Project description:RNA interference (RNAi) is a conserved, RNA-mediated, regulatory mechanism in eukaryotes. In plants, it plays an important role in growth, development and resistance against viral infections. As a counter-defence, plant viruses, e.g. geminiviruses, encode RNAi suppressors, such as AC2, AC4 and AV2. To obtain Nicotiana tabacum virus resistant plants against Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV), we employ the biogenesis pathway of a class of endogenous siRNAs, the trans-acting siRNAs (ta-siRNAs), by engineering artificial ta-siRNAs (ata-siRNAs) targeting the AC2 (TRiV-AC2) and AC4 (TRiV-AC4) RNAi suppressors using miRNA390 dual target sites. The mode of action of ta-siRNAs comprises of the cleavage of the target (similar to the miRNA targeting). Using degradome approaches, the abundance of the resulting 3' fragment of the cleaved transcript can be quantified and the precise localization of the cleavage on the target mRNA can be identified. We sequenced degradome libraries of Nicotiana tabacum plants infected with ToLCNDV which were treated with the ata-siRNA-AC2 construct; mock-treated plants were used as controls. Following quality checks, the abundance distributions of the degradation fragments were normalized. The transcripts with different cleavage patterns was the AC2, supporting the conclusion that an efficient cleavage of the target occurred, without significant off-target effects.
Project description:RNA interference (RNAi) is a conserved, RNA-mediated, regulatory mechanism in eukaryotes. In plants, it plays an important role in growth, development and resistance against viral infections. As a counter-defence, plant viruses, e.g. geminiviruses, encode RNAi suppressors, such as AC2, AC4 and AV2. To obtain Nicotiana tabacum virus resistant plants against Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV), we employ the biogenesis pathway of a class of endogenous siRNAs, the trans-acting siRNAs (ta-siRNAs), by engineering artificial ta-siRNAs (ata-siRNAs) targeting the AC2 (TRiV-AC2) and AC4 (TRiV-AC4) RNAi suppressors using miRNA390 dual target sites. The mode of action of ta-siRNAs comprises of the cleavage of the target (similar to the miRNA targeting). Using degradome approaches, the abundance of the resulting 3' fragment of the cleaved transcript can be quantified and the precise localization of the cleavage on the target mRNA can be identified. We sequenced degradome libraries of Nicotiana tabacum plants infected with ToLCNDV which were treated with the ata-siRNA-AC2 construct; mock-treated plants were used as controls. Following quality checks, the abundance distributions of the degradation fragments were normalized. The transcripts with different cleavage patterns was the AC2, supporting the conclusion that an efficient cleavage of the target occurred, without significant off-target effects.
Project description:We investigated the transcriptional response of invasive B. tabaci B biotype to tomato yellow leaf curl China virus (TYLCCNV) using Illumina sequencing technology. We found that 1,606 genes involved in 157 biochemical pathways were differentially expressed in the viruliferous whiteflies.
Project description:A comparative study to determine the pepper leaf curl virus resistance machanism between resistant and susceptible genotypes at three leaf stage. To study the molecular mechanism of pepper leaf curl virus (PepLCV) resistance, pepper plants were exposed to PepLCV through artificial inoculation and hybridization on Agilent tomato microarrays. The expression analysis of PepLCV resistant and susceptible genotypes after artificial inoculation at three leaf stage showed that the resistance against PepLCV is due to sum of expression of hundreds of genes at a particular stage.
Project description:RNA interference (RNAi) is a widely-used approach to generate virus-resistant transgenic crops. However, durability of RNAi-mediated resistance under extreme field conditions and side-effects of stable RNAi expression have not been thoroughly investigated. Here we performed field trials and molecular characterization of two RNAi-transgenic Solanum lycopersicum lines resistant to Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) disease, the major constraint for tomato cultivation in Cuba and worldwide. In order to determine potential impact of the hairpin RNA transgene expression on tomato genome expression and development, differences in the phenotypes and the transcriptome profiles between the transgenic and non-transgenic plants were examined. Transcriptome profiling revealed a common set of up- and down-regulated tomato genes, which correlated with slight developmental abnormalities in both transgenic lines.
Project description:A comparative study to determine the pepper leaf curl virus resistance machanism between resistant and susceptible genotypes at three leaf stage. To study the molecular mechanism of pepper leaf curl virus (PepLCV) resistance, pepper plants were exposed to PepLCV through artificial inoculation and hybridization on Agilent tomato microarrays. The expression analysis of PepLCV resistant and susceptible genotypes after artificial inoculation at three leaf stage showed that the resistance against PepLCV is due to sum of expression of hundreds of genes at a particular stage. Tomato microarrays consisting of 43,803 probes were used for whole genome expression analysis of chilli peppers for resistance against PepLCV. Transcripts from the leaves of resistant (BS-35) and susceptible plants (IVPBC-535) were compared in response to PepLCV inoculation at three leaf stage.
