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Das A, Roy A, Mandal A, Mondal HA, Hess D, Kundu P, Das S. Inhibition of Bemisia tabaci vectored, GroEL mediated transmission of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus by garlic leaf lectin (Allium sativum leaf agglutinin). Virus Res 2021; 300:198443. [PMID: 33940005 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2021.198443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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GroEL or symbionin synthesized by the endosymbionts of whitefly (Bemisia tabaci)/ aphids play a cardinal role in the persistent, circulative transmission of plant viruses by binding to viral coat protein/ read-through protein. Allium sativum leaf agglutinin (ASAL), a Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (GNA)- related mannose-binding lectin from garlic leaf has been reported as a potent controlling agent against hemipteran insects including whitefly and aphids. GroEL related chaperonin- symbionin was previously identified as a receptor of ASAL by the present group in the brush border membrane vesicle (BBMV) of mustard aphid. In the present study similar GroEL receptor of ASAL has been identified through LC-MS/MS in the BBMV of B. tabaci which serves as a vector for several plant viruses including tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV). Ligand blot analysis of ASAL-fed B. tabaci showed that when GroEL is pre-occupied by ASAL, it completely blocks its further binding to ToLCNDV coat protein (ToLCNDV-CP). Prior feeding of ASAL hindered the co-localization of ToLCNDV-CP and GroEL in the midgut of B. tabaci. Immunoprecipitation followed by western blot with ASAL-fed B. tabaci yielded similar result. Moreover, ASAL feeding inhibited viral transmission by B. tabaci. Together, these results confirmed that the interaction of ASAL with GroEL interferes with the binding of ToLCNDV-CP and inhibits further B. tabaci mediated viral transmission.
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- Ayan Das
- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, P1/12, C. I. T Scheme VIIM, Kolkata, 700054, West Bengal, India; Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, 86/1 College Street, Kolkata, 700073, India(1).
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- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, P1/12, C. I. T Scheme VIIM, Kolkata, 700054, West Bengal, India; Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Excellent Team for Mitigation (ETM), Kamýcká 129, CZ - 165 00 Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic(1).
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- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, P1/12, C. I. T Scheme VIIM, Kolkata, 700054, West Bengal, India; Department of Genetics, University of Calcutta, Tarknath Palit Siksha Prangan, UCSTA, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700019, India(1).
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- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, P1/12, C. I. T Scheme VIIM, Kolkata, 700054, West Bengal, India; School of Crop Improvement, College of Post Graduate Studies in Agricultural Sciences, Umiam, Meghalaya, 793103, India(1).
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- The Protein Analysis Facility, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research Maulbeerstr. 66, 4058, Basel, Switzerland.
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- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, P1/12, C. I. T Scheme VIIM, Kolkata, 700054, West Bengal, India.
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- Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, P1/12, C. I. T Scheme VIIM, Kolkata, 700054, West Bengal, India.
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Andreason SA, Shelby EA, Moss JB, Moore PJ, Moore AJ, Simmons AM. Whitefly Endosymbionts: Biology, Evolution, and Plant Virus Interactions. INSECTS 2020; 11:insects11110775. [PMID: 33182634 PMCID: PMC7696030 DOI: 10.3390/insects11110775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) are sap-feeding global agricultural pests. These piercing-sucking insects have coevolved with intracellular endosymbiotic bacteria that help to supplement their nutrient-poor plant sap diets with essential amino acids and carotenoids. These obligate, primary endosymbionts have been incorporated into specialized organs called bacteriomes where they sometimes coexist with facultative, secondary endosymbionts. All whitefly species harbor the primary endosymbiont Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum and have a variable number of secondary endosymbionts. The secondary endosymbiont complement harbored by the cryptic whitefly species Bemisia tabaci is particularly complex with various assemblages of seven different genera identified to date. In this review, we discuss whitefly associated primary and secondary endosymbionts. We focus on those associated with the notorious B. tabaci species complex with emphasis on their biological characteristics and diversity. We also discuss their interactions with phytopathogenic begomoviruses (family Geminiviridae), which are transmitted exclusively by B. tabaci in a persistent-circulative manner. Unraveling the complex interactions of these endosymbionts with their insect hosts and plant viruses could lead to advancements in whitefly and whitefly transmitted virus management.
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- Sharon A. Andreason
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, SC 29414, USA;
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- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; (E.A.S.); (J.B.M.); (P.J.M.); (A.J.M.)
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- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; (E.A.S.); (J.B.M.); (P.J.M.); (A.J.M.)
