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Mondal S, Ghanim M, Roberts A, Gray SM. Different potato virus Y strains frequently co-localize in single epidermal leaf cells and in the aphid stylet. J Gen Virol 2021; 102. [PMID: 33709906 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Single aphids can simultaneously or sequentially acquire and transmit multiple potato virus Y (PVY) strains. Multiple PVY strains are often found in the same field and occasionally within the same plant, but little is known about how PVY strains interact in plants or in aphid stylets. Immuno-staining and confocal microscopy were used to examine the spatial and temporal dynamics of PVY strain mixtures (PVYO and PVYNTN or PVYO and PVYN) in epidermal leaf cells of 'Samsun NN' tobacco and 'Goldrush' potato. Virus binding and localization was also examined in aphid stylets following acquisition. Both strains systemically infected tobacco and co-localized in cells of all leaves examined; however, the relative amounts of each virus changed over time. Early in the tobacco infection, when mosaic symptoms were observed, PVYO dominated the infection although PVYNTN was detected in some cells. As the infection progressed and vein necrosis developed, PVYNTN was prevalent. Co-localization of PVYO and PVYN was also observed in epidermal cells of potato leaves with most cells infected with both viruses. Furthermore, two strains could be detected binding to the distal end of aphid stylets following virus acquisition from a plant infected with a strain mixture. These data are in contrast with the traditional belief of spatial separation of two closely related potyviruses and suggest apparent non-antagonistic interaction between PVY strains that could help explain the multitude of emerging recombinant PVY strains discovered in potato in recent years.
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- Shaonpius Mondal
- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-5904, USA
- Present address: USDA-ARS, Crop Improvement and Protection Research Unit, Salinas, CA. 93905, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Volcani Center, P.O Box 155, Bet Dagan 5025001, Israel
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- Cellular and Molecular Sciences, James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Scotland, DD2 5DA, UK
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- USDA-ARS, Emerging Pests and Pathogen Research Unit, Ithaca, NY 14853-5904, USA
- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-5904, USA
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Abdoulaye AH, Hai D, Tang Q, Jiang D, Fu Y, Cheng J, Lin Y, Li B, Kotta-Loizou I, Xie J. Two distant helicases in one mycovirus: evidence of horizontal gene transfer between mycoviruses, coronaviruses and other nidoviruses. Virus Evol 2021; 7:veab043. [PMID: 34055389 PMCID: PMC8135808 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veab043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Nidovirales, which accommodates viruses with the largest RNA genomes, includes the notorious coronaviruses; however, the evolutionary route for nidoviruses is not well understood. We have characterized a positive-sense (+) single-stranded (ss) RNA mycovirus, Rhizoctonia solani hypovirus 2 (RsHV2), from the phytopathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani. RsHV2 has the largest RNA genome size of 22,219 nucleotides, excluding the poly(A) tail, in all known mycoviruses, and contains two open reading frames (ORF1 and ORF2). ORF1 encodes a protein of 2,009 amino acid (aa) that includes a conserved helicase domain belonging to helicase superfamily I (SFI). In contrast, ORF2 encodes a polyprotein of 4459 aa containing the hallmark genes of hypoviruses. The latter includes a helicase belonging to SFII. Following phylogenetic analysis, the ORF1-encoded helicase (Hel1) unexpectedly clustered in an independent evolutionary branch together with nidovirus helicases, including coronaviruses, and bacteria helicases. Thus, Hel1 presence indicates the occurrence of horizontal gene transfer between viruses and bacteria. These findings also suggest that RsHV2 is most likely a recombinant arising between hypoviruses and nidoviruses.
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- Assane Hamidou Abdoulaye
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430070, People’s Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430070, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430070, People’s Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430070, People’s Republic of China
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- Xiangyang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xiangyang, Hubei Province, 441057, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430070, People’s Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430070, People’s Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430070, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430070, People’s Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430070, People’s Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430070, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430070, People’s Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430070, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430070, People’s Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430070, People’s Republic of China
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Holkar SK, Balasubramaniam P, Kumar A, Kadirvel N, Shingote PR, Chhabra ML, Kumar S, Kumar P, Viswanathan R, Jain RK, Pathak AD. Present Status and Future Management Strategies for Sugarcane Yellow Leaf Virus: A Major Constraint to the Global Sugarcane Production. Plant Pathol J 2020; 36:536-557. [PMID: 33312090 PMCID: PMC7721539 DOI: 10.5423/ppj.rw.09.2020.0183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Sugarcane yellow leaf virus (SCYLV) is a distinct member of the Polerovirus genus of the Luteoviridae family. SCYLV is the major limitation to sugarcane production worldwide and presently occurring in most of the sugarcane growing countries. SCYLV having high genetic diversity within the species and presently ten genotypes are known to occur based on the complete genome sequence information. SCYLV is present in almost all the states of India where sugarcane is grown. Virion comprises of 180 coat protein units and are 24-29 nm in diameter. The genome of SCYLV is a monopartite and comprised of single-stranded (ss) positive-sense (+) linear RNA of about 6 kb in size. Virus genome consists of six open reading frames (ORFs) that are expressed by sub-genomic RNAs. The SCYLV is phloem-limited and transmitted by sugarcane aphid Melanaphis sacchari in a circulative and non-propagative manner. The other aphid species namely, Ceratovacuna lanigera, Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominalis, and R. maidis also been reported to transmit the virus. The virus is not transmitted mechanically, therefore, its transmission by M. sacchari has been studied in different countries. SCYLV has a limited natural host range and mainly infect sugarcane (Sachharum hybrid), grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), and Columbus grass (Sorghum almum). Recent insights in the protein-protein interactions of Polerovirus through protein interaction reporter (PIR) technology enable us to understand viral encoded proteins during virus replication, assembly, plant defence mechanism, short and long-distance travel of the virus. This review presents the recent understandings on virus biology, diagnosis, genetic diversity, virus-vector and host-virus interactions and conventional and next generation management approaches.
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- Somnath Kadappa Holkar
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Biological Control Centre, Pravaranagar, Maharashtra 43 72, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Biological Control Centre, Pravaranagar, Maharashtra 43 72, India.,Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Lucknow Campus, Lucknow 226 010, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 61 007, Tamil Nadu, India
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- ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Regional Centre, Karnal, Haryana 13 001, India
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- ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Regional Centre, Karnal, Haryana 13 001, India
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- ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Regional Centre, Karnal, Haryana 13 001, India
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- Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 61 007, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110 012, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow 226 002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Kovalev N, Pogany J, Nagy PD. Interviral Recombination between Plant, Insect, and Fungal RNA Viruses: Role of the Intracellular Ca 2+/Mn 2+ Pump. J Virol 2019; 94:e01015-19. [PMID: 31597780 PMCID: PMC6912095 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01015-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Recombination is one of the driving forces of viral evolution. RNA recombination events among similar RNA viruses are frequent, although RNA recombination could also take place among unrelated viruses. In this paper, we have established efficient interviral recombination systems based on yeast and plants. We show that diverse RNA viruses, including the plant viruses tomato bushy stunt virus, carnation Italian ringspot virus, and turnip crinkle virus-associated RNA; the insect plus-strand RNA [(+)RNA] viruses Flock House virus and Nodamura virus; and the double-stranded L-A virus of yeast, are involved in interviral recombination events. Most interviral recombinants are minus-strand recombinant RNAs, and the junction sites are not randomly distributed, but there are certain hot spot regions. Formation of interviral recombinants in yeast and plants is accelerated by depletion of the cellular SERCA-like Pmr1 ATPase-driven Ca2+/Mn2+ pump, regulating intracellular Ca2+ and Mn2+ influx into the Golgi apparatus from the cytosol. The interviral recombinants are generated by a template-switching mechanism during RNA replication by the viral replicase. Replication studies revealed that a group of interviral recombinants is replication competent in cell-free extracts, in yeast, and in the plant Nicotiana benthamiana We propose that there are major differences among the viral replicases to generate and maintain interviral recombinants. Altogether, the obtained data promote the model that host factors greatly contribute to the formation of recombinants among related and unrelated viruses. This is the first time that a host factor's role in affecting interviral recombination is established.IMPORTANCE Viruses with RNA genomes are abundant, and their genomic sequences show astonishing variation. Genetic recombination in RNA viruses is a major force behind their rapid evolution, enhanced pathogenesis, and adaptation to their hosts. We utilized a previously identified intracellular Ca2+/Mn2+ pump-deficient yeast to search for interviral recombinants. Noninfectious viral replication systems were used to avoid generating unwanted infectious interviral recombinants. Altogether, interviral RNA recombinants were observed between plant and insect viruses, and between a fungal double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) virus and an insect virus, in the yeast host. In addition, interviral recombinants between two plant virus replicon RNAs were identified in N. benthamiana plants, in which the intracellular Ca2+/Mn2+ pump was depleted. These findings underline the crucial role of the host in promoting RNA recombination among unrelated viruses.
