p24G1 may be a factor in pathogenesis. Furthermore, p24G1 function in pathogenesis required its RSS activity, dimerization and nuclear localization. In addition, the region of amino acids 122-139 played a crucial role in the nuclear import, siRNA binding, silencing suppression and pathogenic activity of p24G1. These results contribute to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying GLRaV-1 infection.
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- Chen-Wei Zhang
- Department of Pomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (C.-W.Z.); (Q.L.); (Q.Z.); (W.-T.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Viticulture and Enology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Pomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (C.-W.Z.); (Q.L.); (Q.Z.); (W.-T.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Viticulture and Enology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Pomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (C.-W.Z.); (Q.L.); (Q.Z.); (W.-T.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Viticulture and Enology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Pomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (C.-W.Z.); (Q.L.); (Q.Z.); (W.-T.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Viticulture and Enology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;
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- Department of Pomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (C.-W.Z.); (Q.L.); (Q.Z.); (W.-T.H.)
- Key Laboratory of Viticulture and Enology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
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Islam S, Bhor SA, Tanaka K, Sakamoto H, Yaeno T, Kaya H, Kobayashi K. Transcriptome Analysis Shows Activation of Stress and Defense Responses by Silencing of Chlorophyll Biosynthetic Enzyme CHLI in Transgenic Tobacco. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E7044. [PMID: 32987929 PMCID: PMC7582866 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21197044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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In the present study, we have shown the transcriptional changes in a chlorosis model transgenic tobacco plant, i-amiCHLI, in which an artificial micro RNA is expressed in a chemically inducible manner to silence the expression of CHLI genes encoding a subunit of a chlorophyll biosynthetic enzyme. Comparison to the inducer-treated and untreated control non-transformants and untreated i-amiCHLI revealed that 3568 and 3582 genes were up- and down-regulated, respectively, in the inducer-treated i-amiCHLI plants. Gene Ontology enrichment analysis of these differentially expressed genes indicated the upregulation of the genes related to innate immune responses, and cell death pathways, and the downregulation of genes for photosynthesis, plastid organization, and primary and secondary metabolic pathways in the inducer-treated i-amiCHLI plants. The cell death in the chlorotic tissues with a preceding H2O2 production was observed in the inducer-treated i-amiCHLI plants, confirming the activation of the immune response. The involvement of activated innate immune response in the chlorosis development was supported by the comparative expression analysis between the two transgenic chlorosis model systems, i-amiCHLI and i-hpHSP90C, in which nuclear genes encoding different chloroplast proteins were similarly silenced.
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- Shaikhul Islam
- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan; (S.I.); (S.A.B.); (T.Y.); (H.K.)
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan; (S.I.); (S.A.B.); (T.Y.); (H.K.)
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- NODAI Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan;
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- Faculty of Bio-Industry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Abashiri, Hokkaido 099-2493, Japan;
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan; (S.I.); (S.A.B.); (T.Y.); (H.K.)
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
- Research Unit for Citromics, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan; (S.I.); (S.A.B.); (T.Y.); (H.K.)
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
- Research Unit for Citromics, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan; (S.I.); (S.A.B.); (T.Y.); (H.K.)
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
- Research Unit for Citromics, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
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Islam S, Bhor SA, Tanaka K, Sakamoto H, Yaeno T, Kaya H, Kobayashi K. Impaired Expression of Chloroplast HSP90C Chaperone Activates Plant Defense Responses with a Possible Link to a Disease-Symptom-Like Phenotype. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E4202. [PMID: 32545608 PMCID: PMC7352560 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21124202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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RNA-seq analysis of a transgenic tobacco plant, i-hpHSP90C, in which chloroplast HSP90C genes can be silenced in an artificially inducible manner resulting in the development of chlorosis, revealed the up- and downregulation of 2746 and 3490 genes, respectively. Gene ontology analysis of these differentially expressed genes indicated the upregulation of ROS-responsive genes; the activation of the innate immunity and cell death pathways; and the downregulation of genes involved in photosynthesis, plastid organization, and cell cycle. Cell death was confirmed by trypan blue staining and electrolyte leakage assay, and the H2O2 production was confirmed by diaminobenzidine staining. The results collectively suggest that the reduced levels of HSP90C chaperone lead the plant to develop chlorosis primarily through the global downregulation of chloroplast- and photosynthesis-related genes and additionally through the light-dependent production of ROS, followed by the activation of immune responses, including cell death.
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- Shaikhul Islam
- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan; (S.I.); (S.A.B.); (T.Y.); (H.K.)
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan; (S.I.); (S.A.B.); (T.Y.); (H.K.)
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- NODAI Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan;
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- Faculty of Bio-Industry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Abashiri, Hokkaido 099-2493, Japan;
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan; (S.I.); (S.A.B.); (T.Y.); (H.K.)
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
- Research Unit for Citromics, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan; (S.I.); (S.A.B.); (T.Y.); (H.K.)
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
- Research Unit for Citromics, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan; (S.I.); (S.A.B.); (T.Y.); (H.K.)
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
- Research Unit for Citromics, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
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Li C, Ito M, Kasajima I, Yoshikawa N. Estimation of the functions of viral RNA silencing suppressors by apple latent spherical virus vector. Virus Genes 2020; 56:67-77. [PMID: 31646461 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-019-01708-5] [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] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Apple latent spherical virus (ALSV) is a latent virus with wide host range of plant species. In the present study, we prepared ALSV vectors expressing RNA silencing suppressors (RSSs) from eight plant viruses: P19 of carnation Italian ring spot virus (tombusvirus), 2b of peanut stunt virus (cucumovirus), NSs of tomato spotted wilt virus (tospovirus), HC-Pro of bean yellow mosaic virus (potyvirus), γb of barley stripe mosaic virus (hordeivirus), P15 of peanut clump virus (pecluvirus), P1 of rice yellow mottle virus (sobemovirus), or P21 of beet yellows virus (closterovirus). These vectors were inoculated to Nicotiana benthamiana to investigate the effects of RSSs on the virulence and accumulation of ALSV. Among the vectors, ALSV expressing NSs (ALSV-NSs) developed severe mosaic symptoms in newly developed leaves followed by plant death. Infection of ALSV-γb induced characteristic concentric ringspot symptoms on leaves, and plants infected with ALSV-HC-Pro showed mosaic and dwarf symptoms. Infection of the other five ALSV vectors did not show symptoms. ELISA and immunoblot assay indicated that virus titer increased in leaves infected with ALSV-NSs, γb, HC-Pro, or P19. RT-qPCR indicated that the amount of ALSV in plants infected with ALSV-NSs was increased by approximately 45 times compared with that of wtALSV without expression of any RSS. When ALSV-P19, NSs, or HC-Pro was inoculated to Cucumis sativus plants, none of these ALSV vectors induced symptoms, but accumulation of ALSV in plants infected with ALSV-NSs was increased, suggesting that functions of RSSs on virulence and accumulation of ALSV depend on host species.
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- Chunjiang Li
- Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Ueda 3-18-8, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Ueda 3-18-8, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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- Agri-Innovation Center, Iwate University, Ueda 3-18-8, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Ueda 3-18-8, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan.
- Agri-Innovation Center, Iwate University, Ueda 3-18-8, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan.
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Ban YW, Roy NS, Yang H, Choi HK, Kim JH, Babu P, Ha KS, Ham JK, Park KC, Choi IY. Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals higher expression of stress and defense responsive genes in dwarf soybeans obtained from the crossing of G. max and G. soja. Genes Genomics 2019; 41:1315-1327. [PMID: 31363917 DOI: 10.1007/s13258-019-00846-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Plant height is an important component of plant architecture and significantly affects crop breeding practices and yield. Dwarfism in plants prevents lodging and therefore it's a desired trait in crops. OBJECTIVE To find differentially expressed genes to classify and understand the regulation of genes related to plant growth in mutant dwarf soybeans, which appeared in the F5 generation. METHODS We obtained a few segregated dwarf soybeans in the populations derived from the crossing of Glycine max var. Peking and Glycine soja var. IT182936 in an F5 RIL population. These dwarf soybeans may be useful genetic resources for plant breeders, geneticists and biologists. Using the Illumina high-throughput platform, transcriptomes were generated and compared among normal and dwarf soybeans in triplicate. CONCLUSION We found complex relationship of the expressed genes to plant growth. There were highly significantly up-/downregulated genes according to the comparison of gene expression in normal and dwarf soybeans. The genes related to disease and stress responses were found to be upregulated in dwarf soybeans. Such over-expression of disease resistance and other immune response genes can be targeted to understand how the immune genes regulate the response of plant growth. In addition, photosynthesis-related genes showed very low expression in dwarf lines. The transcriptome expression and genes classified as related to plant growth may be useful resources to researchers studying plant growth.
