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Hamel L, Tardif R, Poirier‐Gravel F, Rasoolizadeh A, Brosseau C, Giroux G, Lucier J, Goulet M, Barrada A, Paré M, Roussel É, Comeau M, Lavoie P, Moffett P, Michaud D, D'Aoust M. Molecular responses of agroinfiltrated Nicotiana benthamiana leaves expressing suppressor of silencing P19 and influenza virus-like particles. Plant Biotechnol J 2024; 22:1078-1100. [PMID: 38041470 PMCID: PMC11022802 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.14247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
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The production of influenza vaccines in plants is achieved through transient expression of viral hemagglutinins (HAs), a process mediated by the bacterial vector Agrobacterium tumefaciens. HA proteins are then produced and matured through the secretory pathway of plant cells, before being trafficked to the plasma membrane where they induce formation of virus-like particles (VLPs). Production of VLPs unavoidably impacts plant cells, as do viral suppressors of RNA silencing (VSRs) that are co-expressed to increase recombinant protein yields. However, little information is available on host molecular responses to foreign protein expression. This work provides a comprehensive overview of molecular changes occurring in Nicotiana benthamiana leaf cells transiently expressing the VSR P19, or co-expressing P19 and an influenza HA. Our data identifies general responses to Agrobacterium-mediated expression of foreign proteins, including shutdown of chloroplast gene expression, activation of oxidative stress responses and reinforcement of the plant cell wall through lignification. Our results also indicate that P19 expression promotes salicylic acid (SA) signalling, a process dampened by co-expression of the HA protein. While reducing P19 level, HA expression also induces specific signatures, with effects on lipid metabolism, lipid distribution within membranes and oxylipin-related signalling. When producing VLPs, dampening of P19 responses thus likely results from lower expression of the VSR, crosstalk between SA and oxylipin pathways, or a combination of both outcomes. Consistent with the upregulation of oxidative stress responses, we finally show that reduction of oxidative stress damage through exogenous application of ascorbic acid improves plant biomass quality during production of VLPs.
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- Centre SÈVE, Faculté des Sciences, Département de BiologieUniversité de SherbrookeSherbrookeQuébecCanada
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- Centre SÈVE, Faculté des Sciences, Département de BiologieUniversité de SherbrookeSherbrookeQuébecCanada
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- Centre SÈVE, Faculté des Sciences, Département de BiologieUniversité de SherbrookeSherbrookeQuébecCanada
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- Centre SÈVE, Faculté des Sciences, Département de BiologieUniversité de SherbrookeSherbrookeQuébecCanada
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- Centre de Recherche et d'innovation sur les Végétaux, Département de PhytologieUniversité LavalQuébecQuébecCanada
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- Centre de Recherche et d'innovation sur les Végétaux, Département de PhytologieUniversité LavalQuébecQuébecCanada
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- Centre SÈVE, Faculté des Sciences, Département de BiologieUniversité de SherbrookeSherbrookeQuébecCanada
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- Centre de Recherche et d'innovation sur les Végétaux, Département de PhytologieUniversité LavalQuébecQuébecCanada
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Roussin-Léveillée C, Rossi CAM, Castroverde CDM, Moffett P. The plant disease triangle facing climate change: a molecular perspective. Trends Plant Sci 2024:S1360-1385(24)00060-8. [PMID: 38580544 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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Variations in climate conditions can dramatically affect plant health and the generation of climate-resilient crops is imperative to food security. In addition to directly affecting plants, it is predicted that more severe climate conditions will also result in greater biotic stresses. Recent studies have identified climate-sensitive molecular pathways that can result in plants being more susceptible to infection under unfavorable conditions. Here, we review how expected changes in climate will impact plant-pathogen interactions, with a focus on mechanisms regulating plant immunity and microbial virulence strategies. We highlight the complex interactions between abiotic and biotic stresses with the goal of identifying components and/or pathways that are promising targets for genetic engineering to enhance adaptation and strengthen resilience in dynamically changing environments.
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- Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5, Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
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Roussin-Léveillée C, Mackey D, Ekanayake G, Gohmann R, Moffett P. Extracellular niche establishment by plant pathogens. Nat Rev Microbiol 2024:10.1038/s41579-023-00999-8. [PMID: 38191847 DOI: 10.1038/s41579-023-00999-8] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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The plant extracellular space, referred to as the apoplast, is inhabited by a variety of microorganisms. Reflecting the crucial nature of this compartment, both plants and microorganisms seek to control, exploit and respond to its composition. Upon sensing the apoplastic environment, pathogens activate virulence programmes, including the delivery of effectors with well-established roles in suppressing plant immunity. We posit that another key and foundational role of effectors is niche establishment - specifically, the manipulation of plant physiological processes to enrich the apoplast in water and nutritive metabolites. Facets of plant immunity counteract niche establishment by restricting water, nutrients and signals for virulence activation. The complex competition to control and, in the case of pathogens, exploit the apoplast provides remarkable insights into the nature of virulence, host susceptibility, host defence and, ultimately, the origin of phytopathogenesis. This novel framework focuses on the ecology of a microbial niche and highlights areas of future research on plant-microorganism interactions.
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
- Center for Applied Plant Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
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Lerat S, Roussin-Léveillée C, Sidibé A, Moffett P, Beaulieu C. Evidence of the Involvement of Nematostoma parasiticum in Herpotrichia Needle Browning of Abies balsamea. Plant Dis 2023; 107:2935-2938. [PMID: 37142965 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-01-23-0075-sc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Herpotrichia needle browning (HNB) is a disease that affects several species of fir trees in Europe and North America. HNB was first described by Hartig in 1884, who isolated a fungal pathogenic agent identified as responsible for the disease. This fungus was later named Herpotrichia parasitica but is currently named Nematostoma parasiticum. However, the identity of the pathogens causing HNB is regularly questioned and, to date, the true causal agent of this disease has not been definitely established. The present study aimed to identify the fungal populations present in needles of Christmas fir trees (Abies balsamea) and to correlate them with needle health status using robust molecular methods. PCR primers specific to N. parasiticum allowed detection of the presence of this fungus in DNA samples from symptomatic needles. Furthermore, high-throughput sequencing (Illumina MiSeq) clearly showed that N. parasiticum was associated with symptomatic needles. However, high-throughput sequencing results revealed that the presence of other species such as Sydowia polyspora and Rhizoctonia sp. may also correlate with the development of HNB. A diagnostic tool, based on quantitative PCR using a probe, was then developed to detect and quantify N. parasiticum in DNA samples. The efficacy of this molecular approach was validated through the detection of the pathogenic agent in symptomatic needle samples as well as in nonsymptomatic needles collected in trees affected by HNB. In contrast, N. parasiticum could not be found in needles from healthy trees. The present study argues for the importance of N. parasiticum in causing HNB symptoms.
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- Sylvain Lerat
- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
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Silva-Martins G, Roussin-Léveillée C, Bolaji A, Veerapen VP, Moffett P. A Jasmonic Acid-Related Mechanism Affects ARGONAUTE5 Expression and Antiviral Defense Against Potato Virus X in Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2023; 36:425-433. [PMID: 36853196 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-11-22-0224-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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During virus infection, Argonaute (AGO) proteins bind to Dicer-produced virus small interfering RNAs and target viral RNA based on sequence complementarity, thereby limiting virus proliferation. The Arabidopsis AGO2 protein is important for resistance to multiple viruses, including potato virus X (PVX). In addition, AGO5 is important in systemic defense against PVX. Normally AGO5 is expressed only in reproductive tissues, and its induction by virus infection is thought to be important for its participation in antiviral defense. However, it is unclear what mechanisms induce AGO5 expression in response to virus infection. Here, we show that dde2-2, a mutant compromised in jasmonic acid (JA) biosynthesis, displays constitutive upregulation of AGO5. This mutant also showed increased resistance to PVX and this resistance was dependent on a functional AGO5 gene. Furthermore, methyl jasmonate treatment ablated AGO5 expression in leaves during virus infection and resulted in increased susceptibility to virus. Our results further support a role for AGO5 in antiviral RNA silencing and a negative regulation by JA, a plant hormone associated with defense against plant-feeding arthropods, which are often the vectors of plant viruses. [Formula: see text] Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- Guilherme Silva-Martins
- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada
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Javaran VJ, Poursalavati A, Lemoyne P, Ste-Croix DT, Moffett P, Fall ML. NanoViromics: long-read sequencing of dsRNA for plant virus and viroid rapid detection. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1192781. [PMID: 37415816 PMCID: PMC10320856 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1192781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023] Open
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There is a global need for identifying viral pathogens, as well as for providing certified clean plant materials, in order to limit the spread of viral diseases. A key component of management programs for viral-like diseases is having a diagnostic tool that is quick, reliable, inexpensive, and easy to use. We have developed and validated a dsRNA-based nanopore sequencing protocol as a reliable method for detecting viruses and viroids in grapevines. We compared our method, which we term direct-cDNA sequencing from dsRNA (dsRNAcD), to direct RNA sequencing from rRNA-depleted total RNA (rdTotalRNA), and found that it provided more viral reads from infected samples. Indeed, dsRNAcD was able to detect all of the viruses and viroids detected using Illumina MiSeq sequencing (dsRNA-MiSeq). Furthermore, dsRNAcD sequencing was also able to detect low-abundance viruses that rdTotalRNA sequencing failed to detect. Additionally, rdTotalRNA sequencing resulted in a false-positive viroid identification due to the misannotation of a host-driven read. Two taxonomic classification workflows, DIAMOND & MEGAN (DIA & MEG) and Centrifuge & Recentrifuge (Cent & Rec), were also evaluated for quick and accurate read classification. Although the results from both workflows were similar, we identified pros and cons for both workflows. Our study shows that dsRNAcD sequencing and the proposed data analysis workflows are suitable for consistent detection of viruses and viroids, particularly in grapevines where mixed viral infections are common.
