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Zhao X, Gao Q, Wang H, Yue J, An D, Li B, Yan F, Carmen SM, Zhao Y, Zhou H, Zhao M. syn-tasiRnas targeting the coat protein of potato virus Y confer antiviral resistance in Nicotiana benthamiana. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2024; 19:2358270. [PMID: 38796845 PMCID: PMC11135832 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2024.2358270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2024] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
Abstract
Trans-acting small interfering RNAs (tasiRNAs) are 21-nt phased (phased siRNAs) resulting from successive DCL-catalyzed processing from the end of a double-stranded RNA substrate originating from the RDR of an AGO-catalyzed cleaved RNA at a micro RNA target site. Plant tasiRNAs have been synthesized to produce synthetic tasiRNAs (syn-tasiRNAs) targeting viral RNAs that confer viral resistance. In this study, we engineered syn-tasiRNAs to target potato virus Y (PVY) infection by replacing five native siRNAs of TAS1c with 210-bp fragments from the coat protein (CP) region of the PVY genome. The results showed that the transient expression of syn-tasiR-CPpvy2 in Nicotiana benthamiana (N. benthamiana) plants conferred antiviral resistance, supported by the absence of PVY infection symptoms and viral accumulation. This indicated that syn-tasiR-CPpvy2 successfully targeted and silenced the PVY CP gene, effectively inhibiting viral infection. syn-tasiR-CPpvy1 displayed attenuated symptoms and decreased viral accumulation in these plants However, severe symptoms of PVY infection and a similar amount of viral accumulation as the control were observed in plants expressing syn-tasiR-CPpvy3. syn-tasiR-CPpvy/pvx, which targets both PVY and potato virus X (PVX), was engineered using a single precursor. After the transient expression of syn-tasiR-CPpvy/pvx3 and syn-tasiR-CPpvy/pvx5 in N. benthamiana, the plants were resistant to both PVY and PVX. These results suggested that engineered syn-tasiRNAs could not only specifically induce antiviral resistance against one target virus but could also be designed for multi-targeted silencing of different viruses, thereby preventing complex virus infection in plants.
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- Xingyue Zhao
- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Department of Tabacco Production, Sichuan Province Company of Tobacco Corporation in China, Chengdu, China
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- Panzhihua City company of Sichuan province company of Tobacco Corporation in China, Panzhihua city, Sichuan provience, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, Inner Mongolia Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Hohhot, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China
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- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China
- Department of Plant protection, Key Laboratory of the Development and Resource Utilization of Biological Pesticide in Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, China
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Latif MF, Tan J, Zhang W, Yang W, Zhuang T, Lu W, Qiu Y, Du X, Zhuang X, Zhou T, Kundu JK, Yin J, Xu K. Transgenic expression of artificial microRNA targeting soybean mosaic virus P1 gene confers virus resistance in plant. Transgenic Res 2024; 33:149-157. [PMID: 38842603 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-024-00388-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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RNA silencing is an innate immune mechanism of plants against invasion by viral pathogens. Artificial microRNA (amiRNA) can be engineered to specifically induce RNA silencing against viruses in transgenic plants and has great potential for disease control. Here, we describe the development and application of amiRNA-based technology to induce resistance to soybean mosaic virus (SMV), a plant virus with a positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome. We have shown that the amiRNA targeting the SMV P1 coding region has the highest antiviral activity than those targeting other SMV genes in a transient amiRNA expression assay. We transformed the gene encoding the P1-targeting amiRNA and obtained stable transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana lines (amiR-P1-3-1-2-1 and amiR-P1-4-1-2-1). Our results have demonstrated the efficient suppression of SMV infection in the P1-targeting amiRNA transgenic plants in an expression level-dependent manner. In particular, the amiR-P1-3-1-2-1 transgenic plant showed high expression of amiR-P1 and low SMV accumulation after being challenged with SMV. Thus, a transgenic approach utilizing the amiRNA technology appears to be effective in generating resistance to SMV.
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- Muhammad Faizan Latif
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Pathogens and Ecosystems, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Pathogens and Ecosystems, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Pathogens and Ecosystems, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Pathogens and Ecosystems, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Pathogens and Ecosystems, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Pathogens and Ecosystems, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Pathogens and Ecosystems, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Pathogens and Ecosystems, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Pathogens and Ecosystems, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Pathogens and Ecosystems, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Plant Virus and Vector Interactions-Centre for Plant Virus Research, Crop Research Institute, Drnovská 507, 161 06, Prague, Czech Republic
- Laboratory of Virology-Centre for Plant Virus Research, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojová 263, 165 02, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Pathogens and Ecosystems, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Pathogens and Ecosystems, Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center for Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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Chaudhary V, Kumar M, Chauhan C, Sirohi U, Srivastav AL, Rani L. Strategies for mitigation of pesticides from the environment through alternative approaches: A review of recent developments and future prospects. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 354:120326. [PMID: 38387349 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 01/14/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Chemical-based peticides are having negative impacts on both the healths of human beings and plants as well. The World Health Organisation (WHO), reported that each year, >25 million individuals in poor nations are having acute pesticide poisoning cases along with 20,000 fatal injuries at global level. Normally, only ∼0.1% of the pesticide reaches to the intended targets, and rest amount is expected to come into the food chain/environment for a longer period of time. Therefore, it is crucial to reduce the amounts of pesticides present in the soil. Physical or chemical treatments are either expensive or incapable to do so. Hence, pesticide detoxification can be achieved through bioremediation/biotechnologies, including nano-based methodologies, integrated approaches etc. These are relatively affordable, efficient and environmentally sound methods. Therefore, alternate strategies like as advanced biotechnological tools like as CRISPR Cas system, RNAi and genetic engineering for development of insects and pest resistant plants which are directly involved in the development of disease- and pest-resistant plants and indirectly reduce the use of pesticides. Omics tools and multi omics approaches like metagenomics, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics for the efficient functional gene mining and their validation for bioremediation of pesticides also discussed from the literatures. Overall, the review focuses on the most recent advancements in bioremediation methods to lessen the effects of pesticides along with the role of microorganisms in pesticides elimination. Further, pesticide detection is also a big challenge which can be done by using HPLC, GC, SERS, and LSPR ELISA etc. which have also been described in this review.
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- Veena Chaudhary
- Department of Chemistry, Meerut College, Meerut, Uttar-Pradesh, India
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- Department of Floriculture and Landscaping Architecture, College of Horticulture, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Floriculture and Landscaping Architecture, College of Horticulture, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
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- Chitkara University School of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India.
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- Chitkara School of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India
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Song H, Gao X, Song L, Jiao Y, Shen L, Yang J, Li C, Shang J, Wang H, Zhang S, Li Y. Unraveling the regulatory network of miRNA expression in Potato Y virus-infected of Nicotiana benthamiana using integrated small RNA and transcriptome sequencing. Front Genet 2024; 14:1290466. [PMID: 38259624 PMCID: PMC10800900 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1290466] [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: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Potato virus Y (PVY) disease is a global problem that causes significant damage to crop quality and yield. As traditional chemical control methods are ineffective against PVY, it is crucial to explore new control strategies. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a crucial role in plant and animal defense responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. These endogenous miRNAs act as a link between antiviral gene pathways and host immunity. Several miRNAs target plant immune genes and are involved in the virus infection process. In this study, we conducted small RNA sequencing and transcriptome sequencing on healthy and PVY-infected N. benthamiana tissues (roots, stems, and leaves). Through bioinformatics analysis, we predicted potential targets of differentially expressed miRNAs using the N. benthamiana reference genome and the PVY genome. We then compared the identified differentially expressed mRNAs with the predicted target genes to uncover the complex relationships between miRNAs and their targets. This study successfully constructed a miRNA-mRNA network through the joint analysis of Small RNA sequencing and transcriptome sequencing, which unveiled potential miRNA targets and identified potential binding sites of miRNAs on the PVY genome. This miRNA-mRNA regulatory network suggests the involvement of miRNAs in the virus infection process.
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- Hongping Song
- Hubei Engineering Research Center for Pest Forewarning and Management, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Pest Monitoring Controlling and Integrated Management, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Pest Monitoring Controlling and Integrated Management, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Pest Monitoring Controlling and Integrated Management, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Pest Monitoring Controlling and Integrated Management, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Pest Monitoring Controlling and Integrated Management, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Liupanshui City Company of Guizhou Tobacco Company, Guizhou, Guizhou, China
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- Liupanshui City Company of Guizhou Tobacco Company, Guizhou, Guizhou, China
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- Luoyang City Company of Henan Tobacco Company, Luoyang, Henan, China
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- Hubei Engineering Research Center for Pest Forewarning and Management, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Pest Monitoring Controlling and Integrated Management, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, China
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Berbati M, Kaldis A, Voloudakis A. Efficient artificial microRNA-mediated resistance against zucchini yellow mosaic virus in zucchini via agroinfiltration. J Virol Methods 2023; 321:114805. [PMID: 37673287 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2023.114805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) infects cucurbits causing yellow mosaic in leaves, malformations in fruits, and degradation of the product quality. RNA interference (RNAi) is a cellular mechanism in eukaryotes and it is exploited to protect them against viruses. The artificial micro RNA (amiRNA) mediated approach was employed to develop resistance against ZYMV. Four amiRNAs, amiZYMV_HC-115s and amiZYMV_HC-1162s (sense), amiZYMV_HC-182as and amiZYMV_HC-196as (antisense), were computationally designed and introduced into the AtMIR390a backbone. At four days post agroinfiltration (dpa) of zucchini cotyledons the corresponding pre- and the mature amiRNAs were identified in local tissue. Upon ZYMV inoculation of zucchini, ZYMV titer was significantly lower where amiZYMV_HCs were applied in relation to control starting at two days post inoculation (dpi). Control zucchini plants exhibited symptoms at 5-8 dpi, whereas the amiZYMV_HC-treated zucchini had symptoms at 14 dpi; at 21 dpi treated zucchini exhibited a 16 %, 19 %, 32 %, and 42.5 % protection, respectively. For luffa, we observed a lower protection (0 %, 17 %, 22.5 %, and 31 % at 21 dpi). Nicotiana benthamiana DCL4 knock-down mutants were infected by ZYMV, whereas when the amiZYMV_HC-196as was agroinfiltrated ZYMV was not detected by RT-PCR. These results indicate that amiRNA-mediated resistance could be applied against ZYMV in zucchini.
