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Jones RAC, Congdon BS. Australian Cool-Season Pulse Seed-Borne Virus Research: 1. Alfalfa and Cucumber Mosaic Viruses and Less Important Viruses. Viruses 2024; 16:144. [PMID: 38257844 PMCID: PMC10819373 DOI: 10.3390/v16010144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Here, we review the research undertaken since the 1950s in Australia's grain cropping regions on seed-borne virus diseases of cool-season pulses caused by alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV) and cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). We present brief background information about the continent's pulse industry, virus epidemiology, management principles and future threats to virus disease management. We then take a historical approach towards all past investigations with these two seed-borne pulse viruses in the principal cool-season pulse crops grown: chickpea, faba bean, field pea, lentil, narrow-leafed lupin and white lupin. With each pathosystem, the main focus is on its biology, epidemiology and management, placing particular emphasis on describing field and glasshouse experimentation that enabled the development of effective phytosanitary, cultural and host resistance control strategies. Past Australian cool-season pulse investigations with AMV and CMV in the less commonly grown species (vetches, narbon bean, fenugreek, yellow and pearl lupin, grass pea and other Lathyrus species) and those with the five less important seed-borne pulse viruses also present (broad bean stain virus, broad bean true mosaic virus, broad bean wilt virus, cowpea mild mottle virus and peanut mottle virus) are also summarized. The need for future research is emphasized, and recommendations are made regarding what is required.
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- Roger A. C. Jones
- UWA Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, South Perth, WA 6151, Australia;
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Ahmed R, Kaldis A, Voloudakis A. Silencing of a Nicotiana benthamiana ascorbate oxidase gene reveals its involvement in resistance against cucumber mosaic virus. Planta 2024; 259:38. [PMID: 38227024 PMCID: PMC10791908 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-023-04313-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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MAIN CONCLUSION Silencing of an ascorbate oxidase (AO) gene in N. benthamiana enhanced disease severity from cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), showing higher accumulation and expansion of the spreading area of CMV. A Nicotiana benthamiana ascorbate oxidase (NbAO) gene was found to be induced upon cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) infection. Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) was employed to elucidate the function of AO in N. benthamiana. The tobacco rattle virus (TRV)-mediated VIGS resulted in an efficient silencing of the NbAO gene, i.e., 97.5% and 78.8% in relative quantification as compared to the control groups (TRV::eGFP- and the mock-inoculated plants), respectively. In addition, AO enzymatic activity decreased in the TRV::NtAO-silenced plants as compared to control. TRV::NtAO-mediated NbAO silencing induced a greater reduction in plant height by 15.2% upon CMV infection. CMV titer at 3 dpi was increased in the systemic leaves of NbAO-silenced plants (a 35-fold change difference as compared to the TRV::eGFP-treated group). Interestingly, CMV and TRV titers vary in different parts of systemically infected N. benthamiana leaves. In TRV::eGFP-treated plants, CMV accumulated only at the top half of the leaf, whereas the bottom half of the leaf was "occupied" by TRV. In contrast, in the NbAO-silenced plants, CMV accumulated in both the top and the bottom half of the leaf, suggesting that the silencing of the NbAO gene resulted in the expansion of the spreading area of CMV. Our data suggest that the AO gene might function as a resistant factor against CMV infection in N. benthamiana.
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- Reshma Ahmed
- Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Biometry, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855, Athens, Greece
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, 785013, India
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- Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Biometry, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Biometry, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855, Athens, Greece.
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Yang J, Lan PX, Wang Y, Li JM, Li R, Wylie S, Chen XJ, Yang GH, Cai H, Li F. Virome Analysis of Aconitum carmichaelii Reveals Infection by Eleven Viruses, including Two Potentially New Species. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:15558. [PMID: 37958540 PMCID: PMC10650655 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242115558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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Aconitum carmichaelii is a herbaceous herb indigenous to China that has been cultivated for traditional medicine for centuries. Virus-like symptoms of A. carmichaelii plants were observed on leaves in some A. carmichaelii plantations in Zhanyi and Wuding Counties, Yunnan Province, southwest China. High-throughput sequencing (HTS) was performed on 28 symptomatic plants, and the results revealed infection with 11 viruses, including 2 novel viruses and 9 previously described viruses: Aconitum amalgavirus 1 (AcoAV-1), aconite virus A (AcVA), cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), currant latent virus (CuLV), apple stem grooving virus (ASGV), chilli veinal mottle virus (ChiVMV), tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus (TSWV), tobacco vein distorting virus (TVDV), and potato leafroll virus (PLRV). Two novel viruses tentatively named Aconitum potyvirus 1 and Aconitum betapartitivirus 1, were supported by sequence and phylogenetic analysis results of their genomes. We proposed the names Potyvirus aconiti and Betapartitivirus aconiti. RT-PCR assays of 142 plants revealed the predominance and widespread distribution of CMV, AcVA, and AcoPV-1 in plantations. The detection of isolates of CuLV, ASGV, ChiVMV, TSWV, TVDV, and PLRV infections for the first time in A. carmichaelii expands their known host ranges.
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- Jie Yang
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- USDA-ARS, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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- Plant Biotechnology Research Group (Virology), Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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Brine TJ, Viswanathan SB, Murphy AM, Pate AE, Wamonje FO, Carr JP. Investigating the interactions of endornaviruses with each other and with other viruses in common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris. Virol J 2023; 20:216. [PMID: 37737192 PMCID: PMC10515030 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-023-02184-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Plant viruses of the genus Alphaendornavirus are transmitted solely via seed and pollen and generally cause no apparent disease. It has been conjectured that certain plant endornaviruses may confer advantages on their hosts through improved performance (e.g., seed yield) or resilience to abiotic or biotic insult. We recently characterised nine common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) varieties that harboured either Phaseolus vulgaris endornavirus (PvEV1) alone, or PvEV1 in combination with PvEV2 or PvEV1 in combination with PvEV2 and PvEV3. Here, we investigated the interactions of these endornaviruses with each other, and with three infectious pathogenic viruses: cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), bean common mosaic virus (BCMV), and bean common mosaic necrosis virus (BCMNV). RESULTS In lines harbouring PvEV1, PvEV1 and PvEV2, or PvEV1, PvEV2 plus PvEV3, the levels of PvEV1 and PvEV3 RNA were very similar between lines, although there were variations in PvEV2 RNA accumulation. In plants inoculated with infectious viruses, CMV, BCMV and BCMNV levels varied between lines, but this was most likely due to host genotype differences rather than to the presence or absence of endornaviruses. We tested the effects of endornaviruses on seed production and seedborne transmission of infectious pathogenic viruses but found no consistent relationship between the presence of endornaviruses and seed yield or protection from seedborne transmission of infectious pathogenic viruses. CONCLUSIONS It was concluded that endornaviruses do not interfere with each other's accumulation. There appears to be no direct synergy or competition between infectious pathogenic viruses and endornaviruses, however, the effects of host genotype may obscure interactions between endornaviruses and infectious viruses. There is no consistent effect of endornaviruses on seed yield or susceptibility to seedborne transmission of other viruses.
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- Thomas J Brine
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
- Pest and Pathogen Ecology, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, East Malling, ME19 6BJ, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK.
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Gan X, Zhang W, Lan S, Hu D. Novel Cyclized Derivatives of Ferulic Acid as Potential Antiviral Agents through Activation of Photosynthesis. J Agric Food Chem 2023; 71:1369-1380. [PMID: 36626162 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c06422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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To further develop new antiviral agents, several novel cyclized derivatives of ferulic acid were designed and synthesized. Their antiviral activities were evaluated against the cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV), and tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). The results showed that some ferulic acid derivatives exhibited desirable antiviral activities. Particularly, compound 5e exhibited excellent protective activities against CMV, PMMoV, and TSWV, with EC50 values of 167.2, 102.5, and 145.8 μg mL-1, respectively, which were superior to those obtained for trans-ferulic acid (581.7, 611.2, and 615.4 μg mL-1), dufulin (312.6, 302.5, and 298.2 μg mL-1), and ningnanmycin (264.3, 282.5, and 276.5 μg mL-1). Thereafter, the protective mechanisms of 5e were evaluated through photosynthesis evaluation, transcriptome profiling, and proteomic analysis. The results indicated that 5e significantly activated the expression levels of photosynthesis-related regulatory genes and proteins in tobacco plants and promoted the accumulation of defense molecules to resist viral infection. Thus, the findings of this study indicated that novel cyclized ferulic acid derivatives are potential antiviral agents that act via regulating photosynthesis in the host.
