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Wang S, Chen B, Ni S, Liang Y, Li Z. Efficient generation of recombinant eggplant mottled dwarf virus and expression of foreign proteins in solanaceous hosts. Virology 2024; 591:109980. [PMID: 38215560 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2024.109980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/14/2024]
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Reverse genetics systems have only been successfully developed for a few plant rhabdoviruses. Additional systems are needed for molecular virology studies of these diverse viruses and development of viral vectors for biotechnological applications. Eggplant mottled dwarf virus (EMDV) is responsible for significant agricultural losses in various crops throughout the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. In this study, we report efficient recovery of infectious EMDV from cloned DNAs and engineering of EMDV-based vectors for the expression of foreign proteins in tobacco, eggplant, pepper, and potato plants. Furthermore, we show that the EMDV-based vectors are capable of simultaneously expressing multiple foreign proteins. The developed EMDV reverse genetics system offers a versatile tool for studying virus pathology and plant-virus interactions and for expressing foreign proteins in a range of solanaceous crops.
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- Shuo Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Jin WP, Wang C, Wu J, Guo J, Meng SL, Wang ZJ, Yu DG, Shen S. Reporter Coxsackievirus A5 Expressing iLOV Fluorescent Protein or Luciferase Used for Rapid Neutralizing Assay in Cells and Living Imaging in Mice. Viruses 2023; 15:1868. [PMID: 37766275 PMCID: PMC10535187 DOI: 10.3390/v15091868] [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: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Coxsackievirus A5 (CV-A5) is a re-emerging enterovirus that causes hand, foot, and mouth disease in children under five years of age. CV-A5-M14-611 is a mouse-adapted strain that can infect orally and lead to the death of 14-day-old mice. Here, recombinants based on CV-A5-M14-611 were constructed carrying three reporter genes in different lengths. Smaller fluorescent marker proteins, light, oxygen, voltage sensing (iLOV), and nano luciferase (Nluc) were proven to be able to express efficiently in vitro. However, the recombinant with the largest insertion of the red fluorescence protein gene (DsRed) was not rescued. The construction strategy of reporter viruses was to insert the foreign genes between the C-terminus of VP1 and the N-terminus of 2A genes and to add a 2A protease cleavage domain at both ends of the insertions. The iLOV-tagged or Nluc-tagged recombinants, CV-A5-iLOV or CV-A5-Nluc, exhibited a high capacity for viral replication, genetic stability in cells and pathogenicity in mice. They were used to establish a rapid, inexpensive and convenient neutralizing antibody assay and greatly facilitated virus neutralizing antibody titration. Living imaging was performed on mice with CV-A5-Nluc, which exhibited specific bioluminescence in virus-disseminated organs, while fluorescence induced by CV-A5-iLOV was weakly detected. The reporter-gene-tagged CV-A5 can be used to study the infection and mechanisms of CV-A5 pathogenicity in a mouse model. They can also be used to establish rapid and sensitive assays for detecting neutralizing antibodies.
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- Wuhan Institute of Biological Products Co., Ltd., Wuhan 430207, China; (W.-P.J.); (C.W.); (J.W.); (J.G.); (S.-L.M.); (Z.-J.W.); (D.-G.Y.)
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Kanakala S, Xavier CAD, Martin KM, Tran HH, Redinbaugh MG, Whitfield AE. Rescue of the first alphanucleorhabdovirus entirely from cloned complementary DNA: An efficient vector for systemic expression of foreign genes in maize and insect vectors. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2023; 24:788-800. [PMID: 36239302 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Recent reverse genetics technologies have enabled genetic manipulation of plant negative-strand RNA virus (NSR) genomes. Here, we report construction of an infectious clone for the maize-infecting Alphanucleorhabdovirus maydis, the first efficient NSR vector for maize. The full-length infectious clone was established using agrobacterium-mediated delivery of full-length maize mosaic virus (MMV) antigenomic RNA and the viral core proteins (nucleoprotein N, phosphoprotein P, and RNA-directed RNA polymerase L) required for viral transcription and replication into Nicotiana benthamiana. Insertion of intron 2 ST-LS1 into the viral L gene increased stability of the infectious clone in Escherichia coli and Agrobacterium tumefaciens. To monitor virus infection in vivo, a green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene was inserted in between the N and P gene junctions to generate recombinant MMV-GFP. Complementary DNA (cDNA) clones of MMV-wild type (WT) and MMV-GFP replicated in single cells of agroinfiltrated N. benthamiana. Uniform systemic infection and high GFP expression were observed in maize inoculated with extracts of the infiltrated N. benthamiana leaves. Insect vectors supported virus infection when inoculated via feeding on infected maize or microinjection. Both MMV-WT and MMV-GFP were efficiently transmitted to maize by planthopper vectors. The GFP reporter gene was stable in the virus genome and expression remained high over three cycles of transmission in plants and insects. The MMV infectious clone will be a versatile tool for expression of proteins of interest in maize and cross-kingdom studies of virus replication in plant and insect hosts.
