Volume 37, Issue 1 pp. 25-31

Interaction between a Nanovirus-like Component and the Tobacco Curly Shoot Virus/Satellite Complex

Pei-Jun WU

Pei-Jun WU

Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China

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Xue-Ping ZHOU

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Xue-Ping ZHOU

Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China

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First published: 24 January 2005
Citations: 2

This work was supported by the grants from the National Out standing Youth Foundation (No. 30125032) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30370927)

Abstract

Abstract The biological role of DNA1, a nanovirus-like component shown to be associated with the begomovirus/satellite complex, has not yet been identified. Here, we demonstrated that DNA1 of Tobacco curly shoot virus isolate Y35 (TbCSV-Y35) attenuated leaf-curling symptoms induced by TbCSV-Y35 or TbCSV-Y35 plus Y35 DNAβ in the early stage of symptom development and induced leaf cluster at a later stage of symptom development in Nicotiana benthamiana plants. The leaf disc assay demonstrated that TbCSV-Y35 DNA1 replicated autonomously. Southern blot analysis revealed that TbCSV-Y35 DNA1 reduced viral DNA accumulation. Viral DNA accumulation was not reduced when plants were co-inoculated with TbCSV-Y35 DNAβ, but the TbCSV-Y35 DNAβ level was dramatically reduced in the presence of TbCSV-Y35 DNA1. To determine whether the interaction between TbCSV/satellite complex and DNA1 had isolate specificity, DNA1 of TbCSV isolate Y132 was cloned and sequenced. It was found to have 75% nucleotide sequence identity with TbCSV-Y35 DNA1. Infectivity tests showed that TbCSV-Y132 DNA1 had no effect on the symptoms induced by TbCSV-Y35 or TbCSV-Y35 and Y35 DNAβ in N. benthamiana plants, although Y132 DNA1 could replicate in these plants.

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