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Ortolá B, Daròs JA. Viroids: Non-Coding Circular RNAs Able to Autonomously Replicate and Infect Higher Plants. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:biology12020172. [PMID: 36829451 PMCID: PMC9952643 DOI: 10.3390/biology12020172] [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: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Viroids are a unique type of infectious agent, exclusively composed of a relatively small (246-430 nt), highly base-paired, circular, non-coding RNA. Despite the small size and non-coding nature, the more-than-thirty currently known viroid species infectious of higher plants are able to autonomously replicate and move systemically through the host, thereby inducing disease in some plants. After recalling viroid discovery back in the late 60s and early 70s of last century and discussing current hypotheses about their evolutionary origin, this article reviews our current knowledge about these peculiar infectious agents. We describe the highly base-paired viroid molecules that fold in rod-like or branched structures and viroid taxonomic classification in two families, Pospiviroidae and Avsunviroidae, likely gathering nuclear and chloroplastic viroids, respectively. We review current knowledge about viroid replication through RNA-to-RNA rolling-circle mechanisms in which host factors, notably RNA transporters, RNA polymerases, RNases, and RNA ligases, are involved. Systemic movement through the infected plant, plant-to-plant transmission and host range are also discussed. Finally, we focus on the mechanisms of viroid pathogenesis, in which RNA silencing has acquired remarkable importance, and also for the initiation of potential biotechnological applications of viroid molecules.
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Viroids are small, single-stranded, circular RNAs infecting plants. Composed of only a few hundred nucleotides and being unable to code for proteins, viroids represent the lowest level of complexity for an infectious agent, even below that of the smallest known viruses. Despite the relatively small size, viroids contain RNA structural elements embracing all the information needed to interact with host factors involved in their infectious cycle, thus providing models for studying structure-function relationships of RNA. Viroids are specifically targeted to nuclei (family Pospiviroidae) or chloroplasts (family Avsunviroidae), where replication based on rolling-circle mechanisms takes place. They move locally and systemically through plasmodesmata and phloem, respectively, and may elicit symptoms in the infected host, with pathogenic pathways linked to RNA silencing and other plant defense responses. In this review, recent advances in the dissection of the complex interplay between viroids and plants are presented, highlighting knowledge gaps and perspectives for future research. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Virology, Volume 8 is September 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- Beatriz Navarro
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council of Italy; I-70126 Bari, Italy;
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants (UPV-CSIC), Polytechnic University of Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council of Italy; I-70126 Bari, Italy;
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Marquez‐Molins J, Gomez G, Pallas V. Hop stunt viroid: A polyphagous pathogenic RNA that has shed light on viroid-host interactions. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2021; 22:153-162. [PMID: 33305492 PMCID: PMC7814962 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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TAXONOMY Hop stunt viroid (HSVd) is the type species of the genus Hostuviroid (family Pospiviroidae). The other species of this genus is Dahlia latent viroid, which presents an identical central conserved region (CCR) but lacks other structural hallmarks present in Hop stunt viroid. HSVd replication occurs in the nucleus through an asymmetric rolling-circle model as in the other members of the family Pospiviroidae, which also includes the genera Pospiviroid, Cocadviroid, Apscaviroid, and Coleoviroid. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES Hop stunt viroid consists of a single-stranded, circular RNA of 295-303 nucleotides depending on isolates and sequence variants. The most stable secondary structure is a rod-like or quasi-rod-like conformation with two characteristic domains: a CCR and a terminal conserved hairpin similar to that of cocadviroids. HSVd lacks a terminal conserved region. HOSTS AND SYMPTOMS HSVd infects a very broad range of natural hosts and has been reported to be the causal agent of five different diseases (citrus cachexia, cucumber pale fruit, peach and plum apple apricot distortion, and hop stunt). It is distributed worldwide. TRANSMISSION HSVd is transmitted mechanically and by seed.
