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Minicell‐based fungal RNAi delivery for sustainable crop protection
Spray‐induced gene silencing (SIGS) using topical dsRNA applications has risen as a promising, target‐specific, and environmentally friendly disease management strategy against phytopathogenic fungi. However, dsRNA stability, efficacy, and scalability are still the main constraints facing SIGS broad...
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8313293/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33624940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13699 |
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author | Islam, Md Tabibul Davis, Zachery Chen, Lisa Englaender, Jacob Zomorodi, Sepehr Frank, Joseph Bartlett, Kira Somers, Elisabeth Carballo, Sergio M. Kester, Mark Shakeel, Ameer Pourtaheri, Payam Sherif, Sherif M. |
author_facet | Islam, Md Tabibul Davis, Zachery Chen, Lisa Englaender, Jacob Zomorodi, Sepehr Frank, Joseph Bartlett, Kira Somers, Elisabeth Carballo, Sergio M. Kester, Mark Shakeel, Ameer Pourtaheri, Payam Sherif, Sherif M. |
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description | Spray‐induced gene silencing (SIGS) using topical dsRNA applications has risen as a promising, target‐specific, and environmentally friendly disease management strategy against phytopathogenic fungi. However, dsRNA stability, efficacy, and scalability are still the main constraints facing SIGS broader application. Here we show that Escherichia coli‐derived anucleated minicells can be utilized as a cost‐effective, scalable platform for dsRNA production and encapsulation. We demonstrated that minicell‐encapsulated dsRNA (ME‐dsRNA) was shielded from RNase degradation and stabilized on strawberry surfaces, allowing dsRNA persistence in field‐like conditions. ME‐dsRNAs targeting chitin synthase class III (Chs3a, Chs3b) and DICER‐like proteins (DCL1 and DCL2) genes of Botryotinia fuckeliana selectively knocked‐down the target genes and led to significant fungal growth inhibition in vitro. We also observed a compensatory relationship between DCL1 and DCL2 gene transcripts, where the silencing of one gene upregulated the expression of the other. Contrary to naked‐dsRNAs, ME‐dsRNAs halted disease progression in strawberries for 12 days under greenhouse conditions. These results elucidate the potential of ME‐dsRNAs to enable the commercial application of RNAi‐based, species‐specific biocontrols comparable in efficacy to conventional synthetics. ME‐dsRNAs offer a platform that can readily be translated to large‐scale production and deployed in open‐field applications to control grey mould in strawberries. |
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spelling | pubmed-83132932021-07-30 Minicell‐based fungal RNAi delivery for sustainable crop protection Islam, Md Tabibul Davis, Zachery Chen, Lisa Englaender, Jacob Zomorodi, Sepehr Frank, Joseph Bartlett, Kira Somers, Elisabeth Carballo, Sergio M. Kester, Mark Shakeel, Ameer Pourtaheri, Payam Sherif, Sherif M. Microb Biotechnol Brief Reports Spray‐induced gene silencing (SIGS) using topical dsRNA applications has risen as a promising, target‐specific, and environmentally friendly disease management strategy against phytopathogenic fungi. However, dsRNA stability, efficacy, and scalability are still the main constraints facing SIGS broader application. Here we show that Escherichia coli‐derived anucleated minicells can be utilized as a cost‐effective, scalable platform for dsRNA production and encapsulation. We demonstrated that minicell‐encapsulated dsRNA (ME‐dsRNA) was shielded from RNase degradation and stabilized on strawberry surfaces, allowing dsRNA persistence in field‐like conditions. ME‐dsRNAs targeting chitin synthase class III (Chs3a, Chs3b) and DICER‐like proteins (DCL1 and DCL2) genes of Botryotinia fuckeliana selectively knocked‐down the target genes and led to significant fungal growth inhibition in vitro. We also observed a compensatory relationship between DCL1 and DCL2 gene transcripts, where the silencing of one gene upregulated the expression of the other. Contrary to naked‐dsRNAs, ME‐dsRNAs halted disease progression in strawberries for 12 days under greenhouse conditions. These results elucidate the potential of ME‐dsRNAs to enable the commercial application of RNAi‐based, species‐specific biocontrols comparable in efficacy to conventional synthetics. ME‐dsRNAs offer a platform that can readily be translated to large‐scale production and deployed in open‐field applications to control grey mould in strawberries. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8313293/ /pubmed/33624940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13699 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Microbial Biotechnology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Society for Applied Microbiology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Brief Reports Islam, Md Tabibul Davis, Zachery Chen, Lisa Englaender, Jacob Zomorodi, Sepehr Frank, Joseph Bartlett, Kira Somers, Elisabeth Carballo, Sergio M. Kester, Mark Shakeel, Ameer Pourtaheri, Payam Sherif, Sherif M. Minicell‐based fungal RNAi delivery for sustainable crop protection |
title | Minicell‐based fungal RNAi delivery for sustainable crop protection |
title_full | Minicell‐based fungal RNAi delivery for sustainable crop protection |
title_fullStr | Minicell‐based fungal RNAi delivery for sustainable crop protection |
title_full_unstemmed | Minicell‐based fungal RNAi delivery for sustainable crop protection |
title_short | Minicell‐based fungal RNAi delivery for sustainable crop protection |
title_sort | minicell‐based fungal rnai delivery for sustainable crop protection |
topic | Brief Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8313293/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33624940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13699 |
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