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Fiallo-Olivé E, Bastidas L, Chirinos DT, Navas-Castillo J. Insights into Emerging Begomovirus-Deltasatellite Complex Diversity: The First Deltasatellite Infecting Legumes. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:1125. [PMID: 34827118 PMCID: PMC8615175 DOI: 10.3390/biology10111125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Begomoviruses and associated DNA satellites are involved in pathosystems that include many cultivated and wild dicot plants and the whitefly vector Bemisia tabaci. A survey of leguminous plants, both crops and wild species, was conducted in Venezuela, an understudied country, to determine the presence of begomoviruses. Molecular analysis identified the presence of bipartite begomoviruses in 37% of the collected plants. Four of the six begomoviruses identified constituted novel species, and two others had not been previously reported in Venezuela. In addition, a novel deltasatellite (cabbage leaf curl deltasatellite, CabLCD) was found to be associated with cabbage leaf curl virus (CabLCV) in several plant species. CabLCD was the first deltasatellite found to infect legumes and the first found in the New World to infect a crop plant. Agroinoculation experiments using Nicotiana benthamiana plants and infectious viral clones confirmed that CabLCV acts as a helper virus for CabLCD. The begomovirus-deltasatellite complex described here is also present in wild legume plants, suggesting the possible role of these plants in the emergence and establishment of begomoviral diseases in the main legume crops in the region. Pathological knowledge of these begomovirus-deltasatellite complexes is fundamental to develop control methods to protect leguminous crops from the diseases they cause.
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- Elvira Fiallo-Olivé
- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora” (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida Dr. Wienberg s/n, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain;
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- Departamento Fitosanitario, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo 4005, Zulia, Venezuela;
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- Facultad de Ingeniería Agronómica, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo 130105, Manabí, Ecuador;
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora” (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida Dr. Wienberg s/n, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain;
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Sahu AK, Sanan-Mishra N. Interaction between βC1 of satellite and coat protein of Chili leaf curl virus plays a crucial role in suppression of host RNA silencing. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:8329-8342. [PMID: 34651252 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11624-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/26/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The monopartite Chili leaf curl virus (ChiLCV) and its β-satellite (ChiLCB) have been found to co-exist in infected plants. The ability of βC1 protein to suppress RNA silencing was investigated using an in-house developed in-planta reversal of silencing assay, using Nicotiana tabacum lines harboring green fluorescent protein (GFP) silenced by short hairpin GFP (ShGFP). Transient expression of recombinant βC1 complemented and increased the suppressor activity of ChiLCV coat protein (CP), and this was confirmed by molecular analysis. In silico analysis followed by a yeast two-hybrid screen-identified ChiLCV-CP as the interacting partner of the ChiLCB-βC1 protein. Subcellular localization through confocal analysis revealed that when βC1 and ChiLCV-CP were co-present, the fluorescence was localized in the cytoplasm indicating that nuclear localization of both proteins was obstructed. The cytoplasmic compartmentalization of the two viral suppressors of RNA silencing may be responsible for the enhanced suppression of the host gene silencing. This study presents evidence on the interaction of ChiLCV-CP and βC1 proteins and indicates that ChiLCB may support the ChiLCV in overcoming host gene silencing to cause Chili leaf curl disease. KEY POINTS: • CP of ChiLCV and βC1 of ChiLCB contain RNA silencing suppression activity • The RNA silencing suppression activity of ChiLCB-βC1 complements that of ChiLCV-CP • There is a direct interaction between ChiLCB-βC1 and ChiLCV-CP.
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- Anurag Kumar Sahu
- Plant RNAi Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- Plant RNAi Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India.
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Aimone CD, De León L, Dallas MM, Ndunguru J, Ascencio-Ibáñez JT, Hanley-Bowdoin L. A New Type of Satellite Associated with Cassava Mosaic Begomoviruses. J Virol 2021; 95:e0043221. [PMID: 34406866 PMCID: PMC8513466 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00432-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Cassava mosaic disease (CMD), which is caused by single-stranded DNA begomoviruses, severely limits cassava production across Africa. A previous study showed that CMD symptom severity and viral DNA accumulation increase in cassava in the presence of a DNA sequence designated SEGS-2 (sequence enhancing geminivirus symptoms). We report here that when SEGS-2 is coinoculated with African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV) onto Arabidopsis thaliana, viral symptoms increase. Transgenic Arabidopsis with an integrated copy of SEGS-2 inoculated with ACMV also display increased symptom severity and viral DNA levels. Moreover, SEGS-2 enables Cabbage leaf curl virus (CaLCuV) to infect a geminivirus-resistant Arabidopsis thaliana accession. Although SEGS-2 is related to cassava genomic sequences, an earlier study showed that it occurs as episomes and is packaged into virions in CMD-infected cassava and viruliferous whiteflies. We identified SEGS-2 episomes in SEGS-2 transgenic Arabidopsis. The episomes occur as both double-stranded and single-stranded DNA, with the single-stranded form packaged into virions. In addition, SEGS-2 episomes replicate in tobacco protoplasts in the presence, but not the absence, of ACMV DNA-A. SEGS-2 episomes contain a SEGS-2 derived promoter and an open reading frame with the potential to encode a 75-amino acid protein. An ATG mutation at the beginning of the SEGS-2 coding region does not enhance ACMV infection in A. thaliana. Together, the results established that SEGS-2 is a new type of begomovirus satellite that enhances viral disease through the action of an SEGS-2-encoded protein that may also be encoded by the cassava genome. IMPORTANCE Cassava is an important root crop in the developing world and a food and income crop for more than 300 million African farmers. Cassava is rising in global importance and trade as the demands for biofuels and commercial starch increase. More than half of the world's cassava is produced in Africa, where it is primarily grown by smallholder farmers, many of whom are from the poorest villages. Although cassava can grow under high temperature, drought, and poor soil conditions, its production is severely limited by viral diseases. Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is one of the most important viral diseases of cassava and can cause up to 100% yield losses. We provide evidence that SEGS-2, which was originally isolated from cassava crops displaying severe and atypical CMD symptoms in Tanzanian fields, is a novel begomovirus satellite that can compromise the development of durable CMD resistance.
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- Catherine D. Aimone
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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The fast-paced evolution of viruses enables them to quickly adapt to the organisms they infect by constantly exploring the potential functional landscape of the proteins encoded in their genomes. Geminiviruses, DNA viruses infecting plants and causing devastating crop diseases worldwide, produce a limited number of multifunctional proteins that mediate the manipulation of the cellular environment to the virus’ advantage. Among the proteins produced by the members of this family, C4, the smallest one described to date, is emerging as a powerful viral effector with unexpected versatility. C4 is the only geminiviral protein consistently subjected to positive selection and displays a number of dynamic subcellular localizations, interacting partners, and functions, which can vary between viral species. In this review, we aim to summarize our current knowledge on this remarkable viral protein, encompassing the different aspects of its multilayered diversity, and discuss what it can teach us about geminivirus evolution, invasion requirements, and virulence strategies.
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Maliano MR, Melgarejo TA, Rojas MR, Barboza N, Gilbertson RL. The Begomovirus Species Melon Chlorotic Leaf Curl Virus is Composed of Two Highly Divergent Strains that Differ in Their Genetic and Biological Properties. PLANT DISEASE 2021; 105:3162-3170. [PMID: 33591835 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-20-1759-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Since the early 1990s, squash production in Costa Rica has been affected by a whitefly-transmitted disease characterized by stunting and yellow mottling of leaves. The squash yellow mottle disease (SYMoD) was shown to be associated with a bipartite begomovirus, originally named squash yellow mild mottle virus (SYMMoV). It was subsequently established that SYMMoV is a strain of melon chlorotic leaf curl virus (MCLCuV), a bipartite begomovirus that causes a chlorotic leaf curl disease of melons in Guatemala. In the present study, the complete sequences of the DNA-A and DNA-B components of a new isolate of the strain MCLCuV-Costa Rica (MCLCuV-CR) were determined. Comparisons of full-length DNA-A sequences revealed 97% identity with a previously characterized isolate of MCLCuV-CR and identities of 90 to 91% with those of isolates of the strain MCLCuV-Guatemala (MCLCuV-GT), which is below or at the current begomovirus species demarcation threshold of 91%. A more extensive analysis of the MCLCuV-CR and -GT sequences revealed substantial divergence in both components and different histories of recombination for the DNA-A components. The cloned full-length DNA-A and DNA-B components of this new MCLCuV-CR isolate were infectious and induced SYMoD in a range of squashes and in pumpkin, thereby fulfilling Koch's postulates for this disease. However, in contrast to MCLCuV-GT, MCLCuV-CR induced mild symptoms in watermelon and no symptoms in melon and cucumber. Taken together, our results indicate that MCLCuV-CR and -GT have substantially diverged, genetically and biologically, and have evolved to cause distinct diseases of different cucurbit crops. Taxonomically, these viruses are at the strain/species boundary, but retain the designation as strains of Melon chlorotic leaf curl virus under current International Committee on Taxonomy guidelines.
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- Minor R Maliano
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A
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- Centro de Investigación en Biología Celular y Molecular, Escuela de Tecnología de Alimentos, Centro Nacional en Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos, Universidad de Costa Rica, 2060 San José, Costa Rica
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A
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The Association between New World Alphasatellites and Bipartite Begomoviruses: Effects on Infection and Vector Transmission. Pathogens 2021; 10:pathogens10101244. [PMID: 34684193 PMCID: PMC8538204 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10101244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 09/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Begomoviruses can be found in association with alphasatellites, which are capable of autonomous replication but are dependent on the helper begomovirus for systemic infection, encapsidation and vector transmission. Previous studies suggest that the presence of NW alphasatellites (genus Clecrusatellite) is associated with more severe symptoms. To better understand this interaction, we investigated the effects of two alphasatellites on infectivity, symptom development, viral DNA accumulation and vector transmission of three begomoviruses in three hosts. In tomato and Nicotiana benthamiana, all combinations were infectious. In Leonurus sibiricus, only the ToYSV/ToYSA combination was infectious. The presence of EuYMA increased symptom severity of EuYMV and ToYSV in N. benthamiana, and the presence of ToYSA was associated with more severe symptoms of ToYSV in N. benthamiana and L. sibiricus. EuYMA increased the accumulation of ToYSV in N. benthamiana but reduced the accumulation of EuYMV in tomato and of ToSRV in N. benthamiana. The presence of ToYSA decreased the accumulation of ToYSV in N. benthamiana and L. sibiricus. ToYSA negatively affected transmission of ToSRV by Bemisia tabaci MEAM1. Together, our results indicate that NW alphasatellites can interact with different begomoviruses, increasing symptom severity and interfering in the transmission of the helper begomovirus. Understanding this interaction is important as it may affect the emergence of diseases caused by begomovirus-alphasatellite complexes in the field.