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- Surapathrudu Kanakala
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Verchot J, Herath V, Jordan R, Hammond J. Genetic Diversity among Rose Rosette Virus Isolates: A Roadmap towards Studies of Gene Function and Pathogenicity. Pathogens 2023; 12:pathogens12050707. [PMID: 37242377 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12050707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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The phylogenetic relationships of ninety-five rose rosette virus (RRV) isolates with full-length genomic sequences were analyzed. These isolates were recovered mostly from commercial roses that are vegetatively propagated rather than grown from seed. First, the genome segments were concatenated, and the maximum likelihood (ML) tree shows that the branches arrange independent of their geographic origination. There were six major groups of isolates, with 54 isolates in group 6 and distributed in two subgroups. An analysis of nucleotide diversity across the concatenated isolates showed lower genetic differences among RNAs encoding the core proteins required for encapsidation than the latter genome segments. Recombination breakpoints were identified near the junctions of several genome segments, suggesting that the genetic exchange of segments contributes to differences among isolates. The ML analysis of individual RNA segments revealed different relationship patterns among isolates, which supports the notion of genome reassortment. We tracked the branch positions of two newly sequenced isolates to highlight how genome segments relate to segments of other isolates. RNA6 has an interesting pattern of single-nucleotide mutations that appear to influence amino acid changes in the protein products derived from ORF6a and ORF6b. The P6a proteins were typically 61 residues, although three isolates encoded P6a proteins truncated to 29 residues, and four proteins extended 76-94 residues. Homologous P5 and P7 proteins appear to be evolving independently. These results suggest greater diversity among RRV isolates than previously recognized.
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- Jeanmarie Verchot
- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, USA
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- Department of Agriculture Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka
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- Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, US National Arboretum, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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- Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, US National Arboretum, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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Feng M, Chen M, Yuan Y, Liu Q, Cheng R, Yang T, Li L, Guo R, Dong Y, Chen J, Yang Y, Yan Y, Cui H, Jing D, Kang J, Chen S, Li J, Zhu M, Huang C, Zhang Z, Kormelink R, Tao X. Interspecies/Intergroup Complementation of Orthotospovirus Replication and Movement through Reverse Genetics Systems. J Virol 2023; 97:e0180922. [PMID: 37022194 PMCID: PMC10134808 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01809-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
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Orthotospoviruses, the plant-infecting bunyaviruses, cause serious diseases in agronomic crops and pose major threats to global food security. The family of Tospoviridae contains more than 30 members that are classified into two geographic groups, American-type and Euro/Asian-type orthotospovirus. However, the genetic interaction between different species and the possibility, during mixed infections, for transcomplementation of gene functions by orthotospoviruses from different geographic groups remains underexplored. In this study, minireplicon-based reverse genetics (RG) systems have been established for Impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV) (an American-type orthotospovirus) and for Calla lily chlorotic spot virus and Tomato zonate spot virus (CCSV and TZSV) (two representative Euro/Asian orthotospoviruses). Together with the earlier established RG system for Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), a type species of the Orthotospovirus American-clade, viral replicase/movement proteins were exchanged and analyzed on interspecies transcomplementation. Whereas the homologous RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) and nucleocapsid (N) protein supported the replication of orthotospoviruses from both geographic groups, heterologous combinations of RdRp from one group and N from the other group were unable to support the replication of viruses from both groups. Furthermore, the NSm movement protein (MP), from both geographic groups of orthotospoviruses, was able to transcomplement heterologous orthotospoviruses or a positive-strand Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) in their movement, albeit with varying efficiency. MP from Rice stripe tenuivirus (RSV), a plant-infecting bunyavirus that is distinct from orthotospoviruses, or MP from CMV also moves orthotospoviruses. Our findings gain insights into the genetic interaction/reassortant potentials for the segmented plant orthotospoviruses. IMPORTANCE Orthotospoviruses are agriculturally important negative-strand RNA viruses and cause severe yield-losses on many crops worldwide. Whereas the emergence of new animal-infecting bunyaviruses is frequently associated with genetic reassortants, this issue remains underexposed with the plant-infecting orthotospovirus. With the development of reverse genetics systems for orthotospoviruses from different geographic regions, the interspecies/intergroup replication/movement complementation between American- and Euro/Asian-type orthotospoviruses were investigated. Genomic RNAs from American orthotospoviruses can be replicated by the RdRp and N from those of Euro/Asia-group orthotospoviruses, and vice versa. However, their genomic RNAs cannot be replicated by a heterologous combination of RdRp from one geographic group and N from another geographic group. Cell-to-cell movement of viral entity is supported by NSm from both geographic groups, with highest efficiency by NSm from viruses belonging to the same group. Our findings provide important insights into the genetic interaction and exchange ability of viral gene functions between different species of orthotospovirus.
