Syn-tasiRnas Targeting the Coat Protein of Potato Virus Y Confer Antiviral Resistance in

Overview

Journal Plant Signal Behav

Specialty Biology

Date 2024 May 26

PMID 38796845

Authors

Xingyue Zhao

Qian Gao

Haijuan Wang

Jianying Yue

Derong An

Bin Li

Fangfang Yan

Simon-Mateo Carmen

Yuanzheng Zhao

Hongyou Zhou

Mingmin Zhao

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Abstract

Trans-acting small interfering RNAs (tasiRNAs) are 21-nt phased (phased siRNAs) resulting from successive DCL-catalyzed processing from the end of a double-stranded RNA substrate originating from the RDR of an AGO-catalyzed cleaved RNA at a micro RNA target site. Plant tasiRNAs have been synthesized to produce synthetic tasiRNAs (syn-tasiRNAs) targeting viral RNAs that confer viral resistance. In this study, we engineered syn-tasiRNAs to target potato virus Y (PVY) infection by replacing five native siRNAs of TAS1c with 210-bp fragments from the coat protein (CP) region of the PVY genome. The results showed that the transient expression of syn-tasiR-CPpvy2 in Nicotiana benthamiana (N. benthamiana) plants conferred antiviral resistance, supported by the absence of PVY infection symptoms and viral accumulation. This indicated that syn-tasiR-CPpvy2 successfully targeted and silenced the PVY CP gene, effectively inhibiting viral infection. syn-tasiR-CPpvy1 displayed attenuated symptoms and decreased viral accumulation in these plants However, severe symptoms of PVY infection and a similar amount of viral accumulation as the control were observed in plants expressing syn-tasiR-CPpvy3. syn-tasiR-CPpvy/pvx, which targets both PVY and potato virus X (PVX), was engineered using a single precursor. After the transient expression of syn-tasiR-CPpvy/pvx3 and syn-tasiR-CPpvy/pvx5 in N. benthamiana, the plants were resistant to both PVY and PVX. These results suggested that engineered syn-tasiRNAs could not only specifically induce antiviral resistance against one target virus but could also be designed for multi-targeted silencing of different viruses, thereby preventing complex virus infection in plants.

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