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Gnanasekaran P, Gupta N, Ponnusamy K, Chakraborty S. Geminivirus Betasatellite-Encoded βC1 Protein Exhibits Novel ATP Hydrolysis Activity That Influences Its DNA-Binding Activity and Viral Pathogenesis. J Virol 2021; 95:e0047521. [PMID: 34132576 PMCID: PMC8354231 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00475-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Plant virus satellites are maintained by their associated helper viruses, and satellites influence viral pathogenesis. Diseases caused by geminivirus-betasatellite complexes can become epidemics and therefore have become a threat to economically important crops across the world. Here, we identified a novel molecular function of the betasatellite-encoded pathogenicity determinant βC1. The tomato leaf curl Patna betasatellite (ToLCPaB)-encoded βC1 protein was found to exhibit novel ATPase activity in the presence of the divalent metal ion cofactor MgCl2. Moreover, ATPase activity was confirmed to be ubiquitously displayed by βC1 proteins encoded by diverse betasatellites. Mutational and sequence analysis showed that conserved lysine/arginine residues at positions 49/50 and 91 of βC1 proteins are essential for their ATPase activity. Biochemical studies revealed that the DNA-binding activity of the βC1 protein was interfered with by the binding of ATP to the protein. Mutating arginine 91 of βC1 to alanine reduced its DNA-binding activity. The results of docking studies provided evidence for an overlap of the ATP-binding and DNA-binding regions of βC1 and for the importance of arginine 91 for both ATP-binding and DNA-binding activities. A mutant betasatellite with a specifically βC1-ATPase dominant negative mutation was found to induce symptoms on Nicotiana benthamiana plants similar to those induced by wild-type betasatellite infection. The ATPase function of βC1 was found to be negatively associated with geminivirus-betasatellite DNA accumulation, despite the positive influence of this ATPase function on the accumulation of replication-associated protein (Rep) and βC1 transcripts. IMPORTANCE Most satellites influence the pathogenesis of their helper viruses. Here, we characterized the novel molecular function of βC1, a nonstructural pathogenicity determinant protein encoded by a betasatellite. We demonstrated the display of ATPase activity by this βC1 protein. Additionally, we confirmed the ubiquitous display of ATPase activity by βC1 proteins encoded by diverse betasatellites. The lysine/arginine residues conserved at positions 49 and 91 of βC1 were found to be crucial for its ATPase function. DNA-binding activity of βC1 was found to be reduced in the presence of ATP. Inhibition of ATPase activity of βC1 in the presence of an excess concentration of cold ATP, GTP, CTP, or UTP suggested that the purified βC1 can also hydrolyze other cellular nucleoside triphosphates (NTPs) besides ATP in vitro. These results established the importance of the ATPase and DNA-binding activities of the βC1 protein in regulating geminivirus-betasatellite DNA accumulation in the infected plant cell.
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- Prabu Gnanasekaran
- Molecular Virology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru Universitygrid.10706.30, New Delhi, India
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru Universitygrid.10706.30, New Delhi, India
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru Universitygrid.10706.30, New Delhi, India
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Construction of Infectious Clones of Begomoviruses: Strategies, Techniques and Applications. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:biology10070604. [PMID: 34209952 PMCID: PMC8301103 DOI: 10.3390/biology10070604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Simple Summary Begomovirus has a wide host range and threatens a significant amount of economic damage to many important crops such as tomatoes, beans, cassava, squash and cotton. There are many efforts directed at controlling this disease including the use of insecticides to control the insect vector as well as screening the resistant varieties. The use of synthetic virus or infectious clones approaches has allowed plant virologists to characterize and exploit the genome virus at the molecular and biological levels. By exploiting the DNA of the virus using the infectious clones strategy, the viral genome can be manipulated at specific regions to study functional genes for host–virus interactions. Thus, this review will provide an overview of the strategy to construct infectious clones of Begomovirus. The significance of established infectious clones in Begomovirus study will also be discussed. Abstract Begomovirus has become a potential threat to the agriculture sector. It causes significant losses to several economically important crops. Given this considerable loss, the development of tools to study viral genomes and function is needed. Infectious clones approaches and applications have allowed the direct exploitation of virus genomes. Infectious clones of DNA viruses are the critical instrument for functional characterization of the notable and newly discovered virus. Understanding of structure and composition of viruses has contributed to the evolution of molecular plant pathology. Therefore, this review provides extensive guidelines on the strategy to construct infectious clones of Begomovirus. Also, this technique’s impacts and benefits in controlling and understanding the Begomovirus infection will be discussed.
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Khan A, Imtiaz Y, Tahir M, Briddon RW. Complete genome sequence of hollyhock vein yellowing virus, a novel monopartite begomovirus infecting hollyhock in Pakistan. Arch Virol 2021; 166:2607-2610. [PMID: 34115211 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-021-05134-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hollyhock (Alcea rosea, family Malvaceae) is an ornamental plant grown widely in gardens across South Asia. In a bed of ornamental plants near the village of Chakri (Punjab Province, Pakistan) in 2014, hollyhock plants showing two distinct symptom types were identified: yellow vein mosaic and leaf crumple. PCR amplification with universal primers amplified a begomovirus from separate nucleic acid extracts of single plants of each type but amplified a betasatellite only from the plant with the yellow vein mosaic symptoms. No potential begomovirus DNA B component or alphasatellite could be identified in either sample. After cloning, the genome sequences of two viruses, one from a plant of each symptom type, were determined and shown to share 99.9% nucleotide sequence identity with each other but less than 91% nucleotide sequence identity with all previously characterized begomoviruses, with the highest identity (90%) to an isolate of pedilanthus leaf curl virus (PeLCV). This indicates that the two hollyhock plants were infected with a newly identified begomovirus for which the name "hollyhock vein yellowing virus" (HoVYV) is proposed. HoVYV likely has a recombinant origin. The betasatellite showed the highest nucleotide sequence identity to an isolate of cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite (CLCuMuB), a betasatellite associated with cotton leaf curl disease across Pakistan and northwestern India. These findings add to the diversity of known begomoviruses in South Asia and again highlight the role of hollyhock as a reservoir of the cotton leaf curl begomovirus betasatellite complex. The results also suggest that the yellow vein mosaic symptoms in hollyhock are due to the betasatellite rather than the virus.
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- Azkia Khan
- Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Farooq T, Umar M, She X, Tang Y, He Z. Molecular phylogenetics and evolutionary analysis of a highly recombinant begomovirus, Cotton leaf curl Multan virus, and associated satellites. Virus Evol 2021; 7:veab054. [PMID: 34532058 PMCID: PMC8438885 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veab054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Cotton leaf curl Multan virus (CLCuMuV) and its associated satellites are a major part of the cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) caused by the begomovirus species complex. Despite the implementation of potential disease management strategies, the incessant resurgence of resistance-breaking variants of CLCuMuV imposes a continuous threat to cotton production. Here, we present a focused effort to map the geographical prevalence, genomic diversity, and molecular evolutionary endpoints that enhance disease complexity by facilitating the successful adaptation of CLCuMuV populations to the diversified ecosystems. Our results demonstrate that CLCuMuV populations are predominantly distributed in China, while the majority of alphasatellites and betasatellites exist in Pakistan. We demonstrate that together with frequent recombination, an uneven genetic variation mainly drives CLCuMuV and its satellite's virulence and evolvability. However, the pattern and distribution of recombination breakpoints greatly vary among viral and satellite sequences. The CLCuMuV, Cotton leaf curl Multan alphasatellite, and Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite populations arising from distinct regions exhibit high mutation rates. Although evolutionarily linked, these populations are independently evolving under strong purifying selection. These findings will facilitate to comprehensively understand the standing genetic variability and evolutionary patterns existing among CLCuMuV populations across major cotton-producing regions of the world.
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- Tahir Farooq
- Plant Protection Research Institute and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, New Town Research Laboratories, University of Tasmania, 13 St. Johns Avenue, New Town, TAS 7008, Australia
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- Plant Protection Research Institute and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
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- Plant Protection Research Institute and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
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- Plant Protection Research Institute and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
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Akhtar S, Tahir MN, Amin I, Mansoor S. Amplicon-based RNAi construct targeting beta-C1 gene gives enhanced resistance against cotton leaf curl disease. 3 Biotech 2021; 11:256. [PMID: 33987073 PMCID: PMC8106552 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-021-02816-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) is one of the major limiting factors affecting cotton production in Pakistan for the last three decades. The disease is caused by begomoviruses of the family Geminiviridae. RNA interference (RNAi) is a promising tool that has been proved effective against several pathogens. Using RNAi, different genomic regions of geminiviruses have been targeted to attain sustainable resistance. However, the silencing of the transgene upon virus infection is a limiting factor. Here, we have developed for the first time an amplicon-based RNAi construct to target βC1 gene of betasatellite associated with cotton leaf curl begomoviruses. In addition to producing short interfering (si) RNAs, Rep-based activation or looping out of the construct induced upon virus infection produces multiple copies of transgene that results in accumulation of defective molecules of betasatellite. Subsequent transcription gives rise to increased number of siRNAs that gives enhanced resistance. Transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana plants having RCβ (RNAi construct for betasatellite) were challenged against Cotton leaf curl Khokran virus (CLCuKV) and Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite (CLCuMB). Reduced titer of the virus and betasatellite were detected through Southern blot hybridization. Significance of the study has been discussed. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13205-021-02816-6.