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- Xiuhai Gan
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China
- School of Biological Sciences, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang 550018, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China
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Cao X, Liu J, Pang J, Kondo H, Chi S, Zhang J, Sun L, Andika IB. Common but Nonpersistent Acquisitions of Plant Viruses by Plant-Associated Fungi. Viruses 2022; 14:v14102279. [PMID: 36298833 PMCID: PMC9611831 DOI: 10.3390/v14102279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2022] [Revised: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Investigating a virus’s host range and cross-infection is important for better understanding the epidemiology and emergence of viruses. Previously, our research group discovered a natural infection of a plant RNA virus, cumber mosaic virus (genus Cucumovirus, family Bromoviridae), in a plant pathogenic basidiomycetous fungus, Rhizoctonia solani, isolated from a potato plant grown in the field. Here, we further extended the study to investigate whether similar cross-infection of plant viruses occurs widely in plant-associated fungi in natural conditions. Various vegetable plants such as spinach, leaf mustard, radish, celery, and other vegetables that showed typical virus-like diseases were collected from the fields in Shandong Province, China. High-throughput sequencing revealed that at least 11 known RNA viruses belonging to different genera, including Potyvirus, Fabavirus, Polerovirus, Waikavirus, and Cucumovirus, along with novel virus candidates belonging to other virus genera, infected or associated with the collected vegetable plants, and most of the leaf samples contained multiple plant viruses. A large number of filamentous fungal strains were isolated from the vegetable leaf samples and subjected to screening for the presence of plant viruses. RT-PCR and Sanger sequencing of the PCR products revealed that among the 169 fungal strains tested, around 50% were carrying plant viruses, and many of the strains harbored multiple plant viruses. The plant viruses detected in the fungal isolates were diverse (10 virus species) and not limited to particular virus genera. However, after prolonged maintenance of the fungal culture in the laboratory, many of the fungal strains have lost the virus. Sequencing of the fungal DNA indicated that most of the fungal strains harboring plant viruses were related to plant pathogenic and/or endophytic fungi belonging to the genera Alternaria, Lecanicillium, and Sarocladium. These observations suggest that the nonpersistent acquisition of plant viruses by fungi may commonly occur in nature. Our findings highlight a possible role for fungi in the life cycle, spread, and evolution of plant viruses.
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- Xinran Cao
- College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- University Library, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki 710-0046, Japan
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- College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
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- College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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Zhao W, Wang L, Liu M, Zhang D, Andika IB, Zhu Y, Sun L. A Reduced Starch Level in Plants at Early Stages of Infection by Viruses Can Be Considered a Broad-Range Indicator of Virus Presence. Viruses 2022; 14:1176. [PMID: 35746648 PMCID: PMC9227243 DOI: 10.3390/v14061176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The diagnosis of virus infection can facilitate the effective control of plant viral diseases. To date, serological and molecular methods for the detection of virus infection have been widely used, but these methods have disadvantages if applied for broad-range and large-scale detection. Here, we investigated the effect of infection of several different plant RNA and DNA viruses such as cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), potato virus X (PVX), potato virus Y (PVY) and apple geminivirus on starch content in leaves of Nicotiana benthamiana. Analysis showed that virus infection at an early stage was generally associated with a reduction in starch accumulation. Notably, a reduction in starch accumulation was readily apparent even with a very low virus accumulation detected by RT-PCR. Furthermore, we also observed that the infection of three latent viruses in propagative apple materials was associated with a reduction in starch accumulation levels. Analysis of transcriptional expression showed that some genes encoding enzymes involved in starch biosynthesis were downregulated at the early stage of CMV, TMV, PVX and PVY infections, suggesting that virus infection interferes with starch biosynthesis in plants. Our findings suggest that assessing starch accumulation levels potentially serve as a broad-range indicator for the presence of virus infection.
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- Wanying Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China; (W.Z.); (L.W.)
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China; (W.Z.); (L.W.)
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- Yangling Sub-Center of National Center for Apple Improvement, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, China; (M.L.); (D.Z.)
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- Yangling Sub-Center of National Center for Apple Improvement, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, China; (M.L.); (D.Z.)
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- College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China;
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China; (W.Z.); (L.W.)
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Zhao L, Hu D, Wu Z, Wei C, Wu S, Song B. Coumarin Derivatives Containing Sulfonamide and Dithioacetal Moieties: Design, Synthesis, Antiviral Activity, and Mechanism. J Agric Food Chem 2022; 70:5773-5783. [PMID: 35532345 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c00672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is currently a known plant virus with the most hosts, broadest distribution, and economic hazard. To develop new antiviral drugs against this serious virus, a new range of coumarin derivatives containing sulfonamide and dithioacetal structures were designed and synthesized, and their anti-CMV activities were detected by the half-leaf dead spot method. The results of the biological activity assay showed that most of the compounds exhibited outstanding anti-CMV activity. Especially, compound C23 displayed the optimal in vivo anti-CMV activity, with an EC50 value of 128 μg/mL, which was remarkably better than that of COS (781 μg/mL) and ningnanmycin (436 μg/mL). Excitingly, we found that compound C23 could be a promising plant activator that significantly increased defense-related enzyme activities and the tobacco chlorophyll content. Furthermore, compound C23 enhanced defense responses against viral infection by inducing the abscisic acid (ABA) pathway in tobacco. This work established a basis for multifunction pesticide discovery involving mechanism of action study and structure optimization.
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- Lei Zhao
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Huaxi District, Guiyang 550025, China
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Yuan T, Wang Z, Liu D, Zeng H, Liang J, Hu D, Gan X. Ferulic acid derivatives with piperazine moiety as potential antiviral agents. Pest Manag Sci 2022; 78:1749-1758. [PMID: 35001496 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Revised: 12/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plant virus diseases are difficult to control and severely threaten the productivity of crops, which leads to huge financial losses. To discover the new antiviral drugs, 34 novel ferulic acid derivatives with piperazine moiety were synthesized, and the antiviral activities were systematically screened as well. RESULTS Bioassay results indicated that most of the target compounds had outstanding antiviral activities against tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) in vivo. In particular, compound E2 exhibited remarkable curative activities to TMV and CMV with EC50 values of 189.0 and 401.7 μg/mL compared to those for ningnanmycin (387.0, 519.3 μg/mL) and ribavirin (542.1, 721.5 μg/mL). And then the mechanisms of compound E2 were studied by chlorophyll content, differentially expressed proteins and genes tests. CONCLUSION The excellent antiviral activity of compound E2 was closely associated with the increase in host photosynthesis, which was confirmed by chlorophyll content, differentially expressed proteins and genes assays. Compound E2 can be considered as a lead structure for the discovery of new antiviral agents. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Ting Yuan
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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Han H, Wang Y, Zheng T, Peng Q, Qiu L, Hu X, Lin H, Xi D. NtAGO1 positively regulates the generation and viral resistance of dark green islands in Nicotiana tabacum. Plant Physiol Biochem 2022; 174:1-10. [PMID: 35121480 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Dark green islands (DGIs) are the outcome of post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) in antiviral immunity, but their characteristics related to PTGS remain largely unknown. In this study, the cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) was inoculated on Nicotiana tabacum plants to explore the PTGS features of DGIs. Our results showed that higher expressions of PTGS-associated genes, especially NtAGO1, present in DGIs. To investigate the role of NtAGO1 in the generation and the antiviral effect of DGIs, NtAGO1 was then over-expressed or knocked out in N. tabacum plants through agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation. The results showed that more DGIs with larger areas appeared on NtAGO1 over-expressed plants, accompanied by less virus accumulation, less reactive oxygen species production, and seldom membrane damage, whereas fewer DGIs appeared on NtAGO1 knockout plants with more damage on infected plants. In addition, the NtAGO1-participated antiviral process could promote the transduction of the salicylic acid-mediated defense pathway. Taken together, our results indicate that DGIs are maintained by a stronger PTGS mechanism, and NtAGO1 positively regulates the generation and viral resistance of DGIs in N. tabacum.