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- Vahid J. Javaran
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
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- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
- Département de phytologie, Faculté des Sciences de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
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Pelletier A, Moffett P. N and N'-mediated recognition confers resistance to tomato brown rugose fruit virus. MicroPubl Biol 2022; 2022:10.17912/micropub.biology.000660. [PMID: 36389119 PMCID: PMC9653555 DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) is an emerging tobamovirus that overcomes the Tm-2 2 resistance gene used in commercial tomato plants to protect against tobamoviruses. In this article, we show that ToBRFV is recognised through its P50 replicase fragment by the resistance gene N in N. tabacum , which triggers a hypersensitive response (HR). We also demonstrate that the N' gene provides protection against ToBRFV through recognition of the viral coat protein without triggering a typical HR in N. tabacum .
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- Antoine Pelletier
- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Ahmed M, Moffett P. Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome in a Patient With Tremors. Cureus 2022; 14:e30076. [PMID: 36381866 PMCID: PMC9639865 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.30076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Osmotic demyelination syndrome is a neurological disorder caused by damage to the myelin sheath of brain cells secondary to rapid correction of hyponatremia. Clinical features are variable depending on the location of demyelination, with diagnosis confirmed by MRI. Once diagnosed, treatment is supportive. We present a 49-year-old female recently discharged from an outside hospital who presented with symptoms of tremors, ataxia, slurred speech, and confusion. The patient was diagnosed with osmotic demyelination syndrome based on the classic trident sign on MRI imaging. A review of her records showed rapid correction of serum sodium during her initial hospital visit.
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Roussin-Léveillée C, Lajeunesse G, St-Amand M, Veerapen VP, Silva-Martins G, Nomura K, Brassard S, Bolaji A, He SY, Moffett P. Evolutionarily conserved bacterial effectors hijack abscisic acid signaling to induce an aqueous environment in the apoplast. Cell Host Microbe 2022; 30:489-501.e4. [PMID: 35247330 PMCID: PMC9012689 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2022.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [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: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 12/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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High atmospheric humidity levels profoundly impact host-pathogen interactions in plants by enabling the establishment of an aqueous living space that benefits pathogens. The effectors HopM1 and AvrE1 of the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae have been shown to induce an aqueous apoplast under such conditions. However, the mechanisms by which this happens remain unknown. Here, we show that HopM1 and AvrE1 work redundantly to establish an aqueous living space by inducing a major reprogramming of the Arabidopsis thaliana transcriptome landscape. These effectors induce a strong abscisic acid (ABA) signature, which promotes stomatal closure, resulting in reduced leaf transpiration and water-soaking lesions. Furthermore, these effectors preferentially increase ABA accumulation in guard cells, which control stomatal aperture. Notably, a guard-cell-specific ABA transporter, ABCG40, is necessary for HopM1 induction of water-soaking lesions. This study provides molecular insights into a chain of events of stomatal manipulation that create an ideal microenvironment to facilitate infection.
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Department of Energy, Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Durham, NC, USA
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Department of Energy, Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Durham, NC, USA
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
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Javaran VJ, Moffett P, Lemoyne P, Xu D, Adkar-Purushothama CR, Fall ML. Grapevine Virology in the Third-Generation Sequencing Era: From Virus Detection to Viral Epitranscriptomics. Plants (Basel) 2021; 10:plants10112355. [PMID: 34834718 PMCID: PMC8623739 DOI: 10.3390/plants10112355] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Among all economically important plant species in the world, grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is the most cultivated fruit plant. It has a significant impact on the economies of many countries through wine and fresh and dried fruit production. In recent years, the grape and wine industry has been facing outbreaks of known and emerging viral diseases across the world. Although high-throughput sequencing (HTS) has been used extensively in grapevine virology, the application and potential of third-generation sequencing have not been explored in understanding grapevine viruses and their impact on the grapevine. Nanopore sequencing, a third-generation technology, can be used for the direct sequencing of both RNA and DNA with minimal infrastructure. Compared to other HTS methods, the MinION nanopore platform is faster and more cost-effective and allows for long-read sequencing. Due to the size of the MinION device, it can be easily carried for field viral disease surveillance. This review article discusses grapevine viruses, the principle of third-generation sequencing platforms, and the application of nanopore sequencing technology in grapevine virus detection, virus-plant interactions, as well as the characterization of viral RNA modifications.
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- Vahid Jalali Javaran
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, Canada; (V.J.J.); (P.L.); (D.X.)
- Département de Biologie, Centre SÈVE, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada;
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- Département de Biologie, Centre SÈVE, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada;
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- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, Canada; (V.J.J.); (P.L.); (D.X.)
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- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, Canada; (V.J.J.); (P.L.); (D.X.)
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- Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine des Sciences de la Santé, 3201 rue Jean-Mignault, Sherbrooke, QC J1E 4K8, Canada;
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- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, Canada; (V.J.J.); (P.L.); (D.X.)
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Silva-Martins G, Bolaji A, Moffett P. What does it take to be antiviral? An Argonaute-centered perspective on plant antiviral defense. J Exp Bot 2020; 71:6197-6210. [PMID: 32835379 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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RNA silencing is a major mechanism of constitutive antiviral defense in plants, mediated by a number of proteins, including the Dicer-like (DCL) and Argonaute (AGO) endoribonucleases. Both DCL and AGO protein families comprise multiple members. In particular, the AGO protein family has expanded considerably in different plant lineages, with different family members having specialized functions. Although the general mode of action of AGO proteins is well established, the properties that make different AGO proteins more or less efficient at targeting viruses are less well understood. In this report, we review methodologies used to study AGO antiviral activity and current knowledge about which AGO family members are involved in antiviral defense. In addition, we discuss what is known about the different properties of AGO proteins thought to be associated with this function.
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Brosseau C, Bolaji A, Roussin-Léveillée C, Zhao Z, Biga S, Moffett P. Natural variation in the Arabidopsis AGO2 gene is associated with susceptibility to potato virus X. New Phytol 2020; 226:866-878. [PMID: 31880814 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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RNA silencing functions as an anti-viral defence in plants through the action of DICER-like (DCL) and ARGONAUTE (AGO) proteins. Despite the importance of this mechanism, little is known about the functional consequences of variation in genes encoding RNA silencing components. The AGO2 protein has been shown to be important for defense against multiple viruses, and we investigated how naturally occurring differences in AGO2 between and within species affects its antiviral activities. We find that the AGO2 protein from Arabidopsis thaliana, but not Nicotiana benthamiana, effectively limits potato virus X (PVX). Consistent with this, we find that the A. thaliana AGO2 gene shows a high incidence of polymorphisms between accessions, with evidence of selective pressure. Using functional analyses, we identify polymorphisms that specifically affect AGO2 antiviral activity, without interfering with other AGO2-associated functions such as anti-bacterial resistance or DNA methylation. Our results suggest that viruses adapt to overcome RNA silencing in their hosts. Furthermore, they indicate that plant-virus interactions have influenced natural variation in RNA-silencing components and that the latter may be a source of genetically encoded virus resistance.
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- Chantal Brosseau
- Département de Biologie, Centre SÈVE, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Centre SÈVE, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Centre SÈVE, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Centre SÈVE, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Centre SÈVE, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada
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Roussin-Léveillée C, Silva-Martins G, Moffett P. ARGONAUTE5 Represses Age-Dependent Induction of Flowering through Physical and Functional Interaction with miR156 in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol 2020; 61:957-966. [PMID: 32105323 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcaa022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Flowering time is a finely tuned process in plants, in part controlled by the age-regulated microRNA156 (miR156), which functions by suppressing the transcripts of SQUAMOSA-PROMOTER BINDING LIKE (SPL) transcription factors. ARGONAUTE (AGO) proteins are essential effectors of miRNA-mediated gene regulation. However, which AGO(s) mediate(s) the control of flowering time remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate a role of AGO5 in controlling flowering time by modulating the expression of SPL transcription factors. We show that AGO5 interacts physically and functionally with miR156 and that ago5 mutants present an early flowering phenotype in Arabidopsis. Furthermore, in ago5 mutants, the repression of flowering caused by miR156 overexpression is largely reversed, whereas leaf morphology remains unaffected. Our results thus indicate a specific role for AGO5 in mediating miR156 activity in meristematic, but not vegetative, tissue. As such, our data suggest a spatiotemporal regulation of the miR156 aging pathway mediated through different AGO proteins in different tissues.
