Publication Date:
2010-04-24
Description:
In the plant RNA interference (RNAi) pathway, 21-nucleotide duplexes of small interfering RNA (siRNA) are processed from longer double-stranded RNA precursors by the RNaseIII Dicer-like 4 (DCL4). Single-stranded siRNAs then guide Argonaute 1 (AGO1) to execute posttranscriptional silencing of complementary target RNAs. RNAi is not cell-autonomous in higher plants, but the nature of the mobile nucleic acid(s) signal remains unknown. Using cell-specific rescue of DCL4 function and cell-specific inhibition of RNAi movement, we genetically establish that exogenous and endogenous siRNAs, as opposed to their precursor molecules, act as mobile silencing signals between plant cells. We further demonstrate physical movement of mechanically delivered, labeled siRNA duplexes that functionally recapitulate transgenic RNAi spread. Cell-to-cell movement is unlikely to involve AGO1-bound siRNA single strands, but instead likely involves siRNA duplexes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Dunoyer, Patrice -- Schott, Gregory -- Himber, Christophe -- Meyer, Denise -- Takeda, Atsushi -- Carrington, James C -- Voinnet, Olivier -- AI43288/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R37 AI043288/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R37 AI043288-14/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2010 May 14;328(5980):912-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1185880. Epub 2010 Apr 22.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut de Biologie Moleculaire des Plantes du CNRS, Universite de Strasbourg 12 rue du General Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France. patrice.dunoyer@ibmp-ulp.u-strasbg.fr〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20413458" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Arabidopsis/*cytology/*genetics/metabolism
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Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics/metabolism
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Argonaute Proteins
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DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism
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Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics
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Nuclear Proteins/genetics/metabolism
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Plant Leaves/cytology/genetics/metabolism
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Plants, Genetically Modified
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*RNA Interference
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RNA Precursors/metabolism
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RNA, Double-Stranded/genetics/metabolism
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RNA, Plant/genetics/*metabolism
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RNA, Small Interfering/genetics/*metabolism
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Ribonuclease III/genetics/metabolism
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Transformation, Genetic
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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