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Zhang XF, Zeng T, Xie Y, Zheng Y, Wang H, Lin H, Wang Z, Wei T. Rice yellow stunt virus activates polyamine biosynthesis to promote viral propagation in insect vectors by disrupting ornithine decarboxylase antienzyme function. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2021; 64:1522-1532. [PMID: 33452997 PMCID: PMC7811333 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-020-1846-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Intracellular polyamines (putrescine, spermidine, and spermine) have emerged as important molecules for viral infection; however, how viruses activate polyamines biosynthesis to promote viral infection remains unclear. Ornithine decarboxylase 1 (ODC1) and its antienzyme 1 (OAZ1) are major regulators of polyamine biosynthesis in animal cells. Here, we report that rice yellow stunt virus (RYSV), a plant rhabdovirus, could activate putrescine biosynthesis in leafhoppers to promote viral propagation by inhibiting OAZ1 expression. We observed that the reduction of putrescine biosynthesis by treatment with difluormethylornithine (DFMO), a specific nontoxic inhibitor of ODC1, or with in vitro synthesized dsRNAs targeting ODC1 mRNA could inhibit viral infection. In contrast, the supplement of putrescine or the increase of putrescine biosynthesis by treatment with dsRNAs targeting OAZ1 mRNA could facilitate viral infection. We further determined that both RYSV matrix protein M and ODC1 directly bind to the ODC-binding domain at the C-terminus of OAZ1. Thus, viral propagation in leafhoppers would decrease the ability of OAZ1 to target and mediate the degradation of ODC1, which finally activates putrescine production to benefit viral propagation. This work reveals that polyamine-metabolizing enzymes are directly exploited by a vector-borne virus to increase polyamine production, thereby facilitating viral infection in insect vectors.
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- Xiao-Feng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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Wang H, Wang J, Zhang Q, Zeng T, Zheng Y, Chen H, Zhang XF, Wei T. Rice Yellow Stunt Nucleorhabdovirus Matrix Protein Mediates Viral Axonal Transport in the Central Nervous System of Its Insect Vector. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:939. [PMID: 31143161 PMCID: PMC6521124 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Persistently transmitted plant viruses encounter multiple membrane and tissue barriers in the process of completing their infection routes within their insect vectors. Some of these viruses have been reported to overcome the elaborate barriers of the central nervous system (CNS) to travel through the nervous tissues, but the specific mechanisms of this process remain unknown. Here, we report the axonal transport mechanism of rice yellow stunt virus (RYSV), a nucleorhabdovirus, in the CNS of the green rice leafhopper (Nephotettix cincticeps). The infection route of RYSV in the internal organs of its insect vector after ingestion of the virus was investigated by immunofluorescence microscopy. RYSV was first detected in the epithelial cells of midgut regions, from where it proceeded to the nervous system, and finally into the salivary glands. We then utilized immunofluorescence and electron microscopy to investigate the distribution of RYSV particles within the leafhopper CNS, demonstrating that non-enveloped viral particles distributed along the microtubule-based neurofilaments in the axon cytoplasm following the direct interaction of leafhopper α-tubulin with the RYSV M protein. Tubulin inhibitors inhibited the dissemination of RYSV to the CNS, then into the salivary glands in leafhoppers. We therefore describe a mechanism of plant virus transport through CNS axons as an alternative means of rapid viral dissemination in an insect vector.
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- Haitao Wang
- Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory for Ecological Pest Control of Fujian and Taiwan Crops and College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory for Ecological Pest Control of Fujian and Taiwan Crops and College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory for Ecological Pest Control of Fujian and Taiwan Crops and College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory for Ecological Pest Control of Fujian and Taiwan Crops and College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory for Ecological Pest Control of Fujian and Taiwan Crops and College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory for Ecological Pest Control of Fujian and Taiwan Crops and College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory for Ecological Pest Control of Fujian and Taiwan Crops and College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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Zhang XF, Xie Y, Wang H, Wang J, Chen H, Zeng T, Zhao Y, Wei T. Exploration of an Actin Promoter-Based Transient Expression Vector to Trace the Cellular Localization of Nucleorhabdovirus Proteins in Leafhopper Cultured Cells. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:3034. [PMID: 30619126 PMCID: PMC6306041 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Continuously cultured cell lines derived from planthopper and leafhopper have greatly facilitated the investigation of rice viruses transmitted by these insects. However, the lack of a suitable transient expression vector has limited their utility. Here, by cloning and analyzing the promoter sequence of the gene encoding cytoplasmic actin from the leafhopper Nephotettix cincticeps, we successfully developed the first efficient transient expression vector for cultured leafhopper cells, which can also be used to express exogenous proteins in other insect culture cell lines, including those derived from Recilia dorsalis leafhopper and Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9). Furthermore, insertion of the Hr5 viral enhancer element and knockdown of the endogenous Dicer2 gene notably improved the vector's expression efficiency in leafhopper cells. Using the optimized vector, we have for the first time traced the cellular localization of the proteins encoded by rice yellow stunt virus (RYSV) in cells of its insect vector and demonstrated that P6 protein is a component of the viroplasm.
