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Wang L, Shi W, Aziz A, Wang X, Liu H, Shen W, Cui H, Dai Z. Mutating the arginine residue within the FRNK motif of telosma mosaic virus (TelMV) HC-Pro protein attenuates viral infection and confers effective protection against TelMV in passion fruit (Passiflora edulis). PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2024. [PMID: 38895838 DOI: 10.1002/ps.8252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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BACKGROUND Telosma mosaic virus (TelMV, Potyvirus, Potyviridae) is an emerging viral pathogen that threatens passion fruit plantations worldwide. However, an efficient strategy for controlling such a virus is not yet available. Cross protection is a phenomenon in which pre-infection of a plant with one mild strain prevents or delays subsequent infection by the same or closely related virus. HC-Pro is the potyviral encoded multifunctional protein involved in several steps of viral infection, including multiplication, movement, transmission and RNA silencing suppression. In this study, we tested whether it is possible to generate attenuated viral strains capable of conferring protection against severe TelMV infection by manipulating the HC-Pro gene. RESULTS By introducing point mutation into the conserved motif FRNK of HC-Pro that is essential for RNA silencing suppression, we have successfully obtained three attenuated mutants of TelMV (R181K, R181D, and R181E, respectively). These attenuated TelMV mutants could systemically infect passion fruit plants without noticeable symptoms. Pre-inoculation of one of these attenuated mutants confers efficient protection against subsequent infection by severe TelMV strain. Moreover, we demonstrated that the HC-Pros harbored by the attenuated mutants exhibit reduced RNA silencing suppression activity in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. CONCLUSION The attenuated TelMV mutants developed in this study that are suitable for cross protection offer a practical, powerful tool to fight against TelMV for sustainable passion fruit production. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Linxi Wang
- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Protection and Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Sanya Research Institute, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests (Ministry of Education), School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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Xu L, Zhang W, Liu S, Gao Y, Huang Y, Nie X, Bai Y. Transcriptome analysis of the synergistic mechanisms between two strains of potato virus Y in Solanum tuberosum L. Virology 2024; 594:110032. [PMID: 38467094 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2024.110032] [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: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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Many viruses employ a process known as superinfection exclusion (SIE) to block subsequent entry or replication of the same or closely related viruses in the cells they occupy. SIE is also referred to as Cross-protection refers to the situation where a host plant infected by a mild strain of a virus or viroid gains immunity against a more severe strain closely related to the initial infectant. The mechanisms underlying cross-protection are not fully understood. In this study, we performed a comparative transcriptomic analysis of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) leaves. The strains PVYN-Wi-HLJ-BDH-2 and PVYNTN-NW-INM-W-369-12 are henceforth designated as BDH and 369, respectively. In total, 806 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were detected between the Control and JZ (preinfected with BDH and challenge with 369) treatment. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis showed that the response to external biological stimulation, signal transduction, kinase, immunity, redox pathways were significantly enriched. Among these pathways, we identified numerous differentially expressed metabolites related to virus infection. Moreover, our data also identified a small set of genes that likely play important roles in the establishment of cross-protection. Specifically, we observed significant differential expression of the A1-II gamma-like gene, elongation factor 1-alpha-like gene, and subtilisin-like protease StSBT1.7 gene, with StSBT1.7 being the most significant in our transcriptome data. These genes can stimulate the expression of defense plant genes, induce plant chemical defense, and participate in the induction of trauma and pathogenic bacteria. Our findings provided insights into the mechanisms underlying the ability of mild viruses to protect host plants against subsequent closely related virus infection in Solanum tuberosum L.
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- Liping Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310006, China; College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- Fredericton Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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- Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China.
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Xu XJ, Sun XJ, Liu CJ, Chen XZ, Zhu Q, Tian YP, Li XD. Development of an attenuated potato virus Y mutant carrying multiple mutations in helper-component protease for cross-protection. Virus Res 2024; 344:199369. [PMID: 38608732 PMCID: PMC11035042 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2024.199369] [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: 03/03/2024] [Revised: 04/06/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
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Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) is one of the major cash crops in China. Potato virus Y (PVY), a representative member of the genus Potyvirus, greatly reduces the quality and yield of tobacco leaves by inducing veinal necrosis. Mild strain-mediated cross-protection is an attractive method of controlling diseases caused by PVY. Currently, there is a lack of effective and stable attenuated PVY mutants. Potyviral helper component-protease (HC-Pro) is a likely target for the development of mild strains. Our previous studies showed that the residues lysine at positions 124 and 182 (K124 and K182) in HC-Pro were involved in PVY virulence, and the conserved KITC motif in HC-Pro was involved in aphid transmission. In this study, to improve the stability of PVY mild strains, K at position 50 (K50) in KITC motif, K124, and K182 were separately substituted with glutamic acid (E), leucine (L), and arginine (R), resulting in a triple-mutant PVY-HCELR. The mutant PVY-HCELR had attenuated virulence and did not induce leaf veinal necrosis symptoms in tobacco plants and could not be transmitted by Myzus persicae. Furthermore, PVY-HCELR mutant was genetically stable after six serial passages, and only caused mild mosaic symptoms in tobacco plants even at 90 days post inoculation. The tobacco plants cross-protected by PVY-HCELR mutant showed high resistance to the wild-type PVY. This study showed that PVY-HCELR mutant was a promising mild mutant for cross-protection to control PVY.
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- Xiao-Jie Xu
- The Engineering Research Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, Ludong University, Yantai, Shandong 264025, China; Laboratory of Plant Virology, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Virology, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, China
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- Weifang Tobacco Corporation, Weifang, Shandong 261031, China
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- Linyi Tobacco Corporation, Linyi, Shandong 276000, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Virology, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Virology, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, China.
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- Laboratory of Plant Virology, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, China.
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Wang GD, Lin CC, Chen TC. Development of Attenuated Viruses for Effective Protection against Pepper Veinal Mottle Virus in Tomato Crops. Viruses 2024; 16:687. [PMID: 38793569 PMCID: PMC11125906 DOI: 10.3390/v16050687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2024] [Revised: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is the most important vegetable and fruit crop in the family Solanaceae worldwide. Numerous pests and pathogens, especially viruses, severely affect tomato production, causing immeasurable market losses. In Taiwan, the cultivation of tomato crops is mainly threatened by insect-borne viruses, among which pepper veinal mottle virus (PVMV) is one of the most prevalent. PVMV is a member of the genus Potyvirus of the family Potyviridae and is non-persistently transmitted by aphids. Its infection significantly reduces tomato fruit yield and quality. So far, no PVMV-resistant tomato lines are available. In this study, we performed nitrite-induced mutagenesis of the PVMV tomato isolate Tn to generate attenuated PVMV mutants. PVMV Tn causes necrotic lesions in Chenopodium quinoa leaves and severe mosaic and wilting in Nicotiana benthamiana plants. After nitrite treatment, three attenuated PVMV mutants, m4-8, m10-1, and m10-11, were selected while inducing milder responses to C. quinoa and N. benthamiana with lower accumulation in tomato plants. In greenhouse tests, the three mutants showed different degrees of cross-protection against wild-type PVMV Tn. m4-8 showed the highest protective efficacy against PVMV Tn in N. benthamiana and tomato plants, 100% and 97.9%, respectively. A whole-genome sequence comparison of PVMV Tn and m4-8 revealed that 20 nucleotide substitutions occurred in the m4-8 genome, resulting in 18 amino acid changes. Our results suggest that m4-8 has excellent potential to protect tomato crops from PVMV. The application of m4-8 in protecting other Solanaceae crops, such as peppers, will be studied in the future.
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Asia University, Wufeng, Taichung 41354, Taiwan; (G.-D.W.); (C.-C.L.)
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Wang Y, Shi Y, Li H, Chang J. Understanding Citrus Viroid Interactions: Experience and Prospects. Viruses 2024; 16:577. [PMID: 38675919 PMCID: PMC11053686 DOI: 10.3390/v16040577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2024] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Citrus is the natural host of at least eight viroid species, providing a natural platform for studying interactions among viroids. The latter manifests as antagonistic or synergistic phenomena. The antagonistic effect among citrus viroids intuitively leads to reduced symptoms caused by citrus viroids, while the synergistic effect leads to an increase in symptom severity. The interaction phenomenon is complex and interesting, and a deep understanding of the underlying mechanisms induced during this viroid interaction is of great significance for the prevention and control of viroid diseases. This paper summarizes the research progress of citrus viroids in recent years, focusing on the interaction phenomenon and analyzing their interaction mechanisms. It points out the core role of the host RNA silencing mechanism and viroid-derived siRNA (vd-siRNA), and provides suggestions for future research directions.
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- Yafei Wang
- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (Y.S.); (H.L.); (J.C.)
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Tomitaka Y, Shimomoto Y, Ryang BS, Hayashi K, Oki T, Matsuyama M, Sekine KT. Development and Application of Attenuated Plant Viruses as Biological Control Agents in Japan. Viruses 2024; 16:517. [PMID: 38675860 PMCID: PMC11054975 DOI: 10.3390/v16040517] [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: 02/15/2024] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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In 1929, it was reported that yellowing symptoms caused by a tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) yellow mosaic isolate were suppressed in tobacco plants that were systemically infected with a TMV light green isolate. Similar to vaccination, the phenomenon of cross-protection involves a whole plant being infected with an attenuated virus and involves the same or a closely related virus species. Therefore, attenuated viruses function as biological control agents. In Japan, many studies have been performed on cross-protection. For example, the tomato mosaic virus (ToMV)-L11A strain is an attenuated isolate developed by researchers and shows high control efficiency against wild-type ToMV in commercial tomato crops. Recently, an attenuated isolate of zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV)-2002 was developed and registered as a biological pesticide to control cucumber mosaic disease. In addition, attenuated isolates of pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV), cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), tobacco mild green mosaic virus (TMGMV), melon yellow spot virus (MYSV), and watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) have been developed in Japan. These attenuated viruses, sometimes called plant vaccines, can be used not only as single vaccines but also as multiple vaccines. In this review, we provide an overview of studies on attenuated plant viruses developed in Japan. We also discuss the application of the attenuated strains, including the production of vaccinated seedlings.
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- Yasuhiro Tomitaka
- Institute for Plant Protection, National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), 2-1-18, Kannondai, Tsukuba 305-8666, Japan;
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- Kochi Agricultural Research Center, 1100 Hataeda, Nankoku 783-0023, Japan; (Y.S.); (K.H.); (T.O.)
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- Kyoto Biken Laboratories, Inc., 16 Nijushi, Makishima, Uji 611-0041, Japan;
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- Kochi Agricultural Research Center, 1100 Hataeda, Nankoku 783-0023, Japan; (Y.S.); (K.H.); (T.O.)
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- Kochi Agricultural Research Center, 1100 Hataeda, Nankoku 783-0023, Japan; (Y.S.); (K.H.); (T.O.)
