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Jackel JN, Buchmann RC, Singhal U, Bisaro DM. Analysis of geminivirus AL2 and L2 proteins reveals a novel AL2 silencing suppressor activity. J Virol 2015. [PMID: 25552721 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02625-2614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Both posttranscriptional and transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS and TGS, respectively) participate in defense against the DNA-containing geminiviruses. As a countermeasure, members of the genus Begomovirus (e.g., Cabbage leaf curl virus) encode an AL2 protein that is both a transcriptional activator and a silencing suppressor. The related L2 protein of Beet curly top virus (genus Curtovirus) lacks transcription activation activity. Previous studies showed that both AL2 and L2 suppress silencing by a mechanism that correlates with adenosine kinase (ADK) inhibition, while AL2 in addition activates transcription of cellular genes that negatively regulate silencing pathways. The goal of this study was to clarify the general means by which these viral proteins inhibit various aspects of silencing. We confirmed that AL2 inhibits systemic silencing spread by a mechanism that requires transcription activation activity. Surprisingly, we also found that reversal of PTGS and TGS by ADK inactivation depended on whether experiments were conducted in vegetative or reproductive Nicotiana benthamiana plants (i.e., before or after the vegetative-to-reproductive transition). While AL2 was able to reverse silencing in both vegetative and reproductive plants, L2 and ADK inhibition were effective only in vegetative plants. This suggests that silencing maintenance mechanisms can change during development or in response to stress. Remarkably, we also observed that AL2 lacking its transcription activation domain could reverse TGS in reproductive plants, revealing a third, previously unsuspected AL2 suppression mechanism that depends on neither ADK inactivation nor transcription activation. IMPORTANCE RNA silencing in plants is a multivalent antiviral defense, and viruses respond by elaborating multiple and sometimes multifunctional proteins that inhibit various aspects of silencing. The studies described here add an additional layer of complexity to this interplay. By examining geminivirus AL2 and L2 suppressor activities, we show that L2 is unable to suppress silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana plants that have undergone the vegetative-to-reproductive transition. As L2 was previously shown to be effective in mature Arabidopsis plants, these results illustrate that silencing mechanisms can change during development or in response to stress in ways that may be species specific. The AL2 and L2 proteins are known to share a suppression mechanism that correlates with the ability of both proteins to inhibit ADK, while AL2 in addition can inhibit silencing by transcriptionally activating cellular genes. Here, we also provide evidence for a third AL2 suppression mechanism that depends on neither transcription activation nor ADK inactivation. In addition to revealing the remarkable versatility of AL2, this work highlights the utility of viral suppressors as probes for the analysis of silencing pathways.
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- Jamie N Jackel
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, and Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, and Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, and Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, and Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Jackel JN, Buchmann RC, Singhal U, Bisaro DM. Analysis of geminivirus AL2 and L2 proteins reveals a novel AL2 silencing suppressor activity. J Virol 2015; 89:3176-87. [PMID: 25552721 PMCID: PMC4337558 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02625-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 12/26/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Both posttranscriptional and transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS and TGS, respectively) participate in defense against the DNA-containing geminiviruses. As a countermeasure, members of the genus Begomovirus (e.g., Cabbage leaf curl virus) encode an AL2 protein that is both a transcriptional activator and a silencing suppressor. The related L2 protein of Beet curly top virus (genus Curtovirus) lacks transcription activation activity. Previous studies showed that both AL2 and L2 suppress silencing by a mechanism that correlates with adenosine kinase (ADK) inhibition, while AL2 in addition activates transcription of cellular genes that negatively regulate silencing pathways. The goal of this study was to clarify the general means by which these viral proteins inhibit various aspects of silencing. We confirmed that AL2 inhibits systemic silencing spread by a mechanism that requires transcription activation activity. Surprisingly, we also found that reversal of PTGS and TGS by ADK inactivation depended on whether experiments were conducted in vegetative or reproductive Nicotiana benthamiana plants (i.e., before or after the vegetative-to-reproductive transition). While AL2 was able to reverse silencing in both vegetative and reproductive plants, L2 and ADK inhibition were effective only in vegetative plants. This suggests that silencing maintenance mechanisms can change during development or in response to stress. Remarkably, we also observed that AL2 lacking its transcription activation domain could reverse TGS in reproductive plants, revealing a third, previously unsuspected AL2 suppression mechanism that depends on neither ADK inactivation nor transcription activation. IMPORTANCE RNA silencing in plants is a multivalent antiviral defense, and viruses respond by elaborating multiple and sometimes multifunctional proteins that inhibit various aspects of silencing. The studies described here add an additional layer of complexity to this interplay. By examining geminivirus AL2 and L2 suppressor activities, we show that L2 is unable to suppress silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana plants that have undergone the vegetative-to-reproductive transition. As L2 was previously shown to be effective in mature Arabidopsis plants, these results illustrate that silencing mechanisms can change during development or in response to stress in ways that may be species specific. The AL2 and L2 proteins are known to share a suppression mechanism that correlates with the ability of both proteins to inhibit ADK, while AL2 in addition can inhibit silencing by transcriptionally activating cellular genes. Here, we also provide evidence for a third AL2 suppression mechanism that depends on neither transcription activation nor ADK inactivation. In addition to revealing the remarkable versatility of AL2, this work highlights the utility of viral suppressors as probes for the analysis of silencing pathways.
