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Guo Q, Sun Y, Ji C, Kong Z, Liu Z, Li Y, Li Y, Lai H. Plant resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl virus is enhanced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Ba13 through modulation of RNA interference. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1251698. [PMID: 37869663 PMCID: PMC10587425 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1251698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023] Open
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Introduction Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), which is a typical member of the genus Begomovirus, causes severe crop yield losses worldwide. RNA interference (RNAi) is an important antiviral defense mechanism in plants, but whether plant beneficial microbes used as biocontrol agents would modulate RNAi in defense against TYLCV remains unclear. Methods Here, we employed whole-transcriptome, bisulfite, and small RNA sequencing to decipher the possible role of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Ba13 as a bacterial biocontrol agent against TYLCV in RNAi modulation. Results Potted tomato plants were exposed to whiteflies for natural viral infection 14 days after bacterial inoculation. Compared with non-inoculated controls, the abundance of TYLCV gene in the leaves of inoculated plants decreased by 70.1% at 28 days post-infection, which mirrored the pattern observed for plant disease index. The expression of the ARGONAUTE family genes (e.g., AGO3, AGO4, AGO5, and AGO7) involved in antiviral defense markedly increased by 2.44-6.73-fold following bacterial inoculation. The methylation level at CpG site 228 (in the open reading frame region of the RNA interference suppressing gene AV2) and site 461 (in the open reading frame regions of AV1 and AV2) was 183.1 and 63.0% higher in inoculated plants than in non-inoculated controls, respectively. The abundances of 10 small interfering RNAs matched to the TYLCV genome were all reduced in inoculated plants, accompanied by enhancement of photosystem and auxin response pathways. Discussion The results indicate that the application of Ba. amyloliquefaciens Ba13 enhances plant resistance to TYLCV through RNAi modulation by upregulating RNAi-related gene expression and enhancing viral genome methylation.
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- Qiao Guo
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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Factors Determining Transmission of Persistent Viruses by Bemisia tabaci and Emergence of New Virus-Vector Relationships. Viruses 2021; 13:v13091808. [PMID: 34578388 PMCID: PMC8472762 DOI: 10.3390/v13091808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Many plant viruses depend on insect vectors for their transmission and dissemination. The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is one of the most important virus vectors, transmitting more than four hundred virus species, the majority belonging to begomoviruses (Geminiviridae), with their ssDNA genomes. Begomoviruses are transmitted by B. tabaci in a persistent, circulative manner, during which the virus breaches barriers in the digestive, hemolymph, and salivary systems, and interacts with insect proteins along the transmission pathway. These interactions and the tissue tropism in the vector body determine the efficiency and specificity of the transmission. This review describes the mechanisms involved in circulative begomovirus transmission by B. tabaci, focusing on the most studied virus in this regard, namely the tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) and its closely related isolates. Additionally, the review aims at drawing attention to the recent knowhow of unorthodox virus—B. tabaci interactions. The recent knowledge of whitefly-mediated transmission of two recombinant poleroviruses (Luteoviridae), a virus group with an ssRNA genome and known to be strictly transmitted with aphids, is discussed with its broader context in the emergence of new whitefly-driven virus diseases.
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Zhao W, Zhou Y, Zhou X, Wang X, Ji Y. Host GRXC6 restricts Tomato yellow leaf curl virus infection by inhibiting the nuclear export of the V2 protein. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1009844. [PMID: 34398921 PMCID: PMC8389846 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Geminiviruses cause serious symptoms and devastating losses in crop plants. With a circular, single-stranded DNA genome, geminiviruses multiply their genomic DNA in the nucleus, requiring the nuclear shuttling of viral proteins and viral genomic DNAs. Many host factors, acting as proviral or antiviral factors, play key roles in geminivirus infections. Here, we report the roles of a tomato glutaredoxin (GRX), SlGRXC6, in the infection of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), a single-component geminivirus. The V2 protein of TYLCV specifically and preferentially interacts with SlGRXC6 among the 55-member tomato GRX family that are broadly involved in oxidative stress responses, plant development, and pathogen responses. We show that overexpressed SlGRXC6 increases the nuclear accumulation of V2 by inhibiting its nuclear export and, in turn, inhibits trafficking of the V1 protein and viral genomic DNA. Conversely, the silenced expression of SlGRXC6 leads to an enhanced susceptibility to TYLCV. SlGRXC6 is also involved in symptom development as we observed a positive correlation where overexpression of SlGRXC6 promotes while knockdown of SlGRXC6 expression inhibits plant growth. We further showed that SlGRXC6 works with SlNTRC80, a tomato NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase, to regulate plant growth. V2 didn’t interact with SlNTRC80 but competed with SlNTR80 for binding to SlGRXC6, suggesting that the V2-disrupted SlGRXC6-SlNTRC80 interaction is partially responsible for the virus-caused symptoms. These results suggest that SlGRXC6 functions as a host restriction factor that inhibits the nuclear trafficking of viral components and point out a new way to control TYLCV infection by targeting the V2-SlGRXC6 interaction. Geminiviruses infect numerous crops, induce a wide range of symptoms, and cause tremendous crop losses annually. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), a single-component geminivirus, is a causative agent leading to one of the most devastating tomato diseases in the world. As a single-stranded DNA virus, genomic replication occurs in the nucleus and therefore, the nuclear shuttling is a critical step of viral infection. The V2 protein of TYLCV is involved in symptom development and viral trafficking, among other steps, and hijacks host proteins for executing its functions. Nevertheless, host factors involved in the V2-mediated functions are not well addressed. We show that tomato GRXC6 (SlGRXC6) functions as a restriction factor of TYLCV infection by interacting with and preventing V2 from moving out of the nucleus, leading to the inhibited V2-mediated nuclear export of V1 and the V1-viral DNA complex. SlGRXC6 also contributes to symptom development via its interaction with SINTRC80. V2 sequesters SlGRXC6 from forming the SlGRXC6-SlNTRC80 complex and regulates plant growth. Our work, therefore, identified a new host partner of V2 and revealed the mechanisms whereby V2 functions as a pathogenicity determinant and can be targeted for virus control.
