啤酒花矮化类病毒及其突变体侵染性克隆的构建和生物学活性研究

  啤酒花矮化类病毒重组突变体（HSVd D 15）是世界上报道过的仅有的一个啤酒花矮化类病毒（HSVd）分子内重组突变体。为研究其生物学活性,本文分别构建了含有HSVd和HSVd D 15 cDNA加倍串联序列的重组质粒,并对其在指示植株四叶黄瓜上的侵染活性进行了检测。结果表明：仅在接种含有HSVd cDNA多倍串联序列重组质粒的黄瓜上检测到HSVd的侵染,在同样条件下接种了含有HSVd D 15 cDNA两倍串联序列重组质粒的黄瓜上未检测到子代类病毒。HSVd D 15的生物学活性还需通过改进接种方法或将其接种无毒的自然寄主李树苗木来进一步研究。     

啤酒花矮化类病毒实时荧光定量RT-PCR检测方法的建立与应用

为建立一种快速、灵敏、特异的定量检测啤酒花矮化类病毒(Hop stunt viroid,HSVd)的实时荧光定量RT-PCR (RT-qPCR)方法,设计了2对引物及特异探针,体外转录制备了RNA标准品,绘制标准曲线,并对该方法的特异性、灵敏度和重复性进行评估.建立的定量标准曲线Ct值与模板拷贝数对数之间呈良好的线性关系,相关系数R2为0.9988,扩增效率为95％;该方法的特异性好,与啤酒花潜隐类病毒(HLVd)、葡萄黄斑类病毒1(GYSVd-1)、葡萄黄斑类病毒2(GYSVd-2)和桃潜隐花叶类病毒(PLMVd)均无交叉反应;灵敏度为1.0×102拷贝/μL,比普通RT-PCR高10倍;试验内及试验间重复性试验的变异系数均小于3％.研究表明该方法适用于实际样品中HSVd的快速定量检测.     

法国进境葡萄砧木中啤酒花矮化类病毒的检测与序列分析

为检测法国进境葡萄砧木中啤酒花矮化类病毒（Hop stunt viroid,HSVd）,对其进行了RT-PCR检测及序列测定,并构建系统进化树比较了不同地域来源HSVd间的分子差异性。结果表明基于HSVd基因序列设计合成的1对引物能够扩增出302 bp大小的目标片段,而健康植株无此扩增产物。法国葡萄砧木中检出的HSVd分离物,与国内外已报道毒株的核酸序列同源性达90%~97%,与已报道的HSVd全基因组序列间差异较小,表明HSVd的序列变异与地域、寄主等无明显相关性。     

山西省枣树上啤酒花矮化类病毒的检测及序列分析

［目的］ 从枣树样品中分离鉴定啤酒花矮化类病毒（HSVd）。［方法］ 从山西省农业科学院果树研究所国家枣种质资源圃采集70份枣树叶片样品,提取小分子RNA后通过Northern杂交、RT PCR进行检测,并对阳性样品中的类病毒进行克隆测序,利用生物学软件对所得序列进行分析。 ［结果］ 70份枣树样品中有1份样品感染HSVd,克隆测序后,共获得13条HSVd序列,它们与GenBank上首次报道的HSVd序列相似性为92.6%~92.8% 。［结论］ 本研究首次在国内报道了枣树上分离得到的HSVd序列,HSVd枣树分离物与已报道的HSVd分离物差异较大。     

桃树上啤酒花矮化类病毒(Hop stunt viroid)的检测及序列分析

 2005年8月和2006年2月从中国北京、陕西、河北、山东、广西等地共采集76个无明显症状的桃树样品,经斑点杂交、RT-PCR以及生物学鉴定检测,来自北京和陕西的11个样品中检测到啤酒花矮化类病毒(Hop stunt viroid,HSVd),总感染率达14.5%。上述3种方法检测桃树上的HSVd具有一致性。将5个样品中的HSVd进行克隆测序,得到12条不同HSVd核酸序列,与GenBank中D13764序列(日本桃果实HSVd分离物)同源性为93.29%~100%。可以看出,国内桃树HSVd分离物核酸序列变异比较小,地域和品种间核酸序列无明显差异。这是首次比较系统地检测中国桃树上HSVd发生情况的报道。     