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- Margarita Berbati
- Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Biometry, Faculty of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens 11855, Greece
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- Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Biometry, Faculty of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens 11855, Greece
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- Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Biometry, Faculty of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens 11855, Greece.
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Khalid A, Zhang X, Ji H, Yasir M, Farooq T, Dai X, Li F. Large Artificial microRNA Cluster Genes Confer Effective Resistance against Multiple Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Viruses in Transgenic Tomato. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:plants12112179. [PMID: 37299158 DOI: 10.3390/plants12112179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) has become the key limiting factor for the production of tomato in many areas because of the continuous infection and recombination of several tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV)-like species (TYLCLV) which produce novel and destructive viruses. Artificial microRNA (AMIR) is a recent and effective technology used to create viral resistance in major crops. This study applies AMIR technology in two ways, i.e., amiRNA in introns (AMINs) and amiRNA in exons (AMIEs), to express 14 amiRNAs targeting conserved regions in seven TYLCLV genes and their satellite DNA. The resulting pAMIN14 and pAMIE14 vectors can encode large AMIR clusters and their function in silencing reporter genes was validated with transient assays and stable transgenic N. tabacum plants. To assess the efficacy of conferring resistance against TYLCLV, pAMIE14 and pAMIN14 were transformed into tomato cultivar A57 and the resulting transgenic tomato plants were evaluated for their level of resistance to mixed TYLCLV infection. The results suggest that pAMIN14 transgenic lines have a more effective resistance than pAMIE14 transgenic lines, reaching a resistance level comparable to plants carrying the TY1 resistance gene.
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- Annum Khalid
- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Vinodhini J, Rajendran L, Karthikeyan G. Engineering resistance against Cucumber mosaic virus in Nicotiana tabacum through virus derived transgene expressing hairpin RNA. 3 Biotech 2023; 13:143. [PMID: 37124993 PMCID: PMC10140202 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-023-03576-1] [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: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is the one of notorious virus known for its ubiquitous nature and causes substantial yield loss worldwide. The resistance against the Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) was envisaged in Nicotiana tabacum transgenic lines by introducing viral gene fragments. The chimeric hairpin RNA constructs incorporating 401 bp of coat protein, 411 bp of replicase protein and 361 bp of 2b gene were developed respectively and transformed into N. tabacum. The regenerated transgenic lines introduced with inverted repeats of CMV gene fragments exhibited enhanced resistance against CMV. The preliminary molecular screening and qPCR confirmed the integration of transgene in the transgenic lines. The spectrum of resistance in transgenic lines was evaluated by challenge inoculation with CMV and the resistance was determined through DAC-ELISA. The complete resistance was achieved in the hpRNA-CP transformant with a very low titre (0.029) of CMV followed by hpRNA-REP (0.099) with no symptoms. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13205-023-03576-1.
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- J. Vinodhini
- Department of Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641003 India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641003 India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641003 India
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Al-Roshdi MR, Ammara U, Khan J, Al-Sadi AM, Shahid MS. Artificial microRNA-mediated resistance against Oman strain of tomato yellow leaf curl virus. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1164921. [PMID: 37063229 PMCID: PMC10098008 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1164921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is a global spreading begomovirus that is exerting a major restraint on global tomato production. In this transgenic approach, an RNA interference (RNAi)-based construct consisting of sequences of an artificial microRNA (amiRNA), a group of small RNA molecules necessary for plant cell development, signal transduction, and stimulus to biotic and abiotic disease was engineered targeting the AC1/Rep gene of the Oman strain of TYLCV-OM. The Rep-amiRNA constructs presented an effective approach in regulating the expression of the Rep gene against TYLCV as a silencing target to create transgenic Solanum lycopersicum L. plant tolerance against TYLCV infection. Molecular diagnosis by PCR followed by a Southern hybridization analysis were performed to confirm the effectiveness of agrobacterium-mediated transformation in T0/T1-transformed plants. A substantial decrease in virus replication was observed when T1 transgenic tomato plants were challenged with the TYLCV-OM infectious construct. Although natural resistance options against TYLCV infection are not accessible, the current study proposes that genetically transformed tomato plants expressing amiRNA could be a potential approach for engineering tolerance in plants against TYLCV infection and conceivably for the inhibition of viral diseases against different strains of whitefly-transmitted begomoviruses in Oman.
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In Silico Identification of Cassava Genome-Encoded MicroRNAs with Predicted Potential for Targeting the ICMV-Kerala Begomoviral Pathogen of Cassava. Viruses 2023; 15:v15020486. [PMID: 36851701 PMCID: PMC9963618 DOI: 10.3390/v15020486] [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: 12/10/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is caused by several divergent species belonging to the genus Begomovirus (Geminiviridae) transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci cryptic species group. In India and other parts of Asia, the Indian cassava mosaic virus-Kerala (ICMV-Ker) is an emergent begomovirus of cassava causing damage that results in reduced yield loss and tuber quality. Double-stranded RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) is an evolutionary conserved mechanism in eukaryotes and highly effective, innate defense system to inhibit plant viral replication and/or translation. The objective of this study was to identify and characterize cassava genome-encoded microRNAs (mes-miRNA) that are predicted to target ICMV-Ker ssDNA-encoded mRNAs, based on four in silico algorithms: miRanda, RNA22, Tapirhybrid, and psRNA. The goal is to deploy the predicted miRNAs to trigger RNAi and develop cassava plants with resistance to ICMV-Ker. Experimentally validated mature cassava miRNA sequences (n = 175) were downloaded from the miRBase biological database and aligned with the ICMV-Ker genome. The miRNAs were evaluated for base-pairing with the cassava miRNA seed regions and to complementary binding sites within target viral mRNAs. Among the 175 locus-derived mes-miRNAs evaluated, one cassava miRNA homolog, mes-miR1446a, was identified to have a predicted miRNA target binding site, at position 2053 of the ICMV-Ker genome. To predict whether the cassava miRNA might bind predicted ICMV-Ker mRNA target(s) that could disrupt viral infection of cassava plants, a cassava locus-derived miRNA-mRNA regulatory network was constructed using Circos software. The in silico-predicted cassava locus-derived mes-miRNA-mRNA network corroborated interactions between cassava mature miRNAs and the ICMV-Ker genome that warrant in vivo analysis, which could lead to the development of ICMV-Ker resistant cassava plants.
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Tatineni S, Hein GL. Plant Viruses of Agricultural Importance: Current and Future Perspectives of Virus Disease Management Strategies. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2023; 113:117-141. [PMID: 36095333 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-05-22-0167-rvw] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Plant viruses cause significant losses in agricultural crops worldwide, affecting the yield and quality of agricultural products. The emergence of novel viruses or variants through genetic evolution and spillover from reservoir host species, changes in agricultural practices, mixed infections with disease synergism, and impacts from global warming pose continuous challenges for the management of epidemics resulting from emerging plant virus diseases. This review describes some of the most devastating virus diseases plus select virus diseases with regional importance in agriculturally important crops that have caused significant yield losses. The lack of curative measures for plant virus infections prompts the use of risk-reducing measures for managing plant virus diseases. These measures include exclusion, avoidance, and eradication techniques, along with vector management practices. The use of sensitive, high throughput, and user-friendly diagnostic methods is crucial for defining preventive and management strategies against plant viruses. The advent of next-generation sequencing technologies has great potential for detecting unknown viruses in quarantine samples. The deployment of genetic resistance in crop plants is an effective and desirable method of managing virus diseases. Several dominant and recessive resistance genes have been used to manage virus diseases in crops. Recently, RNA-based technologies such as dsRNA- and siRNA-based RNA interference, microRNA, and CRISPR/Cas9 provide transgenic and nontransgenic approaches for developing virus-resistant crop plants. Importantly, the topical application of dsRNA, hairpin RNA, and artificial microRNA and trans-active siRNA molecules on plants has the potential to develop GMO-free virus disease management methods. However, the long-term efficacy and acceptance of these new technologies, especially transgenic methods, remain to be established.
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- Satyanarayana Tatineni
- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583
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- Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583
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Takeda T, Shirai K, Kim YW, Higuchi-Takeuchi M, Shimizu M, Kondo T, Ushijima T, Matsushita T, Shinozaki K, Hanada K. A de novo gene originating from the mitochondria controls floral transition in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 111:189-203. [PMID: 36306001 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-022-01320-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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De novo genes created in the plant mitochondrial genome have frequently been transferred into the nuclear genome via intergenomic gene transfer events. Therefore, plant mitochondria might be a source of de novo genes in the nuclear genome. However, the functions of de novo genes originating from mitochondria and the evolutionary fate remain unclear. Here, we revealed that an Arabidopsis thaliana specific small coding gene derived from the mitochondrial genome regulates floral transition. We previously identified 49 candidate de novo genes that induce abnormal morphological changes on overexpression. We focused on a candidate gene derived from the mitochondrial genome (sORF2146) that encodes 66 amino acids. Comparative genomic analyses indicated that the mitochondrial sORF2146 emerged in the Brassica lineage as a de novo gene. The nuclear sORF2146 emerged following an intergenomic gene transfer event in the A. thaliana after the divergence between Arabidopsis and Capsella. Although the nuclear and mitochondrial sORF2146 sequences are the same in A. thaliana, only the nuclear sORF2146 is transcribed. The nuclear sORF2146 product is localized in mitochondria, which may be associated with the pseudogenization of the mitochondrial sORF2146. To functionally characterize the nuclear sORF2146, we performed a transcriptomic analysis of transgenic plants overexpressing the nuclear sORF2146. Flowering transition-related genes were highly regulated in the transgenic plants. Subsequent phenotypic analyses demonstrated that the overexpression and knockdown of sORF2146 in transgenic plants resulted in delayed and early flowering, respectively. These findings suggest that a lineage-specific de novo gene derived from mitochondria has an important regulatory effect on floral transition.
