scholarly journals Pollen Transmission of Asparagus virus 2 (AV-2) May Facilitate Mixed Infection by Two AV-2 Isolates in Asparagus Plants

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (9) ◽  
pp. 1001-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryusuke Kawamura ◽  
Hanako Shimura ◽  
Tomofumi Mochizuki ◽  
Satoshi T. Ohki ◽  
Chikara Masuta
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Infection ◽  
Nicotiana Benthamiana ◽  
Pollen Grains ◽  
Mixed Infections ◽  
Sequence Analyses ◽  
Tobacco Plants ◽  
Pollen Transmission ◽  
Infected Tobacco ◽  
Immunohistochemical Analyses

Asparagus virus 2 (AV-2) is a member of the genus Ilarvirus and thought to induce the asparagus decline syndrome. AV-2 is known to be transmitted by seed, and the possibility of pollen transmission was proposed 25 years ago but not verified. In AV-2 sequence analyses, we have unexpectedly found mixed infection by two distinct AV-2 isolates in two asparagus plants. Because mixed infections by two related viruses are normally prevented by cross protection, we suspected that pollen transmission of AV-2 is involved in mixed infection. Immunohistochemical analyses and in situ hybridization using AV-2-infected tobacco plants revealed that AV-2 was localized in the meristem and associated with pollen grains. To experimentally produce a mixed infection via pollen transmission, two Nicotiana benthamiana plants that were infected with each of two AV-2 isolates were crossed. Derived cleaved-amplified polymorphic sequence analysis identified each AV-2 isolate in the progeny seedlings, suggesting that pollen transmission could indeed result in a mixed infection, at least in N. benthamiana.

scholarly journals Elimination of pepper mild mottle virus from infected tobacco (Nicotiana benthamiana L.) plants by callus culture and the sieving technique

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 595-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youngsun Kwon ◽  
Md. Alamgir Kabir ◽  
Hong Wei Wang ◽  
Thirupathi Karuppanapandian ◽  
Jun-Cheol Moon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Callus Culture ◽  
Nicotiana Benthamiana ◽  
Mottle Virus ◽  
Pepper Mild Mottle Virus ◽  
Infected Tobacco

scholarly journals Transformation of Seed Non-Transmissible Hop Viroids in Nicotiana benthamiana Causes Distortions in Male Gametophyte Development

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2398
Author(s):  
Lenka Steinbachová ◽  
Jaroslav Matoušek ◽  
Gerhard Steger ◽  
Helena Matoušková ◽  
Sebastjan Radišek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nicotiana Benthamiana ◽  
Male Gametophyte ◽  
Pollen Grains ◽  
Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid ◽  
Apple Fruit ◽  
Mature Pollen ◽  
Rare Occurrence ◽  
Gametophyte Development ◽  
Male Gametophyte Development ◽  
Marker Proteins

Viroids are small, non-coding, parasitic RNAs that promote developmental distortions in sensitive plants. We analyzed pollen of Nicotiana benthamiana after infection and/or ectopic transformation with cDNAs of citrus bark cracking viroid (CBCVd), apple fruit crinkle viroid (AFCVd) and potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) variant AS1. These viroids were seed non-transmissible in N. benthamiana. All viroids propagated to high levels in immature anthers similar to leaves, while their levels were drastically reduced by approximately 3.6 × 103, 800 and 59 times in mature pollen of CBCVd, AFCVd and PSTVd infected N. benthamiana, respectively, in comparison to leaves. These results suggest similar elimination processes during male gametophyte development as in the Nicotiana tabacum we presented in our previous study. Mature pollen of N. benthamiana showed no apparent defects in infected plants although all three viroids induced strong pathological symptoms on leaves. While Nicotiana species have naturally bicellular mature pollen, we noted a rare occurrence of mature pollen with three nuclei in CBCVd-infected N. benthamiana. Changes in the expression of ribosomal marker proteins in AFCVd-infected pollen were detected, suggesting some changes in pollen metabolism. N. benthamiana transformed with 35S-driven viroid cDNAs showed strong symptoms including defects in pollen development. A large number of aborted pollen (34% and 62%) and a slight increase of young pollen grains (8% and 15%) were found in mature pollen of AFCVd and CBCVd transformants, respectively, in comparison to control plants (3.9% aborted pollen and 0.3% young pollen). Moreover, pollen grains with malformed nuclei or trinuclear pollen were found in CBCVd-transformed plants. Our results suggest that “forcing” overexpression of seed non-transmissible viroid led to strong pollen pathogenesis. Viroid adaptation to pollen metabolism can be assumed as an important factor for viroid transmissibility through pollen and seeds.

