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NIK1, a host factor specialized in antiviral defense or a novel general regulator of plant immunity?
(Bioessays, 2015-09-03) Machado, Joao P. B.; Brustolini, Otavio J. B.; Mendes, Giselle C.; Santos, Anésia A.; Fontes, Elizabeth P. B.
NIK1 is a receptor‐like kinase involved in plant antiviral immunity. Although NIK1 is structurally similar to the plant immune factor BAK1, which is a key regulator in plant immunity to bacterial pathogens, the NIK1‐mediated defenses do not resemble BAK1 signaling cascades. The underlying mechanism for NIK1 antiviral immunity has recently been uncovered. NIK1 activation mediates the translocation of RPL10 to the nucleus, where it interacts with LIMYB to fully down‐regulate translational machinery genes, resulting in translation inhibition of host and viral mRNAs and enhanced tolerance to begomovirus. Therefore, the NIK1 antiviral immunity response culminates in global translation suppression, which represents a new paradigm for plant antiviral defenses. Interestingly, transcriptomic analyses in nik1 mutant suggest that NIK1 may suppress antibacterial immune responses, indicating a possible opposite effect of NIK1 in bacterial and viral infections.
Soybean chlorotic spot virus, a novel begomovirus infecting soybean in Brazil
(Archives of Virology, 2012-10-10) Coco, Daniela; Calil, Iara P.; Brustolini, Otavio J. B.; Santos, Anesia A.; Inoue-Nagata, Alice K.; Fontes, Elizabeth P. B.
A novel soybean-infecting begomovirus from Brazil was identified in Jaíba, in the state of Minas Gerais, and molecularly characterized. By using rolling-circle amplification-based cloning of viral DNAs, three DNA-A variants and a cognate DNA-B were isolated from infected samples. The DNA variants share more than 98 % sequence identity but have less than 89 % identity to other reported begomovirus, the limit for demarcation of new species. In a phylogenetic analysis, both DNA-A and DNA-B clustered with other Brazilian begomoviruses. Infectious cloned DNA-A and DNA-B components induced distinct symptoms in Solanaceae and Fabaceae species by biolistic inoculation. In soybean, the virus induced mild symptoms, i.e., chlorotic spots on the leaves, from which the name soybean chlorotic spot virus (SoCSV) was proposed. The most severe symptoms were displayed by common beans, which exhibited leaf distortion, blistering, interveinal chlorosis, mosaic and golden mosaic. The possibility that SoCSV may become a threat to bean production in Brazil is discussed.