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou,China
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Wang H, Wang J, Xie Y, Fu Z, Wei T, Zhang XF. Development of leafhopper cell culture to trace the early infection process of a nucleorhabdovirus, rice yellow stunt virus, in insect vector cells. Virol J 2018; 15:72. [PMID: 29678167 PMCID: PMC5910589 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-018-0987-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background In China, the rice pathogen Rice yellow stunt virus (RYSV), a member of the genus Nucleorhabdovirus in the family Rhabdoviridae, was a severe threat to rice production during the1960s and1970s. Fundamental aspects of the biology of this virus such as protein localization and formation of the RYSV viroplasm during infection of insect vector cells are largely unexplored. The specific role(s) of the structural proteins nucleoprotein (N) and phosphoprotein (P) in the assembly of the viroplasm during RYSV infection in insect vector is also unclear. Methods In present study, we used continuous leafhopper cell culture, immunocytochemical techniques, and transmission electron microscopy to investigate the subcellular distributions of N and P during RYSV infection. Both GST pull-down assay and yeast two-hybrid assay were used to assess the in vitro interaction of N and P. The dsRNA interference assay was performed to study the functional roles of N and P in the assembly of RYSV viroplasm. Results Here we demonstrated that N and P colocalized in the nucleus of RYSV-infected Nephotettix cincticeps cell and formed viroplasm-like structures (VpLSs). The transiently expressed N and P are sufficient to form VpLSs in the Sf9 cells. In addition, the interactions of N/P, N/N and P/P were confirmed in vitro. More interestingly, the accumulation of RYSV was significantly reduced when the transcription of N gene or P gene was knocked down by dsRNA treatment. Conclusions In summary, our results suggest that N and P are the main viral factors responsible for the formation of viroplasm in RYSV-infected insect cells. Early during RYSV infection in the insect vector, N and P interacted with each other in the nucleus to form viroplasm-like structures, which are essential for the infection of RYSV. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12985-018-0987-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Haitao Wang
- Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China.
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- Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China.
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Kondo H, Maruyama K, Chiba S, Andika IB, Suzuki N. Transcriptional mapping of the messenger and leader RNAs of orchid fleck virus, a bisegmented negative-strand RNA virus. Virology 2014; 452-453:166-74. [PMID: 24606694 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Revised: 12/25/2013] [Accepted: 01/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The transcriptional strategy of orchid fleck virus (OFV), which has a two-segmented negative-strand RNA genome and resembles plant nucleorhabdoviruses, remains unexplored. In this study, the transcripts of six genes encoded by OFV RNA1 and RNA2 in the poly(A)-enriched RNA fraction from infected plants were molecularly characterized. All of the OFV mRNAs were initiated at a start sequence 3'-UU-5' with one to three non-viral adenine nucleotides which were added at the 5' end of each mRNA, whereas their 3' termini ended with a 5'-AUUUAAA(U/G)AAAA(A)n-3' sequence. We also identified the presence of polyadenylated short transcripts derived from the 3'-terminal leader regions of both genomic and antigenomic strands, providing the first example of plus- and minus-strand leader RNAs in a segmented minus-strand RNA virus. The similarity in the transcriptional strategy between this bipartite OFV and monopartite rhabdoviruses, especially nucleorhabdoviruses (family Rhabdoviridae) is additional support for their close relationship.
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- Hideki Kondo
- Institute of Plant Science and Resources (IPSR), Okayama University, Kurashiki 710-0046, Japan.