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- Charles Roussin-Léveillée
- Centre S�VE, D�partement de Biologie, Universit� de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Qu�bec J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Centre S�VE, D�partement de Biologie, Universit� de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Qu�bec J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Centre S�VE, D�partement de Biologie, Universit� de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Qu�bec J1K 2R1, Canada
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Moffett P. Standardized Letters of Concern and Remediation Contracts: Templates for Program Directors. J Grad Med Educ 2019; 11:606-610. [PMID: 31636834 PMCID: PMC6795327 DOI: 10.4300/jgme-d-19-00065.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Revised: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Remediation of the struggling resident is a universal phenomenon, and the majority of program directors will remediate at least 1 resident during their tenure. OBJECTIVE The goal of this project was to create a standardized template for program directors to use at all stages of remediation. METHODS Between 2017 and 2018, the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD-EM) Remediation Committee searched for best practices in the medical literature and compiled a survey that was e-mailed to the CORD-EM listserv. After reviewing all information, a standardized remediation contract was created, reviewed by legal counsel, and distributed to members. RESULTS Forty-two percent (110 of 263) of program directors or assistant program directors on the CORD-EM listserv answered the initial survey and provided guidance on current remediation practices. The committee created formal and informal standard remediation contracts as both fillable templates and alterable documents. These were reviewed by CORD-EM general legal counsel and approved by the CORD-EM Board of Directors for distribution. The project took approximately 20 hours to complete over 8 months and involved a cost of $480 for legal fees. CONCLUSIONS With program director input and legal counsel review, the CORD-EM Remediation Committee produced standardized remediation contracts, which can be used by all emergency medicine programs after comparison to local institutional policy and local legal review. This process was feasible and can be replicated by other specialties.
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Ma X, Zhou Y, Moffett P. Alterations in cellular RNA decapping dynamics affect tomato spotted wilt virus cap snatching and infection in Arabidopsis. New Phytol 2019; 224:789-803. [PMID: 31292958 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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RNA processing and decay pathways have important impacts on RNA viruses, particularly animal-infecting bunyaviruses, which utilize a cap-snatching mechanism to translate their mRNAs. However, their effects on plant-infecting bunyaviruses have not been investigated. The roles of mRNA degradation and non-sense-mediated decay components, including DECAPPING 2 (DCP2), EXORIBONUCLEASE 4 (XRN4), ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 (AS2) and UP-FRAMESHIFT 1 (UPF1) were investigated in infection of Arabidopsis thaliana by several RNA viruses, including the bunyavirus, tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). TSWV infection on mutants with decreased or increased RNA decapping ability resulted in increased and decreased susceptibility, respectively. By contrast, these mutations had the opposite, or no, effect on RNA viruses that use different mRNA capping strategies. Consistent with this, the RNA capping efficiency of TSWV mRNA was higher in a dcp2 mutant. Furthermore, the TSWV N protein partially colocalized with RNA processing body (PB) components and altering decapping activity by heat shock or coinfection with another virus resulted in corresponding changes in TSWV accumulation. The present results indicate that TSWV infection in plants depends on its ability to snatch caps from mRNAs destined for decapping in PBs and that genetic or environmental alteration of RNA processing dynamics can affect infection outcomes.
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- Xiaofang Ma
- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu Technical Service Center of Diagnosis and Detection for Plant Virus Diseases, no. 50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Blvd. de l' Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu Technical Service Center of Diagnosis and Detection for Plant Virus Diseases, no. 50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Blvd. de l' Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada
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BACKGROUND Although the canonical function of viral coat protein (CP) is to encapsidate the viral genome, they have come to be recognized as multifunctional proteins, involved in almost every stage of the viral infection cycle. However, CP functions of Apple stem pitting virus (ASPV) has not been comprehensively documented. This study aimed to characterize the functions of ASPV CP and any functional diversification caused by sequence diversity of six ASPV CP variants and studied their biological, serological, pathogenic and viral suppressor of RNA silencing (VSR) functions. METHODS Six ASPV CP variants that have previously been shown to belong to different subgroups were selected here to study their diversity functions. Agrobacterium mediated infiltration (Agroinfiltration) was used to express YFP-ASPV-CPs in Nicotiana. benthamiana and infect Nicotiana. occidental with PVX-ASPV-CPs in. Confocal microscopy was used to detect YFP-ASPV-CPs florescence. CPs expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) were induced by IPTG. RESULTS In this study, we showed that recombinant CPs expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) had different levels of serological reactivity to three anti-ASPV antibodies used to detect ASPV. Furthermore, fusion CPs with YFP (YFP-CPs) expressed in N. benthamiana cells differed in their ability to form aggregates. We also showed that ASPV isolates that harbour these CPs induced different biological symptoms on its herbaceous host N. occidentalis. At the same time, we found that all six CPs when expressed in PVX vector showed similar VSR activity and produced similar symptoms in N. occidentalis, despite their differences in amino acids. CONCLUSIONS Different ASPV isolates induced different symptoms in N. occidentalis, however, ASPV CP variants expressed in PVX vector showed the same symptoms in N. occidentalis plants. Also, we showed that ASPV CP variants has the same level of VSR activity, but they have different abilities to aggregate in N. benthamiana.
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- Xiaofang Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070 People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070 People’s Republic of China
- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Blvd. de l’Université, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1 Canada
- Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Plant Protection, Nanjing, 210014 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070 People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070 People’s Republic of China
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Blvd. de l’Université, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1 Canada
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- Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Plant Protection, Nanjing, 210014 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070 People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070 People’s Republic of China
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Aguilar E, del Toro FJ, Brosseau C, Moffett P, Canto T, Tenllado F. Cell death triggered by the P25 protein in Potato virus X-associated synergisms results from endoplasmic reticulum stress in Nicotiana benthamiana. Mol Plant Pathol 2019; 20:194-210. [PMID: 30192053 PMCID: PMC6637867 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The synergistic interaction of Potato virus X (PVX) with a number of potyviruses results in systemic necrosis in Nicotiana spp. Previous investigations have indicated that the viral suppressor of RNA silencing (VSR) protein P25 of PVX triggers systemic necrosis in PVX-associated synergisms in a threshold-dependent manner. However, little is still known about the cellular processes that lead to this necrosis, and whether the VSR activity of P25 is involved in its elicitation. Here, we show that transient expression of P25 in the presence of VSRs from different viruses, including the helper component-proteinase (HC-Pro) of potyviruses, induces endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and the unfolded protein response (UPR), which ultimately lead to ER collapse. However, the host RNA silencing pathway was dispensable for the elicitation of cell death by P25. Confocal microscopy studies in leaf patches co-expressing P25 and HC-Pro showed dramatic alterations in ER membrane structures, which correlated with the up-regulation of bZIP60 and several ER-resident chaperones, including the ER luminal binding protein (BiP). Overexpression of BiP alleviated the cell death induced by the potexviral P25 protein when expressed together with VSRs derived from different viruses. Conversely, silencing of the UPR master regulator, bZIP60, led to an increase in cell death elicited by the P25/HC-Pro combination as well as by PVX-associated synergism. In addition to its role as a negative regulator of P25-induced cell death, UPR partially restricted PVX infection. Thus, systemic necrosis caused by PVX-associated synergistic infections is probably the effect of an unmitigated ER stress following the overaccumulation of a viral protein, P25, with ER remodelling activity.
