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Mbewe W, Mukasa S, Ochwo-Ssemakula M, Sseruwagi P, Tairo F, Ndunguru J, Duffy S. Cassava brown streak virus evolves with a nucleotide-substitution rate that is typical for the family Potyviridae. Virus Res 2024; 346:199397. [PMID: 38750679 PMCID: PMC11145536 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2024.199397] [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: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
Abstract
The ipomoviruses (family Potyviridae) that cause cassava brown streak disease (cassava brown streak virus [CBSV] and Uganda cassava brown streak virus [UCBSV]) are damaging plant pathogens that affect the sustainability of cassava production in East and Central Africa. However, little is known about the rate at which the viruses evolve and when they emerged in Africa - which inform how easily these viruses can host shift and resist RNAi approaches for control. We present here the rates of evolution determined from the coat protein gene (CP) of CBSV (Temporal signal in a UCBSV dataset was not sufficient for comparable analysis). Our BEAST analysis estimated the CBSV CP evolves at a mean rate of 1.43 × 10-3 nucleotide substitutions per site per year, with the most recent common ancestor of sampled CBSV isolates existing in 1944 (95% HPD, between years 1922 - 1963). We compared the published measured and estimated rates of evolution of CPs from ten families of plant viruses and showed that CBSV is an average-evolving potyvirid, but that members of Potyviridae evolve more quickly than members of Virgaviridae and the single representatives of Betaflexiviridae, Bunyaviridae, Caulimoviridae and Closteroviridae.
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- Willard Mbewe
- Department of Biological Sciences, Malawi University of Science and Technology, P. O. Box 5196, Limbe, Malawi.
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- School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Department of Agricultural Production, P. O. Box 7062, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Department of Agricultural Production, P. O. Box 7062, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 6226, Dar es Slaam, Tanzania
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- Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 6226, Dar es Slaam, Tanzania
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- Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 6226, Dar es Slaam, Tanzania
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States.
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Neoh ZY, Lai HC, Lin CC, Suwor P, Tsai WS. Genetic Diversity and Geographic Distribution of Cucurbit-Infecting Begomoviruses in the Philippines. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:272. [PMID: 36678986 PMCID: PMC9862860 DOI: 10.3390/plants12020272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 12/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Cucurbits are important economic crops worldwide. However, the cucurbit leaf curl disease (CuLCD), caused by whitefly-transmitted begomoviruses constrains their production. In Southeast Asia, three major begomoviruses, Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV), Squash leaf curl China virus (SLCCNV) and Squash leaf curl Philippines virus (SLCuPV) are associated with CuLCD. SLCuPV and SLCCNV were identified in Luzon, the Philippines. Here, the genetic diversity and geographic distribution of CuLCD-associated begomoviruses in the Philippines were studied based on 103 begomovirus detected out of 249 cucurbit samples collected from 60 locations throughout the country in 2018 and 2019. The presence of SLCCNV and SLCuPV throughout the Philippines were confirmed by begomovirus PCR detection and viral DNA sequence analysis. SLCuPV was determined as a predominant CuLCD-associated begomovirus and grouped into two strains. Interestingly, SLCCNV was detected in pumpkin and bottle gourd without associated viral DNA-B and mixed-infected with SLCuPV. Furthermore, the pathogenicity of selected isolates of SLCCNV and SLCuPV was confirmed. The results provide virus genetic diversity associated with CuLCD for further disease management, especially in developing the disease-resistant cultivars in the Philippines as well as Southeast Asia.
