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Siddiqui SA, Valkonen JPT, Rajamäki ML, Lehto K. The 2b silencing suppressor of a mild strain of Cucumber mosaic virus alone is sufficient for synergistic interaction with Tobacco mosaic virus and induction of severe leaf malformation in 2b-transgenic tobacco plants. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2011; 24:685-93. [PMID: 21341985 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-12-10-0290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Tobacco plants infected simultaneously by Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) are known to produce a specific synergistic disease in which the emerging leaves are filiformic. Similar developmental malformations are also caused to a lesser extent by the severe strains (e.g., Fny) of CMV alone, but mild strains (e.g., Kin) cause them only in mixed infection with TMV. We show here that transgenic tobacco plants expressing 2b protein of CMV-Kin produce filiformic symptoms when infected with TMV, indicating that only 2b protein is needed from CMV-Kin for this synergistic relationship. On the other hand, transgenic plants that express either the wild-type TMV genome or a modified TMV genome with its coat protein deleted or movement protein (MP) inactivated also develop filiformic or at least distinctly narrow leaves, while plants expressing the MP alone do not develop any malformations when infected with CMV-Kin. These results show that either TMV helicase/replicase protein or active TMV replication are required for this synergistic effect. The effect appears to be related to an efficient depletion of silencing machinery, caused jointly by both viral silencing suppressors, i.e., CMV 2b protein and the TMV 126-kDa replicase subunit.
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- Shahid A Siddiqui
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Differential effects of Cucumber mosaic virus satellite RNAs in the perturbation of microRNA-regulated gene expression in tomato. Mol Biol Rep 2011; 39:775-84. [PMID: 21590278 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0798-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2010] [Accepted: 04/29/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Viral infections generally cause disease symptoms by interfering with the microRNA (miRNA)-mediated regulation of gene expression of host plants. In tomato leaves, the accumulation levels of eleven miRNAs and ten target mRNAs were enhanced by different degrees upon Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)-Fny and Tomato aspermy virus (TAV)-Bj infections. The ability of CMV-Fny to interfere with miRNA pathway was dramatically suppressed in the addition of the benign satellite (sat) RNA variant (satYn12), but was slightly affected when CMV-Fny was co-inoculated with the aggressive satRNA variant (satT1). In plants harboring the infection of CMV-FnyΔ2b (a CMV-Fny 2b-deletion mutant), the unaltered miRNAs and target mRNAs levels compared with mock inoculated plants indicated that 2b ORF was essential for perturbation of miRNA metabolism. When the amounts of viral open reading frames (ORFs) in these infections were quantified, we found satYn12 caused a higher reduction of CMV-Fny accumulation levels than satT1. These results indicate the complex mechanism by which satRNAs participate in CMV-tomato interaction, and suggest that the severity of disease symptoms positively correlates to some extent with the perturbation of miRNA pathway in tomato.
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Soitamo AJ, Jada B, Lehto K. HC-Pro silencing suppressor significantly alters the gene expression profile in tobacco leaves and flowers. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 11:68. [PMID: 21507209 PMCID: PMC3111369 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2010] [Accepted: 04/20/2011] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND RNA silencing is used in plants as a major defence mechanism against invasive nucleic acids, such as viruses. Accordingly, plant viruses have evolved to produce counter defensive RNA-silencing suppressors (RSSs). These factors interfere in various ways with the RNA silencing machinery in cells, and thereby disturb the microRNA (miRNA) mediated endogene regulation and induce developmental and morphological changes in plants. In this study we have explored these effects using previously characterized transgenic tobacco plants which constitutively express (under CaMV 35S promoter) the helper component-proteinase (HC-Pro) derived from a potyviral genome. The transcript levels of leaves and flowers of these plants were analysed using microarray techniques (Tobacco 4 × 44 k, Agilent). RESULTS Over expression of HC-Pro RSS induced clear phenotypic changes both in growth rate and in leaf and flower morphology of the tobacco plants. The expression of 748 and 332 genes was significantly changed in the leaves and flowers, respectively, in the HC-Pro expressing transgenic plants. Interestingly, these transcriptome alterations in the HC-Pro expressing tobacco plants were similar as those previously detected in plants infected with ssRNA-viruses. Particularly, many defense-related and hormone-responsive genes (e.g. ethylene responsive transcription factor 1, ERF1) were differentially regulated in these plants. Also the expression of several stress-related genes, and genes related to cell wall modifications, protein processing, transcriptional regulation and photosynthesis were strongly altered. Moreover, genes regulating circadian cycle and flowering time were significantly altered, which may have induced a late flowering phenotype in HC-Pro expressing plants. The results also suggest that photosynthetic oxygen evolution, sugar metabolism and energy levels were significantly changed in these transgenic plants. Transcript levels of S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) were also decreased in these plants, apparently leading to decreased transmethylation capacity. The proteome analysis using 2D-PAGE indicated significantly altered proteome profile, which may have been both due to altered transcript levels, decreased translation, and increased proteosomal/protease activity. CONCLUSION Expression of the HC-Pro RSS mimics transcriptional changes previously shown to occur in plants infected with intact viruses (e.g. Tobacco etch virus, TEV). The results indicate that the HC-Pro RSS contributes a significant part of virus-plant interactions by changing the levels of multiple cellular RNAs and proteins.
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- Arto J Soitamo
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, Vesilinnantie 5, Turku, 20014, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, Vesilinnantie 5, Turku, 20014, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, Vesilinnantie 5, Turku, 20014, Finland
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Feng J, Liu X, Lai L, Chen J. Spatio-temporal expression of miRNAs in tomato tissues upon Cucumber mosaic virus and Tomato aspermy virus infections. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2011; 43:258-66. [PMID: 21335334 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmr006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play vital roles in regulating plant growth and development. Recent work has shown that miRNA-mediated regulation of cellular mRNA expression is involved in pathogen-host interactions. However, knowledge about the timing and spatial regulation of plant miRNA expression is still limited. Here, we use stem-loop real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction to quantify the expression changes of seven miRNAs and their target mRNAs in different tomato tissues during the pathogenic processes. Compared with mock-inoculated plants, the expression levels of investigated miRNAs and mRNAs were enhanced by different degrees upon Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)-Fny and Tomato aspermy virus-Bj infections, but were almost unchanged in CMV-FnyΔ2b (a CMV-Fny 2b-deletion mutant)-infected tomato seedlings. In addition, the obvious up-regulation of several miRNAs and target mRNAs in some tomato tissues suggested their special roles in these tissues' organogenesis and development. Temporal analyses also revealed that the expressions of these miRNAs and mRNAs were highly regulated by different viral infections. Taken together, the observed spatially and temporally changes in miRNAs and target mRNAs expression levels indicate the abilities of different viruses to interfere with miRNA pathway, and are correlated with their respective functions in phenotype determination in different tomato tissues.
