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Time-Resolved Observation of the Destination of Microinjected Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid (PSTVd) in the Abaxial Leaf Epidermal Cells of Nicotiana benthamiana
Viroids are single-stranded noncoding RNA molecules of 250–400 nucleotides that cause plant diseases. One of the two families of viroids is Pospiviroidae, the members of which replicate in the nuclei of host cells. To replicate in plants, viroids of Pospiviroidae must enter the nucleus. However, the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7765792/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33419377 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8122044 |
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author | Seo, Hyesu Wang, Ying Park, Woong June |
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description | Viroids are single-stranded noncoding RNA molecules of 250–400 nucleotides that cause plant diseases. One of the two families of viroids is Pospiviroidae, the members of which replicate in the nuclei of host cells. To replicate in plants, viroids of Pospiviroidae must enter the nucleus. However, the nuclear import of viroids remains understudied. In this work, we documented the time-dependent characteristics of the changes in microinjected fluorescently labeled potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd). The cytoplasmic fluorescence disappeared gradually, with only nuclear fluorescence remaining as the PSTVd injected in the cytoplasm was imported into the nucleus. Through this work, we determined that the time for half-maximal nuclear accumulation of the viroid was about 23 min. Interestingly, we found some cells where the nuclear import did not occur, despite the high level of cytosolic viroid injected. In some cells, the injected viroids disappeared within 10–20 min. The nuclear import of PSTVd is not a simple concentration-dependent process but was probably under the regulation of diverse factors that may be missing from some cells used for our observation. |
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spelling | pubmed-77657922020-12-28 Time-Resolved Observation of the Destination of Microinjected Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid (PSTVd) in the Abaxial Leaf Epidermal Cells of Nicotiana benthamiana Seo, Hyesu Wang, Ying Park, Woong June Microorganisms Communication Viroids are single-stranded noncoding RNA molecules of 250–400 nucleotides that cause plant diseases. One of the two families of viroids is Pospiviroidae, the members of which replicate in the nuclei of host cells. To replicate in plants, viroids of Pospiviroidae must enter the nucleus. However, the nuclear import of viroids remains understudied. In this work, we documented the time-dependent characteristics of the changes in microinjected fluorescently labeled potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd). The cytoplasmic fluorescence disappeared gradually, with only nuclear fluorescence remaining as the PSTVd injected in the cytoplasm was imported into the nucleus. Through this work, we determined that the time for half-maximal nuclear accumulation of the viroid was about 23 min. Interestingly, we found some cells where the nuclear import did not occur, despite the high level of cytosolic viroid injected. In some cells, the injected viroids disappeared within 10–20 min. The nuclear import of PSTVd is not a simple concentration-dependent process but was probably under the regulation of diverse factors that may be missing from some cells used for our observation. MDPI 2020-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7765792/ /pubmed/33419377 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8122044 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Communication Seo, Hyesu Wang, Ying Park, Woong June Time-Resolved Observation of the Destination of Microinjected Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid (PSTVd) in the Abaxial Leaf Epidermal Cells of Nicotiana benthamiana |
title | Time-Resolved Observation of the Destination of Microinjected Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid (PSTVd) in the Abaxial Leaf Epidermal Cells of Nicotiana benthamiana |
title_full | Time-Resolved Observation of the Destination of Microinjected Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid (PSTVd) in the Abaxial Leaf Epidermal Cells of Nicotiana benthamiana |
title_fullStr | Time-Resolved Observation of the Destination of Microinjected Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid (PSTVd) in the Abaxial Leaf Epidermal Cells of Nicotiana benthamiana |
title_full_unstemmed | Time-Resolved Observation of the Destination of Microinjected Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid (PSTVd) in the Abaxial Leaf Epidermal Cells of Nicotiana benthamiana |
title_short | Time-Resolved Observation of the Destination of Microinjected Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid (PSTVd) in the Abaxial Leaf Epidermal Cells of Nicotiana benthamiana |
title_sort | time-resolved observation of the destination of microinjected potato spindle tuber viroid (pstvd) in the abaxial leaf epidermal cells of nicotiana benthamiana |
topic | Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7765792/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33419377 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8122044 |
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