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Science ; 320(5880): 1185-90, 2008 May 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18483398

ABSTRACT

High complementarity between plant microRNAs (miRNAs) and their messenger RNA targets is thought to cause silencing, prevalently by endonucleolytic cleavage. We have isolated Arabidopsis mutants defective in miRNA action. Their analysis provides evidence that plant miRNA-guided silencing has a widespread translational inhibitory component that is genetically separable from endonucleolytic cleavage. We further show that the same is true of silencing mediated by small interfering RNA (siRNA) populations. Translational repression is effected in part by the ARGONAUTE proteins AGO1 and AGO10. It also requires the activity of the microtubule-severing enzyme katanin, implicating cytoskeleton dynamics in miRNA action, as recently suggested from animal studies. Also as in animals, the decapping component VARICOSE (VCS)/Ge-1 is required for translational repression by miRNAs, which suggests that the underlying mechanisms in the two kingdoms are related.


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Gene Expression Regulation, Plant , MicroRNAs/physiology , RNA Interference , RNA, Plant/physiology , RNA, Small Interfering/physiology , Adenosine Triphosphatases/genetics , Adenosine Triphosphatases/physiology , Arabidopsis/genetics , Arabidopsis/physiology , Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics , Arabidopsis Proteins/physiology , Argonaute Proteins , Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics , Katanin , Mutation , Protein Biosynthesis , RNA Caps
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Mol Plant Microbe Interact ; 20(11): 1323-31, 2007 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17977144

ABSTRACT

Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) can be used as a powerful tool for functional genomics studies in plants. With this approach, it is possible to target most genes and downregulate the messenger (m)RNA in a sequence-specific manner. Barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV) is an established VIGS vector for barley and wheat; however, silencing using this vector is generally transient, with efficient silencing often being confined to the first two or three systemically infected leaves. To investigate this further, part of the barley Phytoene desaturase (PDS) gene was inserted into BSMV and the resulting photobleaching in infected barley plants was used as a reporter for silencing. In addition, downregulation of PDS mRNA was measured by quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Using fragments of PDS ranging from 128 to 584 nucleotides in BSMV, we observed that insert length influenced stability but not efficiency of VIGS. Silencing was transient in most cases; however, the decrease in PDS mRNA levels measured by qRT-PCR began earlier and lasted longer than the photobleaching. Occasionally, silencing persisted and could be transmitted through seed as well as via mechanical inoculation, although large parts of the insert had been lost from the virus vector. The instability of the insert, observed consistently throughout our experiments, offers an explanation for the transient nature of silencing when using BSMV as a VIGS vector.


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Gene Expression Regulation, Plant , Gene Silencing , Hordeum/genetics , Hordeum/virology , Plant Proteins/genetics , Plant Viruses/physiology , Cloning, Molecular , Oxidoreductases/genetics , Oxidoreductases/metabolism , Plant Proteins/metabolism , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , Seeds
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