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- Tomoyuki Takeda
- Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka-Shi, Fukuoka, 820-8502, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka-Shi, Fukuoka, 820-8502, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka-Shi, Fukuoka, 820-8502, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka-Shi, Fukuoka, 820-8502, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Setsunan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka-Shi, Fukuoka, 820-8502, Japan.
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Akbarimotlagh M, Azizi A, Shams-Bakhsh M, Jafari M, Ghasemzadeh A, Palukaitis P. Critical points for the design and application of RNA silencing constructs for plant virus resistance. Adv Virus Res 2023; 115:159-203. [PMID: 37173065 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aivir.2023.02.001] [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: 05/15/2023]
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Control of plant virus diseases is a big challenge in agriculture as is resistance in plant lines to infection by viruses. Recent progress using advanced technologies has provided fast and durable alternatives. One of the most promising techniques against plant viruses that is cost-effective and environmentally safe is RNA silencing or RNA interference (RNAi), a technology that could be used alone or along with other control methods. To achieve the goals of fast and durable resistance, the expressed and target RNAs have been examined in many studies, with regard to the variability in silencing efficiency, which is regulated by various factors such as target sequences, target accessibility, RNA secondary structures, sequence variation in matching positions, and other intrinsic characteristics of various small RNAs. Developing a comprehensive and applicable toolbox for the prediction and construction of RNAi helps researchers to achieve the acceptable performance level of silencing elements. Although the attainment of complete prediction of RNAi robustness is not possible, as it also depends on the cellular genetic background and the nature of the target sequences, some important critical points have been discerned. Thus, the efficiency and robustness of RNA silencing against viruses can be improved by considering the various parameters of the target sequence and the construct design. In this review, we provide a comprehensive treatise regarding past, present and future prospective developments toward designing and applying RNAi constructs for resistance to plant viruses.
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- Masoud Akbarimotlagh
- Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.
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- Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, Higher Education Complex of Saravan, Saravan, Iran
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- Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Horticulture Sciences, Seoul Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Mesel F, Zhao M, García B, Simón‐Mateo C, García J. Targeting of genomic and negative-sense strands of viral RNA contributes to antiviral resistance mediated by artificial miRNAs and promotes the emergence of complex viral populations. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2022; 23:1640-1657. [PMID: 35989243 PMCID: PMC9562735 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/16/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Technology based on artificial small RNAs, including artificial microRNAs (amiRNAs), exploits natural RNA silencing mechanisms to achieve silencing of endogenous genes or pathogens. This technology has been successfully employed to generate resistance against different eukaryotic viruses. However, information about viral RNA molecules effectively targeted by these small RNAs is rather conflicting, and factors contributing to the selection of virus mutants escaping the antiviral activity of virus-specific small RNAs have not been studied in detail. In this work, we transformed Nicotiana benthamiana plants with amiRNA constructs designed against the potyvirus plum pox virus (PPV), a positive-sense RNA virus, and obtained lines highly resistant to PPV infection and others showing partial resistance. These lines have allowed us to verify that amiRNA directed against genomic RNA is more efficient than amiRNA targeting its complementary strand. However, we also provide evidence that the negative-sense RNA strand is cleaved by the amiRNA-guided RNA silencing machinery. Our results show that the selection pressure posed by the amiRNA action on both viral RNA strands causes an evolutionary explosion that results in the emergence of a broad range of virus variants, which can further expand in the presence, and even in the absence, of antiviral challenges.
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- Frida Mesel
- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB‐CSIC)Campus Universidad Autónoma de MadridMadridSpain
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB‐CSIC)Campus Universidad Autónoma de MadridMadridSpain
- College of Horticulture and Plant ProtectionInner Mongolia Agricultural UniversityHohhotChina
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB‐CSIC)Campus Universidad Autónoma de MadridMadridSpain
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB‐CSIC)Campus Universidad Autónoma de MadridMadridSpain
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB‐CSIC)Campus Universidad Autónoma de MadridMadridSpain
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Voloudakis AE, Kaldis A, Patil BL. RNA-Based Vaccination of Plants for Control of Viruses. Annu Rev Virol 2022; 9:521-548. [PMID: 36173698 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-virology-091919-073708] [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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Plant viruses cause nearly half of the emerging plant diseases worldwide, contributing to 10-15% of crop yield losses. Control of plant viral diseases is mainly accomplished by extensive chemical applications targeting the vectors (i.e., insects, nematodes, fungi) transmitting these viruses. However, these chemicals have a significant negative effect on human health and the environment. RNA interference is an endogenous, cellular, sequence-specific RNA degradation mechanism in eukaryotes induced by double-stranded RNA molecules that has been exploited as an antiviral strategy through transgenesis. Because genetically modified crop plants are not accepted for cultivation in several countries globally, there is an urgent demand for alternative strategies. This has boosted research on exogenous application of the RNA-based biopesticides that are shown to exhibit significant protective effect against viral infections. Such environment-friendly and efficacious antiviral agents for crop protection will contribute to global food security, without adverse effects on human health.
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- Andreas E Voloudakis
- Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Biometry, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece;
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- Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Biometry, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece;
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- Division of Basic Sciences, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka State, India
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Juurakko CL, Bredow M, diCenzo GC, Walker VK. Cold-inducible promoter-driven knockdown of Brachypodium antifreeze proteins confers freezing and phytopathogen susceptibility. PLANT DIRECT 2022; 6:e449. [PMID: 36172079 PMCID: PMC9467863 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The model forage crop, Brachypodium distachyon, has a cluster of ice recrystallization inhibition (BdIRI) genes, which encode antifreeze proteins that function by adsorbing to ice crystals and inhibiting their growth. The genes were targeted for knockdown using a cold-induced promoter from rice (prOsMYB1R35) to drive miRNA. The transgenic lines showed no apparent pleiotropic developmental defects but had reduced antifreeze activity as assessed by assays for ice-recrystallization inhibition, thermal hysteresis, electrolyte leakage, and leaf infrared thermography. Strikingly, the number of cold-acclimated transgenic plants that survived freezing at -8°C was reduced by half or killed entirely, depending on the line, compared with cold-acclimated wild type plants. In addition, more leaf damage was apparent at subzero temperatures in knockdowns after infection with an ice nucleating pathogen, Pseudomonas syringae. Although antifreeze proteins have been studied for almost 60 years, this is the first unequivocal demonstration of their function by knockdown in any organism, and their dual contribution to freeze protection as well as pathogen susceptibility, independent of obvious developmental defects. These proteins are thus of potential interest in a wide range of biotechnological applications from cryopreservation, to frozen product additives, to the engineering of transgenic crops with enhanced pathogen and freezing tolerance.
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- Department of BiologyQueen's UniversityKingstonOntarioCanada
- Present address:
Department of Plant Pathology and MicrobiologyIowa State UniversityAmesIowaUSA
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- Department of BiologyQueen's UniversityKingstonOntarioCanada
- School of Environmental StudiesQueen's UniversityKingstonOntarioCanada
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Zhao JH, Guo HS. RNA silencing: From discovery and elucidation to application and perspectives. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 64:476-498. [PMID: 34964265 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 12/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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RNA silencing (or RNA interference, RNAi) is a conserved mechanism for regulating gene expression in eukaryotes. The discovery of natural trans-kingdom RNAi indicated that small RNAs act as signaling molecules and enable communication between organisms in different kingdoms. The phenomenon and potential mechanisms of trans-kingdom RNAi are among the most exciting research topics. To better understand trans-kingdom RNAi, we review the history of the discovery and elucidation of RNAi mechanisms. Based on canonical RNAi mechanisms, we summarize the major points of divergence around RNAi pathways in the main eukaryotes' kingdoms, including plants, animals, and fungi. We review the representative incidents associated with the mechanisms and applications of trans-kingdom RNAi in crop protection, and discuss the critical factors that should be considered to develop successful trans-kingdom RNAi-based crop protection strategies.
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- Jian-Hua Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Miao S, Liang C, Li J, Baker B, Luo L. Polycistronic Artificial microRNA-Mediated Resistance to Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus in Cucumber. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222212237. [PMID: 34830122 PMCID: PMC8620374 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222212237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV), as a typical seed-borne virus, causes costly and devastating diseases in the vegetable trade worldwide. Genetic sources for resistance to CGMMV in cucurbits are limited, and environmentally safe approaches for curbing the accumulation and spread of seed-transmitted viruses and cultivating completely resistant plants are needed. Here, we describe the design and application of RNA interference-based technologies, containing artificial microRNA (amiRNA) and synthetic trans-acting small interfering RNA (syn-tasiRNA), against conserved regions of different strains of the CGMMV genome. We used a rapid transient sensor system to identify effective anti-CGMMV amiRNAs. A virus seed transmission assay was developed, showing that the externally added polycistronic amiRNA and syn-tasiRNA can successfully block the accumulation of CGMMV in cucumber, but different virulent strains exhibited distinct influences on the expression of amiRNA due to the activity of the RNA-silencing suppressor. We also established stable transgenic cucumber plants expressing polycistronic amiRNA, which conferred disease resistance against CGMMV, and no sequence mutation was observed in CGMMV. This study demonstrates that RNA interference-based technologies can effectively prevent the occurrence and accumulation of CGMMV. The results provide a basis to establish and fine-tune approaches to prevent and treat seed-based transmission viral infections.