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- Mingfeng Feng
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Agri-Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Resources, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Virology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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Exploring the Host Range of Rose rosette Virus among Herbaceous Annual Plants. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11121514. [PMID: 36558848 PMCID: PMC9783563 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11121514] [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: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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To study the host range of Rose rosette virus (RRV), we employed crude sap inoculum extracted from RRV-infected roses and the RRV infectious clone. We inoculated plants from the families Solanaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Leguminosae, Malvaceae, Amaranthaceae, and Brassicaceae. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to detect RRV in the inoculated plants throughout their growth stages. Interestingly, RRV was detected in the newly developed leaves of tomato, pepper, tobacco, cucumber, squash, zucchini, pumpkin, pea, peanut, soybean, spinach, okra, and Chenopodium spp. The speed of upward advancement of RRV within infected plants was variable between plants as it took two to three weeks for some plant species and up to five weeks in other plant species to emerge in the newest leaves. No severe symptoms were detected on most of the inoculated plants. Chenopodium spp., spinach, cucumber and Nicotiana rustica exhibited either chlorotic or necrotic lesions with variable shapes and patterns on the systemically infected leaves. Double membrane-bound particles of 80-120 nm in diameter were detected by transmission electron microscopy in the infected tissues of cucumber, pepper, and N. benthamiana plants. This finding infers the validity of mechanical inoculation for RRV on a wide range of plants that would serve as potential natural reservoirs.
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Gao DM, Zhang ZJ, Qiao JH, Gao Q, Zang Y, Xu WY, Xie L, Fang XD, Ding ZH, Yang YZ, Wang Y, Wang XB. A rhabdovirus accessory protein inhibits jasmonic acid signaling in plants to attract insect vectors. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 190:1349-1364. [PMID: 35771641 PMCID: PMC9516739 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Plant rhabdoviruses heavily rely on insect vectors for transmission between sessile plants. However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms of insect attraction and transmission of plant rhabdoviruses. In this study, we used an arthropod-borne cytorhabdovirus, Barley yellow striate mosaic virus (BYSMV), to demonstrate the molecular mechanisms of a rhabdovirus accessory protein in improving plant attractiveness to insect vectors. Here, we found that BYSMV-infected barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) plants attracted more insect vectors than mock-treated plants. Interestingly, overexpression of BYSMV P6, an accessory protein, in transgenic wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants substantially increased host attractiveness to insect vectors through inhibiting the jasmonic acid (JA) signaling pathway. The BYSMV P6 protein interacted with the constitutive photomorphogenesis 9 signalosome subunit 5 (CSN5) of barley plants in vivo and in vitro, and negatively affected CSN5-mediated deRUBylation of cullin1 (CUL1). Consequently, the defective CUL1-based Skp1/Cullin1/F-box ubiquitin E3 ligases could not mediate degradation of jasmonate ZIM-domain proteins, resulting in compromised JA signaling and increased insect attraction. Overexpression of BYSMV P6 also inhibited JA signaling in transgenic Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants to attract insects. Our results provide insight into how a plant cytorhabdovirus subverts plant JA signaling to attract insect vectors.