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- Jamie N Jackel
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, and Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, and Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, and Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, and Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Hak H, Levy Y, Chandran SA, Belausov E, Loyter A, Lapidot M, Gafni Y. TYLCV-Is movement in planta does not require V2 protein. Virology 2015; 477:56-60. [PMID: 25644513 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2014] [Revised: 12/21/2014] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), a major tomato pathogen causing extensive crop losses, is a whitefly-transmitted geminivirus. V2 mutants of TYLCV-Is and related viruses tend to induce symptomless infection with attenuated viral DNA levels, while accumulating close to wild-type DNA levels in protoplasts, suggesting V2 as a movement protein. The discovery of plant-silencing mechanisms and viral silencing suppressors, V2 included, led us to reconsider V2׳s involvement in viral movement. We studied two mutant versions of the virus, one impaired in V2 silencing-suppression activity, and another carrying a non-translatable V2. While both mutant viruses spread in the infected plant to newly emerged leaves at the same rate as the wild-type virus, their DNA-accumulation levels were tenfold lower than in the wild-type virus. Thus, we suggest that the setback in virus proliferation, previously ascribed to a movement impediment, is due to lack of silencing-suppression activity.
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- Hagit Hak
- Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel; Department of Biological Chemistry, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel.
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Zorzatto C, Machado JPB, Lopes KVG, Nascimento KJT, Pereira WA, Brustolini OJB, Reis PAB, Calil IP, Deguchi M, Sachetto-Martins G, Gouveia BC, Loriato VAP, Silva MAC, Silva FF, Santos AA, Chory J, Fontes EPB. NIK1-mediated translation suppression functions as a plant antiviral immunity mechanism. Nature 2015; 520:679-82. [PMID: 25707794 DOI: 10.1038/nature14171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Plants and plant pathogens are subject to continuous co-evolutionary pressure for dominance, and the outcomes of these interactions can substantially impact agriculture and food security. In virus-plant interactions, one of the major mechanisms for plant antiviral immunity relies on RNA silencing, which is often suppressed by co-evolving virus suppressors, thus enhancing viral pathogenicity in susceptible hosts. In addition, plants use the nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat (NB-LRR) domain-containing resistance proteins, which recognize viral effectors to activate effector-triggered immunity in a defence mechanism similar to that employed in non-viral infections. Unlike most eukaryotic organisms, plants are not known to activate mechanisms of host global translation suppression to fight viruses. Here we demonstrate in Arabidopsis that the constitutive activation of NIK1, a leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase (LRR-RLK) identified as a virulence target of the begomovirus nuclear shuttle protein (NSP), leads to global translation suppression and translocation of the downstream component RPL10 to the nucleus, where it interacts with a newly identified MYB-like protein, L10-INTERACTING MYB DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN (LIMYB), to downregulate translational machinery genes fully. LIMYB overexpression represses ribosomal protein genes at the transcriptional level, resulting in protein synthesis inhibition, decreased viral messenger RNA association with polysome fractions and enhanced tolerance to begomovirus. By contrast, the loss of LIMYB function releases the repression of translation-related genes and increases susceptibility to virus infection. Therefore, LIMYB links immune receptor LRR-RLK activation to global translation suppression as an antiviral immunity strategy in plants.
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- Cristiane Zorzatto
- 1] Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil [2] National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- 1] Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil [2] National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- 1] Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil [2] National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- 1] Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil [2] National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- 1] Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil [2] National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- 1] Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil [2] National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- 1] Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil [2] National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- 1] Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil [2] National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- 1] Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil [2] National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- 1] National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil [2] Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21944.970 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- 1] Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil [2] National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- 1] Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil [2] National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- 1] National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil [2] Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Plant Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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- 1] Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil [2] National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570.000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Salazar-González JA, Bañuelos-Hernández B, Rosales-Mendoza S. Current status of viral expression systems in plants and perspectives for oral vaccines development. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 87:203-17. [PMID: 25560432 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-014-0279-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2014] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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During the last 25 years, the technology to produce recombinant vaccines in plant cells has evolved from modest proofs of the concept to viable technologies adopted by some companies due to significant improvements in the field. Viral-based expression strategies have importantly contributed to this success owing to high yields, short production time (which is in most cases free of tissue culture steps), and the implementation of confined processes for production under GMPs. Herein the distinct expression systems based on viral elements are analyzed. This review also presents the outlook on how these technologies have been successfully applied to the development of plant-based vaccines, some of them being in advanced stages of development. Perspectives on how viral expression systems could allow for the development of innovative oral vaccines constituted by minimally-processed plant biomass are discussed.
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- Jorge A Salazar-González
- Laboratorio de Biofarmacéuticos Recombinantes, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Dr. Manuel Nava 6, 78210, San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico
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Jeyabharathy C, Shakila H, Usha R. Development of a VIGS vector based on the β-satellite DNA associated with bhendi yellow vein mosaic virus. Virus Res 2015; 195:73-8. [PMID: 25169741 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2014] [Revised: 08/17/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Bhendi yellow vein mosaic virus (BYMV) is a monopartite begomovirus with an associated β-satellite. βC1 ORF encoded by the β-satellite is the symptom determinant and a strong suppressor of post transcriptional gene silencing. To create a virus induced gene silencing vector based upon the β-satellite associated with BYVMV the βC1 ORF was replaced with multiple cloning sites. GFP transgene and plant endogenous genes Su, PDS, PCNA and AGO1 were cloned into β-satellite based VIGS vector. GFP expression was silenced in the GFP expressing transgenic 16c Nicotiana benthamiana plants infiltrated with VIGS vector carrying GFP gene inside. N. benthamiana plants infiltrated with the VIGS vector harboring the endogenous genes Su, PDS, PCNA and AGO1 produced the phenotypic symptoms yellowing of the veins, photobleaching of the veins, stunting of the plant and upward leaf curling, respectively. Real time PCR analyses revealed a reduction in the levels of the corresponding transgene or endogenous target mRNA. The β-satellite based VIGS vector was able to silence the target genes effectively. Hence, BYVMV β-satellite based VIGS vector can be used in functional genomics studies.