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- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; (E.A.S.); (J.B.M.); (P.J.M.); (A.J.M.)
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- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; (E.A.S.); (J.B.M.); (P.J.M.); (A.J.M.)
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, SC 29414, USA;
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Natural insecticidal proteins, the promising bio-control compounds for future crop protection. THE NUCLEUS 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s13237-020-00316-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Neelakanta G, Sultana H. Viral receptors of the gut: vector-borne viruses of medical importance. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2016; 16:44-50. [PMID: 27720049 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2016.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2016] [Revised: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Arthropods transmit several medically important arboviruses that cause diseases in humans. Therapeutic strategies to treat or prevent diseases transmitted by the arthropods are limiting. Understanding the role of arthropod gut receptors in the interactions with various arboviruses would provide important means for the development of a strong anti-vector vaccine. In this review, we summarize some of the potential findings in the field of arthropod gut receptors for tick-borne or mosquito-borne viruses and discuss their relevance in the development of a broad-spectrum transmission-blocking vaccine to treat or control various diseases caused by arboviruses.
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- Girish Neelakanta
- Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA.
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA.
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Plant viruses have evolved a wide array of strategies to ensure efficient transfer from one host to the next. Any organism feeding on infected plants and traveling between plants can potentially act as a virus transport device. Such organisms, designated vectors, are found among parasitic fungi, root nematodes and plant-feeding arthropods, particularly insects. Due to their extremely specialized feeding behavior - exploring and sampling all plant tissues, from the epidermis to the phloem and xylem - aphids are by far the most important vectors, transmitting nearly 30% of all plant virus species described to date. Several different interaction patterns have evolved between viruses and aphid vectors and, over the past century, a tremendous number of studies have provided details of the underlying mechanisms. This article presents an overview of the different types of virus-aphid relationships, state-of-the-art knowledge of the molecular processes underlying these interactions, and the remaining black boxes waiting to be opened in the near future.
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The polydnaviruses represent an unusual example of a highly evolved symbiosis between some parasitic wasps, DNA containing particles or viruses, and lepidopteran larval hosts of the wasp. The viruses can no longer replicate independently, as genes that encode viral structural proteins are restricted to the wasp genome and are not encapsidated. Interestingly, the DNA that is encapsidated is more similar in terms of gene identity and gene density to eukaryotic genomes than viral genomes. We compare and relate this unusual example of natural genetic engineering to the well-known system of viral lysogeny. The similarities in the two systems may prove useful in understanding the replication strategy and genomic organization of polydnaviruses and provide some insight into how this unusual virus system may have evolved.
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- Bruce Webb
- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0091, USA.
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Fitches E, Wiles D, Douglas AE, Hinchliffe G, Audsley N, Gatehouse JA. The insecticidal activity of recombinant garlic lectins towards aphids. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 38:905-915. [PMID: 18707000 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2008] [Revised: 07/07/2008] [Accepted: 07/20/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The heterodimeric and homodimeric garlic lectins ASAI and ASAII were produced as recombinant proteins in the yeast Pichia pastoris. The proteins were purified as functional dimeric lectins, but underwent post-translational proteolysis. Recombinant ASAII was a single homogenous polypeptide which had undergone C-terminal processing similar to that occurring in planta. The recombinant ASAI was glycosylated and subject to variable and heterogenous proteolysis. Both lectins showed insecticidal effects when fed to pea aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum) in artificial diet, ASAII being more toxic than ASAI at the same concentration. Acute toxicity (mortality at < or =48 h exposure; similar timescale to starvation) was only apparent at the highest lectin concentrations tested (2.0 mg ml(-)1), but dose-dependent chronic toxicity (mortality at >3d exposure) was observed over the concentration range 0.125-2.0 mg ml(-1). The recombinant lectins caused mortality in both symbiotic and antibiotic-treated aphids, showing that toxicity is not dependent on the presence of the bacterial symbiont (Buchnera aphidicola), or on interaction with symbiont proteins, such as the previously identified lectin "receptor" symbionin. A pull-down assay coupled with peptide mass fingerprinting identified two abundant membrane-associated aphid gut proteins, alanyl aminopeptidase N and sucrase, as "receptors" for lectin binding.
