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Lindenau S, Winter S, Margaria P. The Amino-Proximal Region of the Coat Protein of Cucumber Vein Yellowing Virus (Family Potyviridae) Affects the Infection Process and Whitefly Transmission. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:plants10122771. [PMID: 34961241 PMCID: PMC8706179 DOI: 10.3390/plants10122771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Most plant viruses rely on vector transmission for their spread and specific interactions between vector and virus have evolved to regulate this relationship. The whitefly Bemisia tabaci- transmitted cucumber vein yellowing virus (CVYV; genus Ipomovirus, family Potyviridae) is endemic in the Mediterranean Basin, where it causes significant losses in cucurbit crops. In this study, the role of the coat protein (CP) of CVYV for B. tabaci transmission and plant infection was investigated using a cloned and infectious CVYV cDNA and a collection of point and deletion mutants derived from this clone. Whitefly transmission of CVYV was abolished in a deletion mutant lacking amino acids in position 93-105 of the CP. This deletion mutant caused more severe disease symptoms compared to the cDNA clone representing the wild-type (wt) virus and movement efficiency was likewise affected. Two virus mutants carrying a partially restored CP were transmissible and showed symptoms comparable to the wt virus. Collectively, our data demonstrate that the N-terminus of the CVYV CP is a determinant for transmission by the whitefly vector and is involved in plant infection and symptom expression.
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Rose H, Döring I, Vetten HJ, Menzel W, Richert-Pöggeler KR, Maiss E. Complete genome sequence and construction of an infectious full-length cDNA clone of celery latent virus - an unusual member of a putative new genus within the Potyviridae. J Gen Virol 2019; 100:308-320. [PMID: 30667354 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Celery latent virus (CeLV) is an incompletely described plant virus known to be sap and seed transmissible and to possess flexuous filamentous particles measuring about 900 nm in length, suggesting it as a possible member of the family Potyviridae. Here, an Italian isolate of CeLV was transmitted by sap to a number of host plants and shown to have a single-stranded and monopartite RNA genome being 11 519 nucleotides (nts) in size and possessing some unusual features. The RNA contains a large open reading frame (ORF) that is flanked by a short 5' untranslated region (UTR) of 13 nt and a 3' UTR consisting of 586 nt that is not polyadenylated. CeLV RNA shares nt sequence identity of only about 40 % with other members of the Potyviridae (potyvirids). The CeLV polyprotein is notable in that it starts with a signal peptide, has a putative P3N-PIPO ORF and shares low aa sequence identity (about 18 %) with other potyvirids. Although potential cleavage sites were not identified for the N-terminal two-thirds of the polyprotein, the latter possesses a number of sequence motifs, the identity and position of which are characteristic of other potyvirids. Attempts at constructing an infectious full-length cDNA clone of CeLV were successful following Rhizobium radiobacter infiltration of Nicotiana benthamiana and Apium graveolens. CeLV appears to have the largest genome of all known potyvirids and some unique genome features that may warrant the creation of a new genus, for which we propose the name 'celavirus'.
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- Hanna Rose
- 1Department Phytomedicine, Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Horticultural Production Systems, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, 30419, Hannover, Germany
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- 1Department Phytomedicine, Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Horticultural Production Systems, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, 30419, Hannover, Germany
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- 3Leibniz Institute DSMZ, German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstraße 7 B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- 4Julius Kühn Institut JKI, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute of Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Messeweg 11-12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany
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- 1Department Phytomedicine, Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Horticultural Production Systems, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, 30419, Hannover, Germany
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Rodamilans B, Valli A, Mingot A, San León D, López-Moya JJ, García JA. An atypical RNA silencing suppression strategy provides a snapshot of the evolution of sweet potato-infecting potyviruses. Sci Rep 2018; 8:15937. [PMID: 30374036 PMCID: PMC6206096 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34358-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Plant viruses usually encode proteins with RNA silencing suppression (RSS) activity to counteract plant defenses. In Potyvirus, the largest genus in the family Potyviridae, this role is taken over by the multifunctional HCPro, also involved in aphid transmission, polyprotein processing and virion formation. Recently, the large P1 of Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) was characterized finding an extra ORF produced after polymerase slippage, which originates the product P1N-PISPO. Transient expression assays showed that SPFMV P1 and P1N-PISPO presented RSS activity, while HCPro did not. In this work, we analyze possible differences between HCPro of SPFMV and other potyviruses, testing HCPro RSS activity in a transient expression assay, and using a Plum pox virus-based system to test the ability of SPFMV P1N-PISPO and HCPro to serve as RNA silencing suppressors in the context of a viral infection. Our results indicate that not only P1 and P1N-PISPO, but also HCPro display RSS activity when expressed in a suitable context, stressing the importance of the selected experimental system for testing anti-silencing capacity of proteins. The presence of multiple viral silencing suppressors in SPFMV adds complexity to an already intricate RSS system, and provides insight into the hypothetical evolution of sweet potato-infecting potyvirids.