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- C Jeyabharathy
- School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Department of Plant Biotechnology, Madurai 625021, Tamil Nadu, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Department of Plant Biotechnology, Madurai 625021, Tamil Nadu, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Department of Plant Biotechnology, Madurai 625021, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Deom CM, Mills-Lujan K. Toward understanding the molecular mechanism of a geminivirus C4 protein. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2015; 10:e1109758. [PMID: 26492168 PMCID: PMC4859406 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2015.1109758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Geminiviruses are ssDNA plant viruses that cause significant agricultural losses worldwide. The viruses do not encode a polymerase protein and must reprogram differentiated host cells to re-enter the S-phase of the cell cycle for the virus to gain access to the host-replication machinery for propagation. To date, 3 Beet curly top virus (BCTV) encoded proteins have been shown to restore DNA replication competency: the replication-initiator protein (Rep), the C2 protein, and the C4 protein. Ectopic expression of the BCTV C4 protein leads to a severe developmental phenotype characterized by extensive hyperplasia. We recently demonstrated that C4 interacts with 7 of the 10 members of the Arabidopsis thaliana SHAGGY-like protein kinase gene family and characterized the interactions of C4 and C4 mutants with AtSKs. Herein, we propose a model of how C4 functions.
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- C Michael Deom
- Department of Plant Pathology; University of Georgia; Athens, GA USA
- Corrrespondence to: C Michael Deom;
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Richter KS, Ende L, Jeske H. Rad54 is not essential for any geminiviral replication mode in planta. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 87:193-202. [PMID: 25492528 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-014-0270-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The circular single-stranded DNA of phytopathogenic geminiviruses is propagated by three modes: complementary strand replication (CSR), rolling circle replication (RCR) and recombination-dependent replication (RDR), which need host plant factors to be carried out. In addition to necessary host polymerases, proteins of the homologous recombination repair pathway may be considered essential, since geminiviruses are particularly prone to recombination. Among several others, Rad54 was suggested to be necessary for the RCR of Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus. This enzyme is a double-stranded DNA-dependent ATPase and chromatin remodeller and was found to bind and modulate the viral replication-initiator protein in vitro and in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In contrast to the previous report, we scrutinized the requirement of Rad54 in planta for two distinct fully infectious geminiviruses with respect to the three replication modes. Euphorbia yellow mosaic virus and Cleome leaf crumple virus were inoculated into Rad54-deficient and wildtype Arabidopsis thaliana plant lines to compare the occurrence of viral DNA forms. Replication intermediates were displayed in the time course of infection by one and two-dimensional agarose gel electrophoresis and Southern hybridization. The experiments showed that Rad54 was neither essential for CSR, RCR nor RDR, and it had no significant influence on virus titers during systemic infection.
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- Kathrin S Richter
- Department of Molecular Biology and Plant Virology, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomolecular Systems, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70550, Stuttgart, Germany
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Melgarejo TA, Kon T, Gilbertson RL. Molecular and Biological Characterization of Distinct Strains of Jatropha mosaic virus from the Dominican Republic Reveal a Potential to Infect Crop Plants. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2015; 105:141-53. [PMID: 25163012 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-05-14-0135-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In the Dominican Republic (DO), jatropha plants with yellow mosaic symptoms are commonly observed in and around fields of various crop plants. Complete nucleotide sequences of DNA-A and DNA-B components of four bipartite begomovirus isolates associated with symptomatic jatropha plants collected from three geographical locations in the DO were determined. Sequence comparisons revealed highest identities (91 to 92%) with the DNA-A component of an isolate of Jatropha mosaic virus (JMV) from Jamaica, indicating that the bipartite begomovirus isolates from the DO are strains of JMV. When introduced into jatropha seedlings by particle bombardment, the cloned components of the JMV strains from the DO induced stunting and yellow mosaic, indistinguishable from symptoms observed in the field, thereby fulfilling Koch's postulates for the disease. The JMV strains also induced disease symptoms in Nicotiana benthamiana, tobacco, and several cultivars of common bean from the Andean gene pool, including one locally grown in the DO. Asymmetry in the infectivity and symptomatology of pseudorecombinants provided further support for the strain designation of the JMV isolates from the DO. Thus, JMV in the DO is a complex of genetically distinct strains that have undergone local evolution and have the potential to cause disease in crop plants.
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Insights into the functional characteristics of geminivirus rolling-circle replication initiator protein and its interaction with host factors affecting viral DNA replication. Arch Virol 2014; 160:375-87. [PMID: 25449306 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2297-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Geminiviruses are DNA viruses that infect several economically important crops, resulting in a reduction in their overall yield. These plant viruses have circular, single-stranded DNA genomes that replicate mainly by a rolling-circle mechanism. Geminivirus infection results in crosstalk between viral and cellular factors to complete the viral life cycle or counteract the infection as part of defense mechanisms of host plants. The geminiviral replication initiator protein Rep is the only essential viral factor required for replication. It is multifunctional and is known to interact with a number of host factors to modulate the cellular environment or to function as a part of the replication machinery. This review provides a holistic view of the research related to the viral Rep protein and various host factors involved in geminiviral DNA replication. Studies on the promiscuous nature of geminiviral satellite DNAs are also reviewed.
