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Sun Z, Wu YX, Liu LZ, Tian YP, Li XD, Geng C. P3N-PIPO but not P3 is the avirulence determinant in melon carrying the Wmr resistance against watermelon mosaic virus, although they contain a common genetic determinant. J Virol 2024; 98:e0050724. [PMID: 38775482 PMCID: PMC11237411 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00507-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024] Open
Abstract
Viruses employ a series of diverse translational strategies to expand their coding capacity, which produces viral proteins with common domains and entangles virus-host interactions. P3N-PIPO, which is a transcriptional slippage product from the P3 cistron, is a potyviral protein dedicated to intercellular movement. Here, we show that P3N-PIPO from watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) triggers cell death when transiently expressed in Cucumis melo accession PI 414723 carrying the Wmr resistance gene. Surprisingly, expression of the P3N domain, shared by both P3N-PIPO and P3, can alone induce cell death, whereas expression of P3 fails to activate cell death in PI 414723. Confocal microscopy analysis revealed that P3N-PIPO targets plasmodesmata (PD) and P3N associates with PD, while P3 localizes in endoplasmic reticulum in melon cells. We also found that mutations in residues L35, L38, P41, and I43 of the P3N domain individually disrupt the cell death induced by P3N-PIPO, but do not affect the PD localization of P3N-PIPO. Furthermore, WMV mutants with L35A or I43A can systemically infect PI 414723 plants. These key residues guide us to discover some WMV isolates potentially breaking the Wmr resistance. Through searching the NCBI database, we discovered some WMV isolates with variations in these key sites, and one naturally occurring I43V variation enables WMV to systemically infect PI 414723 plants. Taken together, these results demonstrate that P3N-PIPO, but not P3, is the avirulence determinant recognized by Wmr, although the shared N terminal P3N domain can alone trigger cell death.IMPORTANCEThis work reveals a novel viral avirulence (Avr) gene recognized by a resistance (R) gene. This novel viral Avr gene is special because it is a transcriptional slippage product from another virus gene, which means that their encoding proteins share the common N-terminal domain but have distinct C-terminal domains. Amazingly, we found that it is the common N-terminal domain that determines the Avr-R recognition, but only one of the viral proteins can be recognized by the R protein to induce cell death. Next, we found that these two viral proteins target different subcellular compartments. In addition, we discovered some virus isolates with variations in the common N-terminal domain and one naturally occurring variation that enables the virus to overcome the resistance. These results show how viral proteins with common domains interact with a host resistance protein and provide new evidence for the arms race between plants and viruses.
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- Zhen Sun
- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
- Institute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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The P3N-PIPO Protein Encoded by Wheat Yellow Mosaic Virus Is a Pathogenicity Determinant and Promotes Its Pathogenicity through Interaction with NbRLK6 in Nicotiana benthamiana. Viruses 2022; 14:v14102171. [PMID: 36298727 PMCID: PMC9607425 DOI: 10.3390/v14102171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Similarly to other potyvirids, the bymovirus wheat yellow mosaic virus (WYMV) encodes a P3N-PIPO protein that is expressed by frameshifting occurring within the open reading frame of the P3 protein. P3N-PIPO is known to be essential for the cell-to-cell movement of several potyviruses, but this has not yet been confirmed for the WYMV. Here, we show that the WYMV P3N-PIPO protein influences disease symptom formation. Infection of Nicotiana benthamiana plants with a potato virus X (PVX)-based vector carrying the WYMV P3N-PIPO gene induced more severe disease symptoms and resulted in higher virus accumulation levels than did infection with PVX lacking the P3N-PIPO gene. N. benthamiana P3N-PIPO-interacting proteins were identified through co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) coupled with LC-MS/MS (mass spectrometry), and the interaction between P3N-PIPO and the N. benthamiana receptor-like kinase NbRLK6 was further verified by Co-IP and bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) of transiently-expressed proteins. Furthermore, our investigation showed that the disease symptom severity and accumulation level of PVX-P3N-PIPO were decreased in N. benthamiana plants when NbRLK6 expression was reduced by tobacco rattle virus-induced gene silencing.