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- Hongyan Han
- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, China.
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Elsharkawy MM, Elsawy MM, Ismail IA. Mechanism of resistance to Cucumber mosaic virus elicited by inoculation with Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis. Pest Manag Sci 2022; 78:86-94. [PMID: 34437749 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Systemic resistance stimulated by rhizosphere bacteria is an important strategy for the management of plant viruses. The efficacy of Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis was assessed for protection of cucumber and Arabidopsis against Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). Moreover, transcriptomic analysis was carried out for A. thaliana colonized with B. subtilis subsp. subtilis and infected with CMV. RESULTS Treatment with a cell suspension of Bacillus revealed a significant reduction of CMV severity in comparison to their control. All Arabidopsis mutants treated with B. subtilis showed a clear reduction in CMV accumulation. Disease severity data and virus concentration titer measurements correlated with gene up-regulation in microarray and reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) experiments. Bacillus treatment increased Arabidopsis growth characteristics (fresh and dry weights and number of leaflets) under pot conditions. The molecular mechanisms by which Bacillus activated resistance to CMV were investigated. Using the microarray hybridization technique, we were able to determine the mechanism of resistance elicited by B. subtilis against CMV. The transcriptomic analysis confirmed the up-regulation of more than 250 defense-related genes in Arabidopsis expressing induced systemic resistance (ISR). RT-qPCR results validated the overexpression of defense genes (YLS9 and PR1 in Arabidopsis and PR1 and LOX in cucumber), implying their important roles in the stimulated defense response. CONCLUSION Through the study of microarray and RT-qPCR analyses, it can be concluded that the overexpression of pathogenesis-related genes was necessary to stimulate CMV defense in cucumber and Arabidopsis by B. subtilis subsp. subtilis. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Mohsen M Elsharkawy
- Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr Elsheikh, Egypt
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- Plant Virology and Phytoplasma Research Department, Plant Pathology Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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Kuepper A, McLoughlin NM, Neubacher S, Yeste-Vázquez A, Collado Camps E, Nithin C, Mukherjee S, Bethge L, Bujnicki JM, Brock R, Heinrichs S, Grossmann TN. Constrained peptides mimic a viral suppressor of RNA silencing. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:12622-12633. [PMID: 34871435 PMCID: PMC8682738 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab1149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The design of high-affinity, RNA-binding ligands has proven very challenging. This is due to the unique structural properties of RNA, often characterized by polar surfaces and high flexibility. In addition, the frequent lack of well-defined binding pockets complicates the development of small molecule binders. This has triggered the search for alternative scaffolds of intermediate size. Among these, peptide-derived molecules represent appealing entities as they can mimic structural features also present in RNA-binding proteins. However, the application of peptidic RNA-targeting ligands is hampered by a lack of design principles and their inherently low bio-stability. Here, the structure-based design of constrained α-helical peptides derived from the viral suppressor of RNA silencing, TAV2b, is described. We observe that the introduction of two inter-side chain crosslinks provides peptides with increased α-helicity and protease stability. One of these modified peptides (B3) shows high affinity for double-stranded RNA structures including a palindromic siRNA as well as microRNA-21 and its precursor pre-miR-21. Notably, B3 binding to pre-miR-21 inhibits Dicer processing in a biochemical assay. As a further characteristic this peptide also exhibits cellular entry. Our findings show that constrained peptides can efficiently mimic RNA-binding proteins rendering them potentially useful for the design of bioactive RNA-targeting ligands.
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- Arne Kuepper
- Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society, Dortmund 44227, Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Dortmund 44227, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen 6525 GA, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Warsaw 02-109, Poland
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Warsaw 02-109, Poland
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- Silence Therapeutics GmbH, Robert-Rössle-Str. 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Warsaw 02-109, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen 6525 GA, The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 293, Bahrain
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- University Hospital Essen, Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Essen 45147, Germany
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- Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society, Dortmund 44227, Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Dortmund 44227, Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
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Montes N, Vijayan V, Pagán I. Host population structure for tolerance determines the evolution of plant-virus interactions. New Phytol 2021; 231:1570-1585. [PMID: 33997993 PMCID: PMC8362011 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Heterogeneity for plant defences determines both the capacity of host populations to buffer the effect of infection and the pathogen´s fitness. However, little information is known on how host population structure for tolerance, a major plant defence, impacts the evolution of plant-pathogen interactions. By performing 10 serial passages of Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) in Arabidopsis thaliana populations with varying proportion of tolerant genotypes simulating different structures for this trait, we analysed how host heterogeneity for this defence shapes the evolution of both virus multiplication, the effect of infection on plant fecundity and mortality, and plant tolerance and resistance. Results indicated that a higher proportion of tolerant genotypes in the host population promotes virus multiplication and reduces the effect of infection on plant mortality, but not on plant fecundity. These changes resulted in more effective plant tolerance to virus infection. Conversely, a lower proportion of tolerant genotypes reduced virus multiplication, boosting plant resistance. Our work for the first time provides evidence of the main role of host population structure for tolerance on pathogen evolution and on the subsequent feedback loops on plant defences.
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- Nuria Montes
- Fisiología VegetalDepartamento Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la SaludFacultad de FarmaciaUniversidad San Pablo‐CEU UniversitiesBoadilla del Monte (Madrid)28668Spain
- Servicio de ReumatologíaHospital Universitario de la PrincesaInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IIS‐IP)Madrid28008Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas UPM‐INIA and ETS Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de BiosistemasUniversidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid28223Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas UPM‐INIA and ETS Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de BiosistemasUniversidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid28223Spain
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Soltani N, Staton M, Gwinn KD. Response of bitter and sweet Chenopodium quinoa varieties to cucumber mosaic virus: Transcriptome and small RNASeq perspective. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0244364. [PMID: 33621238 PMCID: PMC7901783 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Saponins are secondary metabolites with antiviral properties. Low saponin (sweet) varieties of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) have been developed because seeds high in saponins taste bitter. The aim of this study was to elucidate the role of saponin in resistance of quinoa to Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). Differential gene expression was studied in time-series study of CMV infection. High-throughput transcriptome sequence data were obtained from 36 samples (3 varieties × +/- CMV × 1 or 4 days after inoculation × 3 replicates). Translation, lipid, nitrogen, amino acid metabolism, and mono- and sesquiterpenoid biosynthesis genes were upregulated in CMV infections. In 'Red Head' (bitter), CMV-induced systemic symptoms were concurrent with downregulation of a key saponin biosynthesis gene, TSARL1, four days after inoculation. In local lesion responses (sweet and semi-sweet), TSARL1 levels remained up-regulated. Known microRNAs (miRNA) (81) from 11 miR families and 876 predicted novel miRNAs were identified. Differentially expressed miRNA and short interfering RNA clusters (24nt) induced by CMV infection are predicted to target genomic and intergenic regions enriched in repetitive elements. This is the first report of integrated RNASeq and sRNASeq data in quinoa-virus interactions and provides comprehensive understanding of involved genes, non-coding regions, and biological pathways in virus resistance.