福建三明地区柑橘病毒类病原种类的鉴定及检测

为了明确福建省三明地区柑橘病毒类病原(病毒和类病毒)种类,利用RT-PCR技术对其进行了鉴定和检测,并对其检出率进行了分析。结果表明,从207份柑橘叶片样品中检出柑橘衰退病毒(citrus tristeza virus, CTV)、柑橘黄化脉明病毒(citrus yellow vein clearing virus, CYVCV)、柑橘叶斑驳病毒(citrus leaf blotch virus, CLBV)和蚜虫致死麻痹病毒(aphid lethal paralysis virus, ALPV)等4种病毒以及柑橘曲叶类病毒(citrus bent leaf viroid, CBLVd)、啤酒花矮化类病毒(hop stunt viroid, HSVd)、柑橘矮化类病毒(citrus dwarfing viroid, CDVd)、柑橘类病毒Ⅴ(citrus viroidⅤ, CVdⅤ)和柑橘类病毒Ⅵ(citrus viroidⅥ, CVdⅥ)等5种类病毒。其中,CTV、CYVCV、CLBV和ALPV的检出率分别是71.01%、66.67%、0.97%和6.28%,CBLVd、HSVd、C...     

侵染肥城桃的病毒和类病毒的分子检测与鉴定

为明确山东肥城桃种植区桃树上主要存在的病毒和类病毒及其发生情况,采集具有花叶、斑驳和皱缩典型症状的肥城桃样品,提取叶片总RNA后,分别选用桃树上已报道的啤酒花矮化类病毒Hopstuntviroid(HSVd)、桃潜隐花叶类病毒Peach latent mosaic viroid(PLMVd)、苹果褪绿叶斑病毒Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus(ACLSV)、樱桃锉叶病毒Cherry rasp leaf virus(CRLV)、桃花叶病毒Peach mosaic virus(PMV)、李属坏死环斑病毒Prunus necrotic ringspot virus(PNRSV)、李痘病毒Plum pox virus(PPV)、李矮缩病毒Prunus dwarf virus(PDV)、樱桃绿环斑驳病毒Cherry green ring mottle virus(CGRMV)、杏假褪绿叶斑病毒Apricot pseudo-chlorotic leaf spot virus(APCLSV)、李树皮坏死茎纹孔伴随病毒Plum bark necrosis stem pitting-associated virus(PBNSPaV)和小樱桃病毒1号Little cherry virus 1(LchV1)的特异性引物进行RT-PCR检测。PCR结果显示仅HSVd、PLMVd、ACLSV、PNRSV和PBNSPaV的扩增产物中得到了预期大小的目的片段,将目的片段克隆测序后,经NCBI BLAST比对发现,山东肥城桃分离物HSVd、PLMVd、ACLSV、PNRSV和PBNSPaV与GenBank已报道分离物序列一致性均达90%以上。表明山东肥城桃已感染HSVd、PLMVd 2种类病毒和ACLSV、PNRSV、PBNSPaV 3种病毒。     

中国锦紫苏类病毒的检测及其分子生物学特征研究

 从无明显症状表现的11株锦紫苏叶片中抽提低分子量的RNA,经Return-PAGE、RT-PCR和Dot-blot hybridization检测,结果表明11株锦紫苏全部带有锦紫苏类病毒(Coleus blumei viroid,CBVd)。将部分PCR产物克隆到pGEM-3Zf(+)载体上并进行DNA序列测定。序列分析结果,所克隆的序列(GenBank登录号分别为DQ178395、DQ178396、DQ178397、DQ178398和DQ178399)与GenBank中报道的锦紫苏类病毒1号(CBVd-1)序列同源性为85.23%~99.20%。从市场上购买的锦紫苏种子经Return-PAGE和RT-PCR检测不携带锦紫苏类病毒。这是中国发生的锦紫苏类病毒的首次报道。     

我国梅树上病毒及类病毒的检测和鉴定

目前, 我国梅树上的病毒种类及发生情况仍不完全清楚。本研究从北京、武汉、南京和无锡的梅园中采集了64份疑似感染病毒的叶片样品, 通过RT-PCR和斑点杂交, 对7种病毒和2种类病毒进行了检测。共检测到6种病毒和1种类病毒。其中, 李属坏死环斑病毒(prunus necrotic ringspot virus, PNRSV)和桃潜隐花叶类病毒(peach latent mosaic viroid, PLMVd)为我国梅树上的首次检出。PNRSV、亚洲李属病毒2号(Asian prunus virus 2, APV2)、桃叶痘伴随病毒(peach leaf pitting-associated virus, PLPaV)的检出率高于30%。综合考虑病毒的分布及检出率, PLPaV、APV2、PNRSV和李树皮坏死茎痘伴随病毒(plum bark necrosis stem pitting-associated virus, PBNSPaV)是武汉、南京和无锡梅树上的主要病毒。此外, 通过克隆和测序, 获得了PLMVd和梅树病毒A(mume virus A, MuVA)的基因组, PLPaV的RNA1组分和PNRSV外壳蛋白(CP)基因序列。序列比较分析显示, 我国PLMVd梅分离物和PNRSV梅分离物与我国桃分离物亲缘关系最近, 表明PLMVd和PNRSV可能在梅和桃树间交互侵染;我国MuVA梅分离物序列与日本梅分离物序列的相似性高达98.56%;PLPaV梅分离物与我国桃分离物之间序列变异较大。上述结果不仅进一步明确了我国梅树上的病毒及类病毒种类和分布情况, 而且有助于深入了解它们的流行与传播。     

