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Giordano A, Ferriol I, López-Moya JJ, Martín-Hernández AM. cmv1-Mediated Resistance to CMV in Melon Can Be Overcome by Mixed Infections with Potyviruses. Viruses 2023; 15:1792. [PMID: 37766198 PMCID: PMC10535032 DOI: 10.3390/v15091792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Resistance to cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) strain LS in melon is controlled by the gene cmv1, which restricts phloem entry. In nature, CMV is commonly found in mixed infections, particularly with potyviruses, where a synergistic effect is frequently produced. We have explored the possibility that this synergism could help CMV-LS to overcome cmv1-mediated resistance. We demonstrate that during mixed infection with a potyvirus, CMV-LS is able to overcome cmv1-controlled resistance and develop a systemic infection and that this ability does not depend on an increased accumulation of CMV-LS in mechanically inoculated cotyledons. Likewise, during a mixed infection initiated by aphids, the natural vector of both cucumoviruses and potyviruses that can very efficiently inoculate plants with a low number of virions, CMV-LS also overcomes cmv1-controlled resistance. This indicates that in the presence of a potyvirus, even a very low amount of inoculum, can be sufficient to surpass the resistance and initiate the infection. These results indicate that there is an important risk for this resistance to be broken in nature as a consequence of mixed infections, and therefore, its deployment in elite cultivars would not be enough to ensure a long-lasting resistance.
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- Andrea Giordano
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; (A.G.); (I.F.); (J.J.L.-M.)
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; (A.G.); (I.F.); (J.J.L.-M.)
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; (A.G.); (I.F.); (J.J.L.-M.)
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; (A.G.); (I.F.); (J.J.L.-M.)
- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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Vector acquisition and co-inoculation of two plant viruses influences transmission, infection, and replication in new hosts. Sci Rep 2022; 12:20355. [PMID: 36437281 PMCID: PMC9701672 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-24880-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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This study investigated the role of vector acquisition and transmission on the propagation of single and co-infections of tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV,) and tomato mottle virus (ToMoV) (Family: Geminiviridae, Genus: Begomovirus) by the whitefly vector Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 (Gennadius) in tomato. The aim of this research was to determine if the manner in which viruses are co-acquired and co-transmitted changes the probability of acquisition, transmission and new host infections. Whiteflies acquired virus by feeding on singly infected plants, co-infected plants, or by sequential feeding on singly infected plants. Viral titers were also quantified by qPCR in vector cohorts, in artificial diet, and plants after exposure to viruliferous vectors. Differences in transmission, infection status of plants, and titers of TYLCV and ToMoV were observed among treatments. All vector cohorts acquired both viruses, but co-acquisition/co-inoculation generally reduced transmission of both viruses as single and mixed infections. Co-inoculation of viruses by the vector also altered virus accumulation in plants regardless of whether one or both viruses were propagated in new hosts. These findings highlight the complex nature of vector-virus-plant interactions that influence the spread and replication of viruses as single and co-infections.
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Shevchenko T, Bederak R, Taher K, Snihur H, Shevchenko O. MIXED VIRAL INFECTIONS IN VEGETABLES IN UKRAINE. BULLETIN OF TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV. SERIES: BIOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.17721/1728.2748.2022.90.26-29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Aim. Screening of vegetable crops for mixed viral infections caused by 8 viruses, and evaluation of relative share for different combinations of pathogens using serological methods for plant virus diagnostics. Methods. Double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (DAS-ELISA) was performed for detection of viral antigens. Results. For this study, the samples from plants with virus-like symptoms were collected from the agroecosystems in 4 regions of Ukraine during three vegetative seasons in 2019-2021. Plant samples were tested for presence of the following viruses: cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), watermelon mosaiс virus 2 (WMV2), zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV), tomato mosaic virus (ToMV), tobacco rattle virus (TRV), potato virus Y (PVY), potato virus X (PVX), and tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). Among the screened plants with virus-like symptoms, three viruses were the most common: CMV, WMV2 and ZYMV, with the incidence rate of 32%, 33% and 29%, respectively. Apart from monoinfected plants, several patterns of mixed infections were shown typically induced by two and less commonly by three viruses (CMV+WMV2+ZYMV). From these patterns of mixed infections, five groups of pathogens were registered. Conclusions. In this work, we have analyzed cucurbit and solanaceous vegetable crops with virus-like symptoms for viral infections caused by 8 pathogens, and established virus combinations inducing mixed infections in the field. Five groups of pathogens were demonstrated as such combinations: CMV+ToMV, CMV+PVY, CMV+WMV2, CMV+ZYMV, and WMV2+ZYMV, with CMV+ToMV being the most common for tested plants. Also, there was one group of pathogens formed by three viruses CMV+WMV2+ZYMV. CMV has been shown present in every group of mixed viral infections in plants from both families, Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae. The incidence rate for these combinations differed from 4 to 8%. The presented results are important in the context of ecology and epidemiology of viral diseases of vegetables.
