Effect of Figaren, an Antiviral Protein from Cucumis figarei, on Cucumber mosaic virus Infection

Local lesion formation on cowpea leaves was more than 50% inhibited by treatment with a 23 kDa RNase-like glycoprotein from Cucumis figarei, figaren, from 24 hr before to 1 hr after inoculation with Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). CMV accumulation detected by ELISA in tobacco leaves treated with figaren 6 or 0 hr before inoculation with CMV was suppressed. When upper leaves of tobacco plants were treated with figaren and inoculated 10 min later with CMV, mosaic symptoms were delayed for 5–7 days on most of the tobacco plants, and some plants remained asymptomatic. From fluorescence in situ hybridization, infection sites were present in figaren-treated cowpea or melon leaves after inoculation with CMV, though the sites were reduced in number and size compared with those in water-treated control leaves. The amount of CMV RNAs and CMV antigen in melon protoplasts inoculated with CMV and subsequently incubated with figaren similarly increased with time as did that in the control. ELISA and local lesion assays indicated that CMV infection on the upper surfaces of the leaves of tobacco, melon, cowpea and C. amaranticolor whose lower surfaces had been treated with figaren 5–10 min before CMV inoculation was almost completely inhibited. Figaren did not inhibit CMV infection on the opposite untreated leaf halves of melon, cowpea and C. amaranticolor, whereas it almost completely inhibited CMV infection on the untreated halves of leaves of tobacco. CMV infection was not inhibited in the untreated upper or lower leaves of the four plants. These data suggest that figaren does not completely prevent CMV invasion but does inhibit the initial infection processes. It may also induce localized acquired resistance in host plants. Received 10 October 2000/ Accepted in revised form 6 February 2001     

Movement of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Cucumber Mosaic Virus</Emphasis> Is Restricted at the Interface between Mesophyll and Phloem Pathway in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Cucumis figarei</Emphasis>

Viral movement in the leaf tissues of a resistant host, Cucumis figarei, inoculated with the pepo strain of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and incubated at 24°C or 36°C was investigated by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), leaf-press blotting, tissue printing and immunogold-silver staining techniques. Observation by FISH revealed that at 24°C most infection sites with CMV at 0.01 mg/ml or 0.1 mg/ml were limited to a single cell during the incubation period, that the number of infection sites increased from 24hpi (hours post inoculation) to 80 hpi in the leaves inoculated with CMV at 0.5 mg/ml, and that the size as well as the number of infection sites rapidly increased with time in the leaves inoculated with CMV at 2.0 mg/ml. These results suggested that one factor for the resistance of C. figarei at 24°C might be an inhibition of viral movement in and out of the infection sites. Leaf-press blotting and tissue blotting indicated that CMV remained in the infection sites at 24°C, whereas it spread from the inoculated leaves to other parts of the plants through vascular systems at 36°C. Immunogold-silver staining demonstrated that at 24°C CMV infected bundle sheath (BS) cells in minor veins, whereas at 36°C it invaded not only BS cells, but also phloem parenchyma (PP)/ companion cell (CC) or PP/intermediary cell (IC) complexes in minor veins in the regions with chlorotic symptoms. These results indicated that at 24°C CMV had difficulty in passing through the interface between BS and PP/CC or PP/ IC complexes and that viral entry from mesophyll to the phloem pathway was inhibited in the inoculated leaves. Received 26 August 1999/ Accepted in revised form 14 December 1999     

A Cucumber mosaic virus Isolated from Silene armeria

A Cucumber mosaic virus was newly isolated from Silene armeria and was characterized by biological, serological and molecular biological methods. Received 4 July 2001/ Accepted in revised form 28 August 2001     