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- Joan Marquez‐Molins
- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat de ValènciaPaternaSpain
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de PlantasConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaValenciaSpain
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- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat de ValènciaPaternaSpain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de PlantasConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaValenciaSpain
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Seo H, Kim K, Park WJ. Effect of VIRP1 Protein on Nuclear Import of Citrus Exocortis Viroid (CEVd). Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11010095. [PMID: 33450991 PMCID: PMC7828392 DOI: 10.3390/biom11010095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Before replicating, Pospiviroidae viroids must move into the plant nucleus. However, the mechanisms of viroid nuclear import are not entirely understood. To study the nuclear import of viroids, we established a nuclear import assay system using onion cell strips and observed the import of Alexa Fluor-594-labeled citrus exocortis viroid (CEVd). To identify the plant factors involved in the nuclear import of viroids, we cloned the Viroid RNA-binding Protein 1 (VIRP1) gene from a tomato cultivar, Seokwang, and heterologously expressed and purified the VIRP1 protein. The newly prepared VIRP1 protein had alterations of amino acid residues at two points (H52R, A277G) compared with a reference VIRP1 protein (AJ249595). VIRP1 specifically bound to CEVd and promoted its nuclear import. However, it is still uncertain whether VIRP1 is the only factor required for the nuclear import of CEVd because CEVd entered the plant nuclei without VIRP1 in our assay system. The cause of the observed nuclear accumulation of CEVd in the absence of VIRP1 needs to be further clarified.
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Więsyk A, Lirski M, Fogtman A, Zagórski-Ostoja W, Góra-Sochacka A. Differences in gene expression profiles at the early stage of Solanum lycopersicum infection with mild and severe variants of potato spindle tuber viroid. Virus Res 2020; 286:198090. [PMID: 32634444 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Viroids with small, non-coding circular RNA genome can induce diseases in many plant species. The extend of infection symptoms depends on environmental conditions, viroid strain, and host plant species and cultivar. Pathogen recognition leads to massive transcriptional reprogramming to favor defense responses over normal cellular functions. To better understand the interaction between plant host and potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) variants that differ in their virulence, comparative transcriptomic analysis was performed by an RNA-seq approach. The changes of gene expression were analyzed at the time point when subtle symptoms became visible in plants infected with the severe PSTVd-S23 variant, while those infected with the mild PSTVd-M variant looked like non-infected healthy plants. Over 3000 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were recognized in both infections, but the majority of them were specific for infection with the severe variant. In both infections recognized DEGs were mainly related to biotic stress, hormone metabolism and signaling, transcription regulation, protein degradation, and transport. The DEGs related to cell cycle and microtubule were uniquely down-regulated only in the PSTVd-S23-infected plants. Similarly, expression of transcription factors from C2C2-GATA and growth-regulating factor (GRF) families was only altered upon infection with the severe variant. Both PSTVd variants triggered plant immune response; however expression of genes encoding crucial factors of this process was markedly more changed in the plants infected with the severe variant than in those with the mild one.
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- Aneta Więsyk
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland.
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Morozov SY, Solovyev AG. Emergence of Intronless Evolutionary Forms of Stress Response Genes: Possible Relation to Terrestrial Adaptation of Green Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:83. [PMID: 30792726 PMCID: PMC6374339 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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- Sergey Y. Morozov
- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- Department of Virology, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- *Correspondence: Sergey Y. Morozov
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- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- Department of Virology, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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Donchenko E, Trifonova E, Nikitin N, Atabekov J, Karpova O. Alternanthera mosaic potexvirus: Several Features, Properties, and Application. Adv Virol 2018; 2018:1973705. [PMID: 30018641 PMCID: PMC6029478 DOI: 10.1155/2018/1973705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Alternanthera mosaic virus (AltMV) is a typical member of the Potexvirus genus in its morphology and genome structure; still it exhibits a number of unique features. They allow this virus to be considered a promising object for biotechnology. Virions and virus-like particles (VLPs) of AltMV are stable in a wide range of conditions, including sera of laboratory animals. AltMV VLPs can assemble at various pH and ionic strengths. Furthermore, AltMV virions and VLPs demonstrate high immunogenicity, enhancing the immune response to the target antigen thus offering the possibility of being used as potential adjuvants. Recently, for the first time for plant viruses, we showed the structural difference between morphologically similar viral and virus-like particles on AltMV virions and VLPs. In this review, we discuss the features of AltMV virions, AltMV VLP assembly, and their structure and properties, as well as the characteristics of AltMV isolates, host plants, infection symptoms, AltMV isolation and purification, genome structure, viral proteins, and AltMV-based vectors.