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- Yong-Wook Ban
- Department of Agriculture and Life Industry, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea
- Department of Forest Environmental System, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea
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- Department of Agriculture and Life Industry, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea
- Agriculture and Life Sciences Research Institute, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Dong-A University, Busan, 49315, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Dong-A University, Busan, 49315, South Korea
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- Department of Forest Environmental System, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea
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- Gangwondo Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Chuncheon, 24226, South Korea
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- Gangwondo Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Chuncheon, 24226, South Korea
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- Department of Agriculture and Life Industry, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea
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- Department of Agriculture and Life Industry, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea.
- Agriculture and Life Sciences Research Institute, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea.
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Adhab M, Angel C, Rodriguez A, Fereidouni M, Király L, Scheets K, Schoelz JE. Tracing the Lineage of Two Traits Associated with the Coat Protein of the Tombusviridae: Silencing Suppression and HR Elicitation in Nicotiana Species. Viruses 2019; 11:E588. [PMID: 31261652 PMCID: PMC6669612 DOI: 10.3390/v11070588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In this paper we have characterized the lineage of two traits associated with the coat proteins (CPs) of the tombusvirids: Silencing suppression and HR elicitation in Nicotiana species. We considered that the tombusvirid CPs might collectively be considered an effector, with the CP of each CP-encoding species comprising a structural variant within the family. Thus, a phylogenetic analysis of the CP could provide insight into the evolution of a pathogen effector. The phylogeny of the CP of tombusvirids indicated that CP representatives of the family could be divided into four clades. In two separate clades the CP triggered a hypersensitive response (HR) in Nicotiana species of section Alatae but did not have silencing suppressor activity. In a third clade the CP had a silencing suppressor activity but did not have the capacity to trigger HR in Nicotiana species. In the fourth clade, the CP did not carry either function. Our analysis illustrates how structural changes that likely occurred in the CP effector of progenitors of the current genera led to either silencing suppressor activity, HR elicitation in select Nicotiana species, or neither trait.
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- Mustafa Adhab
- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
- Department of Plant Protection, University of Baghdad, 10071 Baghdad, Iraq
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- National Coffee Research Center-Cenicafe, Planalto, km. 4, Vía antigua Chinchiná-Manizales, Manizales (Caldes), Colombia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1022 Budapest, Herman Ottó str. 15, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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Pottash AE, Kuffner C, Noonan-Shueh M, Jay SM. Protein-based vehicles for biomimetic RNAi delivery. J Biol Eng 2019; 13:19. [PMID: 30891095 PMCID: PMC6390323 DOI: 10.1186/s13036-018-0130-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Broad translational success of RNA interference (RNAi) technology depends on the development of effective delivery approaches. To that end, researchers have developed a variety of strategies, including chemical modification of RNA, viral and non-viral transfection approaches, and incorporation with delivery vehicles such as polymer- and lipid-based nanoparticles, engineered and native proteins, extracellular vesicles (EVs), and others. Among these, EVs and protein-based vehicles stand out as biomimetically-inspired approaches, as both proteins (e.g. Apolipoprotein A-1, Argonaute 2, and Arc) and EVs mediate intercellular RNA transfer physiologically. Proteins specifically offer significant therapeutic potential due to their biophysical and biochemical properties as well as their ability to facilitate and tolerate manipulation; these characteristics have made proteins highly successful translational therapeutic molecules in the last two decades. This review covers engineered protein vehicles for RNAi delivery along with what is currently known about naturally-occurring extracellular RNA carriers towards uncovering design rules that will inform future engineering of protein-based vehicles.
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- Alex Eli Pottash
- 1Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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- 1Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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- 1Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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- 1Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA.,2Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA.,3Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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Wieczorek P, Wrzesińska B, Frąckowiak P, Przybylska A, Obrępalska-Stęplowska A. Contribution of Tomato torrado virus Vp26 coat protein subunit to systemic necrosis induction and virus infectivity in Solanum lycopersicum. Virol J 2019; 16:9. [PMID: 30642343 PMCID: PMC6332883 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-019-1117-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tomato torrado virus (ToTV) infection manifests with burn-like symptoms on leaves, leaflets and upper stem parts of susceptible infected plants. The symptoms caused by ToTV may be considered as one of the most severe virus-induced forms of systemic necrosis, which spreads within the whole plant and leads to a lethal phenotype. However, to date there are no data revealing which viral genes encode for a specific pathogenicity determinant that triggers the plant necrotic response for any torradovirus. In this study we evaluated the influence of three coat protein subunits of ToTV: Vp23, Vp26 and Vp35, transiently expressed from a PVX-based vector, and checked their association with the induction of systemic necrosis in infected Solanum lycopersicum L. (cv. Beta Lux), a natural host of ToTV. METHODS To estimate how ToTV coat protein subunits might contribute in plant response to virus infection we over-expressed the proteins from PVX-based vector in tomato and analyzed enzymatic activities related with plant defense response. By doing protein qualitative analysis performed by mass spectrometry we indicated the PR10 in protein fraction with induced ribonuclease activity. RESULTS We observed that only the Vp26 enhanced PVX pathogenicity causing severe necrosis of the infected plant. Moreover, we indicated increased RNase and oxidative activities in plants infected with PVX-Vp26 chimeras only. Importantly, we suspected that this increased RNase activity is associated with increased accumulation of PR10 mRNA and products of its translation. CONCLUSIONS On the basis of the obtained results, we indicated that Vp26 acts as the elicitor of hypersensitive response-like reactions of PVX-Vp26 manifesting with enhanced pathogenicity of the recombined PVX. This might be the first described suspected necrosis determinant of torradoviruses infecting tomatoes.
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- Przemysław Wieczorek
- Department of Entomology, Animal Pests & Biotechnology, Institute of Plant Protection-National Research Institute, Władysława Węgorka 20 St, 60-318, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Entomology, Animal Pests & Biotechnology, Institute of Plant Protection-National Research Institute, Władysława Węgorka 20 St, 60-318, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Entomology, Animal Pests & Biotechnology, Institute of Plant Protection-National Research Institute, Władysława Węgorka 20 St, 60-318, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Entomology, Animal Pests & Biotechnology, Institute of Plant Protection-National Research Institute, Władysława Węgorka 20 St, 60-318, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Entomology, Animal Pests & Biotechnology, Institute of Plant Protection-National Research Institute, Władysława Węgorka 20 St, 60-318, Poznań, Poland.
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Guo Z, Wang XB, Li WX, Ding SW. A Sensitized Genetic Screen to Identify Novel Components and Regulators of the Host Antiviral RNA Interference Pathway. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 2028:215-229. [PMID: 31228117 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9635-3_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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RNA interference (RNAi) acts as a natural defense mechanism against virus infection in plants and animals. Much is known about the antiviral function of the core RNAi pathway components identified mostly by genetic screens based on specific RNAi of cellular mRNAs. Here we describe a sensitized genetic screening system for the identification of novel components and regulators in the antiviral RNAi pathway established in the model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana. Our genetic screen identifies antiviral RNAi (avi)-defective Arabidopsis mutants that develop visible disease symptoms after infection with CMV-∆2b, a Cucumber mosaic virus mutant deficient in the expression of its viral suppressor of RNAi. Loss of RNAi suppression renders CMV-∆2b highly susceptible to antiviral RNAi so that it replicates to high levels and induces disease development only in avi mutants. This chapter provides the methods for the propagation of CMV-∆2b, preparation of the mutant plants for virus inoculation, identification and characterization of avi mutants, and cloning of the genes responsible for the mutant phenotype by either the genetic linkage to T-DNA insertion or a mapping-by-sequencing approach.
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- Zhongxin Guo
- Vector-Borne Virus Research Center, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology and Center for Plant Cell Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology and Center for Plant Cell Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA.
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Leisner SM, Schoelz JE. Joining the Crowd: Integrating Plant Virus Proteins into the Larger World of Pathogen Effectors. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2018; 56:89-110. [PMID: 29852091 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080417-050151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The first bacterial and viral avirulence ( avr) genes were cloned in 1984. Although virus and bacterial avr genes were physically isolated in the same year, the questions associated with their characterization after discovery were very different, and these differences had a profound influence on the narrative of host-pathogen interactions for the past 30 years. Bacterial avr proteins were subsequently shown to suppress host defenses, leading to their reclassification as effectors, whereas research on viral avr proteins centered on their role in the viral infection cycle rather than their effect on host defenses. Recent studies that focus on the multifunctional nature of plant virus proteins have shown that some virus proteins are capable of suppression of the same host defenses as bacterial effectors. This is exemplified by the P6 protein of Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV), a multifunctional plant virus protein that facilitates several steps in the infection, including modulation of host defenses. This review highlights the modular structure and multifunctional nature of CaMV P6 and illustrates its similarities to other, well-established pathogen effectors.