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- Institute for Plant Protection, National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), 2-1-18, Kannondai, Tsukuba 305-8666, Japan;
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- Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nakagashiragun, Nishihara 611-0041, Japan;
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Qiu Y, Wang Y, Wu Y, Yang H, Yang M, Zhou C, Cao M. Effects of RNA silencing during antagonism between citrus exocortis viroid and citrus bark cracking viroid in Etrog citron (Citrus medica). MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2024; 25:e13408. [PMID: 38041680 PMCID: PMC10788473 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
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Citrus exocortis viroid (CEVd) and citrus bark cracking viroid (CBCVd) are two important viroids that infect citrus plants and frequently occur as mixed infections in orchards. However, the mechanism of antagonism between the two viroids in mixed infections remains unclear. The CEVd/CBCVd-citron system and small RNA sequencing (sRNA-seq) were used to study the antagonism. When CBCVd was inoculated before CEVd, the CEVd titre was significantly reduced and the symptoms were attenuated. Viroid-derived sRNAs (vd-sRNAs) from CEVd and CBCVd were predominantly 21-nucleotide (nt) and 22-nt in length and had similar 5' base biases. Homologous sequences of the two viroids in the terminal right (TR) region are rich in vd-sRNAs, and the high frequency vd-sRNAs selected from the CBCVd TR region can be used to degrade the transcripts of CEVd in vivo directly. These results suggest that RNA silencing may play an important role in the antagonism of the two viroids, thus deepening our understanding of the molecular interaction of long noncoding RNAs in woody plants.
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- Yuanjian Qiu
- National Citrus Engineering Research Center, Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (Chongqing) Science CityCitrus Research Institute, Southwest UniversityChongqingChina
- Academy of Agricultural SciencesSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
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- National Citrus Engineering Research Center, Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (Chongqing) Science CityCitrus Research Institute, Southwest UniversityChongqingChina
- College of Plant ProtectionHenan Agricultural UniversityZhengzhouChina
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- National Citrus Engineering Research Center, Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (Chongqing) Science CityCitrus Research Institute, Southwest UniversityChongqingChina
- Academy of Agricultural SciencesSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
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- National Citrus Engineering Research Center, Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (Chongqing) Science CityCitrus Research Institute, Southwest UniversityChongqingChina
- Academy of Agricultural SciencesSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
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- National Citrus Engineering Research Center, Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (Chongqing) Science CityCitrus Research Institute, Southwest UniversityChongqingChina
- Academy of Agricultural SciencesSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
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- National Citrus Engineering Research Center, Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (Chongqing) Science CityCitrus Research Institute, Southwest UniversityChongqingChina
- Academy of Agricultural SciencesSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
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- National Citrus Engineering Research Center, Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (Chongqing) Science CityCitrus Research Institute, Southwest UniversityChongqingChina
- Academy of Agricultural SciencesSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina
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Brine TJ, Viswanathan SB, Murphy AM, Pate AE, Wamonje FO, Carr JP. Investigating the interactions of endornaviruses with each other and with other viruses in common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris. Virol J 2023; 20:216. [PMID: 37737192 PMCID: PMC10515030 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-023-02184-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Plant viruses of the genus Alphaendornavirus are transmitted solely via seed and pollen and generally cause no apparent disease. It has been conjectured that certain plant endornaviruses may confer advantages on their hosts through improved performance (e.g., seed yield) or resilience to abiotic or biotic insult. We recently characterised nine common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) varieties that harboured either Phaseolus vulgaris endornavirus (PvEV1) alone, or PvEV1 in combination with PvEV2 or PvEV1 in combination with PvEV2 and PvEV3. Here, we investigated the interactions of these endornaviruses with each other, and with three infectious pathogenic viruses: cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), bean common mosaic virus (BCMV), and bean common mosaic necrosis virus (BCMNV). RESULTS In lines harbouring PvEV1, PvEV1 and PvEV2, or PvEV1, PvEV2 plus PvEV3, the levels of PvEV1 and PvEV3 RNA were very similar between lines, although there were variations in PvEV2 RNA accumulation. In plants inoculated with infectious viruses, CMV, BCMV and BCMNV levels varied between lines, but this was most likely due to host genotype differences rather than to the presence or absence of endornaviruses. We tested the effects of endornaviruses on seed production and seedborne transmission of infectious pathogenic viruses but found no consistent relationship between the presence of endornaviruses and seed yield or protection from seedborne transmission of infectious pathogenic viruses. CONCLUSIONS It was concluded that endornaviruses do not interfere with each other's accumulation. There appears to be no direct synergy or competition between infectious pathogenic viruses and endornaviruses, however, the effects of host genotype may obscure interactions between endornaviruses and infectious viruses. There is no consistent effect of endornaviruses on seed yield or susceptibility to seedborne transmission of other viruses.
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- Thomas J Brine
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
- Pest and Pathogen Ecology, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, East Malling, ME19 6BJ, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK.
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Liu S, Su C, Zhang D, Song Z, Wang X, Wang J, Yuan X. Construction of a Delivery Platform for Vaccine Based on Modified Nanotubes: Sustainable Prevention against Plant Viral Disease, Simplified Preparation Method, and Protection of Plasmid. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:44541-44553. [PMID: 37672476 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c09168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Control of plant viral diseases through cross-protection conferred by an attenuated vaccine is an important strategy for plant protection. However, the mutated site of an attenuated vaccine may not be stably inherited, while viruses have evolved efficient repair mechanisms for the maintenance of genomic integrity. Here, the wide host range and broad selection of mutation sites in cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) enabled construction of an attenuated vaccine through insertional mutation of the CMV 2b protein. CMV-R2E was stably inherited in tobacco for more than 10 generations and had a high relative control efficacy of CMV. Then, the use of polyetherimide (PEI)-modified functionalized carboxylated single-walled carbon nanotubes (PSWNTs) was investigated for vaccine delivery to address the problems of poor stability, complex procedure on field application, and exacting storage conditions with Agrobacterium inoculation. After co-incubating at a 1:300 ratio for 30 min, the vaccine and PSWNTs combined to form pCMV-R2E@PSWNTs, which resulted in a significant increase in the average height of the nanoparticles from 6.56 to 72.34 nm. The relative control efficacy of pCMV-R2E@PSWNTs to CMV was found to be 90.37%. Furthermore, the protective effect of PSWNTs on plasmids was investigated under various environmental conditions and the potential plant toxicity of pCMV-R2E@PSWNTs was assessed, providing a theoretical basis for field application of the vaccine nano-delivery system. A highly effective, stable viral vaccine for plants was thus developed and combined with nanocarriers to address the problems of field application. This approach has the potential to enable wider use of attenuated vaccines for sustainable prevention against plant viral disease in the field.
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- Shanshan Liu
- Pest Integrated Management Key Laboratory of China Tobacco, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao 266100, P. R. China
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- Pest Integrated Management Key Laboratory of China Tobacco, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao 266100, P. R. China
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- China Tobacco Guangxi Industrial Co., Ltd., Nanning 530000, P. R. China
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- China Tobacco Guangxi Industrial Co., Ltd., Nanning 530000, P. R. China
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- Pest Integrated Management Key Laboratory of China Tobacco, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao 266100, P. R. China
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- Pest Integrated Management Key Laboratory of China Tobacco, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao 266100, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271000, P. R. China
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Jokinen M, Sallinen S, Jones MM, Sirén J, Guilbault E, Susi H, Laine AL. The first arriving virus shapes within-host viral diversity during natural epidemics. Proc Biol Sci 2023; 290:20231486. [PMID: 37700649 PMCID: PMC10498040 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023] Open
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Viral diversity has been discovered across scales from host individuals to populations. However, the drivers of viral community assembly are still largely unknown. Within-host viral communities are formed through co-infections, where the interval between the arrival times of viruses may vary. Priority effects describe the timing and order in which species arrive in an environment, and how early colonizers impact subsequent community assembly. To study the effect of the first-arriving virus on subsequent infection patterns of five focal viruses, we set up a field experiment using naïve Plantago lanceolata plants as sentinels during a seasonal virus epidemic. Using joint species distribution modelling, we find both positive and negative effects of early season viral infection on late season viral colonization patterns. The direction of the effect depends on both the host genotype and which virus colonized the host early in the season. It is well established that co-occurring viruses may change the virulence and transmission of viral infections. However, our results show that priority effects may also play an important, previously unquantified role in viral community assembly. The assessment of these temporal dynamics within a community ecological framework will improve our ability to understand and predict viral diversity in natural systems.
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- Maija Jokinen
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65, 00014, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65, 00014, Finland
- Institute of Biotechnology, HiLIFE-Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65, 00014, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, HiLIFE-Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65, 00014, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65, 00014, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65, 00014, Finland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65, 00014, Finland
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Kasi Viswanath K, Hamid A, Ateka E, Pappu HR. CRISPR/Cas, Multiomics, and RNA Interference in Virus Disease Management. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2023; 113:1661-1676. [PMID: 37486077 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-01-23-0002-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Plant viruses infect a wide range of commercially important crop plants and cause significant crop production losses worldwide. Numerous alterations in plant physiology related to the reprogramming of gene expression may result from viral infections. Although conventional integrated pest management-based strategies have been effective in reducing the impact of several viral diseases, continued emergence of new viruses and strains, expanding host ranges, and emergence of resistance-breaking strains necessitate a sustained effort toward the development and application of new approaches for virus management that would complement existing tactics. RNA interference-based techniques, and more recently, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based genome editing technologies have paved the way for precise targeting of viral transcripts and manipulation of viral genomes and host factors. In-depth knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying the development of disease would further expand the applicability of these recent methods. Advances in next-generation/high-throughput sequencing have made possible more intensive studies into host-virus interactions. Utilizing the omics data and its application has the potential to expedite fast-tracking traditional plant breeding methods, as well as applying modern molecular tools for trait enhancement, including virus resistance. Here, we summarize the recent developments in the CRISPR/Cas system, transcriptomics, endogenous RNA interference, and exogenous application of dsRNA in virus disease management.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, U.S.A
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- Department of Horticulture and Food Security, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Juja, Kenya
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, U.S.A
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Goh R, Xie X, Lin Y, Cheng H, Raja JAJ, Yeh S. Rapid selection of potyviral cross-protection effective mutants from the local lesion host after nitrous acid mutagenesis. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2023; 24:973-988. [PMID: 37158451 PMCID: PMC10346369 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) seriously damages cucurbits worldwide. Control of ZYMV by cross-protection has been practised for decades, but selecting useful mild viruses is time-consuming and laborious. Most attenuated potyviruses used for cross-protection do not induce hypersensitive reaction (HR) in Chenopodium quinoa, a local lesion host Chenopodium quinoa. Here, severe ZYMV TW-TN3 tagged with green fluorescent protein (GFP), designated ZG, was used for nitrous acid mutagenesis. From three trials, 11 mutants were identified from fluorescent spots without HR in inoculated C. quinoa leaves. Five mutants caused attenuated symptoms in squash plants. The genomic sequences of these five mutants revealed that most of the nonsynonymous changes were located in the HC-Pro gene. The replacement of individual mutated HC-Pros in the ZG backbone and an RNA silencing suppression (RSS) assay indicated that each mutated HC-Pro is defective in RSS function and responsible for reduced virulence. Four mutants provided high degrees of protection (84%-100%) against severe virus TW-TN3 in zucchini squash plants, with ZG 4-10 being selected for removal of the GFP tag. After removal of the GFP gene, Z 4-10 induced symptoms similar to ZG 4-10 and still provided 100% protection against TW-TN3 in squash, thus is considered not a genetically engineered mutant. Therefore, using a GFP reporter to select non-HR mutants of ZYMV from C. quinoa leaves is an efficient way to obtain beneficial mild viruses for cross-protection. This novel approach is being applied to other potyviruses.