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- Nikolay Kovalev
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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Silva RN, Monteiro VN, Steindorff AS, Gomes EV, Noronha EF, Ulhoa CJ. Trichoderma/pathogen/plant interaction in pre-harvest food security. Fungal Biol 2019; 123:565-583. [PMID: 31345411 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2019.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2019] [Revised: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Large losses before crop harvesting are caused by plant pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria, oomycetes, fungi, and nematodes. Among these, fungi are the major cause of losses in agriculture worldwide. Plant pathogens are still controlled through application of agrochemicals, causing human disease and impacting environmental and food security. Biological control provides a safe alternative for the control of fungal plant pathogens, because of the ability of biocontrol agents to establish in the ecosystem. Some Trichoderma spp. are considered potential agents in the control of fungal plant diseases. They can interact directly with roots, increasing plant growth, resistance to diseases, and tolerance to abiotic stress. Furthermore, Trichoderma can directly kill fungal plant pathogens by antibiosis, as well as via mycoparasitism strategies. In this review, we will discuss the interactions between Trichoderma/fungal pathogens/plants during the pre-harvest of crops. In addition, we will highlight how these interactions can influence crop production and food security. Finally, we will describe the future of crop production using antimicrobial peptides, plants carrying pathogen-derived resistance, and plantibodies.
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- Roberto N Silva
- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
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- Campus of Exact Sciences and Technologies, Campus Henrique Santillo, Anapolis, Goiás State, Brazil
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- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, 94598, USA
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- Department of Biofunctional, Center of Higher Education Morgana Potrich Eireli, Morgana Potrich College, Mineiros, Goiás, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, Biological Sciences Institute, Campus Samambaia, Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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Li C, Wang H, Shi J, Yang D, Zhou G, Chang J, Cameron CE, Woodman A, Yu L. Senecavirus-Specific Recombination Assays Reveal the Intimate Link between Polymerase Fidelity and RNA Recombination. J Virol 2019; 93:e00576-19. [PMID: 30996084 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00576-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Senecavirus A (SVA) is a reemerging virus, and recent evidence has emphasized the importance of SVA recombination in vivo on virus evolution. In this study, we report the development of an infectious cDNA clone for the SVA/HLJ/CHA/2016 strain. We used this strain to develop a reporter virus expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP), which we then used to screen for a recombination-deficient SVA by an eGFP retention assay. Sequencing of the virus that retained the eGFP following passage allowed us to identify the nonsynonymous mutations (S460L alone and I212V-S460L in combination) in the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) region of the genome. We developed a Senecavirus-specific cell culture-based recombination assay, which we used to elucidate the role of RdRp in SVA recombination. Our results demonstrate that these two polymerase variants (S460L and I212/S460L) have reduced recombination capacity. These results indicate that the RdRp plays a central role in SVA replicative recombination. Notably, our results showed that the two recombination-deficient variants have higher replication fidelity than the wild type (WT) and display decreased ribavirin sensitivity compared to the WT. In addition, these two mutants exhibited significantly increased fitness in vitro compared to the WT. These results demonstrate that recombination and mutation rates are intimately linked. Our results have important implications for understanding the crucial role of the RdRp in virus recombination and fitness, especially in the molecular mechanisms of SVA evolution and pathogenicity.IMPORTANCE Recent evidence has emphasized the importance of SVA recombination on virus evolution in vivo We describe the first assays to study Senecavirus A recombination. The results show that the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase plays a crucial role in recombination and that recombination can impact the fitness of SVA in cell culture. Further, SVA polymerase fidelity is closely related to recombination efficiency. The results provide key insights into the role of recombination in positive-strand RNA viruses.
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De A, Sarkar T, Nandy A. Bioinformatics studies of Influenza A hemagglutinin sequence data indicate recombination-like events leading to segment exchanges. BMC Res Notes 2016; 9:222. [PMID: 27083561 PMCID: PMC4832483 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-016-2017-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The influenza genome is highly variable due primarily to two mechanisms: antigenic drift and antigenic shift. A third mechanism for genetic change, known as copy choice or template switching, can arise during replication when, if two viral strains infect a cell, a part of a gene from the second viral strain can be copied into the growing progeny of a gene of the first viral strain as replacement leading to a new variety of the virus. This template switching between the same genes of the two strains is known as homologous recombination. While genetic drift and shift are well-understood, the presence or absence of intra-segment homologous recombination in influenza genomes is controversial. CONTEXT AND PURPOSE OF STUDY We are interested to study the possibility of subunit-wise homologous recombination. The idea is that where well-defined subunits are separated by consensus sequences, it might be possible for template switching to take place at such junctions. The influenza hemagglutinin gene has basically two subunits, HA1 and HA2, with HA1 being mostly surface exposed and containing the active site for binding to cells, while HA2 secures the hemagglutinin to the viral coat. We undertook a thorough search of the major human infecting influenza hemagglutinin gene sequences, viz., the H1N1, H5N1, H3N2 and H7N9 subtypes, over the period 2010-2014 in Asia to determine if certain sequences could be identified that had HA1 from a previous strain and HA2 from another. RESULTS Our search yielded several instances where sequence identities between segments of various strains could be interpreted as indicating possibilities of segment exchange. In some cases, on closer examination they turn out to differ by a few mutations in each segment, due perhaps to the short time span of our database. CONCLUSIONS AND POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS The study reported here, and in combination with our earlier observations on the neuraminidase, shows that subunit-wise recombination-like events in the influenza genes may be occurring more often than have been accounted for and merits further detailed studies.
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- Antara De
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Education, 404B Jodhpur Park, Kolkata, 700068, India.
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- Physics Department, Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Education, 404B Jodhpur Park, Kolkata, 700068, India
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Prasanth KR, Kovalev N, de Castro Martín IF, Baker J, Nagy PD. Screening a yeast library of temperature-sensitive mutants reveals a role for actin in tombusvirus RNA recombination. Virology 2016; 489:233-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2015] [Revised: 08/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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ElSayed AI, Komor E, Boulila M, Viswanathan R, Odero DC. Biology and management of sugarcane yellow leaf virus: an historical overview. Arch Virol 2015; 160:2921-34. [PMID: 26424197 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-015-2618-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Sugarcane yellow leaf virus (SCYLV) is one of the most widespread viruses causing disease in sugarcane worldwide. The virus has been responsible for drastic economic losses in most sugarcane-growing regions and remains a major concern for sugarcane breeders. Infection with SCYLV results in intense yellowing of the midrib, which extends to the leaf blade, followed by tissue necrosis from the leaf tip towards the leaf base. Such symptomatic leaves are usually characterized by increased respiration, reduced photosynthesis, a change in the ratio of hexose to sucrose, and an increase in starch content. SCYLV infection affects carbon assimilation and metabolism in sugarcane, resulting in stunted plants in severe cases. SCYLV is mainly propagated by planting cuttings from infected stalks. Phylogenetic analysis has confirmed the worldwide distribution of at least eight SCYLV genotypes (BRA, CHN1, CHN3, CUB, HAW, IND, PER, and REU). Evidence of recombination has been found in the SCYLV genome, which contains potential recombination signals in ORF1/2 and ORF5. This shows that recombination plays an important role in the evolution of SCYLV.
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- Abdelaleim Ismail ElSayed
- Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, 44519, Zagazig, Egypt. .,Everglades Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 3200 East Palm Beach Road, Belle Glade, FL, 33430-4702, USA.
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- Plant Physiology, University Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut de l'Olivier, B.P. 14, 4061, Sousse Ibn-khaldoun, Tunisia
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- Division of Crop Protection, Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Coimbatore, 641007, India
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- Everglades Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 3200 East Palm Beach Road, Belle Glade, FL, 33430-4702, USA
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Tepfer M, Jacquemond M, García-Arenal F. A critical evaluation of whether recombination in virus-resistant transgenic plants will lead to the emergence of novel viral diseases. New Phytol 2015; 207:536-41. [PMID: 25982848 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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In the evaluation of the potential impacts of first-generation genetically modified (GM) crops, one of the most complex issues has been whether the expression of viral sequences would lead to the emergence of novel viruses, which could occur through recombination between transgene mRNA and that of an infecting non-target virus. Here, we examine this issue, focusing on Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), which is a particularly pertinent choice, as it is both a major plant pathogen and also the virus with which this question has been studied in the most detail. Using recent results on recombination in CMV, we employ a novel framework giving particular prominence to the formulation of the risk hypothesis and to hypothesis testing via examination of the potential pathway to harm. This allows us to conclude with greater certainty that the likelihood of this potential harm, the emergence of novel viruses, is low.