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- Emmanuel Aguilar
- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana y de PlantasCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSICMadrid28040Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana y de PlantasCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSICMadrid28040Spain
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de BiologieUniversité de SherbrookeSherbrookeQCJ1K 2R1Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de BiologieUniversité de SherbrookeSherbrookeQCJ1K 2R1Canada
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana y de PlantasCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSICMadrid28040Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana y de PlantasCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSICMadrid28040Spain
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Meteignier LV, El Oirdi M, Cohen M, Barff T, Matteau D, Lucier JF, Rodrigue S, Jacques PE, Yoshioka K, Moffett P. Corrigendum: Translatome analysis of an NB-LRR immune response identifies important contributors to plant immunity in Arabidopsis. J Exp Bot 2018; 69:3785. [PMID: 29878155 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
- Université de Sherbrooke, Département d'informatique, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
- Centre de recherche du centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Department of Cell and Systems Biology, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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Ornato JP, Nguyen T, Moffett P, Miller S, Vitto MJ, Evans D, Payne A, Baker K, Schaeffer M. Non-invasive characterization of hemodynamics in adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients soon after return of spontaneous circulation. Resuscitation 2018; 125:99-103. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Revised: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Lafond-Lapalme J, Duceppe MO, Wang S, Moffett P, Mimee B. A new method for decontamination of de novo transcriptomes using a hierarchical clustering algorithm. Bioinformatics 2018; 33:1293-1300. [PMID: 28011783 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Motivation The identification of contaminating sequences in a de novo assembly is challenging because of the absence of information on the target species. For sample types where the target organism is impossible to isolate from its matrix, such as endoparasites, endosymbionts and soil-harvested samples, contamination is unavoidable. A few post-assembly decontamination methods are currently available but are based only on alignments to databases, which can lead to poor decontamination. Results We present a new decontamination method based on a hierarchical clustering algorithm called MCSC. This method uses frequent patterns found in sequences to create clusters. These clusters are then linked to the target species or tagged as contaminants using classic alignment tools. The main advantage of this decontamination method is that it allows sequences to be tagged correctly even if they are unknown or misaligned to a database. Availability and Implementation Scripts and documentation about the MCSC decontamination method are available at https://github.com/Lafond-LapalmeJ/MCSC_Decontamination . Contact : benjamin.mimee@agr.gc.ca. Supplementary information Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Joël Lafond-Lapalme
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, Canada.,Département de biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Département d'informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Département de biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, Canada
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Strommen J, Masullo L, Crowell T, Moffett P. First–Trimester Vaginal Bleeding: Patient Expectations When Presenting to the Emergency Department. Mil Med 2017; 182:e1824-e1826. [DOI: 10.7205/milmed-d-17-00108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Joshua Strommen
- Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, 36065 Santa Fe Avenue, Fort Hood, TX 76544
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- Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, 36065 Santa Fe Avenue, Fort Hood, TX 76544
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- Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, 36065 Santa Fe Avenue, Fort Hood, TX 76544
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- Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 980401, Richmond, VA 23298
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Moffett P. Transfer and modification of NLR proteins for virus resistance in plants. Curr Opin Virol 2017; 26:43-48. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2017.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Revised: 07/08/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Odokonyero D, Mendoza MR, Moffett P, Scholthof HB. Tobacco rattle virus (TRV)-Mediated Silencing of Nicotiana benthamiana ARGONAUTES (NbAGOs) Reveals New Antiviral Candidates and Dominant Effects of TRV-NbAGO1. Phytopathology 2017; 107:977-987. [PMID: 28636437 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-02-17-0049-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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The objective of this study was to determine the contribution of different ARGONAUTE proteins in Nicotiana benthamiana (NbAGOs) to the defense against silencing sensitive GFP-expressing viral constructs based on Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) (Tombusvirus), Sunn-hemp mosaic virus (Tobamovirus), and Foxtail mosaic virus (Potexvirus). Upon Tobacco rattle virus (TRV)-mediated down-regulation of NbAGO1, 4, 5, or 6, no effects were noted on susceptibility to any virus construct, whereas knockdown of NbAGO2 specifically prevented silencing of P19-defective TBSV (TGdP19). Down-regulation of a new gene referred to as NbAGO5L showed some reduced silencing for TGdP19 but not for the other two virus constructs, whereas silencing of NbAGO7 gave rise to a subtle increase in susceptibility to all three viruses. Co-infiltrating different TRV-NbAGO constructs simultaneously did not enhance virus susceptibility. However, an unexpected finding was that whenever the TRV-NbAGO1 construct was present, this compromised silencing of genes targeted by co-infiltrated constructs, as shown upon co-infiltration of TRV-NbAGO1 with either TRV-NbAGO2 or TRV-Sul (targeting Magnesium chelatase I). Only after a prolonged period (approximately 2 months) did TRV-Sul-mediated systemic bleaching occur in these co-infected plants, suggesting that TRV-NbAGO1 hinders the silencing ability of other TRV-NbAGO constructs. In conclusion, this study revealed new antiviral NbAGOs and dominant effects of silencing NbAGO1.
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- Denis Odokonyero
- First, second, and fourth authors: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station; and third author: Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- First, second, and fourth authors: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station; and third author: Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- First, second, and fourth authors: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station; and third author: Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- First, second, and fourth authors: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station; and third author: Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Duceppe MO, Lafond-Lapalme J, Palomares-Rius JE, Sabeh M, Blok V, Moffett P, Mimee B. Analysis of survival and hatching transcriptomes from potato cyst nematodes, Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida. Sci Rep 2017. [PMID: 28634407 PMCID: PMC5478601 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-03871-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Potato cyst nematodes (PCNs), Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida, cause important economic losses. They are hard to manage because of their ability to remain dormant in soil for many years. Although general knowledge about these plant parasitic nematodes has considerably increased over the past decades, very little is known about molecular events involved in cyst dormancy and hatching, two key steps of their development. Here, we have studied the progression of PCN transcriptomes from dry cysts to hatched juveniles using RNA-Seq. We found that several cell detoxification-related genes were highly active in the dry cysts. Many genes linked to an increase of calcium and water uptake were up-regulated during transition from dormancy to hydration. Exposure of hydrated cysts to host plant root exudates resulted in different transcriptional response between species. After 48 h of exposure, G. pallida cysts showed no significant modulation of gene expression while G. rostochiensis had 278 differentially expressed genes. The first G. rostochiensis significantly up-regulated gene was observed after 8 h and was coding for a transmembrane metalloprotease. This enzyme is able to activate/inactivate peptide hormones and could be involved in a cascade of events leading to hatching. Several known effector genes were also up-regulated during hatching.
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- Marc-Olivier Duceppe
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 430, Boulevard Gouin Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Québec), J3B 3E6, Québec, Canada.,Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield (OLF), 3851 Fallowfield Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2H 8P9, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 430, Boulevard Gouin Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Québec), J3B 3E6, Québec, Canada.,Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, United Kingdom.,Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (IAS), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Avenida Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14004 Córdoba, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, ceiA3, Spain
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 430, Boulevard Gouin Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Québec), J3B 3E6, Québec, Canada
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, United Kingdom
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 430, Boulevard Gouin Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Québec), J3B 3E6, Québec, Canada.
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Alazem M, He MH, Moffett P, Lin NS. Abscisic Acid Induces Resistance against Bamboo Mosaic Virus through Argonaute2 and 3. Plant Physiol 2017; 174:339-355. [PMID: 28270624 PMCID: PMC5411131 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Plant resistance to pathogens is tuned by defense-related hormones. Of these, abscisic acid (ABA) is well documented to moderate resistance against fungi and bacteria. However, ABA's contribution to resistance against viruses is pleiotropic. ABA affects callose deposition at plasmodesmata (therefore hindering the viral cell-to-cell movement), but here, we show that when callose synthase is down-regulated, ABA still induces resistance against infection with Bamboo mosaic virus (BaMV). By examining the potential connections between the ABA and RNA-silencing pathways in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), we showed that ABA regulates the expression of almost the whole ARGONAUTE (AGO) gene family, of which some are required for plant resistance against BaMV Our data show that BaMV infection and ABA treatment regulate the same set of AGOs, with positive effects on AGO1, AGO2, and AGO3, no effect on AGO7, and negative effects on AGO4 and AGO10 The BaMV-mediated regulation of AGO1, AGO2, and AGO3 is ABA dependent, because the accumulation of these AGOs in BaMV-infected ABA mutants did not reach the levels observed in infected wild-type plants. In addition, the AGO1-miR168a complex is dispensable for BaMV resistance, while AGO2 and AGO3 were important for ABA-mediated resistance. While most ago mutants showed increased susceptibility to BaMV infection (except ago10), ago1-27 showed reduced BaMV titers, which was attributed to the up-regulated levels of AGO2, AGO3, and AGO4 We have established that ABA regulates the expression of several members of the AGO family, and this regulation partially contributes to ABA-mediated resistance against BaMV These findings reveal another role for ABA in plants.
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- Mazen Alazem
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan, Republic of China (M.A., M.-H.H., N.-S.L.); and
- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1K 2R1 (P.M.)
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan, Republic of China (M.A., M.-H.H., N.-S.L.); and
- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1K 2R1 (P.M.)
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan, Republic of China (M.A., M.-H.H., N.-S.L.); and
- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1K 2R1 (P.M.)
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan, Republic of China (M.A., M.-H.H., N.-S.L.); and
- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1K 2R1 (P.M.)
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Meteignier LV, El Oirdi M, Cohen M, Barff T, Matteau D, Lucier JF, Rodrigue S, Jacques PE, Yoshioka K, Moffett P. Translatome analysis of an NB-LRR immune response identifies important contributors to plant immunity in Arabidopsis. J Exp Bot 2017; 68:2333-2344. [PMID: 28369573 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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An important branch of plant immunity involves the recognition of pathogens by nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeat (NB-LRR) proteins. However, signaling events downstream of NB-LRR activation are poorly understood. We have analysed the Arabidopsis translatome using ribosome affinity purification and RNA sequencing. Our results show that the translational status of hundreds of transcripts is differentially affected upon activation of the NB-LRR protein RPM1, showing an overall pattern of a switch away from growth-related activities to defense. Among these is the central translational regulator and growth promoter, Target of Rapamycin (TOR) kinase. Suppression of TOR expression leads to increased resistance to pathogens while overexpression of TOR results in increased susceptibility, indicating an important role for translational control in the switch from growth to defense. Furthermore, we show that several additional genes whose mRNAs are translationally regulated, including BIG, CCT2, and CIPK5, are required for both NB-LRR-mediated and basal plant innate immunity, identifying novel actors in plant defense.