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- Reun‐Ping Goh
- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan
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- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan
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- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan
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- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan
- Advanced Plant Biotechnology CenterNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan
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- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan
- Advanced Plant Biotechnology CenterNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan
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- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan
- Advanced Plant Biotechnology CenterNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan
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Do DH, Nguyen TBN, Ha VC, Raja JAJ, Yeh SD. Generation of Attenuated Passiflora Mottle Virus Through Modification of the Helper Component Protease for Cross Protection. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2023; 113:1605-1614. [PMID: 37019906 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-01-23-0007-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Passiflora mottle virus (PaMoV), an aphid-borne potyvirus, is the primary causal virus of devastating passionfruit woodiness disease in Vietnam. Here we generated a nonpathogenic, attenuated PaMoV strain for disease control by cross protection. A full-length genomic cDNA of PaMoV strain DN4 from Vietnam was constructed to generate an infectious clone. The green fluorescent protein was tagged at the N-terminal region of the coat protein gene to monitor in planta the severe PaMoV-DN4. Two amino acids within the conserved motifs of helper component protease (HC-Pro) of PaMoV-DN4 were mutated individually or in combination as K53E or/and R181I. Mutants PaMoV-E53 and PaMoV-I181 induced local lesions in Chenopodium quinoa plants, while PaMoV-E53I181 caused infection without apparent symptoms. In passionfruit (Passiflora edulis) plants, PaMoV-E53 elicited severe leaf mosaic and PaMoV-I181 induced leaf mottling, while PaMoV-E53I181 caused transient mottling followed by symptomless recovery. PaMoV-E53I181 was stable after six serial passages in yellow passionfruit (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa) plants. Its temporal accumulation levels were lower than those of the wild type, with a zigzag accumulation pattern, typical of a beneficial protective virus. An RNA silencing suppression (RSS) assay revealed that all three mutated HC-Pros are defective in RSS. Triplicated cross-protection experiments with a total of 45 plants showed that the attenuated mutant PaMoV-E53I181 provided a high protection rate (91%) against the homologous wild-type virus in passionfruit plants. This work revealed that PaMoV-E53I181 can be used as a protective virus to control PaMoV by cross protection.
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- Duy-Hung Do
- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Plant Pathology Division, Plant Protection Research Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Advanced Plant Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Advanced Plant Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Overseas Vietnam Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Tran TNB, Cheng HW, Xie XY, Raja JAJ, Yeh SD. Concurrent Control of Two Aphid-Borne Potyviruses in Cucurbits by Two-in-One Vaccine. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2023; 113:1583-1594. [PMID: 36935377 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-01-23-0019-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The application of attenuated viruses has been widely practiced for protecting crops from infection by related severe strains of the same species. Papaya ringspot virus W-type (PRSV W) and zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) devastate cucurbits worldwide. However, the prevailing of these two viruses in cucurbits cannot be prevented by a single protective virus. In this study, we disclosed that co-infection of horn melon plants by two mild strains, PRSV P-type (PRSV P) HA5-1 and ZYMV-ZAC (a previously developed mild mutant of ZYMV) confers concurrent protection against PRSV P and ZYMV. Consequently, mild mutants of PRSV W were created by site-directed mutagenesis through modifications of the pathogenicity motifs FRNK and PD in helper component-protease (HC-Pro). A stable PRSV W mutant WAC (PRSV-WAC) with R181I and D397N mutations in HC-Pro was generated, inducing mild mottling, followed by symptomless recovery in cucurbits. Horn melon plants pre-infected by PRSV-WAC and ZYMV-ZAC showed no apparent interference on viral accumulation with no synergistic effects on symptoms. An agroinfiltration assay of mixed HC-Pros of WACHC-Pro + ZACHC-Pro revealed no additive effect of RNA silencing suppression. PRSV-WAC or ZYMV-ZAC alone only antagonized a severe strain of homologous virus, while co-infection with these two mild strains provided complete protection against both PRSV W and ZYMV. Similar results were reproduced in muskmelon and watermelon plants, indicating the feasibility of a two-in-one vaccine for concurrent control of PRSV W and ZYMV in cucurbits.
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- Thi-Ngoc-Bich Tran
- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Faculty of Agronomy, Nong Lam University-Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Advanced Plant Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Advanced Plant Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Vietnam Overseas Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Koloniuk I, Matyášová A, Brázdová S, Veselá J, Přibylová J, Várallyay E, Fránová J. Analysis of Virus-Derived siRNAs in Strawberry Plants Co-Infected with Multiple Viruses and Their Genotypes. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:2564. [PMID: 37447124 DOI: 10.3390/plants12132564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Plants can be infected with multiple viruses. High-throughput sequencing tools have enabled numerous discoveries of multi-strain infections, when more than one viral strain or divergent genomic variant infects a single plant. Here, we investigated small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) in a single strawberry plant co-infected with several strains of strawberry mottle virus (SMoV), strawberry crinkle virus (SCV) and strawberry virus 1 (StrV-1). A range of plants infected with subsets of the initial viral species and strains that were obtained by aphid-mediated transmission were also evaluated. Using high-throughput sequencing, we characterized the small RNA fractions associated with different genotypes of these three viruses and determined small RNA hotspot regions in viral genomes. A comparison of virus-specific siRNA (vsiRNA) abundance with relative viral concentrations did not reveal any consistent agreement. Strawberry mottle virus strains exhibiting considerable variations in concentrations were found to be associated with comparable quantities of vsiRNAs. Additionally, by estimating the specificity of siRNAs to different viral strains, we observed that a substantial pool of vsiRNAs could target all SMoV strains, while strain-specific vsiRNAs predominantly targeted rhabdoviruses, SCV and StrV-1. This highlights the intricate nature and potential interference of the antiviral response within a single infected plant when multiple viruses are present.
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- Igor Koloniuk
- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Virology, Biology Centre CAS, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Virology, Biology Centre CAS, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Virology, Biology Centre CAS, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Virology, Biology Centre CAS, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Virology, Biology Centre CAS, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Genomics Research Group, Institute of Plant Protection, Department of Plant Pathology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Szent-Gyorgyi Albert Street 4, 2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Virology, Biology Centre CAS, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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Nunna H, Qu F, Tatineni S. P3 and NIa-Pro of Turnip Mosaic Virus Are Independent Elicitors of Superinfection Exclusion. Viruses 2023; 15:1459. [PMID: 37515147 PMCID: PMC10383533 DOI: 10.3390/v15071459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Superinfection exclusion (SIE) is an antagonistic interaction between identical or closely related viruses in host cells. Previous studies by us and others led to the hypothesis that SIE was elicited by one or more proteins encoded in the genomes of primary viruses. Here, we tested this hypothesis using Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV), a member of the genus Potyvirus of the family Potyviridae, with significant economic consequences. To this end, individual TuMV-encoded proteins were transiently expressed in the cells of Nicotiana benthamiana leaves, followed by challenging them with a modified TuMV expressing the green fluorescent protein (TuMV-GFP). Three days after TuMV-GFP delivery, these cells were examined for the replication-dependent expression of GFP. Cells expressing TuMV P1, HC-Pro, 6K1, CI, 6K2, NIa-VPg, NIb, or CP proteins permitted an efficient expression of GFP, suggesting that these proteins failed to block the replication of a superinfecting TuMV-GFP. By contrast, N. benthamiana cells expressing TuMV P3 or NIa-Pro did not express visible GFP fluorescence, suggesting that both of them could elicit potent SIE against TuMV-GFP. The SIE elicitor activity of P3 and NIa-Pro was further confirmed by their heterologous expression from a different potyvirus, potato virus A (PVA). Plants systemically infected with PVA variants expressing TuMV P3 or NIa-Pro blocked subsequent infection by TuMV-GFP. A +1-frameshift mutation in P3 and NIa-Pro cistrons facilitated superinfection by TuMV-GFP, suggesting that the P3 and NIa-Pro proteins, but not the RNA, are involved in SIE activity. Additionally, deletion mutagenesis identified P3 amino acids 3 to 200 of 352 and NIa-Pro amino acids 3 to 40 and 181 to 242 of 242 as essential for SIE elicitation. Collectively, our study demonstrates that TuMV encodes two spatially separated proteins that act independently to exert SIE on superinfecting TuMV. These results lay the foundation for further mechanistic interrogations of SIE in this virus.
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- Haritha Nunna
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68503, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68503, USA
- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68503, USA
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Chang HH, Gustian D, Chang CJ, Jan FJ. Virus-virus interactions alter the mechanical transmissibility and host range of begomoviruses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1092998. [PMID: 37332697 PMCID: PMC10275492 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1092998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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Introduction Begomoviruses are mainly transmitted by whiteflies. However, a few begomoviruses can be transmitted mechanically. Mechanical transmissibility affects begomoviral distribution in the field. Materials and methods In this study, two mechanically transmissible begomoviruses, tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus-oriental melon isolate (ToLCNDV-OM) and tomato yellow leaf curl Thailand virus (TYLCTHV), and two nonmechanically transmissible begomoviruses, ToLCNDV-cucumber isolate (ToLCNDV-CB) and tomato leaf curl Taiwan virus (ToLCTV), were used to study the effects of virus-virus interactions on mechanical transmissibility. Results Nicotiana benthamiana and host plants were coinoculated through mechanical transmission with inoculants derived from plants that were mix-infected or inoculants derived from individually infected plants, and the inoculants were mixed immediately before inoculation. Our results showed that ToLCNDV-CB was mechanically transmitted with ToLCNDV-OM to N. benthamiana, cucumber, and oriental melon, whereas ToLCTV was mechanically transmitted with TYLCTHV to N. benthamiana and tomato. For crossing host range inoculation, ToLCNDV-CB was mechanically transmitted with TYLCTHV to N. benthamiana and its nonhost tomato, while ToLCTV with ToLCNDV-OM was transmitted to N. benthamiana and its nonhost oriental melon. For sequential inoculation, ToLCNDV-CB and ToLCTV were mechanically transmitted to N. benthamiana plants that were either preinfected with ToLCNDV-OM or TYLCTHV. The results of fluorescence resonance energy transfer analyses showed that the nuclear shuttle protein of ToLCNDV-CB (CBNSP) and the coat protein of ToLCTV (TWCP) localized alone to the nucleus. When coexpressed with movement proteins of ToLCNDV-OM or TYLCTHV, CBNSP and TWCP relocalized to both the nucleus and the cellular periphery and interacted with movement proteins. Discussion Our findings indicated that virus-virus interactions in mixed infection circumstances could complement the mechanical transmissibility of nonmechanically transmissible begomoviruses and alter their host range. These findings provide new insight into complex virus-virus interactions and will help us to understand the begomoviral distribution and to reevaluate disease management strategies in the field.