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- Wenhao Zhao
- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province—State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province—State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- * E-mail: (XZ); (XW); (YJ)
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- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
- * E-mail: (XZ); (XW); (YJ)
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- Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province—State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
- * E-mail: (XZ); (XW); (YJ)
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Zhao W, Wu S, Barton E, Fan Y, Ji Y, Wang X, Zhou Y. Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus V2 Protein Plays a Critical Role in the Nuclear Export of V1 Protein and Viral Systemic Infection. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1243. [PMID: 32587585 PMCID: PMC7297916 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Geminiviruses are an important group of circular, single-stranded DNA viruses that cause devastating diseases in crops. Geminiviruses replicate their genomic DNA in the nucleus and the newly synthesized viral DNA is subsequently transported to the cytoplasm for further cell-to-cell and long-distance movement to establish systemic infection. Thus, nucleocytoplasmic transportation is crucial for successful infection by geminiviruses. For Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), the V1 protein is known to bind and shuttle viral genomic DNA, however, the role of the V2 protein in this process is still unclear. Here, we report that the V1 protein is primarily localized in the nucleus when expressed but the nucleus-localized V1 protein dramatically decreases when co-expressed with V2 protein. Moreover, the V2-facilitated nuclear export of V1 protein depends on host exportin-α and a specific V1-V2 interaction. Chemical inhibition of exportin-α or a substitution at cysteine 85 of the V2 protein, which abolishes the V1-V2 interaction, blocks redistribution of the V1 protein to the perinuclear region and the cytoplasm. When the V2C85S mutation is incorporated into a TYLCV infectious clone, the TYLCV-C85S causes delayed onset of very mild symptoms compared to wild-type TYLCV, suggesting that the V1-V2 interaction and, thus, the V2-mediated nuclear export of the V1 protein is crucial for viral spread and systemic infection. Our data point to a critical role of the V2 protein in promoting the nuclear export of the V1 protein and viral systemic infection, likely by promoting V1 protein-mediated nucleocytoplasmic transportation of TYLCV genomic DNA.
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- Wenhao Zhao
- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Nanjing, China.,School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Nanjing, China
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- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Nanjing, China
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- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province-State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Nanjing, China
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Ghorbani Faal P, Farsi M, Seifi A, Mirshamsi Kakhki A. Virus-induced CRISPR-Cas9 system improved resistance against tomato yellow leaf curl virus. Mol Biol Rep 2020; 47:3369-3376. [PMID: 32297291 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-05409-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Plant viruses are the most significant factors associated with massive economical losses in agricultural industries worldwide. Accordingly, many studies are dedicated to making virus-resistant crop varieties each year due to the ever-changing nature of viruses. Recently genome engineering methods have been used to confer interference against eukaryotic viruses. Research results on genome editing technics, in particular, CRISPR-Cas9, promises a feasible solution to make virus-resistant crops. In this research, we explored the possibility of utilizing CRISPR-Cas9 to obtain TYLCV resistant tomato varieties. Moreover, to overcome any potential off-target effects of Cas9, we used an inducible promoter to initiate Cas9 activity in case of the virus attack. Cas9 vector was transformed by the rgsCaM promoter, known as an endogenous silencer of RNAi and overexpressed after a virus attack. The golden gate cloning method was applied to construct sgRNAs. Intergenic region and coat protein-coding sequences of TYLCV were used to design sgRNAs. Infiltrated sensitive Money Maker varieties analyzed by real-time PCR, showed a significant reduction or delayed accumulation of viral DNA compared to the control plants. This result demonstrates the efficiency of using an inducible promoter in CRISPR-Cas9 constructs.