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Sobrinho RR, Xavier CAD, Pereira HMDB, Lima GSDA, Assunção IP, Mizubuti ESG, Duffy S, Zerbini FM. Contrasting genetic structure between two begomoviruses infecting the same leguminous hosts. J Gen Virol 2014; 95:2540-2552. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.067009-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Begomoviruses are whitefly-transmitted, ssDNA plant viruses and are among the most damaging pathogens causing epidemics in economically important crops worldwide. Wild/non-cultivated plants play a crucial epidemiological role, acting as begomovirus reservoirs and as ‘mixing vessels' where recombination can occur. Previous work suggests a higher degree of genetic variability in begomovirus populations from non-cultivated hosts compared with cultivated hosts. To assess this supposed host effect on the genetic variability of begomovirus populations, cultivated (common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, and lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus) and non-cultivated (Macroptilium lathyroides) legume hosts were sampled from two regions of Brazil. A total of 212 full-length DNA-A genome segments were sequenced from samples collected between 2005 and 2012, and populations of the begomoviruses Bean golden mosaic virus (BGMV) and Macroptilium yellow spot virus (MaYSV) were obtained. We found, for each begomovirus species, similar genetic variation between populations infecting cultivated and non-cultivated hosts, indicating that the presumed genetic variability of the host did not a priori affect viral variability. We observed a higher degree of genetic variation in isolates from MaYSV populations than BGMV populations, which was explained by numerous recombination events in MaYSV. MaYSV and BGMV showed distinct distributions of genetic variation, with the BGMV population (but not MaYSV) being structured by both host and geography.
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- Roberto Ramos Sobrinho
- Departamento de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitossanidade/CECA, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Rio Largo, AL 57100-000, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-900, Brazil
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Wang WC, Wu CY, Lai YC, Lin NS, Hsu YH, Hu CC. Characterization of the cryptic AV3 promoter of ageratum yellow vein virus in prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108608. [PMID: 25268755 PMCID: PMC4182527 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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A cryptic prokaryotic promoter, designated AV3 promoter, has been previously identified in certain begomovirus genus, including ageratum yellow vein virus isolate NT (AYVV-NT). In this study, we demonstrated that the core nucleotides in the putative -10 and -35 boxes are necessary but not sufficient for promoter activity in Escherichia coli, and showed that AYVV-NT AV3 promoter could specifically interact with single-stranded DNA-binding protein and sigma 70 of E. coli involved in transcription. Several AYVV-NT-encoded proteins were found to increase the activity of AV3 promoter. The transcription start sites downstream to AV3 promoter were mapped to nucleotide positions 803 or 805 in E. coli, and 856 in Nicotiana benthamiana. The eukaryotic activity of AV3 promoter and the translatability of a short downstream open reading frame were further confirmed by using a green fluorescent protein reporter construct in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) cells. These results suggested that AV3 promoter might be a remnant of evolution that retained cryptic activity at present.
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- Wei-Chen Wang
- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Tomato mottle wrinkle virus, a recombinant begomovirus infecting tomato in Argentina. Arch Virol 2014; 160:581-5. [PMID: 25252814 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2216-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Begomoviruses seriously threaten tomato production in South America. Here, we present the molecular characterization of a novel tomato-infecting begomovirus isolated in Argentina and demonstrate its infectivity. After cloning and sequencing the complete genome of this new virus, pairwise genetic distance and phylogenetic analyses revealed that it is a novel virus that is closely related to other begomoviruses found in Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia. We have proposed naming the virus tomato mottle wrinkle virus (ToMoWrV), based on symptoms produced upon its biolistic inoculation into tomato plants. Recombination analysis revealed that ToMoWrV is a recombinant, with parental sequences likely belonging to the South American begomoviruses soybean blistering mosaic virus (SoBlMV) and tomato yellow vein streak virus (ToYVSV).
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Rodríguez-Negrete EA, Sánchez-Campos S, Cañizares MC, Navas-Castillo J, Moriones E, Bejarano ER, Grande-Pérez A. A sensitive method for the quantification of virion-sense and complementary-sense DNA strands of circular single-stranded DNA viruses. Sci Rep 2014; 4:6438. [PMID: 25241765 PMCID: PMC5377365 DOI: 10.1038/srep06438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2014] [Accepted: 09/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Circular single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses are the smallest viruses known to infect eukaryotes. High recombination and mutation rates have conferred these viruses with an evolutionary potential that has facilitated their emergence. Their damaging effects on livestock (circoviruses) and crops (geminiviruses and nanoviruses), and the ubiquity of anelloviruses in human populations and other mammalian species, have resulted in increased interest in better understanding their epidemiology and infection mechanisms. Circular ssDNA viral replication involves the synthesis of dsDNA intermediates containing complementary-sense (CS) and virion-sense (VS) strands. Precise quantification of VS and CS accumulation during viral infections can provide insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying viral replication and the host invasion process. Although qPCR protocols for quantifying viral molecules exist, none of them discriminate VS and CS strands. Here, using a two-step qPCR protocol we have quantified VS and CS molecule accumulation during the infection process of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) and Tomato yellow leaf curl Sardinia virus (TYLCSV) (genus Begomovirus, family Geminiviridae). Our results show that the VS/CS strand ratio and overall dsDNA amounts vary throughout the infection process. Moreover, we show that these values depend on the virus-host combination, and that most CS strands are present as double-stranded molecules.
