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Sun J, Matsushita Y. Predicting symptom severity in PSTVd-infected tomato plants using the PSTVd genome sequence. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2024; 25:e13469. [PMID: 38956901 PMCID: PMC11219469 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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Viroids, one of the smallest known infectious agents, induce symptoms of varying severity, ranging from latent to severe, based on the combination of viroid isolates and host plant species. Because viroids are transmissible between plant species, asymptomatic viroid-infected plants may serve as latent sources of infection for other species that could exhibit severe symptoms, occasionally leading to agricultural and economic losses. Therefore, predicting the symptoms induced by viroids in host plants without biological experiments could remarkably enhance control measures against viroid damage. Here, we developed an algorithm using unsupervised machine learning to predict the severity of disease symptoms caused by viroids (e.g., potato spindle tuber viroid; PSTVd) in host plants (e.g., tomato). This algorithm, mimicking the RNA silencing mechanism thought to be linked to viroid pathogenicity, requires only the genome sequences of the viroids and host plants. It involves three steps: alignment of synthetic short sequences of the viroids to the host plant genome, calculation of the alignment coverage, and clustering of the viroids based on coverage using UMAP and DBSCAN. Validation through inoculation experiments confirmed the effectiveness of the algorithm in predicting the severity of disease symptoms induced by viroids. As the algorithm only requires the genome sequence data, it may be applied to any viroid and plant combination. These findings underscore a correlation between viroid pathogenicity and the genome sequences of viroid isolates and host plants, potentially aiding in the prevention of viroid outbreaks and the breeding of viroid-resistant crops.
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- Jianqiang Sun
- Research Center for Agricultural Information TechnologyNational Agriculture and Food Research OrganizationTsukubaJapan
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- Institute of Plant ProtectionNational Agriculture and Food Research OrganizationTsukubaJapan
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Tang W, Tang Z, Liu H, Lu J, Du Q, Tian H, Li J. Xanthohumol and echinocystic acid induces PSTVd tolerance in tomato. PLANT DIRECT 2024; 8:e612. [PMID: 38911016 PMCID: PMC11190350 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2024] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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Tomato is a popular vegetable worldwide; its production is highly threatened by infection with the potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd). We obtained the full-length genome sequence of previously conserved PSTVd and inoculated it on four genotypes of semi-cultivated tomatoes selected from a local tomato germplasm resource. SC-5, which is a PSTVd-resistant genotype, and SC-96, which is a PSTVd-sensitive genotype, were identified by detecting the fruit yield, plant growth, biomass accumulation, physiological indices, and PSTVd genome titer after PSTVd inoculation. A non-target metabolomics study was conducted on PSTVd-infected and control SC-5 to identify potential anti-PSTVd metabolites. The platform of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry detected 158 or 123 differential regulated metabolites in modes of positive ion or negative ion. Principal component analysis revealed a clear separation of the global metabolite profile between PSTVd-infected leaves and control regardless of the detection mode. The potential anti-PSTVd compounds, xanthohumol, oxalicine B, indole-3-carbinol, and rosmarinic acid were significantly upregulated in positive ion mode, whereas echinocystic acid, chlorogenic acid, and 5-acetylsalicylic acid were upregulated in negative ion mode. Xanthohumol and echinocystic acid were detected as the most upregulated metabolites and were exogenously applied on PSTVd-diseased SC-96 seedlings. Both xanthohumol and echinocystic acid had instant and long-term inhibition effect on PSTVd titer. The highest reduction of disease symptom was induced by 2.6 mg/L of xanthohumol and 2.0 mg/L of echinocystic acid after 10 days of leaf spraying, respectively. A superior effect was seen on echinocystic acid than on xanthohumol. Our study provides a statistical basis for breeding anti-viroid tomato genotypes and creating plant-originating chemical preparations to prevent viroid disease.
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- Wenkun Tang
- Vegetable Industry Research InstituteGuizhou UniversityGuiyangChina
- College of AgricultureGuizhou UniversityGuiyangChina
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- Vegetable Industry Research InstituteGuizhou UniversityGuiyangChina
- College of AgricultureGuizhou UniversityGuiyangChina
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- Vegetable Industry Research InstituteGuizhou UniversityGuiyangChina
- College of AgricultureGuizhou UniversityGuiyangChina
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- Vegetable Industry Research InstituteGuizhou UniversityGuiyangChina
- College of AgricultureGuizhou UniversityGuiyangChina
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- Guizhou Advanced Seed Industry GroupGuiyangChina
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- Guizhou Advanced Seed Industry GroupGuiyangChina
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- Vegetable Industry Research InstituteGuizhou UniversityGuiyangChina
- College of AgricultureGuizhou UniversityGuiyangChina
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Wu J, Bisaro DM. Cell-cell communication and initial population composition shape the structure of potato spindle tuber viroid quasispecies. THE PLANT CELL 2024; 36:1036-1055. [PMID: 38252648 PMCID: PMC10980348 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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RNA viruses and viroids replicate with high mutation rates, forming quasispecies, population of variants centered around dominant sequences. The mechanisms governing quasispecies remain unclear. Plasmodesmata regulate viroid movement and were hypothesized to impact viroid quasispecies. Here, we sequenced the progeny of potato spindle tuber viroid intermediate (PSTVd-I) strain from mature guard cells lacking plasmodesmal connections and from in vitro-cultivated mesophyll cell protoplasts from systemic leaves of early-infected tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants. Remarkably, more variants accumulated in guard cells compared to whole leaves. Similarly, after extended cell culture, we observed more variants in cultivated mesophyll protoplasts. Coinfection and single-cell sequencing experiments demonstrated that the same plant cell can be infected multiple times by the same or different PSTVd sequences. To study the impact of initial population composition on PSTVd-I quasispecies, we conducted coinfections with PSTVd-I and variants. Two inoculum ratios (10:1 or 1:10) established quasispecies with or without PSTVd-I as the master sequence. In the absence of the master sequence, the percentage of novel variants initially increased. Moreover, a 1:1 PSTVd-I/variant RNA ratio resulted in PSTVd-I dominating (>50%), while the variants reached 20%. After PSTVd-I-only infection, the variants reached around 10%, while after variant-only infection, the variants were significantly more than 10%. These results emphasize the role of cell-to-cell communication and initial population composition in shaping PSTVd quasispecies.
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- Jian Wu
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agroproducts, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of MARA and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, and Infectious Diseases Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, and Infectious Diseases Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Roslan ND, Sundram S, Hong LW, Ling KL, Vadamalai G. Analysis of Coconut cadang-cadang viroid variants on field samples exhibiting variation in orange spotting symptom expression and severity. Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:9699-9705. [PMID: 37676433 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08771-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sequence variation has been attributed to symptom variations but has not been investigated in Orange Spotting-Coconut cadang-cadang viroid (OS-CCCVd) infected palms. Likewise, the relationship between Coconut cadang-cadang viroid (CCCVd) variants, Orange Spotting (OS) severity and the accumulation of the viroid in the palms have not been elucidated. This paper describes the characterization of CCCVd variants by cloning and sequencing, followed by correlation with symptom expression. METHODS AND RESULTS Total nucleic acids were extracted from leaf samples harvested from frond 20 of seven Dura × Pisifera (D × P) African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) aged between 13 and 21 years old collected from local plantations. The nucleic acids were fractionated using 5% non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) before being subjected to detection by reverse transcribed polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The PCR products were cloned into a plasmid vector and the sequence of the clones was analyzed. CCCVd variants were quantified using real-time qPCR assay with CCCVd specific primers. Sixteen randomly selected clones of (OP246) had an arbitrary 100% identity with CCCVdOP246 (GeneBank Accession No: HQ608513). Meanwhile, four clones had >93% similarity with several minor sequence variations forming variants of OP234, OP235, OP251 and OP279. CONCLUSION The OS symptoms observed in the field were characterized into three categories based on the size and morphology of the orange spots on the affected fronds. In addition, there was no direct correlation between disease severity and the accumulation of CCCVd variants in oil palm. This finding is the first report describing the sequence variation of the CCCVd RNA and symptom variation in OS oil palm field samples.