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- Parisa Ghorbani Faal
- Department of Biotechnology and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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Wang Y, Jiang J, Zhao L, Zhou R, Yu W, Zhao T. Application of Whole Genome Resequencing in Mapping of a Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Resistance Gene. Sci Rep 2018; 8:9592. [PMID: 29941914 PMCID: PMC6018388 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27925-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) has significantly impacted the tomato industry around the world, and the use of insecticides and insect nets have not effectively controlled the spread of this pathogen. The tomato line AVTO1227 is highly resistant to TYLCV. In this study, F2 and BC1 populations derived from AVTO1227 and the susceptible line Money maker were used to assess the genetic mechanism underlying TYLCV resistance. We have identified a recessive TYLCV resistance gene, hereby designated as ty-5, which is linked to SlNACI. Genomic DNA pools from resistant and susceptible groups were constructed, and their genomes were resequenced. The ty-5 gene was identified on an interval encompassing the genomic positions 2.22 Mb to 3.19 Mb on tomato chromosome 4. Genotyping using linkage markers further mapped ty-5 within the interval between markers ty5-25 and ty5-29, where only the pelota gene is located. Consequently, pelota was considered as the candidate gene corresponding to ty-5. Two nucleotide transversions within the promoter region and one transversion in exon region of the pelota gene were detected in the parental lines. However, the relative transcript levels of pelota did not significantly differ among the three tomato lines, regardless of TYLCV infection. This study will facilitate marker-assisted breeding for resistance to TYLCV and lay a foundation for the research of the resistance mechanism of ty-5 in tomato.
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- Yinlei Wang
- Institute of Vegetable Crop, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Laboratory for Genetic Improvement of High Efficiency Horticultural Crops in Jiangsu province, Jiangsu, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Vegetable Crop, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Laboratory for Genetic Improvement of High Efficiency Horticultural Crops in Jiangsu province, Jiangsu, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Vegetable Crop, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Laboratory for Genetic Improvement of High Efficiency Horticultural Crops in Jiangsu province, Jiangsu, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Vegetable Crop, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Laboratory for Genetic Improvement of High Efficiency Horticultural Crops in Jiangsu province, Jiangsu, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Vegetable Crop, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Laboratory for Genetic Improvement of High Efficiency Horticultural Crops in Jiangsu province, Jiangsu, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Vegetable Crop, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
- Laboratory for Genetic Improvement of High Efficiency Horticultural Crops in Jiangsu province, Jiangsu, Nanjing, China.
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Single amino acid in V2 encoded by TYLCV is responsible for its self-interaction, aggregates and pathogenicity. Sci Rep 2018; 8:3561. [PMID: 29476063 PMCID: PMC5824789 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21446-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The V2 protein encoded by Begomovirus is essential for virus infection and is involved in multiple functions, such as virus movement and suppression of the host defence response. In this study, we reported that V2 encoded by the Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), which is one of the most devastating tomato-infecting begomoviruses, could interact with itself and a S71A mutation of V2 (V2S71A) abolished its self-interaction. Fluorescence results showed that V2 localized primarily in the cytoplasm and around the nucleus. Site-directed mutagenesis V2S71A had the similar subcellular localization, but V2S71A formed fewer large aggregates in the cytoplasm compared to wild-type V2, whereas the level of aggregates came to a similar after treatment with MG132, which indicates that the S71A mutation might affect 26S proteasome-mediated degradation of V2 aggregates. Meanwhile, heterologous expression of V2S71A from a Potato virus X vector induced mild symptoms compared to wild-type V2, delay of virus infection associated with mild symptoms was observed in plants inoculated with TYLCV-S71A, which indicates that the amino acid on position 71 is also involved in the pathogenicity of V2. To the best of our knowledge, this report is the first to state that the S71A mutation of V2 encoded by TYLCV affects the self-interaction, aggregate formation and pathogenicity of V2.
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Zaidi SS, Martin DP, Amin I, Farooq M, Mansoor S. Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus: a widespread bipartite begomovirus in the territory of monopartite begomoviruses. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2017; 18:901-911. [PMID: 27553982 PMCID: PMC6638225 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2016] [Revised: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/21/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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UNLABELLED Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) is an exceptional Old World bipartite begomovirus. On the Indian subcontinent, a region in which monopartite DNA satellite-associated begomoviruses with mostly narrow geographical ranges predominate, it is widespread, with a geographical range also including the Far East, Middle East, North Africa and Europe. The success of ToLCNDV probably derives from its broad host range and highly flexible genomic configuration: its DNA-A component is capable of productively interacting with, and trans-replicating, diverse DNA-B components and betasatellites. An understanding of the capacity of ToLCNDV to infect a variety of hosts and spread across a broad and ecologically variable geographical range could illuminate the potential economic threats associated with similar begomoviral invasions. Towards this end, we used available ToLCNDV sequences to reconstruct the history of ToLCNDV spread. TAXONOMY Family Geminiviridae, Genus Begomovirus. ToLCNDV is a bipartite begomovirus. Following the revised begomovirus taxonomic criteria of 91% and 94% nucleotide identity for species and strain demarcation, respectively, ToLCNDV is a distinct species with two strains: ToLCNDV and ToLCNDV-Spain. HOST RANGE The primary cultivated host of ToLCNDV is tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), but the virus is also known to infect 43 other plant species from a range of families, including Cucurbitaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Solanaceae, Malvaceae and Fabaceae. DISEASE SYMPTOMS Typical symptoms of ToLCNDV infection in its various hosts include leaf curling, vein thickening, puckering, purpling/darkening of leaf margins, leaf area reduction, internode shortening and severe stunting.