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- Edgar A. Rodríguez-Negrete
- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora”, Universidad de Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, (IHSM-UMA-CSIC) Área de Genética, Campus de Teatinos, 29071 Málaga, Spain
- Current address: Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados (Cinvestav) Irapuato Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte Irapuato, Guanajuato. 36821 Mexico
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora”, Universidad de Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, (IHSM-UMA-CSIC) Estación Experimental “La Mayora”, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora”, Universidad de Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, (IHSM-UMA-CSIC) Estación Experimental “La Mayora”, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora”, Universidad de Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, (IHSM-UMA-CSIC) Estación Experimental “La Mayora”, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora”, Universidad de Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, (IHSM-UMA-CSIC) Estación Experimental “La Mayora”, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora”, Universidad de Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, (IHSM-UMA-CSIC) Área de Genética, Campus de Teatinos, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora”, Universidad de Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, (IHSM-UMA-CSIC) Área de Genética, Campus de Teatinos, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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Resmi TR, Nivedhitha S, Karthikeyan C, Veluthambi K. Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virusreplication associated protein (Rep) triggers transposition of IS426inAgrobacterium. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2014; 360:42-50. [DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2014] [Revised: 08/10/2014] [Accepted: 08/15/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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- Thulasi R. Resmi
- Department of Plant Biotechnology; School of Biotechnology; Madurai Kamaraj University; Madurai Tamil Nadu India
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology; School of Biotechnology; Madurai Kamaraj University; Madurai Tamil Nadu India
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology; School of Biotechnology; Madurai Kamaraj University; Madurai Tamil Nadu India
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology; School of Biotechnology; Madurai Kamaraj University; Madurai Tamil Nadu India
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Shen W, Dallas MB, Goshe MB, Hanley-Bowdoin L. SnRK1 phosphorylation of AL2 delays Cabbage leaf curl virus infection in Arabidopsis. J Virol 2014. [PMID: 24990996 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00671-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Geminivirus AL2/C2 proteins play key roles in establishing infection and causing disease in their plant hosts. They are involved in viral gene expression, counter host defenses by suppressing transcriptional gene silencing, and interfere with the host signaling involved in pathogen resistance. We report here that begomovirus and curtovirus AL2/C2 proteins interact strongly with host geminivirus Rep-interacting kinases (GRIKs), which are upstream activating kinases of the protein kinase SnRK1, a global regulator of energy and nutrient levels in plants. We used an in vitro kinase system to show that GRIK-activated SnRK1 phosphorylates recombinant AL2/C2 proteins from several begomoviruses and to map the SnRK1 phosphorylation site to serine-109 in the AL2 proteins of two New World begomoviruses: Cabbage Leaf Curl Virus (CaLCuV) and Tomato mottle virus. A CaLCuV AL2 S109D phosphomimic mutation did not alter viral DNA levels in protoplast replication assays. In contrast, the phosphomimic mutant was delayed for symptom development and viral DNA accumulation during infection of Arabidopsis thaliana, demonstrating that SnRK1 contributes to host defenses against CaLCuV. Our observation that serine-109 is not conserved in all AL2/C2 proteins that are SnRK1 substrates in vitro suggested that phosphorylation of viral proteins by plant kinases contributes to the evolution of geminivirus-host interactions. IMPORTANCE Geminiviruses are single-stranded DNA viruses that cause serious diseases in many crops. Dicot-infecting geminiviruses carry genes that encode multifunctional AL2/C2 proteins that are essential for infection. However, it is not clear how AL2/C2 proteins are regulated. Here, we show that the host protein kinase SnRK1, a central regulator of energy balance and nutrient metabolism in plants, phosphorylates serine-109 in AL2 proteins of three subgroups of New World begomoviruses, resulting in a delay in viral DNA accumulation and symptom appearance. Our results support SnRK1's antiviral role and reveal a novel mechanism underlying this function. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that AL2 S109 evolved as begomoviruses migrated from the Old World to the New World and may have provided a selective advantage as begomoviruses adapted to a different environment and different plant hosts. This study provides new insights into the interaction of viral pathogens with their plant hosts at the level of viral protein modification by the host.
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- Wei Shen
- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, 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 Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, 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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Hefferon KL. DNA Virus Vectors for Vaccine Production in Plants: Spotlight on Geminiviruses. Vaccines (Basel) 2014; 2:642-53. [PMID: 26344750 PMCID: PMC4494219 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines2030642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2014] [Revised: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Plants represent a safe, efficacious and inexpensive production platform by which to provide vaccines and other therapeutic proteins to the world's poor. Plant virus expression vector technology has rapidly become one of the most popular methods to express pharmaceutical proteins in plants. This review discusses several of the state-of-the-art plant expression systems based upon geminiviruses that have been engineered for vaccine production. An overview of the advantages of these small, single-stranded DNA viruses is provided and comparisons are made with other virus expression systems. Advances in the design of several different geminivirus vectors are presented in this review, and examples of vaccines and other biologics generated from each are described.
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- Kathleen L Hefferon
- Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2J7, Canada.
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Yang CF, Chen KC, Cheng YH, Raja JAJ, Huang YL, Chien WC, Yeh SD. Generation of marker-free transgenic plants concurrently resistant to a DNA geminivirus and a RNA tospovirus. Sci Rep 2014; 4:5717. [PMID: 25030413 PMCID: PMC4101524 DOI: 10.1038/srep05717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Global threats of ssDNA geminivirus and ss(-)RNA tospovirus on crops necessitate the development of transgenic resistance. Here, we constructed a two-T DNA vector carrying a hairpin of the intergenic region (IGR) of Ageratum yellow vein virus (AYVV), residing in an intron inserted in an untranslatable nucleocapsid protein (NP) fragment of Melon yellow spot virus (MYSV). Transgenic tobacco lines highly resistant to AYVV and MYSV were generated. Accumulation of 24-nt siRNA, higher methylation levels on the IGR promoters of the transgene, and suppression of IGR promoter activity of invading AYVV indicate that AYVV resistance is mediated by transcriptional gene silencing. Lack of NP transcript and accumulation of corresponding siRNAs indicate that MYSV resistance is mediated through post-transcriptional gene silencing. Marker-free progenies with concurrent resistance to both AYVV and MYSV, stably inherited as dominant nuclear traits, were obtained. Hence, we provide a novel way for concurrent control of noxious DNA and RNA viruses with less biosafety concerns.
