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- Title
Tospoviruses Induce Small Interfering RNAs Targeting Viral Sequences and Endogenous Transcripts in Solanaceous Plants.
- Authors
Fletcher, Stephen J.; Peters, Jonathan R.; Olaya, Cristian; Persley, Denis M.; Dietzgen, Ralf G.; Carroll, Bernard J.; Pappu, Hanu; Mitter, Neena
- Abstract
Tospoviruses infect numerous crop species worldwide, causing significant losses throughout the supply chain. As a defence mechanism, plants use RNA interference (RNAi) to generate virus-derived small-interfering RNAs (vsiRNAs), which target viral transcripts for degradation. Small RNA sequencing and in silico analysis of capsicum and N. benthamiana infected by tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) or capsicum chlorosis virus (CaCV) demonstrated the presence of abundant vsiRNAs, with host-specific differences evident for each pathosystem. Despite the biogenesis of vsiRNAs in capsicum and N. benthamiana, TSWV and CaCV viral loads were readily detectable. In response to tospovirus infection, the solanaceous host species also generated highly abundant virus-activated small interfering RNAs (vasiRNAs) against many endogenous transcripts, except for an N. benthamiana accession lacking a functional RDR1 gene. Strong enrichment for ribosomal protein-encoding genes and for many genes involved in protein processing in the endoplasmic reticulum suggested co-localisation of viral and endogenous transcripts as a basis for initiating vasiRNA biogenesis. RNA-seq and RT-qPCR-based analyses of target transcript expression revealed an inconsistent role for vasiRNAs in modulating gene expression in N. benthamiana, which may be characteristic of this tospovirus-host pathosystem.
- Subjects
SMALL interfering RNA; TOMATO spotted wilt virus disease; PLANT RNA; NON-coding RNA; RNA sequencing; RIBOSOMAL proteins
- Publication
Pathogens, 2022, Vol 11, Issue 7, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2076-0817
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/pathogens11070745