Simultaneous CRISPR/Cas9-mediated editing of cassavaeIF4EisoformsnCBP-1andnCBP-2reduces cassava brown streak disease symptom severity and incidence

Abstract

SummaryCassava brown streak disease (CBSD) is a major constraint on cassava yields in East and Central Africa and threatens production in West Africa. CBSD is caused by two species of positive sense RNA viruses belonging to the family Potiviridae, genus Ipomovirus: Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus (UCBSV). Diseases caused by the family Potyviridae require the interaction of viral genome-linked protein (VPg) and host eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) isoforms. Cassava encodes five eIF4E isoforms: eIF4E, eIF(iso)4E-1, eIF(iso)4E-2, novel cap-binding protein-1 (nCBP-1), and nCBP-2. Yeast two-hybrid analysis detected interactions between both CBSV and UCBSV VPg proteins and cassava nCBP-1 and nCBP-2. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing was employed to generate eif4e, ncbp-1, ncbp-2, and ncbp-1/ncbp-2 mutants in cassava cultivar 60444. Challenge with CBSV showed that ncbp-1/ncbp-2 mutants displayed delayed and attenuated CBSD aerial symptoms, as well as reduced severity and incidence of storage root necrosis. Suppressed disease symptoms were correlated with reduced virus titer in storage roots relative to wild-type controls. However, full resistance to CBSD was not achieved, suggesting that remaining functional eIF4E isoforms may be compensating for the targeted mutagenesis of . CC-BY-NC 4.0 International license peer-reviewed) is the author/funder. It is made available under a The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not . http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/209874 doi: bioRxiv preprint first posted online Oct. 27, 2017; . CC-BY-NC 4.0 International license peer-reviewed) is the author/funder. It is made available under a The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not . http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/209874 doi: bioRxiv preprint first posted online Oct. 27, 2017; . CC-BY-NC 4.0 International license peer-reviewed) is the author/funder. It is made available under a The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not . http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/209874 doi: bioRxiv preprint first posted online Oct. 27, 2017; . CC-BY-NC 4.0 International license peer-reviewed) is the author/funder. It is made available under a The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not . http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/209874 doi: bioRxiv preprint first posted online Oct. 27, 2017; . CC-BY-NC 4.0 International license peer-reviewed) is the author/funder. It is made available under a The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not . http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/209874 doi: bioRxiv preprint first posted online Oct. 27, 2017; . CC-BY-NC 4.0 International license peer-reviewed) is the author/funder. It is made available under a The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not . http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/209874 doi: bioRxiv preprint first posted online Oct. 27, 2017; . CC-BY-NC 4.0 International license peer-reviewed) is the author/funder. It is made available under a The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not . http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/209874 doi: bioRxiv prepr...

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