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Vinodhini J, Rajendran L, Abirami R, Karthikeyan G. Co-existence of chlorosis inducing strain of Cucumber mosaic virus with tospoviruses on hot pepper (Capsicum annuum) in India. Sci Rep 2021; 11:8796. [PMID: 33888846 PMCID: PMC8062535 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88282-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Cucumo- and tospoviruses are the most destructive viruses infecting hot pepper (chilli). A diagnostic survey was conducted to assess the prevalence of cucumo and tospoviruses in chilli growing tracts of Tamil Nadu. Infected plants showing mosaic with chlorotic and necrotic rings, veinal necrosis, mosaic mottling, leaf filiformity and malformation were collected. Molecular indexing carried out through reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) with coat protein gene specific primer of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and tospovirus degenerate primer corresponding to the L segment (RdRp). Ostensibly, amplifications were observed for both CMV and tospoviruses as sole as well for mixed infections. The sequence analysis indicated that the Capsicum chlorosis virus (CaCV) and Groundnut bud necrosis virus (GBNV) to be involved with CMV in causing combined infections. The co-infection of CMV with CaCV was detected in 10.41% of the symptomatic plant samples and combined infection of CMV with GBNV was recorded in around 6.25% of the symptomatic plants surveyed. The amino acid substitution of Ser129 over conserved Pro129 in coat protein of CMV implies that CMV strain involved in mixed infection as chlorosis inducing strain. Further, the electron microscopy of symptomatic plant samples explicated the presence of isometric particles of CMV and quasi spherical particles of tospoviruses. This is the first molecular evidence for the natural co-existence of chlorosis inducing CMV strain with CaCV and GBNV on hot pepper in India.
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- J. Vinodhini
- grid.412906.80000 0001 2155 9899Department of Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641 003 India
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- grid.412906.80000 0001 2155 9899Department of Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641 003 India
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- grid.412906.80000 0001 2155 9899Department of Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641 003 India
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- grid.412906.80000 0001 2155 9899Department of Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641 003 India
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Domingo-Calap ML, Chase O, Estapé M, Moreno AB, López-Moya JJ. The P1 Protein of Watermelon mosaic virus Compromises the Activity as RNA Silencing Suppressor of the P25 Protein of Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:645530. [PMID: 33828542 PMCID: PMC8019732 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.645530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Mixed viral infections in plants involving a potyvirus and other unrelated virus often result in synergistic effects, with significant increases in accumulation of the non-potyvirus partner, as in the case of melon plants infected by the potyvirus Watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) and the crinivirus Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus (CYSDV). To further explore the synergistic interaction between these two viruses, the activity of RNA silencing suppressors (RSSs) was addressed in transiently co-expressed combinations of heterologous viral products in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. While the strong RSS activity of WMV Helper Component Proteinase (HCPro) was unaltered, including no evident additive effects observed when co-expressed with the weaker CYSDV P25, an unexpected negative effect of WMV P1 was found on the RSS activity of P25. Analysis of protein expression during the assays showed that the amount of P25 was not reduced when co-expressed with P1. The detrimental action of P1 on the activity of P25 was dose-dependent, and the subcellular localization of fluorescently labeled variants of P1 and P25 when transiently co-expressed showed coincidences both in nucleus and cytoplasm. Also, immunoprecipitation experiments showed interaction of tagged versions of the two proteins. This novel interaction, not previously described in other combinations of potyviruses and criniviruses, might play a role in modulating the complexities of the response to multiple viral infections in susceptible plants.
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- Maria Luisa Domingo-Calap
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.,Instituto Valencia de Investigaciones Agrarias, IVIA, Valencia, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitair Medisch Centrum, UMC, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.,Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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Orfanidou C, Katsiani A, Papayiannis L, Katis NI, Maliogka VI. Interplay of Cucurbit Yellow Stunting Disorder Virus With Cucurbit Chlorotic Yellows Virus and Transmission Dynamics by Bemisia tabaci MED. PLANT DISEASE 2021; 105:416-424. [PMID: 32706325 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-03-20-0621-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus (CCYV) and cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus (CYSDV) are two closely related criniviruses that often coinfect cucurbits and are associated with cucurbit yellows disease. Both viruses are distributed worldwide and are transmitted in a semipersistent manner by the whitefly vectors Bemisia tabaci MED or MEAM1. The major goal of this study was to provide insight into the interaction of CCYV and CYSDV in cucumber and to study the effect on transmission by B. tabaci MED. The titers of both viruses were estimated in single- and dually infected cucumber plants via reverse transcription PCR assays. In mixed infections, the accumulation of both viruses was significantly decreased. When B. tabaci MED adults were placed on cucumber infected with both viruses, their simultaneous transmission efficiency was significantly higher, whereas transmission efficiency of each individual virus was low. Moreover, nonviruliferous whiteflies preferentially settled on crinivirus-infected cucumber plants, whereas viruliferous whiteflies were attracted by healthy cucumber plants. Finally, the titer of both viruses was calculated in five commercial cucumber hybrids, followed by subsequent transmission experiments. Our results show that although the titers of CYSDV and CCYV were significantly lower in mixed infections in cucumbers, their simultaneous transmission increased.
