TY - JOUR
T1 - Small RNAs in plant immunity and virulence of filamentous pathogens
AU - Qiao, Yongli
AU - Xia, Rui
AU - Zhai, Jixian
AU - Hou, Yingnan
AU - Feng, Li
AU - Zhai, Yi
AU - Ma, Wenbo
N1 - Funding Information:
We apologize for being unable to discuss or cite all related studies because of limited space. Research in W.M.’s laboratory is supported by the National Science Foundation (IOS-1340001) and Gatsby Charity Foundation. The research in Y.Q.’s laboratory is supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32072502), the Shuguang Program of the Shanghai Education Development Foundation and Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (18SG43), and the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (18DZ2260500). We thank Dr. Michelle Hulin for her help with Figure 2.
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PY - 2021/8/25
Y1 - 2021/8/25
N2 - Gene silencing guided by small RNAs governs a broad range of cellular processes in eukaryotes. Small RNAs are important components of plant immunity because they contribute to pathogen-triggered transcription reprogramming and directly target pathogen RNAs. Recent research suggests that silencing of pathogen genes by plant small RNAs occurs not only during viral infection but also in nonviral pathogens through a process termed host-induced gene silencing, which involves trans-species small RNA trafficking. Similarly, small RNAs are also produced by eukaryotic pathogens and regulate virulence. This review summarizes the small RNA pathways in both plants and filamentous pathogens, including fungi and oomycetes, and discusses their role in host-pathogen interactions. We highlight secondarysmall interfering RNAs of plants as regulators of immune receptor gene expression and executors of host-induced gene silencing in invading pathogens. The current status and prospects of trans-species gene silencing at the host-pathogen interface are discussed.
AB - Gene silencing guided by small RNAs governs a broad range of cellular processes in eukaryotes. Small RNAs are important components of plant immunity because they contribute to pathogen-triggered transcription reprogramming and directly target pathogen RNAs. Recent research suggests that silencing of pathogen genes by plant small RNAs occurs not only during viral infection but also in nonviral pathogens through a process termed host-induced gene silencing, which involves trans-species small RNA trafficking. Similarly, small RNAs are also produced by eukaryotic pathogens and regulate virulence. This review summarizes the small RNA pathways in both plants and filamentous pathogens, including fungi and oomycetes, and discusses their role in host-pathogen interactions. We highlight secondarysmall interfering RNAs of plants as regulators of immune receptor gene expression and executors of host-induced gene silencing in invading pathogens. The current status and prospects of trans-species gene silencing at the host-pathogen interface are discussed.
KW - gene silencing
KW - host-pathogen arms race
KW - nucleotidebinding leucine-rich repeat receptor
KW - pentatricopeptide repeat protein
KW - RNA interference
KW - small RNA trafficking
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev-phyto-121520-023514
DO - 10.1146/annurev-phyto-121520-023514
M3 - Review article
C2 - 34077241
AN - SCOPUS:85113876384
SN - 0066-4286
VL - 59
SP - 265
EP - 288
JO - Annual Review of Phytopathology
JF - Annual Review of Phytopathology
ER -