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- Syed Shan‐E‐Ali Zaidi
- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic EngineeringJhang RoadFaisalabad. PO Box 577, Pakistan
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- Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Division of Computational BiologyUniversity of Cape TownAnzio RdObservatoryCape Town, 7925, South Africa
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic EngineeringJhang RoadFaisalabad. PO Box 577, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic EngineeringJhang RoadFaisalabad. PO Box 577, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic EngineeringJhang RoadFaisalabad. PO Box 577, Pakistan
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Ali Z, Abulfaraj A, Idris A, Ali S, Tashkandi M, Mahfouz MM. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated viral interference in plants. Genome Biol 2015; 16:238. [PMID: 26556628 PMCID: PMC4641396 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-015-0799-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Accepted: 10/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The CRISPR/Cas9 system provides bacteria and archaea with molecular immunity against invading phages and conjugative plasmids. Recently, CRISPR/Cas9 has been used for targeted genome editing in diverse eukaryotic species. RESULTS In this study, we investigate whether the CRISPR/Cas9 system could be used in plants to confer molecular immunity against DNA viruses. We deliver sgRNAs specific for coding and non-coding sequences of tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) into Nicotiana benthamiana plants stably overexpressing the Cas9 endonuclease, and subsequently challenge these plants with TYLCV. Our data demonstrate that the CRISPR/Cas9 system targeted TYLCV for degradation and introduced mutations at the target sequences. All tested sgRNAs exhibit interference activity, but those targeting the stem-loop sequence within the TYLCV origin of replication in the intergenic region (IR) are the most effective. N. benthamiana plants expressing CRISPR/Cas9 exhibit delayed or reduced accumulation of viral DNA, abolishing or significantly attenuating symptoms of infection. Moreover, this system could simultaneously target multiple DNA viruses. CONCLUSIONS These data establish the efficacy of the CRISPR/Cas9 system for viral interference in plants, thereby extending the utility of this technology and opening the possibility of producing plants resistant to multiple viral infections.
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- Zahir Ali
- Laboratory for Genome Engineering, Center for Desert Agriculture & Division of Biological Sciences, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory for Genome Engineering, Center for Desert Agriculture & Division of Biological Sciences, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory for Genome Engineering, Center for Desert Agriculture & Division of Biological Sciences, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory for Genome Engineering, Center for Desert Agriculture & Division of Biological Sciences, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory for Genome Engineering, Center for Desert Agriculture & Division of Biological Sciences, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory for Genome Engineering, Center for Desert Agriculture & Division of Biological Sciences, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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Gorovits R, Moshe A, Ghanim M, Czosnek H. Degradation mechanisms of the Tomato yellow leaf curl virus coat protein following inoculation of tomato plants by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2014; 70:1632-9. [PMID: 24464776 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 01/16/2014] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is a begomovirus infecting tomato cultures worldwide. TYLCV is transmitted to plants by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Once in the plant, the virus is subjected to attack by the host-plant defences, which may include sequestration in aggregates, proteolysis, ubiquitination, 26S proteasome degradation and autophagy. Elucidating how the virus avoids destruction will make it possible to understand infection and possibly devise countermeasures. RESULTS The accumulation of viral coat protein (CP) and of viral DNA in plants is a marker of a successful virus transmission by B. tabaci. In response to infection, tomato tissues display multiple ways of degrading TYLCV proteins and DNA. In this study it is shown that CP (in soluble and insoluble states) is the target of protease digestion, 26S proteasome degradation and autophagy. The highest degradation capacity was detected among soluble proteins and proteins in large aggregates/inclusion bodies; cytoplasmic extracts displayed higher activity than nuclear fractions. The very same fractions possessed the highest capacity to degrade viral genomic DNA. Separately, 26S proteasome degradation was associated with large aggregates (more pronounced in the nuclear than in the cytoplasmic fractions), which are indicators of a successful abduction of plants by viruses. Autophagy/lysosome/vacuole degradation was a characteristic of intermediate aggregates, sequestering the CP in the cytoplasm and retarding the development of large aggregates. Chloroplast proteases were active in soluble as well as in insoluble protein extracts. CONCLUSIONS To the best of the authors' knowledge, this study is the first attempt to identify elements of the virus-targeted degradation machinery, which is a part of the plant response to virus invasion.