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- Shuo Miao
- College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (S.M.); (J.L.)
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Seed Disease Testing and Control, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (S.M.); (J.L.)
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Seed Disease Testing and Control, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Plant Gene Expression Center, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Albany, CA 94710, USA
- Correspondence: (B.B.); (L.L.)
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- College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (S.M.); (J.L.)
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Seed Disease Testing and Control, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- Correspondence: (B.B.); (L.L.)
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Mangukia N, Rao P, Patel K, Pandya H, Rawal RM. Identifying potential human and medicinal plant microRNAs against SARS-CoV-2 3'UTR region: A computational genomics assessment. Comput Biol Med 2021; 136:104662. [PMID: 34311261 PMCID: PMC8288231 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2021] [Revised: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) began as an outbreak and has taken a toll on human lives. The current pandemic requires scientific attention; hence we designed a systematic computational workflow to identify the cellular microRNAs (miRNAs) from human host possessing the capability to target and silence 3′UTR of SARS-CoV-2 genome. Based on this viewpoint, we extended our miRNA search to medicinal plants like Ocimum tenuiflorum, Zingiber officinale and Piper nigrum, which are well-known to possess antiviral properties, and are often consumed raw or as herbal decoctions. Such an approach, that makes use of miRNA of one species to interact and silence genes of another species including viruses is broadly categorized as cross-kingdom interactions. As a part of our genomics study on host-virus-plant interaction, we identified one unique 3′UTR conserved site ‘GGAAGAG’ amongst 5024 globally submitted SARS-CoV-2 complete genomes, which can be targeted by the human miRNA ‘hsa-miR-1236–3p’ and by Z. officinale miRNA ‘zof-miR2673b’. Additionally, we also predicted that the members of miR477 family commonly found in these three plant genomes possess an inherent potential to silence viral genome RNA and facilitate antiviral defense against SARS-CoV-2 infection. In conclusion, this study reveals a universal site in the SARS-CoV-2 genome that may be crucial for targeted therapeutics to cure COVID-19.
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- Naman Mangukia
- Department of Botany, Bioinformatics and Climate Change Impacts Management, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 380009, Gujarat, India; BioInnovations, Bhayander (West), Mumbai, 401101, Maharashtra, India.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Forensic Science, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 380009, Gujarat, India.
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- Advait Theragnostics, GUSEC, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 380009, Gujarat, India.
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- Department of Botany, Bioinformatics and Climate Change Impacts Management, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 380009, Gujarat, India.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Forensic Science, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 380009, Gujarat, India.
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Ezoe A, Shirai K, Hanada K. Degree of Functional Divergence in Duplicates Is Associated with Distinct Roles in Plant Evolution. Mol Biol Evol 2021; 38:1447-1459. [PMID: 33290522 PMCID: PMC8042753 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Gene duplication is a major mechanism to create new genes. After gene duplication, some duplicated genes undergo functionalization, whereas others largely maintain redundant functions. Duplicated genes comprise various degrees of functional diversification in plants. However, the evolutionary fate of high and low diversified duplicates is unclear at genomic scale. To infer high and low diversified duplicates in Arabidopsis thaliana genome, we generated a prediction method for predicting whether a pair of duplicate genes was subjected to high or low diversification based on the phenotypes of knock-out mutants. Among 4,017 pairs of recently duplicated A. thaliana genes, 1,052 and 600 are high and low diversified duplicate pairs, respectively. The predictions were validated based on the phenotypes of generated knock-down transgenic plants. We determined that the high diversified duplicates resulting from tandem duplications tend to have lineage-specific functions, whereas the low diversified duplicates produced by whole-genome duplications are related to essential signaling pathways. To assess the evolutionary impact of high and low diversified duplicates in closely related species, we compared the retention rates and selection pressures on the orthologs of A. thaliana duplicates in two closely related species. Interestingly, high diversified duplicates resulting from tandem duplications tend to be retained in multiple lineages under positive selection. Low diversified duplicates by whole-genome duplications tend to be retained in multiple lineages under purifying selection. Taken together, the functional diversities determined by different duplication mechanisms had distinct effects on plant evolution.
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- Akihiro Ezoe
- Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan
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Zhou W, Xie Y, Li Y, Xie M, Zhang Z, Yang Y, Zhou Z, Duan M, Ran C. Research progress on the regulation of nutrition and immunity by microRNAs in fish. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2021; 113:1-8. [PMID: 33766547 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2021.03.011] [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: 10/25/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of highly conserved, endogenous non-coding single-stranded small RNA molecules with a length of 18-25 nucleotides. MiRNAs can negatively regulate the target gene through complementary pairing with the mRNA. It has been more than 20 years since the discovery of miRNA molecules, and many achievements have been made in fish research. This paper reviews the research progress in the regulation of fish nutrition and immunity by miRNAs in recent years. MiRNAs regulate the synthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, and are involved in the metabolism of glucose, lipids, as well as cholesterol in fish. Moreover, miRNAs play various roles in antibacterial and antiviral immunity of fish. They can promote the immune response of fish, but may also participate in the immune escape mechanism of bacteria or viruses. One important aspect of miRNAs regulation on fish immunity is mediated by targeting pattern recognition receptors and downstream signaling factors. Together, current results indicate that miRNAs are widely involved in the complex regulatory network of fish. Further studies on fish miRNAs may deepen our understanding of the regulatory network of fish nutrition and immunity, and have the potential to promote the development of microRNA-based products and detection reagents that can be applied in aquaculture industry.
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- Wei Zhou
- Sino-Norway Joint Lab on Fish Gut Microbiota, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Sino-Norway Joint Lab on Fish Gut Microbiota, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Sino-Norway Joint Lab on Fish Gut Microbiota, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Sino-Norway Joint Lab on Fish Gut Microbiota, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Sino-Norway Joint Lab on Fish Gut Microbiota, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, 100081, China.
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Fan W, Zheng H, Wang G. Proteomic analysis of ubiquitinated proteins in maize immature kernels. J Proteomics 2021; 243:104261. [PMID: 33984506 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2021.104261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Protein ubiquitination is a dynamic post-translational modification involved in various biological processes in eukaryotes. To understand the function of ubiquitinated proteins in maize kernels, we used the specific K-GG antibody coupled with high-resolution LC-MS/MS to identify the ubiquitinated proteins in maize immature kernels. A total of 1999 lysine ubiquitination sites in 881 proteins were identified in maize kernels. Eight conserved ubiquitination motifs included KubD, GKub, EKub, KubXXXE, AKub, NXKub, KubXXXXXN, and KKub were found in ubiquitinated peptides. The ubiquitinated lysine neighborhoods are more frequently presented in ordered structures. Go and KEGG analysis showed the proteins involved in carbohydrate metabolism and protein processing were identified to be the targets of lysine ubiquitination. Other proteins, which related to RNA transport, spliceosome, endocytosis, ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis, proteasome, and MAPK signaling, were also found to be ubiquitinated. Protein-protein interaction network and KEGG analysis indicated that protein ubiquitination plays a major role in regulating many cellular processes and modulating diverse interactions in maize kernel development. The identification of the 881 ubiquitinated proteins in maize kernels provides a foundation for understanding the physiological roles of these ubiquitinated proteins. Our finding also provides a new insight view into the function of ubiquitinated proteins involved in maize kernel development. SIGNIFICANCE: We reported here the comprehensive proteomic analysis of the ubiquitin-modified proteome in maize kernel. We found that there are some new characteristics of them in ubiquitome of maize immature kernels. The results suggested that protein ubiquitination, as a post-translation modification, plays an essential role in regulating many cellular processes in maize kernel development. This study expands our knowledge on the regulatory roles and mechanisms of protein ubiquitination in maize. and other plants.
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- Wei Fan
- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 201100, China
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- Crop Breeding and Cultivation Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences/CIMMYT-China Specialty Maize Research Center, Shanghai 201100, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 201100, China.
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Zhao JH, Zhang T, Liu QY, Guo HS. Trans-kingdom RNAs and their fates in recipient cells: advances, utilization, and perspectives. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2021; 2:100167. [PMID: 33898979 PMCID: PMC8060725 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2021.100167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 02/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The phenomenon and potential mechanisms of trans-kingdom RNA silencing (or RNA interference, RNAi) are among the most exciting topics in science today. Based on trans-kingdom RNAi, host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) has been widely applied to create crops with resistance to various pests and pathogens, overcoming the limitations of resistant cultivars. However, a lack of transformation technology in many crops limits the application of HIGS. Here, we describe the various fates of trans-kingdom RNAs in recipient organisms. Based on the assumption that small RNAs can be transferred between the host and its microbiome or among microbiome members, we propose a possible alternative strategy for plant protection against pathogens without the need for crop genetic modification.
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Ashraf MA, Ashraf F, Feng X, Hu X, Shen L, Khan J, Zhang S. Potential targets for evaluation of sugarcane yellow leaf virus resistance in sugarcane cultivars: in silico sugarcane miRNA and target network prediction. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2022.2041483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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- Muhammad Aleem Ashraf
- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Sugarcane Research Centre of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Haikou, PR China
- Department of Bioscience and Technology, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Sugarcane Research Centre of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Haikou, PR China
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Sugarcane Research Centre of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Haikou, PR China
- Hainan Academy of Tropical Agricultural Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, PR China
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- Zhanjiang Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang, PR China
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Sugarcane Research Centre of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Haikou, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Sugarcane Research Centre of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Haikou, PR China
- Hainan Academy of Tropical Agricultural Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, PR China
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Jin Y, Zhao JH, Guo HS. Recent advances in understanding plant antiviral RNAi and viral suppressors of RNAi. Curr Opin Virol 2020; 46:65-72. [PMID: 33360834 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2020.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Molecular plant-virus interactions provide an excellent model to understanding host antiviral immunity and viral counter-defense mechanisms. The primary antiviral defense is triggered inside the infected plant cell by virus-derived small-interfering RNAs, which guide homology-dependent RNA interference (RNAi) and/or RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) to target RNA and DNA viruses. In counter-defense, plant viruses have independently evolved viral suppressors of RNAi (VSRs) to specifically antagonize antiviral RNAi. Recent studies have shown that plant antiviral responses are regulated by endogenous small silencing RNAs, RNA decay and autophagy and that some known VSRs of plant RNA and DNA viruses also target these newly recognized defense responses to promote infection. This review focuses on these recent advances that have revealed multilayered regulation of plant-virus interactions.