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- Elaine Fitches
- Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, UK
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Many pathogens of humans are blood borne, including HIV, Malaria, Hepatitis B and C, West Nile virus, Dengue, and other viral hemorrhagic fevers. Although several of these pathogens are transmitted by blood-feeding arthropods, HIV is not. A number of properties of HIV and its life cycle have been identified as proximate explanations for the absence of arthropod transmission, but little consideration has been given to why HIV has not evolved this form of transmission. We consider the empirical evidence for arthropod transmission, and suggest that mechanical transmission has not evolved in HIV because such strains would induce a faster onset of AIDS during infection, which would thereby limit their ability to spread. On the other hand, it is not as clear why biological transmission has not occurred. Available data suggests that a lack of appropriate genetic variation in HIV is one explanation, but it is also possible that a conflict between natural selection occurring within and between infected individuals has prevented its evolution instead. We discuss the potential significance of these ideas, and argue that taking such an evolutionary perspective broadens our understanding of infectious diseases and the potential consequences of public health interventions.
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- Troy Day
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Canada ; Department of Biology, Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Most phytoviruses rely on vectors for their spread and survival. Although a great variety of virus vectors have been described, there are relatively few different mechanisms mediating virus transmission by vectors: virions can either be internalized into vector cells where replication may or may not take place or they can simply be adsorbed on the vector's surface or cuticle. Virus transmission by vectors requires tight associations between viral proteins, generally capsid proteins, and vector compounds, usually referred to as receptors. This review will focus on the viral determinants involved in virus transmission. Only the best-known models for which molecular data are available are described.
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- Véronique Ziegler-Graff
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 12 Rue du Général Zimmer, Strasbourg, 67084, France
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Yang X, Thannhauser TW, Burrows M, Cox-Foster D, Gildow FE, Gray SM. Coupling genetics and proteomics to identify aphid proteins associated with vector-specific transmission of polerovirus (luteoviridae). J Virol 2008; 82:291-9. [PMID: 17959668 PMCID: PMC2224398 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01736-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2007] [Accepted: 10/15/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cereal yellow dwarf virus-RPV (CYDV-RPV) is transmitted specifically by the aphids Rhopalosiphum padi and Schizaphis graminum in a circulative nonpropagative manner. The high level of vector specificity results from the vector aphids having the functional components of the receptor-mediated endocytotic pathways to allow virus to transverse the gut and salivary tissues. Studies of F(2) progeny from crosses of vector and nonvector genotypes of S. graminum showed that virus transmission efficiency is a heritable trait regulated by multiple genes acting in an additive fashion and that gut- and salivary gland-associated factors are not genetically linked. Utilizing two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis to compare the proteomes of vector and nonvector parental and F(2) genotypes, four aphid proteins (S4, S8, S29, and S405) were specifically associated with the ability of S. graminum to transmit CYDV-RPV. The four proteins were coimmunoprecipitated with purified RPV, indicating that the aphid proteins are capable of binding to virus. Analysis by mass spectrometry identified S4 as a luciferase and S29 as a cyclophilin, both of which have been implicated in macromolecular transport. Proteins S8 and S405 were not identified from available databases. Study of this unique genetic system coupled with proteomic analysis indicated that these four virus-binding aphid proteins were specifically inherited and conserved in different generations of vector genotypes and suggests that they play a major role in regulating polerovirus transmission.
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- Xiaolong Yang
- Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Sadeghi A, Broeders S, De Greve H, Hernalsteens JP, Peumans WJ, Van Damme EJM, Smagghe G. Expression of garlic leaf lectin under the control of the phloem-specific promoter Asus1 from Arabidopsis thaliana protects tobacco plants against the tobacco aphid (Myzus nicotianae). PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2007; 63:1215-23. [PMID: 17912690 DOI: 10.1002/ps.1455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2006] [Accepted: 04/18/2007] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND To check for correlation between the insecticidal properties and the specificity of lectins, a comparative study was made of the insecticidal activities of two garlic lectins with different biological activities. RESULTS The insecticidal activity of the garlic (Allium sativum L.) leaf lectin ASAL and bulb lectin ASAII towards the tobacco aphid Myzus nicotianae Blackman was studied using bioassays with transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Wisconsin 38). Bioassays were started with newborn nymphs of the tobacco aphid. Although during the first 7-8 days when nymphs developed to adults there were no apparent effects, part of the nymphal population was found to develop into winged (alate) forms. Later it became clear that transgenic plants expressing ASAL and ASAII had a significant effect on the reproduction capacity of the resulting adults, with a reduction of up to 40%. Different life table parameters such as prereproductive time, intrinsic rate of natural increase, generation time and doubling time were significantly affected (P < 0.05) in aphids grown on transgenic plant material expressing ASAL and ASAII. CONCLUSION Bioassays with tobacco plants expressing ASAL and ASAII demonstrated a significant impact on the population growth of M. nicotianae. Therefore, both lectins can be considered as valuable candidate aphid control agents.