臭椿抗烟草花叶病毒活性物质的提取及其初步分离

以烟草花叶病毒为供试病毒,采用生物活性跟踪的方法对臭椿抗病毒活性物质进行了提取与初步分离。结果表明,臭椿乙醇提取物、甲醇提取物和丙酮提取物均有较好的抗烟草花叶病毒作用;通过系统溶剂提取、硅胶柱层析分离和活性筛选,从臭椿乙醇提取物的氯仿极性部位获得两个抗烟草花叶病毒活性组分Fr3与Fr6;经硅胶柱层析进一步分离,氯仿/甲醇梯度洗脱,得到4种相对较纯的活性成分C1、C2、C3、C4。生测结果显示,4种活性成分对烟草花叶病毒具有一定程度的抑制作用,但效果均低于原乙醇提取物,在活体条件下对烟草花叶病毒系统侵染的防治作用不明显。     

Amino Acid 129 of Cucumber mosaic virus Coat Protein Determines Local Symptom Expression and Systemic Movement in Tetragonia expansa, Momordica charantia and Physalis floridana

Local symptom expression and systemic movement of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) in Tetragonia expansa, Momordica charantia and Physalis floridana were mapped to the amino acid at position 129 of CMV coat protein (CP), using pseudorecombinants, chimeric RNAs, a site-directed mutant of RNA 3 and four strains of CMV : pepo-, SO-, MY17- and Y-CMV. Local and systemic symptoms caused by three strains, pepo-, SO- and MY17-CMV, and those by Y-CMV differed in the three host species. The three strains expressed local chlorotic spots at 24°C and systemic chlorotic spots and ringspots at 36°C, whereas Y-CMV developed local necrotic spots at 24°C but no systemic symptoms at 36°C in T. expansa. In M. charantia the three strains caused systemic chlorotic spots, whereas Y-CMV caused local necrotic spots. The three caused systemic mosaic and Y-CMV systemic necrosis in P. floridana. With pseudorecombinants combined with pepo- and Y-CMV RNAs, CMV RNA 3 was responsible for symptom expression and systemic infection. Inoculation with Y-CMV RNA 1, RNA 2 and chimeric RNA 3s exchanged CP gene fragments between pepo- and Y-CMV showed that NruI-XhoI fragment of CP was essential for symptom expression. Comparative analysis of the NruI-XhoI fragments revealed that only the amino acid at position 129 was common among the three strains but different from that of Y-CMV. Inoculation with a point mutant constructed by substituting one nucleotide resulting in an amino acid change from Ser to Pro at position 129 in Y-CMV CP verified the previous experiments. These results indicate that the amino acid at position 129 of CMV CP is the determinant for local symptom expression and systemic movement in the three host species. CMV CP containing Ser at position 129 may induce resistant responses in these plants. Received 29 June 2001/ Accepted in revised form 28 August 2001     

孔石莼(UIVa pertusa)中一种抗TMV活性蛋白的纯化及其特性

采用硫酸铵盐析和阳离子交换柱层析(CM-Sepharose Fast Flow),从孔石莼(Ulva pertusa Kjellm)藻体中分离纯化得到1个蛋白,命名为UPCM40.经SDS-PAGE确定其分子量约为36 kD,Native-PAGE可知其为单一组分;该蛋白不含糖;其全波长扫描结果显示,该蛋白在190～220 nm和250～300 nn处有特征吸收峰,在250～300 nm范围中的最大吸收峰在270～275 nm处.经测定发现该蛋白具较好的抗烟草花叶病毒(Tobacco mosaic virus,TMV)的活性,当蛋白质浓度为50μg/mL时,对TMV的抑制效果为:在枯斑寄主心叶烟上的侵染抑制率达85.6%,在苋色藜上为90.2%.测定该蛋白对6种供试真菌的抑制效果发现,对镰刀菌(Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.cucumerinum)、立枯丝核菌(Rhizoctonia solani)和香蕉炭疽菌(Gloeosporium musarum)均有一定程度的抑菌作用,但抑制活性很低.     

