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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5980
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
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.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/AGO1 protein, Arabidopsis, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Arabidopsis Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Argonaute Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DCL4 protein, Arabidopsis, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ETT protein, Arabidopsis, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Green Fluorescent Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Double-Stranded, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Plant, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Small Interfering, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA Precursors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ribonuclease III
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
328
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
912-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Small RNA duplexes function as mobile silencing signals between plant cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France. patrice.dunoyer@ibmp-ulp.u-strasbg.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural