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Transcriptional and hormonal profiling uncovers the interactions between plant developmental stages and RNA virus infection Open Access

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is more susceptible to certain viruses during its later developmental stages. The differential responses and the mechanisms behind this development-dependent susceptibility to infection are still not fully understood. Here we explored the outcome of a viral infection at different host developmental stages by studying the response of to infection with turnip mosaic virus at three developmental stages: juvenile vegetative, bolting, and mature flowering plants. We found that infected plants at later stages downregulate cell wall biosynthetic genes and that this downregulation may be one factor facilitating viral spread and systemic infection. We also found that, despite being more susceptible to infection, infected mature flowering plants were more fertile (i.e. produce more viable seeds) than juvenile vegetative and bolting infected plants; that is, plants infected at the reproductive stage have greater fitness than plants infected at earlier developmental stages. Moreover, treatment of mature plants with salicylic acid increased resistance to infection at the cost of significantly reducing fertility. Together, these observations support a negative trade-off between viral susceptibility and plant fertility. Our findings point towards a development-dependent tolerance to infection.

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Keyword(s): hormonal responses , host developmental stages , plant–virus interaction , reproductive fitness , response to infection and transcriptomics
Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • European Molecular Biology Organization (Award ALTF 311-2021)
    • Principle Award Recipient: RubénGonzález
  • Conselleria de Cultura, Educación y Ciencia, Generalitat Valenciana (Award CIPROM/2022/59)
    • Principle Award Recipient: SantiagoF. Elena
  • Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Award PID2022-136912NB-I00)
    • Principle Award Recipient: SantiagoF. Elena
  • Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Award PRE2020-094661)
    • Principle Award Recipient: IzanMelero
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Transcriptional and hormonal profiling uncovers the interactions between plant developmental stages and RNA virus infection
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