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- Nourolah Soltani
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Chaturvedi S, Rao ALN. Studying RNA-Protein Interaction Using Riboproteomics. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2170:213-218. [PMID: 32797461 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0743-5_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Protein-protein interactions (PPI) are vital in regulating the biological and physiological functions in a given cell or organism. Proteomics, in conjunction with bioinformatic tools, represents the study involving the characterization of the protein content of the genome of a given biological system. Like PPI, an interaction between either coding or noncoding RNA and a complex set of host proteins protein plays an essential role in gene expression at translational, posttranscriptional, and epigenetic level. Although a wide range of techniques such as shotgun proteomics, MuDPIT, etc. are available for characterizing PII, those for characterizing RNA-protein interactions are infancy. Given the significance of the long noncoding RNAs (lnc-RNA) in plant biology, it is imperative to isolate and characterize the functionality of the host proteome interacting with RNA. In this context, riboproteomics approach becomes a valuable tool to study these interactions. Here, using a noncoding plant pathogenic satellite-RNA (Sat-RNA) of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) as an RNA source, we describe a stepwise protocol for identifying the host proteome interacting specifically with the Sat-RNA. This protocol streamlines steps starting from in vitro transcription of RNA, preparation of RNA affinity column, preparation of cell lysate from Nicotiana benthamiana leaves infected with the Sat-RNA followed by the Co-IP and preparation of samples for LC-MS/MS. We believe this approach is applicable to a wide range of RNAs of any nature associated with eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms.
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- Sonali Chaturvedi
- Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA.
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Yang X, Das PP, Oppenheimer P, Zhou G, Wong SM. iTRAQ-based protein analysis provides insight into heterologous superinfection exclusion with TMV-43A against CMV in tobacco (Nicotiana benthamiana) plants. J Proteomics 2020; 229:103948. [PMID: 32858166 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2020.103948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2020] [Revised: 07/25/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Heterologous superinfection exclusion (HSE) is a phenomenon of an initial virus infection which prevents reinfection by a distantly related or unrelated challenger virus strain in the same host. Here, we demonstrate that a mild strain mutant of Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV-43A) can protect Nicotiana benthamiana plants against infection by a challenger Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)-Fny strain. The isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification (iTRAQ) technique was used to investigate proteome of N. benthamiana plant during HSE. Our results indicated that in superinfected plants, the PSI and PSII proteins in the photosynthetic pathway increased in abundance, providing sufficient energy to plants for survival. The fatty acid synthesis-related proteins acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1-like and fatty acid synthase were decreased in abundance, affecting the formation of virus replication complex, which in turn reduced CMV replication and lessen hijacking of basic building blocks of RNA transcription and protein synthesis required for normal host functions. This is the first analyses of host proteins that are correlated to HSE between two unrelated plant viruses TMV-43A and CMV in N. benthamiana plants. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE: CMV is one of the most studied host-virus interaction models in plants. It infects both monocot and dicot crop plants, causing significant economic losses. Superinfection exclusion (also known as cross protection) is one of the methods to combat virus infection. However, there is lack of proteome information of heterologous superinfection exclusion between two taxonomically unrelated plant viruses (such as between CMV and TMV). An iTRAQ-based quantitative approach was used to study proteomics of superinfection, where TMV-43A acts as a protector of N. benthamiana plants against its challenger CMV. Results showed that TMV-43A protects host plants and prevents plant death from CMV infection. This study provided insights into host responses involving multiple host pathways: photosynthesis, plant defence, carbon metabolism, translation and protein processing, fatty acid metabolism and amino acid biosynthesis. The findings provide a reference database for other viruses and increase our knowledge in host proteins that are correlated to superinfection.
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- Xin Yang
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore; Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, Singapore 117604, Singapore; National University of Singapore Suzhou Research Institute, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
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Li Z, Xiang J, Hu D, Song B. Naturally potential antiviral agent polysaccharide from Dendrobium nobile Lindl. Pestic Biochem Physiol 2020; 167:104598. [PMID: 32527430 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.104598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A polysaccharide DNPE6(11) was purified from Dendrobium nobile Lindl. (D. nobile Lindl.). Its structural characteristic, antiviral activity, and preliminary mechanism were studied. The structural characteristic analysis indicated that DNPE6(11) was a novel homogenous heteropolysaccharide from D. nobile Lindl. Bioactivity assays indicated that DNPE6(11) possessed outstanding curative and inactivating activities against cucumber mosaic virus, which were superior to chitosan oligosaccharide and lentinan. Additionally, DNPE6(11) exhibited notable protective activity against potato virus Y, which was better than Ningnanmycin. Furthermore, the preliminary mechanism study found that DNPE6(11) cannot accumulate salicylic acid to induce systemic acquired resistance, but had a strong binding capacity for cucumber mosaic virus coat protein. Therefore, DNPE6(11) could be considered as a promising antiviral agent to study in the future.
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- Zhurui Li
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering/Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering/Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering/Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering/Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
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Elsharkawy MM, Suga H, Shimizu M. Systemic resistance induced by Phoma sp. GS8-3 and nanosilica against Cucumber mosaic virus. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:19029-19037. [PMID: 30328040 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-3321-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is a very serious hazard to vegetable production worldwide. This study is focused on evaluation of resistance stimulated by the plant growth-promoting fungus, Phoma sp. GS8-3, or nanosilica against CMV under pot and field conditions. The specific aim was to illustrate the mechanism of resistance stimulated by GS8-3 against CMV using microarray technology. Treatments with GS8-3 as well as nanosilica significantly decreased CMV severity and titer in tobacco and cucumber under pot and field conditions, respectively. Growth characters of tobacco and cucumber were significantly increased due to GS8-3 inoculation followed by nanosilica compared with control and BTH treatments. Microarray results showed highly upregulation of defense-related genes expression specially those related to heat shock proteins. Therefore, GS8-3 as well as nanosilica is suitable to serve as effective inducers against CMV in cucumber plants.
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- Mohsen Mohamed Elsharkawy
- Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr Elsheikh, 33516, Egypt.
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- Life Science Research Center, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City, 501-1193, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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Rendina N, Nuzzaci M, Scopa A, Cuypers A, Sofo A. Chitosan-elicited defense responses in Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)-infected tomato plants. J Plant Physiol 2019; 234-235:9-17. [PMID: 30640158 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2019.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The control of plant diseases by inducing plant resistance responses represents an interesting solution to avoid yield losses and protect the natural environment. Hence, the intertwined relationships between host, pathogen and inducer are increasingly subject of investigations. Here, we report the efficacy of chitosan-elicited defense responses in Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme plants against Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). Chitosan was applied via foliar spray before the CMV inoculation to verify its effectiveness as a preventive treatment against the viral infection. Virus accumulation, photosynthetic performance, as well as genes encoding for proteins affecting resistance responses and biosynthetic pathways, were investigated. It was observed a significant reduction of CMV accumulation in chitosan-treated plants that were successively infected with CMV, compared to only CMV-infected ones (up to 100%). Similarly, a positive effect of chitosan on gas exchange dynamics was revealed. The analysis of gene expression (CEVI-1, NPR1, PSY2 and PAL5) suggested the occurrence of chitosan-induced, systemic acquired resistance-related responses associated with a readjustment of the plant's oxidative status. In addition, the absence of deleterious symptoms in chitosan-treated successively CMV-infected plants, confirmed that chitosan can be used as a powerful control agent. Our data indicate that chitosan, when preventively applied, is able to elicit defense responses in tomato to control CMV infection. Such finding may be recommended to protect the tomato fruit yields as well as other crops.
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- Nunzia Rendina
- School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, Viale dell' Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy.
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- School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, Viale dell' Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy.
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- School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, Viale dell' Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy.
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- Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan, Building D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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- School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, Viale dell' Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy.