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- Chrysoula Orfanidou
- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, School of Agriculture, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, School of Agriculture, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, School of Agriculture, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, School of Agriculture, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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Li J, Wang JC, Ding TB, Chu D. Synergistic Effects of a Tomato chlorosis virus and Tomato yellow leaf curl virus Mixed Infection on Host Tomato Plants and the Whitefly Vector. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:672400. [PMID: 34135928 PMCID: PMC8201402 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.672400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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In China, Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV) and Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) are widely present in tomato plants. The epidemiology of these viruses is intimately associated with their vector, the whitefly (Bemisia tabaci MED). However, how a ToCV+TYLCV mixed infection affects viral acquisition by their vector remains unknown. In this study, we examined the growth parameters of tomato seedlings, including disease symptoms and the heights and weights of non-infected, singly infected and mixed infected tomato plants. Additionally, the spatio-temporal dynamics of the viruses in tomato plants, and the viral acquisition and transmission by B. tabaci MED, were determined. The results demonstrated that: (i) ToCV+TYLCV mixed infections induced tomato disease synergism, resulting in a high disease severity index and decreased stem heights and weights; (ii) as the disease progressed, TYLCV accumulated more in upper leaves of TYLCV-infected tomato plants than in lower leaves, whereas ToCV accumulated less in upper leaves of ToCV-infected tomato plants than in lower leaves; (iii) viral accumulation in ToCV+TYLCV mixed infected plants was greater than in singly infected plants; and (iv) B. tabaci MED appeared to have a greater TYLCV, but a lower ToCV, acquisition rate from mixed infected plants compared with singly infected plants. However, mixed infections did not affect transmission by whiteflies. Thus, ToCV+TYLCV mixed infections may induce synergistic disease effects in tomato plants.
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Khaing YY, Kobayashi Y, Takeshita M. The C-terminal region of the 2a protein and 2b protein of cucumber mosaic virus are involved in the induction of shoestring-like leaf blade in tomato. Virus Res 2020; 289:198172. [PMID: 32980403 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) has numerous strains with distinct pathological properties in nature. In this study, we focused on the distinct host-specificity of two isolates of CMV regarding induction of the shoestring-like leaf blade (SLB) in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum cv. Sekaiichi). During the initial infection stage, plants inoculated with CMV-D8 and CMV-Y developed green/yellow systemic mosaic and stunting. Late in infection, CMV-D8 caused severe systemic symptoms with SLB on the newly emerged leaves, whereas CMY-Y caused severe yellow mosaic with stunting. Accumulation of viral RNA of CMV-D8 during initial infection was higher than for CMV-Y, but their levels did not differ significantly at 5 weeks post inoculation. Pseudorecombination and recombination analyses between CMV-D8 and CMV-Y genomic RNAs showed that recombinant that contained the C-terminal region of 2a and the entire 2b protein of CMV-D8 (D2a-C/D2b) induced SLB. Changing isoleucine to valine at position 830 in the 2a ORF played an important role in formation of chronic SLB. We further elucidated that infection with CMV-D8 or the recombinant Y1Y2(D2a-C/D2b)D3, but not with CMV-Y, upregulated miRNAs and transcript levels of AGO1, which is involved in RNA silencing, and of HD-ZIP, TCP4, and PHAN, which are essential for leaf morphogenesis. The present results first demonstrated that the cooperative function of D2a-C/D2b is involved indispensably in SLB formation. In addition, we suggest that D2a-C/D2b region interferes with the miRNA pathway that is associated with RNA silencing and leaf morphogenesis, leading to the enhanced virulence of CMV-D8.
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- Yu Yu Khaing
- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Miyazaki, Gakuenkibanadainishi 1-1, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Miyazaki, Gakuenkibanadainishi 1-1, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Miyazaki, Gakuenkibanadainishi 1-1, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan.
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Specific and Spillover Effects on Vectors Following Infection of Two RNA Viruses in Pepper Plants. INSECTS 2020; 11:insects11090602. [PMID: 32899551 PMCID: PMC7564562 DOI: 10.3390/insects11090602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2020] [Revised: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Mixed infection of plant viruses is ubiquitous in nature and can affect virus-plant-vector interactions differently than single virus infection. While several studies have examined virus-virus interactions involving mixed virus infection, relatively few have examined effects of mixed virus infection on vector preference and fitness, especially when multiple vectors are involved. This study explored how single and mixed viral infection of a non-persistently transmitted cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and propagative and persistently-transmitted tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus (TSWV) in pepper, Capsicum annum L., influenced the preference and fitness of their vectors, the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), and the tobacco thrips, Frankliniella fusca (Hinds), respectively. In general, mixed infected plants exhibited severe symptoms compared with individually infected plants. An antagonistic interaction between the two viruses was observed when CMV titer was reduced following mixed infection with TSWV in comparison with the single infection. TSWV titer did not differ between single and mixed infection. Myzus persicae settling preference and median developmental were not significantly different between CMV and/or TSWV-infected and non-infected plants. Moreover, M. persicae fecundity did not differ between CMV-infected and non-infected pepper plants. However, M. persicae fecundity was substantially greater on TSWV-infected plants than non-infected plants. Myzus persicae fecundity on mixed-infected plants was significantly lower than on singly-infected and non-infected plants. Frankliniella fusca fecundity was higher on CMV and/or TSWV-infected pepper plants than non-infected pepper plants. Furthermore, F. fusca-induced feeding damage was higher on TSWV-infected than on CMV-infected, mixed-infected, or non-infected pepper plants. Overall, our results indicate that the effects of mixed virus infection on vectors were not different from those observed following single virus infection. Virus-induced host phenotype-modulated effects were realized on both specific and non-specific vectors, suggesting crosstalk involving all vectors and viruses in this pathosystem. The driving forces of these interactions need to be further examined. The effects of interactions between two viruses and two vectors towards epidemics of one or both viruses also need to be examined.