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- Ching-Fu Yang
- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Division of Plant Pathology, Taiwan Agriculture Research Institute, Wufeng, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- NCHU-UCD Plant and Food Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- NCHU-UCD Plant and Food Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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SnRK1 phosphorylation of AL2 delays Cabbage leaf curl virus infection in Arabidopsis. J Virol 2014; 88:10598-612. [PMID: 24990996 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00761-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Geminivirus AL2/C2 proteins play key roles in establishing infection and causing disease in their plant hosts. They are involved in viral gene expression, counter host defenses by suppressing transcriptional gene silencing, and interfere with the host signaling involved in pathogen resistance. We report here that begomovirus and curtovirus AL2/C2 proteins interact strongly with host geminivirus Rep-interacting kinases (GRIKs), which are upstream activating kinases of the protein kinase SnRK1, a global regulator of energy and nutrient levels in plants. We used an in vitro kinase system to show that GRIK-activated SnRK1 phosphorylates recombinant AL2/C2 proteins from several begomoviruses and to map the SnRK1 phosphorylation site to serine-109 in the AL2 proteins of two New World begomoviruses: Cabbage Leaf Curl Virus (CaLCuV) and Tomato mottle virus. A CaLCuV AL2 S109D phosphomimic mutation did not alter viral DNA levels in protoplast replication assays. In contrast, the phosphomimic mutant was delayed for symptom development and viral DNA accumulation during infection of Arabidopsis thaliana, demonstrating that SnRK1 contributes to host defenses against CaLCuV. Our observation that serine-109 is not conserved in all AL2/C2 proteins that are SnRK1 substrates in vitro suggested that phosphorylation of viral proteins by plant kinases contributes to the evolution of geminivirus-host interactions. IMPORTANCE Geminiviruses are single-stranded DNA viruses that cause serious diseases in many crops. Dicot-infecting geminiviruses carry genes that encode multifunctional AL2/C2 proteins that are essential for infection. However, it is not clear how AL2/C2 proteins are regulated. Here, we show that the host protein kinase SnRK1, a central regulator of energy balance and nutrient metabolism in plants, phosphorylates serine-109 in AL2 proteins of three subgroups of New World begomoviruses, resulting in a delay in viral DNA accumulation and symptom appearance. Our results support SnRK1's antiviral role and reveal a novel mechanism underlying this function. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that AL2 S109 evolved as begomoviruses migrated from the Old World to the New World and may have provided a selective advantage as begomoviruses adapted to a different environment and different plant hosts. This study provides new insights into the interaction of viral pathogens with their plant hosts at the level of viral protein modification by the host.
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Ali-Shtayeh MS, Jamous RM, Mallah OB, Abu-Zeitoun SY. Molecular characterization of watermelon chlorotic stunt virus (WmCSV) from Palestine. Viruses 2014; 6:2444-62. [PMID: 24956181 PMCID: PMC4074936 DOI: 10.3390/v6062444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Revised: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 06/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The incidence of watermelon chlorotic stunt disease and molecular characterization of the Palestinian isolate of Watermelon chlorotic stunt virus (WmCSV-[PAL]) are described in this study. Symptomatic leaf samples obtained from watermelon Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.), and cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) plants were tested for WmCSV-[PAL] infection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Rolling Circle Amplification (RCA). Disease incidence ranged between 25%-98% in watermelon fields in the studied area, 77% of leaf samples collected from Jenin were found to be mixed infected with WmCSV-[PAL] and SLCV. The full-length DNA-A and DNA-B genomes of WmCSV-[PAL] were amplified and sequenced, and the sequences were deposited in the GenBank. Sequence analysis of virus genomes showed that DNA-A and DNA-B had 97.6%-99.42% and 93.16%-98.26% nucleotide identity with other virus isolates in the region, respectively. Sequence analysis also revealed that the Palestinian isolate of WmCSV shared the highest nucleotide identity with an isolate from Israel suggesting that the virus was introduced to Palestine from Israel.
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- Mohammed S Ali-Shtayeh
- Biodiversity and Biotechnology Research Unit, Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center-BERC, Til, Nablus 970, Palestine.
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- Biodiversity and Biotechnology Research Unit, Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center-BERC, Til, Nablus 970, Palestine.
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- Biodiversity and Biotechnology Research Unit, Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center-BERC, Til, Nablus 970, Palestine.
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- Biodiversity and Biotechnology Research Unit, Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center-BERC, Til, Nablus 970, Palestine.
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Scofield S, Jones A, Murray JAH. The plant cell cycle in context. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:2557-62. [PMID: 25025122 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Mishra SK, Chilakamarthi U, Deb JK, Mukherjee SK. Unfolding of in planta activity of anti-rep ribozyme in presence of a RNA silencing suppressor. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:1967-72. [PMID: 24735726 PMCID: PMC7164126 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2014] [Revised: 04/03/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Antisense RNA ribozymes have intrinsic endonucleolytic activity to effect cleavage of the target RNA. However, this activity in vivo is often controlled by the dominance of antisense or other double-stranded RNA mechanism. In this work, we demonstrate the in planta activity of a hammerhead ribozyme designed to target rep-mRNA of a phytopathogen Mungbean Yellow Mosaic India virus (MYMIV) as an antiviral agent. We also found RNA-silencing is induced on introduction of catalytically active as well as inactive ribozymes. Using RNA-silencing suppressors (RSS), we demonstrate that the endonucleolytic activity of ribozymes is a true phenomenon, even while a mutated version may demonstrate a similar down-regulation of the target RNA. This helps to ease the confusion over the action mechanism of ribozymes in vivo.