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- Nur Diyana Roslan
- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Institute of Plantation Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Institute of Plantation Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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Márquez-Molins J, Villalba-Bermell P, Corell-Sierra J, Pallás V, Gomez G. Integrative time-scale and multi-omics analysis of host responses to viroid infection. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2023. [PMID: 37378473 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Viroids are circular RNAs of minimal complexity compelled to subvert plant-regulatory networks to accomplish their infectious process. Studies focused on the response to viroid-infection have mostly addressed specific regulatory levels and considered specifics infection-times. Thus, much remains to be done to understand the temporal evolution and complex nature of viroid-host interactions. Here we present an integrative analysis of the temporal evolution of the genome-wide alterations in cucumber plants infected with hop stunt viroid (HSVd) by integrating differential host transcriptome, sRNAnome and methylome. Our results support that HSVd promotes the redesign of the cucumber regulatory-pathways predominantly affecting specific regulatory layers at different infection-phases. The initial response was characterised by a reconfiguration of the host-transcriptome by differential exon-usage, followed by a progressive transcriptional downregulation modulated by epigenetic changes. Regarding endogenous small RNAs, the alterations were limited and mainly occurred at the late stage. Significant host-alterations were predominantly related to the downregulation of transcripts involved in plant-defence mechanisms, the restriction of pathogen-movement and the systemic spreading of defence signals. We expect that these data constituting the first comprehensive temporal-map of the plant-regulatory alterations associated with HSVd infection could contribute to elucidate the molecular basis of the yet poorly known host-response to viroid-induced pathogenesis.
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- Joan Márquez-Molins
- Department of Molecular Interactions and Regulation, Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universitat de València (UV), Parc Científic, Paterna, Spain
- Department of Virologia Molecular y Evolutiva de Plantas, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Interactions and Regulation, Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universitat de València (UV), Parc Científic, Paterna, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Interactions and Regulation, Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universitat de València (UV), Parc Científic, Paterna, Spain
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- Department of Virologia Molecular y Evolutiva de Plantas, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Interactions and Regulation, Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universitat de València (UV), Parc Científic, Paterna, Spain
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Serra P, Navarro B, Forment J, Gisel A, Gago-Zachert S, Di Serio F, Flores R. Expression of symptoms elicited by a hammerhead viroid through RNA silencing is related to population bottlenecks in the infected host. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023. [PMID: 37148189 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Chlorosis is frequently incited by viroids, small nonprotein-coding, circular RNAs replicating in nuclei (family Pospiviroidae) or chloroplasts (family Avsunviroidae). Here, we investigated how chrysanthemum chlorotic mottle viroid (CChMVd, Avsunviroidae) colonizes, evolves and initiates disease. Progeny variants of natural and mutated CChMVd sequence variants inoculated in chrysanthemum plants were characterized, and plant responses were assessed by molecular assays. We showed that: chlorotic mottle induced by CChMVd reflects the spatial distribution and evolutionary behaviour in the infected host of pathogenic (containing a UUUC tetranucleotide) and nonpathogenic (lacking such a pathogenic determinant) variants; and RNA silencing is involved in the initiation of the chlorosis in symptomatic leaf sectors through a viroid-derived small RNA containing the pathogenic determinant that directs AGO1-mediated cleavage of the mRNA encoding the chloroplastic transketolase. This study provides the first evidence that colonization of leaf tissues by CChMVd is characterized by segregating variant populations differing in pathogenicity and with the ability to colonize leaf sectors (bottlenecks) and exclude other variants (superinfection exclusion). Importantly, no specific pathogenic viroid variants were found in the chlorotic spots caused by chrysanthemum stunt viroid (Pospiviroidae), thus establishing a clear distinction on how members of the two viroid families trigger chlorosis in the same host.
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- Pedro Serra
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de València), 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council, Bari, 70122, Italy
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de València), 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Institute for Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council, Bari, 70122, Italy
- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 200001, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Section Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06120, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council, Bari, 70122, Italy
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de València), 46022, Valencia, Spain
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Marquez-Molins J, Juarez-Gonzalez VT, Gomez G, Pallas V, Martinez G. Occurrence of RNA post-transcriptional modifications in plant viruses and viroids and their correlation with structural and functional features. Virus Res 2023; 323:198958. [PMID: 36209921 PMCID: PMC10194119 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2022.198958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Revised: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Post-transcriptional modifications of RNA bases are widespread across all the tree of life and have been linked to RNA maturation, stability, and molecular interactions. RNA modifications have been extensively described in endogenous eukaryotic mRNAs, however, little is known about the presence of RNA modifications in plant viral and subviral RNAs. Here, we used a computational approach to infer RNA modifications in plant-pathogenic viruses and viroids using high-throughput annotation of modified ribonucleotides (HAMR), a software that predicts modified ribonucleotides using high-throughput RNA sequencing data. We analyzed datasets from representative members of different plant viruses and viroids and compared them to plant-endogenous mRNAs. Our approach was able to predict potential RNA chemical modifications (RCMs) in all analyzed pathogens. We found that both DNA and RNA viruses presented a wide range of RCM proportions while viroids had lowest values. Furthermore, we found that for viruses with segmented genomes, some genomic RNAs had a higher proportion of RCM. Interestingly, nuclear-replicating viroids showed most of the predicted modifications located in the pathogenesis region, pointing towards a possible functional role of RCMs in their infectious cycle. Thus, our results strongly suggest that plant viral and subviral RNAs might contain a variety of previously unreported RNA modifications, thus opening a new perspective in the multifaceted process of plant-pathogen interactions.
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- Joan Marquez-Molins
- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) - Universitat de València (UV), Parc Científic, Cat. Agustín Escardino 9, Paterna 46980, Spain; Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) - Universitat Politècnica de València, CPI 8E, Av. de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, Uppsala 750 07, Sweden
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- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) - Universitat de València (UV), Parc Científic, Cat. Agustín Escardino 9, Paterna 46980, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) - Universitat Politècnica de València, CPI 8E, Av. de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, Uppsala 750 07, Sweden.
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Di Serio F, Owens RA, Navarro B, Serra P, Martínez de Alba ÁE, Delgado S, Carbonell A, Gago-Zachert S. Role of RNA silencing in plant-viroid interactions and in viroid pathogenesis. Virus Res 2023; 323:198964. [PMID: 36223861 PMCID: PMC10194176 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2022.198964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
Viroids are small, single-stranded, non-protein coding and circular RNAs able to infect host plants in the absence of any helper virus. They may elicit symptoms in their hosts, but the underlying molecular pathways are only partially known. Here we address the role of post-transcriptional RNA silencing in plant-viroid-interplay, with major emphasis on the involvement of this sequence-specific RNA degradation mechanism in both plant antiviroid defence and viroid pathogenesis. This review is a tribute to the memory of Dr. Ricardo Flores, who largely contributed to elucidate this and other molecular mechanisms involved in plant-viroid interactions.
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- Francesco Di Serio
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council, Bari 70122, Italy.