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Guo G, Wang S, Liu J, Pan B, Diao W, Ge W, Gao C, Snyder JC. Rapid identification of QTLs underlying resistance to Cucumber mosaic virus in pepper (Capsicum frutescens). Theor Appl Genet 2017; 130:41-52. [PMID: 27650192 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-016-2790-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Next-generation sequencing enabled a fast discovery of QTLs controlling CMV resistant in pepper. The gene CA02g19570 as a possible candidate gene of qCmr2.1 was identified for resistance to CMV in pepper. Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is one of the most important viruses infecting pepper, but the genetic basis of CMV resistance in pepper is elusive. In this study, we identified a candidate gene for CMV resistance QTL, qCmr2.1 through SLAF-seq. Segregation analysis in F2, BC1 and F2:3 populations derived from a cross between two inbred lines 'PBC688' (CMV-resistant) and 'G29' (CMV-susceptible) suggested quantitative inheritance of resistance to CMV in pepper. Genome-wide comparison of SNP profiles between the CMV-resistant and CMV-susceptible bulks constructed from an F2 population identified two QTLs, designated as qCmr2.1 on chromosome 2 and qCmr11.1 on chromosome 11 for resistance to CMV in PBC688, which were confirmed by InDel marker-based classical QTL mapping in the F2 population. As a major QTL, joint SLAF-seq and traditional QTL analysis delimited qCmr2.1 to a 330 kb genomic region. Two pepper genes, CA02g19570 and CA02g19600, were identified in this region, which are homologous with the genes LOC104113703, LOC104248995, LOC102603934 and LOC101248357, which were predicted to encode N-like protein associated with TMV-resistant in Solanum crops. Quantitative RT-PCR revealed higher expression levels of CA02g19570 in CMV resistance genotypes. The CA02g19600 did not exhibit obvious regularity in expression patterns. Higher relative expression levels of CA02g19570 in PBC688 and F1 were compared with those in G29 during days after inoculation. These results provide support for CA02g19570 as a possible candidate gene of qCmr2.1 for resistance to CMV in pepper.
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- Guangjun Guo
- Institute of Vegetable Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Vegetable Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Nanjing, 210014, China.
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- Institute of Vegetable Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Vegetable Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Vegetable Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Vegetable Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Vegetable Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40546-0091, USA
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Sun D, Zhang X, Li S, Jiang CZ, Zhang Y, Niu L. LrABCF1, a GCN-type ATP-binding cassette transporter from Lilium regale, is involved in defense responses against viral and fungal pathogens. Planta 2016; 244:1185-1199. [PMID: 27485641 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-016-2576-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The L. regale ATP-binding cassette transporter gene, LrABCF1 belonging to GCN subfamily, functions as a positive regulator of plant defense against Cucumber mosaic virus, Tobacco rattle virus , and Botrytis cinerea in petunia. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are essential for membrane translocation in diverse biological processes, such as plant development and defense response. Here, a general control non-derepressible (GCN)-type ABC transporter gene, designated LrABCF1, was identified from Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)-induced cDNA library of L. regale. LrABCF1 was up-regulated upon inoculation with CMV and Lily mottle virus (LMoV). Salicylic acid (SA) and ethylene (ET) application and treatments with abiotic stresses such as cold, high salinity, and wounding increased the transcript abundances of LrABCF1. Constitutive overexpression of LrABCF1 in petunia (Petunia × hybrida) resulted in an impairment of plant growth and development. LrABCF1 overexpression conferred reduced susceptibility to CMV, Tobacco rattle virus (TRV), and B. cinerea infection in transgenic petunia plants, accompanying by elevated transcripts of PhGCN2 and a few defense-related genes in SA-signaling pathway. Our data indicate that LrABCF1 positively modulates viral and fungal resistance.
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- Daoyang Sun
- College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, People's Republic of China
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, People's Republic of China
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, People's Republic of China
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- Crops Pathology and Genetic Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, People's Republic of China.
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Groen SC, Jiang S, Murphy AM, Cunniffe NJ, Westwood JH, Davey MP, Bruce TJA, Caulfield JC, Furzer OJ, Reed A, Robinson SI, Miller E, Davis CN, Pickett JA, Whitney HM, Glover BJ, Carr JP. Virus Infection of Plants Alters Pollinator Preference: A Payback for Susceptible Hosts? PLoS Pathog 2016; 12:e1005790. [PMID: 27513727 PMCID: PMC4981420 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Plant volatiles play important roles in attraction of certain pollinators and in host location by herbivorous insects. Virus infection induces changes in plant volatile emission profiles, and this can make plants more attractive to insect herbivores, such as aphids, that act as viral vectors. However, it is unknown if virus-induced alterations in volatile production affect plant-pollinator interactions. We found that volatiles emitted by cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)-infected tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and Arabidopsis thaliana plants altered the foraging behaviour of bumblebees (Bombus terrestris). Virus-induced quantitative and qualitative changes in blends of volatile organic compounds emitted by tomato plants were identified by gas chromatography-coupled mass spectrometry. Experiments with a CMV mutant unable to express the 2b RNA silencing suppressor protein and with Arabidopsis silencing mutants implicate microRNAs in regulating emission of pollinator-perceivable volatiles. In tomato, CMV infection made plants emit volatiles attractive to bumblebees. Bumblebees pollinate tomato by 'buzzing' (sonicating) the flowers, which releases pollen and enhances self-fertilization and seed production as well as pollen export. Without buzz-pollination, CMV infection decreased seed yield, but when flowers of mock-inoculated and CMV-infected plants were buzz-pollinated, the increased seed yield for CMV-infected plants was similar to that for mock-inoculated plants. Increased pollinator preference can potentially increase plant reproductive success in two ways: i) as female parents, by increasing the probability that ovules are fertilized; ii) as male parents, by increasing pollen export. Mathematical modeling suggested that over a wide range of conditions in the wild, these increases to the number of offspring of infected susceptible plants resulting from increased pollinator preference could outweigh underlying strong selection pressures favoring pathogen resistance, allowing genes for disease susceptibility to persist in plant populations. We speculate that enhanced pollinator service for infected individuals in wild plant populations might provide mutual benefits to the virus and its susceptible hosts.
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- Simon C. Groen
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- University of Bristol, School of Biological Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Tahmasebi A, Dizadji A, Farhoudi F, Allahyari H, Koohi-Habibi M. Comparative transmission of two cucumber mosaic virus isolates by two color morphs of Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris). Acta Virol 2016; 56:139-43. [PMID: 22720705 DOI: 10.4149/av_2012_02_139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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UNLABELLED Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is one of the most important legume-infecting viruses, which is transmitted effectively by pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (Hem: Aphididae). Transmission efficiency of two CMV isolates (As and Kh from cowpea and bean hosts, resp.) by red and green color morphs of pea aphid were evaluated on bean plants. Triple-antibody sandwich ELISA (TAS-ELISA) using CMV-specific monoclonal antibodies revealed that both CMV isolates belonged to the serotype II. Bean plants inoculated by viruliferous aphids were assayed by double-antibody sandwich ELISA (DAS-ELISA) at 16 days post inoculation (dpi). The results showed that the transmission rate of CMV-As by the red morph was significantly higher than by the green morph, resulting in significantly higher transmission rate of the virus (As + Kh) by the red morph than by the green morph, with p≤ 0.1. Similarly, the efficiency of CMV transmission by the red morph of A. pisum was higher than the efficiency of transmission by the green morph. The higher transmission rate and efficiency of CMV by red pea aphid would be important in the epidemiology. Based on these results, we hypothesize that the transmission efficiency of CMV is affected more by the difference in transmission determinants of A. pisum color morphs than by the sequence of virus coat protein determinants. KEYWORDS Aphididae; Bromoviridae; color polymorphism; transmission efficiency.
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Esseili MA, Chin A, Saif L, Miller SA, Qu F, Lewis Ivey ML, Wang Q. Postharvest Survival of Porcine Sapovirus, a Human Norovirus Surrogate, on Phytopathogen-Infected Leafy Greens. J Food Prot 2015; 78:1472-80. [PMID: 26219360 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-14-518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Leafy greens are increasingly being recognized as an important vehicle for human noroviruses (HuNoV), which cause recurring gastroenteritis outbreaks. Leafy greens often become infected by phytopathogens in the field, which may cause symptoms on the edible parts. Whether plant pathogen infections enhance the survival of HuNoV on leafy greens is unknown. Lettuce and spinach plants were infected with a bacterium, Xanthomonas campestris pv. vitians strain 701a, and with Cucumber mosaic virus strain Fny, respectively. The survival rate of porcine sapovirus (SaV), a HuNoV surrogate, on infected and noninfected postharvest leaves was then assessed. In addition, acibenzolar-S-methyl, a commercial chemical elicitor of plant systemic defense, was used to assess whether stimulating the plant host defense affects the postharvest survival of SaV. Leaves harvested from control and treated plants were inoculated with SaV and incubated for 7 days at 4°C. The infectivity (tissue culture infectious dose affecting 50% of the culture [TCID50]/ml) and RNA (genomic equivalent/ml) titers of SaV were assayed using immunohistochemistry staining and SaV-specific TaqMan real-time reverse transcription PCR. Our results showed that cucumber mosaic virus Fny induced mild, nonnecrotic symptoms on spinach leaves and had no effect on SaV survival. In contrast, X. campestris pv. vitians 701a induced small localized necrotic lesions and significantly enhanced SaV survival on lettuce leaves. Treatment with acibenzolar-S-methyl was effective in reducing X. campestris pv. vitians 701a-induced lesions on infected lettuce plants but had no direct effect on SaV survival when used on healthy lettuce plants. These findings indicate that phytopathogen-induced necrotic lesions may enhance the postharvest survival of HuNoV on lettuce leaves. Therefore, preventive measures aiming to maintain healthy plants and minimize preharvest biological damage are expected to improve the safety of leafy greens.
