Agroinoculation of a full-length cDNA clone of cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV) results in systemic infection in cotton and the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana

Cotton blue disease is the most important viral disease of cotton in the southern part of South America. Its etiological agent, cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV), is specifically transmitted to host plants by the aphid vector (Aphis gossypii) and any attempt to perform mechanical inoculations of t...

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Autores principales: Delfosse, Veronica Cecilia, Casse, Maria Florencia, Agrofoglio, Yamila Carla, Bonacic Kresic, Iván, Hopp, Horacio Esteban, Ziegler-Graff, Véronique, Distefano, Ana Julia
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Acceso en línea:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016817021300124X?via%3Dihub
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2565
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2013.04.007
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author Delfosse, Veronica Cecilia
Casse, Maria Florencia
Agrofoglio, Yamila Carla
Bonacic Kresic, Iván
Hopp, Horacio Esteban
Ziegler-Graff, Véronique
Distefano, Ana Julia
author_browse Agrofoglio, Yamila Carla
Bonacic Kresic, Iván
Casse, Maria Florencia
Delfosse, Veronica Cecilia
Distefano, Ana Julia
Hopp, Horacio Esteban
Ziegler-Graff, Véronique
author_facet Delfosse, Veronica Cecilia
Casse, Maria Florencia
Agrofoglio, Yamila Carla
Bonacic Kresic, Iván
Hopp, Horacio Esteban
Ziegler-Graff, Véronique
Distefano, Ana Julia
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description Cotton blue disease is the most important viral disease of cotton in the southern part of South America. Its etiological agent, cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV), is specifically transmitted to host plants by the aphid vector (Aphis gossypii) and any attempt to perform mechanical inoculations of this virus into its host has failed. This limitation has held back the study of this virus and the disease it causes. In this study, a full-length cDNA of CLRDV was constructed and expressed in vivo under the control of cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter. An agrobacterium-mediated inoculation system for the cloned cDNA construct of CLRDV was developed. Northern and immunoblot analyses showed that after several weeks the replicon of CLRDV delivered by Agrobacterium tumefaciens in Gossypium hirsutum plants gave rise to a systemic infection and typical blue disease symptoms correlated to the presence of viral RNA and P3 capsid protein. We also demonstrated that the virus that accumulated in the agroinfected plants was transmissible by the vector A. gossypii. This result confirms the production of biologically active transmissible virions. In addition, the clone was infectious in Nicotiana benthamiana plants which developed interveinal chlorosis three weeks postinoculation and CLRDV was detected both in the inoculated and systemic leaves. Attempts to agroinfect Arabidopsis thaliana plants were irregularly successful. Although no symptoms were observed, the P3 capsid protein as well as the genomic and subgenomic RNAs were irregularly detected in systemic leaves of some agroinfiltrated plants. The inefficient infection rate infers that A. thaliana is a poor host for CLRDV. This is the first report on the construction of a biologically-active infectious full-length clone of a cotton RNA virus showing successful agroinfection of host and non-host plants. The system herein developed will be useful to study CLRDV viral functions and plant–virus interactions using a reverse genetic approach.
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spelling INTA25652018-06-21T12:50:32Z Agroinoculation of a full-length cDNA clone of cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV) results in systemic infection in cotton and the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana Delfosse, Veronica Cecilia Casse, Maria Florencia Agrofoglio, Yamila Carla Bonacic Kresic, Iván Hopp, Horacio Esteban Ziegler-Graff, Véronique Distefano, Ana Julia Algodón Virus de las Plantas ADN Nicotiana Inoculación Cotton Plant Viruses DNA Inoculation Nicotiana benthamiana Cotton blue disease is the most important viral disease of cotton in the southern part of South America. Its etiological agent, cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV), is specifically transmitted to host plants by the aphid vector (Aphis gossypii) and any attempt to perform mechanical inoculations of this virus into its host has failed. This limitation has held back the study of this virus and the disease it causes. In this study, a full-length cDNA of CLRDV was constructed and expressed in vivo under the control of cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter. An agrobacterium-mediated inoculation system for the cloned cDNA construct of CLRDV was developed. Northern and immunoblot analyses showed that after several weeks the replicon of CLRDV delivered by Agrobacterium tumefaciens in Gossypium hirsutum plants gave rise to a systemic infection and typical blue disease symptoms correlated to the presence of viral RNA and P3 capsid protein. We also demonstrated that the virus that accumulated in the agroinfected plants was transmissible by the vector A. gossypii. This result confirms the production of biologically active transmissible virions. In addition, the clone was infectious in Nicotiana benthamiana plants which developed interveinal chlorosis three weeks postinoculation and CLRDV was detected both in the inoculated and systemic leaves. Attempts to agroinfect Arabidopsis thaliana plants were irregularly successful. Although no symptoms were observed, the P3 capsid protein as well as the genomic and subgenomic RNAs were irregularly detected in systemic leaves of some agroinfiltrated plants. The inefficient infection rate infers that A. thaliana is a poor host for CLRDV. This is the first report on the construction of a biologically-active infectious full-length clone of a cotton RNA virus showing successful agroinfection of host and non-host plants. The system herein developed will be useful to study CLRDV viral functions and plant–virus interactions using a reverse genetic approach. Instituto de Biotecnología Fil: Delfosse, Veronica Cecilia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentina Fil: Casse, Maria Florencia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Sáenz Peña; Argentina Fil: Agrofoglio, Yamila Carla. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentina Fil: Bonacic Kresic, Iván. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Sáenz Peña; Argentina Fil: Hopp, Horacio Esteban. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina Fil: Ziegler-Graff, Véronique. Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, laboratoire propre du CNRS conventionné avec l’Université de Strasbourg; Francia Fil: Distefano, Ana Julia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentina 2018-06-07T13:55:56Z 2018-06-07T13:55:56Z 2013-07 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016817021300124X?via%3Dihub http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2565 0168-1702 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2013.04.007 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Virus research 175 (1) : 64-70. (July 2013)
spellingShingle Algodón
Virus de las Plantas
ADN
Nicotiana
Inoculación
Cotton
Plant Viruses
DNA
Inoculation
Nicotiana benthamiana
Delfosse, Veronica Cecilia
Casse, Maria Florencia
Agrofoglio, Yamila Carla
Bonacic Kresic, Iván
Hopp, Horacio Esteban
Ziegler-Graff, Véronique
Distefano, Ana Julia
Agroinoculation of a full-length cDNA clone of cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV) results in systemic infection in cotton and the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana
title Agroinoculation of a full-length cDNA clone of cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV) results in systemic infection in cotton and the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana
title_full Agroinoculation of a full-length cDNA clone of cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV) results in systemic infection in cotton and the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana
title_fullStr Agroinoculation of a full-length cDNA clone of cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV) results in systemic infection in cotton and the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana
title_full_unstemmed Agroinoculation of a full-length cDNA clone of cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV) results in systemic infection in cotton and the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana
title_short Agroinoculation of a full-length cDNA clone of cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV) results in systemic infection in cotton and the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana
title_sort agroinoculation of a full length cdna clone of cotton leafroll dwarf virus clrdv results in systemic infection in cotton and the model plant nicotiana benthamiana
topic Algodón
Virus de las Plantas
ADN
Nicotiana
Inoculación
Cotton
Plant Viruses
DNA
Inoculation
Nicotiana benthamiana
url https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016817021300124X?via%3Dihub
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2565
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2013.04.007
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