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Huang P, Yu X, Liu H, Ding M, Wang Z, Xu JR, Jiang C. Regulation of TRI5 expression and deoxynivalenol biosynthesis by a long non-coding RNA in Fusarium graminearum. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1216. [PMID: 38332031 PMCID: PMC10853542 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45502-w] [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: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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Deoxynivalenol (DON) is the most frequently detected mycotoxin in cereal grains and processed food or feed. Two transcription factors, Tri6 and Tri10, are essential for DON biosynthesis in Fusarium graminearum. In this study we conduct stranded RNA-seq analysis with tri6 and tri10 mutants and show that Tri10 acts as a master regulator controlling the expression of sense and antisense transcripts of TRI6 and over 450 genes with diverse functions. TRI6 is more specific for regulating TRI genes although it negatively regulates TRI10. Two other TRI genes, including TRI5 that encodes a key enzyme for DON biosynthesis, also have antisense transcripts. Both Tri6 and Tri10 are essential for TRI5 expression and for suppression of antisense-TRI5. Furthermore, we identify a long non-coding RNA (named RNA5P) that is transcribed from the TRI5 promoter region and is also regulated by Tri6 and Tri10. Deletion of RNA5P by replacing the promoter region of TRI5 with that of TRI12 increases TRI5 expression and DON biosynthesis, indicating that RNA5P suppresses TRI5 expression. However, ectopic constitutive overexpression of RNA5P has no effect on DON biosynthesis and TRI5 expression. Nevertheless, elevated expression of RNA5P in situ reduces TRI5 expression and DON production. Our results indicate that TRI10 and TRI6 regulate each other's expression, and both are important for suppressing the expression of RNA5P, a long non-coding RNA with cis-acting inhibitory effects on TRI5 expression and DON biosynthesis in F. graminearum.
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- Panpan Huang
- State Key Laboratory for Crop Stress Resistance and High-Efficiency Production, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- State Key Laboratory for Crop Stress Resistance and High-Efficiency Production, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Crop Stress Resistance and High-Efficiency Production, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Crop Stress Resistance and High-Efficiency Production, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory for Crop Stress Resistance and High-Efficiency Production, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
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Symptom recovery in virus-infected plants: Revisiting the role of RNA silencing mechanisms. Virology 2015; 479-480:167-79. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Revised: 01/02/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Mathew LG, Maloney B, Takeda N, Mason HS. Spurious polyadenylation of Norovirus Narita 104 capsid protein mRNA in transgenic plants. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 75:263-75. [PMID: 21203799 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-010-9725-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2010] [Accepted: 12/22/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Noroviruses are members of the family Caliciviridae, and cause a highly communicable gastroenteritis in humans. We explored the potential to develop a plant-based vaccine against Narita 104 virus, a Genogroup II Norovirus. In stably transgenic potato, we obtained very poor expression of Narita 104 virus capsid protein (NaVCP) despite the use of a strong constitutive promoter (dual enhancer 35S) driving the native coding sequence. We identified potentially detrimental sequence motifs that could mediate aberrant mRNA processing via spurious polyadenylation signals. Northern blots and RT-PCR analysis of total RNA revealed truncated transcripts that suggested premature polyadenylation. Site-directed mutagenesis to remove one potential polyadenylation near-upstream element resulted in an increased expression of NaVCP when transiently expressed in leaves of Nicotiana benthamiana. Further, cloning of the truncated cDNAs from transgenic NaVCP potato plants and transiently transfected N. benthamiana allowed us to identify at least ten different truncated transcripts resulting from premature polyadenylation of full length NaVCP transcripts. Comparative studies using real time PCR analysis from cDNA samples revealed lower accumulation of full length transcripts of NaVCP as compared to those from a gene encoding Norwalk Virus capsid protein (a related Genogroup I Norovirus) in transiently transfected plants. These findings provide evidence for impaired expression of NaVCP in transgenic plants mediated by spurious polyadenylation signals, and demonstrate the need to scrupulously search for potential polyadenylation signals in order to improve transgene expression in plants.
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- Lolita G Mathew
- Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology (CIDV), The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, 1001 South McAllister Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85287-5401, USA
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Grigoras I, Timchenko T, Gronenborn B. Transcripts encoding the nanovirus master replication initiator proteins are terminally redundant. J Gen Virol 2008; 89:583-593. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.83352-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The multicomponent single-stranded DNA plant nanoviruses encode unique master replication initiator (Rep) proteins. We have mapped the 5′ and 3′ termini of the corresponding polyadenylated mRNAs from faba bean necrotic yellows virus (FBNYV) and subterranean clover stunt virus and found that these are terminally redundant by up to about 160 nt. Moreover, the origin of viral DNA replication is transcribed into RNA that is capable of folding into extended secondary structures. Other nanovirus genome components, such as the FBNYV DNA encoding the protein Clink or an FBNYV DNA encoding a non-essential para-Rep protein, are not transcribed in such a unique fashion. Thus, terminally redundant mRNAs and the resulting transcription of the replication origin appear to be restricted to nanovirus master Rep DNAs. We speculate that this may be a way to regulate the expression of the essential master Rep protein.