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- Scott M Leisner
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA;
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Landeo-Ríos Y, Navas-Castillo J, Moriones E, Cañizares MC. The Heterologous Expression of the p22 RNA Silencing Suppressor of the Crinivirus Tomato Chlorosis Virus from Tobacco Rattle Virus and Potato Virus X Enhances Disease Severity but Does Not Complement Suppressor-Defective Mutant Viruses. Viruses 2017; 9:E358. [PMID: 29186781 PMCID: PMC5744133 DOI: 10.3390/v9120358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Revised: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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To counteract host antiviral RNA silencing, plant viruses express suppressor proteins that function as pathogenicity enhancers. The genome of the Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV) (genus Crinivirus, family Closteroviridae) encodes an RNA silencing suppressor, the protein p22, that has been described as having one of the longest lasting local suppressor activities when assayed in Nicotiana benthamiana. Since suppression of RNA silencing and the ability to enhance disease severity are closely associated, we analyzed the effect of expressing p22 in heterologous viral contexts. Thus, we studied the effect of the expression of ToCV p22 from viral vectors Tobacco rattle virus (TRV) and Potato virus X (PVX), and from attenuated suppressor mutants in N. benthamiana plants. Our results show that although an exacerbation of disease symptoms leading to plant death was observed in the heterologous expression of ToCV p22 from both viruses, only in the case of TRV did increased viral accumulation occur. The heterologous expression of ToCV p22 could not complement suppressor-defective mutant viruses.
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora”—Universidad de Málaga—Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Estación Experimental “La Mayora”, Algarrobo-Costa, 29750 Málaga, Spain; (Y.L.-R.); (J.N.-C.); (E.M.)
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Li Y, Alonso-Peral M, Wong G, Wang MB, Millar AA. Ubiquitous miR159 repression of MYB33/65 in Arabidopsis rosettes is robust and is not perturbed by a wide range of stresses. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 16:179. [PMID: 27542984 PMCID: PMC4992245 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-016-0867-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND The microR159 (miR159) - GAMYB pathway is conserved in higher plants, where GAMYB, expression promotes programmed cell death in seeds (aleurone) and anthers (tapetum). In cereals, restriction of GAMYB expression to seeds and anthers is mainly achieved transcriptionally, whereas in Arabidopsis this is achieved post-transcriptionally, as miR159 silences GAMYB (MYB33 and MYB65) in vegetative tissues, but not in seeds and anthers. However, we cannot rule out a role for miR159-MYB33/65 pathway in Arabidopsis vegetative tissues; a loss-of-function mir159 Arabidopsis mutant displays strong pleiotropic defects and numerous reports have documented changes in miR159 abundance during stress and hormone treatments. Hence, we have investigated the functional role of this pathway in vegetative tissues. RESULTS It was found that the miR159-MYB33/65 pathway was ubiquitously present throughout rosette development. However, miR159 appears to continuously repress MYB33/MYB65 expression to levels that have no major impact on rosette development. Inducible inhibition of miR159 resulted in MYB33/65 de-repression and associated phenotypic defects, indicating that a potential role in vegetative development is only possible through MYB33 and MYB65 if miR159 levels decrease. However, miR159 silencing of MYB33/65 appeared extremely robust; no tested abiotic stress resulted in strong miR159 repression. Consistent with this, the stress responses of an Arabidopsis mutant lacking the miR159-MYB33/65 pathway were indistinguishable from wild-type. Moreover, expression of viral silencing suppressors, either via transgenesis or viral infection, was unable to prevent miR159 repression of MYB33/65, highlighting the robustness of miR159-mediated silencing. CONCLUSIONS Despite being ubiquitously present, molecular, genetic and physiological analysis failed to find a major functional role for the miR159-MYB33/65 pathway in Arabidopsis rosette development or stress response. Although it is likely that this pathway is important for a stress not tested here or in different plant species, our findings argue against the miR159-MYB33/65 pathway playing a major conserved role in general stress response. Finally, in light of the robustness of miR159-mediated repression of MYB33/65, it appears unlikely that low fold-level changes of miR159 abundance in response to stress would have any major physiological impact in Arabidopsis.
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- Yanjiao Li
- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, 2601 ACT Australia
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, 2601 ACT Australia
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, 2601 ACT Australia
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- CSIRO, Agriculture, Canberra, 2601 ACT Australia
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, 2601 ACT Australia
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Park SH, Choi H, Kim S, Cho WK, Kim KH. Development of Virus-Induced Gene Expression and Silencing Vector Derived from Grapevine Algerian Latent Virus. THE PLANT PATHOLOGY JOURNAL 2016; 32:371-6. [PMID: 27493613 PMCID: PMC4968648 DOI: 10.5423/ppj.nt.11.2015.0237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2015] [Revised: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Grapevine Algerian latent virus (GALV) is a member of the genus Tombusvirus in the Tombusviridae and infects not only woody perennial grapevine plant but also herbaceous Nicotiana benthamiana plant. In this study, we developed GALV-based gene expression and virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) vectors in N. benthamiana. The GALV coat protein deletion vector, pGMG, was applied to express the reporter gene, green fluorescence protein (GFP), but the expression of GFP was not detected due to the necrotic cell death on the infiltrated leaves. The p19 silencing suppressor of GALV was engineered to inactivate its expression and GFP was successfully expressed with unrelated silencing suppressor, HC-Pro, from soybean mosaic virus. The pGMG vector was used to knock down magnesium chelatase (ChlH) gene in N. benthamaina and the silencing phenotype was clearly observed on systemic leaves. Altogether, the GALV-derived vector is expected to be an attractive tool for useful gene expression and VIGS vectors in grapevine as well as N. benthamiana.
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- Sang-Ho Park
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826,
Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826,
Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826,
Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826,
Korea
- Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826,
Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826,
Korea
- Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826,
Korea
- Corresponding author. Phone) +82-2-880-4677, FAX) +82-2-873-2317, E-mail)
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Kubota K, Ng JCK. Lettuce chlorosis virus P23 Suppresses RNA Silencing and Induces Local Necrosis with Increased Severity at Raised Temperatures. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2016; 106:653-62. [PMID: 26828232 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-09-15-0219-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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RNA silencing functions as an antivirus defense strategy in plants, one that plant viruses counter by producing viral suppressors of RNA silencing (VSRs). VSRs have been identified in three members of the genus Crinivirus but they do not all share identical suppression mechanisms. Here, we used Agrobacterium co-infiltration assays to investigate the suppressor activity of proteins encoded by Lettuce chlorosis virus (LCV). Of 7 LCV proteins (1b, P23, HSP70 homolog, P60, CP, CPm, and P27) tested for the suppression of silencing of green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression in wild-type Nicotiana benthamiana plants, only P23 suppressed the onset of local silencing. Small-interfering (si)RNA accumulation was reduced in leaves co-infiltrated with P23, suggesting that P23 inhibited the accumulation or enhanced the degradation of siRNA. P23 also inhibited the cell-to-cell and systemic movement of RNA silencing in GFP-expressing transgenic N. benthamiana plants. Expression of P23 via agroinfiltration of N. benthamiana leaves induced local necrosis that increased in severity at elevated temperatures, a novelty given that a direct temperature effect on necrosis severity has not been reported for the other crinivirus VSRs. These results further affirm the sophistication of crinivirus VSRs in mediating the evasion of host's antiviral defenses and in symptom modulation.
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- Kenji Kubota
- First author: NARO Agricultural Research Center, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8666, Japan, and Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside 92521; second author: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside 92521
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- First author: NARO Agricultural Research Center, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8666, Japan, and Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside 92521; second author: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside 92521
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Qian Y, Hou H, Shen Q, Cai X, Sunter G, Zhou X. RepA Protein Encoded by Oat dwarf virus Elicits a Temperature-Sensitive Hypersensitive Response-Type Cell Death That Involves Jasmonic Acid-Dependent Signaling. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2016; 29:5-21. [PMID: 26720685 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-07-15-0149-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The hypersensitive response (HR) is a component of disease resistance that is often induced by pathogen infection, but essentially no information is available for members of the destructive mastreviruses. We have investigated an HR-type response elicited in Nicotiana species by Oat dwarf virus (ODV) and have found that expression of the ODV RepA protein but not other ODV-encoded proteins elicits the HR-type cell death associated with a burst of H2O2. Deletion mutagenesis indicates that the first nine amino acids (aa) at the N terminus of RepA and the two regions located between aa residues 173 and 195 and between aa residues 241 and 260 near the C terminus are essential for HR-type cell-death elicitation. Confocal and electron microscopy showed that the RepA protein is localized in the nuclei of plant cells and might contain bipartite nuclear localization signals. The HR-like lesions mediated by RepA were inhibited by temperatures above 30°C and involvement of jasmonic acid (JA) in HR was identified by gain- and loss-of-function experiments. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an elicitor of HR-type cell death from mastreviruses.