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- Mark Tepfer
- INRA UMR1318 Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, 78026, Versailles Cedex, France
- INRA UR407 Pathologie Végétale, 84143, Montfavet Cedex, France
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas UPM-INIA and ETSI Agrónomos, Campus de Montegancedo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28223, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
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de Aguiar MAM, Schneider DM, do Carmo E, Campos PRA, Martins AB. Error catastrophe in populations under similarity-essential recombination. J Theor Biol 2015; 374:48-53. [PMID: 25843218 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Revised: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Organisms are often more likely to exchange genetic information with others that are similar to themselves. One of the most widely accepted mechanisms of RNA virus recombination requires substantial sequence similarity between the parental RNAs and is termed similarity-essential recombination. This mechanism may be considered analogous to assortative mating, an important form of non-random mating that can be found in animals and plants. Here we study the dynamics of haplotype frequencies in populations evolving under similarity-essential recombination. Haplotypes are represented by a genome of B biallelic loci and the Hamming distance between individuals is used as a criterion for recombination. We derive the evolution equations for the haplotype frequencies assuming that recombination does not occur if the genetic distance is larger than a critical value G and that mutation occurs at a rate μ per locus. Additionally, uniform crossover is considered. Although no fitness is directly associated to the haplotypes, we show that frequency-dependent selection emerges dynamically and governs the haplotype distribution. A critical mutation rate μc can be identified as the error threshold transition, beyond which this selective information cannot be stored. For μ<μc the distribution consists of a dominant sequence surrounded by a cloud of closely related sequences, characterizing a quasispecies. For μ>μc the distribution becomes uniform, with all haplotypes having the same frequency. In the case of extreme assortativeness, where individuals only recombine with others identical to themselves (G=0), the error threshold results μc=1/4, independently of the genome size. For weak assortativity (G=B-1)μc=2(-(B+1)) and for the case of no assortativity (G=B) μc=0. We compute the mutation threshold for 0<G<B and show that, for large B, it depends only on the ratio G/B. We discuss the consequences of these results for recombination in viruses and for speciation.
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- Marcus A M de Aguiar
- Instituto de Física 'Gleb Wataghin', Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Física 'Gleb Wataghin', Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal da Integração Latino Americana, 85867-970 Foz do Iguaçu, PR, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50670-901 Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física 'Gleb Wataghin', Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil; Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Prasanth KR, Barajas D, Nagy PD. The proteasomal Rpn11 metalloprotease suppresses tombusvirus RNA recombination and promotes viral replication via facilitating assembly of the viral replicase complex. J Virol 2015; 89:2750-63. [PMID: 25540361 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02620-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED RNA viruses co-opt a large number of cellular proteins that affect virus replication and, in some cases, viral genetic recombination. RNA recombination helps viruses in an evolutionary arms race with the host's antiviral responses and adaptation of viruses to new hosts. Tombusviruses and a yeast model host are used to identify cellular factors affecting RNA virus replication and RNA recombination. In this study, we have examined the role of the conserved Rpn11p metalloprotease subunit of the proteasome, which couples deubiquitination and degradation of proteasome substrates, in tombusvirus replication and recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and plants. Depletion or mutations of Rpn11p lead to the rapid formation of viral RNA recombinants in combination with reduced levels of viral RNA replication in yeast or in vitro based on cell extracts. Rpn11p interacts with the viral replication proteins and is recruited to the viral replicase complex (VRC). Analysis of the multifunctional Rpn11p has revealed that the primary role of Rpn11p is to act as a "matchmaker" that brings the viral p92(pol) replication protein and the DDX3-like Ded1p/RH20 DEAD box helicases into VRCs. Overexpression of Ded1p can complement the defect observed in rpn11 mutant yeast by reducing TBSV recombination. This suggests that Rpn11p can suppress tombusvirus recombination via facilitating the recruitment of the cellular Ded1p helicase, which is a strong suppressor of viral recombination, into VRCs. Overall, this work demonstrates that the co-opted Rpn11p, which is involved in the assembly of the functional proteasome, also functions in the proper assembly of the tombusvirus VRCs. IMPORTANCE RNA viruses evolve rapidly due to genetic changes based on mutations and RNA recombination. Viral genetic recombination helps viruses in an evolutionary arms race with the host's antiviral responses and facilitates adaptation of viruses to new hosts. Cellular factors affect viral RNA recombination, although the role of the host in virus evolution is still understudied. In this study, we used a plant RNA virus, tombusvirus, to examine the role of a cellular proteasomal protein, called Rpn11, in tombusvirus recombination in a yeast model host, in plants, and in vitro. We found that the cellular Rpn11 is subverted for tombusvirus replication and Rpn11 has a proteasome-independent function in facilitating viral replication. When the Rpn11 level is knocked down or a mutated Rpn11 is expressed, then tombusvirus RNA goes through rapid viral recombination and evolution. Taken together, the results show that the co-opted cellular Rpn11 is a critical host factor for tombusviruses by regulating viral replication and genetic recombination.
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Kozlowska-makulska A, Hasiow-jaroszewska B, Szyndel MS, Herrbach E, Bouzoubaa S, Lemaire O, Beuve M. Phylogenetic relationships and the occurrence of interspecific recombination between beet chlorosis virus (BChV) and Beet mild yellowing virus (BMYV). Arch Virol 2015; 160:429-33. [DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2245-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 09/24/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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ElSayed AI, Boulila M, Rott P. Molecular evolutionary history of Sugarcane yellow leaf virus based on sequence analysis of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and putative aphid transmission factor-coding genes. J Mol Evol 2014; 78:349-65. [PMID: 24952671 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-014-9630-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Accepted: 06/12/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) encoded by ORF2 and putative aphid transmission factor (PATF) encoded by ORF5 of Sugarcane yellow leaf virus (SCYLV) were detected in six sugarcane cultivars affected by yellow leaf using RT-PCR and real-time RT-PCR assays. Expression of both genes varied among infected plants, but overall expression of RdRp was higher than expression of PATF. Cultivar H87-4094 from Hawaii yielded the highest transcript levels of RdRp, whereas cultivar C1051-73 from Cuba exhibited the lowest levels. Sequence comparisons among 25 SCYLV isolates from various geographical locations revealed an amino acid similarity of 72.1-99.4 and 84.7-99.8 % for the RdRp and PATF genes, respectively. The 25 SCYLV isolates were separated into three (RdRp) and two (PATF) phylogenetic groups using the MEGA6 program that does not account for genetic recombination. However, the SCYLV genome contained potential recombination signals in the RdRp and PATF coding genes based on the GARD genetic algorithm. Use of this later program resulted in the reconstruction of phylogenies on the left as well as on the right sides of the putative recombination breaking points, and the 25 SCYLV isolates were distributed into three distinct phylogenetic groups based on either RdRp or PATF sequences. As a result, recombination reshuffled the affiliation of the accessions to the different clusters. Analysis of selection pressures exerted on RdRp and PATF encoded proteins revealed that ORF 2 and ORF 5 underwent predominantly purifying selection. However, a few sites were also under positive selection as assessed by various models such as FEL, IFEL, REL, FUBAR, MEME, GA-Branch, and PRIME.
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Kwon SJ, Rao ALN. Emergence of distinct brome mosaic virus recombinants is determined by the polarity of the inoculum RNA. J Virol 2012; 86:5204-20. [PMID: 22357282 PMCID: PMC3347362 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00351-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2012] [Accepted: 02/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Despite overwhelming interest in the impact exerted by recombination during evolution of RNA viruses, the relative contribution of the polarity of inoculum templates remains poorly understood. Here, by agroinfiltrating Nicotiana benthamiana leaves, we show that brome mosaic virus (BMV) replicase is competent to initiate positive-strand [(+)-strand] synthesis on an ectopically expressed RNA3 negative strand [(-) strand] and faithfully complete the replication cycle. Consequently, we sought to examine the role of RNA polarity in BMV recombination by expressing a series of replication-defective mutants of BMV RNA3 in (+) or (-) polarity. Temporal analysis of progeny sequences revealed that the genetic makeup of the primary recombinant pool is determined by the polarity of the inoculum template. When the polarity of the inoculum template was (+), the recombinant pool that accumulated during early phases of replication was a mixture of nonhomologous recombinants. These are longer than the inoculum template length, and a nascent 3' untranslated region (UTR) of wild-type (WT) RNA1 or RNA2 was added to the input mutant RNA3 3' UTR due to end-to-end template switching by BMV replicase during (-)-strand synthesis. In contrast, when the polarity of the inoculum was (-), the progeny contained a pool of native-length homologous recombinants generated by template switching of BMV replicase with a nascent UTR from WT RNA1 or RNA2 during (+)-strand synthesis. Repair of a point mutation caused by polymerase error occurred only when the polarity of the inoculum template was (+). These results contribute to the explanation of the functional role of RNA polarity in recombination mediated by copy choice mechanisms.
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- Sun-Jung Kwon
- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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Boulila M. Positive selection, molecular recombination structure and phylogenetic reconstruction of members of the family Tombusviridae: Implication in virus taxonomy. Genet Mol Biol 2011; 34:647-60. [PMID: 22215970 PMCID: PMC3229121 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572011005000046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2010] [Accepted: 05/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A detailed study of putative recombination events and their evolution frequency in the whole genome of the currently known members of the family Tombusviridae, comprising 79 accessions retrieved from the international databases, was carried out by using the RECCO and RDP version 3.31β algorithms. The first program allowed the detection of potential recombination sites in seven out of eight virus genera (Aureusvirus, Avenavirus, Carmovirus, Dianthovirus, Necrovirus, Panicovirus, and Tombusvirus), the second program provided the same results except for genus Dianthovirus. On the other hand, both methods failed to detect recombination breakpoints in the genome of members of genus Machlomovirus. Furthermore, based on Fisher's Exact Test of Neutrality, positive selection exerted on protein-coding genes was detected in 17 accession pairs involving 15 different lineages. Except genera Machlomovirus, and Panicovirus along with unclassified Tombusviridae, all the other taxonomical genera and the unassigned Tombusviridae encompassed representatives under positive selection. The evolutionary history of all members of the Tombusviridae family showed that they segregated into eight distinct groups corresponding to the eight genera which constitute this family. The inferred phylogeny reshuffled the classification currently adopted by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. A reclassification was proposed.