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- Ioana Grigoras
- Institut des Sciences du Végétal, CNRS, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal, CNRS, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal, CNRS, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
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Rothnie HM, Chen G, Fütterer J, Hohn T. Polyadenylation in rice tungro bacilliform virus: cis-acting signals and regulation. J Virol 2001; 75:4184-94. [PMID: 11287568 PMCID: PMC114164 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.9.4184-4194.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The polyadenylation signal of rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV) was characterized by mutational and deletion analysis. The cis-acting signals required to direct polyadenylation conformed to what is known for plant poly(A) signals in general and were very similar to those of the related cauliflower mosaic virus. Processing was directed by a canonical AAUAAA poly(A) signal, an upstream UG-rich region considerably enhanced processing efficiency, and sequences downstream of the cleavage site were not required. When present at the end of a transcription unit, the cis-acting signals for 3'-end processing were highly efficient in both monocot (rice) and dicot (Nicotiana plumbaginifolia) protoplasts. In a promoter-proximal position, as in the viral genome, the signal was also efficiently processed in rice protoplasts, giving rise to an abundant "short-stop" (SS-) RNA. The proportion of SS-RNA was considerably lower in N. plumbaginifolia protoplasts. In infected plants, SS-RNA was hardly detectable, suggesting either that SS-RNA is unstable in infected plants or that read-through of the promoter-proximal poly(A) site is very efficient. SS-RNA is readily detectable in transgenic rice plants (A. Klöti, C. Henrich, S. Bieri, X. He, G. Chen, P. K. Burkhardt, J. Wünn, P. Lucca, T. Hohn, I. Potrylus, and J. Fütterer, 1999. Plant Mol. Biol. 40:249-266), thus the absence of SS-RNA in infected plants can be attributed to poly(A) site bypass in the viral context to ensure production of the full-length pregenomic viral RNA. RTBV poly(A) site suppression thus depends both on context and the expression system; our results suggest that the circular viral minichromosome directs assembly of a transcription-processing complex with specific properties to effect read-through of the promoter-proximal poly(A) signal.
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- H M Rothnie
- Friedrich Miescher Institute, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.
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Fütterer J, Rothnie HM, Hohn T, Potrykus I. Rice tungro bacilliform virus open reading frames II and III are translated from polycistronic pregenomic RNA by leaky scanning. J Virol 1997; 71:7984-9. [PMID: 9311892 PMCID: PMC192159 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.10.7984-7989.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Posttranscriptional components of the gene expression mechanism of rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV) were studied in transiently transfected protoplasts. RTBV translates several open reading frames from a polycistronic mRNA by leaky scanning. This mechanism is supported by the particular sequence features of the corresponding genome region and does not require a virus-encoded transactivator.
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- J Fütterer
- Institute for Plant Sciences, ETH Zentrum, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Our understanding of how the 3' ends of mRNAs are formed in plants is rudimentary compared to what we know about this process in other eukaryotes. The salient features of plant pre-mRNAs that signal cleavage and polyadenylation remain obscure, and the biochemical mechanism is as yet wholly uncharacterized. Nevertheless, despite the lack of universally conserved cis-acting motifs, a common underlying architecture is emerging from functional analyses of plant poly(A) signals, allowing meaningful comparison with components of poly(A) signals in other eukaryotes. A plant poly(A) signal consists of one or more near-upstream elements (NUE), each directing processing at a poly(A) site a short distance downstream of it, and an extensive far-upstream element (FUE) that enhances processing efficiency at all sites. By analogy with other systems, a model for a plant 3'-end processing complex can be proposed. Plant poly(A) polymerases have been isolated and partially characterised. These, together with hints that some processing factors are conserved in different organisms, opens promising avenues toward initial characterisation of the trans-acting factors involved in 3'-end formation of mRNAs in higher plants.
