RNAi activation with homologous and heterologous sequences that induce resistance against the begomovirus Pepper golden mosaic virus (PepGMV)
- 3 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in 3 Biotech
- Vol. 11 (3), 1-19
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-021-02653-7
Abstract
This study compared the transcriptional changes in Nicotiana benthamiana plants treated with homologous sequences derived from Pepper golden mosaic virus (PepGMV) and heterologous sequences that derived from another begomovirus, Tomato chino La Paz virus (ToChLPV) prior to infection by PepGMV. The results of microarray analyses identified upregulated genes associated with RNAi such as DCL2, DCL4, AGO3, AGO7, AGO10, NRPD2B (Pol IV), DRB3, CMT3, RDR6. The components that participate in different RNAi pathways were identified, including methylation induced by both constructs, as well as the code of these genes in Arabidopsis thaliana and its counterpart in N. benthamiana through different genome assembly. The expression of these genes was validated by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR), where DCL3, DCL4, AGO1-1, AGO2, RDR6 and PPR1 showed increased expression during plant protection with the heterologous construct compared to those protected with the homologous construct. The results of this study confirmed the activation of the gene silencing mechanism at the transcriptional level with both constructs and established the possibility of their use as a protection system for both homologous and heterologous sequences.Keywords
Funding Information
- CONACyT (SEP2007-84777, SEP2015-253828)
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