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- Rena Gorovits
- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture and the Otto Warburg Minerva Centre for Agricultural Biotechnology, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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Whiteflies are a key pest of crops in open-field production throughout the tropics and subtropics. This is due in large part to the long and diverse list of devastating plant viruses transmitted by these vectors. Open-field production provides many challenges to manage these viruses and in many cases adequate management has not been possible. Diseases caused by whitefly-transmitted viruses have become limiting factors in open-field production of a wide range of crops, i.e., bean golden mosaic disease in beans, tomato yellow leaf curl disease in tomato, cassava mosaic disease and cassava brown streak disease in cassava, and cotton leaf crumple disease in cotton. While host resistance has proven to be the most cost-effective management solution, few examples of host resistance have been developed to date. The main strategy to limit the incidence of virus-infected plants has been the application of insecticides to reduce vector populations aided to some extent by the use of selected cultural practices. However, due to concerns about the effect of insecticides on pollinators, consumer demand for reduced pesticide use, and the ability of the whitefly vectors to develop insecticide-resistance, there is a growing need to develop and deploy strategies that do not rely on insecticides. The reduction in pesticide use will greatly increase the need for genetic resistance to more viruses in more crop plants. Resistance combined with selected IPM strategies could become a viable means to increase yields in crops produced in open fields despite the presence of whitefly-transmitted viruses.
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Samarakoon SAMC, Balasuriya A, Rajapaksha RGAS, Wickramarachchi WART. Molecular detection and partial characterization of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus in Sri Lanka. Pak J Biol Sci 2013; 15:863-70. [PMID: 24205755 DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2012.863.870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) is an important plant virus on one of the economically most important vegetable crops; tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). This had not been molecularly detected before, in Sri Lanka. TYLCV-GN-SL was isolated from apparently infected tomato plants using modified Cetyltrimethyl Ammonium Bromide (CTAB) method in Gannoruwa. Associated Begomoviruses were detected using Deng 541/Deng 540 and AV 494/AC 1048 primer pairs. TYLCV was detected for the first time in tomato in Sri Lanka using P1V/P4C, TYLCV specific primer pair. Nucleotide sequence of coat protein of isolated TYLCV-GN-SL proved that the Indian strain of ToLC virus was closely related to Tomato Leaf Curl Sri Lanka Virus (TLCV-SL: 97%) and Tomato leaf curl Geminivirus (TLCGV: 93%) through direct sequencing data. TLCV-SL was confirmed as TYLCV isolate. TYLCV was molecularly detected from major tomato growing districts like Badulla, Nuwara-Eliya, Kandy and Matale in Sri Lanka.
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- S A M C Samarakoon
- Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Puliyankulama, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
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Gorovits R, Moshe A, Kolot M, Sobol I, Czosnek H. Progressive aggregation of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus coat protein in systemically infected tomato plants, susceptible and resistant to the virus. Virus Res 2012; 171:33-43. [PMID: 23099086 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2012.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2012] [Revised: 09/23/2012] [Accepted: 09/27/2012] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) coat protein (CP) accumulated in tomato leaves during infection. The CP was immuno-detected in the phloem associated cells. At the early stages of infection, punctate signals were detected in the cytoplasm, while in the later stages aggregates of increasing size were localized in cytoplasm and nuclei. Sedimentation of protein extracts through sucrose gradients confirmed that progress of infection was accompanied by the formation of CP aggregates of increasing size. Genomic ssDNA was found in the cytoplasm and in the nucleus, while the dsDNA replicative form was exclusively associated with the nucleus. CP-DNA complexes were detected by immuno-capture PCR in nuclear and cytoplasmic large aggregates. Nuclear aggregates contained infectious particles transmissible to test plants by whiteflies. In contrast to susceptible tomatoes, the formation of large CP aggregates in resistant plants was delayed. By experimentally changing the level of resistance/susceptibility of plants, we showed that maintenance of midsized CP aggregates was associated with resistance, while large aggregates where characteristic of susceptibility. We propose that sequestering of virus CP into midsized aggregates and retarding the formation of large insoluble aggregates containing infectious particles is part of the response of resistant plants to TYLCV.
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- Rena Gorovits
- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture and the Otto Warburg Minerva Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) originated in South America and was brought to Europe by the Spaniards in the sixteenth century following their colonization of Mexico. From Europe, tomato was introduced to North America in the eighteenth century. Tomato plants show a wide climatic tolerance and are grown in both tropical and temperate regions around the world. The climatic conditions in the Mediterranean basin favor tomato cultivation, where it is traditionally produced as an open-field plant. However, viral diseases are responsible for heavy yield losses and are one of the reasons that tomato production has shifted to greenhouses. The major tomato viruses endemic to the Mediterranean basin are described in this chapter. These viruses include Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, Tomato torrado virus, Tomato spotted wilt virus, Tomato infectious chlorosis virus, Tomato chlorosis virus, Pepino mosaic virus, and a few minor viruses as well.