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- Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council, Bari 70122, Italy
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de València), Valencia 46022, Spain
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- Institute for Agribiotechnology Research (CIALE), Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Villamayor 37185, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo (IAM-UPV), Camino de Vera, s/n 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de València), Valencia 46022, Spain
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Section Microbial Biotechnology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale 06120, Germany
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Tobacco mosaic virus movement protein complements a Potato spindle tuber viroid RNA mutant impaired for mesophyll entry but not mutants unable to enter the phloem. PLoS Pathog 2022; 18:e1011062. [PMID: 36574436 PMCID: PMC9829174 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Tobacco mosaic virus movement protein (TMV MP) is essential for virus spread between cells. To accomplish its task, TMV MP binds viral RNA, interacts with components of the cytoskeleton, and increases the size exclusion limit (SEL) of plasmodesmata. Plasmodesmata are gated intercellular channels that allow passage of small molecules and macromolecules, including RNA and protein, between plant cells. Moreover, plasmodesmata are diverse and those connecting different cell types appear to have unique mechanisms to regulate macromolecular trafficking, which likely contributes to the establishment of distinct cell boundaries. Consequently, TMV MP might be competent to mediate RNA transport through some but not all plasmodesmal gates. Due to a lack of viral mutants defective for movement between specific cell types, the ability of TMV MP in this regard is incompletely understood. In contrast, a number of trafficking impaired Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) mutants have been identified. PSTVd is a systemically infectious non-coding RNA that nevertheless can perform all functions required for replication as well as cell-to-cell and systemic spread. Previous studies have shown that PSTVd employs different structure and sequence elements to move between diverse cell types in host plants, and mutants defective for transport between specific cell types have been identified. Therefore, PSTVd may serve as a tool to analyze the functions of MPs of viral and cellular origin. To probe the RNA transport activity of TMV MP, transgenic plants expressing the protein were inoculated with PSTVd mutants. Remarkably, TMV MP complemented a PSTVd mutant defective for mesophyll entry but could not support two mutants impaired for phloem entry, suggesting it fails to productively interface with plasmodesmata at the phloem boundary and that additional viral and host factors may be required. Consistent with this idea, TMV co-infection, but not the combination of MP and coat protein (CP) expression, was able to complement one of the phloem entry mutants. These observations suggest that phloem loading is a critical impediment to establishing systemic infection that could involve the entire ensemble of TMV proteins. They also demonstrate a novel strategy for analysis of MPs.
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Marquez‐Molins J, Hernandez‐Azurdia AG, Urrutia‐Perez M, Pallas V, Gomez G. A circular RNA vector for targeted plant gene silencing based on an asymptomatic viroid. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 112:284-293. [PMID: 35916236 PMCID: PMC9804161 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Gene silencing for functional studies in plants has been largely facilitated by manipulating viral genomes with inserts from host genes to trigger virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) against the corresponding mRNAs. However, viral genomes encode multiple proteins and can disrupt plant homeostasis by interfering with endogenous cell mechanisms. To try to circumvent this functional limitation, we have developed a silencing method based on the minimal autonomously-infectious nucleic acids currently known: viroids, which lack proven coding capability. The genome of Eggplant latent viroid, an asymptomatic viroid, was manipulated with insertions ranging between 21 and 42 nucleotides. Our results show that, although larger insertions might be tolerated, the maintenance of the secondary structure appears to be critical for viroid genome stability. Remarkably, these modified ELVd molecules are able to induce systemic infection promoting the silencing of target genes in eggplant. Inspired by the design of artificial microRNAs, we have developed a simple and standardized procedure to generate stable insertions into the ELVd genome capable of silencing a specific target gene. Analogously to VIGS, we have termed our approach viroid-induced gene silencing, and demonstrate that it is a promising tool for dissecting gene functions in eggplant.
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Affiliation(s)
- Joan Marquez‐Molins
- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) ‐ Universitat de València (UV)Parc Científic, Cat. Agustín Escardino 946980PaternaSpain
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) ‐ Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaCPI 8E, Av. de los Naranjos s/n46022ValenciaSpain
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- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) ‐ Universitat de València (UV)Parc Científic, Cat. Agustín Escardino 946980PaternaSpain
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- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) ‐ Universitat de València (UV)Parc Científic, Cat. Agustín Escardino 946980PaternaSpain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) ‐ Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaCPI 8E, Av. de los Naranjos s/n46022ValenciaSpain
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- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) ‐ Universitat de València (UV)Parc Científic, Cat. Agustín Escardino 946980PaternaSpain
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Joubert M, van den Berg N, Theron J, Swart V. Transcriptomics Advancement in the Complex Response of Plants to Viroid Infection. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23147677. [PMID: 35887025 PMCID: PMC9318114 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23147677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Viroids are the smallest plant pathogens, consisting of a single-stranded circular RNA of less than 500 ribonucleotides in length. Despite their noncoding nature, viroids elicit disease symptoms in many economically important plant hosts, and are, thus, a class of pathogens of great interest. How these viroids establish disease within host plants, however, is not yet fully understood. Recent transcriptomic studies have revealed that viroid infection influences the expression of genes in several pathways and processes in plants, including defence responses, phytohormone signalling, cell wall modification, photosynthesis, secondary metabolism, transport, gene expression and protein modification. There is much debate about whether affected pathways signify a plant response to viroid infection, or are associated with the appearance of disease symptoms in these interactions. In this review, we consolidate the findings of viroid–host transcriptome studies to provide an overview of trends observed in the data. When considered together, changes in the gene expression of different hosts upon viroid infection reveal commonalities and differences in diverse interactions. Here, we discuss whether trends in host gene expression can be correlated to plant defence or disease development during viroid infection, and highlight avenues for future research in this field.
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- Melissa Joubert
- Hans Merensky Chair in Avocado Research, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; (M.J.); (N.v.d.B.)
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa;
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- Hans Merensky Chair in Avocado Research, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; (M.J.); (N.v.d.B.)
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa;
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- Hans Merensky Chair in Avocado Research, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; (M.J.); (N.v.d.B.)
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa;
- Correspondence:
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Yanagisawa H, Matsushita Y. Effect of potato spindle tuber viroid variants and infection stage on seed transmission through pollen. Lett Appl Microbiol 2022; 75:836-843. [DOI: 10.1111/lam.13756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Hironobu Yanagisawa
- Central Region Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba Ibaraki 305‐8666 Japan
- Narita Branch, Yokohama Plant Protection Station, Aza‐Tennamino, Komaino, Narita Chiba 282‐0021 Japan
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- Institute of Plant Protection National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba Ibaraki 305‐8519 Japan
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Gómez G, Marquez-Molins J, Martinez G, Pallas V. Plant epigenome alterations: an emergent player in viroid-host interactions. Virus Res 2022; 318:198844. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2022.198844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Exocellular DNA is operationally defined as the fraction of the total DNA pool that passes through a membrane filter (0.1 μm). It is composed of DNA-containing vesicles, viruses, and free DNA and is ubiquitous in all aquatic systems, although the sources, sinks, and ecological consequences are largely unknown. Using a method that provides separation of these three fractions, we compared open ocean depth profiles of DNA associated with each fraction. Pelagibacter-like DNA dominated the vesicle fractions for all samples examined over a depth range of 75 to 500 m. Viral DNA consisted predominantly of myovirus-like and podovirus-like DNA and contained the highest proportion of unannotated sequences. Euphotic zone free DNA (75 to 125 m) contained primarily bacterial and viral sequences, with bacteria dominating samples from the mesopelagic zone (500 to 1,000 m). A high proportion of mesopelagic zone free DNA sequences appeared to originate from surface waters, including a large amount of DNA contributed by high-light Prochlorococcus ecotypes. Throughout the water column, but especially in the mesopelagic zone, the composition of free DNA sequences was not always reflective of cooccurring microbial communities that inhabit the same sampling depth. These results reveal the composition of free DNA in different regions of the water column (euphotic and mesopelagic zones), with implications for dissolved organic matter cycling and export (by way of sinking particles and/or migratory zooplankton) as a delivery mechanism. IMPORTANCE With advances in metagenomic sequencing, the microbial composition of diverse environmental systems has been investigated, providing new perspectives on potential ecological dynamics and dimensions for experimental investigations. Here, we characterized exocellular free DNA via metagenomics, using a newly developed method that separates free DNA from cells, viruses, and vesicles, and facilitated the independent characterization of each fraction. The fate of this free DNA has both ecological consequences as a nutrient (N and P) source and potential evolutionary consequences as a source of genetic transformation. Here, we document different microbial sources of free DNA at the surface (0 to 200 m) versus depths of 250 to 1,000 m, suggesting that distinct free DNA production mechanisms may be present throughout the oligotrophic water column. Examining microbial processes through the lens of exocellular DNA provides insights into the production of labile dissolved organic matter (i.e., free DNA) at the surface (likely by viral lysis) and processes that influence the fate of sinking, surface-derived organic matter.