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- Yajuan Qian
- 1 State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, People's Republic of China
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- 1 State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, People's Republic of China
- 2 State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- 1 State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, People's Republic of China
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- 1 State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, People's Republic of China
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- 3 Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, U.S.A
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- 1 State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, People's Republic of China
- 2 State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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Odokonyero D, Mendoza MR, Alvarado VY, Zhang J, Wang X, Scholthof HB. Transgenic down-regulation of ARGONAUTE2 expression in Nicotiana benthamiana interferes with several layers of antiviral defenses. Virology 2015; 486:209-18. [PMID: 26454664 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2015] [Revised: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The present study aimed to analyze the contribution of Nicotiana benthamiana ARGONAUTE2 (NbAGO2) to its antiviral response against different viruses. For this purpose, dsRNA hairpin technology was used to reduce NbAGO2 expression in transgenic plants as verified with RT-PCR. This reduction was specific because the expression of other NbAGOs was not affected, and did not cause obvious developmental defects under normal growth conditions. Inoculation of transgenic plants with an otherwise silencing-sensitive GFP-expressing Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) variant resulted in high GFP accumulation because antiviral silencing was compromised. These transgenic plants also exhibited accelerated spread and/or enhanced susceptibility and symptoms for TBSV mutants defective for P19 or coat protein expression, other tombusviruses, Tobacco mosaic virus, and Potato virus X; but not noticeably for Foxtail mosaic virus. These findings support the notion that NbAGO2 in N. benthamiana can contribute to antiviral defense at different levels.
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- Denis Odokonyero
- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Weslaco, TX, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Weslaco, TX, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
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Li F, Xu X, Huang C, Gu Z, Cao L, Hu T, Ding M, Li Z, Zhou X. The AC5 protein encoded by Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus is a pathogenicity determinant that suppresses RNA silencing-based antiviral defenses. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2015; 208:555-69. [PMID: 26010321 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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It is generally accepted that begomoviruses in the family Geminiviridae encode four proteins (from AC1/C1 to AC4/C4) using the complementary-sense DNA as template. Although AC5/C5 coding sequences are increasingly annotated in databases for many begomoviruses, the evolutionary relationships and functions of this putative protein in viral infection are obscure. Here, we demonstrate several important functions of the AC5 protein of a bipartite begomovirus, Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus (MYMIV). Mutational analyses and transgenic expression showed that AC5 plays a critical role in MYMIV infection. Ectopic expression of AC5 from a Potato virus X (PVX) vector resulted in severe mosaic symptoms followed by a hypersensitive-like response in Nicotiana benthamiana. Furthermore, MYMIV AC5 effectively suppressed post-transcriptional gene silencing induced by single-stranded but not double-stranded RNA. AC5 was also able to reverse transcriptional gene silencing of a green fluorescent protein transgene by reducing methylation of promoter sequences, probably through repressing expression of a CHH cytosine methyltransferase (DOMAINS REARRANGED METHYLTRANSFERASE2) in N. benthamiana. Our results demonstrate that MYMIV AC5 is a pathogenicity determinant and a potent RNA silencing suppressor that employs novel mechanisms to suppress antiviral defenses, and suggest that the AC5 function may be conserved among many begomoviruses.
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- Fangfang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Yunnan Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650205, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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Wang KD, Empleo R, Nguyen TTV, Moffett P, Sacco MA. Elicitation of hypersensitive responses in Nicotiana glutinosa by the suppressor of RNA silencing protein P0 from poleroviruses. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2015; 16:435-48. [PMID: 25187258 PMCID: PMC6638411 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plant disease resistance (R) proteins that confer resistance to viruses recognize viral gene products with diverse functions, including viral suppressors of RNA silencing (VSRs). The P0 protein from poleroviruses is a VSR that targets the ARGONAUTE1 (AGO1) protein for degradation, thereby disrupting RNA silencing and antiviral defences. Here, we report resistance against poleroviruses in Nicotiana glutinosa directed against Turnip yellows virus (TuYV) and Potato leafroll virus (PLRV). The P0 proteins from TuYV (P0(T) (u) ), PLRV (P0(PL) ) and Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus (P0(CA) ) were found to elicit a hypersensitive response (HR) in N. glutinosa accession TW59, whereas other accessions recognized P0(PL) only. Genetic analysis showed that recognition of P0(T) (u) by a resistance gene designated RPO1 (Resistance to POleroviruses 1) is inherited as a dominant allele. Expression of P0 from a Potato virus X (PVX) expression vector transferred recognition to the recombinant virus on plants expressing RPO1, supporting P0 as the unique Polerovirus factor eliciting resistance. The induction of HR required a functional P0 protein, as P0(T) (u) mutants with substitutions in the F-box motif that abolished VSR activity were unable to elicit HR. We surmised that the broad P0 recognition seen in TW59 and the requirement for the F-box protein motif could indicate detection of P0-induced AGO1 degradation and disruption of RNA silencing; however, other viral silencing suppressors, including the PVX P25 that also causes AGO1 degradation, failed to elicit HR in N. glutinosa. Investigation of P0 elicitation of RPO1 could provide insight into P0 activities within the cell that trigger resistance.
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- Ken-Der Wang
- Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, 92834-6850, USA
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Dey KK, Borth WB, Melzer MJ, Wang ML, Hu JS. Analysis of pineapple mealybug wilt associated virus -1 and -2 for potential RNA silencing suppressors and pathogenicity factors. Viruses 2015; 7:969-95. [PMID: 25751306 PMCID: PMC4379557 DOI: 10.3390/v7030969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2014] [Revised: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 02/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Higher plants use RNA silencing to defend against viral infections. As a counter defense, plant viruses have evolved proteins that suppress RNA silencing. Mealybug wilt of pineapple (MWP), an important disease of pineapple, has been associated with at least three distinct viruses, Pineapple mealybug wilt associated virus -1, -2, and -3 (PMWaV-1, -2, and -3). Selected open reading frames (ORFs) of PMWaV-1 and PMWaV-2 were screened for their local and systemic suppressor activities in Agrobacterium-mediated transient assays using green fluorescent protein (GFP) in Nicotiana benthamiana. Results indicate that PMWaV-2 utilizes a multiple-component RNA silencing suppression mechanism. Two proteins, p20 and CP, target both local and systemic silencing in N. benthamiana, while the p22 and CPd proteins target only systemic silencing. In the related virus PMWaV-1, we found that only one of the encoded proteins, p61, had only systemic suppressor activity. Of all the proteins tested from both viruses, only the PMWaV-2 p20 protein suppressed local silencing induced by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), but only when low levels of inducing dsRNA were used. None of the proteins analyzed could interfere with the short distance spread of silencing. We examined the mechanism of systemic suppression activity by investigating the effect of PMWaV-2-encoded p20 and CP proteins on secondary siRNAs. Our results suggest that the PMWaV-2 p20 and CP proteins block the systemic silencing signal by repressing production of secondary siRNAs. We also demonstrate that the PMWaV-2 p20 and p22 proteins enhanced the pathogenicity of Potato virus X in N. benthamiana.
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- Kishore K Dey
- Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
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- Hawaii Agricultural Research Center, Kunia, Honolulu, HI 96797, USA.
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
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Moon KB, Lee J, Kang S, Kim M, Mason HS, Jeon JH, Kim HS. Overexpression and self-assembly of virus-like particles in Nicotiana benthamiana by a single-vector DNA replicon system. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 98:8281-90. [PMID: 24965559 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5901-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Revised: 06/12/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Based on recent developments, virus-like particles (VLPs) are considered to be perfect candidates as nanoplatforms for applications in materials science and medicine. To succeed, mass production of VLPs and self-assembly into a correct form in plant systems are key factors. Here, we report expression of synthesized coat proteins of the three viruses, Brome mosaic virus, Cucumber mosaic virus, and Maize rayado fino virus, in Nicotiana benthamiana and production of self-assembled VLPs by transient expression system using agroinfiltration. Each coat protein was synthesized and cloned into a pBYR2fp single replicon vector. Target protein expression in cells containing p19 was fourfold higher than that of cells lacking p19. After agroinfiltration, protein expression was analyzed by SDS-PAGE and quantitative image analyzer. Quantitative analysis showed that BMVCP, CMVCP, and MRFVCP concentrations were 0.5, 1.0, and 0.8 mg · g(-1) leaf fresh weight, respectively. VLPs were purified by sucrose cushion ultracentrifugation and then analyzed by transmission electron microscopy. Our results suggested that BMVCP and CMVCP proteins expressed in N. benthamiana leaves were able to correctly self-assemble into particles. Moreover, we evaluated internal cavity accessibility of VLPs to load foreign molecules. Finally, plant growth conditions after agroinfiltration are critical for increasing heterologous protein expression levels in a transient expression system.
