Xue Yang, Xing-Lin Jiang, Han Fu, Lian-Wei Yu, Niu Ai, Ya-Juan Shi, Yu-Wen Lu, Zi-Hao Xia, Hong-Lian Li, Yan Shi
{"title":"Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus Coat Protein Hijacks Mitochondrial ATPδ to Promote Viral Infection.","authors":"Xue Yang, Xing-Lin Jiang, Han Fu, Lian-Wei Yu, Niu Ai, Ya-Juan Shi, Yu-Wen Lu, Zi-Hao Xia, Hong-Lian Li, Yan Shi","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70034","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.70034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The production and scavenging of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are critical for plants to adapt to biotic and abiotic stresses. In this study, we investigated the interaction between the coat protein (CP) of cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) and ATP synthase subunit δ (ATPδ) in mitochondria. Silencing of ATPδ by tobacco rattle virus-based virus-induced gene silencing impeded CGMMV accumulation in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. Both the overexpression of ATPδ in transgenic plants and transient expression promoted CGMMV infection. Nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT) and 3,3'-diaminobenzidine (DAB) staining revealed that ATPδ inhibited O<sub>2</sub> <sup>-</sup> production but not H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> production. The treatment of CGMMV-infected leaves with the ROS inhibitor diphenylene iodonium (DPI) induced a ROS burst that inhibited CGMMV infection. Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity assays showed that ATPδ, CGMMV infection, and CP expression specifically induced NbFeSOD3/4 expression and SOD activity, and silencing NbFeSOD3/4 inhibited CGMMV infection. We speculate that CGMMV CP interacts with ATPδ and hijacks it, thereby enhancing O<sub>2</sub> <sup>-</sup> quenching by upregulating NbFeSOD expression and, in turn, SOD activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":"25 11","pages":"e70034"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11588859/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142716570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yun Song, Yaru Wang, Huafang Zhang, Muhammad Abu Bakar Saddique, Xiumei Luo, Maozhi Ren
{"title":"The TOR signalling pathway in fungal phytopathogens: A target for plant disease control.","authors":"Yun Song, Yaru Wang, Huafang Zhang, Muhammad Abu Bakar Saddique, Xiumei Luo, Maozhi Ren","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70024","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plant diseases caused by fungal phytopathogens have led to significant economic losses in agriculture worldwide. The management of fungal diseases is mainly dependent on the application of fungicides, which are not suitable for sustainable agriculture, human health, and environmental safety. Thus, it is necessary to develop novel targets and green strategies to mitigate the losses caused by these pathogens. The target of rapamycin (TOR) complexes and key components of the TOR signalling pathway are evolutionally conserved in pathogens and closely related to the vegetative growth and pathogenicity. As indicated in recent systems, chemical, genetic, and genomic studies on the TOR signalling pathway, phytopathogens with TOR dysfunctions show severe growth defects and nonpathogenicity, which makes the TOR signalling pathway to be developed into an ideal candidate target for controlling plant disease. In this review, we comprehensively discuss the current knowledge on components of the TOR signalling pathway in microorganisms and the diverse roles of various plant TOR in response to plant pathogens. Furthermore, we analyse a range of disease management strategies that rely on the TOR signalling pathway, including genetic modification technologies and chemical controls. In the future, disease control strategies based on the TOR signalling network are expected to become a highly effective weapon for crop protection.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":"25 11","pages":"e70024"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11541241/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142591344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A novel protein elicitor (Cs08297) from Ciboria shiraiana enhances plant disease resistance.","authors":"Shuai Zhang, Ruolan Li, Wei Fan, Xuefei Chen, Caiquan Tao, Shuman Liu, Panpan Zhu, Shuchang Wang, Aichun Zhao","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70023","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.70023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ciboria shiraiana is a necrotrophic fungus that causes mulberry sclerotinia disease resulting in huge economic losses in agriculture. During infection, the fungus uses immunity elicitors to induce plant tissue necrosis that could facilitate its colonization on plants. However, the key elicitors and immune mechanisms remain unclear in C. shiraiana. Herein, a novel elicitor Cs08297 secreted by C. shiraiana was identified, and it was found to target the apoplast in plants to induce cell death. Cs08297 is a cysteine-rich protein unique to C. shiraiana, and cysteine residues in Cs08297 were crucial for its ability to induce cell death. Cs08297 induced a series of defence responses in Nicotiana benthamiana, including the burst of reactive oxygen species (ROS), callose deposition, and activation of defence-related genes. Cs08297 induced-cell death was mediated by leucine-rich repeat (LRR) receptor-like kinases BAK1 and SOBIR1. Purified His-tagged Cs08297-thioredoxin fusion protein triggered cell death in different plants and enhanced plant resistance to diseases. Cs08297 was necessary for sclerotial development, oxidative-stress adaptation, and cell wall integrity but negatively regulated virulence of C. shiraiana. In conclusion, our results revealed that Cs08297 is a novel fungal elicitor in fungi inducing plant immunity. Furthermore, its potential to enhance plant resistance provides a new target to control agricultural diseases biologically.