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- Dong-Min Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Young EL, Lau J, Bentley NB, Rawandoozi Z, Collins S, Windham MT, Klein PE, Byrne DH, Riera-Lizarazu O. Identification of QTLs for Reduced Susceptibility to Rose Rosette Disease in Diploid Roses. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11060660. [PMID: 35745514 PMCID: PMC9227826 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11060660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Resistance to rose rosette disease (RRD), a fatal disease of roses (Rosa spp.), is a high priority for rose breeding. As RRD resistance is time-consuming to phenotype, the identification of genetic markers for resistance could expedite breeding efforts. However, little is known about the genetics of RRD resistance. Therefore, we performed a quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis on a set of inter-related diploid rose populations phenotyped for RRD resistance and identified four QTLs. Two QTLs were found in multiple years. The most consistent QTL is qRRV_TX2WSE_ch5, which explains approximately 20% and 40% of the phenotypic variation in virus quantity and severity of RRD symptoms, respectively. The second, a QTL on chromosome 1, qRRD_TX2WSE_ch1, accounts for approximately 16% of the phenotypic variation for severity. Finally, a third QTL on chromosome 3 was identified only in the multiyear analysis, and a fourth on chromosome 6 was identified in data from one year only. In addition, haplotypes associated with significant changes in virus quantity and severity were identified for qRRV_TX2WSE_ch5 and qRRD_TX2WSE_ch1. This research represents the first report of genetic determinants of resistance to RRD. In addition, marker trait associations discovered here will enable better parental selection when breeding for RRD resistance and pave the way for marker-assisted selection for RRD resistance.
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- Ellen L. Young
- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; (E.L.Y.); (J.L.); (Z.R.); (P.E.K.); (D.H.B.)
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; (E.L.Y.); (J.L.); (Z.R.); (P.E.K.); (D.H.B.)
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78705, USA;
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; (E.L.Y.); (J.L.); (Z.R.); (P.E.K.); (D.H.B.)
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA; (S.C.); (M.T.W.)
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA; (S.C.); (M.T.W.)
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; (E.L.Y.); (J.L.); (Z.R.); (P.E.K.); (D.H.B.)
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; (E.L.Y.); (J.L.); (Z.R.); (P.E.K.); (D.H.B.)
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; (E.L.Y.); (J.L.); (Z.R.); (P.E.K.); (D.H.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-509-332-9075
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Fang X, Qiao J, Zang Y, Gao Q, Xu W, Gao D, Yang Y, Xie L, Wang Y, Wang X. Developing reverse genetics systems of northern cereal mosaic virus to reveal superinfection exclusion of two cytorhabdoviruses in barley plants. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2022; 23:749-756. [PMID: 35124878 PMCID: PMC8995060 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Recently, reverse genetics systems of plant negative-stranded RNA (NSR) viruses have been developed to study virus-host interactions. Nonetheless, genetic rescue of plant NSR viruses in both insect vectors and monocot plants is very limited. Northern cereal mosaic virus (NCMV), a plant cytorhabdovirus, causes severe diseases in cereal plants through transmission by the small brown planthopper (SBPH, Laodelphax striatellus) in a propagative manner. In this study, we first developed a minireplicon system of NCMV in Nicotiana benthamiana plants, and then recovered a recombinant NCMV virus (rNCMV-RFP), with a red fluorescent protein (RFP) insertion, in SBPHs and barley plants. We further used rNCMV-RFP and green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged barley yellow striate mosaic virus (rBYSMV-GFP), a closely related cytorhabdovirus, to study superinfection exclusion, a widely observed phenomenon in dicot plants rarely studied in monocot plants. Interestingly, cellular superinfection exclusion of rBYSMV-GFP and rNCMV-RFP was observed in barley leaves. Our results demonstrate that two insect-transmitted cytorhabdoviruses are enemies rather than friends at the cellular level during coinfections in plants.