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología CNB, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics CRAG, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología CNB, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics CRAG, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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Reingold V, Lachman O, Sela N, Luria N, Dombrovsky A. Watermelon Fruit Rot Disease in Israel is Caused by a Distinct Squash vein yellowing virus (SqVYV) Strain. PLANT DISEASE 2016; 100:1176-1183. [PMID: 30682283 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-09-15-1040-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In spring 2014, unfamiliar watermelon disease symptoms were observed on 1,000 ha of watermelon plants (Citrullus lanatus Thunb.) growing in open fields in Jordan and Beit-She'an Valleys, Israel. These represented systemic wilt and yellowing of leaves with necrosis on leaves and stems, in some cases leading to plant dieback, fruit exocarp deterioration, and rotting of the fleshy mesocarp, leading to unmarketable fruit. Virus purification was carried out from watermelon exocarp and necrotic leaves, and transmission electron microscopy revealed viral particles with flexible filamentous morphology. The disease was transmitted by mechanical inoculation from symptomatic fruit and by the silverleaf whitefly Bemisia tabaci from symptomatic to healthy cucurbits. A reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test was conducted on purified virus preparation of Squash vein yellowing virus (SqVYV) using specific primers targeting the capsid protein gene revealing the expected amplicon size. The complete viral genome was sequenced and assembled by next-generation sequencing (NGS) Illumina MiSeq of small interfering RNA purified from symptomatic watermelon fruit, producing 92% genome coverage, and RT-PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing to close the genome gaps, validating the NGS sequence. The complete SqVYV-IL genome sequence shared 84% nucleotide sequence identity with the two complete genomes of SqVYV isolates from Florida, and 91% identity with the deduced amino acid sequence of the viral polyprotein.
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- Victoria Reingold
- Department of Plant Pathology, Agriculture Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Agriculture Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Agriculture Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Agriculture Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Agriculture Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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Gilbertson RL, Batuman O, Webster CG, Adkins S. Role of the Insect SupervectorsBemisia tabaciandFrankliniella occidentalisin the Emergence and Global Spread of Plant Viruses. Annu Rev Virol 2015; 2:67-93. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-virology-031413-085410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Robert L. Gilbertson
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California 95616; ,
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California 95616; ,
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- US Horticultural Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Fort Pierce, Florida 34945; ,
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- US Horticultural Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Fort Pierce, Florida 34945; ,
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Dombrovsky A, Reingold V, Antignus Y. Ipomovirus--an atypical genus in the family Potyviridae transmitted by whiteflies. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2014; 70:1553-67. [PMID: 24464680 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2013] [Accepted: 01/16/2014] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Ipomoviruses (genus Ipomovirus) are whitefly-transmitted viruses assigned to the family Potyviridae. They are characterised by filamentous flexible particles and a positive-sense single-stranded RNA (+ssRNA) genome. The viral genome is translated into a polyprotein precursor, which is processed into mature proteins and a short overlapping open reading frame. The genus Ipomovirus contains four accepted species and one unapproved species, and two other tentative members have recently been characterised. Ipomoviruses cause serious economic losses in many important crops, including cassava, sweet potato, cucurbits, tomato and aubergine. These viruses are transmitted by whiteflies in a non-circulative, semi-persistent manner, the virions being retained on the external surface of the vectors' mouthparts for a few days or weeks. Comparison of the available complete genome sequences of different ipomoviruses revealed differences in their genome organisation and a considerable variation in their proteins and conserved motifs that may reflect functional differences. This review summarises the current knowledge of the members within the genus Ipomovirus, focusing on genome organisation, taxonomic classification and the mechanism by which they are transmitted.
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- Aviv Dombrovsky
- Department of Plant Pathology, ARO, The Volcani Centre, Bet Dagan, Israel
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Scientific Opinion on the risks to plant health posed by Bemisia tabaci species complex and viruses it transmits for the EU territory. EFSA J 2013. [DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Rodamilans B, Valli A, García JA. Mechanistic divergence between P1 proteases of the family Potyviridae. J Gen Virol 2013; 94:1407-1414. [PMID: 23388200 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.050781-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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P1a and P1b are two serine proteases of Cucumber vein yellowing virus (an ipomovirus). They belong to the group of P1 factors present at the N terminus of the polyproteins of most members of the family Potyviridae. The present work compares the protease activities of P1a and P1b in different experimental systems. The findings made regarding how these two proteases work, such as the requirement for a host factor by P1a but not by P1b, underscore important differences in their catalytic activity that point towards their undergoing divergent evolution involving the acquisition of mechanistic variations. The expression of several truncated forms of P1b in bacteria and in planta helped define the protease domain of P1b, along with other important features such as its apparently in cis mode of action. Recent phylogenetic data, together with the present results, allow an appealing hypothesis to be proposed regarding P1 evolution and its involvement in potyvirid speciation.
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- Bernardo Rodamilans
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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