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- Yun Jin
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Sharma N, Prasad M. Silencing AC1 of Tomato leaf curl virus using artificial microRNA confers resistance to leaf curl disease in transgenic tomato. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2020; 39:1565-1579. [PMID: 32860518 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-020-02584-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Expression of artificial microRNA targeting ATP binding domain of AC1 in transgenic tomato confers resistance to Tomato leaf curl disease without impacting the yield of tomato. Tomato curl leaf disease caused by Tomato leaf curl virus (ToLCV) is a key constraint to tomato cultivation worldwide. Engineering transgenic plants expressing artificial microRNAs (amiRNAs) against the AC1 gene of Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV), which is important for virus replication and pathogenicity, would consequently confer virus resistance and reduce crop loss in the economically important crops. This study relates to an amiRNA developed on the sequence of Arabidopsis miRNA319a, targeting the ATP/GTP binding domain of AC1 gene of ToLCNDV. The AC1-amiR was found to regulate the abundance of AC1, providing an excellent strategy in providing defense against ToLCNDV. Transgenic lines over-expressing AC1-amiR, when challenged with ToLCNDV, showed reduced disease symptoms and high percentage resistance ranging between ∼ 40 and 80%. The yield of transgenic plants was significantly higher upon ToLCNDV infection as compared to the non-transgenic plants. Although the natural resistance resources against ToLCNDV are not available, this work streamlines a novel amiRNA-based mechanism that may have the potential to develop viral resistance strategies in tomato, apart from its normal symptom development properties as it is targeting the conserved region against which higher accumulation of small interfering RNAs (siRNA) occurred in a naturally tolerant tomato cultivar.
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- Namisha Sharma
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Jeyaraj A, Elango T, Li X, Guo G. Utilization of microRNAs and their regulatory functions for improving biotic stress tolerance in tea plant [ Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze]. RNA Biol 2020; 17:1365-1382. [PMID: 32478595 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2020.1774987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs play a central role in responses to biotic stressors through their interactions with their target mRNAs. Tea plant (Camellia sinensis L.), an important beverage crop, is vulnerable to tea geometrid and anthracnose disease that causes considerable crop loss and tea production worldwide. Sustainable production of tea in the current scenario to biotic factors is major challenges. To overcome the problem of biotic stresses, high-throughput sequencing (HTS) with bioinformatics analyses has been used as an effective approach for the identification of stress-responsive miRNAs and their regulatory functions in tea plant. These stress-responsive miRNAs can be utilized for miRNA-mediated gene silencing to enhance stress tolerance in tea plant. Therefore, this review summarizes the current understanding of miRNAs regulatory functions in tea plant responding to Ectropis oblique and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides attacks for future miRNA research. Also, it highlights the utilization of miRNA-mediated gene silencing strategies for developing biotic stress-tolerant tea plant.
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- Anburaj Jeyaraj
- Tea Research Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University , Nanjing, China.,Department of Biotechnology, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education , Tamilnadu, India
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- Tea Research Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University , Nanjing, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University , Nanjing, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Comprehensive Utilization in South Henan, Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University , Xinyang, P.R. China
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Cisneros AE, Carbonell A. Artificial Small RNA-Based Silencing Tools for Antiviral Resistance in Plants. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9060669. [PMID: 32466363 PMCID: PMC7356032 DOI: 10.3390/plants9060669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Artificial small RNAs (art-sRNAs), such as artificial microRNAs (amiRNAs) and synthetic trans-acting small interfering RNAs (syn-tasiRNAs), are highly specific 21-nucleotide small RNAs designed to recognize and silence complementary target RNAs. Art-sRNAs are extensively used in gene function studies or for improving crops, particularly to protect plants against viruses. Typically, antiviral art-sRNAs are computationally designed to target one or multiple sites in viral RNAs with high specificity, and art-sRNA constructs are generated and introduced into plants that are subsequently challenged with the target virus(es). Numerous studies have reported the successful application of art-sRNAs to induce resistance against a large number of RNA and DNA viruses in model and crop species. However, the application of art-sRNAs as an antiviral tool has limitations, such as the difficulty to predict the efficacy of a particular art-sRNA or the emergence of virus variants with mutated target sites escaping to art-sRNA-mediated degradation. Here, we review the different classes, features, and uses of art-sRNA-based tools to induce antiviral resistance in plants. We also provide strategies for the rational design of antiviral art-sRNAs and discuss the latest advances in developing art-sRNA-based methodologies for enhanced resistance to plant viruses.
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Cui C, Wang JJ, Zhao JH, Fang YY, He XF, Guo HS, Duan CG. A Brassica miRNA Regulates Plant Growth and Immunity through Distinct Modes of Action. MOLECULAR PLANT 2020; 13:231-245. [PMID: 31794845 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2019.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In plants, high disease resistance often results in a reduction of yield. Therefore, breeding crops with balanced yield and disease resistance has become a major challenge. Recently, microRNA (miRNA)-mediated R gene turnover has been shown to be a protective mechanism used by plants to prevent autoimmunity in the absence of pathogens. However, whether these miRNAs play a role in plant growth and how miRNA-mediated R gene turnover responds to pathogen infection have rarely been explored. Here, we found that a Brassica miRNA, miR1885, targets both an immune receptor gene and a development-related gene for negative regulation through distinct modes of action. MiR1885 directly silences the TIR-NBS-LRR class of R gene BraTNL1 but represses the expression of the photosynthesis-related gene BraCP24 by targeting the Trans-Acting Silencing (TAS) gene BraTIR1 for trans-acting small interfering RNAs (tasiRNAs)-mediated silencing. We found that, under natural conditions, miR1885 was kept at low levels to maintain normal development and basal immunity but peaked during the floral transition to promote flowering. Interestingly, upon Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) infection, miR1885-dependent trans-acting silencing of BraCP24 was enhanced to speed up the floral transition, whereas miR1885-mediated R gene turnover was overcome by TuMV-induced BraTNL1 expression, reflecting precise regulation of the arms race between plants and pathogens. Collectively, our results demonstrate that a single Brassica miRNA dynamically regulates both innate immunity and plant growth and responds to viral infection, revealing that Brassica plants have developed a sophisticated mechanism in modulating the interplay between growth, immunity, and pathogen infection.
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- Chen Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology and Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
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Gago-Zachert S, Schuck J, Weinholdt C, Knoblich M, Pantaleo V, Grosse I, Gursinsky T, Behrens SE. Highly efficacious antiviral protection of plants by small interfering RNAs identified in vitro. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:9343-9357. [PMID: 31433052 PMCID: PMC6755098 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Revised: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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In response to a viral infection, the plant’s RNA silencing machinery processes viral RNAs into a huge number of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). However, a very few of these siRNAs actually interfere with viral replication. A reliable approach to identify these immunologically effective siRNAs (esiRNAs) and to define the characteristics underlying their activity has not been available so far. Here, we develop a novel screening approach that enables a rapid functional identification of antiviral esiRNAs. Tests on the efficacy of such identified esiRNAs of a model virus achieved a virtual full protection of plants against a massive subsequent infection in transient applications. We find that the functionality of esiRNAs depends crucially on two properties: the binding affinity to Argonaute proteins and the ability to access the target RNA. The ability to rapidly identify functional esiRNAs could be of great benefit for all RNA silencing-based plant protection measures against viruses and other pathogens.
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- Selma Gago-Zachert
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany.,Department of Molecular Signal Processing, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Institute of Computer Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Research Unit of Bari, Bari I-70126, Italy
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- Institute of Computer Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig D-04103, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale D-06120, Germany
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Catch Me If You Can! RNA Silencing-Based Improvement of Antiviral Plant Immunity. Viruses 2019; 11:v11070673. [PMID: 31340474 PMCID: PMC6669615 DOI: 10.3390/v11070673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Revised: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Viruses are obligate parasites which cause a range of severe plant diseases that affect farm productivity around the world, resulting in immense annual losses of yield. Therefore, control of viral pathogens continues to be an agronomic and scientific challenge requiring innovative and ground-breaking strategies to meet the demands of a growing world population. Over the last decade, RNA silencing has been employed to develop plants with an improved resistance to biotic stresses based on their function to provide protection from invasion by foreign nucleic acids, such as viruses. This natural phenomenon can be exploited to control agronomically relevant plant diseases. Recent evidence argues that this biotechnological method, called host-induced gene silencing, is effective against sucking insects, nematodes, and pathogenic fungi, as well as bacteria and viruses on their plant hosts. Here, we review recent studies which reveal the enormous potential that RNA-silencing strategies hold for providing an environmentally friendly mechanism to protect crop plants from viral diseases.
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Dong OX, Ronald PC. Genetic Engineering for Disease Resistance in Plants: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 180:26-38. [PMID: 30867331 PMCID: PMC6501101 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.01224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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A review of the recent progress in plant genetic engineering for disease resistance highlights future challenges and opportunities in the field.