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- Junli Feng
- Institute of Bioengineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China.
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Squires J, Gillespie T, Schoelz JE, Palukaitis P. Excision and episomal replication of cauliflower mosaic virus integrated into a plant genome. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 155:1908-1919. [PMID: 21278309 PMCID: PMC3091124 DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.171611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2010] [Accepted: 01/25/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Transgenic Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants containing a monomeric copy of the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) genome exhibited the generation of infectious, episomally replicating virus. The circular viral genome had been split within the nonessential gene II for integration into the Arabidopsis genome by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. Transgenic plants were assessed for episomal infections at flowering, seed set, and/or senescence. The infections were confirmed by western blot for the CaMV P6 and P4 proteins, electron microscopy for the presence of icosahedral virions, and through polymerase chain reaction across the recombination junction. By the end of the test period, a majority of the transgenic Arabidopsis plants had developed episomal infections. The episomal form of the virus was infectious to nontransgenic plants, indicating that no essential functions were lost after release from the Arabidopsis chromosome. An analysis of the viral genomes recovered from either transgenic Arabidopsis or nontransgenic turnip (Brassica rapa var rapa) revealed that the viruses contained deletions within gene II, and in some cases, the deletions extended to the beginning of gene III. In addition, many of the progeny viruses contained small regions of nonviral sequence derived from the flanking transformation vector. The nature of the nucleotide sequences at the recombination junctions in the circular progeny virus indicated that most were generated by nonhomologous recombination during the excision event. The release of the CaMV viral genomes from an integrated copy was not dependent upon the application of environmental stresses but occurred with greater frequency with either age or the late stages of plant maturation.
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Masiri J, Velasquez NV, Murphy JF. Cucumber mosaic virus 2b-Deficient Mutant Causes Limited, Asymptomatic Infection of Bell Pepper. PLANT DISEASE 2011; 95:331-336. [PMID: 30743512 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-10-0392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Cucumber mosaic virus Fast New York strain (CMV-Fny) containing a mutated 2b protein (CMV-FnyΔ2b) was evaluated for the ability to infect 'Calwonder' bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) plants in comparative tests with the parent virus, CMV-Fny. Plants inoculated with CMV-FnyΔ2b did not develop local or systemic symptoms of infection, whereas CMV-Fny-infected plants developed systemic chlorosis by 7 days post inoculation (dpi), followed by mosaic and leaf deformation. Virus accumulation, determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), revealed that CMV-FnyΔ2b accumulated in inoculated Calwonder leaves and inconsistently infected some noninoculated leaves at a low titer but was not detected in the youngest, noninoculated leaves. Immuno-tissue blot tests did not detect CMV-FnyΔ2b in the stems of infected plants, whereas CMV-Fny accumulated throughout the length of the stems of inoculated plants. In two experiments, protoplasts were isolated from Calwonder leaves, inoculated with viral RNAs of CMV-Fny or CMV-FnyΔ2b, and tested by ELISA for infection. In both experiments, less CMV-FnyΔ2b than CMV-Fny accumulated in protoplasts. These results suggest that the CMV 2b protein is needed for systemic infection of Calwonder pepper plants and for accumulation of the virus in inoculated protoplasts.
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- Jongkit Masiri
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, AL 36849
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, AL 36849
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, AL 36849
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Lang Q, Jin C, Lai L, Feng J, Chen S, Chen J. Tobacco microRNAs prediction and their expression infected with Cucumber mosaic virus and Potato virus X. Mol Biol Rep 2011; 38:1523-31. [PMID: 20853150 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0260-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2010] [Accepted: 09/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a newly identified class of non-coding small RNAs of about 21-24 nucleotides. They play important roles in multiple biological processes by degrading targeted mRNAs or repressing mRNA translation. To date, a total of 2,043 plant miRNAs are present in the miRNA Registry database (miRBase Release 14.0), and none for tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). In this research, we used known plant miRNAs against both genomic survey sequence (GSS) and expressed sequence tags (EST) databases to search for potential miRNAs in tobacco. A total of 25 potential miRNAs were identified following a range of strict filtering criteria, and 33 potential targets of miRNAs were predicted by searching the tobacco Unigene database. Most of these miRNA targeting genes were predicted to encode transcription factors which play important roles in tobacco development. Additionally, real-time PCR assays were performed to profile the expression levels of 10 miRNAs after the infection of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and Potato virus X (PVX). The results showed that symptom severity is correlated to the miRNA accumulation, and increased miR168 expression during virus infection is a common, plant- and virus-independent response.
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- Qiulei Lang
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Mascia T, Cillo F, Fanelli V, Finetti-Sialer MM, De Stradis A, Palukaitis P, Gallitelli D. Characterization of the interactions between Cucumber mosaic virus and Potato virus Y in mixed infections in tomato. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2010; 23:1514-24. [PMID: 20923355 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-03-10-0064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Mixed infection with the SON41 strain of Potato virus Y (PVY-SON41) in tomato increased accumulation of RNAs of strains Fny and LS of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV-Fny and CMV-LS, respectively) and enhanced disease symptoms. By contrast, replication of PVY-SON41 was downregulated by CMV-Fny and this was due to the CMV-Fny 2b protein. The CMV-FnyΔ2b mutant was unable to systemically invade the tomato plant because its movement was blocked at the bundle sheath of the phloem. The function needed for invading the phloem was complemented by PVY-SON41 in plants grown at 22°C whereas this complementation was not necessary in plants grown at 15°C. Mutations in the 2b protein coding sequence of CMV-Fny as well as inhibition of translation of the 2a/2b overlapping region of the 2a protein lessened both the accumulation of viral RNAs and the severity of symptoms. Both of these functions were complemented by PVY-SON41. Infection of CMV-Fny supporting replication of the Tfn-satellite RNA reduced the accumulation of CMV RNA and suppressed symptom expression also in plants mixed-infected with PVY-SON41. The interaction between CMV and PVY-SON41 in tomato exhibited different features from that documented in other hosts. The results of this work are relevant from an ecological and epidemiological perspective due to the frequency of natural mixed infection of CMV and PVY in tomato.
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- Tiziana Mascia
- Dipartimento di Protezione delle Piante e Microbiologia Applicata, Università degli Studi di Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy.