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Recombination occurs in many RNA viruses and can be of major evolutionary significance. However, rates of recombination vary dramatically among RNA viruses, which can range from clonal to highly recombinogenic. Here, we review the factors that might explain this variation in recombination frequency and show that there is little evidence that recombination is favoured by natural selection to create advantageous genotypes or purge deleterious mutations, as predicted if recombination functions as a form of sexual reproduction. Rather, recombination rates seemingly reflect larger-scale patterns of viral genome organization, such that recombination may be a mechanistic by-product of the evolutionary pressures acting on other aspects of virus biology.
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- Etienne Simon-Loriere
- Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, Mueller Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA.
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RNA viruses are the champions of evolution due to high frequency mutations and genetic recombination occurring during virus replication. These genetic events are due to the error-prone nature of viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRp). Recently emerging models on viral RNA recombination, however, also include key roles for host and environmental factors. Accordingly, genome-wide screens and global proteomics approaches with Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) and yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as a model host have identified 38 host proteins affecting viral RNA recombination. Follow-up studies have identified key host proteins and cellular pathways involved in TBSV RNA recombination. In addition, environmental factors, such as salt stress, have been shown to affect TBSV recombination via influencing key host or viral factors involved in the recombination process. These advances will help build more accurate models on viral recombination, evolution, and adaptation.
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RNA degradation, together with RNA synthesis, controls the steady-state level of viral RNAs in infected cells. The endoribonucleolytic cleavage of viral RNA is important not only for viral RNA degradation but for RNA recombination as well, due to the participation of some RNA degradation products in the RNA recombination process. To identify host endoribonucleases involved in degradation of Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae model host, we tested eight known endoribonucleases. Here we report that downregulation of SNM1, encoding a component of the RNase MRP, and a temperature-sensitive mutation in the NME1 gene, coding for the RNA component of RNase MRP, lead to reduced production of the endoribonucleolytically cleaved TBSV RNA in yeast. We also show that the highly purified yeast RNase MRP cleaves the TBSV RNA in vitro, resulting in TBSV RNA degradation products similar in size to those observed in yeast cells. Knocking down the NME1 homolog in Nicotiana benthamiana also led to decreased production of the cleaved TBSV RNA, suggesting that in plants, RNase MRP is involved in TBSV RNA degradation. Altogether, this work suggests a role for the host endoribonuclease RNase MRP in viral RNA degradation and recombination.
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- Hannah M. Jaag
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Plant Science Building, Lexington, Kentucky 40546, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Plant Science Building, Lexington, Kentucky 40546, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Plant Science Building, Lexington, Kentucky 40546, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Plant Science Building, Lexington, Kentucky 40546, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210
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Zhou C, Xiang H, Zhuo T, Li D, Yu J, Han C. A novel strain of Beet western yellows virus infecting sugar beet with two distinct genotypes differing in the 5′-terminal half of genome. Virus Genes 2011; 42:141-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s11262-010-0553-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2010] [Accepted: 11/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Viruses are masters of evolution due to high frequency mutations and genetic recombination. In spite of the significance of viral RNA recombination that promotes the emergence of drug-resistant virus strains, the role of host and environmental factors in RNA recombination is poorly understood. Here we report that the host Met22p/Hal2p bisphosphate-3'-nucleotidase regulates the frequency of viral RNA recombination and the efficiency of viral replication. Based on Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) and yeast as a model host, we demonstrate that deletion of MET22 in yeast or knockdown of AHL, SAL1 and FRY1 nucleotidases/phosphatases in plants leads to increased TBSV recombination and replication. Using a cell-free TBSV recombination/replication assay, we show that the substrate of the above nucleotidases, namely 3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphate pAp, inhibits the activity of the Xrn1p 5'-3' ribonuclease, a known suppressor of TBSV recombination. Inhibition of the activity of the nucleotidases by LiCl and NaCl also leads to increased TBSV recombination, demonstrating that environmental factors could also affect viral RNA recombination. Thus, host factors in combination with environmental factors likely affect virus evolution and adaptation.
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MESH Headings
- Environment
- Evolution, Molecular
- Host-Pathogen Interactions/genetics
- Host-Pathogen Interactions/physiology
- Models, Biological
- Nucleotidases/genetics
- Nucleotidases/metabolism
- Nucleotidases/physiology
- Organisms, Genetically Modified
- RNA/genetics
- RNA/metabolism
- RNA Splicing/physiology
- RNA, Viral/genetics
- RNA, Viral/metabolism
- Recombination, Genetic/drug effects
- Recombination, Genetic/physiology
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/drug effects
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/virology
- Salts/pharmacology
- Stress, Physiological/drug effects
- Stress, Physiological/genetics
- Stress, Physiological/physiology
- Nicotiana/drug effects
- Nicotiana/genetics
- Nicotiana/metabolism
- Tombusvirus/genetics
- Tombusvirus/physiology
- Virus Replication/genetics
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- Hannah M. Jaag
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Plant Science Building, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Plant Science Building, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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Gargouri-Bouzid R, Jaoua L, Rouis S, Saïdi MN, Bouaziz D, Ellouz R. PVY-resistant transgenic potato plants expressing an anti-NIa protein scFv antibody. Mol Biotechnol 2010; 33:133-40. [PMID: 16757800 DOI: 10.1385/mb:33:2:133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/1999] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 11/30/1999] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A synthetic gene encoding a single chain Fv fragment of an antibody directed against the nuclear inclusion a (NIa) protein of potato virus Y (PVY) was used to transform two commercial potato cultivars (Claustar and BF15). The NIa protease forms the nuclear inclusion body A and acts as the major protease in the cleavage of the viral polyprotein into functional proteins. Immunoblot analysis showed that most of the resulting transgenic plants accumulate high levels of the transgenic protein. Furthermore, a majority of the selected transgenic lines showed an efficient and complete protection against the challenge virus after mechanical inoculation with PVYO strain. Two transgenic lines showed an incomplete resistance with delayed appearance of symptoms accompanied by low virus titers, whereas one line developed symptoms during the first days after inoculation but recovered rapidly, leading to a low virus accumulation rate. These results confirm that expression of scFv antibody is able to inhibit a crucial step in the virus multiplication, such as polyprotein cleavage is a powerful strategy for engineered virus resistance. It can lead to a complete resistance that was not obtained previously by expression of scFv directed against the viral coat protein.
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Draghici HK, Varrelmann M. Evidence for similarity-assisted recombination and predicted stem-loop structure determinant in potato virus X RNA recombination. J Gen Virol 2010; 91:552-62. [PMID: 19864501 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.014712-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Virus RNA recombination, one of the main factors for genetic variability and evolution, is thought to be based on different mechanisms. Here, the recently described in vivo potato virus X (PVX) recombination assay [Draghici, H.-K. & Varrelmann, M. (2009). J Virol 83, 7761-7769] was applied to characterize structural parameters of recombination. The assay uses an Agrobacterium-mediated expression system incorporating a PVX green fluorescent protein (GFP)-labelled full-length clone. The clone contains a partial coat protein (CP) deletion that causes defectiveness in cell-to-cell movement, together with a functional CP+3' non-translated region (ntr) transcript, in Nicotiana benthamiana leaf tissue. The structural parameters assessed were the length of sequence overlap, the distance between mutations and the degree of sequence similarity. The effects on the observed frequency of reconstitution and the composition of the recombination products were characterized. Application of four different type X intact PVX CP genes with variable composition allowed the estimation of the junction sites of precise homologous recombination. Although one template switch would have been sufficient for functional reconstitution, between one and seven template switches were observed. Use of PVX-GFP mutants with CP deletions of variable length resulted in a linear decrease of the reconstitution frequency. The critical length observed for homologous recombination was 20-50 nt. Reduction of the reconstitution frequency was obtained when a phylogenetically distant PVX type Bi CP gene was used. Finally, the prediction of CP and 3'-ntr RNA secondary structure demonstrated that recombination-junction sites were located mainly in regions of stem-loop structures, allowing the recombination observed to be categorized as similarity-assisted.
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- Heidrun-Katharina Draghici
- Department of Crop Sciences, Section Plant Virology, University of Göttingen, Grisebachstrasse 6, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Jaag HM, Pogany J, Nagy PD. A host Ca2+/Mn2+ ion pump is a factor in the emergence of viral RNA recombinants. Cell Host Microbe 2010; 7:74-81. [PMID: 20114029 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2009.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2009] [Revised: 10/16/2009] [Accepted: 12/21/2009] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Viruses change rapidly due to genetic mutations, and viral RNA recombination in RNA viruses can lead to the emergence of drug-resistant or highly virulent strains. Here, we report that host Pmr1p, an ion pump that controls Ca2+/Mn2+ influx into the Golgi from the cytosol, affects the frequency of viral RNA recombination and the efficiency of replication. Inactivation of PMR1 leads to an approximately 160-fold increase in RNA recombination of Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) in yeast, a model host. Expression of separation-of-function mutants of Pmr1p reveals that the ability of Pmr1p to control the Mn2+ concentration in the cytosol is a key factor in viral RNA recombination. Indeed, a high Mn2+ concentration in a cell-free TBSV replication system increases the recombination frequency, and knockdown of Ca2+/Mn2+ exporters in plants increases virus replication and RNA recombination. Thus, a conserved host protein could affect the adaptive evolution of RNA viruses.