链霉菌菌株HNS2-2的分类鉴定及其代谢产物抗烟草花叶病毒活性

从神农架国家自然保护区土样中分离筛选到1株抗烟草花叶病毒的放线菌HNS2-2。根据培养性状、扫描电镜观察、生理生化测定以及16S rRNA序列分析,初步判定该菌株为链霉菌属中的草绿色链霉菌（Streptomyces herbaricolor）。HNS2-2菌株培养滤液与烟草花叶病毒混合后接种在枯斑寄主曼陀罗和系统侵染寄主普通烟K326上,对两寄主的枯斑抑制率分别为92.62%和61.88%;接种病毒前、后施用HNS2-2菌株培养滤液对两寄主的枯斑抑制率分别为83.78%、67.26%和54.06%、42.37%。     

一种促进植物根系生长的极细链格孢菌蛋白质分离、纯化和生物功能

通过硫酸铵沉淀、有机溶剂沉淀、离子交换和分子筛连用的方法，从极细链格孢菌JH505菌株中分离纯化到分子量约为35kD的植物激发子。利用固相梯度凝胶双向电泳方法测定了该蛋白的等电点为4．22。将该纯化蛋白稀释液浸泡小麦种子8h，7d后小麦根系琥珀酸脱氢酶活性提高65．27％，经蛋白处理的小麦根长比对照提高13．1％。     

A Variant of Cucumber mosaic virus Is Restricted to Local Lesions in Inoculated Tobacco Leaves with a Hypersensitive Response

A variant of Cucumber mosaic virus, CMV(Y/GM2), was isolated from a tobacco plant with mild green mosaic symptoms that was regenerated in vitro from a yellow strain of CMV [CMV(Y)]-infected tobacco leaves by tissue culture. CMV(Y/GM2) has two amino acid substitutions at 36 and 111 positions in the coat protein encoded on RNA3. CMV, assembled by mixing in vitro transcribed CMV(Y) RNA1 and RNA2 plus infectious RNA3 transcribed in vitro from cDNA to RNA3 of CMV(Y/GM2), was prepared and designated as CMV(Y/GM2)tr. When tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthi nc) plants were inoculated with CMV(Y/GM2)tr, large necrotic local lesions in which the virus was localized, developed on the inoculated leaves. This host response unique to CMV(Y/GM2)tr was similar to the hypersensitive response (HR), which is a common resistance response to avirulent pathogens and was observed in five cultivars of Nicotiana tabacum and eight Nicotiana species. The revertant virus, however, accumulated to quite different levels in the various hosts. CMV(Y/GM2)tr induced pathogenesis-related 1 (PR-1) protein accumulation and systemic acquired resistance (SAR) which were generally observed in the HR. However, when tobaccos were inoculated with CMV(S36P)tr and CMV(V111I)tr, which have an amino acid substitution at either the 36 or 111 position in the coat protein of CMV(Y), respectively, CMV(S36P)tr was restricted to the primary infection site without necrotic local lesion formation and PR-1 protein and SAR induction. CMV(V111I)tr, however, systemically spread and induced mild green mosaic symptoms, while the host had the HR to CMV(Y/GM2)tr. The localization of CMV(Y/GM2)tr at the primary infection site may not only be caused by the HR, but also by the restriction of virus systemic movement resulting from the amino acid substitution at position 36 in the coat protein of CMV(Y). Received 15 December 1999/ Accepted in revised form 18 April 2000     

Identification of blackeye cowpea mosaic virus from germplasm of yard-long bean and from soybean,and the relationships between blackeye cowpea mosaic virus and cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus

Two potyvirus isolates, one from germplasm of yard-long bean (Vigna unguiculata ssp.sesquipedalis) introduced into the Netherlands, and another one from soybean plants (Glycine max) in Indonesia, were compared with two virus isolates of blackeye cowpea mosaic virus (BICMV) from the USA and a Moroccan isolate of cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CAMV). It is proposed that all five isolates be now considered BICMV on the basis of host ranges, symptoms and serology. From our results, and a reassessment of the literature it is suggested to drop the name CAMV in favour of BICMV.Samenvatting Twee potyvirussen, de een in Nederland ingevoerd met genenmateriaal vanVigna unguiculata ssp.sesquipedalis en de ander uit planten van sojaboon (Glycine max) in Indonesië, werden vergeleken met twee isolaten van blackeye cowpea mosiac virus (BICMV) en een Marokkaans isolaat van cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CAMV). Op grond van waardplantenreeksen, symptomen en serologie stellen de auteurs voor om alle vijf isolaten te beschouwen als BICMV. Gebaseerd op de verkregen resultaten en een kritische beschouwing van de literatuur wordt de aanbeveling gedaan om de naam CAMV te laten vallen ten gunste van BICMV.     