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- Malak A Esseili
- Food Animal Health Research Program, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, USA
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- The Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, USA
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- Food Animal Health Research Program, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, USA
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- The Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, USA
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- The Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, USA
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- The Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, USA; The Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA.
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- Food Animal Health Research Program, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, USA.
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Lošdorfer Božič A, Siber A, Podgornik R. How simple can a model of an empty viral capsid be? Charge distributions in viral capsids. J Biol Phys 2012; 38:657-71. [PMID: 24615225 PMCID: PMC3473132 DOI: 10.1007/s10867-012-9278-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2012] [Accepted: 07/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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We investigate and quantify salient features of the charge distributions on viral capsids. Our analysis combines the experimentally determined capsid geometry with simple models for ionization of amino acids, thus yielding a detailed description of spatial distribution for positive and negative charges across the capsid wall. The obtained data is processed in order to extract the mean radii of distributions, surface charge densities, as well as dipole moment densities. The results are evaluated and examined in light of previously proposed models of capsid charge distributions, which are shown to have to some extent limited value when applied to real viruses.
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- Anže Lošdorfer Božič
- Department of Theoretical Physics, Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia,
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Hosseinzadeh H, Nasrollanejad S, Khateri H. First report of cucumber mosaic virus subgroups i and ii on soybean, pea, and eggplant in iran. Acta Virol 2012; 56:145-8. [PMID: 22720706 DOI: 10.4149/av_2012_02_145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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UNLABELLED Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) has the widest host range (> 1000 plant species) of any known plant virus, a large number of vector species, and a wide geographical distribution. A survey was conducted to determine the incidence of CMV of subgroups I and II on selected host crops in northern Iran. A total of 935 leaf samples from 10 host crops (tomato, pea, tobacco, soybean, watermelon, broad bean, squash, cucumber, eggplant, and lettuce) showing virus disease-like symptoms were collected in 12 cities of Golestan and Mazandaran provinces (northern Iran) during 2009 and 2010. Among the field samples tested by double-antibody sandwich ELISA (DAS-ELISA), 275 samples were found to be infected by CMV. These were subsequently evaluated by compound ELISA with monoclonal antibodies. We found that 198 samples were infected by subgroup I, 98 samples by subgroup II and 45 samples by both virus subgroups. Twenty-four samples showed no reaction in compound ELISA. In presented paper, CMV subgroups I and II (CMV-I and CMV-II) have been reported for the first time on soybean, pea and eggplant in Iran, with subgroup I being dominant in the north of the country. KEYWORDS CMV; subgroups I and II; compound ELISA; monoclonal antibody.
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Malter D, Wolf S. Melon phloem-sap proteome: developmental control and response to viral infection. Protoplasma 2011; 248:217-224. [PMID: 20924770 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-010-0215-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2010] [Accepted: 09/22/2010] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In addition to small molecules such as sugars and amino acids, phloem sap contains macromolecules, including mRNA and proteins. It is generally assumed that all molecules in the phloem sap are on the move from source to sink, but recent evidence suggests that the macromolecules' direction of movement can be controlled by endogenous plant mechanisms. To test the hypothesis that the phloem-sap protein profile is affected by local metabolic activities, we analyzed the phloem-sap proteome in young and mature tissues of melon plants. We also examined the effect of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) infection and expression of CMV movement protein in transgenic melon plants on the phloem protein profile. Sap collected from cut sections of young stems or petioles contained specific proteins that were absent from sap collected from mature stems or petioles. Most of these proteins were involved in defense response and protection from oxidative stress, suggesting that they play a role in maintaining safe activity of the sieve tubes in young tissues. Phloem sap collected from CMV-infected plants and transgenic plants expressing the CMV movement protein contained only a few additional proteins with molecular masses of 18 to 75 kDa. Here again, most of the additional proteins were associated with stress responses. Our study indicated that the proteome of phloem sap is dynamic and under developmental control. Entry and exit of proteins from the sieve tube can be regulated at the tissue level. Moreover, the plant can maintain regulation of protein trafficking from companion cells to sieve elements under viral infection or other perturbations in plasmodesmal function.
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- Dikla Malter
- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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Fu X, Ye L, Kang L, Ge F. Elevated CO2 shifts the focus of tobacco plant defences from cucumber mosaic virus to the green peach aphid. Plant Cell Environ 2010; 33:2056-64. [PMID: 20626646 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02205.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Elevation in CO(2) concentration broadly impacts plant physiological characteristics, which influences herbivores and biotrophic pathogens, which in turn regulate the plant defensive response. In this study, responses of tobacco plants to stress in the form of the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), or cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), or both aphid and CMV combined were investigated in open-top chambers under ambient and elevated CO(2) concentrations. We measured aboveground biomass and foliar chlorophyll, nitrogen, non-structural carbohydrates, soluble protein, total amino acid and nicotine content in tobacco plants and also measured aphid population dynamics, body weight, honeydew production and anti-oxidative enzyme activities in individual aphids. Plants produced more secondary metabolites for defence in both CO(2) treatments when treated with aphid and CMV combined than with either alone. Aphid density significantly increased on CMV-infected tobacco plants (relative to uninfected plants) under ambient CO(2) but not under elevated CO(2). This suggests that plant defences against virus and aphid would be more efficient under elevated CO(2). Plant defence appears to shift from plant virus to aphid under increasing CO(2) levels, which highlights the potential influences of multiple biotic stressors on plants under elevated CO(2).
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- Xue Fu
- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Essafi A, Díaz-Pendón JA, Moriones E, Monforte AJ, Garcia-Mas J, Martín-Hernández AM. Dissection of the oligogenic resistance to Cucumber mosaic virus in the melon accession PI 161375. Theor Appl Genet 2009; 118:275-84. [PMID: 18825359 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-008-0897-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2008] [Accepted: 09/12/2008] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Resistance to Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) in the exotic melon accession PI 161375, cultivar "Sonwang Charmi" (SC) had previously been described as oligogenic, recessive and quantitative, with a major QTL residing in linkage group XII (LGXII). We have used a collection of near isogenic lines (NILs) with introgressions of SC into the genome of the susceptible accession Piel de Sapo (PS) to further characterise this resistance. Infection of NILs carrying introgressions on LGXII showed that only NIL SC12-1 was resistant to CMV strains P9 and P104.82, but not to strains M6 and TL. Further mapping of this region showed that the resistance, named cmv1 maps in an area of 2.2 cM, between markers CMN61_44 and CMN21_55. Moreover, cmv1 confers total resistance to strains P9 and P104.82, indicating that in these cases it is not quantitative and that cmv1 is sufficient to confer full resistance to these CMV strains. Candidate gene mapping of ten translation initiation factors in the melon genome failed to find any of them in the interval between markers CMN61_44 and CMN21_55. All these results suggest that the resistance to CMV present in SC is oligogenic, where different loci confer resistance to different CMV strains, but not necessarily quantitative, since at least one of these genes (cmv1) confers total resistance, similar to that of the parental SC, and does not need the contribution of other loci.