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- Inge M Hanssen
- Scientia Terrae Research Institute, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium
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Bar-Ziv A, Levy Y, Hak H, Mett A, Belausov E, Citovsky V, Gafni Y. The tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) V2 protein interacts with the host papain-like cysteine protease CYP1. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2012; 7:983-9. [PMID: 22827939 PMCID: PMC3474700 DOI: 10.4161/psb.20935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The V2 protein of Tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus (TYLCV) is an RNA-silencing suppressor that counteracts the innate immune response of the host plant. However, this anti-host defense function of V2 may include targeting of other defensive mechanisms of the plant. Specifically, we show that V2 recognizes and directly binds the tomato CYP1 protein, a member of the family of papain-like cysteine proteases which are involved in plant defense against diverse pathogens. This binding occurred both in vitro and in vivo, within living plant cells. The V2 binding site within mCYP1 was identified in the direct proximity to the papain-like cysteine protease active site.
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- Amalia Bar-Ziv
- Institute of Plant Sciences; A.R.O.; The Volcani Center; Bet Dagan, Israel
- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences; Bar-Ilan University; Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences; A.R.O.; The Volcani Center; Bet Dagan, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences; A.R.O.; The Volcani Center; Bet Dagan, Israel
- Department of Biological Chemistry; The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences; A.R.O.; The Volcani Center; Bet Dagan, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences; A.R.O.; The Volcani Center; Bet Dagan, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology; State University of New York; Stony Brook, NY USA
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- Institute of Plant Sciences; A.R.O.; The Volcani Center; Bet Dagan, Israel
- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences; Bar-Ilan University; Ramat-Gan, Israel
- Correspondence to: Yedidya Gafni;
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Yaakov N, Levy Y, Belausov E, Gaba V, Lapidot M, Gafni Y. Effect of a single amino acid substitution in the NLS domain of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus-Israel (TYLCV-IL) capsid protein (CP) on its activity and on the virus life cycle. Virus Res 2011; 158:8-11. [PMID: 21376764 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2011.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2010] [Revised: 02/14/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The capsid protein (CP) of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus-Israel (TYLCV-IL), encoded by the v1 gene, is the only known component of the viral capsid. Three point mutations introduced into the conserved NLS region of the CP were investigated. One mutant, in which the Arg at position 19 was converted to Leu, had the most significant effect on the CP-CP homotypic interaction as well as on CP's interaction with its nuclear receptor karyopherin α1 and with the protein GroEL. The latter has been suggested to protect the virions in the insect vector hemolymph. These effects were first observed by yeast two-hybrid assay and then confirmed in tobacco protoplasts by measuring fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between YFP- and CFP-tagged proteins. Most importantly, when the point mutation converting Arg 19 to Leu was introduced into the full-length TYLCV genome, it disrupted its ability to cause symptoms.
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- Noga Yaakov
- Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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Díaz-Pendón JA, Cañizares MC, Moriones E, Bejarano ER, Czosnek H, Navas-Castillo J. Tomato yellow leaf curl viruses: ménage à trois between the virus complex, the plant and the whitefly vector. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2010; 11:441-50. [PMID: 20618703 PMCID: PMC6640490 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00618.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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UNLABELLED Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) is one of the most devastating viral diseases affecting tomato crops in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions of the world. Here, we focus on the interactions through recombination between the different begomovirus species causing TYLCD, provide an overview of the interactions with the cellular genes involved in viral replication, and highlight recent progress on the relationships between these viruses and their vector, the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. TAXONOMY The tomato yellow leaf curl virus-like viruses (TYLCVs) are a complex of begomoviruses (family Geminiviridae, genus Begomovirus) including 10 accepted species: Tomato yellow leaf curl Axarquia virus (TYLCAxV), Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus (TYLCCNV), Tomato yellow leaf curl Guangdong virus (TYLCGuV), Tomato yellow leaf curl Indonesia virus (TYLCIDV), Tomato yellow leaf curl Kanchanaburi virus (TYLVKaV), Tomato yellow leaf curl Malaga virus (TYLCMalV), Tomato yellow leaf curl Mali virus (TYLCMLV), Tomato yellow leaf curl Sardinia virus (TYLCSV), Tomato yellow leaf curl Thailand virus (TYLCTHV), Tomato yellow leaf curl Vietnam virus (TYLCVNV) and Tomato yellow leaf curl virus(TYLCV). We follow the species demarcation criteria of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), the most important of which is an 89% nucleotide identity threshold between full-length DNA-A component nucleotide sequences for begomovirus species. Strains of a species are defined by a 93% nucleotide identity threshold. HOST RANGE The primary host of TYLCVs is tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), but they can also naturally infect other crops [common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum), chilli pepper (C. chinense) and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)], a number of ornamentals [petunia (Petuniaxhybrida) and lisianthus (Eustoma grandiflora)], as well as common weeds (Solanum nigrum and Datura stramonium). TYLCVs also infect the experimental host Nicotiana benthamiana. DISEASE SYMPTOMS Infected tomato plants are stunted or dwarfed, with leaflets rolled upwards and inwards; young leaves are slightly chlorotic; in recently infected plants, fruits might not be produced or, if produced, are small and unmarketable. In common bean, some TYLCVs produce the bean leaf crumple disease, with thickening, epinasty, crumpling, blade reduction and upward curling of leaves, as well as abnormal shoot proliferation and internode reduction; the very small leaves result in a bushy appearance.