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- Louis-Valentin Meteignier
- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, 2500 Blvd. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K2R1, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, 2500 Blvd. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K2R1, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, 2500 Blvd. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K2R1, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, 2500 Blvd. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K2R1, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, 2500 Blvd. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K2R1, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, 2500 Blvd. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K2R1, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, 2500 Blvd. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K2R1, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, 2500 Blvd. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K2R1, Canada
- Université de Sherbrooke, Département d'informatique, 2500 Blvd. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K2R1, Canada
- Centre de recherche du centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1H5N4, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Department of Cell and Systems Biology, 25 Willcocks St., Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, 2500 Blvd. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K2R1, Canada
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Munusamy P, Zolotarov Y, Meteignier LV, Moffett P, Strömvik MV. De novo computational identification of stress-related sequence motifs and microRNA target sites in untranslated regions of a plant translatome. Sci Rep 2017; 7:43861. [PMID: 28276452 PMCID: PMC5343461 DOI: 10.1038/srep43861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Gene regulation at the transcriptional and translational level leads to diversity in phenotypes and function in organisms. Regulatory DNA or RNA sequence motifs adjacent to the gene coding sequence act as binding sites for proteins that in turn enable or disable expression of the gene. Whereas the known DNA and RNA binding proteins range in the thousands, only a few motifs have been examined. In this study, we have predicted putative regulatory motifs in groups of untranslated regions from genes regulated at the translational level in Arabidopsis thaliana under normal and stressed conditions. The test group of sequences was divided into random subgroups and subjected to three de novo motif finding algorithms (Seeder, Weeder and MEME). In addition to identifying sequence motifs, using an in silico tool we have predicted microRNA target sites in the 3′ UTRs of the translationally regulated genes, as well as identified upstream open reading frames located in the 5′ UTRs. Our bioinformatics strategy and the knowledge generated contribute to understanding gene regulation during stress, and can be applied to disease and stress resistant plant development.
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- Prabhakaran Munusamy
- Department of Plant Science, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, H9X 3V9, Canada
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- Department of Plant Science, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, H9X 3V9, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Department of Plant Science, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, H9X 3V9, Canada
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Vega-Arreguín JC, Shimada-Beltrán H, Sevillano-Serrano J, Moffett P. Non-host Plant Resistance against Phytophthora capsici Is Mediated in Part by Members of the I2 R Gene Family in Nicotiana spp. Front Plant Sci 2017; 8:205. [PMID: 28261255 PMCID: PMC5309224 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The identification of host genes associated with resistance to Phytophthora capsici is crucial to developing strategies of control against this oomycete pathogen. Since there are few sources of resistance to P. capsici in crop plants, non-host plants represent a promising source of resistance genes as well as excellent models to study P. capsici - plant interactions. We have previously shown that non-host resistance to P. capsici in Nicotiana spp. is mediated by the recognition of a specific P. capsici effector protein, PcAvr3a1 in a manner that suggests the involvement of a cognate disease resistance (R) genes. Here, we have used virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) and transgenic tobacco plants expressing dsRNA in Nicotiana spp. to identify candidate R genes that mediate non-host resistance to P. capsici. Silencing of members of the I2 multigene family in the partially resistant plant N. edwardsonii and in the resistant N. tabacum resulted in compromised resistance to P. capsici. VIGS of two other components required for R gene-mediated resistance, EDS1 and SGT1, also enhanced susceptibility to P. capsici in N. edwardsonii, as well as in the susceptible plants N. benthamiana and N. clevelandii. The silencing of I2 family members in N. tabacum also compromised the recognition of PcAvr3a1. These results indicate that in this case, non-host resistance is mediated by the same components normally associated with race-specific resistance.
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- Julio C. Vega-Arreguín
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, IthacaNY, USA
- Laboratorio de Ciencias Agrogenómicas, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores – León, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MexicoLeón, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Ciencias Agrogenómicas, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores – León, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MexicoLeón, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Ciencias Agrogenómicas, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores – León, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MexicoLeón, Mexico
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, IthacaNY, USA
- Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, SherbrookeQC, Canada
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Brosseau C, El Oirdi M, Adurogbangba A, Ma X, Moffett P. Antiviral Defense Involves AGO4 in an Arabidopsis-Potexvirus Interaction. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2016; 29:878-888. [PMID: 27762650 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-09-16-0188-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In plants, RNA silencing regulates gene expression through the action of Dicer-like (DCL) and Argonaute (AGO) proteins via micro RNAs and RNA-dependent DNA methylation (RdDM). In addition, RNA silencing functions as an antiviral defense mechanism by targeting virus-derived double-stranded RNA. Plants encode multiple AGO proteins with specialized functions, including AGO4-like proteins that affect RdDM and AGO2, AGO5, and AGO1, which have antiviral activities. Here, we show that AGO4 is also required for defense against the potexvirus Plantago asiatica mosaic virus (PlAMV), most likely independent of RdDM components such as DCL3, Pol IV, and Pol V. Transient assays showed that AGO4 has direct antiviral activity on PlAMV and, unlike RdDM, this activity does not require nuclear localization of AGO4. Furthermore, although PlAMV infection causes a decrease in AGO4 expression, PlAMV causes a change in AGO4 localization from a largely nuclear to a largely cytoplasmic distribution. These results indicate an important role for AGO4 in targeting plant RNA viruses as well as demonstrating novel mechanisms of regulation of and by AGO4, independent of its canonical role in regulating gene expression by RdDM.
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- Chantal Brosseau
- 1 Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- 1 Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
- 2 Current address: Department of Biology, PYD, King Faisal University, Al Hasa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and
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- 1 Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- 1 Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
- 3 College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
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- 1 Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
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Chen X, Zhu M, Jiang L, Zhao W, Li J, Wu J, Li C, Bai B, Lu G, Chen H, Moffett P, Tao X. A multilayered regulatory mechanism for the autoinhibition and activation of a plant CC-NB-LRR resistance protein with an extra N-terminal domain. New Phytol 2016; 212:161-75. [PMID: 27558751 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 12/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The tomato resistance protein Sw-5b differs from the classical coiled-coil nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (CC-NB-LRR) resistance proteins by having an extra N-terminal domain (NTD). To understand how NTD, CC and NB-LRR regulate autoinhibition and activation of Sw-5b, we dissected the function(s) of each domain. When viral elicitor was absent, Sw-5b LRR suppressed the central NB-ARC to maintain autoinhibition of the NB-LRR segment. The CC and NTD domains independently and additively enhanced the autoinhibition of NB-LRR. When viral elicitor was present, the NB-LRR segment of Sw-5b was specifically activated to trigger a hypersensitive response. Surprisingly, Sw-5b CC suppressed the activation of NB-LRR, whereas the extra NTD of Sw-5b became a positive regulator and fully activated the resistance protein, probably by relieving the inhibitory effects of the CC. In infection assays of transgenic plants, the NB-LRR segment alone was insufficient to confer resistance against Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus; the layers of NTD and CC regulation on NB-LRR were required for Sw-5b to confer resistance. Based on these findings, we propose that, to counter the negative regulation of the CC on NB-LRR, Sw-5b evolved an extra NTD to coordinate with the CC, thus developing a multilayered regulatory mechanism to control autoinhibition and activation.
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- Xiaojiao Chen
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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Migicovsky Z, Gardner KM, Money D, Sawler J, Bloom JS, Moffett P, Chao CT, Schwaninger H, Fazio G, Zhong GY, Myles S. Genome to Phenome Mapping in Apple Using Historical Data. Plant Genome 2016; 9. [PMID: 27898813 DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.11.0113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Apple ( X Borkh.) is one of the world's most valuable fruit crops. Its large size and long juvenile phase make it a particularly promising candidate for marker-assisted selection (MAS). However, advances in MAS in apple have been limited by a lack of phenotype and genotype data from sufficiently large samples. To establish genotype-phenotype relationships and advance MAS in apple, we extracted over 24,000 phenotype scores from the USDA-Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) database and linked them with over 8000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from 689 apple accessions from the USDA apple germplasm collection clonally preserved in Geneva, NY. We find significant genetic differentiation between Old World and New World cultivars and demonstrate that the genetic structure of the domesticated apple also reflects the time required for ripening. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 36 phenotypes confirms the association between fruit color and the MYB1 locus, and we also report a novel association between the transcription factor, NAC18.1, and harvest date and fruit firmness. We demonstrate that harvest time and fruit size can be predicted with relatively high accuracies ( > 0.46) using genomic prediction. Rapid decay of linkage disequilibrium (LD) in apples means millions of SNPs may be required for well-powered GWAS. However, rapid LD decay also promises to enable extremely high resolution mapping of causal variants, which holds great potential for advancing MAS.