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- Sohail Akhtar
- Molecular Virology and Gene Silencing Laboratory, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Postal code 38000 Pakistan
- Present Address: Sub-Campus Burewala, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Postal code 61010 Pakistan
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- Molecular Virology and Gene Silencing Laboratory, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Postal code 38000 Pakistan
- Present Address: Department of Plant Pathology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Postal code 66000 Pakistan
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- Molecular Virology and Gene Silencing Laboratory, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Postal code 38000 Pakistan
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- Molecular Virology and Gene Silencing Laboratory, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Postal code 38000 Pakistan
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Revealing the Complexity of Sweepovirus-Deltasatellite-Plant Host Interactions: Expanded Natural and Experimental Helper Virus Range and Effect Dependence on Virus-Host Combination. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9051018. [PMID: 34068583 PMCID: PMC8150397 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9051018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Sweepoviruses are begomoviruses (genus Begomovirus, family Geminiviridae) with ssDNA genomes infecting sweet potato and other species of the family Convolvulaceae. Deltasatellites (genus Deltasatellite, family Tolecusatellitidae) are small-size non-coding DNA satellites associated with begomoviruses. In this study, the genetic diversity of deltasatellites associated with sweepoviruses infecting Ipomoea indica plants was analyzed by further sampling the populations where the deltasatellite sweet potato leaf curl deltasatellite 1 (SPLCD1) was initially found, expanding the search to other geographical areas in southern continental Spain and the Canary Islands. The sweepoviruses present in the samples coinfected with deltasatellites were also fully characterized by sequencing in order to define the range of viruses that could act as helper viruses in nature. Additionally, experiments were performed to assess the ability of a number of geminivirids (the monopartite tomato leaf deformation virus and the bipartite NW begomovirus Sida golden yellow vein virus, the bipartite OW begomovirus tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus, and the curtovirus beet curly top virus) to transreplicate SPLCD1 in their natural plant hosts or the experimental host Nicotiana benthamiana. The results show that SPLCD1 can be transreplicated by all the geminivirids assayed in N. benthamiana and by tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus in zucchini. The presence of SPLCD1 did not affect the symptomatology caused by the helper viruses, and its effect on viral DNA accumulation depended on the helper virus-host plant combination.
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Complete nucleotide sequence of a begomovirus associated with an alphasatellite and a betasatellite naturally infecting okra in Jordan. Arch Virol 2021; 166:2033-2036. [PMID: 33900467 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-021-05075-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The complete nucleotide sequences of a monopartite begomovirus and an associated alphasatellite and betasatellite isolated from naturally infected okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) plants originating from Jordan were determined. The sequences of the begomovirus, alphasatellite, and betasatellites were determined to be 2,764, 1,307, and 1,354 nucleotides in length, respectively. Sequence Demarcation Tool (SDT) and phylogenetic analysis revealed that the begomovirus isolate shared the highest (99.5-99.8%) nt sequence identity with isolates of cotton leaf curl Gezira virus (CLCuGeV), a begomovirus found to exclusively infect cotton in Africa, and recently, in Asia and the Middle East. The DNA sequences of the alphasatellite and betasatellite exhibited the highest nt sequence identity (98.7-98.9% and 92.2-95.3%, respectively) to cotton leaf curl Gezira alphasatellite and cotton leaf curl Gezira betasatellite, respectively. This is the first identification of an African begomovirus, associated with DNA satellites, infecting okra in Jordan.
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Huang C. From Player to Pawn: Viral Avirulence Factors Involved in Plant Immunity. Viruses 2021; 13:v13040688. [PMID: 33923435 PMCID: PMC8073968 DOI: 10.3390/v13040688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Revised: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In the plant immune system, according to the 'gene-for-gene' model, a resistance (R) gene product in the plant specifically surveils a corresponding effector protein functioning as an avirulence (Avr) gene product. This system differs from other plant-pathogen interaction systems, in which plant R genes recognize a single type of gene or gene family because almost all virus genes with distinct structures and functions can also interact with R genes as Avr determinants. Thus, research conducted on viral Avr-R systems can provide a novel understanding of Avr and R gene product interactions and identify mechanisms that enable rapid co-evolution of plants and phytopathogens. In this review, we intend to provide a brief overview of virus-encoded proteins and their roles in triggering plant resistance, and we also summarize current progress in understanding plant resistance against virus Avr genes. Moreover, we present applications of Avr gene-mediated phenotyping in R gene identification and screening of segregating populations during breeding processes.
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- Changjun Huang
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650021, China
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Complete genome sequence of a previously undescribed monopartite begomovirus and betasatellite infecting Malvastrum coromandelianum in Cambodia. Arch Virol 2021; 166:1789-1793. [PMID: 33811530 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-021-05016-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A previously undescribed monopartite begomovirus was identified in Kampot province, Cambodia, in Malvastrum coromandelianum plants exhibiting yellow vein symptoms characteristic of begomovirus infections. The apparently full-length viral component was cloned and sequenced following enrichment of circular DNA by rolling-circle amplification and restriction enzyme digestion. The genome of the virus was 2737 nucleotides in length (KP188831) and exhibited an organization like that of other monopartite begomoviruses, sharing the highest nucleotide sequence similarity (87.7% identity) with ageratum yellow vein virus (AM940137). A satellite molecule was amplified from total DNA by PCR amplification, using the betasatellite-specific primer pair β01/β02. The satellite molecule (1346 nt, KP188832) had structural characteristics like those of other betasatellites associated with begomoviruses and shared the highest nucleotide sequence similarity (84.8% identity) with malvastrum yellow vein betasatellite (MN205547). According to the criteria established for species demarcation for classification of begomoviruses (family Geminiviridae) and betasatellites (family Tolecusatellitidae), respectively, the virus isolate from M. coromandelianum in Cambodia is a previously undescribed novel monopartite begomovirus, for which the name "malvastrum yellow vein Cambodia virus" (MaYVCV) is proposed, and the betasatellite is a previously undescribed novel betasatellite, for which the name "malvastrum yellow vein Cambodia betasatellite" (MaYVKHB) is proposed.
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Yan Z, Wolters AMA, Navas-Castillo J, Bai Y. The Global Dimension of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Disease: Current Status and Breeding Perspectives. Microorganisms 2021; 9:740. [PMID: 33916319 PMCID: PMC8066563 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9040740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) caused by tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) and a group of related begomoviruses is an important disease which in recent years has caused serious economic problems in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) production worldwide. Spreading of the vectors, whiteflies of the Bemisia tabaci complex, has been responsible for many TYLCD outbreaks. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge of TYLCV and TYLV-like begomoviruses and the driving forces of the increasing global significance through rapid evolution of begomovirus variants, mixed infection in the field, association with betasatellites and host range expansion. Breeding for host plant resistance is considered as one of the most promising and sustainable methods in controlling TYLCD. Resistance to TYLCD was found in several wild relatives of tomato from which six TYLCV resistance genes (Ty-1 to Ty-6) have been identified. Currently, Ty-1 and Ty-3 are the primary resistance genes widely used in tomato breeding programs. Ty-2 is also exploited commercially either alone or in combination with other Ty-genes (i.e., Ty-1, Ty-3 or ty-5). Additionally, screening of a large collection of wild tomato species has resulted in the identification of novel TYLCD resistance sources. In this review, we focus on genetic resources used to date in breeding for TYLCVD resistance. For future breeding strategies, we discuss several leads in order to make full use of the naturally occurring and engineered resistance to mount a broad-spectrum and sustainable begomovirus resistance.
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- Zhe Yan
- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 386, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands; (Z.Y.); (A.-M.A.W.)
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 386, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands; (Z.Y.); (A.-M.A.W.)
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora”, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Universidad de Málaga (IHSM-CSIC-UMA), Avenida Dr. Weinberg s/n, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain;
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 386, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands; (Z.Y.); (A.-M.A.W.)
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Ahmed N, Amin I, Zaidi SSEA, Rahman SU, Farooq M, Fauquet CM, Mansoor S. Circular DNA enrichment sequencing reveals the viral/satellites genetic diversity associated with the third epidemic of cotton leaf curl disease. Biol Methods Protoc 2021; 6:bpab005. [PMID: 33884305 PMCID: PMC8046901 DOI: 10.1093/biomethods/bpab005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) is the most important limiting factor for cotton production in Pakistan. The CLCuD passed through two major epidemics in this region with distinct begomoviruses/satellites complexes. Since 2015 the disease has again started to appear in epidemic form, causing heavy losses to cotton crop, which we termed as the “third epidemic”. We applied CIDER-seq (Circular DNA Enrichment Sequencing), a recently developed sequencing method for PCR-free virus enrichment to produce a full length read of a single circular viral genome coupled with Sanger sequencing to explore the genetic diversity of the disease complex. We identified a highly recombinant strain of Cotton leaf curl Multan virus and a recently evolved strain of Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite that are dominant in all major cotton growing regions in the country. Moreover, we also identified multiple species of alphasatellites with one distinct species, Mesta yellow vein mosaic alphasatellite (MeYVMA) for the first time in cotton. Relative abundance of virus and associated satellites was also determined by real-time quantitative PCR. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that determined the CLCuD complex associated with its third epidemic.
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- Nasim Ahmed
- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Constituent College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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Li P, Ruan T, Meng Q, Li K, Qing L. Identification of a novel pepper-infecting monopartite begomovirus in China. Arch Virol 2021; 166:1751-1754. [PMID: 33743050 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-021-04989-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Three full-length monopartite begomovirus sequences were obtained from two field-collected pepper plants exhibiting severe leaf yellowing disease symptoms in Yunnan province of China. The three full-length viral sequences contain 2,748 nucleotides (nt) and share the highest nt sequence similarity (88.2% identity) with that of malvastrum yellow vein Yunnan virus (MYVYNV). The betasatellite molecules of the two viruses share the highest sequence similarity (99.3% identity) with that of malvastrum yellow vein Yunnan betasatellite (MYVYNB). Based on the current species demarcation criteria for the genus Begomovirus, these three newly identified isolates can be considered members of a novel monopartite Begomovirus species, and we have named this virus "pepper yellow leaf curl virus" (PepYLCV). Phylogenetic analysis showed that PepYLCV clustered with pepper leaf curl Yunnan virus (PepLCYNV). Recombination analysis revealed that PepYLCV is likely to have originated through a recombination event between MYVYNV and tomato leaf curl Yunnan virus (TLCYnV).
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- Pengbai Li
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Disease Biology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, People's Republic of China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Disease Biology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, People's Republic of China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Disease Biology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, People's Republic of China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Disease Biology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, People's Republic of China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Disease Biology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, People's Republic of China.