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- Amin Sadeghi
- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Ghent, Belgium
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Lim SI, Kweon CH, Tark DS, Kim SH, Yang DK. Sero-survey on Aino, Akabane, Chuzan, bovine ephemeral fever and Japanese encephalitis virus of cattle and swine in Korea. J Vet Sci 2007; 8:45-9. [PMID: 17322773 PMCID: PMC2872696 DOI: 10.4142/jvs.2007.8.1.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Vector-borne arboviruses produce mild to severe symptoms in domestic animals. Bovine ephemeral fever (BEF), Akabane, Aino, and Chuzan virus have been primarily attributed to reproductive disorders or febrile diseases in cattle, and Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is mainly associated with reproductive failures in swine. We investigated antibody titers from domestic swine against four bovine arboviruses (BEF, Akabane, Aino, and Chuzan virus) and from cattle against JEV in Korea. While the positive rates for Akabane and BEF were 37.4% and 15.7%, the positive incidence of Chuzan and Aino were relatively low, with positive rates of 3.04% and 0.4%, respectively, based on a virus neutralization assay. Antibody titers against more than one virus were also frequently detected in domestic swine. The incidence of JEV was 51.3% among domestic cattle. In addition, one positive case was detected in the thoracic fluids from 35 aborted calves, based on the hemagglutination inhibition test. Our results indicate that swine are susceptible hosts of bovine arboviruses without showing clinical symptoms in a natural environment. Moreover, we confirmed that JEV could be associated with reproductive failure in pregnant cattle, as were other vector-borne bovine arboviruses assessed in this study.
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- Seong In Lim
- National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Anyang 430-824, Korea
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Kaplan IB, Lee L, Ripoll DR, Palukaitis P, Gildow F, Gray SM. Point mutations in the potato leafroll virus major capsid protein alter virion stability and aphid transmission. J Gen Virol 2007; 88:1821-1830. [PMID: 17485544 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82837-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The coat protein (CP) of potato leafroll virus (PLRV) is the primary component of the capsid, and is a multifunctional protein known to be involved in vector transmission and virus movement within plant hosts, in addition to particle assembly. Thirteen mutations were generated in various regions of the CP and tested for their ability to affect virus-host and virus-vector interactions. Nine of the mutations prevented the assembly of stable virions. These mutants were unable to infect systemically four different host species. Furthermore, although virus replication and translation of the CP were similar for the mutants and wild-type virus in individual plant cells, the translation of the CP readthrough product was affected in several of the mutants. Four of the mutants were able to assemble stable particles and infect host plants systemically, similarly to the wild-type virus; however, two of the mutants were transmitted less efficiently by aphid vectors. Based on a computer-generated model of the PLRV CP, the mutations that prevented virion assembly were associated with subunit interfaces, while the amino acid alterations in the assembly-competent mutants were associated with surface loops. This and previous work indicates that the CP structural model has value in predicting the structural architecture of the virion.
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- Igor B Kaplan
- Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- USDA/ARS, Plant Protection Research Unit, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- USDA/ARS, Plant Protection Research Unit, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Computational Biology Service Unit, Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- USDA/ARS, Plant Protection Research Unit, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Skare JM, Wijkamp I, Denham I, Rezende JAM, Kitajima EW, Park JW, Desvoyes B, Rush CM, Michels G, Scholthof KBG, Scholthof HB. A new eriophyid mite-borne membrane-enveloped virus-like complex isolated from plants. Virology 2006; 347:343-53. [PMID: 16412487 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.11.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2005] [Revised: 09/14/2005] [Accepted: 11/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A decade ago, a new mite-transmitted disease was described on wheat (Triticum aesativum) and maize (Zea mays) that due to its geographical location was referred to as High Plains Disease (HPD). To determine the etiology, we established colonies of HPD pathogen-transmitting eriophyid wheat curl mites (Aceria tosichella) on wheat plants for maintenance of a continuous source of infected material. Analyses of nucleic acid obtained from infected plants showed the presence of HPD-specific RNAs ranging from 1.5 to 8 kilobases, but comparisons between the sequence of cDNAs and the databases did not reveal any clear identity with known viruses. We demonstrate that a diagnostic HPD-specific 32-kDa protein that accumulates in plants is encoded by a small RNA species (RNA-s). Upon infestation of upper wheat parts with viruliferous mites, the RNA-s encoded protein becomes detectable within a few days in the roots, indicative of an effective virus-like mode of transport. Membranous particles, resembling those observed in thin sections of infected plants, were isolated and shown to envelope a thread-like ribonucleoprotein complex containing the RNA-s encoded 32-kDa protein. This complex was associated with single-stranded (-)-sense RNAs, whereas free (+)-sense RNA was only detected in total RNA of infected plants. Based on the collective properties, we conclude that HPD is caused by a newly emerged mite-borne virus, for which we propose the name Maize red stripe virus (MRStV).