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- Xiao‐Dong Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Agro‐BiotechnologyCollege of Biological SciencesChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro‐BiotechnologyCollege of Biological SciencesChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro‐BiotechnologyCollege of Biological SciencesChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro‐BiotechnologyCollege of Biological SciencesChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
- College of Plant ProtectionChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro‐BiotechnologyCollege of Biological SciencesChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro‐BiotechnologyCollege of Biological SciencesChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro‐BiotechnologyCollege of Biological SciencesChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro‐BiotechnologyCollege of Biological SciencesChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- College of Plant ProtectionChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro‐BiotechnologyCollege of Biological SciencesChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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Urrutia CD, Romay G, Shaw BD, Verchot J. Advancing the Rose Rosette Virus Minireplicon and Encapsidation System by Incorporating GFP, Mutations, and the CMV 2b Silencing Suppressor. Viruses 2022; 14:836. [PMID: 35458566 PMCID: PMC9031449 DOI: 10.3390/v14040836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Plant infecting emaraviruses have segmented negative strand RNA genomes and little is known about their infection cycles due to the lack of molecular tools for reverse genetic studies. Therefore, we innovated a rose rosette virus (RRV) minireplicon containing the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene to study the molecular requirements for virus replication and encapsidation. Sequence comparisons among RRV isolates and structural modeling of the RNA dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) and nucleocapsid (N) revealed three natural mutations of the type species isolate that we reverted to the common species sequences: (a) twenty-one amino acid truncations near the endonuclease domain (named delA), (b) five amino acid substitutions near the putative viral RNA binding loop (subT), and (c) four amino acid substitutions in N (NISE). The delA and subT in the RdRp influenced the levels of GFP, gRNA, and agRNA at 3 but not 5 days post inoculation (dpi), suggesting these sequences are essential for initiating RNA synthesis and replication. The NISE mutation led to sustained GFP, gRNA, and agRNA at 3 and 5 dpi indicating that the N supports continuous replication and GFP expression. Next, we showed that the cucumber mosaic virus (CMV strain FNY) 2b singularly enhanced GFP expression and RRV replication. Including agRNA2 with the RRV replicon produced observable virions. In this study we developed a robust reverse genetic system for investigations into RRV replication and virion assembly that could be a model for other emaravirus species.
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, USA; (C.D.U.); (G.R.); (B.D.S.)
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Tatineni S, Hein GL. High Plains wheat mosaic virus: An enigmatic disease of wheat and corn causing the High Plains disease. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2021; 22:1167-1179. [PMID: 34375024 PMCID: PMC8435230 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BRIEF HISTORY In 1993, severe mosaic and necrosis symptoms were observed on corn (maize) and wheat from several Great Plains states of the USA. Based on the geographical location of infections, the disease was named High Plains disease and the causal agent was tentatively named High Plains virus. Subsequently, researchers renamed this virus as maize red stripe virus and wheat mosaic virus to represent the host and symptom phenotype of the virus. After sequencing the genome of the pathogen, the causal agent of High Plains disease was officially named as High Plains wheat mosaic virus. Hence, High Plains virus, maize red stripe virus, wheat mosaic virus, and High Plains wheat mosaic virus (HPWMoV) are synonyms for the causal agent of High Plains disease. TAXONOMY High Plains wheat mosaic virus is one of the 21 definitive species in the genus Emaravirus in the family Fimoviridae. VIRION The genomic RNAs are encapsidated in thread-like nucleocapsids in double-membrane 80-200 nm spherical or ovoid virions. GENOME CHARACTERIZATION The HPWMoV genome consists of eight single-stranded negative-sense RNA segments encoding a single open reading frame (ORF) in each genomic RNA segment. RNA 1 is 6,981-nucleotide (nt) long, coding for a 2,272 amino acid protein of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. RNA 2 is 2,211-nt long and codes for a 667 amino acid glycoprotein precursor. RNA 3 has two variants of 1,439- and 1,441-nt length that code for 286 and 289 amino acid nucleocapsid proteins, respectively. RNA 4 is 1,682-nt long, coding for a 364 amino acid protein. RNA 5 and RNA 6 are 1,715- and 1,752-nt long, respectively, and code for 478 and 492 amino acid proteins, respectively. RNA 7 and RNA 8 are 1,434- and 1,339-nt long, code for 305 and 176 amino acid proteins, respectively. BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES HPWMoV can infect wheat, corn (maize), barley, rye brome, oat, rye, green foxtail, yellow foxtail, and foxtail barley. HPWMoV is transmitted by the wheat curl mite and through corn seed. DISEASE MANAGEMENT Genetic resistance against HPWMoV in wheat is not available, but most commercial corn hybrids are resistant while sweet corn varieties remain susceptible. Even though corn hybrids are resistant to virus, it still serves as a green bridge host that enables mites to carry the virus from corn to new crop wheat in the autumn. The main management strategy for High Plains disease in wheat relies on the management of green bridge hosts. Cultural practices such as avoiding early planting can be used to avoid mite buildup and virus infections.