西藏昌都市卡若区蔬菜主要病毒检测及番茄斑萎病毒鉴定

为明确西藏昌都市卡若区高原条件下的蔬菜主要病毒种类, 对温室、大棚和露地栽培的主要蔬菜进行了病毒病调查, 采集典型病毒病症状样品进行ELISA检测, 明确病毒种类; 并利用电子显微镜观察, RT-PCR扩增克隆与测序分析对主要病毒进行鉴定分析。ELISA检测结果表明, 西藏昌都市卡若区温室及大棚栽培的番茄、辣椒和莴苣上的主要病毒有番茄斑萎病毒(tomato spotted wilt virus, TSWV)、马铃薯Y病毒(potato virus Y, PVY)及凤果花叶病毒(pepino mosaic virus, PepMV)。其中TSWV检出率最高, 为45%。进一步对检出TSWV的蔬菜样品进行电子显微镜观察, 发现其中含有典型的正番茄斑萎病毒属Orthotospovirus病毒粒体, 应用TSWV-N基因特异性引物进行RT-PCR扩增克隆和序列分析, 发现西藏昌都市卡若区蔬菜感染的TSWV与云南TSWV分离株亲缘关系最近。本研究结果明确了西藏昌都市卡若区蔬菜的主要病毒种类。综合抗体检测、病毒粒体形态观察与分类相关基因的克隆测序结果, 明确了西藏昌都市卡若区蔬菜感染的主要病毒为TSWV。这也是TSWV在西藏的首次报道, 为了解TSWV的发生分布及其防控提供了依据。     

Somatic embryogenesis efficiently eliminates viroid infections from grapevines

Indirect somatic embryogenesis is effective at eliminating the most important viruses affecting grapevines. Accordingly, this technique was tested as a method for eradicating two widespread viroids, Grapevine yellow speckle viroid 1 (GYSVd-1) and Hop stunt viroid (HSVd), from four grapevine cultivars. Both viroids were detected by RT-PCR in grapevine floral explants used for initiating embryogenic cultures, as well as in undifferentiated cells of embryogenic and non-embryogenic calli from anthers and ovaries. In contrast, somatic embryos differentiated from these infected calli were viroid-free, and viroids were not detected in embryo-derived plantlets even 3 years after their transfer to greenhouse conditions. A wider spatial distribution of HSVd than GYSVd-1 within proliferating calli was revealed by in situ hybridization, whereas no hybridization signal was detected in the somatic embryos. In addition, GYSVd-1 and HSVd were localised in the nucleus of infected cells, conclusively showing the nuclear accumulation of representative members of Apscaviroid and Hostuviroid genera, which has been only an assumption so far. Somatic embryogenesis was compared to in vitro thermotherapy, a technique routinely used for virus eradication. After thermotherapy, HSVd and GYSVd-1 were detected in all in vitro plantlets of the cultivar Roussan, and in all lines analysed after 3 years of culture in greenhouse. The high efficiency with which somatic embryogenesis may eliminate viroids and viruses from several infected grapevine cultivars, should allow the availability of virus- and viroid-free material, which would be useful not only for sanitary selection but also for basic research on plant-virus and plant-viroid interactions in grapevine.     

Development of a polyprobe for the simultaneous detection of four grapevine viroids in grapevine plants

This study aimed to develop a polyprobe for the simultaneous detection of four viroids that infect grapevine: Hop stunt viroid (HSVd), Australian grapevine viroid (AGVd), Grapevine yellow speckle viroid-1 and 2 (GYSVd-1, 2), using a non-isotopic dot blot hybridization technique. A polyprobe was constructed by cloning tandem full-length sequences of HSVd, AGVd and GYSVd-1 into a single vector. The cRNA polyprobe detected all four viroids with similar sensitivity to that obtained using individual probes. In addition, samples of 78 varieties from Beijing and Xinjiang were analyzed using the polyprobe to survey the incidence of grapevine viroids in China. The result demonstrated that grapevine viroids were detected in 56 (71.8%) varieties. In this study, a rapid, reliable and cost-effective approach to the simultaneous detection of four grapevine viroids has been developed which has the potential for routine use in quarantine and certification programs.     