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- Ho-Hsiung Chang
- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Advanced Plant and Food Crop Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Ding SW. Transgene Silencing, RNA Interference, and the Antiviral Defense Mechanism Directed by Small Interfering RNAs. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2023; 113:616-625. [PMID: 36441873 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-10-22-0358-ia] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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One important discovery in plant pathology over recent decades is the natural antiviral defense mechanism mediated by RNA interference (RNAi). In antiviral RNAi, virus infection triggers Dicer processing of virus-specific double-stranded RNA into small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). Frequently, further amplified by host enzyme and cofactors, these virus-derived siRNAs direct specific virus clearance in an Argonaute protein-containing effector complex. The siRNAs derived from viruses and viroids accumulate to very high levels during infection. Because they overlap extensively in nucleotide sequence, this allows for deep sequencing and bioinformatics assembly of total small RNAs for rapid discovery and identification of viruses and viroids. Antiviral RNAi acts as the primary defense mechanism against both RNA and DNA viruses in plants, yet viruses still successfully infect plants. They do so because all currently recognized plant viruses combat the RNAi response by encoding at least one protein as a viral suppressor of RNAi (VSR) required for infection, even though plant viruses have small genome sizes with a limited coding capacity. This review article will recapitulate the key findings that have revealed the genetic pathway for the biogenesis and antiviral activity of viral siRNAs and the specific role of VSRs in infection by antiviral RNAi suppression. Moreover, early pioneering studies on transgene silencing, RNAi, and virus-plant/virus-virus interactions paved the road to the discovery of antiviral RNAi.
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- Shou-Wei Ding
- Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology and Center for Plant Cell Biology, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA
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Tarquini G, Dall'Ara M, Ermacora P, Ratti C. Traditional Approaches and Emerging Biotechnologies in Grapevine Virology. Viruses 2023; 15:v15040826. [PMID: 37112807 PMCID: PMC10142720 DOI: 10.3390/v15040826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Environmental changes and global warming may promote the emergence of unknown viruses, whose spread is favored by the trade in plant products. Viruses represent a major threat to viticulture and the wine industry. Their management is challenging and mostly relies on prophylactic measures that are intended to prevent the introduction of viruses into vineyards. Besides the use of virus-free planting material, the employment of agrochemicals is a major strategy to prevent the spread of insect vectors in vineyards. According to the goal of the European Green Deal, a 50% decrease in the use of agrochemicals is expected before 2030. Thus, the development of alternative strategies that allow the sustainable control of viral diseases in vineyards is strongly needed. Here, we present a set of innovative biotechnological tools that have been developed to induce virus resistance in plants. From transgenesis to the still-debated genome editing technologies and RNAi-based strategies, this review discusses numerous illustrative studies that highlight the effectiveness of these promising tools for the management of viral infections in grapevine. Finally, the development of viral vectors from grapevine viruses is described, revealing their positive and unconventional roles, from targets to tools, in emerging biotechnologies.
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- Giulia Tarquini
- Department of Agricultural, Environmental, Food and Animal Sciences (Di4A), University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Environmental, Food and Animal Sciences (Di4A), University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy
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Tran TTY, Cheng HW, Nguyen VH, Yeh SD. Modification of the Helper Component Proteinase of Papaya Ringspot Virus Vietnam Isolate to Generate Attenuated Mutants for Disease Management by Cross Protection. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2023; 113:334-344. [PMID: 36129763 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-05-22-0168-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Papaya (Carica papaya) production is seriously limited by papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) worldwide, including in Vietnam. Control of PRSV by cross protection is dependent on the availability of effective mild strains. Here, an infectious cDNA clone was constructed from PRSV isolate TG5 from South Vietnam. Site-directed mutagenesis with point mutations on the essential motifs of the helper component proteinase (HC-Pro) was performed, with or without deleting five amino acids (d5) from its N-terminal region. Mutants TG-d5, TG-d5I7, and TG-d5L206 containing d5, d5 + F7I, and d5 + F206L, respectively, induced mild mottling followed by symptomless recovery on papaya and infected Chenopodium quinoa without lesion formation. Each mutant accumulated in papaya at reduced levels with a zigzag pattern and was stable beyond six monthly passages. The cross-protection effectiveness of the three mutants in papaya against TG5 was investigated, each with 60 plants from three independent trials. The results showed that each mutant provided complete protection (100%) against TG5, 1 month after the challenge inoculation, as verified by the lack of severe symptoms and lack of local lesions in C. quinoa. Further tests revealed that TG-d5I7 also confers high levels of protection against other severe PRSV isolates from South Vietnam, including isolates DN (97%) and ST2 (50%). However, TG-d5I7 is ineffective or less effective (0 to 33%) against seven other severe PRSV strains from different geographic origins, including the isolate HN from North Vietnam. Our results indicate that the protection by the three mutants is highly strain-specific and suitable for the control of PRSV in South Vietnam.
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- Thi-Thu-Yen Tran
- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Southern Horticultural Research Institute, Tiengiang, Vietnam
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- Advanced Plant Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Southern Horticultural Research Institute, Tiengiang, Vietnam
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Advanced Plant Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Vietnam Overseas Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Tatineni S, Hein GL. Plant Viruses of Agricultural Importance: Current and Future Perspectives of Virus Disease Management Strategies. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2023; 113:117-141. [PMID: 36095333 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-05-22-0167-rvw] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Plant viruses cause significant losses in agricultural crops worldwide, affecting the yield and quality of agricultural products. The emergence of novel viruses or variants through genetic evolution and spillover from reservoir host species, changes in agricultural practices, mixed infections with disease synergism, and impacts from global warming pose continuous challenges for the management of epidemics resulting from emerging plant virus diseases. This review describes some of the most devastating virus diseases plus select virus diseases with regional importance in agriculturally important crops that have caused significant yield losses. The lack of curative measures for plant virus infections prompts the use of risk-reducing measures for managing plant virus diseases. These measures include exclusion, avoidance, and eradication techniques, along with vector management practices. The use of sensitive, high throughput, and user-friendly diagnostic methods is crucial for defining preventive and management strategies against plant viruses. The advent of next-generation sequencing technologies has great potential for detecting unknown viruses in quarantine samples. The deployment of genetic resistance in crop plants is an effective and desirable method of managing virus diseases. Several dominant and recessive resistance genes have been used to manage virus diseases in crops. Recently, RNA-based technologies such as dsRNA- and siRNA-based RNA interference, microRNA, and CRISPR/Cas9 provide transgenic and nontransgenic approaches for developing virus-resistant crop plants. Importantly, the topical application of dsRNA, hairpin RNA, and artificial microRNA and trans-active siRNA molecules on plants has the potential to develop GMO-free virus disease management methods. However, the long-term efficacy and acceptance of these new technologies, especially transgenic methods, remain to be established.
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- Satyanarayana Tatineni
- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583
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- Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583
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Guo G, Li MJ, Lai JL, Du ZY, Liao QS. Development of tobacco rattle virus-based platform for dual heterologous gene expression and CRISPR/Cas reagent delivery. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 325:111491. [PMID: 36216296 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2022.111491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2022] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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A large number of viral delivery systems have been developed for characterizing functional genes and producing heterologous recombinant proteins in plants, and but most of them are unable to co-express two fusion-free foreign proteins in the whole plant for extended periods of time. In this study, we modified tobacco rattle virus (TRV) as a TRVe dual delivery vector, using the strategy of gene substitution. The reconstructed TRVe had the capability to simultaneously produce two fusion-free foreign proteins at the whole level of Nicotiana benthamiana, and maintained the genetic stability for the insert of double foreign genes. Moreover, TRVe allowed systemic expression of two foreign proteins with the total lengths up to ∼900 aa residues. In addition, Cas12a protein and crRNA were delivered by the TRVe expression system for site-directed editing of genomic DNA in N. benthamiana 16c line constitutively expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP). Taker together, the TRV-based delivery system will be a simple and powerful means to rapidly co-express two non-fused foreign proteins at the whole level and facilitate functional genomics studies in plants.
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- Ge Guo
- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China.
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Kubina J, Hily JM, Mustin P, Komar V, Garcia S, Martin IR, Poulicard N, Velt A, Bonnet V, Mercier L, Lemaire O, Vigne E. Characterization of Grapevine Fanleaf Virus Isolates in ‘Chardonnay’ Vines Exhibiting Severe and Mild Symptoms in Two Vineyards. Viruses 2022; 14:v14102303. [PMID: 36298857 PMCID: PMC9609649 DOI: 10.3390/v14102303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Fanleaf degeneration is a complex viral disease of Vitis spp. that detrimentally impacts fruit yield and reduces the productive lifespan of most vineyards worldwide. In France, its main causal agent is grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV). In the past, field experiments were conducted to explore cross-protection as a management strategy of fanleaf degeneration, but results were unsatisfactory because the mild virus strain negatively impacted fruit yield. In order to select new mild GFLV isolates, we examined two old ‘Chardonnay’ parcels harbouring vines with distinct phenotypes. Symptoms and agronomic performances were monitored over the four-year study on 21 individual vines that were classified into three categories: asymptomatic GFLV-free vines, GFLV-infected vines severely diseased and GFLV-infected vines displaying mild symptoms. The complete coding genomic sequences of GFLV isolates in infected vines was determined by high-throughput sequencing. Most grapevines were infected with multiple genetically divergent variants. While no specific molecular features were apparent for GFLV isolates from vines displaying mild symptoms, a genetic differentiation of GFLV populations depending on the vineyard parcel was observed. The mild symptomatic grapevines identified during this study were established in a greenhouse to recover GFLV variants of potential interest for cross-protection studies.
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- Julie Kubina
- INRAE, SVQV UMR-A 1131, Université de Strasbourg, 68000 Colmar, France
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- INRAE, SVQV UMR-A 1131, Université de Strasbourg, 68000 Colmar, France
- IFV, 30240 Le Grau-Du-Roi, France
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- INRAE, SVQV UMR-A 1131, Université de Strasbourg, 68000 Colmar, France
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- INRAE, SVQV UMR-A 1131, Université de Strasbourg, 68000 Colmar, France
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- INRAE, SVQV UMR-A 1131, Université de Strasbourg, 68000 Colmar, France
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- PHIM, Université Montpellier, IRD, INRAE, Cirad, SupAgro, 34000 Montpellier, France
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- INRAE, SVQV UMR-A 1131, Université de Strasbourg, 68000 Colmar, France
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- Maison Moët & Chandon, 20 Avenue de Champagne, 51200 Épernay, France
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- Maison Moët & Chandon, 20 Avenue de Champagne, 51200 Épernay, France
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- INRAE, SVQV UMR-A 1131, Université de Strasbourg, 68000 Colmar, France
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- INRAE, SVQV UMR-A 1131, Université de Strasbourg, 68000 Colmar, France
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Voloudakis AE, Kaldis A, Patil BL. RNA-Based Vaccination of Plants for Control of Viruses. Annu Rev Virol 2022; 9:521-548. [PMID: 36173698 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-virology-091919-073708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Plant viruses cause nearly half of the emerging plant diseases worldwide, contributing to 10-15% of crop yield losses. Control of plant viral diseases is mainly accomplished by extensive chemical applications targeting the vectors (i.e., insects, nematodes, fungi) transmitting these viruses. However, these chemicals have a significant negative effect on human health and the environment. RNA interference is an endogenous, cellular, sequence-specific RNA degradation mechanism in eukaryotes induced by double-stranded RNA molecules that has been exploited as an antiviral strategy through transgenesis. Because genetically modified crop plants are not accepted for cultivation in several countries globally, there is an urgent demand for alternative strategies. This has boosted research on exogenous application of the RNA-based biopesticides that are shown to exhibit significant protective effect against viral infections. Such environment-friendly and efficacious antiviral agents for crop protection will contribute to global food security, without adverse effects on human health.