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Alcaide C, Rabadán MP, Moreno-Pérez MG, Gómez P. Implications of mixed viral infections on plant disease ecology and evolution. Adv Virus Res 2020; 106:145-169. [PMID: 32327147 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aivir.2020.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mixed viral infections occur more commonly than would be expected by chance in nature. Virus-virus interactions may affect viral traits and leave a genetic signature in the population, and thus influence the prevalence and emergence of viral diseases. Understanding about how the interactions between viruses within a host shape the evolutionary dynamics of the viral populations is needed for viral disease prevention and management. Here, we first synthesize concepts implied in the occurrence of virus-virus interactions. Second, we consider the role of the within-host interactions of virus-virus and virus-other pathogenic microbes, on the composition and structure of viral populations. Third, we contemplate whether mixed viral infections can create opportunities for the generation and maintenance of viral genetic diversity. Fourth, we attempt to summarize the evolutionary response of viral populations to mixed infections to understand how they shape the spatio-temporal dynamics of viral populations at the individual plant and field scales. Finally, we anticipate the future research under the reconciliation of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary ecology, drawing attention to the need of adding more complexity to future research in order to gain a better understanding about the mechanisms operating in nature.
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- Cristina Alcaide
- Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura-Consejo Superior de investigaciones Científicas (CEBAS-CSIC), Dpto Biología del Estrés y Patología Vegetal, Murcia, Spain
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- Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura-Consejo Superior de investigaciones Científicas (CEBAS-CSIC), Dpto Biología del Estrés y Patología Vegetal, Murcia, Spain
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- Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura-Consejo Superior de investigaciones Científicas (CEBAS-CSIC), Dpto Biología del Estrés y Patología Vegetal, Murcia, Spain
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- Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura-Consejo Superior de investigaciones Científicas (CEBAS-CSIC), Dpto Biología del Estrés y Patología Vegetal, Murcia, Spain.
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Grafting alters tomato transcriptome and enhances tolerance to an airborne virus infection. Sci Rep 2020; 10:2538. [PMID: 32054920 PMCID: PMC7018947 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59421-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Grafting of commercial tomato varieties and hybrids on the tomato ecotype Manduria resulted in high levels of tolerance to the infection of Sw5 resistance-breaking strains of tomato spotted wilt virus and of severe cucumber mosaic virus strains supporting hypervirulent satellite RNAs that co-determine stunting and necrotic phenotypes in tomato. To decipher the basis of such tolerance, here we used a RNAseq analysis to study the transcriptome profiles of the Manduria ecotype and of the susceptible variety UC82, and of their graft combinations, exposed or not to infection of the potato virus Y recombinant strain PVYC-to. The analysis identified graft- and virus-responsive mRNAs differentially expressed in UC82 and Manduria, which led to an overall suitable level of tolerance to viral infection confirmed by the appearance of a recovery phenotype in Manduria and in all graft combinations. The transcriptome analysis suggested that graft wounding and viral infection had diverging effects on tomato transcriptome and that the Manduria ecotype was less responsive than the UC82 to both graft wounding and potyviral infection. We propose that the differential response to the two types of stress could account for the tolerance to viral infection observed in the Manduria ecotype as well as in the susceptible tomato variety UC82 self-grafted or grafted on the Manduria ecotype.
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Spanò R, Ferrara M, Montemurro C, Mulè G, Gallitelli D, Mascia T. Grafting alters tomato transcriptome and enhances tolerance to an airborne virus infection. Sci Rep 2020. [PMID: 32054920 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59421-59425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2023] Open
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Grafting of commercial tomato varieties and hybrids on the tomato ecotype Manduria resulted in high levels of tolerance to the infection of Sw5 resistance-breaking strains of tomato spotted wilt virus and of severe cucumber mosaic virus strains supporting hypervirulent satellite RNAs that co-determine stunting and necrotic phenotypes in tomato. To decipher the basis of such tolerance, here we used a RNAseq analysis to study the transcriptome profiles of the Manduria ecotype and of the susceptible variety UC82, and of their graft combinations, exposed or not to infection of the potato virus Y recombinant strain PVYC-to. The analysis identified graft- and virus-responsive mRNAs differentially expressed in UC82 and Manduria, which led to an overall suitable level of tolerance to viral infection confirmed by the appearance of a recovery phenotype in Manduria and in all graft combinations. The transcriptome analysis suggested that graft wounding and viral infection had diverging effects on tomato transcriptome and that the Manduria ecotype was less responsive than the UC82 to both graft wounding and potyviral infection. We propose that the differential response to the two types of stress could account for the tolerance to viral infection observed in the Manduria ecotype as well as in the susceptible tomato variety UC82 self-grafted or grafted on the Manduria ecotype.