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- Ekaterina Donchenko
- Department of Virology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Department of Virology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Department of Virology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Department of Virology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Department of Virology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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Więsyk A, Iwanicka-Nowicka R, Fogtman A, Zagórski-Ostoja W, Góra-Sochacka A. Time-Course Microarray Analysis Reveals Differences between Transcriptional Changes in Tomato Leaves Triggered by Mild and Severe Variants of Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid. Viruses 2018; 10:v10050257. [PMID: 29762480 PMCID: PMC5977250 DOI: 10.3390/v10050257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Viroids are small non-capsidated non-coding RNA replicons that utilize host factors for efficient propagation and spread through the entire plant. They can incite specific disease symptoms in susceptible plants. To better understand viroid-plant interactions, we employed microarray analysis to observe the changes of gene expression in “Rutgers” tomato leaves in response to the mild (M) and severe (S23) variants of potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd). The changes were analyzed over a time course of viroid infection development: (i) the pre-symptomatic stage; (ii) early symptoms; (iii) full spectrum of symptoms and (iv) the so-called ‘recovery’ stage, when stem regrowth was observed in severely affected plants. Gene expression profiles differed depending on stage of infection and variant. In S23-infected plants, the expression of over 3000 genes was affected, while M-infected plants showed 3-fold fewer differentially expressed genes, only 20% of which were specific to the M variant. The differentially expressed genes included many genes related to stress; defense; hormone metabolism and signaling; photosynthesis and chloroplasts; cell wall; RNA regulation, processing and binding; protein metabolism and modification and others. The expression levels of several genes were confirmed by nCounter analysis.
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- Aneta Więsyk
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; (A.W.); (R.I.-N.); (A.F.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; (A.W.); (R.I.-N.); (A.F.)
- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; (A.W.); (R.I.-N.); (A.F.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; (A.W.); (R.I.-N.); (A.F.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; (A.W.); (R.I.-N.); (A.F.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-22-592-34-08; Fax: +48-22-592-21-90
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Atabekova AK, Lazareva EA, Strelkova OS, Solovyev AG, Morozov SY. Mechanical stress-induced subcellular re-localization of N-terminally truncated tobacco Nt-4/1 protein. Biochimie 2018; 144:98-107. [PMID: 29097279 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2017.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The Nicotiana tabacum 4/1 protein (Nt-4/1) of unknown function expressed in plant vasculature has been shown to localize to cytoplasmic bodies associated with endoplasmic reticulum. Here, we analyzed molecular interactions of an Nt-4/1 mutant with a deletion of 90 N-terminal amino acid residues (Nt-4/1d90) having a diffuse GFP-like localization. Upon transient co-expression with VAP27, a membrane protein known to localize to the ER, ER-plasma membrane contact sites and plasmodesmata, Nt-4/1d90 was concentrated around the cortical ER tubules, forming a network matching the shape of the cortical ER. Additionally, in response to mechanical stress, Nt-4/1d90 was re-localized to small spherical bodies, whereas the subcellular localization of VAP27 remained essentially unaffected. The Nt-4/1d90-containing bodies associated with microtubules, which underwent noticeable bundling under the conditions of mechanical stress. The Nt-4/1d90 re-localization to spherical bodies could also be induced by incubation at an elevated temperature, although under heat shock conditions the re-localization was less efficient and incomplete. An Nt-4/1d90 mutant, which had phosphorylation-mimicking mutations in a predicted cluster of four potentially phosphorylated residues, was found to both inefficiently re-localize to spherical bodies and tend to revert back to the initial diffuse localization. The presented data show that Nt-4/1 has a potential for response to stresses that is manifested by its deletion mutant Nt-4/1d90, and this response can be mediated by protein dephosphorylation.
