A counterdefensive strategy of plant viruses: suppression of posttranscriptional gene silencing.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Posttranscriptional gene silencing (PTGS) in plants inactivates some aberrant or highly expressed RNAs in a sequence-specific manner in the cytoplasm. A silencing mechanism similar to PTGS appears to function as an adaptive antiviral response. We demonstrate that the P1/HC-Pro polyprotein encoded by tobacco etch virus functions as a suppressor of PTGS. A locus comprised of a highly expressed beta-glucuronidase (GUS) transgene was shown to exhibit PTGS. Genetic crosses and segregation analyses revealed that a P1/ HC-Pro transgene suppressed PTGS of the GUS sequence. Nuclear transcription assays indicated that the silencing suppression activity of P1/HC-Pro was at the posttranscriptional level. These data reveal that plant viruses can condition enhanced susceptibility within a host through interdiction of a potent defense response.
Medical subject headings
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Plant Viruses
- Plants, Toxic
- Nicotiana