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- Andreas E Voloudakis
- Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Biometry, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece;
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- Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Biometry, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece;
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- Division of Basic Sciences, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka State, India
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Rodamilans B, Oliveros JC, San León D, Martínez-García PJ, Martínez-Gómez P, García JA, Rubio M. sRNA Analysis Evidenced the Involvement of Different Plant Viruses in the Activation of RNA Silencing-Related Genes and the Defensive Response Against Plum pox virus of 'GF305' Peach Grafted with 'Garrigues' Almond. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2022; 112:2012-2021. [PMID: 35302895 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-01-22-0032-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Plum pox virus (PPV) causes sharka disease in Prunus trees. Peach (P. persica) trees are severely affected by PPV, and no definitive source of genetic resistance has been identified. However, previous results showed that PPV-resistant 'Garrigues' almond (P. dulcis) was able to transfer its resistance to 'GF305' peach through grafting, reducing symptoms and viral load in PPV-infected plants. A recent study tried to identify genes responsible for this effect by studying messenger RNA expression through RNA sequencing in peach and almond plants, before and after grafting and before and after PPV infection. In this work, we used the same peach and almond samples but focused the high-throughput analyses on small RNA (sRNA) expression. We studied massive sequencing data and found an interesting pattern of sRNA overexpression linked to antiviral defense genes that suggested activation of these genes followed by downregulation to basal levels. We also discovered that 'Garrigues' almond plants were infected by different plant viruses that were transferred to peach plants. The large amounts of viral sRNA found in grafted peaches indicated a strong RNA silencing antiviral response and led us to postulate that these plant viruses could be collaborating in the observed "Garrigues effect."
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, CNB-CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, CNB-CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, CNB-CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Plant Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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Zhang S, Griffiths JS, Marchand G, Bernards MA, Wang A. Tomato brown rugose fruit virus: An emerging and rapidly spreading plant RNA virus that threatens tomato production worldwide. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2022; 23:1262-1277. [PMID: 35598295 PMCID: PMC9366064 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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UNLABELLED Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) is an emerging and rapidly spreading RNA virus that infects tomato and pepper, with tomato as the primary host. The virus causes severe crop losses and threatens tomato production worldwide. ToBRFV was discovered in greenhouse tomato plants grown in Jordan in spring 2015 and its first outbreak was traced back to 2014 in Israel. To date, the virus has been reported in at least 35 countries across four continents in the world. ToBRFV is transmitted mainly via contaminated seeds and mechanical contact (such as through standard horticultural practices). Given the global nature of the seed production and distribution chain, and ToBRFV's seed transmissibility, the extent of its spread is probably more severe than has been disclosed. ToBRFV can break down genetic resistance to tobamoviruses conferred by R genes Tm-1, Tm-2, and Tm-22 in tomato and L1 and L2 alleles in pepper. Currently, no commercial ToBRFV-resistant tomato cultivars are available. Integrated pest management-based measures such as rotation, eradication of infected plants, disinfection of seeds, and chemical treatment of contaminated greenhouses have achieved very limited success. The generation and application of attenuated variants may be a fast and effective approach to protect greenhouse tomato against ToBRFV. Long-term sustainable control will rely on the development of novel genetic resistance and resistant cultivars, which represents the most effective and environment-friendly strategy for pathogen control. TAXONOMY Tomato brown rugose fruit virus belongs to the genus Tobamovirus, in the family Virgaviridae. The genus also includes several economically important viruses such as Tobacco mosaic virus and Tomato mosaic virus. GENOME AND VIRION The ToBRFV genome is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA of approximately 6.4 kb, encoding four open reading frames. The viral genomic RNA is encapsidated into virions that are rod-shaped and about 300 nm long and 18 nm in diameter. Tobamovirus virions are considered extremely stable and can survive in plant debris or on seed surfaces for long periods of time. DISEASE SYMPTOMS Leaves, particularly young leaves, of tomato plants infected by ToBRFV exhibit mild to severe mosaic symptoms with dark green bulges, narrowness, and deformation. The peduncles and calyces often become necrotic and fail to produce fruit. Yellow blotches, brown or black spots, and rugose wrinkles appear on tomato fruits. In pepper plants, ToBRFV infection results in puckering and yellow mottling on leaves with stunted growth of young seedlings and small yellow to brown rugose dots and necrotic blotches on fruits.
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- Shaokang Zhang
- London Research and Development CentreAgriculture and Agri‐Food CanadaLondonOntarioCanada
- Department of BiologyThe University of Western OntarioLondonOntarioCanada
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- London Research and Development CentreAgriculture and Agri‐Food CanadaVinelandOntarioCanada
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- Harrow Research and Development CentreAgriculture and Agri‐Food CanadaHarrowOntarioCanada
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- Department of BiologyThe University of Western OntarioLondonOntarioCanada
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- London Research and Development CentreAgriculture and Agri‐Food CanadaLondonOntarioCanada
- Department of BiologyThe University of Western OntarioLondonOntarioCanada
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Wagemans J, Holtappels D, Vainio E, Rabiey M, Marzachì C, Herrero S, Ravanbakhsh M, Tebbe CC, Ogliastro M, Ayllón MA, Turina M. Going Viral: Virus-Based Biological Control Agents for Plant Protection. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2022; 60:21-42. [PMID: 35300520 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-021621-114208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The most economically important biotic stresses in crop production are caused by fungi, oomycetes, insects, viruses, and bacteria. Often chemical control is still the most commonly used method to manage them. However, the development of resistance in the different pathogens/pests, the putative damage on the natural ecosystem, the toxic residues in the field, and, thus, the contamination of the environment have stimulated the search for saferalternatives such as the use of biological control agents (BCAs). Among BCAs, viruses, a major driver for controlling host populations and evolution, are somewhat underused, mostly because of regulatory hurdles that make the cost of registration of such host-specific BCAs not affordable in comparison with the limited potential market. Here, we provide a comprehensive overview of the state of the art of virus-based BCAs against fungi, bacteria, viruses, and insects, with a specific focus on new approaches that rely on not only the direct biocidal virus component but also the complex ecological interactions between viruses and their hosts that do not necessarily result in direct damage to the host.
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- Forest Health and Biodiversity, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, Finland
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, CNR, Torino, Italy;
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- Department of Genetics and University Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BIOTECMED), Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
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- Thünen Institute of Biodiversity, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agraria y Alimentaria, Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, E.T.S.I. Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, CNR, Torino, Italy;
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To Be Seen or Not to Be Seen: Latent Infection by Tobamoviruses. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11162166. [PMID: 36015469 PMCID: PMC9415976 DOI: 10.3390/plants11162166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Tobamoviruses are among the most well-studied plant viruses and yet there is still a lot to uncover about them. On one side of the spectrum, there are damage-causing members of this genus: such as the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) and cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV), on the other side, there are members which cause latent infection in host plants. New technologies, such as high-throughput sequencing (HTS), have enabled us to discover viruses from asymptomatic plants, viruses in mixed infections where the disease etiology cannot be attributed to a single entity and more and more researchers a looking at non-crop plants to identify alternative virus reservoirs, leading to new virus discoveries. However, the diversity of these interactions in the virosphere and the involvement of multiple viruses in a single host is still relatively unclear. For such host–virus interactions in wild plants, symptoms are not always linked with the virus titer. In this review, we refer to latent infection as asymptomatic infection where plants do not suffer despite systemic infection. Molecular mechanisms related to latent behavior of tobamoviruses are unknown. We will review different studies which support different theories behind latency.
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Multiple Levels of Triggered Factors and the Obligated Requirement of Cell-to-Cell Movement in the Mutation Repair of Cucumber Mosaic Virus with Defects in the tRNA-like Structure. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11071051. [PMID: 36101429 PMCID: PMC9312275 DOI: 10.3390/biology11071051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Simple Summary Based on analysis of the tRNA-like structure (TLS) mutation in cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), mutation repair is correlated with several levels of triggered factors, including the dose of inoculation of virus mutants, the quantity effect on corresponding viral RNA, and the quality effect on corresponding viral RNA. All types of TLS mutation in different RNAs of CMV can be repaired at a low dose around the dilution end-point. At a high dose of inoculation, TLS mutations in RNA2 and RNA3, but not RNA1, can be repaired, which correlates with the relative quantity defect of RNA2 or the genome size defect of RNA3. In addition, all the above types of mutation repair necessarily require cell-to-cell movement, which presents the obligated effect of cell-to-cell movement on mutation repair. Abstract Some debilitating mutations in RNA viruses are repairable; however, the triggering factors of mutation repair remain largely unknown. In this study, multiple triggering factors of mutation repair are identified based on genetic damage to the TLS in CMV. TLS mutations in different RNAs distinctively impact viral pathogenicity and present different types of mutation repair. RNA2 relative reduction level or RNA3 sequence change resulting from TLS mutation is correlated with a high rate of mutation repair, and the TLS mutation of RNA1 fails to be repaired at the high inoculum dose. However, the TLS mutation of RNA1 can be repaired at a low dose of inoculation, particularly around the dilution end-point or in the mixed inoculation with RNA2 having a pre-termination mutation of the 2b gene, an RNAi suppressor. Taken together, TLS mutations resulting in quality or quantity defects of the viral genome or TLS mutations at low doses around the dilution end-point are likely to be repaired. Different levels of TLS mutation repair necessarily require cell-to-cell movement, therefore implying its obligated effect on the evolution of low-fitness viruses and providing a new insight into Muller’s ratchet. This study provides important information on virus evolution and the application of mild viral vaccines.
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Raja JAJ, Huang C, Chen C, Hu W, Cheng H, Goh R, Chao C, Tan Y, Yeh S. Modification of the N-terminal FWKG-αH1 element of potyviral HC-Pro affects its multiple functions and generates effective attenuated mutants for cross-protection. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2022; 23:947-965. [PMID: 35285990 PMCID: PMC9190983 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Control of plant viruses by cross-protection is limited by the availability of effective protective strains. Incorporation of an NIa-protease processing site in the extreme N-terminal region of the helper component protease (HC-Pro) of turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) resulted in a mutant virus TuHND I that induced highly attenuated symptoms. Recombination analysis verified that two variations, F7I mutation and amino acid 7-upstream-deletion, in HC-Pro co-determined TuHND I attenuation. TuHND I provided complete protection to Nicotiana benthamiana and Brassica campestris subsp. chinensis plants against infection by the severe parental strain. Aphid transmission tests revealed that TuHND I was not aphid-transmissible. An RNA silencing suppression (RSS) assay by agroinfiltration suggested the RSS-defective nature of the mutant HC-Pro. In the context (amino acids 3-17) encompassing the two variations of HC-Pro, we uncovered an FWKG-α-helix 1 (αH1) element that influenced the functions of aphid transmission and RSS, whose motifs were located far downstream. We further demonstrated that HC-Pro F7 was a critical residue on αH1 for HC-Pro functions and that reinstating αH1 in the RSS-defective HC-Pro of TuHND I restored the protein's RSS function. Yeast two-hybrid and bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays indicated the FWKG-αH1 element as an integral part of the HC-Pro self-interaction domain. The possibility of regulation of the mechanistically independent functions of RSS and aphid transmission by the FWKG-αH1 element is discussed. Extension of TuMV HC-Pro FWKG-αH1 variations to another potyvirus, zucchini yellow mosaic virus, also generated nonaphid-transmissible cross-protective mutant viruses. Hence, the modification of the FWKG-αH1 element can generate effective attenuated viruses for the control of potyviruses by cross-protection.
