Conservation of molecular responses upon viral infection in the non-vascular plant Marchantia polymorpha

Eric Ros-Moner, Tamara Jiménez-Góngora, Luis Villar-Martín, Lana Vogrinec, Víctor M. González-Miguel, Denis Kutnjak and Ignacio Rubio-Somoza ()
Additional contact information
Eric Ros-Moner: Campus UAB-Edifci CRAG
Tamara Jiménez-Góngora: Campus UAB-Edifci CRAG
Luis Villar-Martín: Campus UAB-Edifci CRAG
Lana Vogrinec: National Institute of Biology
Víctor M. González-Miguel: Campus UAB-Edifci CRAG
Denis Kutnjak: National Institute of Biology
Ignacio Rubio-Somoza: Campus UAB-Edifci CRAG

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: Abstract After plants transitioned from water to land around 450 million years ago, they faced novel pathogenic microbes. Their colonization of diverse habitats was driven by anatomical innovations like roots, stomata, and vascular tissue, which became central to plant-microbe interactions. However, the impact of these innovations on plant immunity and pathogen infection strategies remains poorly understood. Here, we explore plant-virus interactions in the bryophyte Marchantia polymorpha to gain insights into the evolution of these relationships. Virome analysis reveals that Marchantia is predominantly associated with RNA viruses. Comparative studies with tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) show that Marchantia shares core defense responses with vascular plants but also exhibits unique features, such as a sustained wound response preventing viral spread. Additionally, general defense responses in Marchantia are equivalent to those restricted to vascular tissues in Nicotiana, suggesting that evolutionary acquisition of developmental innovations results in re-routing of defense responses in vascular plants.

Date: 2024
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52610-0 Abstract (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-52610-0

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52610-0

Access Statistics for this article

Nature Communications is currently edited by Nathalie Le Bot, Enda Bergin and Fiona Gillespie

More articles in Nature Communications from Nature
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().