Crop Disease Research Group, Division of Plant Molecular Regulation Research, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO, 2-1-2, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan.
Crop Stress Management Group, Division of Plant Molecular Regulation Research, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO, 2-1-2, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan.
Plant Physiol. 2022 Jun 1;189(2):679-686. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiac103.
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) is an emerging virus of the genus Tobamovirus. ToBRFV overcomes the tobamovirus resistance gene Tm-22 and is rapidly spreading worldwide. Genetic resources for ToBRFV resistance are urgently needed. Here, we show that clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR associated protein 9 (CRISPR/Cas9)-mediated targeted mutagenesis of four tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) homologs of TOBAMOVIRUS MULTIPLICATION1 (TOM1), an Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) gene essential for tobamovirus multiplication, confers resistance to ToBRFV in tomato plants. Quadruple-mutant plants did not show detectable ToBRFV coat protein (CP) accumulation or obvious defects in growth or fruit production. When any three of the four TOM1 homologs were disrupted, ToBRFV CP accumulation was detectable but greatly reduced. In the triple mutant, in which ToBRFV CP accumulation was most strongly suppressed, mutant viruses capable of more efficient multiplication in the mutant plants emerged. However, these mutant viruses did not infect the quadruple-mutant plants, suggesting that the resistance of the quadruple-mutant plants is highly durable. The quadruple-mutant plants also showed resistance to three other tobamovirus species. Therefore, tomato plants with strong resistance to tobamoviruses, including ToBRFV, can be generated by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated multiplexed genome editing. The genome-edited plants could facilitate ToBRFV-resistant tomato breeding.
番茄褐色皱果病毒(ToBRFV)是 Tobamovirus 属的一种新兴病毒。ToBRFV 克服了 tobamovirus 抗性基因 Tm-22,并且正在全球范围内迅速传播。急需用于 ToBRFV 抗性的遗传资源。在这里,我们表明,通过聚类规则间隔短回文重复序列/CRISPR 相关蛋白 9(CRISPR/Cas9)介导的四个番茄(Solanum lycopersicum)TOBAMOVIRUS MULTIPLICATION1(TOM1)同源物的靶向诱变,拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)基因对于 tobamovirus 增殖至关重要,赋予番茄植物对 ToBRFV 的抗性。四重突变体植物未显示可检测到的 ToBRFV 外壳蛋白(CP)积累或生长或果实生产明显缺陷。当破坏四个 TOM1 同源物中的任何三个时,可检测到 ToBRFV CP 积累,但大大减少。在三重突变体中,ToBRFV CP 积累受到最强抑制,能够在突变植物中更有效地增殖的突变病毒出现。然而,这些突变病毒不能感染四重突变体植物,表明四重突变体植物的抗性高度持久。四重突变体植物还对其他三种 tobamovirus 物种表现出抗性。因此,通过 CRISPR/Cas9 介导的多重基因组编辑可以生成对 tobamoviruses(包括 ToBRFV)具有强抗性的番茄植物。编辑基因组的植物可以促进 ToBRFV 抗性的番茄育种。