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Lewsey MG, Murphy AM, Maclean D, Dalchau N, Westwood JH, Macaulay K, Bennett MH, Moulin M, Hanke DE, Powell G, Smith AG, Carr JP. Disruption of two defensive signaling pathways by a viral RNA silencing suppressor. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2010; 23:835-45. [PMID: 20521947 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-23-7-0835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) 2b counter-defense protein disrupts plant antiviral mechanisms mediated by RNA silencing and salicylic acid (SA). We used microarrays to investigate defensive gene expression in 2b-transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants. Surprisingly, 2b inhibited expression of few SA-regulated genes and, in some instances, enhanced the effect of SA on certain genes. Strikingly, the 2b protein inhibited changes in the expression of 90% of genes regulated by jasmonic acid (JA). Consistent with this, infection of plants with CMV, but not the 2b gene-deletion mutant CMVDelta2b, strongly inhibited JA-inducible gene expression. JA levels were unaffected by infection with either CMV or CMVDelta2b. Although the CMV-Arabidopsis interaction is a compatible one, SA accumulation, usually considered to be an indicator of plant resistance, was increased in CMV-infected plants but not in CMVDelta2b-infected plants. Thus, the 2b protein inhibits JA signaling at a step downstream of JA biosynthesis but it primes induction of SA biosynthesis by another CMV gene product or by the process of infection itself. Like many plant viruses, CMV is aphid transmitted. JA is important in plant defense against insects. This raises the possibility that disruption of JA-mediated gene expression by the 2b protein may influence CMV transmission by aphids.
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Lewsey MG, González I, Kalinina NO, Palukaitis P, Canto T, Carr JP. Symptom induction and RNA silencing suppression by the cucumber mosaic virus 2b protein. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2010; 5:705-8. [PMID: 20404501 PMCID: PMC3001565 DOI: 10.4161/psb.5.6.11643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The 2b protein encoded by Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and other cucumoviruses is multifunctional, having roles in local and systemic virus movement, symptom determination, evasion of defense mediated by salicylic acid, and in suppression of antiviral RNA silencing. It also perturbs silencing-mediated regulation of host transcripts, suggesting that another function of 2b protein is to manipulate host gene expression and physiology in a way that may aid the virus. The 2b proteins encoded by the various cucumoviruses (CMV strains, as well as Tomato aspermy virus and Peanut stunt virus) share conserved amino acid sequence domains, suggesting that these might determine specific functions of the protein. We analyzed the effect of mutations in these domains on functions of the 2b protein during viral infection. This revealed that binding of short RNAs, the key determinants of RNA silencing specificity, correlates with RNA silencing suppression activity. Two putative phosphorylation sites were found to be required for virus symptom induction, despite having no influence on RNA silencing suppression. This indicates that the ability to suppress silencing is not the only factor affecting symptom induction by the 2b protein. In accordance with this, our studies also revealed that the 2b protein acts synergistically with some other CMV product(s) to induce symptoms, and that the role of the 2b protein in symptom determination is host species specific.
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- Mathew G Lewsey
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Kozlowska-Makulska A, Guilley H, Szyndel MS, Beuve M, Lemaire O, Herrbach E, Bouzoubaa S. P0 proteins of European beet-infecting poleroviruses display variable RNA silencing suppression activity. J Gen Virol 2010; 91:1082-91. [PMID: 19955562 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.016360-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS), or RNA silencing, is one of the key mechanisms of antiviral defence used by plants. To counter this defence response, viruses produce suppressor proteins that are able to inhibit the PTGS pathway or to interfere with some of its function. The aim of this study was to evaluate the RNA silencing suppressor (RSS) activity of P0 proteins from selected European isolates of the beet-infecting poleroviruses beet chlorosis virus (BChV) and beet mild yellowing virus (BMYV) using two different experimental systems: (i) agro-infiltration of Nicotiana benthamiana green fluorescent protein-positive plants and (ii) mechanical inoculation of Chenopodium quinoa using a beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV, genus Benyvirus) RNA3-based replicon. The results demonstrated that P0 of most BMYV isolates exhibited RSS activity, although at various efficiencies among isolates. Conversely, P0 of BChV isolates displayed no RSS activity in either of the two systems under the experimental conditions used. These results are the first reported evidence that P0 proteins of two closely related beet poleroviruses show strain-specific differences in their effects on RNA silencing.
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Cross-protection is a phenomenon in which infection of a plant with a mild virus or viroid strain protects it from disease resulting from a subsequent encounter with a severe strain of the same virus or viroid. In this chapter, we review the history of cross-protection with regard to the development of ideas concerning its likely mechanisms, including RNA silencing and exclusion, and its influence on the early development of genetically engineered virus resistance. We also examine examples of the practical use of cross-protection in averting crop losses due to viruses, as well as the use of satellite RNAs to ameliorate the impact of virus-induced diseases. We also discuss the potential of cross-protection to contribute in future to the maintenance of crop health in the face of emerging virus diseases and related threats to agricultural production.
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González I, Martínez L, Rakitina DV, Lewsey MG, Atencio FA, Llave C, Kalinina NO, Carr JP, Palukaitis P, Canto T. Cucumber mosaic virus 2b protein subcellular targets and interactions: their significance to RNA silencing suppressor activity. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2010; 23:294-303. [PMID: 20121451 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-23-3-0294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The RNA silencing suppressor activity of the 2b protein of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) has been variously attributed to its nuclear targeting, its interaction with and inhibition of Argonaute 1 (AGO1), or its ability to bind small RNAs in vitro. In addition, the 2b ortholog of Tomato aspermy virus forms aggregates and binds RNAs in vitro. We have further studied the relationships between CMV 2b protein silencing suppressor activity and its subcellular distribution, protein-protein interactions in vivo, and interactions with small interfering RNAs in vitro. To do this, we tagged the protein with fluorescent markers and showed that it retained suppressor activity. We showed that the 2b protein is present in the nucleolus and that it self-interacts and interacts with AGO1 and AGO4 in vivo. Using a battery of mutants, we showed that the putative nuclear localization signals and phosphorylation motif of the 2b protein are not required for self-interaction or for interaction with AGO proteins. The occurrence of neither of these interactions or of nucleolar targeting was sufficient to provide local silencing-suppression activity. In contrast, the ability of the 2b protein to bind small RNAs appears to be indispensable for silencing suppressor function.
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- Inmaculada González
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CIB, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Wu HW, Lin SS, Chen KC, Yeh SD, Chua NH. Discriminating mutations of HC-Pro of zucchini yellow mosaic virus with differential effects on small RNA pathways involved in viral pathogenicity and symptom development. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2010; 23:17-28. [PMID: 19958135 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-23-1-0017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Helper component-proteinase (HC-Pro), the gene-silencing suppressor of Potyvirus spp., interferes with microRNA (miRNA) and short-interfering RNA (siRNA) pathways. Our previous studies showed that three mutations of highly conserved amino acids of HC-Pro, R(180)I (mutation A), F(205)L (B), and E(396)N (C), of Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) affect symptom severity and viral pathogenicity. The mutant ZYMV GAC (ZGAC) with double mutations, R(180)I/E(396)N, induces transient leaf mottling in host plants followed by recovery. This mutant confers complete cross protection against subsequent infection by the parental ZYMV (ZG) strain. Here, we sought to obtain molecular evidence on the roles of the three highly conserved amino acids of HC-Pro in miRNA and siRNA pathways using transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing comparable levels of wild-type and mutant HC-Pro proteins. We demonstrated that amino acid residues 180, 205, and 396 of HC-Pro are critical for suppression of miRNA, trans-acting siRNA (ta-siRNA), and virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) pathways but not for sense-post transcriptional gene silencing (s-PTGS). Because the HC-Pro double mutant (R(180)I/E(396)N) does not interfere with miRNA and ta-siRNA pathways, the ZGAC mutant virus elicits only attenuated symptoms. Furthermore, the recovery seen on ZGAC-infected plants likely results from the weak VIGS suppression by the HC-Pro double AC mutant. Thus, through manipulating these three conserved amino acids on HC-Pro, symptom severity of diseases caused by Potyvirus spp. can be modulated to generate useful cross protectants for field application. Although some of our mutated HC-Pro proteins do not interfere with miRNA and ta-siRNA pathways, they still retain the ability to suppress s-PTGS.