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- Ki-Beom Moon
- Plant Systems Engineering Research Center, KRIBB, Gwahangno 125, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-806, Korea
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Lim HS, Nam J, Seo EY, Nam M, Vaira AM, Bae H, Jang CY, Lee CH, Kim HG, Roh M, Hammond J. The coat protein of Alternanthera mosaic virus is the elicitor of a temperature-sensitive systemic necrosis in Nicotiana benthamiana, and interacts with a host boron transporter protein. Virology 2014; 452-453:264-78. [PMID: 24606704 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2013] [Revised: 09/01/2013] [Accepted: 01/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Different isolates of Alternanthera mosaic virus (AltMV; Potexvirus), including four infectious clones derived from AltMV-SP, induce distinct systemic symptoms in Nicotiana benthamiana. Virus accumulation was enhanced at 15 °C compared to 25 °C; severe clone AltMV 3-7 induced systemic necrosis (SN) and plant death at 15 °C. No interaction with potexvirus resistance gene Rx was detected, although SN was ablated by silencing of SGT1, as for other cases of potexvirus-induced necrosis. Substitution of AltMV 3-7 coat protein (CPSP) with that from AltMV-Po (CP(Po)) eliminated SN at 15 °C, and ameliorated symptoms in Alternanthera dentata and soybean. Substitution of only two residues from CP(Po) [either MN(13,14)ID or LA(76,77)IS] efficiently ablated SN in N. benthamiana. CPSP but not CP(Po) interacted with Arabidopsis boron transporter protein AtBOR1 by yeast two-hybrid assay; N. benthamiana homolog NbBOR1 interacted more strongly with CPSP than CP(Po) in bimolecular fluorescence complementation, and may affect recognition of CP as an elicitor of SN.
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- Hyoun-Sub Lim
- Department of Applied Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Applied Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Applied Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Applied Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
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- Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, US National Arboretum, USDA-ARS, 10300 Baltimore Avenue B-010A, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA; Istituto di Virologia Vegetale, CNR, Strada delle Cacce 73, Torino 10135, Italy.
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- School of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Geongsan 712-749, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Applied Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seokyoung University, Seoul 136-704, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Applied Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
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- Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, US National Arboretum, USDA-ARS, 10300 Baltimore Avenue B-010A, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA; Laboratory of Floriculture and Plant Physiology, School of Bio-Resource Science, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungnam 330-714, Republic of Korea.
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- Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, US National Arboretum, USDA-ARS, 10300 Baltimore Avenue B-010A, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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de Ronde D, Pasquier A, Ying S, Butterbach P, Lohuis D, Kormelink R. Analysis of Tomato spotted wilt virus NSs protein indicates the importance of the N-terminal domain for avirulence and RNA silencing suppression. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2014; 15:185-95. [PMID: 24103150 PMCID: PMC6638762 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Recently, Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) nonstructural protein NSs has been identified unambiguously as an avirulence (Avr) determinant for Tomato spotted wilt (Tsw)-based resistance. The observation that NSs from two natural resistance-breaking isolates had lost RNA silencing suppressor (RSS) activity and Avr suggested a link between the two functions. To test this, a large set of NSs mutants was generated by alanine substitutions in NSs from resistance-inducing wild-type strains (NSs(RI) ), amino acid reversions in NSs from resistance-breaking strains (NSs(RB)), domain deletions and swapping. Testing these mutants for their ability to suppress green fluorescent protein (GFP) silencing and to trigger a Tsw-mediated hypersensitive response (HR) revealed that the two functions can be separated. Changes in the N-terminal domain were found to be detrimental for both activities and indicated the importance of this domain, additionally supported by domain swapping between NSs(RI) and NSs(RB). Swapping domains between the closely related Tospovirus Groundnut ringspot virus (GRSV) NSs and TSWV NSs(RI) showed that Avr functionality could not simply be transferred between species. Although deletion of the C-terminal domain rendered NSs completely dysfunctional, only a few single-amino-acid mutations in the C-terminus affected both functions. Mutation of a GW/WG motif (position 17/18) rendered NSs completely dysfunctional for RSS and Avr activity, and indicated a putative interaction between NSs and Argonaute 1 (AGO1), and its importance in TSWV virulence and viral counter defence against RNA interference.
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- Dryas de Ronde
- Laboratory of Virology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Shamekova M, Mendoza MR, Hsieh YC, Lindbo J, Omarov RT, Scholthof HB. Tombusvirus-based vector systems to permit over-expression of genes or that serve as sensors of antiviral RNA silencing in plants. Virology 2014; 452-453:159-65. [PMID: 24606693 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Revised: 10/19/2013] [Accepted: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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A next generation Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) coat protein gene replacement vector system is described that can be applied by either RNA inoculation or through agroinfiltration. A vector expressing GFP rapidly yields high levels of transient gene expression in inoculated leaves of various plant species, as illustrated for Nicotiana benthamiana, cowpea, tomato, pepper, and lettuce. A start-codon mutation to down-regulate the dose of the P19 silencing suppressor reduces GFP accumulation, whereas mutations that result in undetectable levels of P19 trigger rapid silencing of GFP. Compared to existing virus vectors the TBSV system has a unique combination of a very broad host range, rapid and high levels of replication and gene expression, and the ability to regulate its suppressor. These features are attractive for quick transient assays in numerous plant species for over-expression of genes of interest, or as a sensor to monitor the efficacy of antiviral RNA silencing.
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- Malika Shamekova
- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
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Hisa Y, Suzuki H, Atsumi G, Choi SH, Nakahara KS, Uyeda I. P3N-PIPO of Clover yellow vein virus exacerbates symptoms in pea infected with white clover mosaic virus and is implicated in viral synergism. Virology 2014; 449:200-6. [PMID: 24418553 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Revised: 06/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mixed infection of pea (Pisum sativum) with Clover yellow vein virus (ClYVV) and White clover mosaic virus (WClMV) led to more severe disease symptoms (a phenomenon called viral synergism). Similar to the mixed ClYVV/WClMV infection, a WClMV-based vector encoding P3N-PIPO of ClYVV exacerbated the disease symptoms. Infection with the WClMV vector encoding ClYVV HC-Pro (a suppressor of RNA silencing involved in potyviral synergisms), also resulted in more severe symptoms, although to a lesser extent than infection with the vector encoding P3N-PIPO. Viral genomic RNA accumulated soon after inoculation (at 2 and 4 days) at higher levels in leaves inoculated with WClMV encoding HC-Pro but at lower levels in leaves inoculated with WClMV encoding P3N-PIPO than in peas infected with WClMV encoding GFP. Our results suggest that ClYVV P3N-PIPO is involved in the synergism between ClYVV and WClMV during pea infection through an unknown mechanism different from suppression of RNA silencing.
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- Yusuke Hisa
- Pathogen-Plant Interactions Group, Plant Breeding Science, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Pathogen-Plant Interactions Group, Plant Breeding Science, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami 024-0003, Iwate, Japan
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- Pathogen-Plant Interactions Group, Plant Breeding Science, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Pathogen-Plant Interactions Group, Plant Breeding Science, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan.
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- Pathogen-Plant Interactions Group, Plant Breeding Science, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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Singh HP, Singh BP. Genetic Engineering of Field, Industrial and Pharmaceutical Crops. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2014.526416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Incarbone M, Dunoyer P. RNA silencing and its suppression: novel insights from in planta analyses. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 18:382-92. [PMID: 23684690 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2013] [Revised: 03/25/2013] [Accepted: 04/04/2013] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Plants employ multiple layers of innate immunity to fight pathogens. For both RNA and DNA viruses, RNA silencing plays a critical role in plant resistance. To escape this antiviral silencing-based immune response, viruses have evolved various counterdefense strategies, the most widespread being production of viral suppressors of RNA silencing (VSRs) that target various stages of the silencing mechanisms. Recent findings from in planta analyses have provided new insights into the mode of action of VSRs and revealed that plants react to the perturbation of the silencing pathways brought by viral infection by deploying a battery of counter-counterdefense measures. As well as discussing which experimental approaches have been most effective in delivering clear and unambiguous results, this review provides a detailed account of the surprising variety of offensive and defensive strategies set forth by both viruses and hosts in their struggle for survival.