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- Satyanarayana Tatineni
- USDA‐ARS and Department of Plant PathologyUniversity of Nebraska‐LincolnLincolnNebraskaUSA
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- Department of EntomologyUniversity of Nebraska‐LincolnLincolnNebraskaUSA
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Jackson AO. Reflections on a Career in Plant Virology: A Chip Floating on a Stream. Annu Rev Virol 2021; 8:23-50. [PMID: 34255543 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-virology-091919-105056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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At the time I entered college and for a few years afterward, I had very few concrete goals. Hence, my progress was more a matter of luck than planning and was somewhat analogous to a small wood chip floating down a slow stream, bumping into various objects tossed and turned hither and thither, all the while being surrounded by larger and more appealing chips. I have been extremely lucky to have been associated with numerous helpful and knowledgeable mentors, colleagues, postdocs, students, and coworkers whose advice had major impacts on my life. Therefore, throughout this article, I have attempted to acknowledge central individuals who contributed to my progress in academia and to highlight the positive bumps to my chip on the steam that affected the directions of my career.
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- Andrew O Jackson
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA;
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Wang Z, Chen B, Zhang T, Zhou G, Yang X. Rice Stripe Mosaic Disease: Characteristics and Control Strategies. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:715223. [PMID: 34394065 PMCID: PMC8358444 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.715223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Rice stripe mosaic disease (RSMD) is caused by the rice stripe mosaic virus (RSMV; genus Cytorhabdovirus, family Rhabdoviridae). In recent years, significant progress has been made in understanding several aspects of the disease, especially its geographical distribution, symptoms, vectors, gene functions, and control measures. Since RSMD was first detected in southern China in 2015, it has been found in more and more rice growing areas and has become one of the most important rice diseases in southern China. RSMV is transmitted by the leafhopper Recilia dorsalis in a persistent-propagative manner, inducing yellow stripes, a slight distortion of leaves, increased tillers, and empty grains in rice plants. The virus has a negative-sense single-strand RNA genome of about 12.7 kb that encodes seven proteins: N, P, P3, M, G, P6, and L. Several molecular and serological tests have been developed to detect RSMV in plants and insects. The disease cycle can be described as follows: RSMV and its vector overwinter in infected plants; viruliferous R. dorsalis adults transmit the virus to spring rice and lay eggs on the infected seedlings; the next generation of R. dorsalis propagate on infected seedlings, become viruliferous, disperse, and cause new disease outbreaks. Control measures include monitoring and accurate forecasting, selecting disease-resistant varieties, improving cultivation systems, covering rice seedling nurseries with insect-proof nets, and using pesticides rationally. Inappropriate cultivation systems, pesticide overuse, and climatic conditions contribute to epidemics by affecting the development of vector insects and their population dynamics.
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- Zhiyi Wang
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Feng M, Li L, Cheng R, Yuan Y, Dong Y, Chen M, Guo R, Yao M, Xu Y, Zhou Y, Wu J, Ding XS, Zhou X, Tao X. Development of a Mini-Replicon-Based Reverse-Genetics System for Rice Stripe Tenuivirus. J Virol 2021; 95:e0058921. [PMID: 33952642 PMCID: PMC8223943 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00589-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Negative-stranded RNA (NSR) viruses include both animal- and plant-infecting viruses that often cause serious diseases in humans and livestock and in agronomic crops. Rice stripe tenuivirus (RSV), a plant NSR virus with four negative-stranded/ambisense RNA segments, is one of the most destructive rice pathogens in many Asian countries. Due to the lack of a reliable reverse-genetics technology, molecular studies of RSV gene functions and its interaction with host plants are severely hampered. To overcome this obstacle, we developed a mini-replicon-based reverse-genetics system for RSV gene functional analysis in Nicotiana benthamiana. We first developed a mini-replicon system expressing an RSV genomic RNA3 enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) reporter [MR3(-)eGFP], a nucleocapsid (NP), and a codon usage-optimized RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRpopt). Using this mini-replicon system, we determined that RSV NP and RdRpopt are indispensable for the eGFP expression from MR3(-)eGFP. The expression of eGFP from MR3(-)eGFP can be significantly enhanced in the presence of four viral suppressors of RNA silencing (VSRs), NSs, and P19-HcPro-γb. In