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- Hannah M Jaag
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Plant Science Building, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
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Draghici HK, Varrelmann M. Evidence that the linker between the methyltransferase and helicase domains of potato virus X replicase is involved in homologous RNA recombination. J Virol 2009; 83:7761-9. [PMID: 19439477 PMCID: PMC2708637 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00179-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2008] [Accepted: 05/07/2009] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Recombination in RNA viruses, one of the main factors contributing to their genetic variability and evolution, is a widespread phenomenon. In this study, an in vivo assay to characterize RNA recombination in potato virus X (PVX), under high selection pressure, was established. Agrobacterium tumefaciens was used to express in Nicotiana benthamiana leaf tissue both a PVX isolate labeled with green fluorescent protein (GFP) containing a coat protein deletion mutation (DeltaCP) and a transcript encoding a functional coat protein +3'-ntr. Coexpression of the constructs led to virus movement and systemic infection; reconstituted recombinants were observed in 92% of inoculated plants. Similar results were obtained using particle bombardment, demonstrating that recombination mediated by A. tumefaciens was not responsible for the occurrence of PXC recombinants. The speed of recombination could be estimated by agroinfection of two PVX mutants lacking the 3' and 5' halves of the genome, respectively, with an overlap in the triple gene block 1 gene, allowing GFP expression only in the case of recombination. Ten different pentapeptide insertion scanning replicase mutants with replication abilities comparable to wild-type virus were applied in the different recombination assays. Two neighboring mutants affecting the linker between the methyltransferase and helicase domains were shown to be strongly debilitated in their ability to recombine. The possible functional separation of replication and recombination in the replicase molecule supports the model that RNA recombination represents a distinct function of this protein, although the underlying mechanism still needs to be investigated.
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- Heidrun-Katharina Draghici
- Department of Crop Sciences, Section Plant Virology, University of Göttingen, Grisebachstrasse 6, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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The seemingly inexorable expansion of global human population size, significant increases in the use of biofuel crops and the growing pressures of multifunctional land-use have intensified the need to improve crop productivity. The widespread cultivation of high-yielding genetically modified (GM) crops could help to address these problems, although in doing so, steps must also be taken to ensure that any gene flow from these crops to wild or weedy recipients does not cause significant ecological harm. It is partly for this reason that new GM cultivars are invariably subjected to strict regulatory evaluation in order to assess the risks that each may pose to the environment. Regulatory bodies vary in their approach to decision-making, although all require access to large quantities of detailed information. Such an exhaustive case-by-case approach has been made tractable by the comparative simplicity of the portfolio of GM crops currently on the market, with four crops and two classes of traits accounting for almost all of the area under cultivation of GM crops. This simplified situation will change shortly, and will seriously complicate and potentially slow the evaluation process. Nowhere will the increased diversity of GM crops cause more difficulty to regulators than in those cases where there is a need to assess whether the transgene(s) will enhance fitness in a non-transgenic relative and thereafter cause ecological harm. Current practice to test this risk hypothesis focuses on attempting to detect increased fitness in the recipient. In this paper we explore the merits and shortcomings of this strategy, and investigate the scope for developing new approaches to streamline decision-making processes for transgenes that could cause unwanted ecological change.
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- Mike Wilkinson
- Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, Edward Llwyd Building, Wales University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DA, UK
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Boulila M. Recombination structure and genetic relatedness among members of the family Bromoviridae based on their RNAs 1 and 2 sequence analyses. Virus Genes 2009; 38:435-44. [DOI: 10.1007/s11262-009-0340-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2008] [Accepted: 02/12/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Shi BJ, Symons RH, Palukaitis P. Stability and competitiveness of interviral recombinant RNAs derived from a chimeric cucumovirus. Virus Res 2009; 140:216-21. [PMID: 19063925 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2008] [Revised: 10/01/2008] [Accepted: 11/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We previously described interviral recombinant RNAs derived from a chimeric virus having RNAs 1 and 2 of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) with RNA 3 from the related tomato aspermy virus (TAV) and the 2b gene from either TAV or another strain of CMV. Here, we show that these interviral recombinant RNAs 3 were stable in the infected plants and could co-exist with their wild-type parental viral RNAs in the same plants, but their de novo generations were inhibited in the presence of the wild-type parental viral RNAs. The recombinant viral genomes did not prevent the replication of other viral RNAs or vice versa, but one of the interviral recombinant viruses induced different symptoms in Physalis floridana from those induced by the parental chimeric virus without the interviral RNA 3 recombinant. Factors such as the nature of the 2b gene and/or the presence or absence of competing wild-type parental RNAs influenced the generation of the recombinant RNAs described. Our data provide additional mechanistic insight into generation, stabilization and competition of recombinant viral RNA in infected host plants.
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- Bu-Jun Shi
- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
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Rolland M, Kerlan C, Jacquot E. The acquisition of molecular determinants involved in potato virus Y necrosis capacity leads to fitness reduction in tobacco plants. J Gen Virol 2009; 90:244-52. [PMID: 19088295 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.005140-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The prevalence of necrotic potato virus Y (PVY) in natural populations could reflect increased fitness of necrotic isolates. In this paper, the effects of the acquisition of molecular determinants (A/G(2213) and A/C(2271)) involved in necrosis capacity on both the number of progeny produced and the competitiveness of PVY were characterized. The relationship between necrosis and fitness was tested using (i) Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthi and Nicotiana clevelandii, (ii) necrotic PVY(N)-605 and non-necrotic PVY(O)-139 isolates, (iii) single-mutated (PVY(KR) and PVY(ED)) and double-mutated (PVY(KRED)) versions of PVY(N)-605 and (iv) three quantitative PCR assays specific for nt A(2213), G(2213) and A(2271) of the PVY genome. The data demonstrated effects of both the genetic background and nt 2213 and 2271 on the fitness of PVY. Quantification of PVY RNA in singly infected plants revealed that both the PVY(N)-605 genetic background and the acquisition of necrotic capacity resulted in a decrease in the number of progeny produced. Competition experiments revealed that the genetic background of PVY(N) had a positive impact on competitiveness. In contrast, nucleotides involved in necrotic properties were associated with decreased fitness. Finally, in the host that did not respond to infection with necrosis, the benefit associated with the PVY(N)-605 genetic background was higher than the cost associated with the acquisition of molecular determinants involved in necrosis capacity. The opposite result was obtained in the host responding to the infection with necrosis. These results indicate that the emergence of necrotic isolates from a non-necrotic population is unlikely in tobacco.
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- Mathieu Rolland
- INRA-Agrocampus Ouest-Université Rennes 1, UMR1099 BiO3P (Biology of Organisms and Populations applied to Plant Protection), F-35653 Le Rheu, France
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Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the stable transfer of genetic material from one organism to another without reproduction or human intervention. Transfer occurs by the passage of donor genetic material across cellular boundaries, followed by heritable incorporation to the genome of the recipient organism. In addition to conjugation, transformation and transduction, other diverse mechanisms of DNA and RNA uptake occur in nature. The genome of almost every organism reveals the footprint of many ancient HGT events. Most commonly, HGT involves the transmission of genes on viruses or mobile genetic elements. HGT first became an issue of public concern in the 1970s through the natural spread of antibiotic resistance genes amongst pathogenic bacteria, and more recently with commercial production of genetically modified (GM) crops. However, the frequency of HGT from plants to other eukaryotes or prokaryotes is extremely low. The frequency of HGT to viruses is potentially greater, but is restricted by stringent selection pressures. In most cases the occurrence of HGT from GM crops to other organisms is expected to be lower than background rates. Therefore, HGT from GM plants poses negligible risks to human health or the environment.
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- Paul Keese
- Office of the Gene Technology Regulator, GPO Box 9848 Canberra, ACT 2601 [corrected] Australia.
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Lei W, Fang R, Zhang G, Chen X, Zhang X. Recombination with coat protein transgene in a complementation system based onCucumber mosaic virus (CMV). Sci China C Life Sci 2008; 44:263-73. [PMID: 18726406 DOI: 10.1007/bf02879333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2000] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In order to study the feasibility ofCucumber mosaic virus (CMV) as an expression vector, the full-length cDNA of RNA 3 from strain SD was cloned and the sequence around the start codon of the coat protein (CP) gene was modified to create anNsi I site for insertion of foreign genes. The CP gene was replaced by the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene. The cDNAs of Fny RNAs 1 and 2 and the chimeric SD RNA 3 were cloned between the modified 35S promoter and terminator. Tobacco protoplasts were transfected with a mixture of the viral cDNAs containing 35S promoter and terminator as a replacement vector and expressed GFP. A complementation system was established when the replacement vector was inoculated onto the transgenic tobacco plants expressing SD-CMV CP. GFP was detected in the inoculated leaves in 5 of 18 tested plants and in the first upper systemic leaf of one of the 5 plants ten days after inoculation. However, no GFP could be detected in all the plants one month after inoculation. Recombination between the CMV vector and the CP transgene was proved by retro-transcriptional polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and verified by DNA sequencing. Our results argue against the feasibility of the CMV-based replacement vector trans-complemented by the CP transgene, and at the same time, enlighten ways to improve the CMV-based expression vector and the biosafety of CMV CP-mediated virus resistant transgenic plants.
