The TGB1 movement protein of Potato virus X reorganizes actin and endomembranes into the X-body, a viral replication factory

Plant Physiol. 2012 Mar;158(3):1359-70. doi: 10.1104/pp.111.189605. Epub 2012 Jan 17.

Abstract

Potato virus X (PVX) requires three virally encoded proteins, the triple gene block (TGB), for movement between cells. TGB1 is a multifunctional protein that suppresses host gene silencing and moves from cell to cell through plasmodesmata, while TGB2 and TGB3 are membrane-spanning proteins associated with endoplasmic reticulum-derived granular vesicles. Here, we show that TGB1 organizes the PVX "X-body," a virally induced inclusion structure, by remodeling host actin and endomembranes (endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi). Within the X-body, TGB1 forms helically arranged aggregates surrounded by a reservoir of the recruited host endomembranes. The TGB2/3 proteins reside in granular vesicles within this reservoir, in the same region as nonencapsidated viral RNA, while encapsidated virions accumulate at the outer (cytoplasmic) face of the X-body, which comprises a highly organized virus "factory." TGB1 is both necessary and sufficient to remodel host actin and endomembranes and to recruit TGB2/3 to the X-body, thus emerging as the central orchestrator of the X-body. Our results indicate that the actin/endomembrane-reorganizing properties of TGB1 function to compartmentalize the viral gene products of PVX infection.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Actins / metabolism*
  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens / genetics
  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens / metabolism
  • Cytoplasmic Vesicles / metabolism
  • Cytoplasmic Vesicles / virology
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum / metabolism
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum / virology
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique / methods
  • Genes, Viral
  • Golgi Apparatus / metabolism
  • Golgi Apparatus / virology
  • Intracellular Membranes / metabolism*
  • Intracellular Membranes / virology
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Nicotiana / anatomy & histology
  • Nicotiana / genetics
  • Nicotiana / metabolism
  • Nicotiana / virology
  • Plant Diseases / virology
  • Plant Leaves / metabolism
  • Plant Leaves / ultrastructure
  • Plant Leaves / virology
  • Plant Viral Movement Proteins / genetics
  • Plant Viral Movement Proteins / metabolism*
  • Plasmodesmata / metabolism
  • Plasmodesmata / virology
  • Potexvirus / genetics
  • Potexvirus / metabolism*
  • Potexvirus / pathogenicity
  • Potexvirus / physiology
  • Protein Transport
  • Virus Replication

Substances

  • Actins
  • Plant Viral Movement Proteins