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December 21, 2020
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Respiratory Burst Oxidase Homologs RBOHD and RBOHF as Key Modulating Components of Response in Turnip Mosaic Virus-Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heyhn System

Publicated to: International Journal Of Molecular Sciences. 21 (22): E8510-24 - 2020-01-01 21(22), DOI: 10.3390/ijms21228510

Authors:

Otulak-Koziel, Katarzyna; Koziel, Edmund; Bujarski, Jozef Julian; Frankowska-Lukawska, Justyna; Torres, Miguel Angel;
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Affiliations

‎ Escuela Tecn Super Ingn Agron Alimentaria & Biosi, Dept Biotecnol Biol Vegetal, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
‎ Northern Illinois Univ, Dept Biol Sci, De Kalb, IL 60115 USA - Author
‎ Univ Politecn Madrid UPM, Ctr Biotecnol & Genom Plantas CBGP, Inst Nacl Invest & Tecnol Agr & Alimentaria INIA, Campus Montegancedo, Pozuelo De Alarcon 28223, Madrid, Spain - Author
‎ Warsaw Univ Life Sci SGGW, Inst Biol, Dept Bot, Nowoursynowska St 159, PL-02776 Warsaw, Poland - Author
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Abstract

Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) is one of the most important plant viruses worldwide. It has a very wide host range infecting at least 318 species in over 43 families, such as Brassicaceae, Fabaceae, Asteraceae, or Chenopodiaceae from dicotyledons. Plant NADPH oxidases, the respiratory burst oxidase homologues (RBOHs), are a major source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during plant-microbe interactions. The functions of RBOHs in different plant-pathogen interactions have been analyzed using knockout mutants, but little focus has been given to plant-virus responses. Therefore, in this work we tested the response after mechanical inoculation with TuMV in Arabidopsis rbohD and rbohF transposon knockout mutants and analyzed ultrastructural changes after TuMV inoculation. The development of the TuMV infection cycle was promoted in rbohD plants, suggesting that RbohD plays a role in the Arabidopsis resistance response to TuMV. rbohF and rbohD/F mutants display less TuMV accumulation and a lack of virus cytoplasmic inclusions were observed; these observations suggest that RbohF promotes viral replication and increases susceptibility to TuMV. rbohD/F displayed a reduction in H2O2 but enhanced resistance similarly to rbohF. This dominant effect of the rbohF mutation could indicate that RbohF acts as a susceptibility factor. Induction of hydrogen peroxide by TuMV was partially compromised in rbohD mutants whereas it was almost completely abolished in rbohD/F, indicating that these oxidases are responsible for most of the ROS produced in this interaction. The pattern of in situ H2O2 deposition after infection of the more resistant rbohF and rbohD/F genotypes suggests a putative role of these species on systemic signal transport. The ultrastructural localization and quantification of pathogenesis-related protein 1 (PR1) indicate that ROS produced by these oxidases also influence PR1 distribution in the TuMV-A. thaliana pathosystem. Our results revealed the highest activation of PR1 in rbohD and Col-0. Thus, our findings indicate a correlation between PR1 accumulation and susceptibility to TuMV. The specific localization of PR1 in the most resistant genotypes after TuMV inoculation may indicate a connection of PR1 induction with susceptibility, which may be characteristic for this pathosystem. Our results clearly indicate the importance of NADPH oxidases RbohD and RbohF in the regulation of the TuMV infection cycle in Arabidopsis. These findings may help provide a better understanding of the mechanisms modulating A. thaliana-TuMV interactions.
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Keywords

ArabidopsisArabidopsis proteinArabidopsis proteinsArabidopsis thalianaArticleCell inclusionCell vacuoleCell-deathChloroplastControlled studyCytoplasmEndoplasmic reticulumGene expression regulationGene expression regulation, plantGenerationGenotypeGolgi complexHydrogen peroxideImmunogold electron microscopyInoculationMesophyllMetabolismNadph oxidaseNadph oxidasesNonhumanPalisade parenchymaPathogenPathogenesis related protein 1Pathogenesis-related protein 1PhloemPhysiologyPlant diseasePlant diseasesPlant pathogen interactionPlant virusPlant&#8211Plant–virus interactionPlasmodesmaPotyvirusProteinProtein localizationProteinsProtoplastRape brassica-napusRbohf protein, arabidopsisReactive oxygenReactive oxygen metaboliteReactive oxygen speciesReduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidaseResistanceResistance responseRespiratory burst oxidase homolog dRespiratory burst oxidase homolog d, arabidopsisRespiratory burst oxidase homolog fSandwich elisaSignal transductionSpongy mesophyllTobaccoTransmission electron microscopyTransposonTurnip mosaic virusUltrastructureUnclassified drugViral plant diseaseVirologyVirus concentrationVirus inclusionVirus interactionVirus particleWild typeWinter oilseed rape

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal Of Molecular Sciences due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2020, it was in position 67/295, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.13, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-12-22, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 3
  • Scopus: 30
  • Europe PMC: 1
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-12-22:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 20 (PlumX).

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  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Poland; United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (TORRES LACRUZ, MIGUEL ANGEL).

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Awards linked to the item

The work was conducted during the realization of a project financed by the National Science Center, Poland; NCN project decision number: 2019/03/X/NZ9/00499 given to E.K. and NCN project decision number: 2018/02/X/NZ9/00832 given to K.O.-K. Funding for MAT comes from RTI2018-096975-B-I00 grant of Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
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