addition, NSvc4, the movement protein of RSV, facilitated eGFP trafficking between cells. We also developed an antigenomic RNA3-based replicon in N. benthamiana. However, we found that the RSV NS3 coding sequence acts as a cis element to regulate viral RNA expression. Finally, we made mini-replicons representing all four RSV genomic RNAs. This is the first mini-replicon-based reverse-genetics system for monocot-infecting tenuivirus. We believe that the mini-replicon system described here will allow studies of the RSV replication, transcription, cell-to-cell movement, and host machinery underpinning RSV infection in plants. IMPORTANCE Plant-infecting segmented negative-stranded RNA (NSR) viruses are grouped into three genera: Orthotospovirus, Tenuivirus, and Emaravirus. Reverse-genetics systems have been established for members of the genera Orthotospovirus and Emaravirus. However, there is still no reverse-genetics system available for Tenuivirus. Rice stripe virus (RSV) is a monocot-infecting tenuivirus with four negative-stranded/ambisense RNA segments. It is one of the most destructive rice pathogens and causes significant damage to the rice industry in Asian countries. Due to the lack of a reliable reverse-genetics system, molecular characterizations of RSV gene functions and the host machinery underpinning RSV infection in plants are extremely difficult. To overcome this obstacle, we developed a mini-replicon-based reverse-genetics system for RSV in Nicotiana benthamiana. This is the first mini-replicon-based reverse-genetics system for tenuivirus. We consider that this system will provide researchers a new working platform to elucidate the molecular mechanisms dictating segmented tenuivirus infections in plants.
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- Mingfeng Feng
- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu Technical Service Center of Diagnosis and Detection for Plant Virus Diseases, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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Kormelink R, Verchot J, Tao X, Desbiez C. The Bunyavirales: The Plant-Infecting Counterparts. Viruses 2021; 13:842. [PMID: 34066457 PMCID: PMC8148189 DOI: 10.3390/v13050842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Negative-strand (-) RNA viruses (NSVs) comprise a large and diverse group of viruses that are generally divided in those with non-segmented and those with segmented genomes. Whereas most NSVs infect animals and humans, the smaller group of the plant-infecting counterparts is expanding, with many causing devastating diseases worldwide, affecting a large number of major bulk and high-value food crops. In 2018, the taxonomy of segmented NSVs faced a major reorganization with the establishment of the order Bunyavirales. This article overviews the major plant viruses that are part of the order, i.e., orthospoviruses (Tospoviridae), tenuiviruses (Phenuiviridae), and emaraviruses (Fimoviridae), and provides updates on the more recent ongoing research. Features shared with the animal-infecting counterparts are mentioned, however, special attention is given to their adaptation to plant hosts and vector transmission, including intra/intercellular trafficking and viral counter defense to antiviral RNAi.
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- Richard Kormelink
- Laboratory of Virology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA;
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;
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Zhang X, Sun K, Liang Y, Zhao C, Li Z. Development of RNA Polymerase III-Driven Reverse Genetics System for the Rescue of a Plant Rhabdovirus. Virol Sin 2021; 36:1252-1255. [PMID: 33939129 DOI: 10.1007/s12250-021-00390-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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- Xiaoyan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection & Quarantine, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China. .,Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China. .,Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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Li Z, Zhao C. Plant negative-stranded RNA virus biology and host interactions revitalized by reverse genetics. Curr Opin Virol 2021; 48:1-9. [PMID: 33774424 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2021.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Our understanding of the biology and pathogenesis of plant negative-stranded RNA viruses (NSVs) has lagged behind those made with positive-stranded RNA and DNA virus counterparts. This tardiness is mainly due to the lack of reverse genetics tools for NSV genome engineering for many years. The eventual establishment and application of recombinant systems with diverse plant NSVs has provided renewed momentum for investigations of these important viral pathogens. In this review, we summarize the recent advances in plant NSV reverse genetics systems, highlighting the general principles and the uniqueness of each system and emphasizing important considerations for strategy designing. We also provide a brief overview of the insights about NSV morphogenesis, movement, and virus-host interactions gained from reverse genetics-enabled studies.