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- Hui-Wen Wu
- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave, New York 10065, USA
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Lewsey MG, Carr JP. Effects of DICER-like proteins 2, 3 and 4 on cucumber mosaic virus and tobacco mosaic virus infections in salicylic acid-treated plants. J Gen Virol 2009; 90:3010-3014. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.014555-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Salicylic acid (SA)-mediated resistance and RNA silencing are both important plant antiviral defence mechanisms. To investigate overlap between these resistance phenomena, we examined the ability of mutant Arabidopsis thaliana plants lacking DICER-like (DCL) endoribonucleases 2, 3 and 4 to exhibit SA-induced defence. We found that in dcl2/3/4 triple mutant plants, treatment with exogenous SA stimulated resistance to two positive-sense RNA viruses: cucumber mosaic virus and tobacco mosaic virus. We conclude that DCLs 2, 3 and 4, which are the predominant DCL endoribonucleases involved in silencing of positive-sense RNA viruses, are not required for effective SA-induced resistance to these viruses. However, the findings do not exclude RNA silencing from making a contribution to SA-mediated resistance in wild-type plants.
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- Mathew G. Lewsey
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
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Cillo F, Mascia T, Pasciuto MM, Gallitelli D. Differential effects of mild and severe Cucumber mosaic virus strains in the perturbation of MicroRNA-regulated gene expression in tomato map to the 3' sequence of RNA 2. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2009; 22:1239-49. [PMID: 19737097 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-22-10-1239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Viral infections interfere with the microRNA (miRNA)-mediated regulation of gene expression, determining developmental defects. In tomato leaves, the accumulation levels of six miRNA species and their target transcripts corresponding to transcription factors with roles in plant development and leaf morphogenesis and two genes involved in the short RNA processing, DCL1 and AGO1, were significantly enhanced upon infection with the severe strain Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)-Fny, while that of AGO4 was reduced. In plants harboring the infection of the mild strain CMV-LS, the effects on miRNA pathway were reduced, although AGO1, DCL1, and NAC1 also were shown to overaccumulate during infections exhibiting a mild phenotype. The use of the recombinant strain CMV-Fny(LS2b), in which the 3'-terminal region of CMV-Fny RNA 2, including the 2b coding sequence, was replaced with the corresponding region of CMV-LS RNA 2, provided evidence that the exchanged region was implicated in the perturbation of miRNA metabolism. In tomato plants infected with CMV-Fny supporting the ameliorative satellite (sat)RNA variant Tfn-satRNA, the symptomless phenotype correlated, with the exception of NAC1 upregulation, with the absence of effects on mitochondrial RNA and miRNA expression. Some of the aspects of miRNA pathway perturbation described were peculiar to CMV-tomato interactions and involved in the etiology of the disease phenotype elicited in this host.
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- Fabrizio Cillo
- Istituto di Virologia Vegetale, CNR, and Dipartimento di Protezione delle Piante e Microbiologia Applicata, Università degli Studi di Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
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Lanet E, Delannoy E, Sormani R, Floris M, Brodersen P, Crété P, Voinnet O, Robaglia C. Biochemical evidence for translational repression by Arabidopsis microRNAs. THE PLANT CELL 2009; 21:1762-8. [PMID: 19531599 PMCID: PMC2714937 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.063412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2008] [Revised: 05/12/2009] [Accepted: 06/03/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate gene expression posttranscriptionally through RNA silencing, a mechanism conserved in eukaryotes. Prevailing models entail most animal miRNAs affecting gene expression by blocking mRNA translation and most plant miRNAs, triggering mRNA cleavage. Here, using polysome fractionation in Arabidopsis thaliana, we found that a portion of mature miRNAs and ARGONAUTE1 (AGO1) is associated with polysomes, likely through their mRNA target. We observed enhanced accumulation of several distinct miRNA targets at both the mRNA and protein levels in an ago1 hypomorphic mutant. By contrast, translational repression, but not cleavage, persisted in transgenic plants expressing the slicing-inhibitor 2b protein from Cucumber mosaic virus. In agreement, we found that the polysome association of miR168 was lost in ago1 but maintained in 2b plants, indicating that translational repression is correlated with the presence of miRNAs and AGO1 in polysomes. This work provides direct biochemical evidence for a translational component in the plant miRNA pathway.
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- Elodie Lanet
- Aix-Marseille Université, Laboratoire de Génétique et Biophysique des Plantes, Marseille, F-13009, France
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Lewsey M, Surette M, Robertson FC, Ziebell H, Choi SH, Ryu KH, Canto T, Palukaitis P, Payne T, Walsh JA, Carr JP. The role of the Cucumber mosaic virus 2b protein in viral movement and symptom induction. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2009; 22:642-54. [PMID: 19445589 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-22-6-0642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) 2b protein is a counter-defense factor and symptom determinant. Conserved domains in the 2b protein sequence were mutated in the 2b gene of strain Fny-CMV. The effects of these mutations were assessed by infection of Nicotiana tabacum, N. benthamiana, and Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype Col-0) with mutant viruses and by expression of mutant 2b transgenes in A. thaliana. We confirmed that two nuclear localization signals were required for symptom induction and found that the N-terminal domain was essential for symptom induction. The C-terminal domain and two serine residues within a putative phosphorylation domain modulated symptom severity. Further infection studies were conducted using Fny-CMVdelta2b, a mutant that cannot express the 2b protein and that induces no symptoms in N. tabacum, N. benthamiana, or A. thaliana ecotype Col-0. Surprisingly, in plants of A. thaliana ecotype C24, Fny-CMVdelta2b induced severe symptoms similar to those induced by the wild-type virus. However, C24 plants infected with the mutant virus recovered from disease while those infected with the wild-type virus did not. Expression of 2b transgenes from either Fny-CMV or from LS-CMV (a mild strain) in Col-0 plants enhanced systemic movement of Fny-CMVdelta2b and permitted symptom induction by Fny-CMVdelta2b. Taken together, the results indicate that the 2b protein itself is an important symptom determinant in certain hosts. However, they also suggest that the protein may somehow synergize symptom induction by other CMV-encoded factors.