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- Roberta Spanò
- Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", Via Amendola 165/A, 70126, Bari, Italy.
- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante (IPSP) - CNR, UOS Bari, Via Amendola 122/D, 70126, Bari, Italy.
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- Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari (ISPA) - CNR Via Amendola 122/O, 70126, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", Via Amendola 165/A, 70126, Bari, Italy
- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante (IPSP) - CNR, UOS Bari, Via Amendola 122/D, 70126, Bari, Italy
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- Istituto di Biomembrane, Bioenergetica e Biotecnologie Molecolari - CNR, Via Amendola 122/O, 70126, Bari, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", Via Amendola 165/A, 70126, Bari, Italy
- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante (IPSP) - CNR, UOS Bari, Via Amendola 122/D, 70126, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", Via Amendola 165/A, 70126, Bari, Italy
- Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante (IPSP) - CNR, UOS Bari, Via Amendola 122/D, 70126, Bari, Italy
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The pathological importance of mixed viral infections in plants might be underestimated except for a few well-characterized synergistic combinations in certain crops. Considering that the host ranges of many viruses often overlap and that most plant species can be infected by several unrelated viruses, it is not surprising to find more than one virus simultaneously in the same plant. Furthermore, dispersal of the majority of plant viruses relies on efficient transmission mechanisms mediated by vector organisms, mainly but not exclusively insects, which can contribute to the occurrence of multiple infections in the same plant. Recent work using different experimental approaches has shown that mixed viral infections can be remarkably frequent, up to the point that they could be considered the rule more than the exception. The purpose of this review is to describe the impact of multiple infections not only on the participating viruses themselves but also on their vectors and on the common host. From this standpoint, mixed infections arise as complex events that involve several cross-interacting players, and they consequently require a more general perspective than the analysis of single-virus/single-host approaches for a full understanding of their relevance.
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- Ana Beatriz Moreno
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas IRTA-UAB-UB, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas IRTA-UAB-UB, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain
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Tatineni S, Alexander J, Gupta AK, French R. Asymmetry in Synergistic Interaction Between Wheat streak mosaic virus and Triticum mosaic virus in Wheat. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2019; 32:336-350. [PMID: 30106671 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-07-18-0189-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV) and Triticum mosaic virus (TriMV), distinct members in the family Potyviridae, are economically important wheat-infecting viruses in the Great Plains region. Previously, we reported that coinfection of wheat by WSMV and TriMV caused disease synergism with increased concentration of both viruses. The mechanisms of synergistic interaction between WSMV and TriMV and the effects of prior infection of wheat by either of these "synergistically interacting partner" (SIP) viruses on the establishment of local and systemic infection by the other SIP virus are not known. In this study, using fluorescent protein-tagged viruses, we found that prior infection of wheat by WSMV or TriMV negatively affected the onset and size of local foci elicited by subsequent SIP virus infection compared with those in buffer-inoculated wheat. These data revealed that prior infection of wheat by an SIP virus has no measurable advantage for another SIP virus on the initiation of infection and cell-to-cell movement. In TriMV-infected wheat, WSMV exhibited accelerated long-distance movement and increased accumulation of genomic RNAs compared with those in buffer-inoculated wheat, indicating that TriMV-encoded proteins complemented WSMV for efficient systemic infection. In contrast, TriMV displayed delayed systemic infection in WSMV-infected wheat, with fewer genomic RNA copies in early stages of infection compared with those in buffer-inoculated wheat. However, during late stages of infection, TriMV accumulation in WSMV-infected wheat increased rapidly with accelerated long-distance movement compared with those in buffer-inoculated wheat. Taken together, these data suggest that interactions between synergistically interacting WSMV and TriMV are asymmetrical; thus, successful establishment of synergistic interaction between unrelated viruses will depend on the order of infection of plants by SIP viruses.
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- Satyanarayana Tatineni
- 1 United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service and Department of Plant Pathology and
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- 1 United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service and Department of Plant Pathology and
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- 2 Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln 68583, U.S.A
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- 1 United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service and Department of Plant Pathology and
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Mascia T, Gallitelli D. Synergies and antagonisms in virus interactions. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 252:176-192. [PMID: 27717453 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2016] [Revised: 07/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Metagenomic surveys and data from next generation sequencing revealed that mixed infections among plant viruses are probably a rule rather than an exception in natural pathosystems. The documented cases may range from synergism to antagonism, which may depend from the spatiotemporal order of arrival of the viruses on the host and upon the host itself. In synergistic interactions, the measurable differences in replication, phenotypic and cytopathological changes, cellular tropism, within host movement, and transmission rate of one of the two viruses or both are increased. Conversely, a decrease in replication, or inhibition of one or more of the above functions by one virus against the other, leads to an antagonistic interaction. Viruses may interact directly and by transcomplementation of defective functions or indirectly, through responses mediated by the host like the defense mechanism based on RNA silencing. Outcomes of these interactions can be applied to the risk assessment of transgenic crops expressing viral proteins, or cross-protected crops for the identification of potential hazards. Prior to experimental evidence, mathematical models may help in forecasting challenges deriving from the great variety of pathways of synergistic and antagonistic interactions. Actually, it seems that such predictions do not receive sufficient credit in the framework of agriculture.