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- Joseph A. J. Raja
- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan, R.O.C.
- Advanced Plant Biotechnology CenterNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan, R.O.C.
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- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan, R.O.C.
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- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan, R.O.C.
- Division of Plant PathologyTaiwan Agricultural Research InstituteWu‐FengTaichungTaiwan, R.O.C.
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- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan, R.O.C.
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- Advanced Plant Biotechnology CenterNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan, R.O.C.
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- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan, R.O.C.
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- Taichung District Agricultural Research and Extension StationDacunChanghua CountyTaiwan, R.O.C.
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- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan, R.O.C.
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- Department of Plant PathologyNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan, R.O.C.
- Advanced Plant Biotechnology CenterNational Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan, R.O.C.
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Shahzad GIR, Passera A, Maldera G, Casati P, Marcello I, Bianco PA. Biocontrol Potential of Endophytic Plant-Growth-Promoting Bacteria against Phytopathogenic Viruses: Molecular Interaction with the Host Plant and Comparison with Chitosan. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:6990. [PMID: 35805989 PMCID: PMC9266900 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23136990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Endophytic plant-growth-promoting bacteria (ePGPB) are interesting tools for pest management strategies. However, the molecular interactions underlying specific biocontrol effects, particularly against phytopathogenic viruses, remain unexplored. Herein, we investigated the antiviral effects and triggers of induced systemic resistance mediated by four ePGPB (Paraburkholderia fungorum strain R8, Paenibacillus pasadenensis strain R16, Pantoea agglomerans strain 255-7, and Pseudomonas syringae strain 260-02) against four viruses (Cymbidium Ring Spot Virus-CymRSV; Cucumber Mosaic Virus-CMV; Potato Virus X-PVX; and Potato Virus Y-PVY) on Nicotiana benthamiana plants under controlled conditions and compared them with a chitosan-based resistance inducer product. Our studies indicated that ePGPB- and chitosan-treated plants presented well-defined biocontrol efficacy against CymRSV and CMV, unlike PVX and PVY. They exhibited significant reductions in symptom severity while promoting plant height compared to nontreated, virus-infected controls. However, these phenotypic traits showed no association with relative virus quantification. Moreover, the tested defense-related genes (Enhanced Disease Susceptibility-1 (EDS1), Non-expressor of Pathogenesis-related genes-1 (NPR1), and Pathogenesis-related protein-2B (PR2B)) implied the involvement of a salicylic-acid-related defense pathway triggered by EDS1 gene upregulation.
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences-Production, Landscape, Agroecology, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy; (G.-i.-R.S.); (A.P.); (G.M.); (P.C.); (P.A.B.)
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Xu L, Zhang W, Gao Y, Meng F, Nie X, Bai Y. Potato Virus Y Strain N-Wi Offers Cross-Protection in Potato Against Strain NTN-NW by Superior Competition. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:1566-1572. [PMID: 35072502 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-11-21-2539-sc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Potato virus Y (PVY) is one of the most economically important pathogens of potato. PVY exhibits different phenotypes in dissimilar potato cultivars. Previously, we observed that two recombinant isolates, PVYN-Wi-HLJ-BDH-2 (BDH) and PVYNTN-NW(SYR-II)-INM-W-369-12 (369), exhibited different virulence levels in potato cultivar Kexin 13 despite high genome sequence identity. Indeed, 369 induced severe necrosis and plant death in severe cases in Kexin 13 and severe mosaic in cultivar Yanshu 8, whereas BDH caused mainly mosaic symptoms on the plants of both cultivars. We hypothesized that preinfection of plants with BDH could cross-protect them from 369 infection, and not vice versa. Challenge inoculation, either by mechanical wounding or through grafting, with 369 on plants that were preinfected with BDH did not augment the symptom expression in both cultivars. Reverse transcription quantitative PCR analysis showed that, after challenge inoculation with 369, the titer of the isolate on BDH-preinfected plants remained at a low level (about 3 × 104 copy/µl) during the tested time course (0 h to 30 days). In contrast, in plants that were preinoculated with buffer (mock) and challenge inoculated with 369, the titer of 369 increased continuously until reaching its highest level of about 2 × 107 (Yanshu 8) and about 4 × 108 (Kexin 13) during the time course. Surprisingly, in plants that were preinfected with 369 and challenge inoculated with BDH, the accumulation of BDH reached nearly the same level as that in plants that were preinoculated with buffer and challenge inoculated with BDH. Taken together, these results suggest that PVYN-Wi mediated cross-protection against PVYNTN-NW(SYR-II) by superior competition and better fitness.
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- Liping Xu
- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Harbin 150040, China
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- Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Harbin 150040, China
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- Fredericton Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fredericton, NB E3B 0E2, Canada
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- Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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Perdoncini Carvalho C, Ren R, Han J, Qu F. Natural Selection, Intracellular Bottlenecks of Virus Populations, and Viral Superinfection Exclusion. Annu Rev Virol 2022; 9:121-137. [PMID: 35567296 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-virology-100520-114758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Natural selection acts on cellular organisms by ensuring the genes responsible for an advantageous phenotype consistently reap the phenotypic advantage. This is possible because reproductive cells of these organisms are almost always haploid, separating the beneficial gene from its rival allele at every generation. How natural selection acts on plus-strand RNA viruses is unclear because these viruses frequently load host cells with numerous genome copies and replicate thousands of progeny genomes in each cell. Recent studies suggest that these viruses encode the Bottleneck, Isolate, Amplify, Select (BIAS) mechanism that blocks all but a few viral genome copies from replication, thus creating the environment in which the bottleneck-escaping viral genome copies are isolated from each other, allowing natural selection to reward beneficial mutations and purge lethal errors. This BIAS mechanism also blocks the genomes of highly homologous superinfecting viruses, thus explaining cellular-level superinfection exclusion. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Virology, Volume 9 is September 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, USA;
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, USA;
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, USA;
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Bin Y, Xu J, Duan Y, Ma Z, Zhang Q, Wang C, Su Y, Jiang Q, Song Z, Zhou C. The Titer of Citrus Yellow Vein Clearing Virus Is Positively Associated with the Severity of Symptoms in Infected Citrus Seedlings. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:828-834. [PMID: 34645307 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-02-21-0232-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Citrus yellow vein clearing virus (CYVCV), a new member of the genus Mandarivirus in the family Alphaflexiviridae, is the causal agent of citrus yellow vein clearing disease. CYVCV is transmitted to citrus by Dialeurodes citri, grafting, and contaminated knife blades, threatening citrus production. In this study, four infectious full-length complementary DNA clones of CYVCV (namely AY112, AY132, AY212, and AY221) derived from CYVCV isolate AY were obtained through yeast homologous recombination and inoculated to 'Eureka' lemon (Citrus limon Burm. f.) by Agrobacterium-mediated vacuum infiltration. Pathogenicity analysis indicated that the clones AY212 and AY221 caused more severe symptoms than AY112 and AY132. Northern blot and quantitative reverse transcription PCR analyses showed that the titers of virulent clones (AY212 and AY221) were significantly higher than those of attenuated clones (AY112 and AY132) in the infected 'Eureka' lemon seedlings. Subsequent comparative studies of viral infectivity, accumulation, and symptoms induced by AY221 in nine citrus cultivars indicated that the infectivity of AY221 varied from 25 to 100% between cultivars; 'Oota' ponkan (C. reticulata L.) showed the lowest infection rate, with mild symptoms, which might be a useful resource for CYVCY-resistance genes; and CYVCV titer was positively associated with the symptom development in infected citrus seedlings. In general, this report revealed the biological properties of CYVCV, thus laying a foundation for further investigation of pathogenic mechanisms in this virus.
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- Yu Bin
- Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400712, P.R. China
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- Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400712, P.R. China
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- Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400712, P.R. China
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- Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400712, P.R. China
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- Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400712, P.R. China
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- Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400712, P.R. China
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- Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400712, P.R. China
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- Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400712, P.R. China
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- Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400712, P.R. China
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- Citrus Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400712, P.R. China
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Tran TTY, Lin TT, Chang CP, Chen CH, Nguyen VH, Yeh SD. Generation of Mild Recombinants of Papaya Ringspot Virus to Minimize the Problem of Strain-Specific Cross-Protection. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2022; 112:708-719. [PMID: 34384243 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-06-21-0272-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) causes severe damage to papaya (Carica papaya L.) and is the primary limiting factor for papaya production worldwide. A nitrous acid-induced mild strain, PRSV HA 5-1, derived from Hawaii strain HA, has been applied to control PRSV by cross-protection for decades. However, the problem of strain-specific protection hampers its application in Taiwan and other geographic regions outside Hawaii. Here, sequence comparison of the genomic sequence of HA 5-1 with that of HA revealed 69 nucleotide changes, resulting in 31 aa changes, of which 16 aa are structurally different. The multiple mutations of HA 5-1 are considered to result from nitrous acid induction because 86% of nucleotide changes are transition mutations. The stable HA 5-1 was used as a backbone to generate recombinants carrying individual 3' fragments of Vietnam severe strain TG5, including NIa, NIb, and CP3' regions, individually or in combination. Our results indicated that the best heterologous fragment for the recombinant is the region of CP3', with which symptom attenuation of the recombinant is like that of HA 5-1. This mild recombinant HA51/TG5-CP3' retained high levels of protection against the homologous HA in papaya plants and significantly increased the protection against the heterologous TG-5. Similarly, HA 5-1 recombinants carrying individual CP3' fragments from Thailand SMK, Taiwan YK, and Vietnam ST2 severe strains also significantly increase protection against the corresponding heterologous strains in papaya plants. Thus, our recombinant approach for mild strain generation is a fast and effective way to minimize the problem of strain-specific protection.
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- Thi-Thu-Yen Tran
- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Southern Horticultural Research Institute, TienGiang, Vietnam
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Southern Horticultural Research Institute, TienGiang, Vietnam
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Advanced Plant Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Vietnam Overseas Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Rodríguez-Verástegui LL, Ramírez-Zavaleta CY, Capilla-Hernández MF, Gregorio-Jorge J. Viruses Infecting Trees and Herbs That Produce Edible Fleshy Fruits with a Prominent Value in the Global Market: An Evolutionary Perspective. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:203. [PMID: 35050091 PMCID: PMC8778216 DOI: 10.3390/plants11020203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Trees and herbs that produce fruits represent the most valuable agricultural food commodities in the world. However, the yield of these crops is not fully achieved due to biotic factors such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Viruses are capable of causing alterations in plant growth and development, thereby impacting the yield of their hosts significantly. In this work, we first compiled the world's most comprehensive list of known edible fruits that fits our definition. Then, plant viruses infecting those trees and herbs that produce fruits with commercial importance in the global market were identified. The identified plant viruses belong to 30 families, most of them containing single-stranded RNA genomes. Importantly, we show the overall picture of the host range for some virus families following an evolutionary approach. Further, the current knowledge about plant-virus interactions, focusing on the main disorders they cause, as well as yield losses, is summarized. Additionally, since accurate diagnosis methods are of pivotal importance for viral diseases control, the current and emerging technologies for the detection of these plant pathogens are described. Finally, the most promising strategies employed to control viral diseases in the field are presented, focusing on solutions that are long-lasting.
