Autophagy: A Double-Edged Sword to Fight Plant Viruses

Marion Clavel; Simon Michaeli; Pascal Genschik

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2017.06.007

Autophagy: A Double-Edged Sword to Fight Plant Viruses

Trends Plant Sci. 2017 Aug;22(8):646-648. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.06.007. Epub 2017 Jun 17.

Authors

Marion Clavel¹, Simon Michaeli¹, Pascal Genschik²

Affiliations

¹ Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Propre de Recherche 2357, Conventionné avec l'Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France.
² Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Propre de Recherche 2357, Conventionné avec l'Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France. Electronic address: pascal.genschik@ibmp-cnrs.unistra.fr.

PMID: 28633985
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.06.007

Abstract

In metazoans, autophagy is an essential component of host defense against viruses, orchestrating their degradation. Such antiviral functions for autophagy have also been long suspected in the green lineage. Two recent reports provide molecular insights on how plants selectively send viral proteins and even particles to the vacuole.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Autophagy*
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Plant Diseases / immunology*
Plant Diseases / virology
Plant Immunity*
Plant Viruses / immunology*
Plants / immunology*
Plants / virology