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources (IPSR), Okayama University, Kurashiki 710-0046, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources (IPSR), Okayama University, Kurashiki 710-0046, Japan
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- Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, PR China
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources (IPSR), Okayama University, Kurashiki 710-0046, Japan
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Guo H, Song X, Xie C, Huo Y, Zhang F, Chen X, Geng Y, Fang R. Rice yellow stunt rhabdovirus protein 6 suppresses systemic RNA silencing by blocking RDR6-mediated secondary siRNA synthesis. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2013; 26:927-36. [PMID: 23634838 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-02-13-0040-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The P6 protein of Rice yellow stunt rhabdovirus (RYSV) is a virion structural protein that can be phosphorylated in vitro. However its exact function remains elusive. We found that P6 enhanced the virulence of Potato virus X (PVX) in Nicotiana benthamiana and N. tabacum plants, suggesting that it might function as a suppressor of RNA silencing. We examined the mechanism of P6-mediated silencing suppression by transiently expressing P6 in both N. benthamiana leaves and rice protoplasts. Our results showed that P6 could repress the production of secondary siRNAs and inhibit systemic green fluorescent protein RNA silencing but did not interfere with local RNA silencing in N. benthamiana plants or in rice protoplasts. Intriguingly, P6 and RDR6 had overlapping subcellular localization and P6 bound both rice and Arabidopsis RDR6 in vivo. Furthermore, transgenic rice plants expressing P6 showed enhanced susceptibility to infection by Rice stripe virus. Hence, we propose that P6 is part of the RYSV's counter-defense machinery against the plant RNA silencing system and plays a role mainly in affecting RDR6-mediated secondary siRNA synthesis. Our work provides a new perspective on how a plant-infecting nucleorhabdovirus may counteract host RNA silencing-mediated antiviral defense.
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Hiraguri A, Hibino H, Hayashi T, Netsu O, Shimizu T, Uehara-Ichiki T, Omura T, Sasaki N, Nyunoya H, Sasaya T. The movement protein encoded by gene 3 of rice transitory yellowing virus is associated with virus particles. J Gen Virol 2012; 93:2290-2298. [PMID: 22815270 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.044420-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Gene 3 in the genomes of several plant-infecting rhabdoviruses, including rice transitory yellowing virus (RTYV), has been postulated to encode a cell-to-cell movement protein (MP). Trans-complementation experiments using a movement-defective tomato mosaic virus and the P3 protein of RTYV, encoded by gene 3, facilitated intercellular transport of the mutant virus. In transient-expression experiments with the GFP-fused P3 protein in epidermal leaf cells of Nicotiana benthamiana, the P3 protein was associated with the nucleus and plasmodesmata. Immunogold-labelling studies of thin sections of RTYV-infected rice plants using an antiserum against Escherichia coli-expressed His(6)-tagged P3 protein indicated that the P3 protein was located in cell walls and on virus particles. In Western blots using antisera against E. coli-expressed P3 protein and purified RTYV, the P3 protein was detected in purified RTYV, whilst antiserum against purified RTYV reacted with the E. coli-expressed P3 protein. After immunogold labelling of crude sap from RTYV-infected rice leaves, the P3 protein, as well as the N protein, was detected on the ribonucleocapsid core that emerged from partially disrupted virus particles. These results provide evidence that the P3 protein of RTYV, which functions as a viral MP, is a viral structural protein and seems to be associated with the ribonucleocapsid core of virus particles.
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- Akihiro Hiraguri
- National Agricultural Research Center, 3-1-1 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8666, Japan
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- National Agricultural Research Center, 3-1-1 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8666, Japan
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- National Agricultural Research Center, 3-1-1 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8666, Japan
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- National Agricultural Research Center, 3-1-1 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8666, Japan
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- National Agricultural Research Center, 3-1-1 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8666, Japan
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- National Agricultural Research Center, 3-1-1 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8666, Japan
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- National Agricultural Research Center, 3-1-1 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8666, Japan
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- Gene Research Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509 Japan
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- Gene Research Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509 Japan
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- National Agricultural Research Center, 3-1-1 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8666, Japan
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Hiraguri A, Hibino H, Hayashi T, Shimizu T, Uehara-Ichiki T, Omura T, Sasaya T. Complete sequence analysis of rice transitory yellowing virus and its comparison to rice yellow stunt virus. Arch Virol 2010; 155:243-5. [PMID: 19936610 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-009-0557-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2009] [Accepted: 10/23/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Rice transitory yellowing virus (RTYV), a member of the genus Nucleorhabdovirus, is closely related to or synonymous with rice yellow stunt virus (RYSV). To clarify the relationship between RTYV and RYSV, we determined the nucleotide sequence of the RTYV genome. The RTYV genome consists of 14,029 nucleotides. The overall nucleotide identity between RTYV and RYSV was 98.5%, and the deduced amino acid sequence identities between the seven genes in RTYV and RYSV ranged from 82.3 to 99.7%. The sequence information from RTYV revealed that these two viruses should be categorized as members of the same species rather than distinct species.