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Matoušek J, Steger G. The Splicing Variant TFIIIA-7ZF of Viroid-Modulated Transcription Factor IIIA Causes Physiological Irregularities in Transgenic Tobacco and Transient Somatic Depression of "Degradome" Characteristic for Developing Pollen. Cells 2022; 11:784. [PMID: 35269406 PMCID: PMC8909551 DOI: 10.3390/cells11050784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 02/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Viroids are small, non-coding, pathogenic RNAs with a significant ability of adaptation to several basic cellular processes in plants. TFIIIA-7ZF, a splicing variant of transcription factor IIIA, is involved in replication of nuclear-replicating viroids by DNA-dependent polymerase II. We overexpressed NbTFIIIA-7ZF from Nicotiana benthamiana in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) where it caused morphological and physiological deviations like plant stunting, splitting of leaf petioles, pistils or apexes, irregular branching of shoots, formation of double-blade leaves, deformation of main stems, and modification of glandular trichomes. Plant aging and senescence was dramatically delayed in transgenic lines. Factors potentially involved in viroid degradation and elimination in pollen were transiently depressed in transgenic leaves. This depressed "degradome" in young plants involved NtTudor S-like nuclease, dicers, argonoute 5, and pollen extracellular nuclease I showing expression in tobacco anthers and leaves. Analysis of the "degradome" in tobacco leaves transformed with either of two hop viroids confirmed modifications of the "degradome" and TFIIIA expression. Thus, the regulatory network connected to TFIIIA-7ZF could be involved in plant pathogenesis as well as in viroid adaptation to avoid its degradation. These results support the hypothesis on a significant impact of limited TFIIIA-7ZF on viroid elimination in pollen.
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- Jaroslav Matoušek
- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Branišovská 31, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic;
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- Institutfür Pysikalische Biologie, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40204 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Tabassum N, Blilou I. Cell-to-Cell Communication During Plant-Pathogen Interaction. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2022; 35:98-108. [PMID: 34664986 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-09-21-0221-cr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Being sessile, plants are continuously challenged by changes in their surrounding environment and must survive and defend themselves against a multitude of pathogens. Plants have evolved a mode for pathogen recognition that activates signaling cascades such as reactive oxygen species, mitogen-activated protein kinase, and Ca2+ pathways, in coordination with hormone signaling, to execute the defense response at the local and systemic levels. Phytopathogens have evolved to manipulate cellular and hormonal signaling and exploit hosts' cell-to-cell connections in many ways at multiple levels. Overall, triumph over pathogens depends on how efficiently the pathogens are recognized and how rapidly the plant response is initiated through efficient intercellular communication via apoplastic and symplastic routes. Here, we review how intercellular communication in plants is mediated, manipulated, and maneuvered during plant-pathogen interaction.[Formula: see text] The author(s) have dedicated the work to the public domain under the Creative Commons CC0 "No Rights Reserved" license by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law, 2022.
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- Naheed Tabassum
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Katsarou K, Adkar-Purushothama CR, Tassios E, Samiotaki M, Andronis C, Lisón P, Nikolaou C, Perreault JP, Kalantidis K. Revisiting the Non-Coding Nature of Pospiviroids. Cells 2022; 11:265. [PMID: 35053381 PMCID: PMC8773695 DOI: 10.3390/cells11020265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Viroids are small, circular, highly structured pathogens that infect a broad range of plants, causing economic losses. Since their discovery in the 1970s, they have been considered as non-coding pathogens. In the last few years, the discovery of other RNA entities, similar in terms of size and structure, that were shown to be translated (e.g., cirRNAs, precursors of miRNA, RNA satellites) as well as studies showing that some viroids are located in ribosomes, have reignited the idea that viroids may be translated. In this study, we used advanced bioinformatic analysis, in vitro experiments and LC-MS/MS to search for small viroid peptides of the PSTVd. Our results suggest that in our experimental conditions, even though the circular form of PSTVd is found in ribosomes, no produced peptides were identified. This indicates that the presence of PSTVd in ribosomes is most probably not related to peptide production but rather to another unknown function that requires further study.
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- Konstantina Katsarou
- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Vassilika Vouton, 71409 Heraklion, Greece; (E.T.); (C.N.)
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, 71110 Heraklion, Greece;
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- RNA Group/Groupe ARN, Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine des Sciences de la Santé, Pavillon de Recherche Appliquée au Cancer, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1E 4K8, Canada; (C.R.A.-P.); (J.-P.P.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Vassilika Vouton, 71409 Heraklion, Greece; (E.T.); (C.N.)
- Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Institute for Bioinnovation, 16672 Vari, Greece;
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Institute for Bioinnovation, 16672 Vari, Greece;
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, 71110 Heraklion, Greece;
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación (CPI) 8 E, Ingeniero Fausto Elio s/n, 46011 Valencia, Spain;
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- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Vassilika Vouton, 71409 Heraklion, Greece; (E.T.); (C.N.)
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, 71110 Heraklion, Greece;
- Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Institute for Bioinnovation, 16672 Vari, Greece;
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- RNA Group/Groupe ARN, Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine des Sciences de la Santé, Pavillon de Recherche Appliquée au Cancer, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1E 4K8, Canada; (C.R.A.-P.); (J.-P.P.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Vassilika Vouton, 71409 Heraklion, Greece; (E.T.); (C.N.)
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, 71110 Heraklion, Greece;
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Javaran VJ, Moffett P, Lemoyne P, Xu D, Adkar-Purushothama CR, Fall ML. Grapevine Virology in the Third-Generation Sequencing Era: From Virus Detection to Viral Epitranscriptomics. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:plants10112355. [PMID: 34834718 PMCID: PMC8623739 DOI: 10.3390/plants10112355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Among all economically important plant species in the world, grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is the most cultivated fruit plant. It has a significant impact on the economies of many countries through wine and fresh and dried fruit production. In recent years, the grape and wine industry has been facing outbreaks of known and emerging viral diseases across the world. Although high-throughput sequencing (HTS) has been used extensively in grapevine virology, the application and potential of third-generation sequencing have not been explored in understanding grapevine viruses and their impact on the grapevine. Nanopore sequencing, a third-generation technology, can be used for the direct sequencing of both RNA and DNA with minimal infrastructure. Compared to other HTS methods, the MinION nanopore platform is faster and more cost-effective and allows for long-read sequencing. Due to the size of the MinION device, it can be easily carried for field viral disease surveillance. This review article discusses grapevine viruses, the principle of third-generation sequencing platforms, and the application of nanopore sequencing technology in grapevine virus detection, virus-plant interactions, as well as the characterization of viral RNA modifications.
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- Vahid Jalali Javaran
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, Canada; (V.J.J.); (P.L.); (D.X.)
- Département de Biologie, Centre SÈVE, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada;
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- Département de Biologie, Centre SÈVE, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada;
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- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, Canada; (V.J.J.); (P.L.); (D.X.)
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- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, Canada; (V.J.J.); (P.L.); (D.X.)
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- Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine des Sciences de la Santé, 3201 rue Jean-Mignault, Sherbrooke, QC J1E 4K8, Canada;
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- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, Canada; (V.J.J.); (P.L.); (D.X.)
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Kaddour H, Lucchi H, Hervé G, Vergne J, Maurel MC. Kinetic Study of the Avocado Sunblotch Viroid Self-Cleavage Reaction Reveals Compensatory Effects between High-Pressure and High-Temperature: Implications for Origins of Life on Earth. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:720. [PMID: 34439952 PMCID: PMC8389264 DOI: 10.3390/biology10080720] [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: 06/21/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A high pressure apparatus allowing one to study enzyme kinetics under pressure was used to study the self-cleavage activity of the avocado sunblotch viroid. The kinetics of this reaction were determined under pressure over a range up to 300 MPa (1-3000 bar). It appears that the initial rate of this reaction decreases when pressure increases, revealing a positive ΔV≠ of activation, which correlates with the domain closure accompanying the reaction and the decrease of the surface of the viroid exposed to the solvent. Although, as expected, temperature increases the rate of the reaction whose energy of activation was determined, it appeared that it does not significantly influence the ΔV≠ of activation and that pressure does not influence the energy of activation. These results provide information about the structural aspects or this self-cleavage reaction, which is involved in the process of maturation of this viroid. The behavior of ASBVd results from the involvement of the hammerhead ribozyme present at its catalytic domain, indeed a structural motif is very widespread in the ancient and current RNA world.
