scholarly journals Transcriptomic and functional analyses reveal an antiviral role of autophagy during pepper mild mottle virus infection

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yubing Jiao ◽  
Mengnan An ◽  
Xiaodong Li ◽  
Man Yu ◽  
Xiuxiang Zhao ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) is a member in the genus Tobamovirus and infects mainly solanaceous plants. However, the mechanism of virus-host interactions remains unclear. To explore the responses of pepper plants to PMMoV infection, we analyzed the transcriptomic changes in pepper plants after PMMoV infection using a high-throughput RNA sequencing approach and explored the roles of host autophagy in regulating PMMoV infection. Results A total of 197 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were obtained after PMMoV infection, including 172 significantly up-regulated genes and 25 down-regulated genes. The Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analyses revealed that most up-regulated DEGs were involved in plant abiotic and biotic stresses. Further analyses showed the expressions of multiple autophagy-related genes (ATGs) were increased after PMMoV infection in pepper and Nicotiana benthamiana plants. Through confocal microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, we have found that PMMoV infection in plant can induce autophagy, evidenced by the increased number of GFP-ATG8a fluorescent punctate and the appearance of double membrane autophagic structures in cells of N. benthamiana. Additionally, inhibition of autophagy significantly increased PMMoV RNA accumulation and aggravated systemic PMMoV symptoms through autophagy inhibitor (3-MA and E64d) treatment and silencing of NbATG expressions by a Tobacco rattle virus-induced gene silencing assays. These results indicated that autophagy played a positive role in plant resistance to PMMoV infection. Conclusions Taken together, our results provide a transcriptomic insight into pepper responding to PMMoV infection and reveal that autophagy induced by PMMoV infection has an antiviral role in regulating PMMoV infection. These results also help us to better understand the mechanism controlling PMMoV infection in plants and to develop better strategies for breeding projects for virus-resistant crops.

2009 ◽  
Vol 154 (3) ◽  
pp. 489-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. U. Ichiki ◽  
E. N. Nagaoka ◽  
K. Hagiwara ◽  
T. Sasaya ◽  
T. Omura

Author(s):  
Jefferson B. Vélez-Olmedo ◽  
Cesar E. Fribourg ◽  
Fernando L. Melo ◽  
Tatsuya Nagata ◽  
Athos S. de Oliveira ◽  
...  

Tobamoviruses are often referred to as the most notorious viral pathogens of pepper crops. These viruses are not transmitted by invertebrate vectors, but rather by physical contact and seeds. In this study, pepper plants displaying mild mottle and mosaic symptoms were sampled in four different regions of Peru. Upon double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (DAS-ELISA) tests, seven samples cross-reacted weakly with antibodies against pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV), suggesting the presence of tobamoviruses. When employing RT-PCR, conserved primers amplified cDNA fragments of viruses from two putative new tobamovirus species in the samples. The complete genome of two representative isolates were, therefore, sequenced and analysed in silico. These viruses, which were tentatively named yellow pepper mild mottle virus (YPMMoV) and chilli pepper mild mottle virus (CPMMoV), shared highest nucleotide genome sequence identities of 83 and 85 % with bell pepper mottle virus (BpeMV), respectively. Mechanical inoculation of indicator plants with YPMMoV and CPMMoV isolates did not show any obvious differences in host ranges. These viruses were also inoculated mechanically on pepper plants harbouring different resistance L alleles to determine their pathotypes. Pepper plants carrying unfunctional L alleles (L 0) to tobamoviruses were infected by all isolates and presented differential symptomatology for YPMMoV and CPMMoV. On the other hand, pepper plants carrying L 1, L 2, L 3 and L 4 alleles were resistant to all isolates, indicating that these viruses belong to pathotype P0.


Author(s):  
Jefferson B. Vélez-Olmedo ◽  
Cesar E. Fribourg ◽  
Fernando L. Melo ◽  
Tatsuya Nagata ◽  
Athos S. de Oliveira ◽  
...  

1989 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 2198-2203 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Rodríguez-Cerezo ◽  
A Moya ◽  
F García-Arenal

2004 ◽  
Vol 85 (7) ◽  
pp. 2077-2085 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Gilardi ◽  
I. García-Luque ◽  
M. T. Serra

In Capsicum, the resistance conferred by the L 2 gene is effective against all of the pepper-infecting tobamoviruses except Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV), whereas that conferred by the L 4 gene is effective against them all. These resistances are expressed by a hypersensitive response, manifested through the formation of necrotic local lesions (NLLs) at the primary site of infection. The Capsicum L 2 gene confers resistance to Paprika mild mottle virus (PaMMV), while the L 4 gene is effective against both PaMMV and PMMoV. The PaMMV and PMMoV coat proteins (CPs) were expressed in Capsicum frutescens (L 2 L 2) and Capsicum chacoense (L 4 L 4) plants using the heterologous Potato virus X (PVX)-based expression system. In C. frutescens (L 2 L 2) plants, the chimeric PVX virus containing the PaMMV CP was localized in the inoculated leaves and produced NLLs, whereas the chimeric PVX containing the PMMoV CP infected the plants systemically. Thus, the data indicated that the PaMMV CP is the only tobamovirus factor required for the induction of the host response mediated by the Capsicum L 2 resistance gene. In C. chacoense (L 4 L 4) plants, both chimeric viruses were localized to the inoculated leaves and produced NLLs, indicating that either PaMMV or PMMoV CPs are required to elicit the L 4 gene-mediated host response. In addition, transient expression of PaMMV CP into C. frutescens (L 2 L 2) leaves and PMMoV CP into C. chacoense (L 4 L 4) leaves by biolistic co-bombardment with a β-glucuronidase reporter gene led to the induction of cell death and the expression of host defence genes in both hosts. Thus, the tobamovirus CP is the elicitor of the Capsicum L 2 and L 4 gene-mediated hypersensitive response.


2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 595-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youngsun Kwon ◽  
Md. Alamgir Kabir ◽  
Hong Wei Wang ◽  
Thirupathi Karuppanapandian ◽  
Jun-Cheol Moon ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaaki Kitajima ◽  
Hannah P. Sassi ◽  
Jason R. Torrey

1998 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1253-1257 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Gilardi ◽  
I. García-Luque ◽  
M. T. Serra

The pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV-S) (an L3 hypersensitive response [HR]-inducer strain) coat protein was expressed in Capsicum chinense (L3L3) plants with the heterologous potato virus X (PVX)-based expression system. The chimeric virus was localized in the inoculated leaves and induced the HR, thus indicating that the tobamoviral sequences that affect induction of the HR conferred by the L3 resistance gene reside in the coat protein gene. Furthermore, transient expression of the PMMoV-S coat protein in C. chinense leaves by biolistic co-bombardment with a plasmid expressing the β-glucuronidase (GUS) gene leads to the induction of cell death and expression of host defense genes. Thus, the coat protein of PMMoV-S is the elicitor of the Capsicum spp. L3 resistance gene-mediated HR.


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