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Iqbal Z, Sattar MN, Khurshid M. Cotton Leaf Curl Multan Betasatellite as a Tool to Study the Localization of Geminiviruses in Plants. Mol Biol 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893321010076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Li M, Li C, Jiang K, Li K, Zhang J, Sun M, Wu G, Qing L. Characterization of Pathogenicity-Associated V2 Protein of Tobacco Curly Shoot Virus. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:E923. [PMID: 33477652 PMCID: PMC7831499 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22020923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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V2 proteins encoded by some whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses were reported to be functionally important proteins. However, the functions of the V2 protein of tobacco curly shoot virus (TbCSV), a monopartite begomovirus that causes leaf curl disease on tomato and tobacco in China, remains to be characterized. In our report, an Agrobacterium infiltration-mediated transient expression assay indicated that TbCSV V2 can suppress local and systemic RNA silencing and the deletion analyses demonstrated that the amino acid region 1-92 of V2, including the five predicted α-helices, are required for local RNA silencing suppression. Site-directed substitutions showed that the conserved basic and ring-structured amino acids in TbCSV V2 are critical for its suppressor activity. Potato virus X-mediated heteroexpression of TbCSV V2 in Nicotiana benthamiana induced hypersensitive response-like (HR-like) cell death and systemic necrosis in a manner independent of V2's suppressor activity. Furthermore, TbCSV infectious clone mutant with untranslated V2 protein (TbCSV∆V2) could not induce visual symptoms, and coinfection with betasatellite (TbCSB) could obviously elevate the viral accumulation and symptom development. Interestingly, symptom recovery occurred at 15 days postinoculation (dpi) and onward in TbCSV∆V2/TbCSB-inoculated plants. The presented work contributes to understanding the RNA silencing suppression activity of TbCSV V2 and extends our knowledge of the multifunctional role of begomovirus-encoded V2 proteins during viral infections.
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- Mingjun Li
- Correspondence: (M.L.); (L.Q.); Tel.: +86-023-68250517 (L.Q.)
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Disease Biology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China; (C.L.); (K.J.); (K.L.); (J.Z.); (M.S.); (G.W.)
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Of the approximately 1,200 plant virus species that have been described to date, nearly one-third are single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses, and all are transmitted by insect vectors. However, most studies of vector transmission of plant viruses have focused on RNA viruses. All known plant ssDNA viruses belong to two economically important families, Geminiviridae and Nanoviridae, and in recent years, there have been increased efforts to understand whether they have evolved similar relationships with their respective insect vectors. This review describes the current understanding of ssDNA virus-vector interactions, including how these viruses cross insect vector cellular barriers, the responses of vectors to virus circulation, the possible existence of viral replication within insect vectors, and the three-way virus-vector-plant interactions. Despite recent breakthroughs in our understanding of these viruses, many aspects of plant ssDNA virus transmission remain elusive. More effort is needed to identify insect proteins that mediate the transmission of plant ssDNA viruses and to understand the complex virus-insect-plant three-way interactions in the field during natural infection.
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- Xiao-Wei Wang
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China;
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- Plant Health Institute of Montpellier, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France;
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An JW, Lee JH, Choi S, Venkatesh J, Kim JM, Kwon JK, Kang BC. Identification of the determinant of tomato yellow leaf curl Kanchanaburi virus infectivity in tomato. Virus Res 2021; 291:198192. [PMID: 33058965 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Geminiviruses cause devastating diseases in solanaceous crops, with the bipartite begomoviruses tomato yellow leaf curl Kanchanaburi virus (TYLCKaV) and pepper yellow leaf curl Thailand virus (PYLCThV) major threats in Southeast Asia. To determine the molecular mechanism of geminivirus infection, we constructed infectious clones of TYLCKaV and PYLCThV. Both constructs infected Nicotiana benthamiana, but only TYLCKaV could infect Solanum lycopersicum 'A39'. A genome-swapping of TYLCKaV with PYLCThV revealed the TYLCKaV-B genome segment as the determinant of TYLCKaV infectivity in tomato. We constructed five geminivirus clones with chimeric TYLCKaV-B and PYLCThV-B genome segments to narrow down the region determining TYLCKaV infectivity in tomato. Only chimeric clones carrying the TYLCKaV intergenic region (IR) showed infectivity in S. lycopersicum 'A39', indicating that the IR of TYLCKaV-B is essential for TYLCKaV infectivity in tomato. Our results provide a foundation for elucidating the molecular mechanism of geminivirus infection in plants.
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- Jong-Wook An
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Zhao P, Zhang X, Gong Y, Wang D, Xu D, Wang N, Sun Y, Gao L, Liu SS, Deng XW, Kliebenstein DJ, Zhou X, Fang RX, Ye J. Red-light is an environmental effector for mutualism between begomovirus and its vector whitefly. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1008770. [PMID: 33428670 PMCID: PMC7822537 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Environments such as light condition influence the spread of infectious diseases by affecting insect vector behavior. However, whether and how light affects the host defense which further affects insect preference and performance, remains unclear, nor has been demonstrated how pathogens co-adapt light condition to facilitate vector transmission. We previously showed that begomoviral βC1 inhibits MYC2-mediated jasmonate signaling to establish plant-dependent mutualism with its insect vector. Here we show red-light as an environmental catalyzer to promote mutualism of whitefly-begomovirus by stabilizing βC1, which interacts with PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTORS (PIFs) transcription factors. PIFs positively control plant defenses against whitefly by directly binding to the promoter of terpene synthase genes and promoting their transcription. Moreover, PIFs interact with MYC2 to integrate light and jasmonate signaling and regulate the transcription of terpene synthase genes. However, begomovirus encoded βC1 inhibits PIFs' and MYC2' transcriptional activity via disturbing their dimerization, thereby impairing plant defenses against whitefly-transmitted begomoviruses. Our results thus describe how a viral pathogen hijacks host external and internal signaling to enhance the mutualistic relationship with its insect vector.
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- Pingzhi Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Shen W, Hanley-Bowdoin L. SnRK1: a versatile plant protein kinase that limits geminivirus infection. Curr Opin Virol 2020; 47:18-24. [PMID: 33360933 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2020.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Geminiviruses are a family of single-stranded DNA viruses that infect many plant species and cause serious diseases in important crops. The plant protein kinase, SnRK1, has been implicated in host defenses against geminiviruses. Overexpression of SnRK1 makes plants more resistant to geminivirus infection, and knock-down of SnRK1 increases susceptibility to geminivirus infection. GRIK, the SnRK1 activating kinase, is upregulated by geminivirus infection, while the viral C2 protein inhibits the SnRK1 activity. SnRK1 also directly phosphorylates geminivirus proteins to reduce infection. These data suggest that SnRK1 is involved in the co-evolution of plant hosts and geminiviruses.
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- Wei Shen
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Emmanuel CJ, Manohara S, Shaw MW. Molecular characterization of begomovirus-betasatellite-alphasatellite complex associated with okra enation leaf curl disease in Northern Sri Lanka. 3 Biotech 2020; 10:506. [PMID: 33184593 PMCID: PMC7642014 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-020-02502-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Okra enation leaf curl is a newly emerging disease in commercial okra cultivation fields in Northern Sri Lanka. The present study aimed to identify and characterize the causative begomovirus and associated satellites. Okra plants showing the enation leaf curl disease symptoms were collected from Vavuniya and Jaffna districts of Northern Province. The PCR diagnostic and genome sequencing revealed that the symptomatic okra plants are associated with begomovirus, betasatellite, and alphasatellite complex. The begomovirus isolates shared 98.2-99.7% nucleotide identity with Okra enation leaf curl virus. The betasatellites showed 96-98.8% nucleotide identity with Bhendi yellow vein mosaic betasatellite which is usually associated with Bhendi yellow vein mosaic disease. Two distinct alphasatellite species, Okra leaf curl alphasatellite and Bhendi yellow vein mosaic alphasatellite, were identified in leaf samples with enation leaf curl disease. The disease was transmitted by whiteflies from diseased plants to healthy plants. Hybrid varieties were more susceptible to the disease compared to cultivated varieties.
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, 40000 JA Sri Lanka
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- School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BZ UK
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Badar U, Venkataraman S, AbouHaidar M, Hefferon K. Molecular interactions of plant viral satellites. Virus Genes 2020; 57:1-22. [PMID: 33226576 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-020-01806-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Plant viral satellites fall under the category of subviral agents. Their genomes are composed of small RNA or DNA molecules a few hundred nucleotides in length and contain an assortment of highly complex and overlapping functions. Each lacks the ability to either replicate or undergo encapsidation or both in the absence of a helper virus (HV). As the number of known satellites increases steadily, our knowledge regarding their sequence conservation strategies, means of replication and specific interactions with host and helper viruses is improving. This review demonstrates that the molecular interactions of these satellites are unique and highly complex, largely influenced by the highly specific host plants and helper viruses that they associate with. Circularized forms of single-stranded RNA are of particular interest, as they have recently been found to play a variety of novel cellular functions. Linear forms of satRNA are also of great significance as they may complement the helper virus genome in exacerbating symptoms, or in certain instances, actively compete against it, thus reducing symptom severity. This review serves to describe the current literature with respect to these molecular mechanisms in detail as well as to discuss recent insights into this emerging field in terms of evolution, classification and symptom development. The review concludes with a discussion of future steps in plant viral satellite research and development.
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- Uzma Badar
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Pinto VB, Quadros AFF, Godinho MT, Silva JC, Alfenas-Zerbini P, Zerbini FM. Intra-host evolution of the ssDNA virus tomato severe rugose virus (ToSRV). Virus Res 2020; 292:198234. [PMID: 33232784 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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To evaluate and quantify the evolutionary dynamics of the bipartite begomovirus tomato severe rugose virus (ToSRV) in a cultivated and a non-cultivated host, plants of tomato and Nicandra physaloides were biolistically inoculated with an infectious clone and systemically infected leaves were sampled at 30, 75 and 120 days after inoculation. Total DNA was extracted and sequenced in the Illumina HiSeq 2000 platform. The datasets were trimmed with the quality score limit set to 0.01, and the assembly was performed using the infectious clone sequence as reference. SNPs were filtered using a minimum p-value of 0.001 and the sum frequencies were used to calculate the deviation from the original clone sequence. Nucleotide substitution rates were calculated for the two DNA components in both hosts: 1.73 × 10-3 and 3.07 × 10-4 sub/site/year for the DNA-A and DNA-B, respectively, in N. physaloides, and 8.05 × 10-4 and 7.02 × 10-5 sub/site/year the for DNA-A and DNA-B, respectively, in tomato. These values are in the same range of those estimated for viruses with single-stranded RNA genomes and for other begomoviruses. Strikingly, the number of substitutions decreased over time, suggesting the presence of bottlenecks during systemic infection. Determination of Shannon's entropy indicated different patterns of variation in the DNA-A and the DNA-B, suggesting distinct evolutionary forces acting upon each component.