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Recognition of pathogen effector proteins by plant NLR proteins often involves decoy proteins, which mimic effector targets. In certain examples such decoys are integrated as fusions into their cognate NLR. Two new studies have analysed thousands of predicted NLRs to address how commonly plants use this 'integrated decoy' strategy.
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- Peter Moffett
- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada.
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Hamel LP, Sekine KT, Wallon T, Sugiwaka Y, Kobayashi K, Moffett P. The Chloroplastic Protein THF1 Interacts with the Coiled-Coil Domain of the Disease Resistance Protein N' and Regulates Light-Dependent Cell Death. Plant Physiol 2016; 171:658-74. [PMID: 26951433 PMCID: PMC4854715 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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One branch of plant immunity is mediated through nucleotide-binding/Leu-rich repeat (NB-LRR) family proteins that recognize specific effectors encoded by pathogens. Members of the I2-like family constitute a well-conserved subgroup of NB-LRRs from Solanaceae possessing a coiled-coil (CC) domain at their N termini. We show here that the CC domains of several I2-like proteins are able to induce a hypersensitive response (HR), a form of programmed cell death associated with disease resistance. Using yeast two-hybrid screens, we identified the chloroplastic protein Thylakoid Formation1 (THF1) as an interacting partner for several I2-like CC domains. Co-immunoprecipitations and bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays confirmed that THF1 and I2-like CC domains interact in planta and that these interactions take place in the cytosol. Several HR-inducing I2-like CC domains have a negative effect on the accumulation of THF1, suggesting that the latter is destabilized by active CC domains. To confirm this model, we investigated N', which recognizes the coat protein of most Tobamoviruses, as a prototypical member of the I2-like family. Transient expression and gene silencing data indicated that THF1 functions as a negative regulator of cell death and that activation of full-length N' results in the destabilization of THF1. Consistent with the known function of THF1 in maintaining chloroplast homeostasis, we show that the HR induced by N' is light-dependent. Together, our results define, to our knowledge, novel molecular mechanisms linking light and chloroplasts to the induction of cell death by a subgroup of NB-LRR proteins.
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- Louis-Philippe Hamel
- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada (L.-P.H., T.W., P.M.); Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate 024-0003 Japan (K.-T.S.); and Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan (Y.S., K.K.)
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada (L.-P.H., T.W., P.M.); Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate 024-0003 Japan (K.-T.S.); and Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan (Y.S., K.K.)
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada (L.-P.H., T.W., P.M.); Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate 024-0003 Japan (K.-T.S.); and Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan (Y.S., K.K.)
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada (L.-P.H., T.W., P.M.); Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate 024-0003 Japan (K.-T.S.); and Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan (Y.S., K.K.)
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada (L.-P.H., T.W., P.M.); Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate 024-0003 Japan (K.-T.S.); and Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan (Y.S., K.K.)
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada (L.-P.H., T.W., P.M.); Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate 024-0003 Japan (K.-T.S.); and Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan (Y.S., K.K.)
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Meteignier LV, Zhou J, Cohen M, Bhattacharjee S, Brosseau C, Chan MGC, Robatzek S, Moffett P. NB-LRR signaling induces translational repression of viral transcripts and the formation of RNA processing bodies through mechanisms differing from those activated by UV stress and RNAi. J Exp Bot 2016; 67:2353-66. [PMID: 26889008 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Plant NB-LRR proteins confer resistance to multiple pathogens, including viruses. Although the recognition of viruses by NB-LRR proteins is highly specific, previous studies have suggested that NB-LRR activation results in a response that targets all viruses in the infected cell. Using an inducible system to activate NB-LRR defenses, we find that NB-LRR signaling does not result in the degradation of viral transcripts, but rather prevents them from associating with ribosomes and translating their genetic material. This indicates that defense against viruses involves the repression of viral RNA translation. This repression is specific to viral transcripts and does not involve a global shutdown of host cell translation. As a consequence of the repression of viral RNA translation, NB-LRR responses induce a dramatic increase in the biogenesis of RNA processing bodies (PBs). We demonstrate that other pathways that induce translational repression, such as UV irradiation and RNAi, also induce PBs. However, by investigating the phosphorylation status of eIF2α and by using suppressors of RNAi we show that the mechanisms leading to PB induction by NB-LRR signaling are different from these stimuli, thus defining a distinct type of translational control and anti-viral mechanism in plants.
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- Louis-Valentin Meteignier
- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke J1K 2R1, QC, Canada
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK The Genome Analysis Centre & John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke J1K 2R1, QC, Canada
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- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, 180, Udyog Vihar Phase I, Gurgaon-122016, India
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke J1K 2R1, QC, Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke J1K 2R1, QC, Canada
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke J1K 2R1, QC, Canada
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Dong OX, Meteignier LV, Plourde MB, Ahmed B, Wang M, Jensen C, Jin H, Moffett P, Li X, Germain H. Arabidopsis TAF15b Localizes to RNA Processing Bodies and Contributes to snc1-Mediated Autoimmunity. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2016; 29:247-57. [PMID: 26713351 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-11-15-0246-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In both animals and plants, messenger (m)RNA export has been shown to contribute to immune response regulation. The Arabidopsis nuclear protein MOS11, along with the nucleoporins MOS3/Nup96/SAR3 and Nup160/SAR1 are components of the mRNA export machinery and contribute to immunity mediated by nucleotide binding leucine-rich repeat immune receptors (NLR). The human MOS11 ortholog CIP29 is part of a small protein complex with three additional members: the RNA helicase DDX39, ALY, and TAF15b. We systematically assessed the biological roles of the Arabidopsis homologs of these proteins in toll interleukin 1 receptor-type NLR (TNL)-mediated immunity using reverse genetics. Although mutations in ALY and DDX39 did not result in obvious defects, taf15b mutation partially suppressed the autoimmune phenotypes of a gain-of-function TNL mutant, snc1. An additive effect on snc1 suppression was observed in mos11-1 taf15b snc1 triple mutant plants, suggesting that MOS11 and TAF15b have independent functions. TAF15b-GFP fusion protein, which fully complemented taf15b mutant phenotypes, localized to nuclei similarly to MOS11. However, it was also targeted to cytosolic granules identified as processing bodies. In addition, we observed no change in SNC1 mRNA levels, whereas less SNC1 protein accumulated in taf15b mutant, suggesting that TAF15b contributes to SNC1 homeostasis through posttranscriptional mechanisms. In summary, this study highlights the importance of posttranscriptional RNA processing mediated by TAF15b in the regulation of TNL-mediated immunity.
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- Oliver X Dong
- 1 Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
- 2 Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia
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- 4 Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5H7, Canada
- 5 Groupe de Recherche en Biologie Végétale (GRBV), Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières; and
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- 4 Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5H7, Canada
- 5 Groupe de Recherche en Biologie Végétale (GRBV), Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières; and
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- 6 Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Center for Plant Cell Biology, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, U.S.A
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- 6 Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Center for Plant Cell Biology, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, U.S.A
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- 3 Department of Biology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- 1 Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
- 2 Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia
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- 4 Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5H7, Canada
- 5 Groupe de Recherche en Biologie Végétale (GRBV), Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières; and
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Moffett P, Redmon T, Vitto MJ, Evans D. Iliac Pseudoaneurysm from Endoleak. West J Emerg Med 2016; 16:1194-5. [PMID: 26759681 PMCID: PMC4703151 DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2015.8.28284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Peter Moffett
- Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Department of Emergency Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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- Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Department of Emergency Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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- Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Department of Emergency Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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- Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Department of Emergency Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
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Lipe DN, Lindstrom R, Tauferner D, Mitchell C, Moffett P. Evaluation of Karl Storz CMAC Tip™ device versus traditional airway suction in a cadaver model. West J Emerg Med 2015; 15:548-53. [PMID: 25035766 PMCID: PMC4100866 DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2014.3.21646] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Introduction We compared the efficacy of Karl Storz CMAC Tip™ with inline suction to CMAC with traditional suction device in cadaveric models simulating difficult airways, using media mimicking pulmonary edema and vomit. Methods This was a prospective, cohort study in which we invited emergency medicine faculty and residents to participate. Each participant intubated 2 cadavers (one with simulated pulmonary edema and one with simulated vomit), using CMAC with inline suction and CMAC with traditional suction. Thirty emergency medicine providers performed 4 total intubations each in a crossover trial comparing the CMAC with inline suction and CMAC with traditional suction. Two intubations were performed with simulated vomit and two with simulated pulmonary edema. The primary outcome was time to successful intubation; and the secondary outcome was proportion of successful intubation. Results The median time to successful intubation using the CMAC with inline suction versus traditional suction in the pulmonary edema group was 29s and 30s respectively (p=0.54). In the vomit simulation, the median time to successful intubation was 40s using the CMAC with inline suction and 41s using the CMAC with traditional suction (p=0.70). There were no significant differences in time to successful intubation between the 2 devices. Similarly, the proportions of successful intubation were also not statistically significant between the 2 devices. The proportions of successful intubations using the inline suction were 96.7% and 73.3%, for the pulmonary edema and vomit groups, respectively. Additionally using the handheld suction device, the proportions for the pulmonary edema and vomit group were 100% and 66.7%, respectively. Conclusion CMAC with inline suction was no different than CMAC with traditional suction and was associated with no statistically significant differences in median time to intubation or proportion of successful intubations.
