Beet Curly Top Iran Virus Rep and V2 Suppress Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing via Distinct Modes of Action

(BCTIV) is a yield-limiting geminivirus belonging to the genus. The genome organization of BCTIV is unique such that the complementary strand of BCTIV resembles , whereas the virion strand organization is similar to the genus. Geminiviruses are known to avoid the plant defense system by suppressing...

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Published in:Viruses 2023-09, Vol.15 (10), p.1996
Main Authors: Ebrahimi, Saeideh, Eini, Omid, Baßler, Alexandra, Hanke, Arvid, Yildirim, Zeynep, Wassenegger, Michael, Krczal, Gabi, Uslu, Veli Vural
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibodies
BCTIV
Beta vulgaris
Chlorophyll
Cloning
DNA-directed RNA polymerase
Geminiviridae
Gene mapping
Gene silencing
Genes
Genomes
Inverted repeat
Iran
Nicotiana
Peptide mapping
Plant Diseases
Plant viruses
Plasmids
Post-transcription
Proteins
RDR6
Rep
Rep protein
RNA Interference
RNA-directed RNA polymerase
RNA-mediated interference
RNAi
Viral Proteins - genetics
Viral Proteins - metabolism
Virions
Viruses
VSR
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Summary:(BCTIV) is a yield-limiting geminivirus belonging to the genus. The genome organization of BCTIV is unique such that the complementary strand of BCTIV resembles , whereas the virion strand organization is similar to the genus. Geminiviruses are known to avoid the plant defense system by suppressing the RNA interference mechanisms both at the transcriptional gene silencing (TGS) and post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) levels. Multiple geminivirus genes have been identified as viral suppressors of RNA silencing (VSR) but VSR activity remains mostly elusive in becurtoviruses. We found that BCTIV-V2 and -Rep could suppress specific Sense-PTGS mechanisms with distinct efficiencies depending on the nature of the silencing inducer and the target gene. Local silencing induced by GFP inverted repeat (IR) could not be suppressed by V2 but was partially reduced by Rep. Accordingly, we documented that Rep but not V2 could suppress systemic silencing induced by GFP-IR. In addition, we showed that the VSR activity of Rep was partly regulated by RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase 6 (RDR6), whereas the VSR activity of V2 was independent of RDR6. Domain mapping for Rep showed that an intact Rep protein was required for the suppression of PTGS. In summary, we showed that BCTIV-Rep and -V2 function as silencing suppressors with distinct modes of action.
ISSN:1999-4915
1999-4915
DOI:10.3390/v15101996