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- Marco Incarbone
- IBMP-CNRS, 12 rue du General Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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Sansregret R, Dufour V, Langlois M, Daayf F, Dunoyer P, Voinnet O, Bouarab K. Extreme resistance as a host counter-counter defense against viral suppression of RNA silencing. PLoS Pathog 2013; 9:e1003435. [PMID: 23785291 PMCID: PMC3681747 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2012] [Accepted: 05/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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RNA silencing mediated by small RNAs (sRNAs) is a conserved regulatory process with key antiviral and antimicrobial roles in eukaryotes. A widespread counter-defensive strategy of viruses against RNA silencing is to deploy viral suppressors of RNA silencing (VSRs), epitomized by the P19 protein of tombusviruses, which sequesters sRNAs and compromises their downstream action. Here, we provide evidence that specific Nicotiana species are able to sense and, in turn, antagonize the effects of P19 by activating a highly potent immune response that protects tissues against Tomato bushy stunt virus infection. This immunity is salicylate- and ethylene-dependent, and occurs without microscopic cell death, providing an example of "extreme resistance" (ER). We show that the capacity of P19 to bind sRNA, which is mandatory for its VSR function, is also necessary to induce ER, and that effects downstream of P19-sRNA complex formation are the likely determinants of the induced resistance. Accordingly, VSRs unrelated to P19 that also bind sRNA compromise the onset of P19-elicited defense, but do not alter a resistance phenotype conferred by a viral protein without VSR activity. These results show that plants have evolved specific responses against the damages incurred by VSRs to the cellular silencing machinery, a likely necessary step in the never-ending molecular arms race opposing pathogens to their hosts.
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- Raphaël Sansregret
- Centre SEVE, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre SEVE, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre SEVE, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- Department of Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
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- Centre SEVE, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Manabayeva SA, Shamekova M, Park JW, Ding XS, Nelson RS, Hsieh YC, Omarov RT, Scholthof HB. Differential requirements for Tombusvirus coat protein and P19 in plants following leaf versus root inoculation. Virology 2013; 439:89-96. [PMID: 23490050 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Revised: 11/02/2012] [Accepted: 01/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Traditional virus inoculation of plants involves mechanical rubbing of leaves, whereas in nature viruses like Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) are often infected via the roots. A method was adapted to compare leaf versus root inoculation of Nicotiana benthamiana and tomato with transcripts of wild-type TBSV (wtTBSV), a capsid (Tcp) replacement construct expressing GFP (T-GFP), or mutants not expressing the silencing suppressor P19 (TBSVΔp19). In leaves, T-GFP remained restricted to the cells immediately adjacent to the site of inoculation, unless Tcp was expressed in trans from a Potato virus X vector; while T-GFP inoculation of roots gave green fluorescence in upper tissues in the absence of Tcp. Conversely, leaf inoculation with wtTBSV or TBSVΔp19 transcripts initiated systemic infections, while upon root inoculation this only occurred with wtTBSV, not with TBSVΔp19. Evidently the contribution of Tcp or P19 in establishing systemic infections depends on the point-of-entry of TBSV in the plants.
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- Shuga A Manabayeva
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, 2132 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Mandadi KK, Scholthof KBG. Plant immune responses against viruses: how does a virus cause disease? THE PLANT CELL 2013; 25:1489-505. [PMID: 23709626 PMCID: PMC3694688 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.111658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Plants respond to pathogens using elaborate networks of genetic interactions. Recently, significant progress has been made in understanding RNA silencing and how viruses counter this apparently ubiquitous antiviral defense. In addition, plants also induce hypersensitive and systemic acquired resistance responses, which together limit the virus to infected cells and impart resistance to the noninfected tissues. Molecular processes such as the ubiquitin proteasome system and DNA methylation are also critical to antiviral defenses. Here, we provide a summary and update of advances in plant antiviral immune responses, beyond RNA silencing mechanisms-advances that went relatively unnoticed in the realm of RNA silencing and nonviral immune responses. We also document the rise of Brachypodium and Setaria species as model grasses to study antiviral responses in Poaceae, aspects that have been relatively understudied, despite grasses being the primary source of our calories, as well as animal feed, forage, recreation, and biofuel needs in the 21st century. Finally, we outline critical gaps, future prospects, and considerations central to studying plant antiviral immunity. To promote an integrated model of plant immunity, we discuss analogous viral and nonviral immune concepts and propose working definitions of viral effectors, effector-triggered immunity, and viral pathogen-triggered immunity.
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de Ronde D, Butterbach P, Lohuis D, Hedil M, van Lent JWM, Kormelink R. Tsw gene-based resistance is triggered by a functional RNA silencing suppressor protein of the Tomato spotted wilt virus. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2013; 14:405-15. [PMID: 23360130 PMCID: PMC6638720 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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As a result of contradictory reports, the avirulence (Avr) determinant that triggers Tsw gene-based resistance in Capsicum annuum against the Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is still unresolved. Here, the N and NSs genes of resistance-inducing (RI) and resistance-breaking (RB) isolates were cloned and transiently expressed in resistant Capsicum plants to determine the identity of the Avr protein. It was shown that the NSs(RI) protein triggered a hypersensitive response (HR) in Tsw-containing Capsicum plants, but not in susceptible Capsicum, whereas no HR was discerned after expression of the N(RI) (/) (RB) protein, or when NSs(RB) was expressed. Although NSs(RI) was able to suppress the silencing of a functional green fluorescence protein (GFP) construct during Agrobacterium tumefaciens transient assays on Nicotiana benthamiana, NSs(RB) had lost this capacity. The observation that RB isolates suppressed local GFP silencing during an infection indicated a recovery of RNA silencing suppressor activity for the NSs protein or the presence of another RNA interference (RNAi) suppressor. The role of NSs as RNA silencing suppressor and Avr determinant is discussed in the light of a putative interplay between RNAi and the natural Tsw resistance gene.
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- Dryas de Ronde
- Laboratory of Virology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Buyel JF, Kaever T, Buyel JJ, Fischer R. Predictive models for the accumulation of a fluorescent marker protein in tobacco leaves according to the promoter/5'UTR combination. Biotechnol Bioeng 2013; 110:471-82. [PMID: 22948957 DOI: 10.1002/bit.24715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2012] [Revised: 08/07/2012] [Accepted: 08/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The promoter and 5'-untranslated region (5'UTR) play a key role in determining the efficiency of recombinant protein expression in plants. Comparative experiments are used to identify suitable elements but these are usually tested in transgenic plants or in transformed protoplasts/suspension cells, so their relevance in whole-plant transient expression systems is unclear given the greater heterogeneity in expression levels among different leaves. Furthermore, little is known about the impact of promoter/5'UTR interactions on protein accumulation. We therefore established a predictive model using a design of experiments (DoE) approach to compare the strong double-enhanced Cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter (CaMV 35SS) and the weaker Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti-plasmid nos promoter in whole tobacco plants transiently expressing the fluorescent marker protein DsRed. The promoters were combined with one of three 5'UTRs (one of which was tested with and without an additional protein targeting motif) and the accumulation of DsRed was measured following different post-agroinfiltration incubation periods in all leaves and at different leaf positions. The model predictions were quantitative, allowing the rapid identification of promoter/5'UTR combinations stimulating the highest and quickest accumulation of the marker protein in all leaves. The model also suggested that increasing the incubation time from 5 to 8 days would reduce batch-to-batch variability in protein yields. We used the model to identify promoter/5'UTR pairs that resulted in the least spatiotemporal variation in expression levels. These ideal pairs are suitable for the simultaneous, balanced production of several proteins in whole plants by transient expression.
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- J F Buyel
- Institute for Molecular Biotechnology, Worringer Weg 1, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52074, Germany.
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Angel CA, Schoelz JE. A survey of resistance to Tomato bushy stunt virus in the genus Nicotiana reveals that the hypersensitive response is triggered by one of three different viral proteins. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2013; 26:240-8. [PMID: 23075040 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-06-12-0157-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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In this study, we screened 22 Nicotiana spp. for resistance to the tombusviruses Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV), Cucumber necrosis virus, and Cymbidium ringspot virus. Eighteen species were resistant, and resistance was manifested in at least two different categories. In all, 13 species responded with a hypersensitive response (HR)-type resistance, whereas another five were resistant but either had no visible response or responded with chlorotic lesions rather than necrotic lesions. Three different TBSV proteins were found to trigger HR in Nicotiana spp. in an agroinfiltration assay. The most common avirulence (avr) determinant was the TBSV coat protein P41, a protein that had not been previously recognized as an avr determinant. A mutational analysis confirmed that the coat protein rather than the viral RNA sequence was responsible for triggering HR, and it triggered HR in six species in the Alatae section. The TBSV P22 movement protein triggered HR in two species in section Undulatae (Nicotiana glutinosa and N. edwardsonii) and one species in section Alatae (N. forgetiana). The TBSV P19 RNA silencing suppressor protein triggered HR in sections Sylvestres (N. sylvestris), Nicotiana (N. tabacum), and Alatae (N. bonariensis). In general, Nicotiana spp. were capable of recognizing only one tombusvirus avirulence determinant, with the exceptions of N. bonariensis and N. forgetiana, which were each able to recognize P41, as well as P19 and P22, respectively. Agroinfiltration failed to detect the TBSV avr determinants responsible for triggering HR in N. arentsii, N. undulata, and N. rustica. This study illustrates the breadth and variety of resistance responses to tombusviruses that exists in the Nicotiana genus.