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- Akihiro Hiraguri
- Research Team for Vectorborne Diseases, National Agricultural Research Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8666, Japan
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Wang Q, Chen X, Luo Z, Fang R. Sequence analysis of leader and trailer regions of rice yellow stunt rhabdovirus and characterization of their in vivo transcripts. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 42:50-6. [PMID: 18726497 DOI: 10.1007/bf02881747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/1998] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The 3' leader and the 5' trailer of the rice yellow stunt rhabdovirus (RYSV) genomic RNA have been cloned and sequenced. Sequence data indicate that the RYSV leader region is composed of 203 nucleotides (nt) and the trailer region 191 nt. The terminal 9 nt of the two regions are complementary and capable of forming a putative panhandle structure common to rhabdovirus genomes. In comparison with the leader or trailer sequences of other rhabdoviruses reported so far, both the leader and trailer of RYSV are the longest and there is no obvious sequence homology between the counterparts except for a few terminal nt and the UGUU motif in the leader sequences. Polyadenylated plus-strand leader RNA has been detected in RYSV-infected rice plants by 3' RACE. This is the second example in rhabdoviruses following the report for sonchus yellow net virus (SYNV) for existence of a polyadenylated leader RNA. No polyadenylated plus-strand transcripts of the RYSV trailer have been found using the similar method.
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- Q Wang
- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Heim F, Lot H, Delecolle B, Bassler A, Krczal G, Wetzel T. Complete nucleotide sequence of a putative new cytorhabdovirus infecting lettuce. Arch Virol 2007; 153:81-92. [PMID: 17943394 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-007-1071-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2007] [Accepted: 08/30/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The full-length nucleotide sequence of the genomic RNA of a new cytorhabdovirus infecting lettuce was determined. Six open reading frames were found in the antigenomic sequence of the 12,926-nt negative-sense viral RNA genome. The genomic organisation was similar to that of lettuce necrotic yellows virus (LNYV), the type member of the genus Cytorhabdovirus: 3'-N-P-3-M-G-L-5', where N is the capsid protein gene, P the putative phosphoprotein gene, 3 a gene coding for a putative protein of unknown function, M the putative matrix protein gene, G the glycoprotein gene, and L the putative polymerase gene. Amino acid sequence comparison with the corresponding sequences of other rhabdoviruses revealed the closest relationship to LNYV, with identities ranging from 41% for the matrix proteins and 65% for the L polymerase proteins. These results indicate that this virus may be a member of a new cytorhabdovirus species, for which the name Lettuce yellow mottle virus (LYMoV) is proposed.
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- F Heim
- RLP Agroscience, AlPlanta - Institute for Plant Research, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany
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Huang YW, Geng YF, Ying XB, Chen XY, Fang RX. Identification of a movement protein of rice yellow stunt rhabdovirus. J Virol 2005; 79:2108-14. [PMID: 15681413 PMCID: PMC546594 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.4.2108-2114.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Rice yellow stunt rhabdovirus (RYSV) encodes seven genes in its negative-sense RNA genome in the order 3'-N-P-3-M-G-6-L-5'. The existence of gene 3 in the RYSV genome and an analogous gene(s) of other plant rhabdoviruses positioned between the P and M genes constitutes a unique feature for plant rhabdoviruses that is distinct from animal-infecting rhabdoviruses in which the P and M genes are directly linked. However, little is known about the function of these extra plant rhabdovirus genes. Here we provide evidence showing that the protein product encoded by gene 3 of RYSV, P3, possesses several properties related to a viral cell-to-cell movement protein (MP). Analyses of the primary and secondary protein structures suggested that RYSV P3 is a member of the "30K" superfamily of viral MPs. Biolistic bombardment transcomplementation experiments demonstrated that RYSV P3 can support the intercellular movement of a movement-deficient potexvirus mutant in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. In addition, Northwestern blot analysis indicated that the RYSV P3 protein can bind single-stranded RNA in vitro, a common feature of viral MPs. Finally, glutathione S- transferase pull-down assays revealed a specific interaction between the RYSV P3 protein and the N protein which is a main component of the ribonucleocapsid, a subviral structure believed to be involved in the intercellular movement of plant rhabdoviruses. Together, these data suggest that RYSV P3 is likely a MP of RYSV, thus representing the first example of characterized MPs for plant rhabdoviruses.
