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Yang J, Zhang TY, Liao QS, He L, Li J, Zhang HM, Chen X, Li J, Yang J, Li JB, Chen JP. Chinese Wheat Mosaic Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Monocots and Dicots at Low Temperature. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1627. [PMID: 30487803 PMCID: PMC6247046 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is an important tool for functional genomics studies in plants. With this method, it is possible to target most endogenous genes and downregulate the messenger RNA (mRNA) in a sequence-specific manner. Chinese wheat mosaic virus (CWMV) has a bipartite, single-strand positive RNA genome, and can infect both wheat and Nicotiana benthamiana, and the optimal temperature for systemic infection in plants is 17°C. To assess the potential of the virus as a vector for gene silencing at low temperature, a fragment of the N. benthamiana or wheat phytoene desaturase (PDS) gene was expressed from a modified CWMV RNA2 clone and the resulting photo bleaching in infected plants was used as a reporter for silencing. Downregulation of PDS mRNA was also measured by quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). In experiments using fragments of PDS ranging from 500 to 1500 nucleotides, insert length influenced the stability and the efficiency of VIGS. The CWMV induced silencing system was also used to suppress miR165/166 and miR3134a through expression of miRNA target mimics. The relative expression levels of mature miR165/166 and miR3134a decreased whereas the transcript levels of their target genes increased. Interestingly, we also found the CWMV-induced silencing system was more efficient compare with the vector based on Barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV) or Foxtail mosaic virus (FoMV) in wheat or the vector based on TRV in N. benthamiana at 17°C. In summary, the CWMV vector is effective in silencing endogenous genes and miRNAs at 17°C, thereby providing a powerful tool for gene function analysis in both N. benthamiana and wheat at low temperature.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jian Yang
- Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- College of Life Science, Zhejiang SCI-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Key Laboratory of Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Heng-Mu Zhang, Jian-Ping Chen,
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- Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Key Laboratory of Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Key Laboratory of Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Nanyang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanyang, China
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- Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
- *Correspondence: Heng-Mu Zhang, Jian-Ping Chen,
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Tavakol E. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) in Aegilops tauschii and Its Use in Functional Analysis of AetDREB2. Mol Biotechnol 2017; 60:41-48. [PMID: 29196985 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-017-0042-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
Among the available reverse genetic approaches for studying gene function, virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) has several advantages. It allows rapid characterization of gene function independent of stable transformation, which is basically difficult to achieve in monocots, and offers the potential to silence individual or multiple genes of a gene family. In order to establish a VIGS system in Aegilops tauschii, modified vectors derived from Barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV) were used for silencing a phytoene desaturase gene that provides a convenient visual reporter for silencing. The results demonstrated a high efficiency of BSMV-VIGS in A. tauschii. Moreover, the BSMV-VIGS system was used to target a 354 bp specific region of the Dehydration-responsive element-binding (AetDreb2) gene, resulting in successful silencing of the gene in A. tauschii plants, as verified by real-time qRT-PCR. Indeed, in comparison with plants that were inoculated with an empty vector (BSMV:00), a faster rate of wilting and a lower relative water content were observed in plants inoculated with BSMV:AetDreb2 when they were exposed to drought stress. Therefore, BSMV-VIGS can be efficiently employed as a novel tool for reverse genetics in A. tauschii. It can also be used to study the effects of polyploidization on the gene function by a comparative analysis between bread wheat and its diploid progenitor.
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- Elahe Tavakol
- Department of Crop Production and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, 7144165186, Shiraz, Iran.
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