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- Hussein Kaddour
- Department of pharmacology, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA;
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- Société PYMABS, 5 rue Henri Auguste Desbyeres, 91000 Évry-Courcouronnes, France;
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- Laboratoire BIOSIPE, Institut de biologie Paris-Seine, Sorbonne Université, 7 quai Saint-Bernard, 75005 Paris, France;
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, (ISYEB), Sorbonne Université, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, EPHE, F 75005 Paris, France;
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, (ISYEB), Sorbonne Université, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, EPHE, F 75005 Paris, France;
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Viroids are small, single-stranded, circular RNAs infecting plants. Composed of only a few hundred nucleotides and being unable to code for proteins, viroids represent the lowest level of complexity for an infectious agent, even below that of the smallest known viruses. Despite the relatively small size, viroids contain RNA structural elements embracing all the information needed to interact with host factors involved in their infectious cycle, thus providing models for studying structure-function relationships of RNA. Viroids are specifically targeted to nuclei (family Pospiviroidae) or chloroplasts (family Avsunviroidae), where replication based on rolling-circle mechanisms takes place. They move locally and systemically through plasmodesmata and phloem, respectively, and may elicit symptoms in the infected host, with pathogenic pathways linked to RNA silencing and other plant defense responses. In this review, recent advances in the dissection of the complex interplay between viroids and plants are presented, highlighting knowledge gaps and perspectives for future research. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Virology, Volume 8 is September 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- Beatriz Navarro
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council of Italy; I-70126 Bari, Italy;
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants (UPV-CSIC), Polytechnic University of Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council of Italy; I-70126 Bari, Italy;
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Adkar-Purushothama CR, Iyer PS, Sano T, Perreault JP. sRNA Profiler: A User-Focused Interface for Small RNA Mapping and Profiling. Cells 2021; 10:cells10071771. [PMID: 34359940 PMCID: PMC8303536 DOI: 10.3390/cells10071771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Viroids are circular, highly structured, single-stranded, non-coding RNA pathogens known to infect and cause disease in several plant species. They are known to trigger the host plant’s RNA silencing machinery. The detection of viroid-derived small RNAs (vd-sRNA) in viroid-infected host plants opened a new avenue of study in host–viroid pathogenicity. Since then, several viroid research groups have studied the vd-sRNA retrieved from different host–viroid combinations. Such studies require the segregation of 21- to 24-nucleotide long small RNAs (sRNA) from a deep-sequencing databank, followed by separating the vd-sRNA from any sRNA within this group that showed sequence similarity with either the genomic or the antigenomic strands of the viroid. Such mapped vd-sRNAs are then profiled on both the viroid’s genomic and antigenomic strands for visualization. Although several commercial interfaces are currently available for this purpose, they are all programmed for linear RNA molecules. Hence, viroid researchers must develop a computer program that accommodates the sRNAs derived from the circular viroid genome. This is a laborious process, and consequently, it often creates a bottleneck for biologists. In order to overcome this constraint, and to help the research community in general, in this study, a python-based pattern matching interface was developed so as to be able to both profile and map sRNAs on a circular genome. A “matching tolerance” feature has been included in the program, thus permitting the mapping of the sRNAs derived from the quasi-species. Additionally, the “topology” feature allows the researcher to profile sRNA derived from both linear and circular RNA molecules. The efficiency of the program was tested using previously reported deep-sequencing data obtained from two independent studies. Clearly, this novel software should be a key tool with which to both evaluate the production of sRNA and to profile them on their target RNA species, irrespective of the topology of the target RNA molecule.
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- Charith Raj Adkar-Purushothama
- RNA Group/Groupe ARN, Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine des Sciences de la Santé, Pavillon de Recherche Appliquée au Cancer, Université de Sherbrooke, 3201 Rue Jean-Mignault, Sherbrooke, QC J1E 4K8, Canada
- Correspondence: (C.R.A.-P.); (J.-P.P.)
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- Département de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boul. Université, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada;
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Bunkyo-cho 3, Hirosaki 036-8561, Japan;
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- RNA Group/Groupe ARN, Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine des Sciences de la Santé, Pavillon de Recherche Appliquée au Cancer, Université de Sherbrooke, 3201 Rue Jean-Mignault, Sherbrooke, QC J1E 4K8, Canada
- Correspondence: (C.R.A.-P.); (J.-P.P.)
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Netter HJ, Barrios MH, Littlejohn M, Yuen LKW. Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) and Delta-Like Agents: Insights Into Their Origin. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:652962. [PMID: 34234753 PMCID: PMC8256844 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.652962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a human pathogen, and the only known species in the genus Deltavirus. HDV is a satellite virus and depends on the hepatitis B virus (HBV) for packaging, release, and transmission. Extracellular HDV virions contain the genomic HDV RNA, a single-stranded negative-sense and covalently closed circular RNA molecule, which is associated with the HDV-encoded delta antigen forming a ribonucleoprotein complex, and enveloped by the HBV surface antigens. Replication occurs in the nucleus and is mediated by host enzymes and assisted by cis-acting ribozymes allowing the formation of monomer length molecules which are ligated by host ligases to form unbranched rod-like circles. Recently, meta-transcriptomic studies investigating various vertebrate and invertebrate samples identified RNA species with similarities to HDV RNA. The delta-like agents may be representatives of novel subviral agents or satellite viruses which share with HDV, the self-complementarity of the circular RNA genome, the ability to encode a protein, and the presence of ribozyme sequences. The widespread distribution of delta-like agents across different taxa with considerable phylogenetic distances may be instrumental in comprehending their evolutionary history by elucidating the transition from transcriptome to cellular circular RNAs to infectious subviral agents.
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- Hans J Netter
- Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL), Melbourne Health, The Peter Doherty Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,School of Science, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL), Melbourne Health, The Peter Doherty Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,The Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL), Melbourne Health, The Peter Doherty Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL), Melbourne Health, The Peter Doherty Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Symptom Severity, Infection Progression and Plant Responses in Solanum Plants Caused by Three Pospiviroids Vary with the Inoculation Procedure. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22126189. [PMID: 34201240 PMCID: PMC8273692 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Infectious viroid clones consist of dimeric cDNAs used to generate transcripts which mimic the longer-than-unit replication intermediates. These transcripts can be either generated in vitro or produced in vivo by agro-inoculation. We have designed a new plasmid, which allows both inoculation methods, and we have compared them by infecting Solanum lycopersicum and Solanum melongena with clones of Citrus exocortis virod (CEVd), Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid (TCDVd), and Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd). Our results showed more uniform and severe symptoms in agro-inoculated plants. Viroid accumulation and the proportion of circular and linear forms were different depending on the host and the inoculation method and did not correlate with the symptoms, which correlated with an increase in PR1 induction, accumulation of the defensive signal molecules salicylic (SA) and gentisic (GA) acids, and ribosomal stress in tomato plants. The alteration in ribosome biogenesis was evidenced by both the upregulation of the tomato ribosomal stress marker SlNAC082 and the impairment in 18S rRNA processing, pointing out ribosomal stress as a novel signature of the pathogenesis of nuclear-replicating viroids. In conclusion, this updated binary vector has turned out to be an efficient and reproducible method that will facilitate the studies of viroid–host interactions.
