Análise histopatológica e perfil protéico de lesões causadas pelo Citrus leprosis virus tipo nuclear e citoplasmático em Citrus sinensis (l.) Osbeck

Abstract

Histopathological analysis and proteic profile of lesions caused by Citrus leprosis virus nuclear and cytoplasmatic type in Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck The citrus leprosis of citrus has been considered a disease of great economic importance to citrus producers due to the damage that it causes. The disease is responsible for lesions found in the twigs, leaves and fruits, and it may cause great losses to the untreated orchards. The citrus leprosis has viral etiology being the virus called Citrus leprosis virus (CiLV). Currently, there are two types of virus attributed to leprosis that cause different morphological and cythopatological symptoms: the nuclear (CiLV-N) and cytoplasmic type (CiLV-C). This study aimed to investigate the anatomical changes and to compare the proteic profile between the injuries caused by two types of virus in sweet orange [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck]. For anatomical analyses healthy tissue and different lesions were photographed and then fixed in Karnovsky solution, dehydrated in a graded ethylic series, embedded in hidroxy-ethyl methacrylate resin (Leica Historesin), sectioned (5 μm thick), stained and mounted in synthetic resin. The digital images were capture in a microscope with video camera. For the analysis of protein profiles the samples were collected and immediately cryofixed in liquid nitrogen and stored in the refrigerated-80 ° C. The proteins were extracted, quantified and then separated by gel electrophoresis of polyacrylamide gel. Foliar lesions began as necrotic spots surrounded by a yellow halo that inhibited the lesion expansion. The twigs presented two different lesions: depressed ones and pustules with ruptures. The collected-field lesions of leaves and twigs showed that symptoms of CiLV-C had a certain similarity with the inoculated samples. In the case of foliar lesions caused by CiLV-N there was the presence of three different regions: the necrotic center, the intermediate halo and chlorotic halo. The fruit lesions caused by both types of leprosis virus were different. Ductos traumáticos gomosos foram observados nos ramos infectados pelo CiLV-C e nos feixes vasculares de folhas e frutos infectados pelo CiLV-N. Gummous traumatic ducts in twigs infected by CiLV-C and in the vascular bundles of fruit and leaves infected with CiLV-N were observed. In the proteic profile, there was an increase in protein concentration in the infected tissues especially for injuries caused by CiLV-N. It was possible to observe that there was an anatomical and histochemical pattern in the lesions caused by leprosis in sweet orange independently of the type of virus, therefore in all the injuries was verified hyperplasia, hypertrophy, cell plasmolisis, the reduction of starch grains, the accumulation of lipids compounds in the cells of the necrotic areas and the presence of a halo, surrounding that area, constituted by cells that accumulate proteins.