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- Demis N Lipe
- Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Fort Hood, Texas
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- Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Fort Hood, Texas
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- Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Fort Hood, Texas
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- Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Fort Hood, Texas
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- Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Fort Hood, Texas
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Moffett P, Cartwright L, Grossart E, O'Keefe D, Kang C. 60 Intravenous Ondansetron and the QT Interval in Adult Emergency Department Patients: An Observational Study. Ann Emerg Med 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.07.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Adkar-Purushothama CR, Brosseau C, Giguère T, Sano T, Moffett P, Perreault JP. Small RNA Derived from the Virulence Modulating Region of the Potato spindle tuber viroid Silences callose synthase Genes of Tomato Plants. Plant Cell 2015; 27:2178-94. [PMID: 26290537 PMCID: PMC4568511 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.15.00523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Revised: 07/23/2015] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) callose synthase genes CalS11-like and CalS12-like encode proteins that are essential for the formation of callose, a major component of pollen mother cell walls; these enzymes also function in callose formation during pathogen infection. This article describes the targeting of these callose synthase mRNAs by a small RNA derived from the virulence modulating region of two Potato spindle tuber viroid variants. More specifically, viroid infection of tomato plants resulted in the suppression of the target mRNAs up to 1.5-fold, depending on the viroid variant used and the gene targeted. The targeting of these mRNAs by RNA silencing was validated by artificial microRNA experiments in a transient expression system and by RNA ligase-mediated rapid amplification of cDNA ends. Viroid mutants incapable of targeting callose synthase mRNAs failed to induce typical infection phenotypes, whereas a chimeric viroid obtained by swapping the virulence modulating regions of a mild and a severe variant of Potato spindle tuber viroid greatly affected the accumulation of viroids and the severity of disease symptoms. These data provide evidence of the silencing of multiple genes by a single small RNA derived from a viroid.
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- Charith Raj Adkar-Purushothama
- RNA Group/Groupe ARN, Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine des Sciences de la Santé, Pavillon de Recherche Appliquée au Cancer, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 4K8, Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 2R1, Canada
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- RNA Group/Groupe ARN, Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine des Sciences de la Santé, Pavillon de Recherche Appliquée au Cancer, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 4K8, Canada
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki 036-8561, Japan
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 2R1, Canada
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- RNA Group/Groupe ARN, Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine des Sciences de la Santé, Pavillon de Recherche Appliquée au Cancer, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 4K8, Canada
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Wang KD, Empleo R, Nguyen TTV, Moffett P, Sacco MA. Elicitation of hypersensitive responses in Nicotiana glutinosa by the suppressor of RNA silencing protein P0 from poleroviruses. Mol Plant Pathol 2015; 16:435-48. [PMID: 25187258 PMCID: PMC6638411 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plant disease resistance (R) proteins that confer resistance to viruses recognize viral gene products with diverse functions, including viral suppressors of RNA silencing (VSRs). The P0 protein from poleroviruses is a VSR that targets the ARGONAUTE1 (AGO1) protein for degradation, thereby disrupting RNA silencing and antiviral defences. Here, we report resistance against poleroviruses in Nicotiana glutinosa directed against Turnip yellows virus (TuYV) and Potato leafroll virus (PLRV). The P0 proteins from TuYV (P0(T) (u) ), PLRV (P0(PL) ) and Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus (P0(CA) ) were found to elicit a hypersensitive response (HR) in N. glutinosa accession TW59, whereas other accessions recognized P0(PL) only. Genetic analysis showed that recognition of P0(T) (u) by a resistance gene designated RPO1 (Resistance to POleroviruses 1) is inherited as a dominant allele. Expression of P0 from a Potato virus X (PVX) expression vector transferred recognition to the recombinant virus on plants expressing RPO1, supporting P0 as the unique Polerovirus factor eliciting resistance. The induction of HR required a functional P0 protein, as P0(T) (u) mutants with substitutions in the F-box motif that abolished VSR activity were unable to elicit HR. We surmised that the broad P0 recognition seen in TW59 and the requirement for the F-box protein motif could indicate detection of P0-induced AGO1 degradation and disruption of RNA silencing; however, other viral silencing suppressors, including the PVX P25 that also causes AGO1 degradation, failed to elicit HR in N. glutinosa. Investigation of P0 elicitation of RPO1 could provide insight into P0 activities within the cell that trigger resistance.
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- Ken-Der Wang
- Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, 92834-6850, USA
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Brosseau C, Moffett P. Functional and Genetic Analysis Identify a Role for Arabidopsis ARGONAUTE5 in Antiviral RNA Silencing. Plant Cell 2015; 27:1742-54. [PMID: 26023161 PMCID: PMC4498209 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.15.00264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2015] [Revised: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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RNA silencing functions as an antiviral defense through the action of DICER-like (DCL) and ARGONAUTE (AGO) proteins. In turn, plant viruses have evolved strategies to counteract this defense mechanism, including the expression of suppressors of RNA silencing. Potato virus X (PVX) does not systemically infect Arabidopsis thaliana Columbia-0, but is able to do so effectively in mutants lacking at least two of the four Arabidopsis DCL proteins. PVX can also infect Arabidopsis ago2 mutants, albeit less effectively than double DCL mutants, suggesting that additional AGO proteins may mediate anti-viral defenses. Here we show, using functional assays, that all Arabidopsis AGO proteins have the potential to target PVX lacking its viral suppressor of RNA silencing (VSR), P25, but that only AGO2 and AGO5 are able to target wild-type PVX. However, P25 directly affects only a small subset of AGO proteins, and we present evidence indicating that its protective effect is mediated by precluding AGO proteins from accessing viral RNA, as well as by directly inhibiting the RNA silencing machinery. In agreement with functional assays, we show that Potexvirus infection induces AGO5 expression and that both AGO2 and AGO5 are required for full restriction of PVX infection in systemic tissues of Arabidopsis.
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- Chantal Brosseau
- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada
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Ma X, Nicole MC, Meteignier LV, Hong N, Wang G, Moffett P. Different roles for RNA silencing and RNA processing components in virus recovery and virus-induced gene silencing in plants. J Exp Bot 2015; 66:919-32. [PMID: 25385769 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A major antiviral mechanism in plants is mediated by RNA silencing, which relies on the cleavage of viral dsRNA into virus-derived small interfering RNAs (vsiRNAs) by DICER-like enzymes. Members of the Argonaute (AGO) family of endonucleases then use these vsiRNA as guides to target viral RNA. This can result in a phenomenon known as recovery, whereby the plant silences viral gene expression and recovers from viral symptoms. Endogenous mRNAs can also be targeted by vsiRNAs in a phenomenon known as virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS). Although related to other RNA silencing mechanisms, it has not been established if recovery and VIGS are mediated by the same molecular mechanisms. We used tobacco rattle virus (TRV) carrying a fragment of the phytoene desaturase (PDS) gene (TRV-PDS) or expressing green fluorescent protein (TRV-GFP) as readouts for VIGS and recovery, respectively, in Arabidopsis ago mutants. Our results demonstrated roles for AGO2 and AGO4 in susceptibility to TRV, whereas VIGS of endogenous genes appeared to be largely mediated by AGO1. However, recovery appeared to be mediated by different components, as all the aforementioned mutants were able to recover from TRV-GFP inoculation. TRV RNAs from recovered plants associated less with ribosomes, suggesting that recovery involves translational repression of viral transcripts. Translationally repressed RNAs often accumulate in RNA processing bodies (PBs), where they are eventually processed by decapping enzymes. Consistent with this, we found that viral recovery induced increased PB formation and that a decapping mutant (DCP2) showed increased VIGS and virus RNA accumulation, indicating an important role for PBs in eliminating viral RNA.