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- Juan Antonio Díaz-Pendón
- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea 'La Mayora', Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Estación Experimental 'La Mayora', 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain
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Generation and characterization of a scFv against recombinant coat protein of the geminivirus tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus. Arch Virol 2010; 155:335-42. [PMID: 20107847 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-010-0591-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2009] [Accepted: 12/17/2009] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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We report the establishment of a hybridoma cell line secreting the monoclonal antibody (mAb) HAV, which recognizes the coat (AV1) protein of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV), a begomovirus. The cell line was obtained following immunization of mice with purified recombinant AV1 fused to glutathione S-transferase (GST). A single-chain variable fragment (scFv-SAV) was assembled from hybridoma cDNA, but sequence analysis revealed a single nucleotide deletion causing a frame shift that resulted in a 21-residue N-terminal truncation. The missing nucleotide was restored by in vitro site-directed mutagenesis to create scFv-RWAV. The binding properties of mAb HAV and the corresponding scFvs were characterized by western blot, ELISA and surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy. MAb HAV bound to AV1 with nanomolar affinity but reacted neither with the N-terminal region of the protein nor with the GST fusion partner. This suggested that the antibody recognized a linear epitope in a region of the coat protein that is conserved among begomoviruses. Both scFvs retained the antigen specificity of mAb HAV, although the dissociation rate constant of scFv-RWAV was tenfold greater than that of scFv-SAV, showing the importance of restoring the 21 N-terminal amino acids.
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Citovsky V, Gafni Y, Tzfira T. Localizing protein–protein interactions by bimolecular fluorescence complementation in planta. Methods 2008; 45:196-206. [PMID: 18586107 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2008.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2008] [Revised: 06/11/2008] [Accepted: 06/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Vitaly Citovsky
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215, USA
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Lapidot M, Weil G, Cohen L, Segev L, Gaba V. Biolistic inoculation of plants with Tomato yellow leaf curl virus DNA. J Virol Methods 2007; 144:143-8. [PMID: 17573131 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2007.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2007] [Revised: 04/25/2007] [Accepted: 04/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) full-length DNA was amplified by PCR and cloned into a bacterial plasmid. The cloned TYLCV DNA was excised from the plasmid, ligated and the resulting monomeric circular double-stranded TYLCV DNA was used to inoculate tomato (Solanum lycopersicom) and datura (Datura stramonium) plants by particle bombardment. The bombarded plants produced typical disease symptoms, similar to those produced following whitefly-mediated inoculation, albeit 5-7 days later than whitefly-inoculated plants. The success rate of inoculating tomato plants by particle bombardment averaged 37%, whereas with datura plants, it averaged 85%. With whitefly-mediated inoculation of TYLCV, the success rate of inoculation was also higher in datura plants than in tomato plants. Bombardment of datura plants with a linear form of TYLCV DNA also resulted in viral infection, with an inoculation success rate similar to that with the closed-circular TYLCV DNA. Bombarding datura plants with the bacterial plasmid containing the cloned TYLCV DNA did not result in viral infection, but bombardment with a bacterial plasmid containing a cloned dimer of TYLCV DNA yielded an infection rate of 50-100%. This is the first report of TYLCV inoculation of plants using particle bombardment of a cloned monomeric linear or closed-circular form of TYLCV double-stranded DNA.
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- Moshe Lapidot
- Department of Vegetable Research, Institute of Plant Sciences, ARO Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel.