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- Joanna M Skare
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, TX 77843, USA
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Dutta I, Saha P, Majumder P, Sarkar A, Chakraborti D, Banerjee S, Das S. The efficacy of a novel insecticidal protein, Allium sativum leaf lectin (ASAL), against homopteran insects monitored in transgenic tobacco. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2005; 3:601-11. [PMID: 17147631 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2005.00151.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The homopteran group of polyphagous sucking insect pests causes severe damage to many economically important plants including tobacco. Allium sativum leaf lectin (ASAL), a mannose-binding 25-kDa homodimeric protein, has recently been found to be antagonistic to various sucking insects in the homopteran group through artificial diet bioassay experiments. The present study describes, for the first time, the expression of the ASAL coding sequence under the control of the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter in tobacco by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation technology. Molecular analyses demonstrated the integration of the chimeric ASAL gene in tobacco and its inheritance in the progeny plants. Western blot analysis followed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) determined the level of ASAL expression in different lines to be in the range of approximately 0.68%-2% of total soluble plant protein. An in planta bioassay conducted with Myzus persicae, peach potato aphid (a devastating pest of tobacco and many other important plants), revealed that the percentage of insect survival decreased significantly to 16%-20% in T0 plants and T1 progeny, whilst approximately 75% of insects survived on untransformed tobacco plants after 144 h of incubation. Ligand analyses of insect brush border membrane vesicle receptors and expressed ASAL in transgenic tobacco showed that the expressed ASAL binds to the aphid gut receptor in the same manner as native ASAL, pointing to the fact that ASAL maintains the biochemical characteristics even in the transgenic situation. These findings in a model plant open up the possibility of expressing the novel ASAL gene in a wide range of crop plants susceptible to various sap-sucking insects.
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- Indrajit Dutta
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Genetics, Bose Institute, P1/12 C.I.T. Scheme VII (M), Kolkata-700054, India
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Kakani K, Reade R, Rochon D. Evidence that vector transmission of a plant virus requires conformational change in virus particles. J Mol Biol 2004; 338:507-17. [PMID: 15081809 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2003] [Revised: 02/13/2004] [Accepted: 03/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Transmission of Cucumber necrosis virus (CNV) by zoospores of its fungal vector, Olpidium bornovanus, involves specific adsorption of virus particles onto the zoospore plasmalemma prior to infestation of cucumber roots by virus-bound zoospores. Previous work has shown that specific components of both CNV and zoospores are required for successful CNV/zoospore recognition. Here, we show that limited trypsin digestion of CNV following in vitro CNV/zoospore binding assays, results in the production of specific proteolytic digestion products under conditions where native CNV is resistant. The proteolytic digestion pattern of zoospore-bound CNV was found to be similar to that of swollen CNV particles produced in vitro, suggesting that zoospore-bound CNV is in an altered conformational state, perhaps similar to that of swollen CNV. We show that an engineered CNV mutant (Pro73Gly) in which a conserved proline residue (Pro73) in the beta-annulus of the CP arm is changed to glycine is resistant to proteolysis following in vitro zoospore binding assays. Moreover, Pro73Gly particles are transmitted only poorly by O.bornovanus. Together, the results of these studies suggest that CNV undergoes conformational change upon zoospore binding and that the conformational change is important for CNV transmissibility.