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- Anastasia K Atabekova
- Department of Virology, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Department of Virology, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia; Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Virology, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia; Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia.
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Pankratenko AV, Atabekova AK, Lazareva EA, Baksheeva VE, Zhironkina OA, Zernii EY, Owens RA, Solovyev AG, Morozov SY. Plant-specific 4/1 polypeptide interacts with an endoplasmic reticulum protein related to human BAP31. PLANTA 2017; 245:193-205. [PMID: 27714454 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-016-2601-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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MAIN CONCLUSION The plant-specific 4/1 protein interacts, both in yeast two-hybrid system and in vitro, and co-localizes in plant cells with plant BAP-like protein, the orthologue of human protein BAP31. In yeast two-hybrid system, we identified a number of Nicotiana benthamiana protein interactors of Nt-4/1, the protein known to affect systemic transport of potato spindle tuber viroid. For one of these interactors, an orthologue of human B-cell receptor-associated protein 31 (BAP31) termed plant BAP-like protein (PBL), the ability to interact with Nt-4/1 was studied in greater detail. Analyses of purified proteins expressed in bacterial cells carried out in vitro with the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) spectroscopy revealed that the N. tabacum PBL (NtPBL) was able to interact with Nt-4/1 with high-affinity, and that their complex can form at physiologically relevant concentrations of both proteins. Subcellular localization studies of 4/1-GFP and NtPBL-mRFP transiently co-expressed in plant cells revealed the co-localization of the two fusion proteins in endoplasmic reticulum-associated bodies, suggesting their interaction in vivo. The N-terminal region of the Nt-4/1 protein was found to be required for the specific subcellular targeting of the protein, presumably due to a predicted amphipathic helix mediating association of the Nt-4/1 protein with cell membranes. Additionally, this region was found to contain a trans-activator domain responsible for the Nt-4/1 ability to activate transcription of a reporter gene in yeast.
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- Anna V Pankratenko
- Department of Virology, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Department of Virology, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Department of Virology, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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- Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Department of Virology, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia.
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia.
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Morozov SY, Milyutina IA, Bobrova VK, Ryazantsev DY, Erokhina TN, Zavriev SK, Agranovsky AA, Solovyev AG, Troitsky AV. Structural evolution of the 4/1 genes and proteins in non-vascular and lower vascular plants. Biochimie 2015; 119:125-36. [PMID: 26542289 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2015] [Accepted: 10/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The 4/1 protein of unknown function is encoded by a single-copy gene in most higher plants. The 4/1 protein of Nicotiana tabacum (Nt-4/1 protein) has been shown to be alpha-helical and predominantly expressed in conductive tissues. Here, we report the analysis of 4/1 genes and the encoded proteins of lower land plants. Sequences of a number of 4/1 genes from liverworts, lycophytes, ferns and gymnosperms were determined and analyzed together with sequences available in databases. Most of the vascular plants were found to encode Magnoliophyta-like 4/1 proteins exhibiting previously described gene structure and protein properties. Identification of the 4/1-like proteins in hornworts, liverworts and charophyte algae (sister lineage to all land plants) but not in mosses suggests that 4/1 proteins are likely important for plant development but not required for a primary metabolic function of plant cell.
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- Sergey Y Morozov
- Department of Virology, Biological Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia; A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia.
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- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia
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- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia
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- M. M. Shemyakin and Yu. A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 16/10 Miklukho-Maklaya Str., Moscow 117997, Russia
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- M. M. Shemyakin and Yu. A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 16/10 Miklukho-Maklaya Str., Moscow 117997, Russia
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- M. M. Shemyakin and Yu. A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 16/10 Miklukho-Maklaya Str., Moscow 117997, Russia
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- Department of Virology, Biological Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia
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- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia
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Katsarou K, Rao ALN, Tsagris M, Kalantidis K. Infectious long non-coding RNAs. Biochimie 2015; 117:37-47. [PMID: 25986218 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Long non protein coding RNAs (lncRNAs) constitute a large category of the RNA world, able to regulate different biological processes. In this review we are focusing on infectious lncRNAs, their classification, pathogenesis and impact on the infected organisms. Here they are presented in two separate groups: 'dependent lncRNAs' (comprising satellites RNA, Hepatitis D virus and lncRNAs of viral origin) which need a helper virus and 'independent lncRNAs' (viroids) that can self-replicate. Even though these lncRNA do not encode any protein, their structure and/or sequence comprise all the necessary information to drive specific interactions with host factors and regulate several cellular functions. These new data that have emerged during the last few years concerning lncRNAs modify the way we understand molecular biology's 'central dogma' and give new perspectives for applications and potential therapeutic strategies.