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- Vitor Batista Pinto
- Dep. de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil; National Research Institute for Plant-Pest Interactions, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Dep. de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil; National Research Institute for Plant-Pest Interactions, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Dep. de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil; National Research Institute for Plant-Pest Interactions, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- National Research Institute for Plant-Pest Interactions, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- National Research Institute for Plant-Pest Interactions, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil; Dep. de Microbiologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil
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- Dep. de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil; National Research Institute for Plant-Pest Interactions, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil.
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Mishra M, Verma RK, Marwal A, Sharma P, Gaur RK. Biology and Interaction of the Natural Occurrence of Distinct Monopartite Begomoviruses Associated With Satellites in Capsicum annum From India. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:512957. [PMID: 33117300 PMCID: PMC7575687 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.512957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Chili (Capsicum annuum L.) is an important vegetable and spice crop of tropical and sub-tropical regions. Chili plants showing upward leaf curling, leaf crinkling, and leaf yellowing symptoms, collected from Sikar district of Rajasthan, India, were found to be associated with begomovirus and satellite molecules. The presence of virus was confirmed by PCR using virus-specific primer. The full-length genomic DNA-A of three begomovirus (MM-1, CS-1 and RV-1) and two satellites (MM-2 and MM-3) were cloned which was identified from single symptomatic chili plant. The genome organization of isolated three viruses is similar to those of other Old World monopartite begomoviruses. The comparison of the sequences and closest phylogenetic relationships for the begomoviruses, betasatellite and alphasatellite DNAs revealed that MM-1 was designated as DNA-A of Chili leaf curl virus (ChiLCV), CS-1 is considered to be a new distinct species of Tomato leaf curl Gujrat virus (ToLCGV) whereas RV-1 as a new strain of Cotton leaf curl Multan virus (CLCuMuV). The DNA-A component of ChiLCV showed 8.6%, ToLCGV of 16.6% and CLCuMuV of 7.7% average evolutionary divergence, concomitantly, the betasatellite and alphasatellite molecule had 9.9% and 5.9% overall sequence divergence, respectively. Interestingly, most of the begomoviruses were found to be intra-species recombinants. The dN/dS ratio and Tajima D value of all viral DNA-A component and their associated betasatellite showed their selective control on evolutionary relationships. The nucleotide substitution rates were determined for the DNA-A genomes of ChiLCV (7.22 × 10–4 substitutions site–1 year–1), CLCuMuV (1.49 × 10–4 substitutions site–1 year–1), ToLCGV (7.47 × 10–4 substitutions site–1 year–1), the genome of associated ChiLCB (4.20 × 10–4 substitutions site–1 year–1) and CLCuMuA (1.49 × 10–4 substitutions site–1 year–1). Agro-inoculation studies indicate that the presence of DNA betasatellite induce severe symptoms in N. benthamiana and chili, suggesting prerequisite association for typical disease development.
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- Megha Mishra
- Department of Biosciences, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Mody University of Science and Technology, Sikar, India
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- Department of Biosciences, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Mody University of Science and Technology, Sikar, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India
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- Biotechnology Unit, ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, D.D.U Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India
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Mei Y, Wang Y, Li F, Zhou X. The C4 protein encoded by tomato leaf curl Yunnan virus reverses transcriptional gene silencing by interacting with NbDRM2 and impairing its DNA-binding ability. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008829. [PMID: 33002088 PMCID: PMC7529289 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In plants, cytosine DNA methylation is an efficient defense mechanism against geminiviruses, since methylation of the viral genome results in transcriptional gene silencing (TGS). As a counter-defense mechanism, geminiviruses encode viral proteins to suppress viral DNA methylation and TGS. However, the molecular mechanisms by which viral proteins contribute to TGS suppression remain incompletely understood. In this study, we found that the C4 protein encoded by tomato leaf curl Yunnan virus (TLCYnV) suppresses methylation of the viral genome through interacting with and impairing the DNA-binding ability of NbDRM2, a pivotal DNA methyltransferase in the methyl cycle. We show that NbDRM2 catalyzes the addition of methyl groups on specific cytosine sites of the viral genome, hence playing an important role in anti-viral defense. Underscoring the relevance of the C4-mediated suppression of NbDRM2 activity, plants infected by TLCYnV producing C4(S43A), a point mutant version of C4 unable to interact with NbDRM2, display milder symptoms and lower virus accumulation, concomitant with enhanced viral DNA methylation, than plants infected by wild-type TLCYnV. Expression of TLCYnV C4, but not of the NbDRM2-interaction compromised C4(S43A) mutant, in 16c-TGS Nicotiana benthamiana plants results in the recovery of GFP, a proxy for suppression of TGS. This study provides new insights into the molecular mechanisms by which geminiviruses suppress TGS, and uncovers a new viral strategy based on the inactivation of the methyltransferase NbDRM2.
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- Yuzhen Mei
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Mei Y, Zhang F, Wang M, Li F, Wang Y, Zhou X. Divergent Symptoms Caused by Geminivirus-Encoded C4 Proteins Correlate with Their Ability To Bind NbSKη. J Virol 2020; 94:e01307-20. [PMID: 32759325 PMCID: PMC7527059 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01307-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Geminiviruses induce severe developmental abnormalities in plants. The C4/AC4 protein encoded by geminiviruses, especially those not associated with betasatellites, functions as a symptom determinant by hijacking a shaggy-related protein kinase (SKη) and interfering with its functions. Here, we report that the symptom determinant capabilities of C4 proteins encoded by different geminiviruses are divergent and tightly correlated with their abilities to interact with SKη from Nicotiana benthamiana (NbSKη). Swap of the minidomain of tomato leaf curl Yunnan virus (TLCYnV) C4 critical for the interaction with NbSKη increases the capacities of the C4 proteins encoded by tomato yellow leaf curl China virus (TYLCCNV) or tobacco curly shoot virus (TbCSV) to induce symptoms. The severity of symptoms induced by recombinant TYLCCNV C4 or TbCSV C4 correlates with the amount of NbSKη tethered to the plasma membrane by the viral protein. Moreover, a recombinant TYLCCNV harboring the minidomain of TLCYnV C4 induces more-severe symptoms than wild-type TYLCCNV. Thus, this study provides new insights into the mechanism by which different geminivirus-encoded C4 proteins possess divergent symptom determinant capabilities.IMPORTANCE Geminiviruses constitute the largest group of known plant viruses and cause devastating diseases in many economically important crops worldwide. Geminivirus-encoded C4 protein is a multifunctional protein. In this study, we found that the C4 proteins from different geminiviruses showed differential abilities to interact with NbSKη, which correlated with their symptom determinant capabilities. Moreover, a minidomain of tomato leaf curl Yunnan virus (TLCYnV) C4 that is indispensable for interacting with NbSKη and tethering it to the plasma membrane, thus leading to symptom induction, was determined. Supporting these findings, a recombinant geminivirus carrying the minidomain of TLCYnV C4 induced more-severe symptoms than the wild type. Therefore, these findings expand the scope of the interaction of NbSKη and C4-mediated symptom induction and thus contribute to further understanding of the multiple roles of C4.
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- Yuzhen Mei
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Sun S, Hu Y, Jiang G, Tian Y, Ding M, Yu C, Zhou X, Qian Y. Molecular Characterization and Genomic Function of Grapevine Geminivirus A. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:555194. [PMID: 32983075 PMCID: PMC7493466 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.555194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A new grapevine geminivirus A (GGVA) isolate (named as GGVA-17YM1) and its associated defective genome (GGVA-D) were identified from a grapevine sample collected in Yuanmou, Yunnan Province, using sRNA high throughput sequencing and traditional Sanger sequencing. To explore the pathogenicity of GGVA and GGVA-D, infectious clones of GGVA-17YM1 and GGVA-D-17YM1 were constructed. Infection assays indicated that Nicotiana benthamiana plants inoculated with GGVA alone or a combination of GGVA and GGVA-D exhibited upward curled apical leaves and dwarfism. Southern blotting and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed that GGVA-D increased the accumulation level of GGVA DNA. Transient expression using a PVX-derived recombinant vector indicated that C2 and C4 encoded by GGVA are involved in symptom induction in N. benthamiana. Furthermore, the V2 protein inhibited local RNA silencing in co-infiltration assays in GFP transgenic N. benthamiana plants. Subsequently, full-length genome sequencing resulted in the identification of 11 different isolates of GGVA and 9 associated defective DNA molecules. Phylogenetic analysis based on whole genome sequences showed that all GGVA isolates, including our sequences, clustered into two distinct branches with no geographical grouping. Analyses of molecular variation indicated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with more transitions (55.97%) than transversions (44.03%). Furthermore, the main variants for ORF C1, C3, or V1 were synonymous mutations, and non-synonymous mutations for ORF C2, C4, and V2. Genetic selection analysis indicated that negative selection acted on four ORFs (V1, C1, C2, and C3), while V2 and C4 were under positive selection. Our results contribute to the characterization of the genetic diversity of GGVA and provide insights into its pathogenicity.