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- Mathew Lewsey
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
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Feng J, Wang K, Liu X, Chen S, Chen J. The quantification of tomato microRNAs response to viral infection by stem-loop real-time RT-PCR. Gene 2009; 437:14-21. [PMID: 19374024 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2009.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are RNA molecules consisting of 20-24 nucleotides that play important roles in regulating plant's gene expression for growth and development, cell viability and stress responses. Viral infection often has a noticeable influence on host gene expression, which may result in a range of developmental abnormalities. To investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying viral infection, miRNA pathway and host gene expression, we report herein the application of the novel miRNAs quantification method in tomato, using a stem-loop reverse transcription followed by SYBR Green PCR assay. For the seven tested miRNAs of Solanum lycopersicum, which are related to the regulation of plant development, hormone response, and their own biogenesis, this quantification method showed high sensitivity, specificity, and wide dynamic range. Precise quantification could be achieved with as little as 0.01 ng of total RNAs for most cases. Additionally, their target mRNAs could be quantified from the same RNA sample simultaneously, by the conventional real-time RT-PCR assay. In comparison with mock inoculation, accumulation levels of the tested miRNAs and target mRNAs were found obviously altered in tomato seedlings, indicating that the miRNA pathway was interrupted by Cucumber mosaic virus and Tomato aspermy virus infection.
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- Junli Feng
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Ye J, Qu J, Zhang JF, Geng YF, Fang RX. A critical domain of the Cucumber mosaic virus 2b protein for RNA silencing suppressor activity. FEBS Lett 2009; 583:101-6. [PMID: 19059248 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2008] [Revised: 11/10/2008] [Accepted: 11/19/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Alignment of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) 2b protein sequences from two CMV subgroups revealed two highly variable regions. To examine contributions of variable sequence domains to the suppressor activity, we performed a comparative study between 2b proteins of a subgroup I strain (SD-CMV) and a subgroup II strain (Q-CMV). Here we show that the suppressor activity of SD2b is stronger than that of Q2b and that a domain existent in SD2b but absent in Q2b is a major determinant of the suppressor activity of SD2b. We further show that the same domain is responsible for inhibition of Nicotiana benthamiana AGO4-1 transcription. Our results implicate AGO4 as a mediator for CMV 2b to suppress systemic silencing and DNA methylation.
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- Jian Ye
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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Murphy AM, Otto B, Brearley CA, Carr JP, Hanke DE. A role for inositol hexakisphosphate in the maintenance of basal resistance to plant pathogens. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 56:638-52. [PMID: 18643983 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03629.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Phytic acid (myo-inositol hexakisphosphate, InsP6) is an important phosphate store and signal molecule in plants. However, low-phytate plants are being developed to minimize the negative health effects of dietary InsP6 and pollution caused by undigested InsP6 in animal waste. InsP6 levels were diminished in transgenic potato plants constitutively expressing an antisense gene sequence for myo-inositol 3-phosphate synthase (IPS, catalysing the first step in InsP6 biosynthesis) or Escherichia coli polyphosphate kinase. These plants were less resistant to the avirulent pathogen potato virus Y and the virulent pathogen tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). In Arabidopsis thaliana, mutation of the gene for the enzyme catalysing the final step of InsP6 biosynthesis (InsP5 2-kinase) also diminished InsP6 levels and enhanced susceptibility to TMV and to virulent and avirulent strains of the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae. Arabidopsis thaliana has three IPS genes (AtIPS1-3). Mutant atips2 plants were depleted in InsP6 and were hypersusceptible to TMV, turnip mosaic virus, cucumber mosaic virus and cauliflower mosaic virus as well as to the fungus Botrytis cinerea and to P. syringae. Mutant atips2 and atipk1 plants were as hypersusceptible to infection as plants unable to accumulate salicylic acid (SA) but their increased susceptibility was not due to reduced levels of SA. In contrast, mutant atips1 plants, which were also depleted in InsP6, were not compromised in resistance to pathogens, suggesting that a specific pool of InsP6 regulates defence against phytopathogens.
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MESH Headings
- Arabidopsis/genetics
- Arabidopsis/metabolism
- Arabidopsis/microbiology
- Arabidopsis/virology
- Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics
- Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism
- Botrytis/pathogenicity
- Caulimovirus/pathogenicity
- Cucumovirus/pathogenicity
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- Disease Susceptibility/microbiology
- Disease Susceptibility/virology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant
- Immunity, Innate/genetics
- Mutagenesis, Insertional
- Mutation
- Myo-Inositol-1-Phosphate Synthase/genetics
- Myo-Inositol-1-Phosphate Synthase/metabolism
- Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)/genetics
- Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)/metabolism
- Phytic Acid/biosynthesis
- Plant Diseases/genetics
- Plant Diseases/microbiology
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- Plant Proteins/metabolism
- Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics
- Plants, Genetically Modified/metabolism
- Plants, Genetically Modified/microbiology
- Plants, Genetically Modified/virology
- Potyvirus/pathogenicity
- Pseudomonas syringae/pathogenicity
- RNA, Plant/genetics
- Salicylic Acid/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- Solanum tuberosum/genetics
- Solanum tuberosum/metabolism
- Solanum tuberosum/virology
- Tobacco Mosaic Virus/pathogenicity
- Tymovirus/pathogenicity
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- Alex M Murphy
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK.
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Du Z, Chen F, Zhao Z, Liao Q, Palukaitis P, Chen J. The 2b protein and the C-terminus of the 2a protein of cucumber mosaic virus subgroup I strains both play a role in viral RNA accumulation and induction of symptoms. Virology 2008; 380:363-70. [PMID: 18786688 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2008] [Revised: 07/15/2008] [Accepted: 07/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Two chimeras of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), FCb7(2b)-CMV and FRad35(2b)-CMV, with the 2b genes of strains Cb7-CMV and Rad35-CMV, respectively, in an Fny-CMV background, gave different responses on Nicotiana glutinosa: FCb7(2b)-CMV induced systemic necrosis while FRad35(2b)-CMV caused only mild mosaic. This differential virulence was attributable to the nature of amino acid 55 of their 2b proteins. However, sequence analysis revealed that Leu(55) of the 2b protein was necessary but not sufficient for FCb7(2b)-CMV to induce systemic necrosis. Surprisingly, inhibition of translation of the 2a/2b overlapping region of the 2a protein in FCb7(2b)-CMV led to a loss of systemic necrosis and a reduction in accumulation of viral progeny RNAs. The 2a/2b overlapping region of Fny-CMV had a similar effect on virulence and viral accumulation. Thus, the 2a protein C-terminus of subgroup I strains, as well as the 2b protein, play a role in symptom induction and accumulation of viral RNAs.