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- Oliver Xiaoou Dong
- Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616
- Innovative Genomics Institute, Berkeley, California 94704
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- Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616
- Innovative Genomics Institute, Berkeley, California 94704
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Satish D, Mukherjee SK, Gupta D. PAmiRDB: A web resource for plant miRNAs targeting viruses. Sci Rep 2019; 9:4627. [PMID: 30874591 PMCID: PMC6420685 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41027-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged to be essential constituents of host antiviral-defense mechanisms. The miRNA mediated antiviral mechanism was first experimentally established in animals, which proved that host miRNAs regulate viral gene expression by targeting the animal virus mRNAs. There are comparatively fewer reports about such interactions in plants, however, artificial miRNA studies prove that miRNAs play similar antiviral role in plants too. To explore the extent of this phenomenon in plant genomes, and in the absence of any publicly available resource for prediction of plant miRNAs targeting viruses, we were motivated to predict such interactions of plant miRNAs and viral genes. The intriguing results of the predictions are compiled as a database, which we have named as PAmiRDB. The current version of PAmiRDB includes more than 2600 plant miRNAs and their specific interactions with corresponding targets in approximately 500 viral species (predominantly from the major plant-infecting virus families of geminiviruses and potyviruses). PAmiRDB is a database of known plant miRNAs and their predicted targets in virus genomes. The innovative database query-interface enables global and comprehensive investigation of such predicted interactions between host miRNAs and viral genes. The database integrated-tools also helps researchers to design experiments to confirm such interactions. PAmiRDB is available at http://bioinfo.icgeb.res.in/pamirdb
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- Deepshikha Satish
- Translational Bioinformatics Group, International Centre For Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Translational Bioinformatics Group, International Centre For Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Yu R, Chen C, Cao W, Liu H, Zhou S, Song Y, Zhu C. High-degree and broad-spectrum resistance mediated by a combination of NIb siRNA and miRNA suppresses replication of necrotic and common strains of potato virus Y. Arch Virol 2018; 163:3073-3081. [PMID: 30097746 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-018-3969-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In plants, viral replication can be inhibited through gene silencing, which is mediated by short interfering RNA (siRNA) or microRNA (miRNA). However, under natural conditions, viruses are extremely susceptible to mutations that may decrease the efficiency of cleavage of these small RNAs (sRNAs). Therefore, a single sRNA may not provide a sufficient degree of viral resistance to transgenic plants. Potato virus Y necrotic strain (PVYN) and Potato virus Y common strain (PVYO) are the two major PVY strains that cause systemic necrosis and mottling, respectively, in tobacco. In this study, we designed specific siRNAs and miRNAs to target two regions of the PVYO replicase gene (NIb). Eight plant expression vectors containing one or two sRNAs were constructed. Luciferase activity assays showed that the designed sRNAs successfully cleaved the NIb gene of PVYO and PVYN, and the vector carrying a combined siRNA- and miRNA-based short hairpin RNA (shRNA) demonstrated the strongest inhibitory effect. These effects were confirmed through the acquisition of PVYO and PVYN resistance in transgenic sRNA-expressing Nicotiana tabacum plants. This phenomenon could be related to a plant defense mechanism in which siRNA and miRNA pathways are complementary and interact to achieve gene silencing. Furthermore, there is a tendency for the homologous small RNA sequences (PVYO) to be more effective in conferring resistance than those with imperfect homology (PVYN). Overall, these findings confirm that the use of a combined siRNA- and miRNA-based shRNAs is a promising approach for introducing viral resistance to plants through genetic engineering.
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- Ru Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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Zhang N, Zhang D, Chen SL, Gong BQ, Guo Y, Xu L, Zhang XN, Li JF. Engineering Artificial MicroRNAs for Multiplex Gene Silencing and Simplified Transgenic Screen. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 178:989-1001. [PMID: 30291175 PMCID: PMC6236610 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.00828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Artificial microRNA (amiRNA) technology offers reversible and flexible gene inactivation and complements genome-editing technologies. However, obtaining transgenic plants with maximal gene silencing remains a major technical challenge in current amiRNA applications. Here, we incorporated an empirically determined feature of effective amiRNAs to the amiRNA design and in silico generated a database containing 533,429 gene-specific amiRNAs for silencing 27,136 genes in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), with a genome coverage of 98.87%. In both single-gene and multiple-gene silencing, we observed an overall improvement in performance by amiRNAs designed using our strategy in Arabidopsis protoplasts and transgenic plants. In addition, the endogenous tRNA-processing system was used to generate multiple amiRNAs from tRNA-pre-amiRNA tandem repeats for multiplex gene silencing. An intronic amiRNA-producing fluorescent reporter was explored as a visual screening strategy for transgenic Arabidopsis and rice (Oryza sativa) plants with maximal whole-plant or cell type-specific gene silencing. These improvements enable the amiRNA technology to be a functional gene knockout tool for basic and applied plant research.
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- Nannan Zhang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Department of Biology, St. Bonaventure University, Allegany, New York 14778
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Department of Biology, St. Bonaventure University, Allegany, New York 14778
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Chaudhary V, Jangra S, Yadav NR. Nanotechnology based approaches for detection and delivery of microRNA in healthcare and crop protection. J Nanobiotechnology 2018; 16:40. [PMID: 29653577 PMCID: PMC5897953 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-018-0368-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 04/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Nanobiotechnology has the potential to revolutionize diverse sectors including medicine, agriculture, food, textile and pharmaceuticals. Disease diagnostics, therapeutics and crop protection strategies are fast emerging using nanomaterials preferably nanobiomaterials. It has potential for development of novel nanobiomolecules which offer several advantages over conventional treatment methods. RNA nanoparticles with many unique features are promising candidates in disease treatment. The miRNAs are involved in many biochemical and developmental pathways and their regulation in plants and animals. These appear to be a powerful tool for controlling various pathological diseases in human, plants and animals, however there are challenges associated with miRNA based nanotechnology. Several advancements made in the field of miRNA therapeutics make it an attractive approach, but a lot more has to be explored in nanotechnology assisted miRNA therapy. The miRNA based technologies can be employed for detection and combating crop diseases as well. Despite these potential advantages, nanobiotechnology applications in the agricultural sector are still in its infancy and have not yet made its mark in comparison with healthcare sector. The review provides a platform to discuss nature, role and use of miRNAs in nanobiotechnology applications.
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- Vrantika Chaudhary
- Department of Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004 India
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004 India
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004 India
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Islam W, Qasim M, Noman A, Adnan M, Tayyab M, Farooq TH, Wei H, Wang L. Plant microRNAs: Front line players against invading pathogens. Microb Pathog 2018. [PMID: 29524548 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2018.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Plants are attacked by a large number of pathogens. To defend against these pathogens, plants activate or repress a vast array of genes. For genetic expression and reprogramming, host endogenous small RNAs (sRNAs) are the key factors. Among these sRNAs, microRNAs (miRNAs) mediate gene regulation through RNA silencing at the post-transcriptional level and play an essential role in the defense responses to biotic and abiotic stress. In the recent years, high-throughput sequencing has enabled the researchers to uncover the role of plant miRNAs during pathogen invasion. So here we have reviewed the recent research findings illustrating the plant miRNAs active involvement in various defense processes during fungal, bacterial, viral and nematode infections. However, rapid validation of direct targets of miRNAs is the dire need of time, which can be very helpful in improving the plant resistance against various pathogenic diseases.
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- Waqar Islam
- College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; Govt. of Punjab, Agriculture Department, Lahore, Pakistan.
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- College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- College of Crop Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; Department of Botany, Govt. College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- College of Crop Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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Islam W, Noman A, Qasim M, Wang L. Plant Responses to Pathogen Attack: Small RNAs in Focus. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:E515. [PMID: 29419801 PMCID: PMC5855737 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19020515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2017] [Revised: 02/04/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Small RNAs (sRNA) are a significant group of gene expression regulators for multiple biological processes in eukaryotes. In plants, many sRNA silencing pathways produce extensive array of sRNAs with specialized roles. The evidence on record advocates for the functions of sRNAs during plant microbe interactions. Host sRNAs are reckoned as mandatory elements of plant defense. sRNAs involved in plant defense processes via different pathways include both short interfering RNA (siRNA) and microRNA (miRNA) that actively regulate immunity in response to pathogenic attack via tackling pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and other effectors. In response to pathogen attack, plants protect themselves with the help of sRNA-dependent immune systems. That sRNA-mediated plant defense responses play a role during infections is an established fact. However, the regulations of several sRNAs still need extensive research. In this review, we discussed the topical advancements and findings relevant to pathogen attack and plant defense mediated by sRNAs. We attempted to point out diverse sRNAs as key defenders in plant systems. It is hoped that sRNAs would be exploited as a mainstream player to achieve food security by tackling different plant diseases.
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- Waqar Islam
- College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
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- Department of Botany, Government College University, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan.
- College of Crop Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
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- College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
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- College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
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Akmal M, Baig MS, Khan JA. Suppression of cotton leaf curl disease symptoms in Gossypium hirsutum through over expression of host-encoded miRNAs. J Biotechnol 2017; 263:21-29. [PMID: 29017848 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2017] [Revised: 09/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD), a major factor resulting in the enormous yield losses in cotton crop, is caused by a distinct monopartite begomovirus in association with Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite (CLCuMB). Micro(mi)RNAs are known to regulate gene expression in eukaryotes, including antiviral defense in plants. In a previous study, we had computationally identified a set of cotton miRNAs, which were shown to have potential targets in the genomes of Cotton leaf curl Multan virus (CLCuMuV) and CLCuMB at multiple loci. In the current study, effect of Gossypium arboreum-encoded miRNAs on the genome of CLCuMuV and CLCuMB was investigated in planta. Two computationally predicted cotton-encoded miRNAs (miR398 and miR2950) that showed potential to bind multiple Open Reading Frames (ORFs; C1, C4, V1, and non- coding intergenic region) of CLCuMuV, and (βC1) of CLCuMB were selected. Functional validation of miR398 and miR2950 was done by overexpression approach in G. hirsutum var. HS6. A total of ten in vitro cotton plants were generated from independent events and subjected to biological and molecular analyses. Presence of the respective Precursor (pre)-miRNA was confirmed through PCR and Southern blotting, and their expression level was assessed by semi quantitative RT-PCR, Real Time quantitative PCR and northern hybridization in the PCR-positive lines. Southern hybridization revealed 2-4 copy integration of T-DNA in the genome of the transformed lines. Remarkably, expression of pre-miRNAs was shown up to 5.8-fold higher in the transgenic (T0) lines as revealed by Real Time PCR. The virus resistance was monitored following inoculation of the transgenic cotton lines with viruliferous whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) insect vector. After inoculation, four of the transgenic lines remained apparently symptom free. While a very low titre of viral DNA could be detected by Rolling circle amplification, betasatellite responsible for symptom induction could not be detected in any of the healthy looking transgenic lines. In this study for the first time, efficacy of the host (G. arboreum)-encoded miRNAs against CLCuD symptoms was experimentally demonstrated through overexpression of miR398 and miR2950 in G. hirsutum var. HS6 plants. Computational prediction of miRNAs targeting virus genome and their subsequent implication in translational inhibition or cleavage based suppression of viral mRNA via overexpression could help in generating virus resistant plants.