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- Suwei Sun
- Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Technical Center for Animal, Plant and Food Inspection and Quarantine, Shanghai Customs District, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Germplasm Resources, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Science, Kunming, China
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- Technical Center for Animal, Plant and Food Inspection and Quarantine, Shanghai Customs District, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Zou C, Shu YN, Yang JJ, Pan LL, Zhao J, Chen N, Liu SS, Wang XW. Begomovirus-Associated Betasatellite Virulence Factor βC1 Attenuates Tobacco Defense to Whiteflies via Interacting With Plant SKP1. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:574557. [PMID: 32973859 PMCID: PMC7481519 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.574557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Plant-mediated interactions between plant viruses and their vectors are important determinants of the population dynamics of both types of organisms in the field. The whitefly Bemisia tabaci can establish mutualism with begomoviruses via their shared host plants. This mutualism is achieved by the interaction between virulence factors and their host proteins. While the virulence factor βC1 encoded by tomato yellow leaf curl China betasatellite (TYLCCNB), a subviral agent associated to the begomovirus tomato yellow leaf curl China virus (TYLCCNV), may interact with plant protein MYC2, thereby establishing the indirect mutualism between TYLCCNV and whitefly, whether other mechanisms are involved remains unknown. Here, we found the in vitro and in vivo interactions between βC1 and tobacco protein S-phase kinase associated protein 1 (NtSKP1). Silencing the expression of NtSKP1 enhanced the survival rate and fecundity of whiteflies on tobacco plants. NtSKP1 could activate the transcription of genes in jasmonic acid (JA) pathways by impairing the stabilization of JAZ1 protein. Moreover, βC1-NtSKP1 interaction could interfere JAZ1 degradation and attenuate the plant JA defense responses. These results revealed a novel mechanism underlying the better performance of whiteflies on TYLCCNV/TYLCCNB-infected plants.
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Pei S, Dong R, Bao Y, He RL, Yau SST. Classification of genomic components and prediction of genes of Begomovirus based on subsequence natural vector and support vector machine. PeerJ 2020; 8:e9625. [PMID: 32832270 PMCID: PMC7409808 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Begomoviruses are widely distributed and causing devastating diseases in many crops. According to the number of genomic components, a begomovirus is known as either monopartite or bipartite begomovirus. Both the monopartite and bipartite begomoviruses have the DNA-A component which encodes all essential proteins for virus functions, while the bipartite begomoviruses still contain the DNA-B component. The satellite molecules, known as betasatellites, alphasatellites or deltasatellites, sometimes exist in the begomoviruses. So, the genomic components of begomoviruses are complex and varied. Different genomic components have different gene structures and functions. Classifying the components of begomoviruses is important for studying the virus origin and pathogenic mechanism. Methods We propose a model combining Subsequence Natural Vector (SNV) method with Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm, to classify the genomic components of begomoviruses and predict the genes of begomoviruses. First, the genome sequence is represented as a vector numerically by the SNV method. Then SVM is applied on the datasets to build the classification model. At last, recursive feature elimination (RFE) is used to select essential features of the subsequence natural vectors based on the importance of features. Results In the investigation, DNA-A, DNA-B, and different satellite DNAs are selected to build the model. To evaluate our model, the homology-based method BLAST and two machine learning algorithms Random Forest and Naive Bayes method are used to compare with our model. According to the results, our classification model can classify DNA-A, DNA-B, and different satellites with high accuracy. Especially, we can distinguish whether a DNA-A component is from a monopartite or a bipartite begomovirus. Then, based on the results of classification, we can also predict the genes of different genomic components. According to the selected features, we find that the content of four nucleotides in the second and tenth segments (approximately 150-350 bp and 1,450–1,650 bp) are the most different between DNA-A components of monopartite and bipartite begomoviruses, which may be related to the pre-coat protein (AV2) and the transcriptional activator protein (AC2) genes. Our results advance the understanding of the unique structures of the genomic components of begomoviruses.
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- Shaojun Pei
- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- National Genomics Data Center & CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago State University, Chicago, United States of America
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Aguilar E, Garnelo Gomez B, Lozano-Duran R. Recent advances on the plant manipulation by geminiviruses. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 56:56-64. [PMID: 32464465 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2020.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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As intracellular parasites, viruses co-opt the molecular machinery of the cells they infect in order to multiply and spread, and the extensiveness and effectiveness of this manipulation ultimately determine the outcome of the interaction between virus and host. Members of the Geminiviridae family, causal agents of devastating diseases in crops, encode only a handful of multifunctional, fast-evolving proteins, which efficiently target host proteins to re-wire plant development and physiology and enable replication and spread of the viral genome. In this review, we offer an overview of the different steps in the geminiviral invasion of the host plant, and explore the knowns and unknowns in geminivirus biology.
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- Emmanuel Aguilar
- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China.
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Cana-Quijada P, Romero-Rodríguez B, Vallejo PG, Castillo AG, Bejarano ER. Cutting-edge technology to generate plant immunity against geminiviruses. Curr Opin Virol 2020; 42:58-64. [PMID: 32698102 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2020.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Geminiviruses (viruses with circular, single-stranded DNA genomes) are one of the major groups of plant viruses causing severe economic problems for agriculture worldwide. The control of these pathogens has become a priority to maintain the production of important crops, including cotton, maize, cassava, and other vegetables. Obtaining resistant plants is the most powerful strategy and a key factor to stablish an effective integrated pest management for a robust control. In the last few decades, numerous studies have successfully approached that goal using diverse strategies based on plant variability or on the engineered expression of proteins/RNAs. The increasing knowledge of the mechanisms involved in the geminivirus-plant-vector interactions, in combination with the development of gene editing technology and nanoparticles, draw new and promising strategies for a durable control of these emerging pathogens.
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- Pepe Cana-Quijada
- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora" (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, E-29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora" (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, E-29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora" (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, E-29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora" (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, E-29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora" (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, E-29071 Málaga, Spain
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Fiallo-Olivé E, Navas-Castillo J. Molecular and Biological Characterization of a New World Mono-/Bipartite Begomovirus/Deltasatellite Complex Infecting Corchorus siliquosus. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1755. [PMID: 32793176 PMCID: PMC7390960 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The genus Begomovirus (family Geminiviridae) is the largest genus in the entire virosphere, with more than 400 species recognized. Begomoviruses are single-stranded DNA plant viruses transmitted by whiteflies of the Bemisia tabaci complex and are considered one of the most important groups of emerging plant viruses in tropical and subtropical regions. Several types of DNA satellites have been described to be associated with begomoviruses: betasatellites, alphasatellites, and deltasatellites. Recently, a family of single-stranded DNA satellites associated with begomoviruses has been created, Tolecusatellitidae, including the genera Betasatellite and Deltasatellite. In this work, we analyzed the population of begomoviruses and associated DNA satellites present in Corchorus siliquosus, a malvaceous plant growing wild in Central America, southeastern North America and the Caribbean, collected in Cuba. The genomes of isolates of two New World begomoviruses [(Desmodium leaf distortion virus (DesLDV) and Corchorus yellow vein Cuba virus (CoYVCUV)] and two deltasatellites [tomato yellow leaf distortion deltasatellite 2 (TYLDD2) and Desmodium leaf distortion deltasatellite (DesLDD)] have been cloned and sequenced from plants showing yellow vein symptoms. Isolates of one of the begomoviruses, CoYVCUV, and one of the deltasatellites, DesLDD, represent novel species. Experiments with infectious clones showed the monopartite nature of CoYVCUV and that DesLDD utilizes the bipartite DesLDV as helper virus, but not the monopartite CoYVCUV. Also, CoYVCUV was shown to infect common bean in addition to Nicotiana benthamiana. This is the first time that (i) a monopartite New World begomovirus is found in a host other than tomato and (ii) deltasatellites have been found in C. siliquosus, thus extending the host and helper virus ranges of this recently recognized class of DNA satellites.
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- Elvira Fiallo-Olivé
- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora", Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient ficas - Universidad de Málaga (IHSM-CSIC-UMA), Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora", Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient ficas - Universidad de Málaga (IHSM-CSIC-UMA), Málaga, Spain
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Bragard C, Dehnen-Schmutz K, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jacques MA, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas-Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Thulke HH, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Candresse T, Chatzivassiliou E, Winter S, Bottex B. Pest categorisation of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus. EFSA J 2020; 18:e06179. [PMID: 32665794 PMCID: PMC7339215 DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation on tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV). ToLCNDV is a well-defined bipartite Begomovirus species, sometimes associated with satellite molecules. It is transmitted by Bemisia tabaci to a wide range of hosts. ToLCNDV is reported from Estonia, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, with limited distribution. The prevalent strain (ToLCNDV-ES) in these countries is particularly adapted to cucurbits and is different from isolates reported outside the EU, which are better adapted to solanaceous crops and could therefore pose additional risk for EU agriculture. The virus is regulated under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072. The main pathway of entry identified is plants for planting of susceptible hosts, even if entry could also occur via commodities carrying viruliferous B. tabaci and possibly by seeds. While establishment and local spread rely on B. tabaci, the virus can also be dispersed over long distances by movement of infected plants for planting. Establishment and spread are limited to regions with ecoclimatic conditions suitable for the establishment of vector populations (southern regions of Europe) or can occur as outbreaks wherever crops are grown under protected cultivation. The main uncertainties associated with this pest categorisation are the distribution and prevalence of ToLCNDV in the EU, the magnitude of the virus impact particularly on hosts different from Cucurbitaceae, and seed transmission. ToLCNDV meets all the criteria evaluated by EFSA to qualify as potential Union Quarantine Pest (QP); conversely, ToLCNDV does not meet the criterion of being widespread in the EU to qualify as a Regulated Non-Quarantine Pest (RNQP). Should new data show that ToLCNDV is widespread in the EU, the possibility would exist for non-EU isolates to qualify as QP, while ToLCNDV EU isolates (ToLCNDV-ES) could qualify as RNQP.
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Li H, Li F, Zhang M, Gong P, Zhou X. Dynamic Subcellular Localization, Accumulation, and Interactions of Proteins From Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl China Virus and Its Associated Betasatellite. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:840. [PMID: 32612626 PMCID: PMC7308551 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Geminiviruses contain the largest number of species of plant viruses, and cause devastating crop diseases worldwide. The development of resistance to these viruses will require a clear understanding of viral protein function and interactions. Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus (TYLCCNV) is a typical monopartite geminivirus, which is associated with a tomato yellow leaf curl China betasatellite (TYLCCNB) in the field; the complex infection of TYLCCNV/TYLCCNB leads to serious economic losses in solanaceous plants. The functions of each protein encoded by the TYLCCNV/TYLCCNB complex have not yet been examined in a targeted manner. Here, we show the dynamic subcellular localization and accumulation of six viral proteins encoded by TYLCCNV and the βC1 protein encoded by TYLCCNB in plants over time, and analyzed the effect of TYLCCNV or TYLCCNV/TYLCCNB infection on these parameters. The interaction among the seven viral proteins was also tested in this study: C2 acts as a central player in the viral protein interaction network, since it interacts with C3, C4, V2, and βC1. Self-interactions were also found for C1, C2, and V2. Together, the data presented here provide a template for investigating the function of viral proteins with or without viral infection over time, and points at C2 as a pivotal protein potentially playing a central role in the coordination of the viral life cycle.