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- Zhiyou Du
- Institute of Bioengineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, No. 2 Road, Xiasha, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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Meng C, Chen J, Ding SW, Peng J, Wong SM. Hibiscus chlorotic ringspot virus coat protein inhibits trans-acting small interfering RNA biogenesis in Arabidopsis. J Gen Virol 2008; 89:2349-2358. [PMID: 18753245 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.2008/002170-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Many plant and animal viruses have evolved suppressor proteins to block host RNA silencing at various stages of the RNA silencing pathways. Hibiscus chlorotic ringspot virus (HCRSV) coat protein (CP) is capable of suppressing the transiently expressed sense-RNA-induced post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) in Nicotiana benthamiana. Here, constitutively expressed HCRSV CP from transgenic Arabidopsis was found to be able to rescue expression of the silenced GUS transgene. The HCRSV CP-transgenic Arabidopsis (line CP6) displayed several developmental abnormalities: elongated, downward curled leaves and a lack of coordination between stamen and carpel, resulting in reduced seed set. These abnormalities are similar to those observed in mutations of the genes of Arabidopsis RNA-dependent polymerase 6 (rdr6), suppressor of gene silencing 3 (sgs3), ZIPPY (zip) and dicer-like 4 (dcl4). The accumulation of microRNA (miRNA) miR173 remained stable; however, the downstream trans-acting small interfering RNA (ta-siRNA) siR255 was greatly reduced. Real-time PCR analysis showed that expression of the ta-siRNA-targeted At4g29770, At5g18040, PPR and ARF3 genes increased significantly, especially in the inflorescences. Genetic crossing of CP6 with an amplicon-silenced line (containing a potato virus X-green fluorescent protein transgene under the control of the 35S cauliflower mosaic virus promoter) suggested that HCRSV CP probably interfered with gene silencing at a step after RDR6. The reduced accumulation of ta-siRNA might result from the interference of HCRSV CP with Dicer-like protein(s), responsible for the generation of dsRNA in ta-siRNA biogenesis.
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- Chunying Meng
- Department of Biological Sciences, 14 Science Drive 4, National University of Singapore, 117545 Singapore
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- Functional Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 138673 Singapore
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Functional Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 138673 Singapore
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- Adjunct Investigator, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, 117604 Singapore.,Department of Biological Sciences, 14 Science Drive 4, National University of Singapore, 117545 Singapore
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Praveen S, Mangrauthia SK, Singh P, Mishra AK. Behavior of RNAi suppressor protein 2b of Cucumber mosaic virus in planta in presence and absence of virus. Virus Genes 2008; 37:96-102. [PMID: 18438704 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-008-0232-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2008] [Accepted: 04/08/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The 2b protein encoded by Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) has been shown as a virus counter defense factor that interferes with the RNAi pathway. The 2b gene from CMV-banana, New Delhi isolate (CMV-NDLS) was amplified from CMV infected cucumber plants to generate the sense and antisense binary vector constructs for 2b expression and repression in planta. Constitutive expression of 2b gene in healthy Nicotiana tabacum caused phenotypic aberrations during somatic embryogenesis, which were not observed when expressed in CMV infected N. tabacum. Further, the established virus population in CMV infected N. tabacum was not affected by constitutive expression and repression of 2b gene. Thus, indicating its role in initiation of gene silencing, at the early stage of viral infection. This is the first demonstration of differential behavior of 2b suppressor protein in host development in the absence and presence of virus.
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- Shelly Praveen
- Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 12, India.
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Siddiqui SA, Sarmiento C, Kiisma M, Koivumäki S, Lemmetty A, Truve E, Lehto K. Effects of viral silencing suppressors on tobacco ringspot virus infection in two Nicotiana species. J Gen Virol 2008; 89:1502-1508. [PMID: 18474567 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.83621-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023] Open
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This study investigated the effects of silencing suppressors derived from six different viruses (P1, P19, P25, HcPro, AC2 and 2b), expressed in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana benthamiana plants, on the infection pattern of tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV) potato calico strain. In N. benthamiana, this virus produced an initial infection with severe systemic symptoms, but the infection was strongly reduced within a few weeks as the plant recovered from the infection. P25 and HcPro silencing suppressors effectively prevented recovery in this host, allowing continuous accumulation of the viral RNA as well as of the virus-specific small interfering RNAs, in the systemically infected leaves. In the P1-, P19-, AC2- or 2b-expressing transgenic N. benthamiana, the recovery was not complete. Susceptibility of N. tabacum to this virus was temperature sensitive. At lower temperatures, up to 25 degrees C, the plants became systemically infected, but at higher temperatures, the infections were limited to the inoculated leaves. In these preventative conditions, all silencing suppressor transgenes (except P25, which was expressed at very low levels) allowed the establishment of systemic infections. Very strong and consistent systemic infections were observed in HcPro- and AC2-expressing plants.
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- Shahid Aslam Siddiqui
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Gene Technology, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Gene Technology, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
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- Laboratory of Genetics, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland
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- MTT Agrifood Research Finland, FIN-31600 Jokioinen, Finland
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- Department of Gene Technology, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland
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Moreno P, Ambrós S, Albiach-Martí MR, Guerri J, Peña L. Citrus tristeza virus: a pathogen that changed the course of the citrus industry. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2008; 9:251-68. [PMID: 18705856 PMCID: PMC6640355 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2007.00455.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) (genus Closterovirus, family Closteroviridae) is the causal agent of devastating epidemics that changed the course of the citrus industry. Adapted to replicate in phloem cells of a few species within the family Rutaceae and to transmission by a few aphid species, CTV and citrus probably coevolved for centuries at the site of origin of citrus plants. CTV dispersal to other regions and its interaction with new scion varieties and rootstock combinations resulted in three distinct syndromes named tristeza, stem pitting and seedling yellows. The first, inciting decline of varieties propagated on sour orange, has forced the rebuilding of many citrus industries using tristeza-tolerant rootstocks. The second, inducing stunting, stem pitting and low bearing of some varieties, causes economic losses in an increasing number of countries. The third is usually observed by biological indexing, but rarely in the field. CTV polar virions are composed of two capsid proteins and a single-stranded, positive-sense genomic RNA (gRNA) of approximately 20 kb, containing 12 open reading frames (ORFs) and two untranslated regions (UTRs). ORFs 1a and 1b, encoding proteins of the replicase complex, are directly translated from the gRNA, and together with the 5' and 3'UTRs are the only regions required for RNA replication. The remaining ORFs, expressed via 3'-coterminal subgenomic RNAs, encode proteins required for virion assembly and movement (p6, p65, p61, p27 and p25), asymmetrical accumulation of positive and negative strands during RNA replication (p23), or suppression of post-transcriptional gene silencing (p25, p20 and p23), with the role of proteins p33, p18 and p13 as yet unknown. Analysis of genetic variation in CTV isolates revealed (1) conservation of genomes in distant geographical regions, with a limited repertoire of genotypes, (2) uneven distribution of variation along the gRNA, (3) frequent recombination events and (4) different selection pressures shaping CTV populations. Measures to control CTV damage include quarantine and budwood certification programmes, elimination of infected trees, use of tristeza-tolerant rootstocks, or cross protection with mild isolates, depending on CTV incidence and on the virus strains and host varieties predominant in each region. Incorporating resistance genes into commercial varieties by conventional breeding is presently unfeasible, whereas incorporation of pathogen-derived resistance by plant transformation has yielded variable results, indicating that the CTV-citrus interaction may be more specific and complex than initially thought. A deep understanding of the interactions between viral proteins and host and vector factors will be necessary to develop reliable and sound control measures.