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- W Lei
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100080, Beijing, China
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Jaag HM, Stork J, Nagy PD. Host transcription factor Rpb11p affects tombusvirus replication and recombination via regulating the accumulation of viral replication proteins. Virology 2007; 368:388-404. [PMID: 17689583 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2007] [Revised: 06/07/2007] [Accepted: 07/02/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Previous genome-wide screens identified over 100 host genes whose deletion/down-regulation affected tombusvirus replication and 32 host genes that affected tombusvirus RNA recombination in yeast, a model host for replication of Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV). Down-regulation of several of the identified host genes affected the accumulation levels of p33 and p92(pol) replication proteins, raising the possibility that these host factors could be involved in the regulation of the amount of viral replication proteins and, thus, they are indirectly involved in TBSV replication and recombination. To test this model, we developed a tightly regulated expression system for recombinant p33 and p92(pol) replication proteins in yeast. We demonstrate that high accumulation level of p33 facilitated efficient viral RNA replication, while the effect of p33 level on RNA recombination was less pronounced. On the other hand, high level of p92(pol) accumulation promoted TBSV RNA recombination more efficiently than RNA replication. As predicted, Rpb11p, which is part of the polII complex, affected the accumulation levels of p33 and p92(pol) as well as altered RNA replication and recombination. An in vitro assay with the tombusvirus replicase further supported that Rpb11p affects TBSV replication and recombination only indirectly, via regulating p33 and p92(pol) levels. In contrast, the mechanism by which Rpt4p endopeptidase/ATPase and Mps1p threonine/tyrosine kinase affect TBSV recombination is different from that proposed for Rpb11p. We propose a model that the concentration (molecular crowding) of replication proteins within the viral replicase is a factor affecting viral replication and recombination.
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- Hannah M Jaag
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Plant Science Building, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
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Dietrich C, Miller J, McKenzie G, Palkovics L, Balázs E, Palukaitis P, Maiss E. No recombination detected in artificial potyvirus mixed infections and between potyvirus derived transgenes and heterologous challenging potyviruses. Environ Biosafety Res 2007; 6:207-18. [PMID: 18001687 DOI: 10.1051/ebr:2007042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Risk-assessment studies of virus-resistant transgenic plants (VRTPs) focussing on recombination of a plant virus with a transgenic sequence of a different virus should include a comparison of recombination frequencies between viruses in double-infected non-transgenic plants with those observed in singly infected transgenic plants to estimate recombination incidence in VRTPs. In this study, the occurrence of recombination events was investigated in non-transgenic plants double-infected with two different potyviruses, as well as in potyviral genomes in singly infected transgenic plants expressing potyvirus sequences. Different potyviruses, namely Potato virus A (PVA), Tobacco vein mottling virus (TVMV), two strains of Potato virus Y (PVY-O, PVY-H) and two strains of Plum pox virus (PPV-NAT, PPV-SK68), were used in three combinations for double infection of a common host. Furthermore, transgenic plants expressing either potyviral coat protein (CP), helicase (CI) or polymerase (NIb) coding sequences (PPV-NAT-CP, PVY-CI, PVY-NIb) were singly-infected with a heterologous potyvirus, which was not targeted by the respective transgenic resistance. To identify recombinant potyviral sequences, a sensitive RT-PCR was developed to detect up to one recombinant molecule out of 10(6) parental molecules. In 304 mixed infected non-transgenic plants, 92 mixed and 164 single infected transgenic plants screened for recombinant sequences no recombinant potyviral sequence was found. These results indicate that recombination events between different potyviruses in mixed infections and between a potyvirus infecting a potyvirus-resistant transgenic plant are likely to be very infrequent.
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- Christof Dietrich
- German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Plant Virus Division, Inhoffenstrasse 7b, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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García-Andrés S, Tomás DM, Sánchez-Campos S, Navas-Castillo J, Moriones E. Frequent occurrence of recombinants in mixed infections of tomato yellow leaf curl disease-associated begomoviruses. Virology 2007; 365:210-9. [PMID: 17467025 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.03.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2007] [Revised: 03/02/2007] [Accepted: 03/27/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Begomoviruses are plant DNA viruses for which recombination plays a key role in driving evolution. However, little is known about how frequently begomovirus recombinants arise in mixed infected plants. To tackle this issue, co-infections of tomato with monopartite begomoviruses associated with the tomato yellow leaf curl disease, Tomato yellow leaf curl Sardinia virus and Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, have been studied as a model system. The frequency of recombinant genotypes in the progeny populations was evaluated at several times post inoculation. Recombinants constituted a significant proportion of the viral population. Interestingly, not all regions of the genome contributed equally to genetic exchange. In addition to the intergenic region, a known hot spot for recombination, a second hot spot region was found. Implication of secondary structure sequence features in cross-over sites is suggested, which might favor discontinuous DNA replication with the replication complex switching between homologous regions of DNA templates.
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- Susana García-Andrés
- Estación Experimental La Mayora, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
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Bukovinszki A, Divéki Z, Csányi M, Palkovics L, Balázs E. Engineering resistance to PVY in different potato cultivars in a marker-free transformation system using a 'shooter mutant' A. tumefaciens. Plant Cell Rep 2007; 26:459-65. [PMID: 17103215 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0257-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2006] [Revised: 09/04/2006] [Accepted: 09/17/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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In this work, Potato virus Y (PVY) resistant potatoes were generated using an environmentally safe construct. For this purpose, a 'shooter' mutant Agrobacterium-based transformation system was used. The isopentenyl transferase gene (ipt) present on the Ti plasmid of 'shooter' strains enhances shoot regeneration and can be used as a phenotypic selection marker. The introduced marker-free binary vector carried a hairpin construct derived from the coat protein gene of PVY-NTN strain in order to induce gene silencing. Transformation resulted in high regeneration rates (1.4-5.7 shoots per explant). With pre-selection for the ipt (+) phenotype the transformation frequency was 24-53%, while without selection 12-28% of the shoots were PCR positive. The presence of the transgene was verified by Southern hybridization. In 16 of 31 challenged transformant lines PVY could be detected neither by RT-PCR nor by back inoculation. A 62.5% of these resistant lines proved to be also ipt-free. This transformation system was reproducible in four potato cultivars, suggesting that it could easily be adapted for other species.
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- Agnes Bukovinszki
- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Szent-Györgyi A u 4, 2100, Gödöllo, Hungary.
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Wege C, Siegmund D. Synergism of a DNA and an RNA virus: enhanced tissue infiltration of the begomovirus Abutilon mosaic virus (AbMV) mediated by Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). Virology 2007; 357:10-28. [PMID: 16959287 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.07.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2005] [Revised: 01/19/2006] [Accepted: 07/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Replication of the begomovirus Abutilon mosaic virus (AbMV) is restricted to phloem nuclei, generating moderate levels of virus DNA. Co-infection with Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) evidently increased AbMV titers in Nicotiana benthamiana, tobacco, and tomato, resulting in synergistic symptom enhancement. In situ hybridization revealed that in double-infected leaves an increased number of nuclei contained elevated amounts of AbMV. Additionally, the begomoviral phloem-limitation was broken. Whereas CMV 3a movement protein-expressing tobacco plants did not exert any similar influence, the presence of CMV 2b silencing suppressor protein lead to enhanced AbMV titers and numbers of infected vascular cells. The findings prove that AbMV can replicate in nonvascular cells and represent the first report on a true synergism of an RNA/ssDNA virus combination in plants, in which CMV 2b protein plays a role. They indicate considerable consequences of mixed infections between begomo- and cucumoviruses on virus epidemiology and agriculture.
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- Christina Wege
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Plant Virology, Universität Stuttgart, Institute of Biology, Pfaffenwaldring 57, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
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Henryk Czosnek. Recombination in the TYLCV Complex: a Mechanism to Increase Genetic Diversity. Implications for Plant Resistance Development. Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Disease 2007. [ DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4769-5_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Mutation, reassortment, and recombination are the major sources of genetic variation of plant viruses (García-Arenal et al., 2001; Worobey & Holmes, 1999). During mixed infections, viruses can exchange genetic material through recombination or reassortment of segments (when the parental genomes are fragmented) if present in the same cell context of the host plant. Hybrid progeny viruses might then arise, some of them with novel pathogenic characteristics and well adapted in the population that can cause new emerging diseases. Genetic exchange provides organisms with a tool to combine sequences from different origins which might help them to quickly evolve (Crameri et al., 1998). In many DNA and RNA viruses, genetic exchange is achieved through recombination (Froissart et al., 2005; Martin et al., 2005). As increasing numbers of viral sequences become available, recombinant viruses are recognized to be frequent in nature and clear evidence is found for recombination to play a key role in virus evolution (Awadalla, 2003; Chenault & Melcher, 1994; Moonan et al., 2000; Padidam et al., 1999; Revers et al., 1996; García-Arenal et al., 2001; Moreno et al., 2004). Understanding the role of recombination in generating and eliminating variation in viral sequences is thus essential to understand virus evolution and adaptation to changing environments Knowledge about the existence and frequency of recombination in a virus population might help understanding the extent at which genes are exchanged and new virus variants arise. This information is essential, for example, to predict durability of genetic resistance because new recombinant variants might be formed with increased fitness in host-resistant genotypes. Determination of the extent and rate at which genetic rearrangement through recombination does occur in natural populations is also crucial if we use genome and genetic-mapping information to locate genes responsible of important phenotypes such as genes associated with virulence, transmission, or breakdown of resistance. Therefore, better estimates of the rate of recombination will facilitate the development of more robust strategies for virus control (Awadalla, 2003).