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- Hao Li
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Codiaeum variegatum in Pakistan harbours pedilanthus leaf curl virus and papaya leaf curl virus as well as a newly identified betasatellite. Arch Virol 2020; 165:1877-1881. [PMID: 32447620 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-020-04633-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Codiaeum variegatum (common name, garden croton) is an ornamental plant grown for its bright yellow variegated leaf morphology. Two C. variegatum plants with upward leaf curling and vein swelling symptoms were collected in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Sequencing of clones obtained by PCR amplification with specific primers showed one plant infected with the monopartite begomoviruses pedilanthus leaf curl virus (PeLCV) and papaya leaf curl virus (PaLCuV) and the other to be infected with only PeLCV. Both plants also harboured a betasatellite that was distinct from all previously identified betasatellites, for which the name "codiaeum leaf curl betasatellite" (CoLCuB) is proposed. This is the first identification of a begomovirus and an associated betasatellite infecting C. variegatum in Pakistan. Both PeLCV and PaLCuV cause problems in a number of crop plants, and C. variegatum may act as a reservoir for these agriculturally important viruses. The precise impact and geographical distribution of the newly identified CoLCuB will be investigated.
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Luna AP, Lozano-Durán R. Geminivirus-Encoded Proteins: Not All Positional Homologs Are Made Equal. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:878. [PMID: 32431689 PMCID: PMC7214792 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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- Ana P. Luna
- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora” (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Area de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Li Z, Du Z, Tang Y, She X, Wang X, Zhu Y, Yu L, Lan G, He Z. C4, the Pathogenic Determinant of Tomato Leaf Curl Guangdong Virus, May Suppress Post-transcriptional Gene Silencing by Interacting With BAM1 Protein. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:851. [PMID: 32431688 PMCID: PMC7215500 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Tomato leaf curl Guangdong virus (ToLCGdV) is a begomovirus associated with a Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) epidemic in Guangdong province, China. Being the least conserved protein among geminivirus proteins, the function of C4 during ToLCGdV infection has not been elucidated. In this study, the infectious clones of ToLCGdV and a ToLCGdV mutant (ToLCGdVmC4) with disrupted C4 ORF were constructed. Although ToLCGdV and ToLCGdVmC4 could infect Nicotiana benthamiana and tomato plants, ToLCGdVmC4 elicited much milder symptoms compared with ToLCGdV. To further verify the role of C4 in viral pathogenesis, C4 was expressed in N. benthamiana from Potato virus X (PVX) vector. The results showed that ToLCGdV C4 enhanced the pathogenicity of PVX and induced more severe developmental abnormalities in plants compared with PVX alone or PVX-mC4. In addition, ToLCGdV C4 suppresses systemic gene silencing in the transgenic N. benthamiana line 16c, but not local gene silencing induced by sense GFP in wild-type N. benthamiana plants. Moreover, C4 suppresses transcriptional gene silencing (TGS) by reducing the DNA methylation level of 35S promoter in 16c-TGS N. benthamiana plants. Furthermore, C4 could also interact with the receptor-like kinase (RLK) BARELY ANY MERISTEM 1 (BAM1), suggesting that C4 may suppress gene silencing by interfering with the function of BAM1 in the cell-to-cell spread of RNAi. All these results suggest that C4 is a pathogenic determinant of ToLCGdV, and C4 may suppress post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) by interacting with BAM1.
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- Zhenggang Li
- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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Sun M, Jiang K, Li C, Du J, Li M, Ghanem H, Wu G, Qing L. Tobacco curly shoot virus C3 protein enhances viral replication and gene expression in Nicotiana benthamiana plants. Virus Res 2020; 281:197939. [PMID: 32198077 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.197939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Geminiviruses are single-stranded DNA viruses that cause devastating diseases in many crops worldwide. The replication enhancer proteins (REn), encoded by the C3 (AC3, and AL3) ORFs of geminiviruses, have critical roles in viral DNA accumulation and symptom development in infected plants. In the current study, we have constructed an infectious clone of the Tobacco curly shoot virus (TbCSV) C3 mutant, TbCSVΔC3, that contains two start codon mutations that abrogated C3 ORF expression, but did not alter the amino acid sequence of the C2 ORF. As predicted, the absence of the C3 protein reduced TbCSV DNA accumulation, and over-expression of the C3 protein enhanced TbCSV DNA accumulation in infected leaves of Nicotiana benthamiana. The C3 mutation reduced the expression levels of both virion- and complementary-sense TbCSV genes whereas over-expression of the C3 protein increased TbCSV gene expression. Furthermore, the expression of the wild-type and site-directed mutants of C3 proteins using the potato virus X (PVX) system showed that Y93A mutation reduced the replication enhancement activity of the C3 protein in N. benthamiana. All the available evidence demonstrates that the C3 protein is tightly coupled with TbCSV DNA accumulation. However, the TbCSVΔC3 mutant was nearly as infectious in N. benthamiana as TbCSVWT and only had slightly delayed and attenuated symptom expression. Our findings demonstrate that TbCSV C3 protein enhances viral replication and gene expression, but has only moderate effects on symptom development in N. benthamiana.
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- Miao Sun
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Disease Biology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China.
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Disease Biology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China.
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Disease Biology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China.
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Disease Biology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China.
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Disease Biology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China.
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Disease Biology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China.
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Disease Biology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China.
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Disease Biology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China.
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Hu T, Song Y, Wang Y, Zhou X. Functional analysis of a novel βV1 gene identified in a geminivirus betasatellite. SCIENCE CHINA. LIFE SCIENCES 2020; 63:688-696. [PMID: 32107688 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-020-1654-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Betasatellites (DNA β) are circular ssDNA molecules that are associated with monopartite geminiviruses and exert a positive effect on the viral infection. Betasatellites encode one protein, named βC1, on the complementary strand; βC1 functions as a pathogenicity factor and RNA silencing suppressor. In this report, we describe the identification of another betasatellite-encoded protein, βVl, which also contributes to symptom development. The βVl open reading frame can be found on the viral strand of approximately 40% of reported betasatellite sequences, and is conserved in position and sequence. The presence of the βVl transcript was observed in plants infected with Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus (TYTCCNV) along with its associated betasatellite Tomato yellow leaf curl China betasatellite (TYTCCNB). Mutant viruses unable to produce βVl showed reduced virulence and decreased viral load. Ectopic expression of the TYTCCNB-PV1 gene in Nicotiana benthamiana plants from a PVX-based vector resulted in leaf mosaic and chlorosis. We further demonstrated that the βVl protein could elicit hypersensitive response (HR)-type cell death in N. benthamiana leaves. Our results uncover a novel betasatellite-encoded protein that contributes to the virus infection, and this discover gives us a more complete view of the plant-geminivirus interaction landscape.
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- Tao Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Biswas KK, Bhattacharyya UK, Palchoudhury S, Balram N, Kumar A, Arora R, Sain SK, Kumar P, Khetarpal RK, Sanyal A, Mandal PK. Dominance of recombinant cotton leaf curl Multan-Rajasthan virus associated with cotton leaf curl disease outbreak in northwest India. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0231886. [PMID: 32320461 PMCID: PMC7176085 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD), caused by whitefly (Bemisiatabaci) transmitted single-stranded DNA viruses belonging to the Genus, Begomovirus (family, Geminiviridae) in association with satellite molecules; is responsible for major economic losses in cotton in three northwest (NW) Indian states Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan. Annual CLCuD incidences during 2012 to 2014 were estimated to be 37.5%, 63.6%, and 38.8% respectively. Cotton leaves were collected from symptomatic plants annually for three years and subjected to DNA isolation, followed by rolling circle amplification (RCA), cloning, and DNA sequencing of apparently full-length begomoviral genomes and associated betasatellites and alphasatellites. Among the thirteen CLCuD-begomoviral genomes recovered, eight were identified as Cotton leaf curl Multan virus-Rajasthan (CLCuMuV-Ra), one as -Pakistan (PK) and another as -Faisalabad (Fai), whereas, three were as Cotton leaf curl Kokhran virus-Burewala (CLCuKoV-Bu), indicating that CLCuMuV-Ra was the most prevalent begomovirus species. Five of the eight CLCuMuV-Ra sequences were found to be recombinants. The CLCuMuV-Ra- associated satellites consisted of Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite (CLCuMB), and Gossypium darwinii symptomless alphasatellite (GDarSLA), and Croton yellow vein mosaic alphasatellite (CrYVMoA). The second most abundant helper virus species, CLCuKoV-Bu, was associated with CLCuMB and GDarSLA.
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- Kajal Kumar Biswas
- Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Haryana, India
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- Regional Research Station, Punjab Agricultural University, Punjab, India
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- ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research, Regional Station, Haryana, India
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- Agricultural Research Station, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agriculture University, Rajasthan, India
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- Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions, Bangkok, Thailand
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Mishra M, Verma RK, Gaur RK. Identification of Chilli leaf curl virus and associated betasatellite infecting Osteospermum fruticosum in Rajasthan, India. 3 Biotech 2020; 10:169. [PMID: 32206503 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-020-2159-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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A monopartite begomovirus associated with betasatellite was identified from Osteospermum fruticosum (Cape Daisy) showing severe yellowing vein net symptoms in Rajasthan, India through molecular characterization. The DNA-A shared the highest nucleotide (96.61%) identity to Chilli leaf curl Ahmedabad virus (KM880103), while the betasatellite depicted the highest sequence similarity (99.28%) to Chilli leaf curl betasatellite (JF706231, 99.28%). Based on the sequence identity with other begomoviruses known to date, they were recognized as Chilli leaf curl virus (CDI, MH355641) and Chilli leaf curl betasatellite (CDB1, MH355642), respectively. Phylogenetic analysis showed that DNA-A (CD1) clustered with ChiLCV Goa (KP235539), whereas the betasatellite (CDB1) clustered with ChiLCB Jodhapur (JF70623). Recombination events were observed among the clades of ChiLCV, showing intragenic recombination in Rep (C1) and coat protein (V1/AV1) regions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of ChiLC begomovirus strain affecting O. fruticosum.