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Eruera AR, McSweeney AM, McKenzie-Goldsmith GM, Ward VK. Protein Nucleotidylylation in +ssRNA Viruses. Viruses 2021; 13:1549. [PMID: 34452414 PMCID: PMC8402628 DOI: 10.3390/v13081549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Nucleotidylylation is a post-transcriptional modification important for replication in the picornavirus supergroup of RNA viruses, including members of the Caliciviridae, Coronaviridae, Picornaviridae and Potyviridae virus families. This modification occurs when the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) attaches one or more nucleotides to a target protein through a nucleotidyl-transferase reaction. The most characterized nucleotidylylation target is VPg (viral protein genome-linked), a protein linked to the 5' end of the genome in Caliciviridae, Picornaviridae and Potyviridae. The nucleotidylylation of VPg by RdRp is a critical step for the VPg protein to act as a primer for genome replication and, in Caliciviridae and Potyviridae, for the initiation of translation. In contrast, Coronaviridae do not express a VPg protein, but the nucleotidylylation of proteins involved in replication initiation is critical for genome replication. Furthermore, the RdRp proteins of the viruses that perform nucleotidylylation are themselves nucleotidylylated, and in the case of coronavirus, this has been shown to be essential for viral replication. This review focuses on nucleotidylylation within the picornavirus supergroup of viruses, including the proteins that are modified, what is known about the nucleotidylylation process and the roles that these modifications have in the viral life cycle.
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; (A.-R.E.); (A.M.M.); (G.M.M.-G.)
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Atsumi G, Matsuo K, Fukuzawa N, Matsumura T. Virus-Mediated Targeted DNA Methylation Illuminates the Dynamics of Methylation in an Endogenous Plant Gene. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:4125. [PMID: 33923780 PMCID: PMC8073618 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22084125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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DNA methylation maintains genome stability and regulates gene expression in plants. RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) is critical for appropriate methylation. However, no efficient tools are available for the investigation of the functions of specific DNA methylation. In this study, the cucumber mosaic virus vector was used for targeted DNA methylation. Methylation was rapidly induced but gradually decreased from the 3' end of the target endogenous sequence in Nicotiana benthamiana, suggesting a mechanism to protect against the ectopic introduction of DNA methylation. Increasing 24-nt siRNAs blocked this reduction in methylation by down-regulating DCL2 and DCL4. RdDM relies on the sequence identity between RNA and genomic DNA; however, this identity does not appear to be the sole determinant for efficient DNA methylation. The current findings provide new insight into the regulation of DNA methylation and promote additional effort to develop efficient targeted DNA methylation in plants.
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Wang Y, Xu W, Abe J, Nakahara KS, Hajimorad MR. Precise Exchange of the Helper-Component Proteinase Cistron Between Soybean mosaic virus and Clover yellow vein virus: Impact on Virus Viability and Host Range Specificity. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2020; 110:206-214. [PMID: 31509476 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-06-19-0193-fi] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Soybean mosaic virus and Clover yellow vein virus are two definite species of the genus Potyvirus within the family Potyviridae. Soybean mosaic virus-N (SMV-N) is well adapted to cultivated soybean (Glycine max) genotypes and wild soybean (G. soja), whereas it remains undetectable in inoculated broad bean (Vicia faba). In contrast, clover yellow vein virus No. 30 (ClYVV-No. 30) is capable of systemic infection in broad bean and wild soybean; however, it infects cultivated soybean genotypes only locally. In this study, SMV-N was shown to also infect broad bean locally; hence, broad bean is a host for SMV-N. Based on these observations, it was hypothesized that lack of systemic infection by SMV-N in broad bean and by ClYVV-No. 30 in cultivated soybean is attributable to the incompatibility of multifunctional helper-component proteinase (HC-Pro) in these hosts. The logic of selecting the HC-Pro cistron as a target is based on its established function in systemic movement and being a relevant factor in host range specificity of potyviruses. To test this hypothesis, chimeras were constructed with precise exchanges of HC-Pro cistrons between SMV-N and ClYVV-No. 30. Upon inoculation, both chimeras were viable in infection, but host range specificity of the recombinant viruses did not differ from those of the parental viruses. These observations suggest that (i) HC-Pro cistrons from SMV-N and ClYVV-No. 30 are functionally compatible in infection despite 55.6 and 48.9% nucleotide and amino acid sequence identity, respectively, and (ii) HC-Pro cistrons from SMV-N and ClYVV-No. 30 are not the determinants of host specificity on cultivated soybean or broad beans, respectively.