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- Ali Essafi
- IRTA, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica CSIC-IRTA-UAB, Carretera de Cabrils, Km 2, 08348, Cabrils, Barcelona, Spain
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Nagamatsu A, Masuta C, Senda M, Matsuura H, Kasai A, Hong JS, Kitamura K, Abe J, Kanazawa A. Functional analysis of soybean genes involved in flavonoid biosynthesis by virus-induced gene silencing. Plant Biotechnol J 2007; 5:778-90. [PMID: 17764520 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2007.00288.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a powerful tool for functional analysis of genes in plants. A wide-host-range VIGS vector, which was developed based on the Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), was tested for its ability to silence endogenous genes involved in flavonoid biosynthesis in soybean. Symptomless infection was established using a pseudorecombinant virus, which enabled detection of specific changes in metabolite content by VIGS. It has been demonstrated that the yellow seed coat phenotype of various cultivated soybean lines that lack anthocyanin pigmentation is induced by natural degradation of chalcone synthase (CHS) mRNA. When soybean plants with brown seed coats were infected with a virus that contains the CHS gene sequence, the colour of the seed coats changed to yellow, which indicates that the naturally occurring RNA silencing is reproduced by VIGS. In addition, CHS VIGS consequently led to a decrease in isoflavone content in seeds. VIGS was also tested on the putative flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase (F3'H) gene in the pathway. This experiment resulted in a decrease in the content of quercetin relative to kaempferol in the upper leaves after viral infection, which suggests that the putative gene actually encodes the F3'H protein. In both experiments, a marked decrease in the target mRNA and accumulation of short interfering RNAs were detected, indicating that sequence-specific mRNA degradation was induced. The present report is a successful demonstration of the application of VIGS for genes involved in flavonoid biosynthesis in plants; the CMV-based VIGS system provides an efficient tool for functional analysis of soybean genes.
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- Atsushi Nagamatsu
- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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Sudhakar N, Nagendra-Prasad D, Mohan N, Murugesan K. Induction of systemic resistance in Lycopersicon esculentum cv. PKM1 (tomato) against Cucumber mosaic virus by using ozone. J Virol Methods 2006; 139:71-7. [PMID: 17055071 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2006.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2006] [Revised: 09/16/2006] [Accepted: 09/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Studies were undertaken to evaluate ozone (O(3)) for induction of resistance against Cucumber mosaic virus in Lycopersicon esculentum cv. PKM1 (tomato) plants. Callus induced from tomato leaf explants on Murashige & Skoog's (MS) medium supplemented with benzyladenine (8.82 microM) were treated with different concentrations of ozone T(1), T(2), T(3) and for control (C), filtered air was supplied. Regeneration of shoots was obtained by culturing ozone treated calli on MS medium containing 17.3 microM benzyladenine. The frequency of regeneration of tomato plants from the callus were T(1)=79%, T(2)=61%, T(3)=42%, but for control 90% regeneration was obtained. Regenerated plants were rooted in half strength MS medium supplemented with 10 microM indole-butyric acid and successfully acclimatized. The plants regenerated from ozone treated callus are referred to as T(1), T(2) and T(3) plants, which hold remarkably increased soluble phenolic content compared to the control plants. All the plants were challenged by mechanical inoculation with Cucumber mosaic virus, shows disease incidence ranged from T(1)=32%, T(2)=56%, T(3)=78% and C=94%. Remarkable increase in activities of salicylic acid (SA), phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) and peroxidase (POX) were detected after Cucumber mosaic virus inoculation, in foliar extracts of T(1) plants than T(2) and T(3), compared to the control plants.
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- N Sudhakar
- Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, India.
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Adenot X, Elmayan T, Lauressergues D, Boutet S, Bouché N, Gasciolli V, Vaucheret H. DRB4-dependent TAS3 trans-acting siRNAs control leaf morphology through AGO7. Curr Biol 2006; 16:927-32. [PMID: 16682354 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.03.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 289] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2005] [Revised: 02/28/2006] [Accepted: 03/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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trans-acting siRNAs (ta-siRNAs) are endogenous RNAs that direct the cleavage of complementary mRNA targets . TAS gene transcripts are cleaved by miRNAs; the cleavage products are protected against degradation by SGS3, copied into dsRNA by RDR6, and diced into ta-siRNAs by DCL4 . We describe hypomorphic rdr6 and sgs3 Arabidopsis mutants, which do not exhibit the leaf developmental defects observed in null mutants and which, like null alleles, are impaired in sense-transgene-induced posttranscriptional gene silencing and virus resistance. Null rdr6 and sgs3 mutants lack TAS1, TAS2, and TAS3 ta-siRNAs and overaccumulate ARF3/ETTIN and ARF4 mRNAs, which are TAS3 ta-siRNA targets. A hypomorphic rdr6 mutant accumulates wild-type TAS3 ta-siRNA levels but not TAS1 and TAS2 ta-siRNAs, suggesting that TAS3 is required for proper leaf development. Consistently, tas3 but not tas1 or tas2 mutants exhibits leaf morphology defects, and ago7/zip and drb4 mutants, which exhibit leaf morphology defects, lack TAS3 but not TAS1 and TAS2 ta-siRNAs in leaves. These results indicate that the dsRNA binding protein DRB4 is required for proper ta-siRNA production, presumably by interacting with DCL4, an interaction analogous to that of HYL1 with DCL1 during miRNA production , and that TAS3 ta-siRNAs are required for proper leaf development through the action of AGO7/ZIPPY.
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- Xavier Adenot
- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France
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Ooi A, Tan S, Mohamed R, Rahman NA, Othman RY. The full-length clone of cucumber green mottle mosaic virus and its application as an expression system for Hepatitis B surface antigen. J Biotechnol 2006; 121:471-81. [PMID: 16271415 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2005.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2005] [Revised: 07/19/2005] [Accepted: 08/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A cucumber green mosaic mottle virus (CGMMV) full-length clone was developed for the expression of Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). The expression of the surface displayed HBsAg by the chimeric virus was confirmed through a double antibody sandwich ELISA. Assessment of the coat protein composition of the chimeric virus particles by SDS-PAGE analysis showed that 50% of the coat proteins were fused to the HBsAg. Biological activity of the expressed HBsAg was assessed through the stimulation of in vitro antibody production by cultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). PBMC that were cultured in the presence of the chimeric virus showed up to an approximately three-fold increase in the level of anti HBsAg immunoglobulin thus suggesting the possible use of this new chimeric virus as an effective Hepatitis B vaccine.
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- Aikseng Ooi
- Institute of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Krishnan R, McDonald KA, Dandekar AM, Jackman AP, Falk B. Expression of recombinant trichosanthin, a ribosome-inactivating protein, in transgenic tobacco. J Biotechnol 2002; 97:69-88. [PMID: 12052684 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1656(02)00058-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Trichosanthin (TCS) is an antiviral plant defense protein, classified as a type-I ribosome-inactivating protein, found in the root tuber and leaves of the medicinal plant Trichosanthes kirilowii. It is processed from a larger precursor protein, containing a 23 amino acid amino (N)-terminal sequence (pre sequence) and a 19 amino acid carboxy (C)-terminal extension (pro sequence). Various constructs of the TCS gene were expressed in transgenic tobacco plants to determine the effects of the amino- and carboxy-coding gene sequences on TCS expression and host toxicity in plants. The maximum TCS expression levels of 2.7% of total soluble protein (0.05% of total dry weight) were obtained in transgenic tobacco plants carrying the complete prepro-TCS gene sequence under the Cauliflower mosaic virus 35S RNA promoter. The N-terminal sequence matched the native TCS sequence indicating that the T. kirilowii signal sequence was properly processed in tobacco and the protein translation inhibitory activity of purified rTCS was similar to native TCS. One hundred-fold lower expression levels and phenotypic aberrations were evident in plants expressing the gene constructs without the C-terminal coding sequence. Transgenic tobacco plants expressing recombinant TCS exhibited delayed symptoms of systemic infection following exposure to Cucumber mosaic virus and Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). Local lesion assays using extracts from the infected transgenic plants indicated reduced levels of TMV compared with nontransgenic controls.