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- Kishore Kakani
- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
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Banerjee S, Hess D, Majumder P, Roy D, Das S. The Interactions of Allium sativum Leaf Agglutinin with a Chaperonin Group of Unique Receptor Protein Isolated from a Bacterial Endosymbiont of the Mustard Aphid. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:23782-9. [PMID: 15028723 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m401405200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The homopteran sucking insect, Lipaphis erysimi (mustard aphid) causes severe damage to various crops. This pest not only affects plants by sucking on the phloem, but it also transmits single-stranded RNA luteoviruses while feeding, which cause disease and damage in the crop. The mannose-binding Allium sativum (garlic) leaf lectin has been found to be a potent control agent of L. erysimi. The lectin receptor protein isolated from brush border membrane vesicle of insect gut was purified to determine the mechanism of lectin binding to the gut. Purified receptor was identified as an endosymbiotic chaperonin, symbionin, using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Symbionin from endosymbionts of other aphid species have been reported to play a significant role in virus transmission by binding to the read-through domain of the viral coat protein. To understand the molecular interactions of the said lectin and this unique symbionin molecule, the model structures of both molecules were generated using the Modeller program. The interaction was confirmed through docking of the two molecules forming a complex. A surface accessibility test of these molecules demonstrated a significant reduction in the accessibility of the complex molecule compared with that of the free symbionin molecule. This reduction in surface accessibility may have an effect on other molecular interactive processes, including "symbionin virion recognition", which is essential for such symbionin-mediated virus transmission. Thus, garlic leaf lectin provides an important component of a crop management program by controlling, on one hand, aphid attack and on the other hand, symbionin-mediated luteovirus transmission.
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- Santanu Banerjee
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Genetics, Bose Institute, P-1/12, C.I.T. Scheme, VII-M, Calcutta 700054, India
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Members of the Luteoviridae are transmitted by aphids in a circulative, nonpropagative manner that requires the virus to be acquired through gut tissue into the aphid hemocoel and then exit through salivary tissues. This process is aphid species-specific and involves specific recognition of the virus by unidentified components on the membranes of gut and salivary tissues. Transport through the tissues is an endocytosis/exocytosis process. Both structural proteins of the virus are involved in the transmission process, with multiple protein domains regulating the movement and survival of the virus in the aphid and plant. Here we review what is known about the genetic, cellular, and molecular mechanisms regulating these complex and specific virus-aphid interactions.
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- Stewart Gray
- USDA, ARS, Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
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Soto MJ, Gilbertson RL. Distribution and Rate of Movement of the Curtovirus Beet mild curly top virus (Family Geminiviridae) in the Beet Leafhopper. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2003; 93:478-484. [PMID: 18944363 DOI: 10.1094/phyto.2003.93.4.478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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ABSTRACT A polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based method for the detection of the curtovirus Beet mild curly top virus (BMCTV, previously named the Worland strain of Beet curly top virus) was developed and used to investigate the BMCTV-beet leafhopper interaction. Using PCR and a BMCTV-specific primer pair, an approximately 1.1-kb BMCTV DNA fragment was amplified from adult leafhoppers and from the organs involved in circulative transmission: the digestive tract, hemolymph, and salivary glands. The temporal distribution of BMCTV in the leafhopper was determined using insects given acquisition access periods (AAPs) ranging from 1 to 48 h on BMCTV-infected shepherd's purse plants. BMCTV was detected in the digestive tract after all AAPs, in the hemolymph after AAPs of 3 h or greater, and in the salivary glands after AAPs of 4 h or greater. The amount of virus detected in the hemolymph and salivary glands increased with AAP length. The virus persisted for up to 30 days in leafhoppers (given a 3-day AAP on BMCTV-infected plants) maintained on corn plants, a nonhost for BMCTV, but transovarial transmission was not detected. These results are consistent with a persistent but nonpropagative mode of circulative transmission.
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Kakani K, Robbins M, Rochon D. Evidence that binding of cucumber necrosis virus to vector zoospores involves recognition of oligosaccharides. J Virol 2003; 77:3922-8. [PMID: 12634352 PMCID: PMC150651 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.7.3922-3928.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Despite the importance of vectors in natural dissemination of plant viruses, relatively little is known about the molecular features of viruses and vectors that permit their interaction in nature. Cucumber necrosis virus (CNV) is a small spherical virus whose transmission in nature is facilitated by zoospores of the fungus Olpidium bornovanus. Previous studies have shown that specific regions of the CNV capsid are involved in transmission and that transmission defects in several CNV transmission mutants are due to inefficient attachment of virions to the zoospore surface. In this study, we have undertaken to determine if zoospores contain specific receptors for CNV. We show that in vitro binding of CNV to zoospores is saturable and that vector zoospores bind CNV more efficiently than nonvector zoospores. Further studies show that treatment of zoospores with periodate and trypsin reduces CNV binding, suggesting the involvement of glycoproteins in zoospore attachment. In virus overlay assays, CNV binds to several proteins, whereas CNV transmission mutants either fail to bind or bind at significantly reduced levels. The possible involvement of specific sugars in attachment was investigated by incubating CNV with zoospores in the presence of various sugars. Two mannose derivatives (methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside and D-mannosamine), as well as three mannose-containing oligosaccharides (mannotriose, alpha3,alpha6-mannopentaose, and yeast mannan) and L-(-)-fucose, all inhibited CNV binding at relatively low concentrations. Taken together, our studies suggest that binding of CNV to zoospores is mediated by specific mannose and/or fucose-containing oligosaccharides. This is the first time sugars have been implicated in transmission of a plant virus.