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- Y Wang
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, U.S.A
- Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun 130033, Jilin, China
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, U.S.A
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, U.S.A
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Abe J, Wang Y, Yamada T, Sato M, Ono T, Atsumi G, Abe J, Hajimorad MR, Nakahara KS. Recessive Resistance Governed by a Major Quantitative Trait Locus Restricts Clover Yellow Vein Virus in Mechanically but Not Graft-Inoculated Cultivated Soybeans. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2019; 32:1026-1037. [PMID: 30830836 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-12-18-0331-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Clover yellow vein virus (ClYVV) infects and causes disease in legume plants. However, here, we found that ClYVV isolate No. 30 (ClYVV-No.30) inefficiently multiplied or spread via cell-to-cell movement in mechanically inoculated leaves of a dozen soybean (Glycine max) cultivars and resulted in failure to spread systemically. Soybean plants also had a similar resistance phenotype against additional ClYVV isolates. In contrast, all but one of 24 tested accessions of wild soybeans (G. soja) were susceptible to ClYVV-No.30. Graft inoculation of cultivated soybean TK780 with ClYVV-No.30-infected wild soybean B01167 scion resulted in systemic infection of the cultivated soybean rootstock. This suggests that, upon mechanical inoculation, the cultivated soybean inhibits ClYVV-No.30, at infection steps prior to the systemic spread of the virus, via vascular systems. Systemic infection of all F1 plants from crossing between TK780 and B01167 and of 68 of 76 F2 plants with ClYVV-No.30 indicated recessive inheritance of the resistance. Further genetic analysis using 64 recombinant inbred lines between TK780 and B01167 detected one major quantitative trait locus, designated d-cv, for the resistance that was positioned in the linkage group D1b (chromosome 2). The mapped region on soybean genome suggests that d-cv is not an allele of the known resistance genes against soybean mosaic virus.
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- Junya Abe
- 1Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- 2Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, U.S.A
- 3Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 1363 Caiyu Street, Changchun 130033, Jilin, China
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- 1Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- 1Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- 1Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- 4National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- 1Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- 2Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, U.S.A
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- 1Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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Atsumi G, Kagaya U, Tabayashi N, Matsumura T. Analysis of the mechanisms regulating the expression of isoprenoid biosynthesis genes in hydroponically-grown Nicotiana benthamiana plants using virus-induced gene silencing. Sci Rep 2018; 8:14804. [PMID: 30287831 PMCID: PMC6172274 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-32901-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Secondary metabolites in plants play important roles in defence against biotic and abiotic stresses. Although the biosynthesis pathways of secondary metabolites have been extensively studied, the regulatory mechanism of gene expression involved in these pathways remains poorly understood. In this study, we develop a virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) system that enables a rapid analysis of the regulatory mechanism of genes involved in the biosynthesis of isoprenoids, one of the largest groups in secondary metabolites, using hydroponically-grown Nicotiana benthamiana. Using VIGS, we successfully reduced the transcript levels of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase 1 (HMGR1), cycloartenol synthase 1 (CAS1), sterol side chain reductase 2 (SSR2) and S-adenosyl-L-Met-dependent C-24 sterol methyltransferase 1 (SMT1) in leaf, stem and root tissues in approximately 2 weeks. We identified novel feedback and feed-forward regulation of isoprenoid biosynthesis genes when CAS1, which encodes a key enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of sterols and steroidal glycoalkaloids, was down-regulated. Furthermore, the regulation of these genes differed among different tissues. These results demonstrate that our system can rapidly analyse the regulatory mechanisms involved in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites.
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- Go Atsumi
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 2-17-2-1, Tsukisamuhigashi, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 062-8517, Japan.
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- Plant Biotechnology Center, Hokusan Co. Ltd, 27-4, Kitanosato, Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, 061-1111, Japan
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- Plant Biotechnology Center, Hokusan Co. Ltd, 27-4, Kitanosato, Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, 061-1111, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 2-17-2-1, Tsukisamuhigashi, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 062-8517, Japan
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Role of the Genetic Background in Resistance to Plant Viruses. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19102856. [PMID: 30241370 PMCID: PMC6213453 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19102856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Revised: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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In view of major economic problems caused by viruses, the development of genetically resistant crops is critical for breeders but remains limited by the evolution of resistance-breaking virus mutants. During the plant breeding process, the introgression of traits from Crop Wild Relatives results in a dramatic change of the genetic background that can alter the resistance efficiency or durability. Here, we conducted a meta-analysis on 19 Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) studies of resistance to viruses in plants. Frequent epistatic effects between resistance genes indicate that a large part of the resistance phenotype, conferred by a given QTL, depends on the genetic background. We next reviewed the different resistance mechanisms in plants to survey at which stage the genetic background could impact resistance or durability. We propose that the genetic background may impair effector-triggered dominant resistances at several stages by tinkering the NB-LRR (Nucleotide Binding-Leucine-Rich Repeats) response pathway. In contrast, effects on recessive resistances by loss-of-susceptibility-such as eIF4E-based resistances-are more likely to rely on gene redundancy among the multigene family of host susceptibility factors. Finally, we show how the genetic background is likely to shape the evolution of resistance-breaking isolates and propose how to take this into account in order to breed plants with increased resistance durability to viruses.
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