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- Yan-Wei Huang
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
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Tsai CW, Redinbaugh MG, Willie KJ, Reed S, Goodin M, Hogenhout SA. Complete genome sequence and in planta subcellular localization of maize fine streak virus proteins. J Virol 2005; 79:5304-14. [PMID: 15827145 PMCID: PMC1082748 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.9.5304-5314.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2004] [Accepted: 12/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The genome of the nucleorhabdovirus maize fine streak virus (MFSV) consists of 13,782 nucleotides of nonsegmented, negative-sense, single-stranded RNA. The antigenomic strand consisted of seven open reading frames (ORFs), and transcripts of all ORFs were detected in infected plants. ORF1, ORF6, and ORF7 had significant similarities to the nucleocapsid protein (N), glycoprotein (G), and polymerase (L) genes of other rhabdoviruses, respectively, whereas the ORF2, ORF3, ORF4, and ORF5 proteins had no significant similarities. The N (ORF1), ORF4, and ORF5 proteins localized to nuclei, consistent with the presence of nuclear localization signals (NLSs) in these proteins. ORF5 likely encodes the matrix protein (M), based on its size, the position of its NLS, and the localization of fluorescent protein fusions to the nucleus. ORF2 probably encodes the phosphoprotein (P) because, like the P protein of Sonchus yellow net virus (SYNV), it was spread throughout the cell when expressed alone but was relocalized to a subnuclear locus when coexpressed with the MFSV N protein. Unexpectedly, coexpression of the MFSV N and P proteins, but not the orthologous proteins of SYNV, resulted in accumulations of both proteins in the nucleolus. The N and P protein relocalization was specific to cognate proteins of each virus. The subcellular localizations of the MFSV ORF3 and ORF4 proteins were distinct from that of the SYNV sc4 protein, suggesting different functions. To our knowledge, this is the first comparative study of the cellular localizations of plant rhabdoviral proteins. This study indicated that plant rhabdoviruses are diverse in genome sequence and viral protein interactions.
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- Chi-Wei Tsai
- Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University-Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691, USA
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Revill P, Trinh X, Dale J, Harding R. Taro vein chlorosis virus: characterization and variability of a new nucleorhabdovirus. J Gen Virol 2005; 86:491-499. [PMID: 15659770 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80591-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sequencing of the monopartite RNA genome of a Fijian isolate of Taro vein chlorosis virus (TaVCV) confirmed that it is a definitive rhabdovirus with most similarity to members of the genus Nucleorhabdovirus. The TaVCV 12 020 nt negative-sense RNA genome contained six ORFs in the antigenomic sequence, equivalent to the N, P, 3, M, G and L genes that have been identified in other rhabdoviruses. The putative gene products had highest similarity to those of the nucleorhabdovirus Maize mosaic virus. A characteristic 3′-AAUUCUUUUUGGGUUGU/A-5′ sequence was identified in each of the intergenic regions and the TaVCV leader and trailer sequences comprised 140 and 61 nt, respectively. Assignment of TaVCV to the genus Nucleorhabdovirus was supported by thin-section electron microscopy of TaVCV-infected taro leaves, which identified virions budding from nuclear membranes into the perinuclear space. Variability studies identified high levels of TaVCV sequence diversity. Within the L gene of 20 TaVCV isolates from Fiji, the Federated States of Micronesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, maximum variability at the nucleotide level was 27·4 %. Within the N gene, maximum variability among 15 isolates at the nucleotide level was 19·3 %. The high level of TaVCV variability observed suggested that the introduction of TaVCV to the Pacific Islands was not a recent occurrence.
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- Peter Revill
- Science Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
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- Science Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
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- Science Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
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- Science Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
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Huang Y, Zhao H, Luo Z, Chen X, Fang RX. Novel structure of the genome of Rice yellow stunt virus: identification of the gene 6-encoded virion protein. J Gen Virol 2003; 84:2259-2264. [PMID: 12867659 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.19195-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The genomic region encompassing the L protein gene and a small open reading frame (ORF 6) of Rice yellow stunt virus (RYSV) has been sequenced, thus completing the nucleotide sequence of the RYSV genome. The genome organization of RYSV is unique in the rhabdoviruses because it contains two additional genes when compared to the basic gene order of the family Rhabdoviridae: Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the amino acid sequence of the RYSV L protein is most closely related to that of the L protein of Sonchus yellows net virus, another nucleorhabdovirus. However, the RYSV L protein has a unique acidic N-terminal domain distinct from that of other rhabdoviruses. Moreover, the polypeptide encoded by the ORF 6 was detected by immunoblot analysis in purified RYSV virions. Thus RYSV provides the first example in the family Rhabdoviridae that a small ORF between the G and L genes encodes a virion protein.