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- Kishore Kakani
- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Desvoyes B, Scholthof HB. Host-dependent recombination of a Tomato bushy stunt virus coat protein mutant yields truncated capsid subunits that form virus-like complexes which benefit systemic spread. Virology 2002; 304:434-42. [PMID: 12504582 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2002.1714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study examined the contribution of the Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) coat protein (CP) and its corresponding RNA to systemic infection of plants. Compared to results obtained with a mutant lacking the 5'-half of the CP gene, the presence of those CP-RNA sequences in another mutant benefited TBSV infection on Nicotiana benthamiana even though wild-type CP expression was eliminated by introduction of a small out-of-frame deletion. RT-PCR of viral RNA associated with rapid infections established by this CP frameshift deletion mutant revealed that in planta recombination had provided the progeny with the ability to express a truncated CP (tCP) with a block of N-proximal 30 residues deleted from the 66 amino acid RNA-binding domain. Subsequent biochemical characterizations revealed the presence of large ribonucleoprotein complexes that were shown to contain viral RNA as well as the approximately 38-kDa tCP. Electron microscopic examination of purified complexes showed particle-like structures that were nonuniform in size and shape compared to wild-type TBSV particles. Inoculation of pepper with the tCP-containing ribonucleoprotein complexes resulted in a rapid systemic infection similar to that caused by wild-type TBSV. In contrast, infections established in pepper by the original CP frameshift deletion mutant transcripts were restricted to inoculated leaves and did not yield recombinants capable of systemically infecting this host. In summary, TBSV possesses the flexibility to form alternative virion-like structures even if a substantial portion of the RNA-binding domain is deleted from the CP; mutants producing the tCP-containing particle-like structures are more effective for virus spread than those devoid of CP expression; and recombination events to produce the alternative tCP-RNA complexes are host-dependent.
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- Bénédicte Desvoyes
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843, USA
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Czosnek H, Ghanim M, Morin S, Rubinstein G, Fridman V, Zeidan M. Whiteflies: vectors, and victims (?), of geminiviruses. Adv Virus Res 2002; 57:291-322. [PMID: 11680387 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3527(01)57006-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- H Czosnek
- Department of Field Crops and Genetics, Otto Warburg Center for Biotechnology in Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Reinbold C, Gildow FE, Herrbach E, Ziegler-Graff V, Gonçalves MC, van den Heuvel JFJM, Brault V. Studies on the role of the minor capsid protein in transport of Beet western yellows virus through Myzus persicae. J Gen Virol 2001; 82:1995-2007. [PMID: 11458007 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-82-8-1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Beet western yellows virus (BWYV), family Luteoviridae, is an icosahedral plant virus which is strictly transmitted by aphids in a persistent and circulative manner. Virions cross two cellular barriers in the aphid by receptor-based mechanisms involving endocytosis and exocytosis. Particles are first transported across intestinal cells into the haemolymph and then across accessory salivary gland cells for delivery to the plant via saliva. We identified the midgut part of the digestive tract as the site of intestinal passage by BWYV virions. To analyse the role in transmission of the minor capsid component, the readthrough (RT) protein, the fate of a BWYV RT-deficient non-transmissible mutant was followed by transmission electron microscopy in the vector Myzus persicae. This mutant was observed in the gut lumen but was never found inside midgut cells. However, virion aggregates were detected in the basal lamina of midgut cells when BWYV antiserum was microinjected into the haemolymph. The presence of virions in the haemolymph was confirmed by a sensitive molecular technique for detecting viral RNA. Thus, transport of the mutant virions through intestinal cells occurred but at a low frequency. Even when microinjected into the haemolymph, the RT protein mutant was never detected near or in the accessory salivary gland cells. We conclude that the RT protein is not strictly required for the transport of virus particles through midgut cells, but is necessary for the maintenance of virions in the haemolymph and their passage through accessory salivary gland cells.