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Navarro B, Gisel A, Serra P, Chiumenti M, Di Serio F, Flores R. Degradome Analysis of Tomato and Nicotiana benthamiana Plants Infected with Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:3725. [PMID: 33918424 PMCID: PMC8038209 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22073725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Viroids are infectious non-coding RNAs that infect plants. During infection, viroid RNAs are targeted by Dicer-like proteins, generating viroid-derived small RNAs (vd-sRNAs) that can guide the sequence specific cleavage of cognate host mRNAs via an RNA silencing mechanism. To assess the involvement of these pathways in pathogenesis associated with nuclear-replicating viroids, high-throughput sequencing of sRNAs and degradome analysis were carried out on tomato and Nicotiana benthamiana plants infected by potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd). Both hosts develop similar stunting and leaf curling symptoms when infected by PSTVd, thus allowing comparative analyses. About one hundred tomato mRNAs potentially targeted for degradation by vd-sRNAs were initially identified. However, data from biological replicates and comparisons between mock and infected samples reduced the number of bona fide targets-i.e., those identified with high confidence in two infected biological replicates but not in the mock controls-to only eight mRNAs that encode proteins involved in development, transcription or defense. Somewhat surprisingly, results of RT-qPCR assays revealed that the accumulation of only four of these mRNAs was inhibited in the PSTVd-infected tomato. When these analyses were extended to mock inoculated and PSTVd-infected N. benthamiana plants, a completely different set of potential mRNA targets was identified. The failure to identify homologous mRNA(s) targeted by PSTVd-sRNA suggests that different pathways could be involved in the elicitation of similar symptoms in these two species. Moreover, no significant modifications in the accumulation of miRNAs and in the cleavage of their targeted mRNAs were detected in the infected tomato plants with respect to the mock controls. Taken together, these data suggest that stunting and leaf curling symptoms induced by PSTVd are elicited by a complex plant response involving multiple mechanisms, with RNA silencing being only one of the possible components.
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- Beatriz Navarro
- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 70126 Bari, Italy; (B.N.); (M.C.)
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- Istituto di Tecnologie Biomediche, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 70126 Bari, Italy;
- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan 200001, Nigeria
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- Istituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (CSIC-UPV), 46022 Valencia, Spain; (P.S.); (R.F.)
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 70126 Bari, Italy; (B.N.); (M.C.)
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 70126 Bari, Italy; (B.N.); (M.C.)
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- Istituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (CSIC-UPV), 46022 Valencia, Spain; (P.S.); (R.F.)
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Host-virus interactions mediated by long non-coding RNAs. Virus Res 2021; 298:198402. [PMID: 33771610 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2021.198402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Viruses are obligate pathogens that cause a wide range of diseases across all kingdoms of life. They have a colossal impact on the economy and healthcare infrastructure world-wide. Plants and animals have developed sophisticated molecular mechanisms to defend themselves against viruses and viruses in turn hijack host mechanisms to ensure their survival inside their hosts. Long non-coding (lnc) RNAs have emerged as important macromolecules that regulate plant-virus and animal-virus interactions. Both pro-viral and anti-viral lncRNAs have been reported and they show immense potential to be used as markers and in therapeutics. The current review is focussed on the recent developments that have been made in viral interactions of animals and plants.
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Venkataraman S, Badar U, Shoeb E, Hashim G, AbouHaidar M, Hefferon K. An Inside Look into Biological Miniatures: Molecular Mechanisms of Viroids. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:2795. [PMID: 33801996 PMCID: PMC8001946 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22062795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 12/13/2020] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Viroids are tiny single-stranded circular RNA pathogens that infect plants. Viroids do not encode any proteins, yet cause an assortment of symptoms. The following review describes viroid classification, molecular biology and spread. The review also discusses viroid pathogenesis, host interactions and detection. The review concludes with a description of future prospects in viroid research.
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- Cell and System Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B2, Canada; (S.V.); (U.B.); (E.S.); (G.H.); (M.A.)
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Flores R, Navarro B, Delgado S, Serra P, Di Serio F. Viroid pathogenesis: a critical appraisal of the role of RNA silencing in triggering the initial molecular lesion. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2021; 44:386-398. [PMID: 32379313 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuaa011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The initial molecular lesions through which viroids, satellite RNAs and viruses trigger signal cascades resulting in plant diseases are hotly debated. Since viroids are circular non-protein-coding RNAs of ∼250-430 nucleotides, they appear very convenient to address this issue. Viroids are targeted by their host RNA silencing defense, generating viroid-derived small RNAs (vd-sRNAs) that are presumed to direct Argonaute (AGO) proteins to inactivate messenger RNAs, thus initiating disease. Here, we review the existing evidence. Viroid-induced symptoms reveal a distinction. Those attributed to vd-sRNAs from potato spindle tuber viroid and members of the family Pospiviroidae (replicating in the nucleus) are late, non-specific and systemic. In contrast, those attributed to vd-sRNAs from peach latent mosaic viroid (PLMVd) and other members of the family Avsunviroidae (replicating in plastids) are early, specific and local. Remarkably, leaf sectors expressing different PLMVd-induced chloroses accumulate viroid variants with specific pathogenic determinants. Some vd-sRNAs containing such determinant guide AGO1-mediated cleavage of mRNAs that code for proteins regulating chloroplast biogenesis/development. Therefore, the initial lesions and the expected phenotypes are connected by short signal cascades, hence supporting a cause-effect relationship. Intriguingly, one virus satellite RNA initiates disease through a similar mechanism, whereas in the Pospiviroidae and in plant viruses the situation remains uncertain.
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- Ricardo Flores
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (CSIC-UPV), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n 46010, Valencia, Spain
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Via Amendola 122/D, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (CSIC-UPV), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n 46010, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (CSIC-UPV), Avenida de los Naranjos s/n 46010, Valencia, Spain
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Via Amendola 122/D, 70126 Bari, Italy
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Chiumenti M, Navarro B, Candresse T, Flores R, Di Serio F. Reassessing species demarcation criteria in viroid taxonomy by pairwise identity matrices. Virus Evol 2021; 7:veab001. [PMID: 33623708 PMCID: PMC7887442 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veab001] [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] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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With a small, circular and non-protein coding RNA genome, viroids are the smallest infectious agents. They invade plants, which in turn may develop symptoms. Since their discovery about 50 years ago, more than thirty viroids have been reported and classified using as species demarcation less than 90 per cent sequence identity on the overall genome and evidence of biological divergence with respect to the closest related viroids. In the last few years, new viroids have been identified that infect latently their (frequently) woody hosts and have a narrow experimental hosts range, complicating and slowing down studies on their biology. As a consequence, several viroids are still waiting for classification. Moreover, the number of new viroids is expected to increase in the next years due to the use of high-throughput sequencing technologies with diagnostics purposes. Therefore, establishment of reliable species demarcation criteria mainly based on molecular features of viroids is needed. Here, viroid classification is reassessed and a scheme based on pairwise sequence identity matrices is developed. After identifying a threshold pairwise identity score (PWIS) for each viroid genus, to be used as a species demarcation criterion, we show that most of those yet unclassified viroids can be assigned to a known or to a new species, thus limiting the need for additional biological evidence to only a few more complex situations. The advantages of this PWIS-based method are that the proposed identity thresholds for species demarcations are not arbitrarily established and evidence for biological divergence is not mandatory. Importantly, the current classification is not essentially modified. A protocol for a tentative fast classification of new viroids according to the proposed approach is also provided.
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- Michela Chiumenti
- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Amendola 122/D, Bari 70126, Italy
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Amendola 122/D, Bari 70126, Italy
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- Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE, UMR BFP, Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, CS20032 33882, France
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia 46022, Spain
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Amendola 122/D, Bari 70126, Italy
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Ortolá B, Cordero T, Hu X, Daròs JA. Intron-assisted, viroid-based production of insecticidal circular double-stranded RNA in Escherichia coli. RNA Biol 2021; 18:1846-1857. [PMID: 33472518 PMCID: PMC8582998 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2021.1872962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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RNA interference (RNAi) is a natural mechanism for protecting against harmful genetic elements and regulating gene expression, which can be artificially triggered by the delivery of homologous double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). This mechanism can be exploited as a highly specific and environmentally friendly pest control strategy. To this aim, systems for producing large amounts of recombinant dsRNA are necessary. We describe a system to efficiently produce large amounts of circular dsRNA in Escherichia coli and demonstrate the efficient insecticidal activity of these molecules against Western corn rootworm (WCR, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte), a highly damaging pest of corn crops. In our system, the two strands of the dsRNA are expressed in E. coli embedded within the very stable scaffold of Eggplant latent viroid (ELVd), a small circular non-coding RNA. Stability in E. coli of the corresponding plasmids with long inverted repeats was achieved by using a cDNA coding for a group-I autocatalytic intron from Tetrahymena thermophila as a spacer. RNA circularization and large-scale accumulation in E. coli cells was facilitated by co-expression of eggplant tRNA ligase, the enzyme that ligates ELVd during replication in the host plant. The inserted intron efficiently self-spliced from the RNA product during transcription. Circular RNAs containing a dsRNA moiety homologous to smooth septate junction 1 (DvSSJ1) gene exhibited excellent insecticide activity against WCR larvae. Finally, we show that the viroid scaffold can be separated from the final circular dsRNA product using a second T. thermophila self-splicing intron in a permuted form.