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":"25 11","pages":"e70023"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11534627/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142575675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bryce G Alex, Zong-Ying Zhang, Danny Lasky, Hernan Garcia-Ruiz, Ronnie Dewberry, Caitilyn Allen, Dennis Halterman, Aurélie M Rakotondrafara
{"title":"A single phosphorylatable amino acid residue is essential for the recognition of multiple potyviral HCPro effectors by potato Ny<sub>tbr</sub>.","authors":"Bryce G Alex, Zong-Ying Zhang, Danny Lasky, Hernan Garcia-Ruiz, Ronnie Dewberry, Caitilyn Allen, Dennis Halterman, Aurélie M Rakotondrafara","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70027","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.70027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Potato virus Y (PVY, Potyviridae) is among the most important viral pathogens of potato. The potato resistance gene Ny<sub>tbr</sub> confers hypersensitive resistance to the ordinary strain of PVY (PVY<sup>O</sup>), but not the necrotic strain (PVY<sup>N</sup>). Here, we unveil that residue 247 of PVY helper component proteinase (HCPro) acts as a central player controlling Ny<sub>tbr</sub> strain-specific activation. We found that substituting the serine at 247 in the HCPro of PVY<sup>O</sup> (HCPro<sup>O</sup>) with an alanine as in PVY<sup>N</sup> HCPro (HCPro<sup>N</sup>) disrupts Ny<sub>tbr</sub> recognition. Conversely, an HCPro<sup>N</sup> mutant carrying a serine at position 247 triggers defence. Moreover, we demonstrate that plant defences are induced against HCPro<sup>O</sup> mutants with a phosphomimetic or another phosphorylatable residue at 247, but not with a phosphoablative residue, suggesting that phosphorylation could modulate Ny<sub>tbr</sub> resistance. Extending beyond PVY, we establish that the same response elicited by the PVY<sup>O</sup> HCPro is also induced by HCPro proteins from other members of the Potyviridae family that have a serine at position 247, but not by those with an alanine. Together, our results provide further insights in the strain-specific PVY resistance in potato and infer a broad-spectrum detection mechanism of plant potyvirus effectors contingent on a single amino acid residue.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":"25 11","pages":"e70027"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11541239/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142591341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yunjie Wang, Zhi Luo, Xuan Zhao, Hongqiang Sun, Jiaxin Liu, Dongfeng Zhang, Haonan Cao, Changfeng Ai, Lihu Wang, Li Dai, Mengjun Liu, Lixin Wang, Zhiguo Liu
{"title":"Mechanism of zju-miR156c-mediated network in regulating witches' broom symptom of Chinese jujube.","authors":"Yunjie Wang, Zhi Luo, Xuan Zhao, Hongqiang Sun, Jiaxin Liu, Dongfeng Zhang, Haonan Cao, Changfeng Ai, Lihu Wang, Li Dai, Mengjun Liu, Lixin Wang, Zhiguo Liu","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70031","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.70031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Jujube witches' broom, caused by phytoplasma, is a destructive disease of Chinese jujube. Studies have shown that zju-miR156s play an important role in phytoplasma infection in jujube, but the regulatory mechanism between zju-miR156c and witches' broom remains unexplored. In the current study, miRNA-seq and gene expression analysis showed that zju-miR156c was more highly induced in infected jujube plants than the other miRNAs and its target gene was ZjSPL3. In addition, the expression levels of thymidylate kinase gene (TMK<sub>JWB</sub>) and secreted jujube protein (SJP1<sub>JWB</sub>) in diseased materials were higher than those in healthy controls. The expression level of zju-miR156c was significantly upregulated, while ZjSPL3 was sharply downregulated and the content of cytokinin (CTK) significantly increased. Overexpression of zju-miR156c in Arabidopsis significantly reduced the expression of AtSPL10 (homologous gene of ZjSPL3) but increased the content of CTK, and the transgenic plants exhibited witches' broom symptoms. In addition, yeast two-hybrid and co-immunoprecipitation assays confirmed that SJP1<sub>JWB</sub> interacted with ZjERF18. Yeast one-hybrid analysis showed that ZjERF18 could interact with the promoter of zju-MIR156c. In conclusion, our results demonstrated a novel pathogenic module of ZjERF18-zju-miR156c-ZjSPL3-CTK has an important function in the formation of witches' broom caused by SJP1<sub>JWB</sub>.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":"25 11","pages":"e70031"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11573724/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142667823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Caihong Liu, Karl-Heinz Kogel, Maria Ladera-Carmona