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- Yanwei Huang
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China
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Sasaya T, Ishikawa K, Koganezawa H. The nucleotide sequence of RNA1 of Lettuce big-vein virus, genus Varicosavirus, reveals its relation to nonsegmented negative-strand RNA viruses. Virology 2002; 297:289-97. [PMID: 12083827 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2002.1420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The complete nucleotide sequence of RNA1 from Lettuce big-vein virus (LBVV), the type member of the genus Varicosavirus, was determined. LBVV RNA1 consists of 6797 nucleotides and contains one large ORF that encodes a large (L) protein of 2040 amino acids with a predicted M(r) of 232,092. Northern blot hybridization analysis indicated that the LBVV RNA1 is a negative-sense RNA. Database searches showed that the amino acid sequence of L protein is homologous to those of L polymerases of nonsegmented negative-strand RNA viruses. A cluster dendrogram derived from alignments of the LBVV L protein and the L polymerases indicated that the L protein is most closely related to the L polymerases of plant rhabdoviruses. Transcription termination/polyadenylation signal-like poly(U) tracts that resemble those in rhabdovirus and paramyxovirus RNAs were present upstream and downstream of the coding region. Although LBVV is related to rhabdoviruses, a key distinguishing feature is that the genome of LBVV is segmented. The results reemphasize the need to reconsider the taxonomic position of varicosaviruses.
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- Takahide Sasaya
- National Agricultural Research Center for Western Region, Zentsuji Campus, Kagawa, Zentsuji, Japan.
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Goodin MM, Austin J, Tobias R, Fujita M, Morales C, Jackson AO. Interactions and nuclear import of the N and P proteins of sonchus yellow net virus, a plant nucleorhabdovirus. J Virol 2001; 75:9393-406. [PMID: 11533202 PMCID: PMC114507 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.19.9393-9406.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2001] [Accepted: 06/21/2001] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have characterized the interaction and nuclear localization of the nucleocapsid (N) protein and phosphoprotein (P) of sonchus yellow net nucleorhabdovirus. Expression studies with plant and yeast cells revealed that both N and P are capable of independent nuclear import. Site-specific mutagenesis and deletion analyses demonstrated that N contains a carboxy-terminal bipartite nuclear localization signal (NLS) located between amino acids 465 and 481 and that P contains a karyophillic region between amino acids 40 and 124. The N NLS was fully capable of functioning outside of the context of the N protein and was able to direct the nuclear import of a synthetic protein fusion consisting of green fluorescent protein fused to glutathione S-transferase (GST). Expression and mapping studies suggested that the karyophillic domain in P is located within the N-binding domain. Coexpression of N and P drastically affected their localization patterns relative to those of individually expressed proteins and resulted in a shift of both proteins to a subnuclear region. Yeast two-hybrid and GST pulldown experiments verified the N-P and P-P interactions, and deletion analyses have identified the N and P interacting domains. N NLS mutants were not transported to the nucleus by import-competent P, presumably because N binding masks the P NLS. Taken together, our results support a model for independent entry of N and P into the nucleus followed by associations that mediate subnuclear localization.
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- M M Goodin
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA
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Luo Z, Chen X, Gao D, Fang R. The gene 4 of rice yellow stunt rhabdovirus encodes the matrix protein. Virus Genes 1998; 16:277-80. [PMID: 9654681 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008078605399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The complete nucleotide sequence of the gene 4 of rice yellow stunt rhabdovirus (RYSV) was determined from cDNAs corresponding to the viral genomic RNA. Gene 4 is 913 nucleotides (nt) long, comprising a 17-nt untranslated 5' region, a 786-nt open reading frame encoding a polypeptide with a molecular mass of 29,125 Da, and a 110-nt untranslated 3' region. Western blot analysis of the RYSV proteins using the antiserum raised against the protein expressed from the cloned gene in Escherichia coli indicates that gene 4 encodes the M protein of RYSV. Comparisons of the deduced amino acid sequence of the M protein of RYSV with those of other rhabdoviruses revealed no significant homologies. However, it shared a similar basic property and a similar distribution of charges with the other rhabdovirus matrix proteins and showed a relatively closer relationship to the sonchus yellow net virus (SYNV) M1 protein.
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- Z Luo
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China
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