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- Konstantina Katsarou
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521-01222, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
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Bani-Hashemian SM, Pensabene-Bellavia G, Duran-Vila N, Serra P. Phloem restriction of viroids in three citrus hosts is overcome by grafting with Etrog citron: potential involvement of a translocatable factor. J Gen Virol 2015; 96:2405-2410. [PMID: 25888624 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.000154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Viroid systemic spread involves cell-to-cell movement from initially infected cells via plasmodesmata, long-distance movement within the phloem and again cell-to-cell movement to invade distal tissues including the mesophyll. Citrus exocortis viroid (CEVd), hop stunt viroid, citrus bent leaf viroid, citrus dwarfing viroid, citrus bark cracking viroid and citrus viroid V remained phloem restricted when singly infecting Citrus karna, Citrus aurantium and Poncirus trifoliata, but not Etrog citron, where they were additionally detected in mesophyll protoplasts. However, when CEVd-infected C. karna was side-grafted with Etrog citron--with the resulting plants being composed of a C. karna stock and an Etrog citron branch--the viroid was detected in mesophyll protoplasts of the former, thus indicating that the ability of Etrog citron to support viroid invasion of non-vascular tissues was transferred to the stock. Further results suggest that a translocatable factor from Etrog citron mediates this viroid trafficking.
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- Seyed Mehdi Bani-Hashemian
- Departamento de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Apartado Oficial, 46113 Moncada, Valencia, Spain
- Iran Citrus Research Institute, 46915-335 Ramsar, Iran
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- Departamento de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Apartado Oficial, 46113 Moncada, Valencia, Spain
- José Morera S.L., Pl. Almansa 1-1°, 46001 Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Apartado Oficial, 46113 Moncada, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (UPV - CSIC), 46022 Valencia, Spain
- Departamento de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Apartado Oficial, 46113 Moncada, Valencia, Spain
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Viroids, the simplest RNA replicons: How they manipulate their hosts for being propagated and how their hosts react for containing the infection. Virus Res 2015; 209:136-45. [PMID: 25738582 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2015.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Revised: 02/23/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The discovery of viroids about 45 years ago heralded a revolution in Biology: small RNAs comprising around 350 nt were found to be able to replicate autonomously-and to incite diseases in certain plants-without encoding proteins, fundamental properties discriminating these infectious agents from viruses. The initial focus on the pathological effects usually accompanying infection by viroids soon shifted to their molecular features-they are circular molecules that fold upon themselves adopting compact secondary conformations-and then to how they manipulate their hosts to be propagated. Replication of viroids-in the nucleus or chloroplasts through a rolling-circle mechanism involving polymerization, cleavage and circularization of RNA strands-dealt three surprises: (i) certain RNA polymerases are redirected to accept RNA instead of their DNA templates, (ii) cleavage in chloroplastic viroids is not mediated by host enzymes but by hammerhead ribozymes, and (iii) circularization in nuclear viroids is catalyzed by a DNA ligase redirected to act upon RNA substrates. These enzymes (and ribozymes) are most probably assisted by host proteins, including transcription factors and RNA chaperones. Movement of viroids, first intracellularly and then to adjacent cells and distal plant parts, has turned out to be a tightly regulated process in which specific RNA structural motifs play a crucial role. More recently, the advent of RNA silencing has brought new views on how viroids may cause disease and on how their hosts react to contain the infection; additionally, viroid infection may be restricted by other mechanisms. Representing the lowest step on the biological size scale, viroids have also attracted considerable interest to get a tentative picture of the essential characteristics of the primitive replicons that populated the postulated RNA world.