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- H M Rothnie
- Friedrich Miescher-Institut, Basel, Switzerland
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Turner DS, McCallum DG, Covey SN. Roles of the 35S promoter and multiple overlapping domains in the pathogenicity of the pararetrovirus cauliflower mosaic virus. J Virol 1996; 70:5414-21. [PMID: 8764052 PMCID: PMC190436 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.8.5414-5421.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Elements associated with the 35S promoter involved in generating the pregenomic RNA (35S RNA) of the pararetrovirus cauliflower mosaic virus have been extensively studied in heterologous systems, but little is known about their role in viral pathogenicity. To investigate these elements, premature termination codons were progressively inserted into the 3' end of the adjacent gene VI to dissect it from colinear 35S enhancer sequences. The ability to cause a systemic infection in plants was retained with loss of up to 40 amino acids from the gene VI polypeptide, but truncations into a putative zinc finger proved lethal. In the 35S promoter, removal of the TATA box also abolished infectivity. However, upstream deletions encompassing the 35S enhancer showed that the sequence between -207 and -56 from the cap site comprised nonessential elements, although complete removal of this fragment caused loss of infectivity even when domain spacing was restored by linker insertion. Two separate enhancer domains (-207 to - 150 and -95 to -56) were identified, of which either one or the other, but not both, was required for infectivity. Some mutations affected the cellular levels of viral RNAs in unexpected ways, as with removal of the as-1 enhancer element causing an increase in 35S RNA. Others altered the relative abundance of nuclear and cytoplasmic viral DNAs. Mutations in promoter domains thought to be involved in regulating tissue-specific expression did not significantly affect virus accumulation in leaves versus roots, whereas gene VI mutants showed reduced root accumulation. We conclude that elements associated with the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter contain extensive nonessential regions that can behave differently in their proper context than as isolated elements.
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- D S Turner
- Department of Virus Research, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, United Kingdom
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Viruses have developed successful strategies for propagation at the expense of their host cells. Efficient gene expression, genome multiplication, and invasion of the host are enabled by virus-encoded genetic elements, many of which are well characterized. Sequences derived from plant DNA and RNA viruses can be used to control expression of other genes in vivo. The main groups of plant virus genetic elements useful in genetic engineering are reviewed, including the signals for DNA-dependent and RNA-dependent RNA synthesis, sequences on the virus mRNAs that enable translational control, and sequences that control processing and intracellular sorting of virus proteins. Use of plant viruses as extrachromosomal expression vectors is also discussed, along with the issue of their stability.
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- A R Mushegian
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40546-0091, USA
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De Jong W, Ahlquist P. Host-specific alterations in viral RNA accumulation and infection spread in a brome mosaic virus isolate with an expanded host range. J Virol 1995; 69:1485-92. [PMID: 7853481 PMCID: PMC188738 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.69.3.1485-1492.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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To facilitate studies of virus-host interaction and the determinants of viral host range, we constructed full-length cDNA clones to all three genomic RNAs of an unusual brome mosaic virus (BMV) isolate with an expanded host range. While other BMV strains, including the previously cloned M1 strain, systemically infect barley and other grasses but not legumes, the expanded-host-range isolate and the set of transcripts from its cDNA clones, designated the M2 strain of BMV, systemically infect both barley and cowpea line TVu-612, a legume. All reassorted combinations of M1 and M2 genomic RNAs were equally competent for replication in barley protoplasts and systemic infection of barley plants but showed widely varying levels of viral RNA accumulation in cowpea protoplasts and systemic infection in TVu-612 cowpea plants. Systemic infection levels were influenced by all three genomic RNAs. M2 RNA2 and M2 RNA3 made independent and additive contributions to the frequency with which reassortants infected TVu-612 systemically. The greater individual effect segregated with M2 RNA3, which encodes functions required for infection spread (the 3a movement protein and coat protein). M2 RNA3 also directed accelerated expansion of BMV lesions in inoculated TVu-612 leaves. If the inoculum contained M2 RNA3, the frequency with which reassortants infected TVu-612 systemically could be further enhanced by the presence of M2 RNA1 rather than M1 RNA1. RNA1 encodes the 1a RNA replication protein, and despite similar accumulation in barley protoplasts, in cowpea protoplasts all reassortants bearing M2 RNA1 accumulated positive- and negative-strand RNAs to levels at least six- to eightfold higher than reassortants bearing M1 RNA1. Overall, the results indicate that changes in several distinct virus functions contribute to adapting BMV-M2 to systemically infect TVu-612 cowpea.
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- W De Jong
- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706-1596
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Rothnie HM, Chapdelaine Y, Hohn T. Pararetroviruses and retroviruses: a comparative review of viral structure and gene expression strategies. Adv Virus Res 1994; 44:1-67. [PMID: 7817872 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3527(08)60327-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- H M Rothnie
- Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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Cauliflower mosaic virus 35S RNA contains a 600 nt leader with several small open reading frames that by themselves inhibit translation of downstream coding regions. In the context of the whole leader and in certain plant cells, however, translation of downstream coding regions is allowed. This translation is dependent on the RNA 5' terminus and other elements of the leader. However, its central portion is dispensable or can be modified by insertion of an energy-rich stem-loop structure or long coding region with many internal AUG codons. We conclude that this region can be by-passed (shunted) by the scanning complex. Shunting was also observed in trans between two separate RNA molecules.
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- J Fütterer
- Friedrich Miescher-Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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