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- Pedro Moreno
- Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Cra. Moncada-Náquera Km. 4.5, Moncada, 46113- Valencia, Spain.
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Siddiqui SA, Sarmiento C, Truve E, Lehto H, Lehto K. Phenotypes and functional effects caused by various viral RNA silencing suppressors in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana and N. tabacum. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2008; 21:178-87. [PMID: 18184062 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-21-2-0178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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RNA silencing suppressor genes derived from six virus genera were transformed into Nicotiana benthamiana and N. tabacum plants. These suppressors were P1 of Rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV), P1 of Cocksfoot mottle virus, P19 of Tomato bushy stunt virus, P25 of Potato virus X, HcPro of Potato virus Y (strain N), 2b of Cucumber mosaic virus (strain Kin), and AC2 of African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV). HcPro caused the most severe phenotypes in both Nicotiana spp. AC2 also produced severe effects in N. tabacum but a much milder phenotype in N. benthamiana, although both HcPro and AC2 affected the leaf tissues of the two Nicotiana spp. in similar ways, causing hyperplasia and hypoplasia, respectively. P1-RYMV caused high lethality in the N. benthamiana plants but only mild effects in the N. tabacum plants. Phenotypic alterations produced by the other transgenes were minor in both species. Interestingly, the suppressors had very different effects on crucifer-infecting Tobamovirus (crTMV) infections. AC2 enhanced both spread and brightness of the crTMV-green fluorescent protein (GFP) lesions, whereas 2b and both P1 suppressors enhanced spread but not brightness of these lesions. P19 promoted spread of the infection into new foci within the infiltrated leaf, whereas HcPro and P25 suppressed the spread of crTMV-GFP lesions.
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- Shahid Aslam Siddiqui
- 1Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland
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Nibau C, Gibbs DJ, Coates JC. Branching out in new directions: the control of root architecture by lateral root formation. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2008; 179:595-614. [PMID: 18452506 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02472.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Plant roots are required for the acquisition of water and nutrients, for responses to abiotic and biotic signals in the soil, and to anchor the plant in the ground. Controlling plant root architecture is a fundamental part of plant development and evolution, enabling a plant to respond to changing environmental conditions and allowing plants to survive in different ecological niches. Variations in the size, shape and surface area of plant root systems are brought about largely by variations in root branching. Much is known about how root branching is controlled both by intracellular signalling pathays and by environmental signals. Here, we will review this knowledge, with particular emphasis on recent advances in the field that open new and exciting areas of research.
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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Shi BJ, Symons RH, Palukaitis P. The cucumovirus 2b gene drives selection of inter-viral recombinants affecting the crossover site, the acceptor RNA and the rate of selection. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 36:1057-71. [PMID: 18086712 PMCID: PMC2275080 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm1036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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RNA–RNA recombination is an important pathway in virus evolution and has been described for many viruses. However, the factors driving recombination or promoting the selection of recombinants are still unclear. Here, we show that the small movement protein (2b) was able to promote selection of RNA 1/2–RNA 3 recombinants within a chimeric virus having RNAs 1 and 2 from cucumber mosaic virus, and RNA 3 from the related tomato aspermy virus, along with heterologous 2b genes. The source of the 2b also determined the selection of the acceptor RNA and the crossover site, as well as affecting the rate of selection of the recombinant RNAs. The nature of the RNA 3 also influenced the selection of the recombinant RNAs. A 163-nt tandem repeat in RNA 3 significantly affected the rate of selection of the recombinant RNA, while a single nucleotide within the repeat affected the crossover site. The recombination occurred in a non-random manner, involved no intermediates and probably was generated via a copy-choice mechanism during (+) strand RNA synthesis.
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- Bu-Jun Shi
- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, University of Adelaide, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia.
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Love AJ, Laird J, Holt J, Hamilton AJ, Sadanandom A, Milner JJ. Cauliflower mosaic virus protein P6 is a suppressor of RNA silencing. J Gen Virol 2007; 88:3439-3444. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.83090-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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We infected a transgenic Arabidopsis line (GxA), containing an amplicon-silenced 35S : : GFP transgene, with cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV), a plant pararetrovirus with a DNA genome. Systemically infected leaves showed strong GFP fluorescence and amplicon transcripts were detectable in Northern blots, indicating that silencing of GFP had been suppressed during CaMV-infection. Transgenic Arabidopsis lines expressing CaMV protein P6, the major genetic determinant of symptom severity, were crossed with GxA. Progeny showed strong GFP fluorescence throughout and amplicon transcripts were detectable in Northern blots, indicating that P6 was suppressing local and systemic silencing. However, levels of 21 nt siRNAs derived from the GFP transgene were not reduced. In CaMV-infected plants, the P6 transgene did not reduce levels of CaMV leader-derived 21 and 24 nt siRNAs relative to levels of CaMV 35S RNA. These results demonstrate that CaMV can efficiently suppress silencing of a GFP transgene, and that P6 acts as a silencing suppressor.
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- Andrew J. Love
- Plant Science Group, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Plant Science Group, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Department of Pathology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Plant Science Group, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Plant Science Group, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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Ziebell H, Payne T, Berry JO, Walsh JA, Carr JP. A cucumber mosaic virus mutant lacking the 2b counter-defence protein gene provides protection against wild-type strains. J Gen Virol 2007; 88:2862-2871. [PMID: 17872541 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.83138-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Several plant virus mutants, in which genes encoding silencing suppressor proteins have been deleted, are known to induce systemic or localized RNA silencing against themselves and other RNA molecules containing homologous sequences. Thus, it is thought that many cases of cross-protection, in which infection with a mild or asymptomatic virus mutant protects plants against challenge infection with closely related virulent viruses, can be explained by RNA silencing. We found that a cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) mutant of the subgroup IA strain Fny (Fny-CMVDelta2b), which cannot express the 2b silencing suppressor protein, cross-protects tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) and Nicotiana benthamiana plants against disease induction by wild-type Fny-CMV. However, protection is most effective only if inoculation with Fny-CMVDelta2b and challenge inoculation with wild-type CMV occurs on the same leaf. Unexpectedly, Fny-CMVDelta2b also protected plants against infection with TC-CMV, a subgroup II strain that is not closely related to Fny-CMV. Additionally, in situ hybridization revealed that Fny-CMVDelta2b and Fny-CMV can co-exist in the same tissues but these tissues contain zones of Fny-CMVDelta2b-infected host cells from which Fny-CMV appears to be excluded. Taken together, it appears unlikely that cross-protection by Fny-CMVDelta2b occurs by induction of systemic RNA silencing against itself and homologous RNA sequences in wild-type CMV. It is more likely that protection occurs through either induction of very highly localized RNA silencing, or by competition between strains for host cells or resources.
