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Simultaneous silencing of two different Arabidopsis genes with a novel virus-induced gene silencing vector

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PLANT METHODS
卷 17, 期 1, 页码 -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13007-020-00701-6

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Turnip crinkle virus; Virus-induced gene silencing; Visualizable indicator; AGO2; DCL4-mediated antiviral defense; DRB4-independent

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  1. National Natural science foundation of China [32070172, 31570145] Funding Source: Medline
  2. Central public-interest scientific institution basal research fund for chinese academy of tropical agriculture sciences [19CXTD-33] Funding Source: Medline
  3. Hainan basic and applied basic research program [2019RC294] Funding Source: Medline

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This study introduces a novel VIGS vector, CPB1B, for preliminary assessment of gene silencing penetrance in Arabidopsis, allowing simultaneous silencing of multiple genes. Additionally, the involvement of DCL4 and AGO2 in antiviral defense was confirmed through visual markers using this vector.
BackgroundVirus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a useful tool for functional characterizations of plant genes. However, the penetrance of VIGS varies depending on the genes to be silenced, and has to be evaluated by examining the transcript levels of target genes.ResultsIn this report, we report the development of a novel VIGS vector that permits a preliminary assessment of the silencing penetrance. This new vector is based on an attenuated variant of Turnip crinkle virus (TCV) known as CPB that can be readily used in Arabidopsis thaliana to interrogate genes of this model plant. A CPB derivative, designated CPB1B, was produced by inserting a 46 nucleotide section of the Arabidopsis PHYTOENE DESATURASE (PDS) gene into CPB, in antisense orientation. CPB1B induced robust PDS silencing, causing easily visible photobleaching in systemically infected Arabidopsis leaves. More importantly, CPB1B can accommodate additional inserts, derived from other Arabidopsis genes, causing the silencing of two or more genes simultaneously. With photobleaching as a visual marker, we adopted the CPB1B vector to validate the involvement of DICER-LIKE 4 (DCL4) in antiviral defense against TCV. We further revealed the involvement of ARGONAUTE 2 (AGO2) in PDS silencing and antiviral defense against TCV in dcl2drb4 double mutant plants. These results demonstrated that DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA-BINDING PROTEIN 4 (DRB4), whose protein product (DRB4) commonly partners with DCL4 in the antiviral silencing pathway, was dispensable for PDS silencing induced by CPB1B derivative in dcl2drb4 double mutant plants.ConclusionsThe CPB1B-based vector developed in this work is a valuable tool with visualizable indicator of the silencing penetrance for interrogating Arabidopsis genes, especially those involved in the RNA silencing pathways.

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