{"title":"Harnessing RNA interference for the control of Fusarium species: A critical review.","authors":"Caihong Liu, Karl-Heinz Kogel, Maria Ladera-Carmona","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70011","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.70011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fusarium fungi are a pervasive threat to global agricultural productivity. They cause a spectrum of plant diseases that result in significant yield losses and threaten food safety by producing mycotoxins that are harmful to human and animal health. In recent years, the exploitation of the RNA interference (RNAi) mechanism has emerged as a promising avenue for the control of Fusarium-induced diseases, providing both a mechanistic understanding of Fusarium gene function and a potential strategy for environmentally sustainable disease management. However, despite significant progress in elucidating the presence and function of the RNAi pathway in different Fusarium species, a comprehensive understanding of its individual protein components and underlying silencing mechanisms remains elusive. Accordingly, while a considerable number of RNAi-based approaches to Fusarium control have been developed and many reports of RNAi applications in Fusarium control under laboratory conditions have been published, the applicability of this knowledge in agronomic settings remains an open question, and few convincing data on RNAi-based disease control under field conditions have been published. This review aims to consolidate the current knowledge on the role of RNAi in Fusarium disease control by evaluating current research and highlighting important avenues for future investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":"25 10","pages":"e70011"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11450251/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142372250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Li-Juan Zhu, Yu Zhu, Chengwu Zou, Lan-Yi Su, Chong-Tao Zhang, Chi Wang, Ya-Ni Bai, Baoshan Chen, Rongbai Li, Qingfa Wu, Shou-Wei Ding, Jian-Guo Wu, Yan-Hong Han
{"title":"New persistent plant RNA virus carries mutations to weaken viral suppression of antiviral RNA interference.","authors":"Li-Juan Zhu, Yu Zhu, Chengwu Zou, Lan-Yi Su, Chong-Tao Zhang, Chi Wang, Ya-Ni Bai, Baoshan Chen, Rongbai Li, Qingfa Wu, Shou-Wei Ding, Jian-Guo Wu, Yan-Hong Han","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70020","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.70020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Persistent plant viruses are widespread in natural ecosystems. However, little is known about why persistent infection with these viruses may cause little or no harm to their host. Here, we discovered a new polerovirus that persistently infected wild rice plants by deep sequencing and assembly of virus-derived small-interfering RNAs (siRNAs). The new virus was named Rice tiller inhibition virus 2 (RTIV2) based on the symptoms developed in cultivated rice varieties following Agrobacterium-mediated inoculation with an infectious RTIV2 clone. We showed that RTIV2 infection induced antiviral RNA interference (RNAi) in both the wild and cultivated rice plants as well as Nicotiana benthamiana. It is known that virulent virus infection in plants depends on effective suppression of antiviral RNAi by viral suppressors of RNAi (VSRs). Notably, the P0 protein of RTIV2 exhibited weak VSR activity and carries alanine substitutions of two amino acids broadly conserved among diverse poleroviruses. Mixed infection with umbraviruses enhanced RTIV2 accumulation and/or enabled its mechanical transmission in N. benthamiana. Moreover, replacing the alanine at either one or both positions of RTIV2 P0 enhanced the VSR activity in a co-infiltration assay, and RTIV2 mutants carrying the corresponding substitutions replicated to significantly higher levels in both rice and N. benthamiana plants. Together, our findings show that as a persistent plant virus, RTIV2 carries specific mutations in its VSR gene to weaken viral suppression of antiviral RNAi. Our work reveals a new strategy for persistent viruses to maintain long-term infection by weak suppression of the host defence response.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":"25 10","pages":"e70020"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11513406/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142504361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autophagy plays an antiviral defence role against tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus and is counteracted by viral effector NSs.","authors":"Xingwang Zhang, Hao Hong, Jiaoling Yan, Yulong Yuan, Mingfeng Feng, Qinhai Liu, Yanxiao Zhao, Tongqing Yang, Shen Huang, Chunli Wang, Ruizhen Zhao, Wenyu Zuo, Suyu Liu, Zixuan Ding, Changjun Huang, Zhongkai Zhang, Jiban Kumar Kundu, Xiaorong Tao","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70012","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.70012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Autophagy, an intracellular degradation process, has emerged as a crucial innate immune response against various plant pathogens, including viruses. Tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus (TSWV) is a highly destructive plant pathogen that infects over 1000 plant species and poses a significant threat to global food security. However, the role of autophagy in defence against the TSWV pathogen, and whether the virus counteracts this defence, remains unknown. In this study, we report that autophagy plays an important role in antiviral defence against TSWV infection; however, this autophagy-mediated defence is counteracted by the viral effector NSs. Transcriptome profiling revealed the up-regulation of autophagy-related genes (ATGs) upon TSWV infection. Blocking autophagy induction by chemical treatment or knockout/down of ATG5/ATG7 significantly enhanced TSWV accumulation. Notably, the TSWV nucleocapsid (N) protein, a major component of the viral replication unit, strongly induced autophagy. However, the TSWV nonstructural protein NSs was able to effectively suppress N-induced autophagy in a dose-dependent manner. Further investigation revealed that NSs inhibited ATG6-mediated autophagy induction. These findings provide new insights into the defence role of autophagy against TSWV, a representative segmented negative-strand RNA virus, as well as the tospoviral pathogen counterdefence mechanism.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":"25 10","pages":"e70012"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11442783/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142350330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editing of the MeSWEET10a promoter yields bacterial blight resistance in cassava cultivar SC8.","authors":"Yajie Wang, Mengting Geng, Ranran Pan, Tong Zhang, Xiaohua Lu, Xinghou Zhen, Yannian Che, Ruimei Li, Jiao Liu, Yinhua Chen, Jianchun Guo, Yuan Yao","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70010","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.70010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cassava starch is a widely used raw material for industrial production and food source for people. However, cassava bacterial blight (CBB) caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis (Xam) results in severe yield losses and is the most destructive bacterial disease in all worldwide cassava-growing regions. Xam11 is a highly pathogenic subspecies from China that infects the Chinese local cassava South China No. 8 (SC8) cultivar with marked symptoms. This study showed that the transcription activator-like effector TALE20<sub>Xam11</sub> of Xam11 strain regulates the expression of disease-susceptibility gene MeSWEET10a by binding to the EBE<sub>TALE20</sub> region of the MeSWEET10a promoter in cassava cultivar SC8. CRISPR/Cas9-generated mutations of the EBE<sub>TALE20</sub> region resulted in a significant reduction in MeSWEET10a expression after infection by Xam11, correlating with reduced disease symptoms, smaller lesion sizes and decreased bacterial proliferation compared with the wild type. Importantly, the edited plants maintained normal growth, development and yield characteristics under greenhouse conditions. The results lay a research foundation for breeding resistant cassava cultivar SC8 to bacterial blight.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":"25 10","pages":"e70010"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11439743/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142350331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qiuting Ren, Zhe Zhang, Yongle Zhang, Yue Zhang, Yujie Gao, Hongyi Zhang, Xianhong Wang, Guoping Wang, Ni Hong
{"title":"Protein P5 of pear chlorotic leaf spot-associated virus is a pathogenic factor that suppresses RNA silencing and enhances virus movement.","authors":"Qiuting Ren, Zhe Zhang, Yongle Zhang, Yue Zhang, Yujie Gao, Hongyi Zhang, Xianhong Wang, Guoping Wang, Ni Hong","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.70015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pear chlorotic leaf spot-associated virus (PCLSaV) is a newly described emaravirus that infects pear trees. The virus genome consists of at least five single-stranded, negative-sense RNAs. The P5 encoded by RNA5 is unique to PCLSaV. In this study, the RNA silencing suppression (RSS) activity of P5 and its subcellular localization were determined in Nicotiana benthamiana plants by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated expression assays and green fluorescent protein RNA silencing induction. Protein P5 partially suppressed local RNA silencing, strongly suppressed systemic RNA silencing and triggered reactive oxygen species accumulation. The P5 self-interacted and showed subcellular locations in plasmodesmata, endoplasmic reticulum and nucleus. Furthermore, P5 rescued the cell-to-cell movement of a movement defective mutant PVXΔP25 of potato virus X (PVX) and enhanced the pathogenicity of PVX. The N-terminal 1-89 amino acids of the P5 were responsible for the self-interaction ability and RSS activity, for which the signal peptide at positions 1-19 was indispensable. This study demonstrated the function of an emaravirus protein as a pathogenic factor suppressing plant RNA silencing to enhance virus infection and as an enhancer of virus movement.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":"25 10","pages":"e70015"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11481690/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142470155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}