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Zrachya A, Kumar PP, Ramakrishnan U, Levy Y, Loyter A, Arazi T, Lapidot M, Gafni Y. Production of siRNA targeted against TYLCV coat protein transcripts leads to silencing of its expression and resistance to the virus. Transgenic Res 2007; 16:385-98. [PMID: 17103242 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-9042-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2006] [Accepted: 09/13/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The coat protein (CP) of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), encoded by the v1 gene, is the only known component of the viral capsid. In addition, the CP plays a role in the virus transport into the host cell nucleus where viral genes are replicated and transcribed. In this study, we analyzed the effect of small interfering double-stranded RNAs (siRNAs), derived from an intron-hairpin RNA (ihpRNA) construct and targeting the v1 gene product, on CP accumulation. Transient assays involving agroinfiltration of the CP-silencing construct followed by infiltration of a fused GFP-CP (green fluorescent protein-coat protein) gene showed down-regulation of GFP expression in Nicotiana benthamiana. Some of the transgenic tomato plants (cv. Micro-Tom), expressing the siRNA targeted against the TYLCV CP gene, did not show disease symptoms 7 weeks post-inoculation with the virus, while non-transgenic control plants were infected within 2 weeks post inoculation. The present study demonstrates, for the first time, that siRNA targeted against the CP of TYLCV can confer resistance to the virus in transgenic tomato plants, thereby enabling flowering and fruit production.
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- Avi Zrachya
- Department of Genetics, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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Zrachya A, Glick E, Levy Y, Arazi T, Citovsky V, Gafni Y. Suppressor of RNA silencing encoded by Tomato yellow leaf curl virus-Israel. Virology 2006; 358:159-65. [PMID: 16979684 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2006] [Revised: 07/12/2006] [Accepted: 08/14/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The Israeli isolate of Tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus (TYLCV-Is) is a major tomato pathogen, causing extensive crop losses both in the New and Old World. Surprisingly, however, little is known about the molecular mechanisms of TYLCV-Is interactions with tomato cells. Here, we have identified a TYLCV-Is protein, V2, which acts as a suppressor of RNA silencing and which is unrelated to presently known viral suppressors. Specifically, V2, but not other proteins of TYLCV-Is, inhibited RNA silencing of a reporter transgene, GFP. This inhibition elevated the cellular levels of the GFP transcript and the GFP protein, but it had no apparent effect on the accumulation of GFP-specific short interfering RNAs (siRNAs), suggesting that TYLCV-Is V2 targets a step in the RNA silencing pathway which is subsequent to the Dicer-mediated cleavage of dsRNA. Visualization of the sub-cellular localization of TYLCV-Is V2 in plant protoplasts and tissues showed that this protein is associated with cytoplasmic strands and inclusion bodies in the cortical regions of the cell.
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- Avi Zrachya
- Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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Krichevsky A, Kozlovsky SV, Gafni Y, Citovsky V. Nuclear import and export of plant virus proteins and genomes. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2006; 7:131-146. [PMID: 20507434 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2006.00321.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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SUMMARY Nuclear import and export are crucial processes for any eukaryotic cell, as they govern substrate exchange between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Proteins involved in the nuclear transport network are generally conserved among eukaryotes, from yeast and fungi to animals and plants. Various pathogens, including some plant viruses, need to enter the host nucleus to gain access to its replication machinery or to integrate their DNA into the host genome; the newly replicated viral genomes then need to exit the nucleus to spread between host cells. To gain the ability to enter and exit the nucleus, these pathogens encode proteins that recognize cellular nuclear transport receptors and utilize the host's nuclear import and export pathways. Here, we review and discuss our current knowledge about the molecular mechanisms by which plant viruses find their way into and out of the host cell nucleus.
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- Alexander Krichevsky
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215, USA
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Morilla G, Krenz B, Jeske H, Bejarano ER, Wege C. Tête à tête of tomato yellow leaf curl virus and tomato yellow leaf curl sardinia virus in single nuclei. J Virol 2004; 78:10715-23. [PMID: 15367638 PMCID: PMC516410 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.19.10715-10723.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2004] [Accepted: 05/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Since 1997 two distinct geminivirus species, Tomato yellow leaf curl Sardinia virus (TYLCSV) and Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), have caused a similar yellow leaf curl disease in tomato, coexisted in the fields of southern Spain, and very frequently doubly infected single plants. Tomatoes as well as experimental test plants (e.g., Nicotiana benthamiana) showed enhanced symptoms upon mixed infections under greenhouse conditions. Viral DNA accumulated to a similar extent in singly and doubly infected plants. In situ tissue hybridization showed TYLCSV and TYLCV DNAs to be confined to the phloem in both hosts, irrespective of whether they were inoculated individually or in combination. The number of infected nuclei in singly or doubly infected plants was determined by in situ hybridization of purified nuclei. The percentage of nuclei containing viral DNA (i.e., 1.4% in tomato or 6% in N. benthamiana) was the same in plants infected with either TYLCSV, TYLCV, or both. In situ hybridization of doubly infected plants, with probes that discriminate between both DNAs, revealed that at least one-fifth of infected nuclei harbored DNAs from both virus species. Such a high number of coinfected nuclei may explain why recombination between different geminivirus DNAs occurs frequently. The impact of these findings for epidemiology and for resistance breeding concerning tomato yellow leaf curl diseases is discussed.
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- Gabriel Morilla
- Departmento de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos, Málaga, Spain
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