First published online April 20, 2004; 10.1105/tpc.018986
The Plant Cell 16:1302-1313 (2004)
© 2004 American Society of Plant Biologists
Viral Virulence Protein Suppresses RNA SilencingMediated Defense but Upregulates the Role of MicroRNA in Host Gene Expression
Jun Chena,b,
Wan Xiang Lic,
Daoxin Xiea,b,
Jin Rong Penga,b,1 and
Shou Wei Dingc,1,2
a Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117609
b Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117609
c Center for Plant Cell Biology, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, and Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521
2 To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail shou-wei.ding{at}ucr.edu; fax 951-827-4294.
Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) are processed by the ribonuclease Dicer from distinct precursors, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) and hairpin RNAs, respectively, although either may guide RNA silencing via a similar complex. The siRNA pathway is antiviral, whereas an emerging role for miRNAs is in the control of development. Here, we describe a virulence factor encoded by turnip yellow mosaic virus, p69, which suppresses the siRNA pathway but promotes the miRNA pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. p69 suppression of the siRNA pathway is upstream of dsRNA and is as effective as genetic mutations in A. thaliana genes involved in dsRNA production. Possibly as a consequence of p69 suppression, p69-expressing plants contained elevated levels of a Dicer mRNA and of miRNAs as well as a correspondingly enhanced miRNA-guided cleavage of two host mRNAs. Because p69-expressing plants exhibited disease-like symptoms in the absence of viral infection, our findings suggest a novel mechanism for viral virulence by promoting the miRNA-guided inhibition of host gene expression.
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