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- Sumona Karjee Mishra
- Plant Molecular Biology Division, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India.
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016, India
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016, India
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- Plant Molecular Biology Division, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India; Department of Genetics, University of Delhi, South Campus, Benito Juarez Marg, New Delhi 110021, India
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A novel begomovirus isolated from sida contains putative cis- and trans-acting replication specificity determinants that have evolved independently in several geographical lineages. Arch Virol 2014; 159:2283-94. [PMID: 24737005 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2073-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A novel begomovirus isolated from a Sida rhombifolia plant collected in Sinaloa, Mexico, was characterized. The genomic components of sida mosaic Sinaloa virus (SiMSinV) shared highest sequence identity with DNA-A and DNA-B components of chino del tomate virus (CdTV), suggesting a vertical evolutionary relationship between these viruses. However, recombination analysis indicated that a short segment of SiMSinV DNA-A encompassing the plus-strand replication origin and the 5´-proximal 43 codons of the Rep gene was derived from tomato mottle Taino virus (ToMoTV). Accordingly, the putative cis- and trans-acting replication specificity determinants of SiMSinV were identical to those of ToMoTV but differed from those of CdTV. Modeling of the SiMSinV and CdTV Rep proteins revealed significant differences in the region comprising the small β1/β5 sheet element, where five putative DNA-binding specificity determinants (SPDs) of Rep (i.e., amino acid residues 5, 8, 10, 69 and 71) were previously identified. Computer-assisted searches of public databases led to identification of 33 begomoviruses from three continents encoding proteins with SPDs identical to those of the Rep encoded by SiMSinV. Sequence analysis of the replication origins demonstrated that all 33 begomoviruses harbor potential Rep-binding sites identical to those of SiMSinV. These data support the hypothesis that the Rep β1/β5 sheet region determines specificity of this protein for DNA replication origin sequences.
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Raja P, Jackel JN, Li S, Heard IM, Bisaro DM. Arabidopsis double-stranded RNA binding protein DRB3 participates in methylation-mediated defense against geminiviruses. J Virol 2014. [PMID: 24352449 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02305-2313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Arabidopsis encodes five double-stranded RNA binding (DRB) proteins. DRB1 and DRB2 are involved in microRNA (miRNA) biogenesis, while DRB4 functions in cytoplasmic posttranscriptional small interfering RNA (siRNA) pathways. DRB3 and DRB5 are not involved in double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) processing but assist in silencing transcripts targeted by DRB2-associated miRNAs. The goal of this study was to determine which, if any, of the DRB proteins might also participate in a nuclear siRNA pathway that leads to geminivirus genome methylation. Here, we demonstrate that DRB3 functions with Dicer-like 3 (DCL3) and Argonaute 4 (AGO4) in methylation-mediated antiviral defense. Plants employ repressive viral genome methylation as an epigenetic defense against geminiviruses, using an RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) pathway similar to that used to suppress endogenous invasive DNAs such as transposons. Chromatin methylation inhibits virus replication and transcription, and methylation-deficient host plants are hypersusceptible to geminivirus infection. Using a panel of drb mutants, we found that drb3 plants uniquely exhibit a similar hypersensitivity and that viral genome methylation is substantially reduced in drb3 compared to wild-type plants. In addition, like dcl3 and ago4 mutants, drb3 plants fail to recover from infection and cannot accomplish the viral genome hypermethylation that is invariably observed in asymptomatic, recovered tissues. Small RNA analysis, bimolecular fluorescence complementation, and coimmunoprecipitation experiments show that DRB3 acts downstream of siRNA biogenesis and suggest that it associates with DCL3 and AGO4 in distinct subnuclear compartments. These studies reveal that in addition to its previously established role in the miRNA pathway, DRB3 also functions in antiviral RdDM. IMPORTANCE Plants use RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) as an epigenetic defense against geminiviruses. RNA silencing pathways in Arabidopsis include five double-stranded RNA binding proteins (DRBs) related to Drosophila R2D2 and mammalian TRBP and PACT. While DRB proteins have defined roles in miRNA and cytoplasmic siRNA pathways, a role in nuclear RdDM was elusive. Here, we used the geminivirus system to show that DRB3 is involved in methylation-mediated antiviral defense. Beginning with a panel of Arabidopsis drb mutants, we demonstrated that drb3 plants uniquely show enhanced susceptibility to geminiviruses. Further, like dcl3 and ago4 mutants, drb3 plants fail to hypermethylate the viral genome, a requirement for host recovery. We also show that DRB3 physically interacts with the RdDM pathway components DCL3 and AGO4 in the nucleus. This work highlights the utility of geminiviruses as models for de novo RdDM and places DRB3 protein in this fundamental epigenetic pathway.