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- Zhenghe Li
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Zhang X, Sun K, Liang Y, Wang S, Wu K, Li Z. Development of Rice Stripe Tenuivirus Minireplicon Reverse Genetics Systems Suitable for Analyses of Viral Replication and Intercellular Movement. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:655256. [PMID: 33833749 PMCID: PMC8021733 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.655256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Rice stripe virus (RSV), a tenuivirus with four negative-sense/ambisense genome segments, is one of the most devastating viral pathogens affecting rice production in many Asian countries. Despite extensive research, our understanding of RSV infection cycles and pathogenesis has been severely impaired by the lack of reverse genetics tools. In this study, we have engineered RSV minireplicon (MR)/minigenome cassettes with reporter genes substituted for the viral open reading frames in the negative-sense RNA1 or the ambisense RNA2-4 segments. After delivery to Nicotiana benthamiana leaves via agroinfiltration, MR reporter gene expression was detected only when the codon-optimized large viral RNA polymerase protein (L) was coexpressed with the nucleocapsid (N) protein. MR activity was also critically dependent on the coexpressed viral suppressors of RNA silencing, but ectopic expression of the RSV-encoded NS3 silencing suppressor drastically decreased reporter gene expression. We also developed intercellular movement-competent MR systems with the movement protein expressed either in cis from an RNA4-based MR or in trans from a binary plasmid. Finally, we generated multicomponent replicon systems by expressing the N and L proteins directly from complementary-sense RNA1 and RNA3 derivatives, which enhanced reporter gene expression, permitted autonomous replication and intercellular movement, and reduced the number of plasmids required for delivery. In summary, this work enables reverse genetics analyses of RSV replication, transcription, and cell-to-cell movement and provides a platform for engineering more complex recombinant systems.
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- Xiaoyan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Ma X, Li Z. Significantly Improved Recovery of Recombinant Sonchus Yellow Net Rhabdovirus by Expressing the Negative-Strand Genomic RNA. Viruses 2020; 12:v12121459. [PMID: 33348798 PMCID: PMC7766655 DOI: 10.3390/v12121459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Revised: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Generation of recombinant negative-stranded RNA viruses (NSVs) from plasmids involves in vivo reconstitution of biologically active nucleocapsids and faces a unique antisense problem where the negative-sense viral genomic RNAs can hybridize to viral messenger RNAs. To overcome this problem, a positive-sense RNA approach has been devised through expression of viral antigenomic (ag)RNA and core proteins for assembly of antigenomic nucleocapsids. Although this detour strategy works for many NSVs, the process is still inefficient. Using Sonchus yellow net rhabdovirus (SYNV) as a model; here, we develop a negative-sense genomic RNA-based approach that increased rescue efficiency by two orders of magnitude compared to the conventional agRNA approach. The system relied on suppression of double-stranded RNA induced antiviral responses by co-expression of plant viruses-encoded RNA silencing suppressors or animal viruses-encoded double-stranded RNA antagonists. With the improved approach, we were able to recover a highly attenuated SYNV mutant with a deletion in the matrix protein gene which otherwise could not be rescued via the agRNA approach. Reverse genetics analyses of the generated mutant virus provided insights into SYNV virion assembly and morphogenesis. This approach may potentially be applicable to other NSVs of plants or animals.
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- Xiaonan Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China;
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-571-8898-2387
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Wu X, Cheng X. Intercellular movement of plant RNA viruses: Targeting replication complexes to the plasmodesma for both accuracy and efficiency. Traffic 2020; 21:725-736. [PMID: 33090653 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2020] [Revised: 10/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Replication and movement are two critical steps in plant virus infection. Recent advances in the understanding of the architecture and subcellular localization of virus-induced inclusions and the interactions between viral replication complex (VRC) and movement proteins (MPs) allow for the dissection of the intrinsic relationship between replication and movement, which has revealed that recruitment of VRCs to the plasmodesma (PD) via direct or indirect MP-VRC interactions is a common strategy used for cell-to-cell movement by most plant RNA viruses. In this review, we summarize the recent advances in the understanding of virus-induced inclusions and their roles in virus replication and cell-to-cell movement, analyze the advantages of such coreplicational movement from a viral point of view and discuss the possible mechanical force by which MPs drive the movement of virions or viral RNAs through the PD. Finally, we highlight the missing pieces of the puzzle of viral movement that are especially worth investigating in the near future.
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- Xiaoyun Wu
- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Enhancement, Physiology and Ecology of Food Crops in Cold Region of Chinese Education Ministry, College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Enhancement, Physiology and Ecology of Food Crops in Cold Region of Chinese Education Ministry, College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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