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- Megha Mishra
- 1Department of Biosciences, School of Sciences, Mody University of Science and Technology, Lakshmangarh, Sikar, Rajasthan 332311 India
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- 1Department of Biosciences, School of Sciences, Mody University of Science and Technology, Lakshmangarh, Sikar, Rajasthan 332311 India
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- 2Department of Biotechnology, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh 273009 India
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Li P, Wang S, Zhang L, Qiu D, Zhou X, Guo L. A tripartite ssDNA mycovirus from a plant pathogenic fungus is infectious as cloned DNA and purified virions. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eaay9634. [PMID: 32284975 PMCID: PMC7138691 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay9634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Here, we describe a tripartite circular single-stranded (ss) DNA mycovirus, named Fusarium graminearum gemytripvirus 1 (FgGMTV1). The genome of FgGMTV1 comprises three circular ssDNA segments (DNA-A, DNA-B, and DNA-C). Sequence alignments and phylogenetic analyses showed that FgGMTV1 is nested within the family Genomoviridae. We also constructed the first infectious DNA clones of a DNA mycovirus. Our results show that DNA-A and DNA-B are mutually interdependent for their replication and are associated with severely reduced colony growth and hypovirulence. DNA-C relies on DNA-A and DNA-B for replication and is necessary for the recovery of abnormal fungal phenotypes. DNA-C also enhances the accumulation of viral DNA in infected fungi and permits stable colonization and easy transmission via conidia. This is the first multipartite DNA virus isolated from a fungus. Our phylogenetic analyses also suggest that the multipartite genome of FgGMTV1 may have evolved from a monopartite genome of an ancient genomovirus.
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Mollel HG, Ndunguru J, Sseruwagi P, Alicai T, Colvin J, Navas-Castillo J, Fiallo-Olivé E. African Basil ( Ocimum gratissimum) Is a Reservoir of Divergent Begomoviruses in Uganda. PLANT DISEASE 2020; 104:853-859. [PMID: 31910114 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-19-1675-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Begomoviruses are plant viruses that cause major losses to many economically important crops. Although they are poorly understood, begomoviruses infecting wild plants may have an important role as reservoirs in the epidemiology of viral diseases. This study reports the discovery and genomic characterization of three novel bipartite begomoviruses from wild and cultivated African basil (Ocimum gratissimum) plants collected in Uganda, East Africa. Based on the symptoms shown by the infected plants, the names proposed for these viruses are Ocimum yellow vein virus (OcYVV), Ocimum mosaic virus (OcMV), and Ocimum golden mosaic virus (OcGMV). Genome and phylogenetic analyses suggest that DNA-A of OcGMV is mostly related to begomoviruses infecting tomato in Africa, whereas those of OcYVV and OcMV are closely related to one another and highly divergent within the Old World begomoviruses. The DNA-A of all characterized begomovirus isolates are of a recombinant nature, revealing the role of recombination in the evolution of these begomoviruses. The viruses characterized here are the first identified in O. gratissimum and the first in Ocimum spp. in the African continent and could have important epidemiological consequences for cultivated basils and other important crops.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY 4.0 International license.
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- Happyness G Mollel
- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora", Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Universidad de Málaga, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
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- Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- National Crops Resources Research Institute, Namulonge, Kampala, Uganda
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- Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora", Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Universidad de Málaga, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora", Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Universidad de Málaga, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
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Zaidi SS, Naqvi RZ, Asif M, Strickler S, Shakir S, Shafiq M, Khan AM, Amin I, Mishra B, Mukhtar MS, Scheffler BE, Scheffler JA, Mueller LA, Mansoor S. Molecular insight into cotton leaf curl geminivirus disease resistance in cultivated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2020; 18:691-706. [PMID: 31448544 PMCID: PMC7004920 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
Cultivated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is the most important fibre crop in the world. Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) is the major limiting factor and a threat to textile industry in India and Pakistan. All the local cotton cultivars exhibit moderate to no resistance against CLCuD. In this study, we evaluated an exotic cotton accession Mac7 as a resistance source to CLCuD by challenging it with viruliferous whiteflies and performing qPCR to evaluate the presence/absence and relative titre of CLCuD-associated geminiviruses/betasatellites. The results indicated that replication of pathogenicity determinant betasatellite is significantly attenuated in Mac7 and probably responsible for resistance phenotype. Afterwards, to decipher the genetic basis of CLCuD resistance in Mac7, we performed RNA sequencing on CLCuD-infested Mac7 and validated RNA-Seq data with qPCR on 24 independent genes. We performed co-expression network and pathway analysis for regulation of geminivirus/betasatellite-interacting genes. We identified nine novel modules with 52 hubs of highly connected genes in network topology within the co-expression network. Analysis of these hubs indicated the differential regulation of auxin stimulus and cellular localization pathways in response to CLCuD. We also analysed the differential regulation of geminivirus/betasatellite-interacting genes in Mac7. We further performed the functional validation of selected candidate genes via virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS). Finally, we evaluated the genomic context of resistance responsive genes and found that these genes are not specific to A or D sub-genomes of G. hirsutum. These results have important implications in understanding CLCuD resistance mechanism and developing a durable resistance in cultivated cotton.
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- Syed Shan‐e‐Ali Zaidi
- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic EngineeringFaisalabadPakistan
- Boyce Thompson InstituteIthacaNYUSA
- Plant Genetics LabTERRA Teaching and Research CenterGembloux Agro-Bio TechUniversity of LiègeGemblouxBelgium
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic EngineeringFaisalabadPakistan
- Boyce Thompson InstituteIthacaNYUSA
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic EngineeringFaisalabadPakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic EngineeringFaisalabadPakistan
- Boyce Thompson InstituteIthacaNYUSA
- Plant Genetics LabTERRA Teaching and Research CenterGembloux Agro-Bio TechUniversity of LiègeGemblouxBelgium
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic EngineeringFaisalabadPakistan
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Department of BiotechnologyUniversity of OkaraOkaraPakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic EngineeringFaisalabadPakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic EngineeringFaisalabadPakistan
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamALUSA
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamALUSA
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- Genomics and Bioinformatics Research UnitUnited States Department of Agriculture‐Agricultural Research Service (USDA‐ARS)StonevilleMSUSA
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- Crop Genetics Research UnitUnited States Department of Agriculture‐Agricultural Research Service (USDA‐ARS)StonevilleMSUSA
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic EngineeringFaisalabadPakistan
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Voorburg CM, Yan Z, Bergua‐Vidal M, Wolters AA, Bai Y, Kormelink R. Ty-1, a universal resistance gene against geminiviruses that is compromised by co-replication of a betasatellite. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2020; 21:160-172. [PMID: 31756021 PMCID: PMC6988424 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), a begomovirus, causes large yield losses and breeding for resistance is an effective way to combat this viral disease. The resistance gene Ty-1 codes for an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and has recently been shown to enhance transcriptional gene silencing of TYLCV. Whereas Ty-1 was earlier shown to also confer resistance to a bipartite begomovirus, here it is shown that Ty-1 is probably generic to all geminiviruses. A tomato Ty-1 introgression line, but also stable transformants of susceptible tomato cv. Moneymaker and Nicotiana benthamiana (N. benthamiana) expressing the Ty-1 gene, exhibited resistance to begomoviruses as well as to the distinct, leafhopper-transmitted beet curly top virus, a curtovirus. Stable Ty-1 transformants of N. benthamiana and tomato showed fewer symptoms and reduced viral titres on infection compared to wild-type plants. TYLCV infections in wild-type N. benthamiana plants in the additional presence of a betasatellite led to increased symptom severity and a consistent, slightly lowered virus titre relative to the high averaged levels seen in the absence of the betasatellite. On the contrary, in Ty-1 transformed N. benthamiana viral titres increased in the presence of the betasatellite. The same was observed when these Ty-1-encoding plants were challenged with TYLCV and a potato virus X construct expressing the RNA interference suppressor protein βC1 encoded by the betasatellite. The resistance spectrum of Ty-1 and the durability of the resistance are discussed in light of antiviral RNA interference and viral counter defence strategies.
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- Corien M. Voorburg
- Laboratory of VirologyWageningen University & ResearchDroevendaalsesteeg 1Wageningen6708PBNetherlands
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- Plant BreedingWageningen University & ResearchDroevendaalsesteeg 1Wageningen6708PBNetherlands
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- Laboratory of VirologyWageningen University & ResearchDroevendaalsesteeg 1Wageningen6708PBNetherlands
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- Plant BreedingWageningen University & ResearchDroevendaalsesteeg 1Wageningen6708PBNetherlands
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- Plant BreedingWageningen University & ResearchDroevendaalsesteeg 1Wageningen6708PBNetherlands
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- Laboratory of VirologyWageningen University & ResearchDroevendaalsesteeg 1Wageningen6708PBNetherlands
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Li F, Zhang M, Zhang C, Zhou X. Nuclear autophagy degrades a geminivirus nuclear protein to restrict viral infection in solanaceous plants. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 225:1746-1761. [PMID: 31621924 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved degradation pathway in the cytoplasm and has emerged as a key defense mechanism against invading pathogens. However, there is no evidence showing nuclear autophagy in plants. Here, we show that a geminivirus nuclear protein, C1 of tomato leaf curl Yunnan virus (TLCYnV) induces autophagy and interacts directly with the core autophagy-related protein ATG8h. The interaction between ATG8h and C1 leads to the translocation of the C1 protein from the nucleus to the cytoplasm and the decreased protein accumulation of C1, which is dependent on the exportin1-mediated nuclear export pathway. The degradation of C1 is blocked by autophagy inhibitors and compromised when the autophagy-related genes (ATGs) ATG8h, ATG5, or ATG7 are knocked down. Similarly, silencing of these ATGs also promotes TLCYnV infection in Nicotiana benthamiana and Solanum lycopersicum plants. The mutation of a potential ATG8 interacting motif (AIM) in C1 abolishes its interaction with ATG8h in the cytoplasm but favors its interaction with Fibrillarin1 in the nucleolus. TLCYnV carrying the AIM mutation displays enhanced pathogenicity in solanaceous plants. Taken together, these data suggest that a new type of nuclear autophagy-mediated degradation of viral proteins through an exportin1-dependent nuclear export pathway restricts virus infection in plants.
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- Fangfang Li
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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