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Arch Virol ; 169(5): 113, 2024 Apr 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38684570

ABSTRACT

Many countries have identified tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV) as a serious threat to tomato production. Here, we constructed and characterized infectious clones of ToMMV isolated from Japanese sweet pepper seeds. The genome of the Japanese isolate is 6399 nucleotides in length and exhibits the highest identity with previously characterized isolates. For example, it is 99.7% identical to that of the Mauritius isolate, which occurs worldwide. Phylogenetic analysis based on complete genome sequences revealed that the Japanese isolates clustered in the same clade as those from other countries. When homozygous tomato cultivars with tobamovirus resistance genes were inoculated with an infectious cDNA clone of ToMMV, the virus systemically infected tomato plants with symptoms typical of Tm-1-carrying tomato cultivars. In contrast, tomato cultivars carrying Tm-2 or Tm-22 showed symptoms only on the inoculated leaves. Furthermore, when commercial cultivars of Tm-22 heterozygous tomato were inoculated with ToMMV, systemic infections were observed in all cultivars, with infection frequencies ranging from 25 to 100%. Inoculation of heterozygous sweet pepper cultivars with tobamovirus resistance genes (L1, L3, and L4) with ToMMV resulted in an infection frequency of about 70%, but most of the infected L1, L3, and L4 cultivars were symptomless, and 10-20% showed symptoms of necrosis and yellowing. Tomato mosaic virus strain L11A, an attenuated virus, did not provide cross-protection against ToMMV and led to systemic infection with typical symptoms. These results suggest that ToMMV might cause extensive damage to existing tomato and sweet pepper cultivars commonly grown in Japan.


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Capsicum , Genome, Viral , Phylogeny , Plant Diseases , Seeds , Solanum lycopersicum , Plant Diseases/virology , Capsicum/virology , Japan , Solanum lycopersicum/virology , Seeds/virology , Genome, Viral/genetics , Tobamovirus/genetics , Tobamovirus/isolation & purification
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J Biol Chem ; 292(21): 8716-8728, 2017 05 26.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28364040

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Hypoxia plays a role in the deterioration of ß-cell function. Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α (HNF4α) has an important role in pancreatic ß-cells, and mutations of the human HNF4A gene cause a type of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY1). However, it remains unclear whether hypoxia affects the expression of HNF4α in ß-cells. Here, we report that hypoxia reduces HNF4α protein expression in ß-cells. Hypoxia-inducible factor was not involved in the down-regulation of HNF4α under hypoxic conditions. The down-regulation of HNF4α was dependent on the activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), and the reduction of HNF4α protein expression by metformin, an AMPK activator, and hypoxia was inhibited by the overexpression of a kinase-dead (KD) form of AMPKα2. In addition, hypoxia decreased the stability of the HNF4α protein, and the down-regulation of HNF4α was sensitive to proteasome inhibitors. Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of KD-AMPKα2 improved insulin secretion in metformin-treated islets, hypoxic islets, and ob/ob mouse islets. These results suggest that down-regulation of HNF4α could be of importance in ß-cell dysfunction by hypoxia.


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AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism , Down-Regulation , Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4/biosynthesis , Insulin-Secreting Cells/metabolism , AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/genetics , Animals , Cell Hypoxia/drug effects , Cell Hypoxia/genetics , Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4/genetics , Humans , Insulin/genetics , Insulin/metabolism , Insulin Secretion , Insulin-Secreting Cells/pathology , Metformin/pharmacology , Mice , Mice, Obese , Proteasome Inhibitors/pharmacology
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