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Niu QW, Lin SS, Reyes JL, Chen KC, Wu HW, Yeh SD, Chua NH. Expression of artificial microRNAs in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana confers virus resistance. Nat Biotechnol 2006; 24:1420-8. [PMID: 17057702 DOI: 10.1038/nbt1255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 299] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2006] [Accepted: 09/25/2006] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Plant microRNAs (miRNAs) regulate the abundance of target mRNAs by guiding their cleavage at the sequence complementary region. We have modified an Arabidopsis thaliana miR159 precursor to express artificial miRNAs (amiRNAs) targeting viral mRNA sequences encoding two gene silencing suppressors, P69 of turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) and HC-Pro of turnip mosaic virus (TuMV). Production of these amiRNAs requires A. thaliana DICER-like protein 1. Transgenic A. thaliana plants expressing amiR-P69(159) and amiR-HC-Pro(159) are specifically resistant to TYMV and TuMV, respectively. Expression of amiR-TuCP(159) targeting TuMV coat protein sequences also confers specific TuMV resistance. However, transgenic plants that express both amiR-P69(159) and amiR-HC-Pro(159) from a dimeric pre-amiR-P69(159)/amiR-HC-Pro(159) transgene are resistant to both viruses. The virus resistance trait is displayed at the cell level and is hereditable. More important, the resistance trait is maintained at 15 degrees C, a temperature that compromises small interfering RNA-mediated gene silencing. The amiRNA-mediated approach should have broad applicability for engineering multiple virus resistance in crop plants.
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- Qi-Wen Niu
- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Recombination in RNA viruses is considered to play a major role as a driving force in virus variability to counterbalance loss in fitness that can be due to the accumulation of detrimental mutations. Studies on mixed infections are pertinent for understanding the role of recombination in virus evolution. They also provide important baseline information for studying the biosafety of plants expressing viral sequences. To investigate the possibility of RNA recombination occurrence between two sobemoviruses under little or no selection pressure, we co-infected test plants with Cocksfoot mottle virus (CfMV) and Ryegrass mottle virus (RGMoV). CfMV and RGMoV were selected because of their overlapping host range and geographical distribution. First, symptom development of both viruses in barley (Hordeum vulgare) and oat (Avena sativa) was examined. Both viruses generated quite strong infection symptoms in oat, but synergism was not detected. RGMoV was lethal for barley, whereas CfMV infection in barley was nearly symptomless. RT-PCR analysis revealed 100% infection with both viruses in oat but not in barley. Therefore, an RNA recombination study of CfMV and RGMoV was performed in oat. 105 plants were co-inoculated with both viruses and putative recombinational hot spot regions were screened for recombination events by RT-PCR analysis at a sensitivity level down to 0.1-100 pg of viral genomic RNA. No recombination events between the two sobemoviruses were detected.
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- Merike Meier
- Department of Gene Technology, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
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Maghuly F, Leopold S, da Câmara Machado A, Borroto Fernandez E, Ali Khan M, Gambino G, Gribaudo I, Schartl A, Laimer M. Molecular characterization of grapevine plants transformed with GFLV resistance genes: II. Plant Cell Rep 2006; 25:546-53. [PMID: 16408176 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0087-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2005] [Revised: 10/18/2005] [Accepted: 10/26/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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A collection of 127 putatively transgenic individuals of Vitis vinifera cv. Russalka was characterized by PCR and Southern hybridization. Six different constructs containing the neomycin phosphotransferase (nptII) marker gene and sequences of the Grapevine Fanleaf Virus Coat Protein (GFLV CP) gene including non-translatable and truncated forms were transferred via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Detection of transgenic sequences by PCR was positive in all lines. Southern blot analysis revealed that the number of inserted T-DNA copies ranged from 1 to 6. More than 46% of the tested transgenic lines contain one copy of the inserted T-DNA, qualifying them as interesting candidates for further breeding programs. Southern data of one line indicate the presence of an incomplete copy of the T-DNA, thus confirming previous PCR results. Since many putative transgenic lines shared identical hybridization patterns, they were clustered into 39 lines and considered as having originated from independent transformation events. The detection of the tetracycline (TET) resistance genes in 15% of the lines shows that an integration of plasmid backbone sequences beyond the T-DNA borders occurred. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) performed on leaf tissue did not show any accumulation of the GFLV CP in the 39 transgenic lines analyzed. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Northern blot were carried out; RT-PCR analyses showed that the GFLV CP mRNA was expressed at variable levels.
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- Fatemeh Maghuly
- Plant Biotechnology Unit, Institute of Applied Microbiology BOKU, Nussdorfer Lände 11, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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RNA viruses of humans, animals, and plants evolve rapidly due to mutations and RNA recombination. A previous genome-wide screen in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a model host, identified five host genes, including XRN1, encoding a 5'-3' exoribonuclease, whose absence led to an approximately 10- to 50-fold enhancement of RNA recombination in Tomato bushy stunt virus (E. Serviene, N. Shapka, C. P. Cheng, T. Panavas, B. Phuangrat, J. Baker, and P. D. Nagy, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102:10545-10550, 2005). In this study, we found abundant 5'-truncated viral RNAs in xrn1delta mutant strains but not in the parental yeast strains, suggesting that these RNAs might serve as recombination substrates promoting RNA recombination in xrn1delta mutant yeast. This model is supported by data showing that an enhanced level of viral recombinant accumulation occurred when two different 5'-truncated viral RNAs were expressed in the parental and xrn1delta mutant yeast strains or electroporated into plant protoplasts. Moreover, we demonstrate that purified Xrn1p can degrade the 5'-truncated viral RNAs in vitro. Based on these findings, we propose that Xrn1p can suppress viral RNA recombination by rapidly removing the 5'-truncated RNAs, the substrates of recombination, and thus reducing the chance for recombination to occur in the parental yeast strain. In addition, we show that the 5'-truncated viral RNAs are generated by host endoribonucleases. Accordingly, overexpression of the Ngl2p endoribonuclease led to an increased accumulation of cleaved viral RNAs in vivo and in vitro. Altogether, this paper establishes that host ribonucleases and host-mediated viral RNA turnover play major roles in RNA virus recombination and evolution.
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- Chi-Ping Cheng
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Plant Science Building, Lexington, Kentucky 40546, USA
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Serviene E, Jiang Y, Cheng CP, Baker J, Nagy PD. Screening of the yeast yTHC collection identifies essential host factors affecting tombusvirus RNA recombination. J Virol 2006; 80:1231-41. [PMID: 16415000 PMCID: PMC1346934 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.80.3.1231-1241.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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RNA recombination is a major process in promoting rapid virus evolution in an infected host. A previous genome-wide screen with the yeast single-gene deletion library of 4,848 strains, representing approximately 80% of all genes of yeast, led to the identification of 11 host genes affecting RNA recombination in Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV), a small model plant virus (E. Serviene, N. Shapka, C. P. Cheng, T. Panavas, B. Phuangrat, J. Baker, and P. D. Nagy, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102:10545-10550, 2005). To further test the role of host genes in viral RNA recombination, in this paper, we extended the screening to 800 essential yeast genes present in the yeast Tet-promoters Hughes Collection (yTHC). In total, we identified 16 new host genes that either increased or decreased the ratio of TBSV recombinants to the nonrecombined TBSV RNA. The identified essential yeast genes are involved in RNA transcription/metabolism, in protein metabolism/transport, or unknown cellular processes. Detailed analysis of the effect of the identified yeast genes revealed that they might affect RNA recombination by altering (i) the ratio of the two viral replication proteins, (ii) the stability of the viral RNA, and/or (iii) the replicability of the recombinant RNAs. Overall, this and previous works firmly establish that a set of essential and nonessential host genes could affect TBSV recombination and evolution.
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- Elena Serviene
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Plant Science Building, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
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The severe economic consequences of emerging plant viruses highlights the importance of studies of plant virus evolution. One question of particular relevance is the extent to which the genomes of plant viruses are shaped by recombination. To this end we conducted a phylogenetic survey of recombination frequency in a wide range of positive-sense RNA plant viruses, utilizing 975 capsid gene sequences and 157 complete genome sequences. In total, 12 of the 36 RNA virus species analyzed showed evidence for recombination, comprising 17% of the capsid gene sequence alignments and 44% of the genome sequence alignments. Given the conservative nature of our analysis, we propose that recombination is a relatively common process in some plant RNA viruses, most notably the potyviruses.