Partial Purification of Thai Isolate of Citrus Huanglongbing (Greening) Bacterium and Antiserum Production for Serological Diagnosis

We aimed to improve the purification of citrus Huanglongbing (greening) bacterium (HB), Candidatus Liberobacter asiaticum and to produce an antiserum against HB. Periwinkle plants Catharantus roseum L. graft-inoculated with HB were used to produce an antiserum. All young leaves of new shoots incubated at 20–25°C and 25–30°C, a few mature leaves incubated at 20–25°C, and all mature leaves incubated first at 25–30°C and later transferred to 20–25°C developed yellowing symptoms and were then used to prepare immunogen. The HB was partially purified from these leaves by an improved method that included a macerating enzyme treatment of the midribs of infected leaves and homogenization of infected phloem sieve tissues. An antiserum raised against partially purified HB reacted clearly at a dilution of 1/16 with HB-infected citrus extract prepared at a concentration of 40 times, but did not react with healthy or tristeza virus-infected citrus extract in microprecipitin tests. Received 23 August 2002/ Accepted in revised form 4 December 2002     

Effects of Susceptibility of Test Plants on Modes of Cucumovirus Transmission by Myzus persicae

In sequential transmission tests of Peanut stunt virus S (PSV-S) and Cucumber mosaic virus V (CMV-V) using Myzus persicae, these viruses behave as a semipersistent virus in Phaseolus vulgaris, but as a nonpersistent virus in Nicotiana tabacum, regardless of the species of plant used as the virus source. In addition, viruliferous aphids retained virus infectivity and transmitted it to P. vulgaris, even after they lost infectivity to N. tabacum. Apparently, the mode of transmission by the aphids differs depending on the plant species used for the assay. After mechanical inoculation with purified PSV-S or CMV-V, P. vulgaris appeared more susceptible to PSV-S than N. tabacum. However, the susceptibility to CMV-V appeared similar in both assay plants. Received 22 May 2000/ Accepted in revised form 14 September 2000     

Molecular Characterization of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Bean yellow mosaic virus </Emphasis>from Vegetatively Propagated Dwarf <Emphasis Type="Italic">Gentiana </Emphasis>Plants

The causative virus (isolate No. 4) of gentian (Gentiana spp.) mosaic, which had been identified previously as Clover yellow vein virus (C1YVV) on the basis of host range and serological reactions, was re-identified as Bean yellow mosaic virus (BYMV) on the basis of the nucleotide sequences of the gene for the coat protein (CP) and the 3′-noncoding region, as well as the predicted amino acid sequence of CP. Received 16 April 2002/ Accepted in revised form 19 June 2002     

Purification and some properties of Papaya meleira virus, a novel virus infecting papayas in Brazil

'Meleira', or 'sticky disease', is currently the most damaging papaya disease in the mid-eastern Brazilian growing regions. Consistent disease transmission via latex injection, presence of similar isometric particles in the laticiferous vessels of diseased plants, and detection of double-stranded DNA in naturally and experimentally infected papaya trees suggest that a virus is the causal agent. Conclusive evidence for viral aetiology was previously lacking, mostly because every attempt to purify the putative virus from infected papayas had failed. Following the successful purification and partial characterization of the meleira virus, healthy papaya seedlings injected with purified virus particles later developed typical symptoms of the disease. Negatively stained, isometric, full and 'empty' purified virus particles measured 42 and 38 nm, respectively. The viral genome was a single dsRNA molecule of about 12 kbp. Several capsid proteins, ranging in size from 14·4 to 45 kDa, were consistently revealed by PAGE. Papaya meleira virus (PMeV) appears to represent a novel group of viruses, with no known similar counterpart among known plant-, vertebrate-, invertebrate- or prokaryote-infecting viruses.     