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- Mohd Akmal
- Plant Virus Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, (A Central University), New Delhi, 110025, India
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- Plant Virus Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, (A Central University), New Delhi, 110025, India
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- Plant Virus Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, (A Central University), New Delhi, 110025, India.
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Liu SR, Zhou JJ, Hu CG, Wei CL, Zhang JZ. MicroRNA-Mediated Gene Silencing in Plant Defense and Viral Counter-Defense. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1801. [PMID: 28979248 PMCID: PMC5611411 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs of approximately 20–24 nucleotides in length that serve as central regulators of eukaryotic gene expression by targeting mRNAs for cleavage or translational repression. In plants, miRNAs are associated with numerous regulatory pathways in growth and development processes, and defensive responses in plant–pathogen interactions. Recently, significant progress has been made in understanding miRNA-mediated gene silencing and how viruses counter this defense mechanism. Here, we summarize the current knowledge and recent advances in understanding the roles of miRNAs involved in the plant defense against viruses and viral counter-defense. We also document the application of miRNAs in plant antiviral defense. This review discusses the current understanding of the mechanisms of miRNA-mediated gene silencing and provides insights on the never-ending arms race between plants and viruses.
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- Sheng-Rui Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefei, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural UniversityHefei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China
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Lindbo JA, Falk BW. The Impact of "Coat Protein-Mediated Virus Resistance" in Applied Plant Pathology and Basic Research. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2017; 107:624-634. [PMID: 28409526 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-12-16-0442-rvw] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Worldwide, plant viruses cause serious reductions in marketable crop yield and in some cases even plant death. In most cases, the most effective way to control virus diseases is through genetically controlled resistance. However, developing virus-resistant (VR) crops through traditional breeding can take many years, and in some cases is not even possible. Because of this, the demonstration of the first VR transgenic plants in 1985 generated much attention. This seminal report served as an inflection point for research in both basic and applied plant pathology, the results of which have dramatically changed both basic research and in a few cases, commercial crop production. The typical review article on this topic has focused on only basic or only applied research results stemming from this seminal discovery. This can make it difficult for the reader to appreciate the full impact of research on transgenic virus resistance, and the contributions from fundamental research that led to translational applications of this technology. In this review, we take a global view of this topic highlighting the significant changes to both basic and applied plant pathology research and commercial food production that have accumulated in the last 30 plus years. We present these milestones in the historical context of some of the scientific, economic, and environmental drivers for developing specific VR crops. The intent of this review is to provide a single document that adequately records the significant accomplishments of researchers in both basic and applied plant pathology research on this topic and how they relate to each other. We hope this review therefore serves as both an instructional tool for students new to the topic, as well as a source of conversation and discussion for how the technology of engineered virus resistance could be applied in the future.
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- John A Lindbo
- First author: HM Clause, 28605 County Road 104, Davis, CA 95618; and second author: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis 95616
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- First author: HM Clause, 28605 County Road 104, Davis, CA 95618; and second author: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis 95616
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Xu N, Luo X, Li W, Wang Z, Liu J. The Bacterial Effector AvrB-Induced RIN4 Hyperphosphorylation Is Mediated by a Receptor-Like Cytoplasmic Kinase Complex in Arabidopsis. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2017; 30:502-512. [PMID: 28353399 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-01-17-0017-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae delivers diverse type III effectors into host cells to interfere with their immune responses. One of the effectors, AvrB, targets a host guardee protein RIN4 and induces RIN4 phosphorylation in Arabidopsis. Phosphorylated RIN4 activates the immune receptor RPM1 to mount defense. AvrB-induced RIN4 phosphorylation depends on RIPK, a receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase (RLCK). In this study, we found several other RLCKs that were also able to phosphorylate RIN4. We demonstrated that these RLCKs formed a complex with RIPK and were functionally redundant to RIPK. We also found that unphosphorylated RIN4 was epistatic to phosphorylated RIN4 in terms of RPM1 activation. AvrB-induced RLCK gene expression and phosphorylated RIN4-triggered RPM1 activation required RAR1, a central regulator in plant innate immunity. Our results unravel a mechanism in which plants employ multiple kinases to hyperphosphorylate the guardee protein RIN4 to ensure immune activation during pathogen invasion.
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- Ning Xu
- 1 State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- 1 State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- 2 College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; and
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- 1 State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- 3 Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Product Detection and Control for Spoilage Organisms and Pesticides, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, China
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- 1 State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- 2 College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; and
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Khalid A, Zhang Q, Yasir M, Li F. Small RNA Based Genetic Engineering for Plant Viral Resistance: Application in Crop Protection. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:43. [PMID: 28167936 PMCID: PMC5253543 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Small RNAs regulate a large set of gene expression in all plants and constitute a natural immunity against viruses. Small RNA based genetic engineering (SRGE) technology had been explored for crop protection against viruses for nearly 30 years. Viral resistance has been developed in diverse crops with SRGE technology and a few viral resistant crops have been approved for commercial release. In this review we summarized the efforts generating viral resistance with SRGE in different crops, analyzed the evolution of the technology, its efficacy in different crops for different viruses and its application status in different crops. The challenge and potential solution for application of SRGE in crop protection are also discussed.
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China
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RNAi approaches, including microRNA (miRNA) regulatory pathway, offer great tools for functional characterization of unknown genes. Moreover, the applications of artificial microRNA (amiRNA) in the field of plant transgenesis have also been advanced to engineer pathogen-resistant or trait-improved transgenic plants. Until now, despite the high potency of amiRNA approach, no commercial plant cultivar expressing amiRNAs with improved traits has been released yet. Beside the issues of biosafety policies, the specificity and efficacy of amiRNAs are of major concerns. Sufficient cares should be taken for the specificity and efficacy of amiRNAs due to their potential off-target effects and other issues relating to in vivo expression of pre-amiRNAs. For these reasons, the proper design of amiRNAs with the lowest off-target possibility is very important for successful applications of the approach in plant. Therefore, there are many studies with the aim to improve the amiRNA design and amiRNA expressing backbones for obtaining better specificity and efficacy. However, the requirement for an efficient reference for the design is still needed. In the present chapter, we attempt to summarize and discuss all the major concerns relating to amiRNA design with the hope to provide a significant guideline for this approach.
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Tian B, Li J, Oakley TR, Todd TC, Trick HN. Host-Derived Artificial MicroRNA as an Alternative Method to Improve Soybean Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode. Genes (Basel) 2016; 7:E122. [PMID: 27941644 PMCID: PMC5192498 DOI: 10.3390/genes7120122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The soybean cyst nematode (SCN), Heterodera glycines, is one of the most important pests limiting soybean production worldwide. Novel approaches to managing this pest have focused on gene silencing of target nematode sequences using RNA interference (RNAi). With the discovery of endogenous microRNAs as a mode of gene regulation in plants, artificial microRNA (amiRNA) methods have become an alternative method for gene silencing, with the advantage that they can lead to more specific silencing of target genes than traditional RNAi vectors. To explore the application of amiRNAs for improving soybean resistance to SCN, three nematode genes (designated as J15, J20, and J23) were targeted using amiRNA vectors. The transgenic soybean hairy roots, transformed independently with these three amiRNA vectors, showed significant reductions in SCN population densities in bioassays. Expression of the targeted genes within SCN eggs were downregulated in populations feeding on transgenic hairy roots. Our results provide evidence that host-derived amiRNA methods have great potential to improve soybean resistance to SCN. This approach should also limit undesirable phenotypes associated with off-target effects, which is an important consideration for commercialization of transgenic crops.
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- Bin Tian
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
- Bayer CropScience, 3500 Paramount Pkwy, Morrisville, NC 27560, USA.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
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Fondong VN, Nagalakshmi U, Dinesh-Kumar SP. Novel Functional Genomics Approaches: A Promising Future in the Combat Against Plant Viruses. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2016; 106:1231-1239. [PMID: 27392181 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-03-16-0145-fi] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Advances in functional genomics and genome editing approaches have provided new opportunities and potential to accelerate plant virus control efforts through modification of host and viral genomes in a precise and predictable manner. Here, we discuss application of RNA-based technologies, including artificial micro RNA, transacting small interfering RNA, and Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat-associated protein 9), which are currently being successfully deployed in generating virus-resistant plants. We further discuss the reverse genetics approach, targeting induced local lesions in genomes (TILLING) and its variant, known as EcoTILLING, that are used in the identification of plant virus recessive resistance gene alleles. In addition to describing specific applications of these technologies in plant virus control, this review discusses their advantages and limitations.