scholarly journals The elected questions of condition of cellular factors of resistance during tick-borne mixed-infections

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 144-150
Author(s):  
N. P. Pirogova ◽  
M. R. Karpova ◽  
V. V. Novitsky ◽  
A. P. Zima ◽  
O. V. Voronkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Borrelia Burgdorferi ◽  
Inflammatory Cytokines ◽  
Mixed Infection ◽  
Immune Cells ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Mixed Infections ◽  
Tick Borne Encephalitis ◽  
Cellular Factors ◽  
Tick Borne Encephalitis Virus

The authors of the article are trying to generalize the literary data that characterizing proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines production of peripheral blood immune cells during tick-borne neuroinfections: Lyme borreliosis, associated with tick- borne encephalitis. The immune response development to antigens of a tick-borne encephalitis virus and Borrelia burgdorferi in pa- tients with a mixed-infection essentially differs from those during monoinfections.

scholarly journals Incidence of viruses infecting pepper in Thailand

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 184-193
Author(s):  
Amisa Laprom ◽  
Somrudee Nilthong ◽  
Ekachai Chukeatirote
Keyword(s):  
Mosaic Virus ◽  
Mixed Infection ◽  
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus ◽  
Potato Virus Y ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Mixed Infections ◽  
The North ◽  
Tomato Spotted Wilt ◽  
Wilt Virus ◽  
Chilli Veinal Mottle Virus

AbstractThis study was conducted to determine the incidence, diversity and distribution of viruses infecting pepper (Capsicum spp.) in the central, northern and northeastern parts of Thailand. During a survey in 2016 - 2019, a total of 2,149 leaf samples from symptomatic and asymptomatic peppers were collected randomly from farmer’s fields, and preliminary tested by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using 7 antibodies specific for cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), chilli veinal mottle virus (ChiVMV), tomato necrotic ringspot virus (TNRV), tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), potato virus Y (PVY), tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), and begomoviruses. Our data revealed that the incidence of the viruses infecting pepper in Thailand was high, accounting for nearly 70% (1,482 infected samples). The highest viral incidence was found in the central part (96%), followed by the north (74.4%) and the northeastern (52.8%), respectively. Begomoviruses, CMV, ChiVMV, and TNRV were detected in the samples at varying rates, whereas PVY, TMV, and TSWV were not detected. Of these, the most frequently found virus was Begomoviruses accounting for nearly 33%, with the highest rate (ca. 82%) in the central Provinces of Thailand. In addition, of the 1,482 infected samples, mixed infections among the four viruses were also found in 616 samples (ca. 42%), and CMV + ChiVMV (approximately 11%) was the most common mixed infection. This is the first report describing an occurrence of viruses in pepper of Thailand, and the results obtained have revealed that viruses infecting pepper are widespread, which may pose a threat to pepper production in Thailand.

scholarly journals Thrips as the Transmission Bottleneck for Mixed Infection of Two Orthotospoviruses

Plants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 509
Author(s):  
Kaixi Zhao ◽  
Cristina Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Virus Replication ◽  
Mixed Infection ◽  
Viral Fitness ◽  
Mixed Infections ◽  
Virus Species ◽  
Necrotic Spot ◽  
Tomato Spotted Wilt ◽  
Transmission Bottleneck