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- Xiaofang Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke J1K 2R1, QC, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke J1K 2R1, QC, Canada
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke J1K 2R1, QC, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Biologie, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke J1K 2R1, QC, Canada
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Ali S, Magne M, Chen S, Obradovic N, Jamshaid L, Wang X, Bélair G, Moffett P. Analysis of Globodera rostochiensis effectors reveals conserved functions of SPRYSEC proteins in suppressing and eliciting plant immune responses. Front Plant Sci 2015; 6:623. [PMID: 26322064 PMCID: PMC4532164 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00623] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Potato cyst nematodes (PCNs), including Globodera rostochiensis (Woll.), are important pests of potato. Plant parasitic nematodes produce multiple effector proteins, secreted from their stylets, to successfully infect their hosts. These include proteins delivered to the apoplast and to the host cytoplasm. A number of effectors from G. rostochiensis predicted to be delivered to the host cytoplasm have been identified, including several belonging to the secreted SPRY domain (SPRYSEC) family. SPRYSEC proteins are unique to members of the genus Globodera and have been implicated in both the induction and the repression of host defense responses. We have tested the properties of six different G. rostochiensis SPRYSEC proteins by expressing them in Nicotiana benthamiana and N. tabacum. We have found that all SPRYSEC proteins tested are able to suppress defense responses induced by NB-LRR proteins as well as cell death induced by elicitors, suggesting that defense repression is a common characteristic of members of this effector protein family. At the same time, GrSPRYSEC-15 elicited a defense responses in N. tabacum, which was found to be resistant to a virus expressing GrSPRYSEC-15. These results suggest that SPRYSEC proteins may possess characteristics that allow them to be recognized by the plant immune system.
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- Shawkat Ali
- Département de Biologie, Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke, QC, Canada
- Horticulture R & D Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaSt-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Département de Biologie, Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY, USA
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- Département de Biologie, Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY, USA
- US Department of Agriculture, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Agricultural Research ServiceIthaca, NY, USA
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- Horticulture R & D Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaSt-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke, QC, Canada
- *Correspondence: Peter Moffett, Faculté des Sciences, 2500 Boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
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Vega-Arreguín JC, Jalloh A, Bos JI, Moffett P. Recognition of an Avr3a homologue plays a major role in mediating nonhost resistance to Phytophthora capsici in Nicotiana species. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2014; 27:770-80. [PMID: 24725207 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-01-14-0014-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Nonhost resistance is a commonly occurring phenomenon wherein all accessions or cultivars of a plant species are resistant to all strains of a pathogen species and is likely the manifestation of multiple molecular mechanisms. Phytophthora capsici is a soil-borne oomycete that causes Phytophthora blight disease in many solanaceous and cucurbitaceous plants worldwide. Interest in P. capsici has increased considerably with the sequencing of its genome and its increasing occurrence in multiple crops. However, molecular interactions between P. capsici and both its hosts and its nonhosts are poorly defined. We show here that tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) acts like a nonhost for P. capsici and responds to P. capsici infection with a hypersensitive response (HR). Furthermore, we have found that a P. capsici Avr3a-like gene (PcAvr3a1) encoding a putative RXLR effector protein produces a HR upon transient expression in tobacco and several other Nicotiana species. This HR response correlated with resistance in 19 of 23 Nicotiana species and accessions tested, and knock-down of PcAvr3a1 expression by host-induced gene silencing allowed infection of resistant tobacco. Our results suggest that many Nicotiana species have the capacity to recognize PcAvr3a1 via the products of endogenous disease resistance (R) genes and that this R gene-mediated response is a major component of nonhost resistance to P. capsici.
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Moffett P. Total collapse of the heart. West J Emerg Med 2014; 14:640. [PMID: 24381688 PMCID: PMC3876311 DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2013.7.18460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2013] [Revised: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 07/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Peter Moffett
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Texas
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Hao W, Collier SM, Moffett P, Chai J. Structural basis for the interaction between the potato virus X resistance protein (Rx) and its cofactor Ran GTPase-activating protein 2 (RanGAP2). J Biol Chem 2013; 288:35868-76. [PMID: 24194517 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.517417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The potato (Solanum tuberosum) disease resistance protein Rx has a modular arrangement that contains coiled-coil (CC), nucleotide-binding (NB), and leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domains and mediates resistance to potato virus X. The Rx N-terminal CC domain undergoes an intramolecular interaction with the Rx NB-LRR region and an intermolecular interaction with the Rx cofactor RanGAP2 (Ran GTPase-activating protein 2). Here, we report the crystal structure of the Rx CC domain in complex with the Trp-Pro-Pro (WPP) domain of RanGAP2. The structure reveals that the Rx CC domain forms a heterodimer with RanGAP2, in striking contrast to the homodimeric structure of the CC domain of the barley disease resistance protein MLA10. Structure-based mutagenesis identified residues from both the Rx CC domain and the RanGAP2 WPP domain that are crucial for their interaction and function in vitro and in vivo. Our results reveal the molecular mechanism underlying the interaction of Rx with RanGAP2 and identify the distinct surfaces of the Rx CC domain that are involved in intramolecular and intermolecular interactions.
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- Wei Hao
- From the College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Laliberté JF, Moffett P, Sanfaçon H, Wang A, Nelson RS, Schoelz JE. e-Book on plant virus infection-a cell biology perspective. Front Plant Sci 2013; 4:203. [PMID: 23785382 PMCID: PMC3683628 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/31/2013] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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- Jean-François Laliberté
- INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Institut National de la Recherche ScientifiqueLaval, QC, Canada
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- Département de biologie, Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaSummerland, BC, Canada
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- Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaSummerland, BC, Canada
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of MissouriColumbia, MO, USA
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Boucher AC, Mimee B, Montarry J, Bardou-Valette S, Bélair G, Moffett P, Grenier E. Genetic diversity of the golden potato cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis and determination of the origin of populations in Quebec, Canada. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2013; 69:75-82. [PMID: 23742887 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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: 01/11/2013] [Revised: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The golden cyst nematode (Globodera rostochiensis), native to South America, has been introduced in many parts of the world, including Europe and North America. Recently, it was found for the first time in the province of Quebec, Canada in the locality of St. Amable near Montreal. To date, very few studies have examined the population genetics of this pest. Consequently, there is a lack of knowledge about the genetic structure and evolution of this nematode. In this study, twelve new microsatellite markers were developed in order to explore these questions. These markers were used to genotype fifteen populations originating from different regions of the world, including five from Canada. Within populations, the highest genetic diversity was consistently observed in the populations from Bolivia, the postulated region of origin of the golden nematode, and the lowest in populations from British Columbia (Canada) and New York (USA). The two Quebec populations were very similar to each other and to the population found in Newfoundland, but surprisingly, they were significantly different from three other North American populations including those from New York and British Columbia. Based on our results, we conclude that the golden cyst nematode has been introduced in North America at least twice from distinct regions of the world.
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Carpentier J, Grenier E, Esquibet M, Hamel LP, Moffett P, Manzanares-Dauleux MJ, Kerlan MC. Evolution and variability of Solanum RanGAP2, a cofactor in the incompatible interaction between the resistance protein GPA2 and the Globodera pallida effector Gp-RBP-1. BMC Evol Biol 2013; 13:87. [PMID: 23601377 PMCID: PMC3656811 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-87] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2012] [Accepted: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background The Ran GTPase Activating Protein 2 (RanGAP2) was first described as a regulator of mitosis and nucleocytoplasmic trafficking. It was then found to interact with the Coiled-Coil domain of the Rx and GPA2 resistance proteins, which confer resistance to Potato Virus X (PVX) and potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida, respectively. RanGAP2 is thought to mediate recognition of the avirulence protein GP-RBP-1 by GPA2. However, the Gpa2-induced hypersensitive response appears to be relatively weak and Gpa2 is limited in terms of spectrum of efficiency as it is effective against only two nematode populations. While functional and evolutionary analyses of Gp-Rbp-1 and Gpa2 identified key residues in both the resistance and avirulence proteins that are involved in recognition determination, whether variation in RanGAP2 also plays a role in pathogen recognition has not been investigated. Results We amplified a total of 147 RanGAP2 sequences from 55 accessions belonging to 18 different di-and tetraploid Solanum species from the section Petota. Among the newly identified sequences, 133 haplotypes were obtained and 19.1% of the nucleotide sites were found to be polymorphic. The observed intra-specific nucleotide diversity ranges from 0.1 to 1.3%. Analysis of the selection pressures acting on RanGAP2 suggests that this gene evolved mainly under purifying selection. Nonetheless, we identified polymorphic positions in the protein sequence at the intra-specific level, which could modulate the activity of RanGAP2. Two polymorphic sites and a three amino-acid deletion in RanGAP2 were found to affect the timing and intensity of the Gpa2-induced hypersensitive response to avirulent GP-RBP-1 variants even though they did not confer any gain of recognition of virulent GP-RBP-1 variants. Conclusions Our results highlight how a resistance gene co-factor can manage in terms of evolution both an established role as a cell housekeeping gene and an implication in plant parasite interactions. StRanGAP2 gene appears to evolve under purifying selection. Its variability does not seem to influence the specificity of GPA2 recognition but is able to modulate this activity by enhancing the defence response. It seems therefore that the interaction with the plant resistance protein GPA2 (and/or Rx) rather than with the nematode effector was the major force in the evolution of the RanGAP2 locus in potato. From a mechanistic point of view these results are in accordance with a physical interaction of RanGAP2 with GPA2 and suggest that RBP-1 would rather bind the RanGAP2-GPA2 complex than the RanGAP2 protein alone.
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- Jean Carpentier
- INRA, UMR 1349 IGEPP INRA, Agrocampus Ouest, Université Rennes1, Ploudaniel, Keraïber F.29260, France
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