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- Cuerpo Académico Procesos Biotecnológicos, Universidad Politécnica de Tlaxcala, Av. Universidad Politécnica 1, San Pedro Xalcaltzinco 90180, Mexico; (C.Y.R.-Z.); (M.F.C.-H.)
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- Cuerpo Académico Procesos Biotecnológicos, Universidad Politécnica de Tlaxcala, Av. Universidad Politécnica 1, San Pedro Xalcaltzinco 90180, Mexico; (C.Y.R.-Z.); (M.F.C.-H.)
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- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Politécnica de Tlaxcala, Av. Insurgentes Sur 1582, Col. Crédito Constructor, Ciudad de Mexico 03940, Mexico
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Gusachenko ON, Woodford L, Balbirnie-Cumming K, Evans DJ. First come, first served: superinfection exclusion in Deformed wing virus is dependent upon sequence identity and not the order of virus acquisition. THE ISME JOURNAL 2021; 15:3704-3713. [PMID: 34193965 PMCID: PMC8630095 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-021-01043-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Deformed wing virus (DWV) is the most important globally distributed pathogen of honey bees and, when vectored by the ectoparasite Varroa destructor, is associated with high levels of colony losses. Divergent DWV types may differ in their pathogenicity and are reported to exhibit superinfection exclusion upon sequential infections, an inevitability in a Varroa-infested colony. We used a reverse genetic approach to investigate competition and interactions between genetically distinct or related virus strains, analysing viral load over time, tissue distribution with reporter gene-expressing viruses and recombination between virus variants. Transient competition occurred irrespective of the order of virus acquisition, indicating no directionality or dominance. Over longer periods, the ability to compete with a pre-existing infection correlated with the genetic divergence of the inoculae. Genetic recombination was observed throughout the DWV genome with recombinants accounting for ~2% of the population as determined by deep sequencing. We propose that superinfection exclusion, if it occurs at all, is a consequence of a cross-reactive RNAi response to the viruses involved, explaining the lack of dominance of one virus type over another. A better understanding of the consequences of dual- and superinfection will inform development of cross-protective honey bee vaccines and landscape-scale DWV transmission and evolution.
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- Olesya N. Gusachenko
- grid.11914.3c0000 0001 0721 1626Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, UK
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- grid.11914.3c0000 0001 0721 1626Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, UK
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- grid.11914.3c0000 0001 0721 1626Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, UK
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- grid.11914.3c0000 0001 0721 1626Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, UK
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Wang Y, Shen W, Dai Z, Gou B, Liu H, Hu W, Qin L, Li Z, Tuo D, Cui H. Biological and Molecular Characterization of Two Closely Related Arepaviruses and Their Antagonistic Interaction in Nicotiana benthamiana. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:755156. [PMID: 34733264 PMCID: PMC8558625 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.755156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Previously, our group characterized two closely related viruses from Areca catechu, areca palm necrotic ringspot virus (ANRSV) and areca palm necrotic spindle-spot virus (ANSSV). These two viruses share a distinct genomic organization of leader proteases and represent the only two species of the newly established genus Arepavirus of the family Potyviridae. The biological features of the two viruses are largely unknown. In this study, we investigated the pathological properties, functional compatibility of viral elements, and interspecies interactions in the model plant, Nicotiana benthamiana. Using a newly obtained infectious clone of ANRSV, we showed that this virus induces more severe symptoms compared with ANSSV and that this is related to a rapid virus multiplication in planta. A series of hybrid viruses were constructed via the substitution of multiple elements in the ANRSV infectious clone with the counterparts of ANSSV. The replacement of either 5′-UTR-HCPro1–HCPro2 or CI effectively supported replication and systemic infection of ANRSV, whereas individual substitution of P3-7K, 9K-NIa, and NIb-CP-3′-UTR abolished viral infectivity. Finally, we demonstrated that ANRSV confers effective exclusion of ANSSV both in coinfection and super-infection assays. These results advance our understanding of fundamental aspects of these two distinct but closely related arepaviruses.
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- Yaodi Wang
- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education and College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education and College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education and College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education and College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education and College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education and College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education and College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education and College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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Yang X, Li Y, Wang A. Research Advances in Potyviruses: From the Laboratory Bench to the Field. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2021; 59:1-29. [PMID: 33891829 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-020620-114550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Potyviruses (viruses in the genus Potyvirus, family Potyviridae) constitute the largest group of known plant-infecting RNA viruses and include many agriculturally important viruses that cause devastating epidemics and significant yield losses in many crops worldwide. Several potyviruses are recognized as the most economically important viral pathogens. Therefore, potyviruses are more studied than other groups of plant viruses. In the past decade, a large amount of knowledge has been generated to better understand potyviruses and their infection process. In this review, we list the top 10 economically important potyviruses and present a brief profile of each. We highlight recent exciting findings on the novel genome expression strategy and the biological functions of potyviral proteins and discuss recent advances in molecular plant-potyvirus interactions, particularly regarding the coevolutionary arms race. Finally, we summarize current disease control strategies, with a focus on biotechnology-based genetic resistance, and point out future research directions.
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- Xiuling Yang
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada;
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- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada;
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- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada;
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Alcaide C, Aranda MA. Determinants of Persistent Patterns of Pepino Mosaic Virus Mixed Infections. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:694492. [PMID: 34295323 PMCID: PMC8290496 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.694492] [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: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Pepino mosaic virus (PepMV) has become a pandemic virus in tomato crops, causing important economic losses worldwide. In Spain, isolates of the EU and CH2 strains co-circulate, with PepMV-EU predominantly found in mixed infections. Simultaneous in planta mixed infections result in an asymmetric antagonism against PepMV-CH2, but the outcome of over-infections has never been tested. PepMV-EU and PepMV-CH2 time-lagged inoculations were performed, and viral accumulation was measured 10 days after challenge inoculation. PepMV-EU had a protective effect over PepMV-CH2; in contrast, the accumulation of PepMV-EU increased in plants pre-inoculated with PepMV-CH2 as compared to single infections. We also studied the effect of the type of infection on viral transmission. Independently of the nature of the infection (single or mixed), we observed a strong positive correlation between virus accumulation in the source plant and transmission, excluding mixed infection effects different than modulating viral accumulation. Finally, in order to determine the genetic variability of PepMV strains in single and mixed infections, a 430 nucleotide region was RT-PCR amplified from samples from a serial passages experiment and deep-sequenced. No significant differences were found in the number of nucleotide substitutions between single and mixed infections for PepMV-EU; in contrast, significant differences were found for PepMV-CH2, which was more variable in single than in mixed infections. Comparing PepMV-EU with PepMV-CH2, a higher nucleotide diversity was found for PepMV-CH2. Collectively, our data strongly suggest that PepMV mixed infections can impact the virus epidemiology by modulating in planta virus strain accumulation and diversification.
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- Cristina Alcaide
- Department of Stress Biology and Plant Pathology, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS)-CSIC, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Stress Biology and Plant Pathology, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS)-CSIC, Murcia, Spain
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Molecular Characterization of Potato Virus Y (PVY) Using High-Throughput Sequencing: Constraints on Full Genome Reconstructions Imposed by Mixed Infection Involving Recombinant PVY Strains. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10040753. [PMID: 33921504 PMCID: PMC8069754 DOI: 10.3390/plants10040753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In recent years, high throughput sequencing (HTS) has brought new possibilities to the study of the diversity and complexity of plant viromes. Mixed infection of a single plant with several viruses is frequently observed in such studies. We analyzed the virome of 10 tomato and sweet pepper samples from Slovakia, all showing the presence of potato virus Y (PVY) infection. Most datasets allow the determination of the nearly complete sequence of a single-variant PVY genome, belonging to one of the PVY recombinant strains (N-Wi, NTNa, or NTNb). However, in three to-mato samples (T1, T40, and T62) the presence of N-type and O-type sequences spanning the same genome region was documented, indicative of mixed infections involving different PVY strains variants, hampering the automated assembly of PVY genomes present in the sample. The N- and O-type in silico data were further confirmed by specific RT-PCR assays targeting UTR-P1 and NIa genomic parts. Although full genomes could not be de novo assembled directly in this situation, their deep coverage by relatively long paired reads allowed their manual re-assembly using very stringent mapping parameters. These results highlight the complexity of PVY infection of some host plants and the challenges that can be met when trying to precisely identify the PVY isolates involved in mixed infection.
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Qu F, Zheng L, Zhang S, Sun R, Slot J, Miyashita S. Bottleneck, Isolate, Amplify, Select (BIAS) as a mechanistic framework for intracellular population dynamics of positive-sense RNA viruses. Virus Evol 2020; 6:veaa086. [PMID: 33343926 PMCID: PMC7733609 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veaa086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Many positive-sense RNA viruses, especially those infecting plants, are known to experience stringent, stochastic population bottlenecks inside the cells they invade, but exactly how and why these populations become bottlenecked are unclear. A model proposed ten years ago advocates that such bottlenecks are evolutionarily favored because they cause the isolation of individual viral variants in separate cells. Such isolation in turn allows the viral variants to manifest the phenotypic differences they encode. Recently published observations lend mechanistic support to this model and prompt us to refine the model with novel molecular details. The refined model, designated Bottleneck, Isolate, Amplify, Select (BIAS), postulates that these viruses impose population bottlenecks on themselves by encoding bottleneck-enforcing proteins (BNEPs) that function in a concentration-dependent manner. In cells simultaneously invaded by numerous virions of the same virus, BNEPs reach the bottleneck-ready concentration sufficiently early to arrest nearly all internalized viral genomes. As a result, very few (as few as one) viral genomes stochastically escape to initiate reproduction. Repetition of this process in successively infected cells isolates viral genomes with different mutations in separate cells. This isolation prevents mutant viruses encoding defective viral proteins from hitchhiking on sister genome-encoded products, leading to the swift purging of such mutants. Importantly, genome isolation also ensures viral genomes harboring beneficial mutations accrue the cognate benefit exclusively to themselves, leading to the fixation of such beneficial mutations. Further interrogation of the BIAS hypothesis promises to deepen our understanding of virus evolution and inspire new solutions to virus disease mitigation.
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- Feng Qu
- Department of Plant Pathology and.,Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and.,Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and.,Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and.,Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, USA
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki-aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0845, Japan
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Laureti M, Paradkar PN, Fazakerley JK, Rodriguez-Andres J. Superinfection Exclusion in Mosquitoes and Its Potential as an Arbovirus Control Strategy. Viruses 2020; 12:v12111259. [PMID: 33167513 PMCID: PMC7694488 DOI: 10.3390/v12111259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The continuing emergence of arbovirus disease outbreaks around the world, despite the use of vector control strategies, warrants the development of new strategies to reduce arbovirus transmission. Superinfection exclusion, a phenomenon whereby a primary virus infection prevents the replication of a second closely related virus, has potential to control arbovirus disease emergence and outbreaks. This phenomenon has been observed for many years in plants, insects and mammalian cells. In this review, we discuss the significance of identifying novel vector control strategies, summarize studies exploring arbovirus superinfection exclusion and consider the potential for this phenomenon to be the basis for novel arbovirus control strategies.