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- C Reinbold
- INRA, 28 rue de Herrlisheim, 68021 Colmar Cedex, France1
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA2
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- INRA, 28 rue de Herrlisheim, 68021 Colmar Cedex, France1
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- IBMP, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France3
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- Instituto Biológico-CEIB, PO Box 70, 13001-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil4
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- INRA, 28 rue de Herrlisheim, 68021 Colmar Cedex, France1
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Kakani K, Sgro JY, Rochon D. Identification of specific cucumber necrosis virus coat protein amino acids affecting fungus transmission and zoospore attachment. J Virol 2001; 75:5576-83. [PMID: 11356965 PMCID: PMC114270 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.12.5576-5583.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cucumber necrosis virus (CNV) is naturally transmitted in the soil by zoospores of the fungal vector Olpidium bornovanus. Successful transmission requires that virus particles attach to the surface of zoospores prior to zoospore encystment on host roots. Mechanically passaged CNV was screened for mutants deficient in fungus transmission. We found six such mutants, exhibiting transmission efficiencies ranging from approximately 14 to 76% of that of wild-type (WT) CNV. Results of in vitro virus-zoospore binding assays show that each mutant binds to zoospores less efficiently than WT CNV (21 to 68%), suggesting that defects in transmission for these mutants are at least partially due to inefficient zoospore binding. Analysis of the structure of the CNV coat protein subunit and trimer indicates that affected amino acids in all of the mutants are located in the shell or protruding domain and that five of six of them are potentially exposed on the surface of the virus particle. In addition, several of the mutated sites, along with a previously identified site in a region of subunit-subunit interaction in the coat protein shell domain (M. A. Robbins, R. D. Reade, and D. M. Rochon, Virology 234:138-146, 1997), are located on the particle quasi-threefold axis, suggesting that this region of the capsid may be important in recognition of a putative zoospore receptor. The individual sites may directly affect attachment to a receptor or could indirectly affect attachment via changes in virion conformation.
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- K Kakani
- Department of Plant Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
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Callaway A, Giesman-Cookmeyer D, Gillock ET, Sit TL, Lommel SA. The multifunctional capsid proteins of plant RNA viruses. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2001; 39:419-460. [PMID: 11701872 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.39.1.419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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This article summarizes studies of viral coat (capsid) proteins (CPs) of RNA plant viruses. In addition, we discuss and seek to interpret the knowledge accumulated to data. CPs are named for their primary function; to encapsidate viral genomic nucleic acids. However, encapsidation is only one feature of an extremely diverse array of structural, functional, and ecological roles played during viral infection and spread. Herein, we consider the evolution of viral CPs and their multitude of interactions with factors encoded by the virus, host plant, or viral vector (biological transmission agent) that influence the infection and epidemiological facets of plant disease. In addition, applications of today's understanding of CPs in the protection of crops from viral infection and use in the manufacture of valuable compounds are considered.
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- A Callaway
- Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Box 7616, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7616, USA.
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Medeiros RB, Ullman DE, Sherwood JL, German TL. Immunoprecipitation of a 50-kDa protein: a candidate receptor component for tomato spotted wilt tospovirus (Bunyaviridae) in its main vector, Frankliniella occidentalis. Virus Res 2000; 67:109-18. [PMID: 10867190 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(00)00123-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A 50-kDa protein that binds to viral particles in solid-phase assays and that is recognized by anti-idiotypic antibodies made against anti-viral glycoproteins G1/G2 (anti-Ids) has been proposed as a receptor candidate for tomato spotted wilt tospovirus (TSWV) in its main thrips vector, Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande (Bandla et al., 1998. Phytopathology 88, 98-104). Here we show the immunoprecipitation of the 50-kDa protein by anti-Ids and by an anti-G1/G2-TSWV conjugate - a new immunoprecipitation method. In addition, we show that anti-Ids made against anti-G1 (anti-IdG1) block virus replication in an insect tissue replication assay. The results indicate that (a) the TSWV-50-kDa protein interaction occurs in solution, as it must do in vivo; (b) G1 is a viral attachment protein; and (c) the 50-kDa protein is a candidate host factor essential for TSWV entry. These results provide additional support for the role of the 50-kDa thrips protein as a viral receptor. Additionally these experiments provide the basis for testing saturable binding and represent an important step toward the first cloning and identification of a cellular receptor for a plant virus.
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- R B Medeiros
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, Russell Labs, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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