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- Tiziana Mascia
- Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy; Istituto del CNR per la Protezione sostenibile delle Piante, Unità Operativa di Supporto di Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy; Istituto del CNR per la Protezione sostenibile delle Piante, Unità Operativa di Supporto di Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy.
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Palukaitis P. Satellite RNAs and Satellite Viruses. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2016; 29:181-186. [PMID: 26551994 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-10-15-0232-fi] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Satellite RNAs and satellite viruses are extraviral components that can affect either the pathogenicity, the accumulation, or both of their associated viruses while themselves being dependent on the associated viruses as helper viruses for their infection. Most of these satellite RNAs are noncoding RNAs, and in many cases, have been shown to alter the interaction of their helper viruses with their hosts. In only a few cases have the functions of these satellite RNAs in such interactions been studied in detail. In particular, work on the satellite RNAs of Cucumber mosaic virus and Turnip crinkle virus have provided novel insights into RNAs functioning as noncoding RNAs. These effects are described and potential roles for satellite RNAs in the processes involved in symptom intensification or attenuation are discussed. In most cases, models describing these roles involve some aspect of RNA silencing or its suppression, either directly or indirectly involving the particular satellite RNA.
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- Peter Palukaitis
- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Seoul Women's University, 621 Hwarangno, Nowon-gu, Seoul, 139-774, Republic of Korea
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Potyvirus is the largest genus of plant viruses causing significant losses in a wide range of crops. Potyviruses are aphid transmitted in a nonpersistent manner and some of them are also seed transmitted. As important pathogens, potyviruses are much more studied than other plant viruses belonging to other genera and their study covers many aspects of plant virology, such as functional characterization of viral proteins, molecular interaction with hosts and vectors, structure, taxonomy, evolution, epidemiology, and diagnosis. Biotechnological applications of potyviruses are also being explored. During this last decade, substantial advances have been made in the understanding of the molecular biology of these viruses and the functions of their various proteins. After a general presentation on the family Potyviridae and the potyviral proteins, we present an update of the knowledge on potyvirus multiplication, movement, and transmission and on potyvirus/plant compatible interactions including pathogenicity and symptom determinants. We end the review providing information on biotechnological applications of potyviruses.
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Elena SF, Bernet GP, Carrasco JL. The games plant viruses play. Curr Opin Virol 2014; 8:62-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2014.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2014] [Revised: 06/21/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The capsid protein p38 of turnip crinkle virus is associated with the suppression of cucumber mosaic virus in Arabidopsis thaliana co-infected with cucumber mosaic virus and turnip crinkle virus. Virology 2014; 462-463:71-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Revised: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 05/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Kumar J, Gunapati S, Singh SP, Gadre R, Sharma NC, Tuli R. Molecular characterization and pathogenicity of a carrot (Daucus carota) infecting begomovirus and associated betasatellite from India. Virus Res 2013; 178:478-485. [PMID: 24512752 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2013.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2013] [Revised: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 10/12/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The yellow mosaic pattern and shortening of leaf petiole are common disease symptoms associated with begomovirus infection in carrot. DNA from field infected carrot leaves was analyzed by rolling circle amplification and sequencing. The results established the presence of ageratum enation virus (AEV), which is referred to here as ageratum enation virus-carrot (AEV-Car). Symptomatic ageratum (Ageratum conyzoides) plants, growing adjacent to the carrot fields, also showed the presence of AEV (AEV-Age). Ageratum yellow leaf curl betasatellite (AYLCB) was also detected in the AEV infected carrot and ageratum samples. AEV-Car and AEV-Age are 95-97% identical in their DNA sequences, represent groups of isolates from the respective plant hosts (carrot and ageratum). Agroinoculation using infectious clones of AEV-Car plus AYLCB or AEV-Age plus AYLCB in carrot, ageratum, tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) produced yellow mosaic and curling symptoms in leaves of inoculated plants. Agroinoculation of the two isolates together, along with the betasatellite (AEV-Car plus AEV-Age plus AYLCB) resulted in the enhancement of symptoms in comparison to the plants inoculated with single isolate. Plants with more severe symptoms showed a higher level of viral DNA accumulation, suggesting synergistic interactions between the two isolates of AEV.