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- Carlos A Angel
- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Liu X, Houzet L, Jeang KT. Tombusvirus P19 RNA silencing suppressor (RSS) activity in mammalian cells correlates with charged amino acids that contribute to direct RNA-binding. Cell Biosci 2012; 2:41. [PMID: 23216864 PMCID: PMC3533911 DOI: 10.1186/2045-3701-2-41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2012] [Accepted: 11/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Tombusvirus P19 is a protein encoded by tomato bushy stunt virus and related tombusviruses. Earlier studies have demonstrated that P19 is an RNA silencing suppressor (RSS) in plant cells. However, it has not been systematically investigated how P19 suppresses RNA interference in various mammalian cell settings. Results We have studied the RSS effect of P19 in mammalian cells, HEK293T, HeLa, and mouse embryonic fibroblasts. We have individually mutated 18 positively charged residues in P19 and found that 6 of these charged residues in P19 reduce its ability to suppress RNA interference. In each case, the reduction of silencing of RNA interference correlated with the reduced ability by these P19 mutants to bind siRNAs (small interfering RNAs). Conclusions Our findings characterize a class of RNA-binding proteins that function as RSS moieties. We find a tight correlation between positively charged residues in P19 accounting for siRNA-binding and their RSS activity. Because P19’s activity is conserved in plant and animal cells, we conclude that its RSS function unlikely requires cell type-specific co-factors and likely arises from direct RNA-binding.
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- Xiang Liu
- Molecular Virology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Wintermantel WM, Anchieta AG. The genome sequence of lettuce necrotic stunt virus indicates a close relationship to Moroccan pepper virus. Arch Virol 2012; 157:1407-9. [PMID: 22527864 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-012-1307-x] [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: 01/27/2012] [Accepted: 03/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Lettuce necrotic stunt virus (LNSV) causes severe losses to lettuce production in the western United States, which results in stunting, necrosis and death on all non-crisphead lettuces, as well as flower abortion and yield losses in greenhouse tomato production. The genome of LNSV was sequenced and has an organization typical of viruses of the genus Tombusvirus. Sequence comparisons indicated that much of the genome is relatively closely related to tomato bushy stunt virus; however, the coat protein is very closely related to that of isolates of Moroccan pepper virus (MPV).
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Fan Q, Treder K, Miller WA. Untranslated regions of diverse plant viral RNAs vary greatly in translation enhancement efficiency. BMC Biotechnol 2012; 12:22. [PMID: 22559081 PMCID: PMC3416697 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-12-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2011] [Accepted: 05/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Whole plants or plant cell cultures can serve as low cost bioreactors to produce massive amounts of a specific protein for pharmacological or industrial use. To maximize protein expression, translation of mRNA must be optimized. Many plant viral RNAs harbor extremely efficient translation enhancers. However, few of these different translation elements have been compared side-by-side. Thus, it is unclear which are the most efficient translation enhancers. Here, we compare the effects of untranslated regions (UTRs) containing translation elements from six plant viruses on translation in wheat germ extract and in monocotyledenous and dicotyledenous plant cells. RESULTS The highest expressing uncapped mRNAs contained viral UTRs harboring Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV)-like cap-independent translation elements (BTEs). The BYDV BTE conferred the most efficient translation of a luciferase reporter in wheat germ extract and oat protoplasts, while uncapped mRNA containing the BTE from Tobacco necrosis virus-D translated most efficiently in tobacco cells. Capped mRNA containing the Tobacco mosaic virus omega sequence was the most efficient mRNA in tobacco cells. UTRs from Satellite tobacco necrosis virus, Tomato bushy stunt virus, and Crucifer-infecting tobamovirus (crTMV) did not stimulate translation efficiently. mRNA with the crTMV 5' UTR was unstable in tobacco protoplasts. CONCLUSIONS BTEs confer the highest levels of translation of uncapped mRNAs in vitro and in vivo, while the capped omega sequence is most efficient in tobacco cells. These results provide a basis for understanding mechanisms of translation enhancement, and for maximizing protein synthesis in cell-free systems, transgenic plants, or in viral expression vectors.
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- Qiuling Fan
- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, and Center for Plant Responses to Environmental Stresses, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
- 1615 E 8th St, #6, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, and Center for Plant Responses to Environmental Stresses, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, and Center for Plant Responses to Environmental Stresses, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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Kim S, Cho WK, Lee HG, Park SH, Sohn SH, Kim KH. The p19 protein of Grapevine Algerian latent virus is a determinant of systemic infection of Chenopodium quinoa. Virus Res 2012; 165:81-9. [PMID: 22342277 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2012.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2011] [Revised: 01/31/2012] [Accepted: 01/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A previous study showed that both Grapevine Algerian latent virus (GALV) and Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) systemically infect Nicotiana benthamiana, but GALV causes systemic infection whereas TBSV causes only local lesions in Chenopodium quinoa (C. quinoa). We recently isolated GALV strain Naju (GALV-N) from Limonium sinense and TBSV strain Sacheon (TBSV-S) from tomato. Both viruses belong to the genus Tombusvirus and have a similar genome organization. To identify determinants of systemic infection of GALV-N in C. quinoa in the current study, we generated infectious clones and capsid protein (CP)-deletion clones for the two viruses and confirmed that CP of GALV-N is required for systemic infection of C. quinoa due to its primary structural role in virus assembly. Through the use of chimeras, we identified a viral factor in addition to CP that contributes to systemic infection by GALV-N. Inactivation of the p19 demonstrated that host-specific activities of p19 are necessary for efficient systemic infection of C. quinoa by GALV-N. Our study is the first report to determine the viral factors required for systemic infection of GALV in C. quinoa.
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- Semin Kim
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea
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Senshu H, Yamaji Y, Minato N, Shiraishi T, Maejima K, Hashimoto M, Miura C, Neriya Y, Namba S. A dual strategy for the suppression of host antiviral silencing: two distinct suppressors for viral replication and viral movement encoded by potato virus M. J Virol 2011; 85:10269-78. [PMID: 21752911 PMCID: PMC3196401 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.05273-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2011] [Accepted: 06/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Viruses encode RNA silencing suppressors to counteract host antiviral silencing. In this study, we analyzed the suppressors encoded by potato virus M (PVM), a member of the genus Carlavirus. In the conventional green fluorescent protein transient coexpression assay, the cysteine-rich protein (CRP) of PVM inhibited both local and systemic silencing, whereas the triple gene block protein 1 (TGBp1) showed suppressor activity only on systemic silencing. Furthermore, to elucidate the roles of these two suppressors during an active viral infection, we performed PVX vector-based assays and viral movement complementation assays. CRP increased the accumulation of viral RNA at the single-cell level and also enhanced viral cell-to-cell movement by inhibiting RNA silencing. However, TGBp1 facilitated viral movement but did not affect viral accumulation in protoplasts. These data suggest that CRP inhibits RNA silencing primarily at the viral replication step, whereas TGBp1 is a suppressor that acts at the viral movement step. Thus, our findings demonstrate a sophisticated viral infection strategy that suppresses host antiviral silencing at two different steps via two mechanistically distinct suppressors. This study is also the first report of the RNA silencing suppressor in the genus Carlavirus.