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- Mathilde Laureti
- Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, VIC 3000 Melbourne, Australia;
- CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Australian Centre for Diseases Preparedness, VIC 3220 Geelong, Australia;
- Correspondence: (M.L.); (J.R.-A.)
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- CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Australian Centre for Diseases Preparedness, VIC 3220 Geelong, Australia;
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- Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, VIC 3000 Melbourne, Australia;
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- Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, VIC 3000 Melbourne, Australia;
- Correspondence: (M.L.); (J.R.-A.)
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Bettenfeld P, Fontaine F, Trouvelot S, Fernandez O, Courty PE. Woody Plant Declines. What's Wrong with the Microbiome? TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 25:381-394. [PMID: 31983620 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Woody plant (WP) declines have multifactorial determinants as well as a biological and economic reality. The vascular system of WPs involved in the transport of carbon, nitrogen, and water from sources to sinks has a seasonal activity, which places it at a central position for mediating plant-environment interactions from nutrient cycling to community assembly and for regulating a variety of processes. To limit effects and to fight against declines, we propose: (i) to consider the WP and its associated microbiota as an holobiont and as a set of functions; (ii) to consider simultaneously, without looking at what comes first, the physiological or pathogenic disorders; and (iii) to define pragmatic strategies, including preventive and curative agronomical practices based on microbiota engineering.
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- Pauline Bettenfeld
- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, CNRS, Université de Bourgogne, INRAE, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France; SFR Condorcet CNRS 3417, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Unité Résistance Induite et Bioprotection des Plantes EA4707, Reims, France
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- SFR Condorcet CNRS 3417, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Unité Résistance Induite et Bioprotection des Plantes EA4707, Reims, France
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- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, CNRS, Université de Bourgogne, INRAE, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- SFR Condorcet CNRS 3417, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Unité Résistance Induite et Bioprotection des Plantes EA4707, Reims, France
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- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, CNRS, Université de Bourgogne, INRAE, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France.
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Tuo D, Zhou P, Zhao G, Yan P, Tan D, Li X, Shen W. A Double Mutation in the Conserved Motifs of the Helper Component Protease of Papaya Leaf Distortion Mosaic Virus for the Generation of a Cross-Protective Attenuated Strain. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2020; 110:187-193. [PMID: 31516080 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-09-19-0328-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Potyviral helper component protease (HC-Pro), as a major determinant of symptom expression in susceptible plants, is a likely target candidate in the production of attenuated strains for cross-protection. In this study, single or double mutations of Lys (K) to Glu (E) in the Lys-Ile-Thr-Cys motif and Arg (R) to Ile (I) in the Phe-Arg-Asn-Lys motif of the HC-Pro from the severe papaya leaf distortion mosaic virus strain DF (PLDMV-DF) reduced symptom expression and virus accumulation in infected papaya (Carica papaya) plants. The papaya plants infected with the attenuated double mutant of PLDMV-EI presented as symptomless. PLDMV-EI provided effective protection against PLDMV-DF infection in three papaya cultivars and had no effect on plant growth and development. Our result showed that PLDMV-EI is a promising mild strain for the practical use of cross-protection in the field.
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- Decai Tuo
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture & Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China
- Hainan Key Laboratory of Tropical Microbe Resources, Haikou 571101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture & Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China
- Hainan Key Laboratory of Tropical Microbe Resources, Haikou 571101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture & Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China
- Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture & Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China
- Hainan Key Laboratory of Tropical Microbe Resources, Haikou 571101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture & Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture & Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China
- Hainan Key Laboratory of Tropical Microbe Resources, Haikou 571101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture & Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China
- Hainan Key Laboratory of Tropical Microbe Resources, Haikou 571101, China
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The pathological importance of mixed viral infections in plants might be underestimated except for a few well-characterized synergistic combinations in certain crops. Considering that the host ranges of many viruses often overlap and that most plant species can be infected by several unrelated viruses, it is not surprising to find more than one virus simultaneously in the same plant. Furthermore, dispersal of the majority of plant viruses relies on efficient transmission mechanisms mediated by vector organisms, mainly but not exclusively insects, which can contribute to the occurrence of multiple infections in the same plant. Recent work using different experimental approaches has shown that mixed viral infections can be remarkably frequent, up to the point that they could be considered the rule more than the exception. The purpose of this review is to describe the impact of multiple infections not only on the participating viruses themselves but also on their vectors and on the common host. From this standpoint, mixed infections arise as complex events that involve several cross-interacting players, and they consequently require a more general perspective than the analysis of single-virus/single-host approaches for a full understanding of their relevance.
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- Ana Beatriz Moreno
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas IRTA-UAB-UB, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas IRTA-UAB-UB, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain
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Rubio L, Galipienso L, Ferriol I. Detection of Plant Viruses and Disease Management: Relevance of Genetic Diversity and Evolution. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:1092. [PMID: 32765569 PMCID: PMC7380168 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Plant viruses cause considerable economic losses and are a threat for sustainable agriculture. The frequent emergence of new viral diseases is mainly due to international trade, climate change, and the ability of viruses for rapid evolution. Disease control is based on two strategies: i) immunization (genetic resistance obtained by plant breeding, plant transformation, cross-protection, or others), and ii) prophylaxis to restrain virus dispersion (using quarantine, certification, removal of infected plants, control of natural vectors, or other procedures). Disease management relies strongly on a fast and accurate identification of the causal agent. For known viruses, diagnosis consists in assigning a virus infecting a plant sample to a group of viruses sharing common characteristics, which is usually referred to as species. However, the specificity of diagnosis can also reach higher taxonomic levels, as genus or family, or lower levels, as strain or variant. Diagnostic procedures must be optimized for accuracy by detecting the maximum number of members within the group (sensitivity as the true positive rate) and distinguishing them from outgroup viruses (specificity as the true negative rate). This requires information on the genetic relationships within-group and with members of other groups. The influence of the genetic diversity of virus populations in diagnosis and disease management is well documented, but information on how to integrate the genetic diversity in the detection methods is still scarce. Here we review the techniques used for plant virus diagnosis and disease control, including characteristics such as accuracy, detection level, multiplexing, quantification, portability, and designability. The effect of genetic diversity and evolution of plant viruses in the design and performance of some detection and disease control techniques are also discussed. High-throughput or next-generation sequencing provides broad-spectrum and accurate identification of viruses enabling multiplex detection, quantification, and the discovery of new viruses. Likely, this technique will be the future standard in diagnostics as its cost will be dropping and becoming more affordable.
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- Luis Rubio
- Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnology, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Moncada, Spain
- *Correspondence: Luis Rubio,
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- Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnology, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Moncada, Spain
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- Plant Responses to Stress Programme, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG-CSIC_UAB-UB) Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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Cao X, Liu S, Yu C, Li X, Yuan X. A new strategy of using satellite RNA to control viral plant diseases: post-inoculation with satellite RNA attenuates symptoms derived from pre-infection with its helper virus. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2019; 17:1856-1858. [PMID: 31050095 PMCID: PMC6737017 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Revised: 04/14/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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- Xinran Cao
- Department of Plant PathologyCollege of Plant ProtectionShandong Agricultural UniversityShandong Province Key Laboratory of Agricultural MicrobiologyTai'anChina
- Yantai Agricultural Technology Extension CenterYantaiChina
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- Department of Plant PathologyCollege of Plant ProtectionShandong Agricultural UniversityShandong Province Key Laboratory of Agricultural MicrobiologyTai'anChina
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- Department of Plant PathologyCollege of Plant ProtectionShandong Agricultural UniversityShandong Province Key Laboratory of Agricultural MicrobiologyTai'anChina
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- Department of Plant PathologyCollege of Plant ProtectionShandong Agricultural UniversityShandong Province Key Laboratory of Agricultural MicrobiologyTai'anChina
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- Department of Plant PathologyCollege of Plant ProtectionShandong Agricultural UniversityShandong Province Key Laboratory of Agricultural MicrobiologyTai'anChina
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The Matrix Protein of a Plant Rhabdovirus Mediates Superinfection Exclusion by Inhibiting Viral Transcription. J Virol 2019; 93:JVI.00680-19. [PMID: 31341043 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00680-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Superinfection exclusion (SIE) or cross-protection phenomena have been documented for plant viruses for nearly a century and are widespread among taxonomically diverse viruses, but little information is available about SIE of plant negative-strand RNA viruses. Here, we demonstrate that SIE by sonchus yellow net nucleorhabdovirus virus (SYNV) is mediated by the viral matrix (M) protein, a multifunctional protein involved in transcription regulation, virion assembly, and virus budding. We show that fluorescent protein-tagged SYNV variants display mutual exclusion/cross-protection in Nicotiana benthamiana plants. Transient expression of the SYNV M protein, but not other viral proteins, interfered with SYNV local infections. In addition, SYNV M deletion mutants failed to exclude superinfection by wild-type SYNV. An SYNV minireplicon reporter gene expression assay showed that the M protein inhibited viral transcription. However, M protein mutants with weakened nuclear localization signals (NLS) and deficient nuclear interactions with the SYNV nucleocapsid protein were unable to suppress transcription. Moreover, SYNV with M NLS mutations exhibited compromised SIE against wild-type SYNV. From these data, we propose that M protein accumulating in nuclei with primary SYNV infections either coils or prevents uncoiling of nucleocapsids released by the superinfecting SYNV virions and suppresses transcription of superinfecting genomes, thereby preventing superinfection. Our model suggests that the rhabdovirus M protein regulates the transition from replication to virion assembly and renders the infected cells nonpermissive for secondary infections.IMPORTANCE Superinfection exclusion (SIE) is a widespread phenomenon in which an established virus infection prevents reinfection by closely related viruses. Understanding the mechanisms governing SIE will not only advance our basic knowledge of virus infection cycles but may also lead to improved design of antiviral measures. Despite the significance of SIE, our knowledge about viral SIE determinants and their modes of actions remain limited. In this study, we show that sonchus yellow net virus (SYNV) SIE is mediated by the viral matrix (M) protein. During primary infections, accumulation of M protein in infected nuclei results in coiling of genomic nucleocapsids and suppression of viral transcription. Consequently, nucleocapsids released by potential superinfectors are sequestered and are unable to initiate new infections. Our data suggest that SYNV SIE is caused by M protein-mediated transition from replication to virion assembly and that this process prevents secondary infections.
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Pechinger K, Chooi KM, MacDiarmid RM, Harper SJ, Ziebell H. A New Era for Mild Strain Cross-Protection. Viruses 2019; 11:E670. [PMID: 31340444 PMCID: PMC6669575 DOI: 10.3390/v11070670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Societal and environmental pressures demand high-quality and resilient cropping plants and plant-based foods grown with the use of low or no synthetic chemical inputs. Mild strain cross-protection (MSCP), the pre-immunization of a plant using a mild strain of a virus to protect against subsequent infection by a severe strain of the virus, fits with future-proofing of production systems. New examples of MSCP use have occurred recently. New technologies are converging to support the discovery and mechanism(s) of action of MSCP strains thereby accelerating the popularity of their use.
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- Katrin Pechinger
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington, State University, Prosser, WA 99350, USA
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- Julius Kühn Institute, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Messeweg 11-12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany.
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