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- Priya Raja
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Miozzi L, Napoli C, Sardo L, Accotto GP. Transcriptomics of the interaction between the monopartite phloem-limited geminivirus tomato yellow leaf curl Sardinia virus and Solanum lycopersicum highlights a role for plant hormones, autophagy and plant immune system fine tuning during infection. PLoS One 2014; 9:e89951. [PMID: 24587146 PMCID: PMC3938563 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 01/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Tomato yellow leaf curl Sardinia virus (TYLCSV), a DNA virus belonging to the genus Begomovirus, causes severe losses in tomato crops. It infects only a limited number of cells in the vascular tissues, making difficult to detect changes in host gene expression linked to its presence. Here we present the first microarray study of transcriptional changes induced by the phloem-limited geminivirus TYLCSV infecting tomato, its natural host. The analysis was performed on the midrib of mature leaves, a material naturally enriched in vascular tissues. A total of 2206 genes were up-regulated and 1398 were down-regulated in infected plants, with an overrepresentation of genes involved in hormone metabolism and responses, nucleic acid metabolism, regulation of transcription, ubiquitin-proteasome pathway and autophagy among those up-regulated, and in primary and secondary metabolism, phosphorylation, transcription and methylation-dependent chromatin silencing among those down-regulated. Our analysis showed a series of responses, such as the induction of GA- and ABA-responsive genes, the activation of the autophagic process and the fine tuning of the plant immune system, observed only in TYLCSV-tomato compatible interaction so far. On the other hand, comparisons with transcriptional changes observed in other geminivirus-plant interactions highlighted common host responses consisting in the deregulation of biotic stress responsive genes, key enzymes in the ethylene biosynthesis and methylation cycle, components of the ubiquitin proteasome system and DNA polymerases II. The involvement of conserved miRNAs and of solanaceous- and tomato-specific miRNAs in geminivirus infection, investigated by integrating differential gene expression data with miRNA targeting data, is discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Laura Miozzi
- Istituto di Virologia Vegetale, (National Research Council) CNR, Torino, Italy
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- Istituto di Virologia Vegetale, (National Research Council) CNR, Torino, Italy
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- Istituto di Virologia Vegetale, (National Research Council) CNR, Torino, Italy
- Viral Recombination Section, HIV Drug Resistance Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Istituto di Virologia Vegetale, (National Research Council) CNR, Torino, Italy
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Arabidopsis thaliana NAC083 protein interacts with Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus (MYMIV) Rep protein. Virus Genes 2014; 48:486-93. [PMID: 24442717 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-013-1028-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Geminiviral replication initiator protein (Rep) is a key player in geminiviral rolling circle mode of replication. However, the virus exploits various host cellular machineries for its replication. Study of these host factors is important to understand the geminiviral DNA replication in greater details. With this view, we screened for the peptides interacting with the Rep protein of a representative of geminivirus, namely, Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus (MYMIV), employing phage display technique. Through this screen, we have identified a host transcription factor, NAC083, as a potential MYMIV-Rep-binding partner. In silico docking studies also suggested possible binding of NAC083 peptide to MYMIV-Rep. We validated the interaction between MYMIV-Rep and Arabidopsis thaliana full-length NAC083 protein using in vitro pull-down assay and yeast two-hybrid analysis. NAC proteins are well-known transcription factors belonging to the largest gene families in plants. This study demonstrates for the first time the interaction of NAC083, a member of NAC transcription factor family, with MYMIV-Rep protein thereby indicating its possible role in MYMIV DNA replication.
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Mendoza-Figueroa JS, Soriano-García M, Valle-Castillo LB, Méndez-Lozano J. Peptides and Peptidomics: A Tool with Potential in Control of Plant Viral Diseases. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.4236/aim.2014.49060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Arabidopsis double-stranded RNA binding protein DRB3 participates in methylation-mediated defense against geminiviruses. J Virol 2013; 88:2611-22. [PMID: 24352449 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02305-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Arabidopsis encodes five double-stranded RNA binding (DRB) proteins. DRB1 and DRB2 are involved in microRNA (miRNA) biogenesis, while DRB4 functions in cytoplasmic posttranscriptional small interfering RNA (siRNA) pathways. DRB3 and DRB5 are not involved in double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) processing but assist in silencing transcripts targeted by DRB2-associated miRNAs. The goal of this study was to determine which, if any, of the DRB proteins might also participate in a nuclear siRNA pathway that leads to geminivirus genome methylation. Here, we demonstrate that DRB3 functions with Dicer-like 3 (DCL3) and Argonaute 4 (AGO4) in methylation-mediated antiviral defense. Plants employ repressive viral genome methylation as an epigenetic defense against geminiviruses, using an RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) pathway similar to that used to suppress endogenous invasive DNAs such as transposons. Chromatin methylation inhibits virus replication and transcription, and methylation-deficient host plants are hypersusceptible to geminivirus infection. Using a panel of drb mutants, we found that drb3 plants uniquely exhibit a similar hypersensitivity and that viral genome methylation is substantially reduced in drb3 compared to wild-type plants. In addition, like dcl3 and ago4 mutants, drb3 plants fail to recover from infection and cannot accomplish the viral genome hypermethylation that is invariably observed in asymptomatic, recovered tissues. Small RNA analysis, bimolecular fluorescence complementation, and coimmunoprecipitation experiments show that DRB3 acts downstream of siRNA biogenesis and suggest that it associates with DCL3 and AGO4 in distinct subnuclear compartments. These studies reveal that in addition to its previously established role in the miRNA pathway, DRB3 also functions in antiviral RdDM. IMPORTANCE Plants use RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) as an epigenetic defense against geminiviruses. RNA silencing pathways in Arabidopsis include five double-stranded RNA binding proteins (DRBs) related to Drosophila R2D2 and mammalian TRBP and PACT. While DRB proteins have defined roles in miRNA and cytoplasmic siRNA pathways, a role in nuclear RdDM was elusive. Here, we used the geminivirus system to show that DRB3 is involved in methylation-mediated antiviral defense. Beginning with a panel of Arabidopsis drb mutants, we demonstrated that drb3 plants uniquely show enhanced susceptibility to geminiviruses. Further, like dcl3 and ago4 mutants, drb3 plants fail to hypermethylate the viral genome, a requirement for host recovery. We also show that DRB3 physically interacts with the RdDM pathway components DCL3 and AGO4 in the nucleus. This work highlights the utility of geminiviruses as models for de novo RdDM and places DRB3 protein in this fundamental epigenetic pathway.
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