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- Zhuan Yi Neoh
- Department of Plant Medicine, National Chiayi University, Chiayi City 600355, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Medicine, National Chiayi University, Chiayi City 600355, Taiwan
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- Agriculture Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand
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- Department of Plant Medicine, National Chiayi University, Chiayi City 600355, Taiwan
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Ortega-Del Campo S, Grigoras I, Timchenko T, Gronenborn B, Grande-Pérez A. Twenty years of evolution and diversification of digitaria streak virus in Digitaria setigera. Virus Evol 2021; 7:veab083. [PMID: 34659796 PMCID: PMC8516820 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veab083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Within the family Geminiviridae, the emergence of new species results from their high mutation and recombination rates. In this study, we report the variability and evolution of digitaria streak virus (DSV), a mastrevirus isolated in 1986 from the grass Digitaria setigera in an island of the Vanuatu archipelago. Viral DNA of DSV samples was amplified from D. setigera specimens, derived from the naturally infected original plant, which were propagated in different laboratories in France and Italy for more than 20 years. From the consensus sequences, the nucleotide substitution rate was estimated for the period between a sample and the original sequence published in 1987, as well as for the period between samples. In addition, the intra-host genetic complexity and diversity of 8 DSV populations with a total of 165 sequenced haplotypes was characterized. The evolutionary rate of DSV was estimated to be between 1.13 × 10−4 and 9.87 × 10−4 substitutions/site/year, within the ranges observed in other single-stranded DNA viruses and RNA viruses. Bioinformatic analyses revealed high variability and heterogeneity in DSV populations, which confirmed that mutant spectra are continuously generated and are organized as quasispecies. The analysis of polymorphisms revealed nucleotide substitution biases in viral genomes towards deamination and oxidation of single-stranded DNA. The differences in variability in each of the genomic regions reflected a dynamic and modular evolution in the mutant spectra that was not reflected in the consensus sequences. Strikingly, the most variable region of the DSV genome, encoding the movement protein, showed rapid fixation of the mutations in the consensus sequence and a concomitant dN/dS ratio of 6.130, which suggests strong positive selection in this region. Phylogenetic analyses revealed a possible divergence in three genetic lineages from the original Vanuatu DSV isolate.
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- CNRS, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, Gif-sur-Yvette 91198, France
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- CNRS, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, Gif-sur-Yvette 91198, France
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- CNRS, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, Gif-sur-Yvette 91198, France
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea 'La Mayora' (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Teatinos, Málaga 29071, Spain
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Xavier CAD, Godinho MT, Mar TB, Ferro CG, Sande OFL, Silva JC, Ramos-Sobrinho R, Nascimento RN, Assunção I, Lima GSA, Lima ATM, Murilo Zerbini F. Evolutionary dynamics of bipartite begomoviruses revealed by complete genome analysis. Mol Ecol 2021; 30:3747-3767. [PMID: 34021651 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Several key evolutionary events marked the evolution of geminiviruses, culminating with the emergence of divided (bipartite) genomes represented by viruses classified in the genus Begomovirus. This genus represents the most abundant group of multipartite viruses, contributing significantly to the observed abundance of multipartite species in the virosphere. Although aspects related to virus-host interactions and evolutionary dynamics have been extensively studied, the bipartite nature of these viruses has been little explored in evolutionary studies. Here, we performed a parallel evolutionary analysis of the DNA-A and DNA-B segments of New World begomoviruses. A total of 239 full-length DNA-B sequences obtained in this study, combined with 292 DNA-A and 76 DNA-B sequences retrieved from GenBank, were analysed. The results indicate that the DNA-A and DNA-B respond differentially to evolutionary processes, with the DNA-B being more permissive to variation and more prone to recombination than the DNA-A. Although a clear geographic segregation was observed for both segments, differences in the genetic structure between DNA-A and DNA-B were also observed, with cognate segments belonging to distinct genetic clusters. DNA-B coding regions evolve under the same selection pressures than DNA-A coding regions. Together, our results indicate an interplay between reassortment and recombination acting at different levels across distinct subpopulations and segments.
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- César A D Xavier
- Dep. de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Dep. de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Dep. de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Dep. de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Dep. de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Dep. de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Dep. de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Agrárias/Fitossanidade, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Rio Largo, Alagoas, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Agrárias/Fitossanidade, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Rio Largo, Alagoas, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Agrárias/Fitossanidade, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Rio Largo, Alagoas, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Dep. de Fitopatologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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