Mixed infections provide opportunities for viruses to increase genetic diversity by facilitating genomic reassortment or recombination, and they may lead to the emergence of new virus species. Mixed infections of two economically important orthotospoviruses, Tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus (TSWV) and Impatiens necrotic spot orthotospovirus (INSV), were found in recent years, but no natural reassortants between INSV and TSWV were ever reported. The goal of this study was to establish how vector preferences and the ability to transmit INSV and TSWV influence transmission and establishment of mixed infections. Our results demonstrate that thrips prefer to oviposit on TSWV and INSV mixed-infected plants over singly infected or healthy plants, providing young nymphs with the opportunity to acquire both viruses. Conversely, we observed that thrips served as a bottleneck during transmission and favored transmission of one of the two viruses over the second one, or over transmission of both viruses simultaneously. This constraint was relaxed in plants, when transmission of TSWV and INSV occurred sequentially, demonstrating that plants serve as orthotospovirus permissive hosts, while thrips serve as a bottleneck. Viral fitness, as measured by virus replication, transmission, and competition with other viral strains, is not well studied in mixed infection. Our study looks at the success of transmission during mixed infection of orthotopoviruses, enhancing the understanding of orthotospovirus epidemiology and evolution.

scholarly journals Involvement of neutrophils in machineries underlying the rupture of intracranial aneurysms in rats

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mika Kushamae ◽  
Haruka Miyata ◽  
Manabu Shirai ◽  
Kampei Shimizu ◽  
Mieko Oka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ◽  
Intracranial Aneurysms ◽  
Collagenolytic Activity ◽  
Inflammatory Stimuli ◽  
Technical Advances ◽  
Gene Expression Profile Data ◽  
Metalloproteinase 9 ◽  
Immunohistochemical Analyses

AbstractSubarachnoid hemorrhage due to rupture of an intracranial aneurysm has a quite poor prognosis after the onset of symptoms, despite the modern technical advances. Thus, the mechanisms underlying the rupture of lesions should be clarified. To this end, we obtained gene expression profile data and identified the neutrophil-related enriched terms in rupture-prone lesions using Gene Ontology analysis. Next, to validate the role of neutrophils in the rupture of lesions, granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) was administered to a rat model, in which more than half of induced lesions spontaneously ruptured, leading to subarachnoid hemorrhage. As a result, G-CSF treatment not only increased the number of infiltrating neutrophils, but also significantly facilitated the rupture of lesions. To clarify the mechanisms of how neutrophils facilitate this rupture, we used HL-60 cell line and found an enhanced collagenolytic activity, corresponding to matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9), upon inflammatory stimuli. The immunohistochemical analyses revealed the accumulation of neutrophils around the site of rupture and the production of MMP9 from these cells in situ. Consistently, the collagenolytic activity of MMP9 could be detected in the lysate of ruptured lesions. These results suggest the crucial role of neutrophils to the rupture of intracranial aneurysms; implying neutrophils as a therapeutic or diagnostic target candidate.

scholarly journals In situ hybridization for the localization of two pepino mosaic virus isolates in mixed infections

2019 ◽  
Vol 267 ◽  
pp. 42-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Gómez-Aix ◽  
C. Alcaide ◽  
P. Gómez ◽  
M.A. Aranda ◽  
M.A. Sánchez-Pina
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Hybridization ◽  
Mosaic Virus ◽  
Mixed Infections ◽  
Pepino Mosaic Virus ◽  
Virus Isolates

scholarly journals Clonal Complexity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Can Hamper Diagnostic Procedures

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 1388-1395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Pérez-Lago ◽  
Marta Herranz ◽  
Yurena Navarro ◽  
María Jesús Ruiz Serrano ◽  
Pilar Miralles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Mixed Infection ◽  
Diagnostic Procedures ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Mixed Infections ◽  
Cross Contamination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Burden ◽  
Susceptibility Patterns

ABSTRACT Clonal complexity is increasingly accepted in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, including mixed infections by ≥2 strains, which usually occur in settings with a high burden of tuberculosis and/or a high risk of overexposure to infected patients. Mixed infections can hamper diagnostic procedures; obtaining an accurate antibiogram is difficult when the susceptibility patterns of the strains differ. Here, we show how mixed infections can also prove challenging for other diagnostic procedures, even outside settings where mixed infections are traditionally expected. We show how an unnoticed mixed infection in an HIV-positive patient diagnosed in Madrid, Spain, with differences in the representativeness of the coinfecting strains in different sputum samples, markedly complicated the resolution of a laboratory cross-contamination false positivity alert.

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