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- E R Chare
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Cheng CP, Panavas T, Luo G, Nagy PD. Heterologous RNA replication enhancer stimulates in vitro RNA synthesis and template-switching by the carmovirus, but not by the tombusvirus, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase: implication for modular evolution of RNA viruses. Virology 2005; 341:107-21. [PMID: 16083933 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.06.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2005] [Revised: 05/24/2005] [Accepted: 06/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The viral RNA plays multiple roles during replication of RNA viruses, serving as a template for complementary RNA synthesis and facilitating the assembly of the viral replicase complex. These roles are coordinated by cis-acting regulatory elements, such as promoters and replication enhancers (REN). To test if these RNA elements can be used by related viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRp), we compared the potential stimulatory effects of homologous and heterologous REN elements on complementary RNA synthesis and template-switching by the tombus- (Cucumber necrosis virus, CNV), carmovirus (Turnip crinkle virus, TCV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) RdRps in vitro. The CNV RdRp selectively utilized its cognate REN, while discriminating against the heterologous TCV REN. On the contrary, RNA synthesis by the TCV RdRp was stimulated by the TCV REN and the heterologous tombusvirus REN with comparable efficiency. The heterologous REN elements also promoted in vitro template-switching by the TCV and HCV RdRps. Based on these observations, we propose that REN elements could facilitate intervirus recombination and post-recombinational amplification of new recombinant viruses.
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- Chi-Ping Cheng
- Department of Plant Pathology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
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Alejska M, Figlerowicz M, Malinowska N, Urbanowicz A, Figlerowicz M. A universal BMV-based RNA recombination system--how to search for general rules in RNA recombination. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:e105. [PMID: 16002784 PMCID: PMC1174899 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gni106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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At present, there is no doubt that RNA recombination is one of the major factors responsible for the generation of new RNA viruses and retroviruses. Numerous experimental systems have been created to investigate this complex phenomenon. Consequently, specific RNA structural motifs mediating recombination have been identified in several viruses. Unfortunately, up till now a unified model of genetic RNA recombination has not been formulated, mainly due to difficulties with the direct comparison of data obtained for different RNA-based viruses. To solve this problem, we have attempted to construct a universal system in which the recombination activity of various RNA sequences could be tested. To this end, we have used brome mosaic virus, a model (+)RNA virus of plants, for which the structural requirements of RNA recombination are well defined. The effectiveness of the new homomolecular system has been proven in an experiment involving two RNA sequences derived from the hepatitis C virus genome. In addition, comparison of the data obtained with the homomolecular system with those generated earlier using the heteromolecular one has provided new evidence that the mechanisms of homologous and non-homologous recombination are different and depend on the virus' mode of replication.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Child Neurology, University of Medical SciencesSzpitalna 27/33, 60-572 Poznań, Poland
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +48 61 8528503; Fax: +48 61 8520532;
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Vigne E, Demangeat G, Komar V, Fuchs M. Characterization of a naturally occurring recombinant isolate of Grapevine fanleaf virus. Arch Virol 2005; 150:2241-55. [PMID: 15968475 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-005-0572-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2005] [Accepted: 04/28/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The naturally occurring Grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV) recombinant isolate A17b was recovered from its grapevine host by sap inoculation and serial passages onto Gomphrena globosa, a pseudo local lesion herbaceous host, and Chenopodium quinoa, a systemic herbaceous host, to characterize some of its biological properties. Sequence analysis of the CP gene, in which a recombinational event was previously detected, demonstrated the genetic stability of recombinant isolate A17b over a 5-year period in its natural host as well as in C. quinoa. Also, recombinant isolate A17b was graft transmissible, as shown by an in vitro heterologous approach, and transmitted by the nematode Xiphinema index as readily as nonrecombinant GFLV isolates. Furthermore, despite a lower pathogenicity on Chenopodium amaranticolor, recombinant isolate A17b had a similar host range and induced similar symptoms in type and severity to nonrecombinant GFLV isolates. Interestingly, the use of infectious chimeric RNA2 transcripts in combination to RNA1 transcripts of GFLV strain F13 suggested no implication of the recombination event in the CP gene of isolate A17b in the reduced pathogenicity on C. amaranticolor. Altogether, recombinant isolate A17b had similar biological properties to GFLV nonrecombinant isolates.
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- E Vigne
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité Mixte de Recerche Vigne et Vins d'Alsace, Laboratoire de Virologie, Colmar, France
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Noroviruses are single-stranded RNA viruses with high genomic variability. They have emerged in the last decade as a major cause of acute gastroenteritis. It remains so far unclear whether norovirus evolution is driven by sequence mutation and/or recombination. In this study, we have assessed the occurrence of recombination in the norovirus capsid gene. For this purpose, 69 complete capsid sequences of norovirus strains accessible in GenBank as well as 25 complete capsid sequences generated from norovirus-positive clinical samples were examined. Unreported recombination was detected in about 8% of norovirus strains belonging to genetic clusters I/1 (n = 1), II/1 (n = 1), II/3 (n = 1), II/4 (n = 3), and II/5 (n = 1). Recombination breakpoints were mainly located at the interface of the putative P1-1 and P2 domains of the capsid protein and/or within the P2 domain. The recombination region displayed features such as length, sequence composition (upstream and downstream GC- and AU-rich sequences, respectively), and predicted RNA secondary structure that are characteristic of homologous recombination activators. Our results suggest that recombination in the norovirus capsid gene may naturally occur, involving capsid domains presumably exposed to immunological pressure.
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- Jacques Rohayem
- Institut für Virologie, The Calicilab, Fetscherstr. 74, D-01307 Dresden, Germany.
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Meunier A, Schmit JF, Bragard C. Comparison of the beet necrotic yellow vein virus P75 nucleotide sequences of Belgian type A and type B sources. Virus Res 2005; 108:15-22. [PMID: 15681050 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2004.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2004] [Revised: 07/14/2004] [Accepted: 07/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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RNA-2 P75 open reading frame sequencing was conducted on BNYVV-infected sugar beet plants originating from 10 Belgian sources and was compared with sequences originating from France, Kazakhstan, Japan and China. This allowed the characterization of types A and B in Belgium. Sequence analysis confirmed that type A is intermediate between types P and B. The analysis of nucleotide sequences of the capsid protein epitopes and of different motifs involved in the transmission of the virus to the plant by Polymyxa betae reveals that they are well conserved among the different sequences analysed. In silico analysis showed that a potential dimerization/dsRNA-binding domain is present on P75. Finally, in order to compare the different BNYVV types, a real-time quantitative (RT)-PCR targeting the readthrough domain of P75 was developed and assessed over a period of 40 days on BNYVV susceptible sugar beet cv. Cadyx.
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- Alexandre Meunier
- Université Catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud, 2 bte 3, Louvain-la-Neuve 1348, Belgium
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Hu J, Wang J, Xu J, Li W, Han Y, Li Y, Ji J, Ye J, Xu Z, Zhang Z, Wei W, Li S, Wang J, Wang J, Yu J, Yang H. Evolution and variation of the SARS-CoV genome. Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics 2005; 1:216-25. [PMID: 15629034 PMCID: PMC5172238 DOI: 10.1016/s1672-0229(03)01027-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Knowledge of the evolution of pathogens is of great medical and biological significance to the prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of infectious diseases. In order to understand the origin and evolution of the SARS-CoV (severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus), we collected complete genome sequences of all viruses available in GenBank, and made comparative analyses with the SARS-CoV. Genomic signature analysis demonstrates that the coronaviruses all take the TGTT as their richest tetranucleotide except the SARS-CoV. A detailed analysis of the forty-two complete SARS-CoV genome sequences revealed the existence of two distinct genotypes, and showed that these isolates could be classified into four groups. Our manual analysis of the BLASTN results demonstrates that the HE (hemagglutinin-esterase) gene exists in the SARS-CoV, and many mutations made it unfamiliar to us.
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- Jianfei Hu
- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101300, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101300, China
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- Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101300, China
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- Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101300, China
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- Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101300, China
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- Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101300, China
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- Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101300, China
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- Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101300, China
- James D. Watson Institute of Genome Sciences, Zhijiang Campus, Zhejiang University and Hangzhou Genomics Institute, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101300, China
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- College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Yuquan Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- James D. Watson Institute of Genome Sciences, Zhijiang Campus, Zhejiang University and Hangzhou Genomics Institute, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101300, China
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- Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101300, China
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- Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101300, China
- James D. Watson Institute of Genome Sciences, Zhijiang Campus, Zhejiang University and Hangzhou Genomics Institute, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101300, China
- James D. Watson Institute of Genome Sciences, Zhijiang Campus, Zhejiang University and Hangzhou Genomics Institute, Hangzhou 310008, China
- Corresponding authors.
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- Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101300, China
- James D. Watson Institute of Genome Sciences, Zhijiang Campus, Zhejiang University and Hangzhou Genomics Institute, Hangzhou 310008, China
- Corresponding authors.
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