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- Beltrán Ortolá
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de Valencia), Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de Valencia), Valencia, Spain
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- Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, Iowa, USA
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de Valencia), Valencia, Spain
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RNA transfer through tunneling nanotubes. Biochem Soc Trans 2020; 49:145-160. [PMID: 33367488 DOI: 10.1042/bst20200113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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It was already suggested in the early '70's that RNA molecules might transfer between mammalian cells in culture. Yet, more direct evidence for RNA transfer in animal and plant cells was only provided decades later, as this field became established. In this mini-review, we will describe evidence for the transfer of different types of RNA between cells through tunneling nanotubes (TNTs). TNTs are long, yet thin, open-ended cellular protrusions that are structurally distinct from filopodia. TNTs connect cells and can transfer many types of cargo, including small molecules, proteins, vesicles, pathogens, and organelles. Recent work has shown that TNTs can also transfer mRNAs, viral RNAs and non-coding RNAs. Here, we will review the evidence for TNT-mediated RNA transfer, discuss the technical challenges in this field, and conjecture about the possible significance of this pathway in health and disease.
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Wu J, Bisaro DM. Biased Pol II fidelity contributes to conservation of functional domains in the Potato spindle tuber viroid genome. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1009144. [PMID: 33351860 PMCID: PMC7787683 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Accurate calculation of mutation rates for viruses and viroids is necessary for evolutionary studies and to evaluate adaptation potential. However, estimation of in vivo mutation rates is complicated by selection, which leads to loss or proliferation of certain mutations. To minimize this concern, lethal mutations, including nonsense and non-synonymous mutations, have been used to determine mutation rates for several viruses and viroids, including Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd). However, this approach has limitations, including focus on a relatively small number of genome sites and the possibility that mutations may not actually be lethal or may be maintained by wild type individuals. To avoid selection bias altogether, we sequenced minus-strand PSTVd dimers from concatemeric replication intermediates. The underlying rationale is that mutations found in only one of the monomers were likely generated de novo during RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcription of the circular plus-strand RNA genome. This approach yielded an apparent Pol II error rate of ~1/1837 nucleotides per transcription cycle, and an estimated mutation rate of ~1/919 nucleotides for a single replication cycle. Remarkably, de novo mutations were nearly absent from the most conserved, replication-critical regions of the PSTVd genome, suggesting that sequence conservation is a consequence of both essential function and template optimization for greater Pol II fidelity. Such biased fidelity may constitute a novel strategy to ensure population success while allowing abundant sampling of sequence space in other genome regions. Comparison with variants in progeny populations derived from a cloned, wild type PSTVd master sequence revealed that most de novo mutations were lost through selection. Polymerase errors are the major source of variation in virus and viroid genomes, and as a consequence polymerase error rates are major determinants of adaptation potential. Accurate calculation of in vivo mutation rates is complicated by selection. To circumvent this issue, dimeric PSTVd minus-strand replication intermediates generated in vivo by host RNA polymerase II (Pol II) were sequenced to identify de novo mutations. This analysis revealed a very high error rate for Pol II transcribing genomic PSTVd RNA, leading to an extremely high mutation rate. Remarkably, however, de novo mutations were rare in the most highly conserved, replication-critical genome regions, suggesting these sequences are selected for both function and enhanced transcription fidelity. This biased fidelity may reveal a novel strategy to ensure population survival while maximizing adaptation potential. Further, comparison of mutations identified by minus-strand dimer sequencing with mutations observed in progeny variants derived from wild type PSTVd showed that most de novo mutations were lost through selection.
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- Jian Wu
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, and Infectious Diseases Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, and Infectious Diseases Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Ivanov AV, Shmyglya IV, Zherdev AV, Dzantiev BB, Safenkova IV. The Challenge for Rapid Detection of High-Structured Circular RNA: Assay of Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid Based on Recombinase Polymerase Amplification and Lateral Flow Tests. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9101369. [PMID: 33076508 PMCID: PMC7650583 DOI: 10.3390/plants9101369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2020] [Revised: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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An assay was developed to detect the potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd), a dangerous plant pathogen that causes crop damage resulting in economic losses in the potato agriculture sector. The assay was based on the reverse transcription and recombinase polymerase amplification (RT-RPA) of PSTVd RNA coupled with amplicon detection via lateral flow assay (LFA). Primers labeled with fluorescein and biotin were designed for RT-RPA for effective recognition of the loop regions in the high-structured circular RNA of PSTVd. The labeled DNA amplicon was detected using lateral flow test strips consisting of a conjugate of gold nanoparticles with antibodies specific to fluorescein and streptavidin in the test zone. The RT-RPA-LFA detected 106 copies of in vitro transcribed PSTVd RNA in reaction or up to 1:107 diluted extracts of infected plant leaves. The assay took 30 min, including the RT-RPA stage and the LFA stage. The testing of healthy and infected potato samples showed full concordance between the developed RT-RPA-LFA and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and the commercial kit. The obtained results proved the feasibility of using the developed assay to detect PSTVd from a natural source.
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- Aleksandr V. Ivanov
- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Centre of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia; (A.V.I.); (A.V.Z.); (I.V.S.)
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- A. G. Lorch Russian Potato Research Center, Kraskovo 140051, Russia;
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Centre of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia; (A.V.I.); (A.V.Z.); (I.V.S.)
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Centre of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia; (A.V.I.); (A.V.Z.); (I.V.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +7-495-954-3142
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Centre of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia; (A.V.I.); (A.V.Z.); (I.V.S.)
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Identification and Molecular Mechanisms of Key Nucleotides Causing Attenuation in Pathogenicity of Dahlia Isolate of Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21197352. [PMID: 33027943 PMCID: PMC7583970 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21197352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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While the potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) variant, PSTVd-Dahlia (PSTVd-D or PSTVd-Dwt) induces very mild symptoms in tomato cultivar 'Rutgers', PSTVd-Intermediate (PSTVd-I or PSTVd-Iwt) induces severe symptoms. These two variants differ by nine nucleotides, of which six mutations are located in the terminal left (TL) to the pathogenicity (P) domains. To evaluate the importance of mutations located in the TL to the P domains, ten types of point mutants were created by swapping the nucleotides between the two viroid variants. Bioassay in tomato plants demonstrated that two mutants created on PSTVd-Iwt at positions 42 and 64 resulted in symptom attenuation. Phenotypic and RT-qPCR analysis revealed that mutation at position 42 of PSTVd-Iwt significantly reduced disease severity and accumulation of the viroid, whereas mutation at position 64 showed a significant reduction in stunting when compared to the PSTVd-Iwt infected plant. RT-qPCR analysis on pathogenesis-related protein 1b1 and chalcone synthase genes showed a direct correlation with symptom severity whereas the expansin genes were down-regulated irrespective of the symptom severity. These results indicate that the nucleotides at positions 42 and 64 are in concert with the ones at positions 43, 310, and 311/312, which determines the slower and stable accumulation of PSTVd-D without eliciting excessive host defense responses thus contributing in the attenuation of disease symptom.