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- Hiroko Senshu
- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Saxena P, Hsieh YC, Alvarado VY, Sainsbury F, Saunders K, Lomonossoff GP, Scholthof HB. Improved foreign gene expression in plants using a virus-encoded suppressor of RNA silencing modified to be developmentally harmless. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2011; 9:703-12. [PMID: 21078051 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2010.00574.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Endeavours to obtain elevated and prolonged levels of foreign gene expression in plants are often hampered by the onset of RNA silencing that negatively affects target gene expression. Plant virus-encoded suppressors of RNA silencing are useful tools for counteracting silencing but their wide applicability in transgenic plants is limited because their expression often causes harmful developmental effects. We hypothesized that a previously characterized tombusvirus P19 mutant (P19/R43W), typified by reduced symptomatic effects while maintaining the ability to sequester short-interfering RNAs, could be used to suppress virus-induced RNA silencing without the concomitant developmental effects. To investigate this, transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana was used to evaluate the ability of P19/R43W to enhance heterologous gene expression. Although less potent than wt-P19, P19/R43W was an effective suppressor when used to enhance protein expression from either a traditional T-DNA expression cassette or using the CPMV-HT expression system. Stable transformation of N. benthamiana yielded plants that expressed detectable levels of P19/R43W that was functional as a suppressor. Transgenic co-expression of green fluorescent protein (GFP) and P19/R43W also showed elevated accumulation of GFP compared with the levels found in the absence of a suppressor. In all cases, transgenic expression of P19/R43W caused no or minimal morphological defects and plants produced normal-looking flowers and fertile seed. We conclude that the expression of P19/R43W is developmentally harmless to plants while providing a suitable platform for transient or transgenic overexpression of value-added genes in plants with reduced hindrance by RNA silencing.
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- Pooja Saxena
- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, UK
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Crivelli G, Ciuffo M, Genre A, Masenga V, Turina M. Reverse genetic analysis of Ourmiaviruses reveals the nucleolar localization of the coat protein in Nicotiana benthamiana and unusual requirements for virion formation. J Virol 2011; 85:5091-104. [PMID: 21411534 PMCID: PMC3126195 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02565-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2010] [Accepted: 03/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Ourmia melon virus (OuMV) is the type member of the genus Ourmiavirus. These viruses have a trisegmented genome, each part of which encodes a single protein. Ourmiaviruses share a distant similarity with other plant viruses only in their movement proteins (MP), whereas their RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) shares features only with fungal viruses of the family Narnaviridae. Thus, ourmiaviruses are in a unique phylogenetic position among existing plant viruses. Here, we developed an agroinoculation system to launch infection in Nicotiana benthamiana plants. Using different combinations of the three segments, we demonstrated that RNA1 is necessary and sufficient for cis-acting replication in the agroinfiltrated area. RNA2 and RNA3, encoding the putative movement protein and the coat protein (CP), respectively, are both necessary for successful systemic infection of N. benthamiana. The CP is dispensable for long-distance transport of the virus through vascular tissues, but its absence prevents efficient systemic infection at the exit sites. Virion formation occurred only when the CP was translated from replication-derived RNA3. Transient expression of a green fluorescent protein-MP (GFP-MP) fusion via agroinfiltration showed that the MP is present in cytoplasmic connections across plant cell walls; in protoplasts the GFP-MP fusion stimulates the formation of tubular protrusions. Expression through agroinfiltration of a GFP-CP fusion displays most of the fluorescence inside the nucleus and within the nucleolus in particular. Nuclear localization of the CP was also confirmed through Western blot analysis of purified nuclei. The significance of several unusual properties of OuMV for replication, virion assembly, and movement is discussed in relation to other positive-strand RNA viruses.
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- Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Universitá di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Istituto di Virologia Vegetale, CNR, Torino, Italy
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Hafez EE, Moustafa MF. Differential expression of cytochrome oxidase and ALY-family genes in resistant and susceptible tomato cultivars (Solanum lycopersicum) inoculated with Tomato bushy stunt virus. J Genet Eng Biotechnol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jgeb.2011.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Angel CA, Hsieh YC, Schoelz JE. Comparative analysis of the capacity of tombusvirus P22 and P19 proteins to function as avirulence determinants in Nicotiana species. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2011; 24:91-9. [PMID: 20977306 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-04-10-0089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We have used an agroinfiltration assay for a comparative study of the roles of tombusvirus P22 and P19 proteins in elicitation of hypersensitive response (HR)-like necrosis and the role of P19 in silencing suppression in Nicotiana species. The advantage of agroinfiltration rather than expression in plant virus vectors is that putative viral avirulence proteins can be evaluated in isolation, eliminating the possibility of synergistic effects with other viral proteins. We found that tombusvirus P22 and P19 proteins elicited HR-like necrosis in certain Nicotiana species but, also, that Nicotiana species could recognize subtle differences in sequence between these proteins. Furthermore, Nicotiana species that responded with systemic necrosis to virion inoculations responded to agroinfiltration of tombusvirus P19 with a very weak and delayed necrosis, indicating that the rapid HR-like necrosis was associated with putative resistance genes and a plant defense response that limited the spread of the virus. Tombusvirus P19 proteins also appeared to differ in their effectiveness as silencing suppressors; in our assay, the P19 proteins of Cymbidium ringspot virus and Tomato bushy stunt virus were stronger silencing suppressors than Cucumber necrosis virus P20. Finally, we show that agroinfiltration can be used to track the presence of putative plant resistance genes in Nicotiana species that target either tombusvirus P19 or P22.
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- Carlos A Angel
- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Várallyay É, Válóczi A, Ágyi Á, Burgyán J, Havelda Z. Plant virus-mediated induction of miR168 is associated with repression of ARGONAUTE1 accumulation. EMBO J 2010; 29:3507-19. [PMID: 20823831 PMCID: PMC2964164 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2010] [Accepted: 08/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Virus infections induce the expression of ARGONAUTE1 (AGO1) mRNA and in parallel enhance the accumulation of miR168 (regulator of AGO1 mRNA). Here, we show that in virus-infected plants the enhanced expression of AGO1 mRNA is not accompanied by increased AGO1 protein accumulation. We also show that the induction of AGO1 mRNA level is a part of the host defence reaction, whereas the induction of miR168, which overlaps spatially with virus-occupied sectors, is mediated mainly by the Tombusvirus p19 RNA-silencing suppressor. The absence of p19 results in the elimination of miR168 induction and accompanied with the enhanced accumulation of AGO1 protein. In transient expression study, p19 mediates the induction of miR168 and the down-regulation of endogenous AGO1 level. P19 is not able to efficiently bind miR168 in virus-infected plants, indicating that this activity is uncoupled from the small RNA-binding capacity of p19. Our results imply that plant viruses can inhibit the translational capacity of AGO1 mRNA by modulating the endogenous miR168 level to alleviate the anti-viral function of AGO1 protein.
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- Éva Várallyay
- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Plant Virology and Bioinformatics Group, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Plant Virology and Bioinformatics Group, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Plant Virology and Bioinformatics Group, Gödöllő, Hungary
- Istituto di Virologia Vegetale, CNR Strada delle Cacce, Torino, Italy
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Plant Virology and Bioinformatics Group, Gödöllő, Hungary
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The interaction between geminivirus pathogenicity proteins and adenosine kinase leads to increased expression of primary cytokinin-responsive genes. Virology 2010; 402:238-47. [PMID: 20399479 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2010] [Revised: 02/27/2010] [Accepted: 03/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Pathogenicity proteins (AL2/C2) of begomo- and curtoviruses suppress silencing through inhibition of the methyl cycle, as a consequence of inhibiting adenosine kinase (ADK). ADK phosphorylates cytokinin nucleosides, helping maintain a pool of bioactive cytokinins through interconversion of free-bases, nucleosides and nucleotides. We provide evidence that inhibiting ADK affects expression of primary cytokinin-responsive genes. Specifically, we demonstrate increased activity of a primary cytokinin-responsive promoter in adk mutant Arabidopsis plants, and in response to silencing ADK expression or inhibiting ADK activity in transient assays. Similar changes in expression are observed in geminivirus infected tissue and when AL2/C2 are over-expressed. Increased cytokinin-responsive promoter activity may therefore be a consequence of an ADK/AL2/C2 interaction. Application of exogenous cytokinin increases susceptibility to geminivirus infection, characterized by a reduced mean latent period and enhanced viral replication. Thus, ADK appears to be a high value target of geminiviruses that includes increasing expression of primary cytokinin-responsive genes.
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One branch of plant innate immunity is mediated through what is traditionally known as race-specific or gene-for-gene resistance wherein the outcome of an attempted infection is determined by the genotypes of both the host and the pathogen. Dominant plant disease resistance (R) genes confer resistance to a variety of biotrophic pathogens, including viruses, encoding corresponding dominant avirulence (Avr) genes. R genes are among the most highly variable plant genes known, both within and between populations. Plant genomes encode hundreds of R genes that code for NB-LRR proteins, so named because they posses nucleotide-binding (NB) and leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domains. Many matching pairs of NB-LRR and Avr proteins have been identified as well as cellular proteins that mediate R/Avr interactions, and the molecular analysis of these interactions have led to the formulation of models of how products of R genes recognize pathogens. Data from multiple NB-LRR systems indicate that the LRR domains of NB-LRR proteins determine recognition specificity. However, recent evidence suggests that NB-LRR proteins have co-opted cellular recognition co-factors that mediate interactions between Avr proteins and the N-terminal domains of NB-LRR proteins.
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