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- Jitendra Kumar
- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali 160071, Punjab, India.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, India
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali 160071, Punjab, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, India
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali 160071, Punjab, India
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Bag S, Mitter N, Eid S, Pappu HR. Complementation between two tospoviruses facilitates the systemic movement of a plant virus silencing suppressor in an otherwise restrictive host. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44803. [PMID: 23077485 PMCID: PMC3473055 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2012] [Accepted: 08/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND New viruses pathogenic to plants continue to emerge due to mutation, recombination, or reassortment among genomic segments among individual viruses. Tospoviruses cause significant economic damage to a wide range of crops in many parts of the world. The genetic or molecular basis of the continued emergence of new tospoviruses and new hosts is not well understood though it is generally accepted that reassortment and/or genetic complementation among the three genomic segments of individual viruses could be contributing to this variability since plants infected with more than one tospovirus are not uncommon in nature. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Two distinct and economically important tospoviruses, Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV) and Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), were investigated for inter-virus interactions at the molecular level in dually-infected plants. Datura (Datura stramonium) is a permissive host for TSWV, while it restricts the movement of IYSV to inoculated leaves. In plants infected with both viruses, however, TSWV facilitated the selective movement of the viral gene silencing suppressor (NSs) gene of IYSV to the younger, uninoculated leaves. The small RNA expression profiles of IYSV and TSWV in single- and dually-infected datura plants showed that systemic leaves of dually-infected plants had reduced levels of TSWV N gene-specific small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). No TSWV NSs-specific siRNAs were detected either in the inoculated or systemic leaves of dually-infected datura plants indicating a more efficient suppression of host silencing machinery in the presence of NSs from both viruses as compared to the presence of only TSWV NSs. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE Our study identifies a new role for the viral gene silencing suppressor in potentially modulating the biology and host range of viruses and underscores the importance of virally-coded suppressors of gene silencing in virus infection of plants. This is the first experimental evidence of functional complementation between two distinct tospoviruses in the Bunyaviridae family.
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- Sudeep Bag
- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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Pacheco R, García-Marcos A, Barajas D, Martiáñez J, Tenllado F. PVX-potyvirus synergistic infections differentially alter microRNA accumulation in Nicotiana benthamiana. Virus Res 2012; 165:231-5. [PMID: 22387565 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2012.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Revised: 02/09/2012] [Accepted: 02/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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In comparison to single infections, co-infection of Nicotiana benthamiana with Potato virus X (PVX) and Potato virus Y (PVY) or Plum pox virus (PPV), resulted in increased systemic symptoms (synergism in pathology). Previous studies have shown that virus infections affected the accumulation of various microRNAs (miRNAs) and miRNA target genes. Our studies revealed that double infection by PVX and PVY or PPV that produced the most severe symptoms in N. benthamiana altered accumulation of miR156, 171, 398, and 168, and/or their target transcripts to a greater extent or in a different direction than single infections that produced milder symptoms. These findings indicate a differential effect on miRNA metabolism of the combined infection by two unrelated plant viruses, which may account in part for the severe symptoms caused by PVX/potyvirus-associated synergisms.
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- Remedios Pacheco
- Departamento de Biología Medioambiental, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu, 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Syller J. Facilitative and antagonistic interactions between plant viruses in mixed infections. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2012; 13:204-16. [PMID: 21726401 PMCID: PMC6638836 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00734.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Mixed infections of plant viruses are common in nature, and a number of important virus diseases of plants are the outcomes of interactions between causative agents. Multiple infections lead to a variety of intrahost virus-virus interactions, many of which may result in the generation of variants showing novel genetic features, and thus change the genetic structure of the viral population. Hence, virus-virus interactions in plants may be of crucial significance for the understanding of viral pathogenesis and evolution, and consequently for the development of efficient and stable control strategies. The interactions between plant viruses in mixed infections are generally categorized as synergistic or antagonistic. Moreover, mixtures of synergistic and antagonistic interactions, creating usually unpredictable biological and epidemiological consequences, are likely to occur in plants. The mechanisms of some of these are still unknown. This review aims to bring together the current knowledge on the most commonly occurring facilitative and antagonistic interactions between related or unrelated viruses infecting the same host plant. The best characterized implications of these interactions for virus-vector-host relationships are included. The terms 'synergism' and 'helper dependence' for facilitative virus-virus interactions, and 'cross-protection' and 'mutual exclusion' for antagonistic interactions, are applied in this article.
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- Jerzy Syller
- Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute-National Research Institute, Centre Młochów, 05-831 Młochów, Poland.
