Recessive resistance against beet chlorosis virus is conferred by the eukaryotic translation initiation factor (iso)4E in Beta vulgaris.
Plant Biotechnol J
; 22(8): 2129-2141, 2024 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
Eukaryotic translation initiation factors (eIFs) are important for mRNA translation but also pivotal for plant-virus interaction. Most of these plant-virus interactions were found between plant eIFs and the viral protein genome-linked (VPg) of potyviruses. In case of lost interaction due to mutation or deletion of eIFs, the viral translation and subsequent replication within its host is negatively affected, resulting in a recessive resistance. Here we report the identification of the Beta vulgaris Bv-eIF(iso)4E as a susceptibility factor towards the VPg-carrying beet chlorosis virus (genus Polerovirus). Using yeast two-hybrid and bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays, the physical interaction between Bv-eIF(iso)4E and the putative BChV-VPg was detected, while the VPg of the closely related beet mild yellowing virus (BMYV) was found to interact with the two isoforms Bv-eIF4E and Bv-eIF(iso)4E. These VPg-eIF interactions within the polerovirus-beet pathosystem were demonstrated to be highly specific, as single mutations within the predicted cap-binding pocket of Bv-eIF(iso)4E resulted in a loss of interaction. To investigate the suitability of eIFs as a resistance resource against beet infecting poleroviruses, B. vulgaris plants were genome edited by CRISPR/Cas9 resulting in knockouts of different eIFs. A simultaneous knockout of the identified BMYV-interaction partners Bv-eIF4E and Bv-eIF(iso)4E was not achieved, but Bv-eIF(iso)4EKO plants showed a significantly lowered BChV accumulation and decrease in infection rate from 100% to 28.86%, while no influence on BMYV accumulation was observed. Still, these observations support that eIFs are promising candidate genes for polerovirus resistance breeding in sugar beet.
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Beta vulgaris
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Resistência à Doença
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En
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Plant Biotechnol J
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BIOTECNOLOGIA
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BOTANICA
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
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Alemanha