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- Vincent N Fondong
- First author: Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University, Dover; second author: Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis; and third author: Department of Plant Biology and The Genome Center, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis
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- First author: Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University, Dover; second author: Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis; and third author: Department of Plant Biology and The Genome Center, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis
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- First author: Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University, Dover; second author: Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis; and third author: Department of Plant Biology and The Genome Center, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis
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Yogindran S, Rajam MV. Artificial miRNA-mediated silencing of ecdysone receptor (EcR) affects larval development and oogenesis in Helicoverpa armigera. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 77:21-30. [PMID: 27476930 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2016.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Revised: 07/24/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The insect pests are real threat to farmers as they affect the crop yield to a great extent. The use of chemical pesticides for insect pest control has always been a matter of concern as they pollute the environment and are also harmful for human health. Bt (Bacillus thuringensis) technology helped the farmers to get rid of the insect pests, but experienced a major drawback due to the evolution of insects gaining resistance towards these toxins. Hence, alternative strategies are high on demand to control insect pests. RNA-based gene silencing is emerging as a potential tool to tackle with this problem. In this study, we have shown the use of artificial microRNA (amiRNA) to specifically target the ecdysone receptor (EcR) gene of Helicoverpa armigera (cotton bollworm), which attacks several important crops like cotton, tomato chickpea, pigeon pea, etc and causes huge yield losses. Insect let-7a precursor miRNA (pre-miRNA) backbone was used to replace the native miRNA with that of amiRNA. The precursor backbone carrying the 21 nucleotide amiRNA sequence targeting HaEcR was cloned in bacterial L4440 vector for in vitro insect feeding experiments. Larvae fed with Escherichia coli expressing amiRNA-HaEcR showed a reduction in the expression of target gene as well as genes involved in the ecdysone signaling pathway downstream to EcR and exhibited mortality and developmental defects. Stem-loop RT-PCR revealed the presence of amiRNA in the insect larvae after feeding bacteria expressing amiRNA-HaEcR, which was otherwise absent in controls. We also found a significant drop in the reproduction potential (oogenesis) of moths which emerged from treated larvae as compared to control. These results demonstrate the successful use of an insect pre-miRNA backbone to express amiRNA for gene silencing studies in insects. The method is cost effective and can be exploited as an efficient and alternative tool for insect pest management.
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- Sneha Yogindran
- Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Marg, New Delhi 110021, India
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- Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Marg, New Delhi 110021, India.
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Kamthan A, Chaudhuri A, Kamthan M, Datta A. Genetically modified (GM) crops: milestones and new advances in crop improvement. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2016; 129:1639-55. [PMID: 27381849 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-016-2747-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2016] [Accepted: 06/25/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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New advances in crop genetic engineering can significantly pace up the development of genetically improved varieties with enhanced yield, nutrition and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Genetically modified (GM) crops can act as powerful complement to the crops produced by laborious and time consuming conventional breeding methods to meet the worldwide demand for quality foods. GM crops can help fight malnutrition due to enhanced yield, nutritional quality and increased resistance to various biotic and abiotic stresses. However, several biosafety issues and public concerns are associated with cultivation of GM crops developed by transgenesis, i.e., introduction of genes from distantly related organism. To meet these concerns, researchers have developed alternative concepts of cisgenesis and intragenesis which involve transformation of plants with genetic material derived from the species itself or from closely related species capable of sexual hybridization, respectively. Recombinase technology aimed at site-specific integration of transgene can help to overcome limitations of traditional genetic engineering methods based on random integration of multiple copy of transgene into plant genome leading to gene silencing and unpredictable expression pattern. Besides, recently developed technology of genome editing using engineered nucleases, permit the modification or mutation of genes of interest without involving foreign DNA, and as a result, plants developed with this technology might be considered as non-transgenic genetically altered plants. This would open the doors for the development and commercialization of transgenic plants with superior phenotypes even in countries where GM crops are poorly accepted. This review is an attempt to summarize various past achievements of GM technology in crop improvement, recent progress and new advances in the field to develop improved varieties aimed for better consumer acceptance.
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- Ayushi Kamthan
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
- Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, 226 001, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Wagaba H, Patil BL, Mukasa S, Alicai T, Fauquet CM, Taylor NJ. Artificial microRNA-derived resistance to Cassava brown streak disease. J Virol Methods 2016; 231:38-43. [PMID: 26912232 PMCID: PMC4819903 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2016.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [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: 05/14/2015] [Revised: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Artificial miRNAs (amiRNA) were generated targeting conserved sequences within the genomes of the two causal agents of Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD): Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus (UCBSV). Transient expression studies on ten amiRNAs targeting 21nt conserved sequences of P1(CBSV and UCBSV), P3(CBSV and UCBSV), CI(UCBSV), NIb(CBSV and UCBSV), CP(UCBSV) and the un-translated region (3'-UTR) were tested in Nicotiana benthamiana. Four out of the ten amiRNAs expressed the corresponding amiRNA at high levels. Transgenic N. benthamiana plants were developed for the four amiRNAs targeting the P1 and NIb genes of CBSV and the P1 and CP genes of UCBSV and shown to accumulate miRNA products. Transgenic plants challenged with CBSV and UCBSV isolates showed resistance levels that ranged between ∼20-60% against CBSV and UCBSV and correlated with expression levels of the transgenically derived miRNAs. MicroRNAs targeting P1 and NIb of CBSV showed protection against CBSV and UCBSV, while amiRNAs targeting the P1 and CP of UCBSV showed protection against UCBSV but were less efficient against CBSV. These results indicate a potential application of amiRNAs for engineering resistance to CBSD-causing viruses in cassava.
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- Henry Wagaba
- National Crops Resources Research Institute, Namulonge, P.O. Box 7084, Kampala, Uganda; Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, University Rd, Kampala, Uganda
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- ICAR-National Research Center on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, University Rd, Kampala, Uganda
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- National Crops Resources Research Institute, Namulonge, P.O. Box 7084, Kampala, Uganda
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- Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali, Apartado Aéreo 6713, Cali, Colombia
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- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 North Warson Road, St. Louis, MO 63132, USA.
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Kis A, Tholt G, Ivanics M, Várallyay É, Jenes B, Havelda Z. Polycistronic artificial miRNA-mediated resistance to Wheat dwarf virus in barley is highly efficient at low temperature. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2016; 17:427-37. [PMID: 26136043 PMCID: PMC6638354 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12291] [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] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Infection of Wheat dwarf virus (WDV) strains on barley results in dwarf disease, imposing severe economic losses on crop production. As the natural resistance resources against this virus are limited, it is imperative to elaborate a biotechnological approach that will provide effective and safe immunity to a wide range of WDV strains. Because vector insect-mediated WDV infection occurs during cool periods in nature, it is important to identify a technology which is effective at lower temperature. In this study, we designed artificial microRNAs (amiRNAs) using a barley miRNA precursor backbone, which target different conservative sequence elements of the WDV strains. Potential amiRNA sequences were selected to minimize the off-target effects and were tested in a transient sensor system in order to select the most effective constructs at low temperature. On the basis of the data obtained, a polycistronic amiRNA precursor construct (VirusBuster171) was built expressing three amiRNAs simultaneously. The construct was transformed into barley under the control of a constitutive promoter. The transgenic lines were kept at 12-15 °C to mimic autumn and spring conditions in which major WDV infection and accumulation take place. We were able to establish a stable barley transgenic line displaying resistance to insect-mediated WDV infection. Our study demonstrates that amiRNA technology can be an efficient tool for the introduction of highly efficient resistance in barley against a DNA virus belonging to the Geminiviridae family, and this resistance is effective at low temperature where the natural insect vector mediates the infection process.
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Affiliation(s)
- András Kis
- National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre, Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Szent-Györgyi A. út 4, Gödöllő, H-2100, Hungary
- Crop Science PhD School, Plant Protection Programme, Szent István University, Páter Károly u. 1, Gödöllő, H-2100, Hungary
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- Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, , Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman Ottó út 15, Budapest, H-1022, Hungary
- Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1/C Pázmány Péter Sétány, Budapest, H-1117, Hungary
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- National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre, Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Szent-Györgyi A. út 4, Gödöllő, H-2100, Hungary
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- National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre, Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Szent-Györgyi A. út 4, Gödöllő, H-2100, Hungary
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- National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre, Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Szent-Györgyi A. út 4, Gödöllő, H-2100, Hungary
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- National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre, Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Szent-Györgyi A. út 4, Gödöllő, H-2100, Hungary
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Mitter N, Zhai Y, Bai AX, Chua K, Eid S, Constantin M, Mitchell R, Pappu HR. Evaluation and identification of candidate genes for artificial microRNA-mediated resistance to tomato spotted wilt virus. Virus Res 2016; 211:151-8. [PMID: 26454192 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2015.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2015] [Revised: 09/29/2015] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is an economically important viral pathogen of a wide range of field and horticultural crops. We developed an artificial microRNA (amiRNA) strategy against TSWV, targeting the nucleoprotein (N) and silencing suppressor (NSs) genes. The amiRNA constructs replaced the natural miRNA in a shortened Arabidopsis 173-nucleotide (nt) miR159a precursor backbone (athmiR159a) without the stem base extending beyond the miR/miR* duplex. Further, each amiRNA was modified to contain a mismatch (wobble) sequence at nucleotide position 12 and 13 on the complementary strand amiRNA*, mimicking the endogenous miR159a sequence structure. Transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana demonstrated that the introduction of a wobble sequence did not alter amiRNA expression levels. Following challenge inoculation with TSWV, plants expressing N-specific amiRNAs with or without the wobble remained asymptomatic and were negative for TSWV by ELISA. In contrast, plants expressing the NSs-specific amiRNAs were symptomatic and accumulated high levels of TSWV. Similar findings were obtained in stably transformed Nicotiana tabacum plants. Our results show that a shortened 173-nt athmiR159a backbone is sufficient to express amiRNAs and that the presence of mismatch at position 12-13 does not influence amiRNA expression or conferring of resistance. We also show that selection of target gene and positional effect are critical in amiRNA-based approach for introducing resistance. These findings open the possibility of employing the amiRNA approach for broad-spectrum resistance to tospoviruses as well as other viruses.
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Affiliation(s)
- Neena Mitter
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Queensland Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, University of Queensland, Ritchie Building, Research Road, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
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