Characterization of an endopolygalacturonase Gene cppg1 from Phytopathogenic Fungus Chondrostereum purpureum

Chondrostereum purpureum, a phytopathogenic fungus, produces endopolygalacturonase (endoPG) which has been suggested to have a causal role in the silver-leaf symptom of apple trees. In this paper, we detected C. purpureurn-derived endoPG at the infection sites using ELISA with a polyclonal antibody against endoPG I. A gene encoding endoPG I and its homolog were also isolated from the C. purpureum genome. The endoPG I gene was designated as cppg1. The cppg1 gene is the first fungal endoPG gene reported in the Basidiomycetes. Received 31 May 2000/ Accepted in revised form 13 September 2000     

花脸蘑蛋白粗提液控制辣椒病毒病及促生作用研究

本研究提取野生食用菌——花脸蘑Lepista sordida的蛋白粗提液,并在室内测定其对辣椒病毒病的控制作用及其对辣椒植株生长的促进作用。结果表明,以25、50和100μg·mL^-1的花脸蘑蛋白粗提液分别茎叶喷雾处理后再接种黄瓜花叶病毒,防治效果分别为72.11%、79.53%和94.86%;以100μg·mL^-1的花脸蘑蛋白粗提液通过茎叶喷雾,浸种与茎叶喷雾结合两种方法处理辣椒后,辣椒根系的湿重及干重、辣椒地上部湿重和干重、叶片数、叶面积、叶绿素指数、株高、茎粗和壮苗指数均比对照明显提高。综上所述,花脸蘑蛋白粗提液在室内对黄瓜花叶病毒引起的辣椒病毒病有很好的控制作用,同时对辣椒生长具有良好的促进作用。     

Comparative Cytopathology and Immunocytochemistry of Japanese, Australian and Brazilian Isolates of Orchid fleck virus

Cytopathic effects in orchid leaf tissues infected with Australian, Japanese and Brazilian isolates of Orchid fleck virus (OFV) were indistinguishable and like those previously described in the literature. Cells had an electron-lucent viroplasm with unenveloped rod-shaped virions in the nucleus and cytoplasm, often associated with the inner membrane of the nuclear envelope and the endoplasmic reticulum. Antiserum raised against a Japanese isolate of OFV reacted with Brazilian and Australian isolates in ELISA, and when used for immuno-gold labelling, also reacted in situ with the rod-shaped virions and the intranuclear viroplasm of all three isolates. These results suggest that the viroplasm is where structural proteins accumulate and virions are formed. Received 13 December 2000/ Accepted in revised form 13 April 2001     

Cloning and Selective Toxicant-induced Expression of BMR1 and BMR3, Novel ABC Transporter Genes in Botrytis cinerea

Two genes, BMR1 and BMR3, encoding new members of the ABC superfamily in Botrytis cinerea, were cloned and characterized. The topologies of the encoded proteins, BMR1 and BMR3, were both (NBF-TMD₆)₂, similar to most of the toxicant-efflux ABC transporters. These genes had different induced expression patterns after treatment with various toxicants, suggesting they may have different roles in toxicant-resistance. Received 24 September 2002/ Accepted in revised form 2 December 2002     

水稻中与白叶枯病菌hrf1基因同源序列克隆及功能分析

利用PCR技术从粳稻R109中克隆到与hrf1同源的序列,命名为hpfr1,与hrf1基因的同源性为92%。推导的氨基酸同源性为74.8%。hpfr1基因连接到含T7启动子的高表达载体pET30a（＋）上构建重组质粒pHOSJ4,并转化宿主菌BL21（DE3）产生表达菌株BL21（DE3）/pHOSJ4。hpfr1与hrf1基因在起始密码子ATG至225个碱基处完全相同。将ATG至225碱基的序列克隆,并构建表达载体pHOSJ4-225,表达产物注射烟草能引起过敏反应。BL21（DE3）/pHOSJ4和BL21（DE3）/pHOSJ4-225的蛋白抽提物诱导烟草抗烟草花叶病毒病均达极显著水平,浓度为60μl/ml时防效最显著,分别为96.35%、95.4%,与harpinXoo防效（95.9%）相近。