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Kovalskaya N, Hammond RW. Molecular biology of viroid-host interactions and disease control strategies. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 228:48-60. [PMID: 25438785 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2014.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Revised: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Viroids are single-stranded, covalently closed, circular, highly structured noncoding RNAs that cause disease in several economically important crop plants. They replicate autonomously and move systemically in host plants with the aid of the host machinery. In addition to symptomatic infections, viroids also cause latent infections where there is no visual evidence of infection in the host; however, transfer to a susceptible host can result in devastating disease. While there are non-hosts for viroids, no naturally occurring durable resistance has been observed in most host species. Current effective control methods for viroid diseases include detection and eradication, and cultural controls. In addition, heat or cold therapy combined with meristem tip culture has been shown to be effective for elimination of viroids for some viroid-host combinations. An understanding of viroid-host interactions, host susceptibility, and non-host resistance could provide guidance for the design of viroid-resistant plants. Efforts to engineer viroid resistance into host species have been underway for several years, and include the use of antisense RNA, antisense RNA plus ribozymes, a dsRNase, and siRNAs, among others. The results of those efforts and the challenges associated with creating viroid resistant plants are summarized in this review.
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- Natalia Kovalskaya
- USDA ARS BARC Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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- USDA ARS BARC Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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What has been happening with viroids? Virus Genes 2014; 49:175-84. [DOI: 10.1007/s11262-014-1110-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Makarova SS, Solovyev AG, Morozov SY. RNA-binding properties of the plant protein Nt-4/1. BIOCHEMISTRY. BIOKHIMIIA 2014; 79:717-26. [PMID: 25108334 DOI: 10.1134/s000629791407013x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The tobacco α-helical protein Nt-4/1 with unknown function forms ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes in vitro. Results obtained by retardation of RNP complexes in agarose gel were confirmed by Western-Northern hybridization. Several deletion and point mutants of Nt-4/1 were constructed, and the RNA-binding site was mapped in a positively charged region of the C-terminal domain of the protein. The results of this study and those described earlier support our hypothesis of the participation of Nt-4/1 protein in spreading RNA-containing pathogens in the plant.
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- S S Makarova
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Biological Faculty, Moscow, 119234, Russia.
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Morozov SY, Makarova SS, Erokhina TN, Kopertekh L, Schiemann J, Owens RA, Solovyev AG. Plant 4/1 protein: potential player in intracellular, cell-to-cell and long-distance signaling. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:26. [PMID: 24611067 PMCID: PMC3933784 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Originally isolated as a result of its ability to interact with the movement protein of Tomato spotted wilt virus in a yeast two-hybrid system, the 4/1 protein is proving to be an excellent tool for studying intracellular protein trafficking and intercellular communication. Expression of 4/1 in vivo is tightly regulated, first appearing in the veins of the cotyledon and later in the vasculature of the leaf and stem in association with the xylem parenchyma and phloem parenchyma. Structural studies indicate that 4/1 proteins contain as many as five coiled-coil (CC) domains; indeed, the highest level of sequence identity among 4/1 proteins involves their C-terminal CC domains, suggesting that protein-protein interaction is important for biological function. Recent data predict that the tertiary structure of this C-terminal CC domain is strikingly similar to that of yeast protein She2p; furthermore, like She2p, 4/1 protein exhibits RNA-binding activity, and mutational analysis has shown that the C-terminal CC domain is responsible for RNA binding. The 4/1 protein contains a nuclear export signal. Additional microscopy studies involving leptomycin and computer prediction suggest the presence of a nuclear localization signal as well.
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- Sergey Y. Morozov
- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State UniversityMoscow, Russia
- *Correspondence: Sergey Y. Morozov, A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia e-mail:
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- Department of Virology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State UniversityMoscow, Russia
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- M. M. Shemyakin and Yu. A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow, Russia
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- Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn Institute – Federal Research Centre for Cultivated PlantsQuedlinburg, Germany
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- Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology, Julius Kühn Institute – Federal Research Centre for Cultivated PlantsQuedlinburg, Germany
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- A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State UniversityMoscow, Russia
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