Survey on viroids infecting grapevine in Italy: identification and characterization of Australian grapevine viroid and Grapevine yellow speckle viroid 2

Five viroid species have been reported from grapevine. Hop stunt viroid (HSVd) and Grapevine yellow speckle viroid 1 (GYSVd-1) are distributed worldwide, whereas Grapevine yellow speckle viroid 2 (GYSVd-2), Australian grapevine viroid (AGVd) and Citrus exocortis viroid (CEVd) are found only sporadically. However, the presence of AGVd and GYSVd-2 in several countries, including China, Turkey and Tunisia, suggests a wider dissemination, possibly also in Europe, where AGVd has never been found and GYSVd-2 has been occasionally identified in Italy. Taking advantage of a multiplex RT-PCR assay recently developed for detecting simultaneously these five viroids, vines growing in Italy in commercial vineyards and germplasm collections were surveyed. Besides confirming the widespread presence of HSVd and GYSVd-1 in the field, GYSVd-2 and/or AGVd were identified in two grapevine table cultivars (Sultanina Bianca and Red Globe) from germplasm collections. Tests extended to vines cultivated in southern Italy confirmed the presence of both viroids, which were further characterized. No major sequence divergences between the AGVd and GYSVd-2 variants from Italy and those previously described from other countries were observed. Phylogenetic analysis supported the close relationships among AGVd variants from Italy, Tunisia and Australia. To our knowledge this is the first report of AGVd in Europe and the first molecular characterization of GYSVd-2 isolates from a European country.     

Goat horns: Platforms for viroid transmission to fruit trees?

Mechanical inoculations with contaminating tools and propagation of infected budwood were considered the main causes for the omnipresence of multiple viroid species among citrus and other Middle Eastern and Mediterranean fruit trees and grapevines. However, neither means could explain viroid infections of wild trees — scattered on terrains inaccessible to humans — nor the finding of similar viroids among graft-incompatible plants. Northern hybridization of RNA extracts made of scrapings from the surfaces of goat (Capra hircus) horns that were rubbed against etrog (Citrus medica) stems infected with a citrus viroids complex, revealed accumulation of considerable amounts ofCitrus exocortis viroids (CEVd) andHop stunt viroids (HSVd). Experimental transmission of both CEVd and HSVd was obtained by rubbing healthy citrus plants with goat horns that had been rubbed 24 h earlier on infected etrog stems. These results implicate goats as possible vectors of viroids. Transmissionvia goats could have facilitated the long-range spread of viroids among cultivated and wild plants andvice versa and also among graft-incompatible plants.     

Correlation of hop stunt viroid variants to cachexia and xyloporosis diseases of citrus

ABSTRACT Citrus viroid (CVd) group II is comprised of hop stunt viroid (HSVd)-related variants of 295 to 302 nucleotides. Included in this group are the cachexia-inducing agents citrus cachexia viroid (or CVd-IIb), CVd-IIc, Ca-903, and Ca-909 as well as the non-cachexia-inducing variant CVd-IIa. The cachexia indexing hosts 'Parson's Special' mandarin and 'Orlando' tangelo as well as Citrus macrophylla responded with symptoms of gumming, discoloration, and stem pitting when infected by CVd-IIb, CVd-IIc, or Ca-903. However, 'Palestine' sweet lime, the indicator host used to describe the xyloporosis disease, displayed a distinctly different fine-pitting reaction and no discoloration or gumming when infected by the same viroids. Cachexia-inducing variants contain a number of nucleotide changes more similar to hop-type HSVd sequences than to the citrus-type HSVd sequences, as typified by CVd-IIa. The nucleotide sequence of CVd-IIc was identical to CVd group II isolates common to trees expressing xyloporosis. Experimental evidence indicates that either CVd-IIb or CVd-IIc can cause citrus diseases known as cachexia and xyloporosis and that the two disease designations reflect the distinct responses of different indexing hosts to the same viroids.     

A rapid one-step multiplex RT-PCR assay for the simultaneous detection of five citrus viroids in China

Citrus plants are natural hosts of five viroid species and large numbers of sequence variants. In this paper a simple and sensitive one step multiplex RT-PCR protocol with an internal control was utilised to simultaneously detect and differentiate five citrus viroids: Citrus exocortis viroid (CEVd), Citrus bent leaf viroid (CBLVd), Hop stunt viroid (HSVd), Citrus viroid-III (CVd-III) and Citrus viroid-IV (CVd-IV). In addition, a micro and rapid total nucleic acid extraction method was developed and the protocol applied to evaluate the occurrence and distribution of citrus viroids in China.