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- Heiko Ziebell
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
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- Warwick HRI, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
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Shiboleth YM, Haronsky E, Leibman D, Arazi T, Wassenegger M, Whitham SA, Gaba V, Gal-On A. The conserved FRNK box in HC-Pro, a plant viral suppressor of gene silencing, is required for small RNA binding and mediates symptom development. J Virol 2007; 81:13135-48. [PMID: 17898058 PMCID: PMC2169133 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01031-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The helper component-proteinase (HC-Pro) protein of potyviruses is a suppressor of gene silencing and has been shown to elicit plant developmental-defect-like symptoms. In Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV), a mutation in the highly conserved FR180NK box of HC-Pro to FI180NK causes attenuation of these symptoms. At 5 days postinoculation and before symptoms appear, virus accumulation, HC-Pro protein levels, and viral short interfering RNA (siRNA) levels are similar for the severe (FRNK) and attenuated (FINK) strains. At this stage, ZYMV(FRNK) caused greater accumulation of most microRNAs (miRNAs), and especially of their complementary miRNA "passenger" strands (miRNA*s), in systemically infected leaves than the attenuated ZYMV(FINK) did. HC-Pro(FRNK) specifically bound artificial siRNA and miRNA/miRNA* duplexes with a much higher affinity than the mutated HC-Pro(FINK). Further analysis of the mutant and wild-type HC-Pro proteins revealed that suppressor activity of the ZYMV HC(FINK) mutant was not diminished. However, the FINK mutation caused a loss of HC-Pro suppressor function in other potyviruses. Replacement of the second positively charged amino acid in the ZYMV FRNK box to result in FRNA also caused symptom attenuation and reduced small RNA duplex-binding affinity without loss of suppressor activity. Our data suggest that the highly conserved FRNK box in the HC-Pro of potyviruses is a probable point of contact with siRNA and miRNA duplexes. The interaction of the FRNK box with populations of miRNAs directly influences their accumulation levels and regulatory functions, resulting in symptom development.
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- Yoel Moshe Shiboleth
- Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural Research Organization, the Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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Du ZY, Chen FF, Liao QS, Zhang HR, Chen YF, Chen JS. 2b ORFs encoded by subgroup IB strains of cucumber mosaic virus induce differential virulence on Nicotiana species. J Gen Virol 2007; 88:2596-2604. [PMID: 17698672 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82927-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)-encoded 2b protein from subgroup IA or subgroup II was shown to be a determinant of virulence in many solanaceous hosts. In this study, the virulence of 2b proteins from subgroup IB strains was analysed using four intraspecies hybrid viruses, which were generated by precise replacement of the 2b open reading frame (ORF) in subgroup IA strain Fny-CMV with the 2b ORFs of four subgroup IB strains, Cb7-CMV, PGs-CMV, Rad35-CMV and Na-CMV, generating FCb7(2b)-CMV, FPGs(2b)-CMV, FRad35(2b)-CMV and FNa(2b)-CMV, respectively. FCb7(2b)-CMV was more virulent than Fny-CMV, and was similar in phenotype to its parental virus Cb7-CMV on the three Nicotiana species tested. FNa(2b)-CMV also was virulent on these host species, equivalent to Fny-CMV or Na-CMV. However, FRad35(2b)-CMV only caused mild mosaic or undetectable symptoms on all the host species tested, and was less virulent than Fny-CMV or Rad35-CMV. FPGs(2b)-CMV infected all the host species systemically, and induced either mosaic or barely visible symptoms, demonstrating that the inability of PGs-CMV to infect these three Nicotiana species was not due to its 2b protein. The diverse virulence was shown to be mediated by the 2b proteins rather than the C-terminal overlapping parts of the 2a proteins, and was associated with the level of viral progeny RNA accumulation in systemically infected leaves, but not with the rate of long-distance viral movement in host plants. Through analysis of encapsidation of viral RNAs, there was an apparent correlation between the virulence and the high level of encapsidated RNA 2 in virions of Fny-CMV, FCb7(2b)-CMV and FNa(2b)-CMV.
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- Zhi-You Du
- Institute of Bioengineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- Institute of Bioengineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, PR China
- Institute of Bioengineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, PR China
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- Institute of Bioengineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- Institute of Bioengineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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Diaz-Pendon JA, Li F, Li WX, Ding SW. Suppression of antiviral silencing by cucumber mosaic virus 2b protein in Arabidopsis is associated with drastically reduced accumulation of three classes of viral small interfering RNAs. THE PLANT CELL 2007; 19:2053-63. [PMID: 17586651 PMCID: PMC1955711 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.047449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We investigated the genetic pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana targeted during infection by cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) 2b protein, known to suppress non-cell-autonomous transgene silencing and salicylic acid (SA)-mediated virus resistance. We show that 2b expressed from the CMV genome drastically reduced the accumulation of 21-, 22-, and 24-nucleotide classes of viral small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) produced by Dicer-like4 (DCL4), DCL2, and DCL3, respectively. The defect of a CMV 2b-deletion mutant (CMV-Delta2b) in plant infection was efficiently rescued in Arabidopsis mutants producing neither 21- nor 22-nucleotide viral siRNAs. Since genetic analysis further identifies a unique antiviral role for DCL3 upstream of DCL4, our data indicate that inhibition of the accumulation of distinct viral siRNAs plays a key role in 2b suppression of antiviral silencing. Strikingly, disease symptoms caused by CMV-Delta2b in Arabidopsis mutants defective in antiviral silencing were as severe as those caused by CMV, demonstrating an indirect role for the silencing suppressor activity in virus virulence. We found that production of CMV siRNAs without 2b interference depended largely on RNA-dependent RNA polymerase 1 (RDR1) inducible by SA. Given the known role of RDR6-dependent transgene siRNAs in non-cell-autonomous silencing, our results suggest a model in which 2b inhibits the production of RDR1-dependent viral siRNAs that confer SA-dependent virus resistance by directing non-cell-autonomous antiviral silencing.
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- Juan A Diaz-Pendon
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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