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- Rajesh Krishnan
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Sánchez MV, Agüero R, Rivera C. [Host plants of Aphis gossypii (Aphididae), vector of virus of Cucumis melo melon (Cucurbitaceae) in Costa Rica]. REV BIOL TROP 2001; 49:305-11. [PMID: 11795159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023] Open
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Plant species associated with commercial melon crops and surrounding areas were examined to identity the natural host plants of Aphis gossypii Glover. The study was conducted in two farms located in different melon production areas and plant life zones of Costa Rica. Plant species diversity, percent coverage and distribution over time were recorded during one year. Differences between locations were observed. A total of 86 plant species (49 families) and 72 plant species (40 families) were identified associated to the crop in farms A and B, respectively. In both farms a total of 24 species plants (16 families) were colonized by A. gossypii and 16 (10 families) are new reports of host plant species for this aphid. The new reports are: Justicia comata, Tetramerium nervosum, Alternanthera pubiflora, Cassia massoni, C. reticulata, Cleome viscosa, C. spinosa, Croton argenteus, Caperonia palustris, Chamaesyce gyssopilopia, Phyllantus amarus, Sida decumbens, Ludwigia erecta, Passiflora foetida, Guazuma ulmifolia and Corchorus orinocensis.
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- M V Sánchez
- Centro de Investigación en Biología Celular y Molecular (CIBCM), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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Mourrain P, Béclin C, Elmayan T, Feuerbach F, Godon C, Morel JB, Jouette D, Lacombe AM, Nikic S, Picault N, Rémoué K, Sanial M, Vo TA, Vaucheret H. Arabidopsis SGS2 and SGS3 genes are required for posttranscriptional gene silencing and natural virus resistance. Cell 2000; 101:533-42. [PMID: 10850495 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80863-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 711] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Posttranscriptional gene silencing (PTGS) in plants resuits from the degradation of mRNAs and shows phenomenological similarities with quelling in fungi and RNAi in animals. Here, we report the isolation of sgs2 and sgs3 Arabidopsis mutants impaired in PTGS. We establish a mechanistic link between PTGS, quelling, and RNAi since the Arabidopsis SGS2 protein is similar to an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase like N. crassa QDE-1, controlling quelling, and C. elegans EGO-1, controlling RNAi. In contrast, SGS3 shows no significant similarity with any known or putative protein, thus defining a specific step of PTGS in plants. Both sgs2 and sgs3 mutants show enhanced susceptibility to virus, definitively proving that PTGS is an antiviral defense mechanism that can also target transgene RNA for degradation.
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- P Mourrain
- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Versailles, France
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Pflieger S, Lefebvre V, Caranta C, Blattes A, Goffinet B, Palloix A. Disease resistance gene analogs as candidates for QTLs involved in pepper-pathogen interactions. Genome 1999. [PMID: 10659776 DOI: 10.1139/gen-42-6-1100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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Whereas resistance genes (R-genes) governing qualitative resistance have been isolated and characterized, the biological roles of genes governing quantitative resistance (quantitative trait loci, QTLs) are still unknown. We hypothesized that genes at QTLs could share homologies with cloned R-genes. We used a PCR-based approach to isolate R-gene analogs (RGAs) with consensus primers corresponding with conserved domains of cloned R-genes: (i) the nucleotide binding site (NBS) and hydrophobic domain, and (ii) the kinase domain. PCR-amplified fragments were sequenced and mapped on a pepper intraspecific map. NBS-containing sequences of pepper, most similar to the N gene of tobacco, were classified into seven families and all mapped in a unique region covering 64 cM on the Noir chromosome. Kinase domain containing sequences and cloned R-gene homologs (Pto, Fen, Cf-2) were mapped on four different linkage groups. A QTL involved in partial resistance to cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) with an additive effect was closely linked or allelic to one NBS-type family. QTLs with epistatic effects were also detected at several RGA loci. The colocalizations between NBS-containing sequences and resistance QTLs suggest that the mechanisms of qualitative and quantitative resistance may be similar in some cases.
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- S Pflieger
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes, Domaine Saint-Maurice, Montfavet, France
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Several discrete peptides that bind specifically to the coat protein of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) were isolated from a diverse phage library displaying random nonapeptides on the major coat protein VIII. Enrichment was shown by polyclonal phage enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) after three rounds of selection. Sequencing of the genes encoding 10 of these peptides revealed an absence of any conserved motifs, although nine of them contained a high proportion of proline residues. Some of the selected peptides were displayed at the N-terminus of thioredoxin and expressed in the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli. Both the phage-displayed and thioredoxin-fusion versions of the peptides could detect purified CMV and CMV present in crude leaf extracts from infected plants. By dot blot analysis, a thioredoxin-peptide fusion could readily detect as little as 5 ng of CMV. The peptides did not bind to other plant viruses. These peptides have been shown to be specific and highly sensitive tools in the detection of CMV and, as well as their diagnostic potential, they could form the basis for a novel disease resistance strategy.
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- K C Gough
- Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicestershire, UK.
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The major components of the 2-5A system, responsible for the mammalian interferon-induced antiviral response, are the 2',5' oligoadenylate synthetase (2-5Aase) and 2',5' oligoadenylate (2-5A) dependent ribonuclease (RNase L). Transgenic tobacco plants expressing these two enzyme activities were produced by crossing the transgenic plants expressing RNase L with those expressing 2-5Aase. The double transgenic plants showed complete resistance against cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), infection with necrotic spots only forming on the virus-inoculated leaf. On the other hand, although plants inoculated with potato virus Y (PVY) formed necrotic spots on the inoculated leaf and virus amplification could not be detected, all plants died within 20 days of inoculation. The transgenic tobacco plants expressing either 2-5Aase or RNase L activity showed typical disease symptoms with CMV- or PVY-inoculation. These results suggest that the introduced 2-5A system is activated in tobacco cells by dsRNA, the replicating intermediates of RNA viruses, leading to death of the host cells, which has not been observed in mammalian cells.
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- T Ogawa
- Central Laboratories for Key Technology, Kanagawa, Japan
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Cooper B, Dodds JA. Differences in the subcellular localization of tobacco mosaic virus and cucumber mosaic virus movement proteins in infected and transgenic plants. J Gen Virol 1995; 76 ( Pt 12):3217-21. [PMID: 8847533 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-76-12-3217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Our study reveals differences in the way that tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) movement proteins (MPs) partition with cellular components separated into four fractions from different aged leaves of infected and transgenic plants. Immunoblot analyses showed that TMV and CMV MPs associated predominantly with components in the cell wall fractions from leaves of transgenic plants. In infected tissue, highest levels of TMV MP were found in the organelle fractions from young and middle-aged leaves whereas most of the CMV MP was found in the detergent wash of the cell wall fraction. These results remained consistent even when plants were doubly infected with TMV and CMV. These results imply that MPs of plant viruses from different taxonomic groups differentially associate with subcellular components and that MP produced by a viral infection is targeted to additional subcellular destinations than MP produced in transgenic plants.
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- B Cooper
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside 92521, USA
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RUBIN BA, ZELENEVA IV. [CHANGES OF THE CYTOCHROME OXIDASE AND PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY IN CUCUMBER LEAVES INFECTED WITH THE CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS]. Dokl Akad Nauk SSSR 1964; 157:720-2. [PMID: 14262615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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MUEHLE E, SCHUMANN K. [ON THE PRESENCE OF CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS (MARMOR CUCUMERIS H.) ON ECHINACEA PURPUREA (L.) MOENCH]. Pharmazie 1964; 19:417-21. [PMID: 14257861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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X-ray scattering data are presented on solutions of wild cucumber mosaic virus and the associated "top component" particles which have little or no RNA. The radii of gyration are 112 A and 135 A for bottom and top component, respectively. The radial density distribution within each particle is calculated by Fourier inversion of the scattered amplitudes. The virus particle or bottom component has approximately uniform density with an outer radius of about 140 A. The transform of the top component shows an almost hollow center extending out to 105 A with a surrounding shell of high density about 35 A thick. Thus the RNA would appear to occupy the region inside 105 A and does not overlap appreciably the region occupied by protein. The virus has associated with it approximately 0.38 gm of water per gm of virus, resulting in an average electron density of 1.25 times that of water.
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