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Takeshita M, Koizumi E, Noguchi M, Sueda K, Shimura H, Ishikawa N, Matsuura H, Ohshima K, Natsuaki T, Kuwata S, Furuya N, Tsuchiya K, Masuta C. Infection dynamics in viral spread and interference under the synergism between Cucumber mosaic virus and Turnip mosaic virus. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2012; 25:18-27. [PMID: 21916556 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-06-11-0170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Mixed infection of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) induced more severe symptoms on Nicotiana benthamiana than single infection. To dissect the relationships between spatial infection patterns and the 2b protein (2b) of CMV in single or mixed infections, the CMV vectors expressing enhanced green fluorescent or Discosoma sp. red fluorescent proteins (EGFP [EG] or DsRed2 [Ds], respectively were constructed from the same wild-type CMV-Y and used for inoculation onto N. benthamiana. CMV2-A1 vector (C2-A1 [A1]) has a functional 2b while CMV-H1 vector (C2-H1 [H1]) is 2b deficient. As we expected from the 2b function as an RNA silencing suppressor (RSS), in a single infection, A1Ds retained a high level of accumulation at initial infection sites and showed extensive fluorescence in upper, noninoculated leaves, whereas H1Ds disappeared rapidly at initial infection sites and could not spread efficiently in upper, noninoculated leaf tissues. In various mixed infections, we found two phenomena providing novel insights into the relationships among RSS, viral synergism, and interference. First, H1Ds could not spread efficiently from vasculature into nonvascular tissues with or without TuMV, suggesting that RNA silencing was not involved in CMV unloading from vasculature. These results indicated that 2b could promote CMV to unload from vasculature into nonvascular tissues, and that this 2b function might be independent of its RSS activity. Second, we detected spatial interference (local interference) between A1Ds and A1EG in mixed infection with TuMV, between A1Ds (or H1Ds) and TuMV, and between H1Ds and H1EG. This observation suggested that local interference between two viruses was established even in the synergism between CMV and TuMV and, again, RNA silencing did not seem to contribute greatly to this phenomenon.
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Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is an important virus because of its agricultural impact in the Mediterranean Basin and worldwide, and also as a model for understanding plant-virus interactions. This review focuses on those areas where most progress has been made over the past decade in our understanding of CMV. Clearly, a deep understanding of the role of the recently described CMV 2b gene in suppression of host RNA silencing and viral virulence is the most important discovery. These findings have had an impact well beyond the virus itself, as the 2b gene is an important tool in the studies of eukaryotic gene regulation. Protein 2b was shown to be involved in most of the steps of the virus cycle and to interfere with several basal host defenses. Progress has also been made concerning the mechanisms of virus replication and movement. However, only a few host proteins that interact with viral proteins have been identified, making this an area of research where major efforts are still needed. Another area where major advances have been made is CMV population genetics, where contrasting results were obtained. On the one hand, CMV was shown to be prone to recombination and to show high genetic diversity based on sequence data of different isolates. On the other hand, populations did not exhibit high genetic variability either within plants, or even in a field and the nearby wild plants. The situation was partially clarified with the finding that severe bottlenecks occur during both virus movement within a plant and transmission between plants. Finally, novel studies were undertaken to elucidate mechanisms leading to selection in virus population, according to the host or its environment, opening a new research area in plant-virus coevolution.
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Compared to other vegetable crops, the major viral constraints affecting pepper crops in the Mediterranean basin have been remarkably stable for the past 20 years. Among these viruses, the most prevalent ones are the seed-transmitted tobamoviruses; the aphid-transmitted Potato virus Y and Tobacco etch virus of the genus Potyvirus, and Cucumber mosaic virus member of the genus Cucumovirus; and thrips-transmitted tospoviruses. The last major viral emergence concerns the tospovirus Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), which has undergone major outbreaks since the end of the 1980s and the worldwide dispersal of the thrips vector Frankliniella occidentalis from the western part of the USA. TSWV outbreaks in the Mediterranean area might have been the result of both viral introductions from Northern America and local reemergence of indigenous TSWV isolates. In addition to introductions of new viruses, resistance breakdowns constitute the second case of viral emergences. Notably, the pepper resistance gene Tsw toward TSWV has broken down a few years after its deployment in several Mediterranean countries while there has been an expansion of L³-resistance breaking pepper mild mottle tobamovirus isolates. Beyond the agronomical and economical concerns induced by the breakdowns of virus resistance genes in pepper, they also constitute original models to understand plant-virus interactions and (co)evolution.
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- Benoît Moury
- INRA, UR407 Pathologie Végétale, Domaine Saint Maurice, Montfavet, France
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Acosta-Leal R, Duffy S, Xiong Z, Hammond RW, Elena SF. Advances in plant virus evolution: translating evolutionary insights into better disease management. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2011; 101:1136-48. [PMID: 21554186 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-01-11-0017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Recent studies in plant virus evolution are revealing that genetic structure and behavior of virus and viroid populations can explain important pathogenic properties of these agents, such as host resistance breakdown, disease severity, and host shifting, among others. Genetic variation is essential for the survival of organisms. The exploration of how these subcellular parasites generate and maintain a certain frequency of mutations at the intra- and inter-host levels is revealing novel molecular virus-plant interactions. They emphasize the role of host environment in the dynamic genetic composition of virus populations. Functional genomics has identified host factors that are transcriptionally altered after virus infections. The analyses of these data by means of systems biology approaches are uncovering critical plant genes specifically targeted by viruses during host adaptation. Also, a next-generation resequencing approach of a whole virus genome is opening new avenues to study virus recombination and the relationships between intra-host virus composition and pathogenesis. Altogether, the analyzed data indicate that systematic disruption of some specific parameters of evolving virus populations could lead to more efficient ways of disease prevention, eradication, or tolerable virus-plant coexistence.
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