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Shrestha N, Bujarski JJ. Long Noncoding RNAs in Plant Viroids and Viruses: A Review. Pathogens 2020; 9:E765. [PMID: 32961969 PMCID: PMC7559573 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9090765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Infectious long-noncoding (lnc) RNAs related to plants can be of both viral and non-viral origin. Viroids are infectious plant lncRNAs that are not related to viruses and carry the circular, single-stranded, non-coding RNAs that replicate with host enzymatic activities via a rolling circle mechanism. Viroids interact with host processes in complex ways, emerging as one of the most productive tools for studying the functions of lncRNAs. Defective (D) RNAs, another category of lnc RNAs, are found in a variety of plant RNA viruses, most of which are noncoding. These are derived from and are replicated by the helper virus. D RNA-virus interactions evolve into mutually beneficial combinations, enhancing virus fitness via competitive advantages of moderated symptoms. Yet the satellite RNAs are single-stranded and include either large linear protein-coding ss RNAs, small linear ss RNAs, or small circular ss RNAs (virusoids). The satellite RNAs lack sequence homology to the helper virus, but unlike viroids need a helper virus to replicate and encapsidate. They can attenuate symptoms via RNA silencing and enhancement of host defense, but some can be lethal as RNA silencing suppressor antagonists. Moreover, selected viruses produce lncRNAs by incomplete degradation of genomic RNAs. They do not replicate but may impact viral infection, gene regulation, and cellular functions. Finally, the host plant lncRNAs can also contribute during plant-virus interactions, inducing plant defense and the regulation of gene expression, often in conjunction with micro and/or circRNAs.
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- Nipin Shrestha
- Department of Biological Sciences and Plant Molecular and Bioinformatics Center, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Plant Molecular and Bioinformatics Center, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA
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Adkar-Purushothama CR, Perreault JP. Impact of Nucleic Acid Sequencing on Viroid Biology. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21155532. [PMID: 32752288 PMCID: PMC7432327 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21155532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 07/05/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The early 1970s marked two breakthroughs in the field of biology: (i) The development of nucleotide sequencing technology; and, (ii) the discovery of the viroids. The first DNA sequences were obtained by two-dimensional chromatography which was later replaced by sequencing using electrophoresis technique. The subsequent development of fluorescence-based sequencing method which made DNA sequencing not only easier, but many orders of magnitude faster. The knowledge of DNA sequences has become an indispensable tool for both basic and applied research. It has shed light biology of viroids, the highly structured, circular, single-stranded non-coding RNA molecules that infect numerous economically important plants. Our understanding of viroid molecular biology and biochemistry has been intimately associated with the evolution of nucleic acid sequencing technologies. With the development of the next-generation sequence method, viroid research exponentially progressed, notably in the areas of the molecular mechanisms of viroids and viroid diseases, viroid pathogenesis, viroid quasi-species, viroid adaptability, and viroid–host interactions, to name a few examples. In this review, the progress in the understanding of viroid biology in conjunction with the improvements in nucleotide sequencing technology is summarized. The future of viroid research with respect to the use of third-generation sequencing technology is also briefly envisaged.
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Adkar-Purushothama CR, Bolduc F, Bru P, Perreault JP. Insights Into Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid Quasi-Species From Infection to Disease. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1235. [PMID: 32719659 PMCID: PMC7349936 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Viroids are non-coding RNA plant pathogens that are characterized by their possession of a high mutation level. Although the sequence heterogeneity in viroid infected plants is well understood, shifts in viroid population dynamics due to mutations over the course of infection remain poorly understood. In this study, the ten most abundant sequence variants of potato spindle tuber viroid RG1 (PSTVd) expressed at different time intervals in PSTVd infected tomato plants were identified by high-throughput sequencing. The sequence variants, forming a quasi-species, were subjected to both the identification of the regions favoring mutations and the effect of the mutations on viroid secondary structure and viroid derived small RNAs (vd-sRNA). At week 1 of PSTVd infection, 25% of the sequence variants were similar to the "master" sequence (i.e., the sequence used for inoculation). The frequency of the master sequence within the population increased to 70% at week 2 after PSTVd infection, and then stabilized for the rest of the disease cycle (i.e., weeks 3 and 4). While some sequence variants were abundant at week 1 after PSTVd infection, they tended to decrease in frequency over time. For example, the variants with insertions at positions 253 or 254, positions that could affect the Loop E as well as the metastable hairpin I structure that has been shown important during replication and viroid infectivity, resulted in decreased frequency. Data obtained by in silico analysis of the viroid derived small RNAs (vd-sRNA) was also analyzed. A few mutants had the potential of positively affecting the viroid's accumulation by inducing the RNA silencing of the host's defense related genes. Variants with mutations that could negatively affect viroid abundance were also identified because their derived vd-sRNA were no longer capable of targeting any host mRNA or of changing its target sequence from a host defense gene to some other non-important host gene. Together, these findings open avenues into understanding the biological role of sequence variants, this viroid's interaction with host components, stable and metastable structures generated by mutants during the course of infection, and the influence of sequence variants on stabilizing viroid population dynamics.
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- Charith Raj Adkar-Purushothama
- RNA Group/Groupe ARN, Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine des Sciences de la Santé, Pavillon de Recherche Appliquée au Cancer, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- RNA Group/Groupe ARN, Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine des Sciences de la Santé, Pavillon de Recherche Appliquée au Cancer, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- RNA Group/Groupe ARN, Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine des Sciences de la Santé, Pavillon de Recherche Appliquée au Cancer, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- RNA Group/Groupe ARN, Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine des Sciences de la Santé, Pavillon de Recherche Appliquée au Cancer, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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Nazarov PA, Baleev DN, Ivanova MI, Sokolova LM, Karakozova MV. Infectious Plant Diseases: Etiology, Current Status, Problems and Prospects in Plant Protection. Acta Naturae 2020; 12:46-59. [PMID: 33173596 PMCID: PMC7604890 DOI: 10.32607/actanaturae.11026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of diseases caused by
bacterial, fungal, and viral infections. Infections affect plants at different
stages of agricultural production. Depending on weather conditions and the
phytosanitary condition of crops, the prevalence of diseases can reach
70–80% of the total plant population, and the yield can decrease in some
cases down to 80–98%. Plants have innate cellular immunity, but specific
phytopathogens have an ability to evade that immunity. This article examined
phytopathogens of viral, fungal, and bacterial nature and explored the concepts
of modern plant protection, methods of chemical, biological, and agrotechnical
control, as well as modern methods used for identifying phytopathogens.
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Affiliation(s)
- P. A. Nazarov
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991 Russia
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow region, 141701 Russia
- Federal Scientific Vegetable Center, VNIISSOK, Moscow region, 143080 Russia
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- All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Moscow, 117216 Russia
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- All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Vegetable Growing, Branch of the Federal Scientific Vegetable Center, Vereya, Moscow region, 140153 Russia
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- All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Vegetable Growing, Branch of the Federal Scientific Vegetable Center, Vereya, Moscow region, 140153 Russia
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- Center of Life Sciences, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, 121205 Russia
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Ethylene is Involved in Symptom Development and Ribosomal Stress of Tomato Plants upon Citrus Exocortis Viroid Infection. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9050582. [PMID: 32370199 PMCID: PMC7285140 DOI: 10.3390/plants9050582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
Citrus exocortis viroid (CEVd) is known to cause different symptoms in citrus trees, and its mechanism of infection has been studied in tomato as an experimental host, producing ribosomal stress on these plants. Some of the symptoms caused by CEVd in tomato plants resemble those produced by the phytohormone ethylene. The present study is focused on elucidating the relationship between CEVd infection and ethylene on disease development. To this purpose, the ethylene insensitive Never ripe (Nr) tomato mutants were infected with CEVd, and several aspects such as susceptibility to infection, defensive response, ethylene biosynthesis and ribosomal stress were studied. Phenotypic characterization revealed higher susceptibility to CEVd in these mutants, which correlated with higher expression levels of both defense and ethylene biosynthesis genes, as well as the ribosomal stress marker SlNAC082. In addition, Northern blotting revealed compromised ribosome biogenesis in all CEVd infected plants, particularly in Nr mutants. Our results indicate a higher ethylene biosynthesis in Nr mutants and suggest an important role of this phytohormone in disease development and ribosomal stress caused by viroid infection.
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