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However, the knowledge of the whole network of PD-controlling mechanisms is far from complete. Earlier, a cellular factor, Kunitz peptidase inhibitor-like protein (KPILP), that affects PD gating and plays a proviral role, was identified in Nicotiana benthamiana plants. Here we characterized its homolog from N. tabacum, NtKPILP, which is hardly detectable in leaves of intact plants, in contrast to roots, flowers and seeds where NtKPILP is highly expressed. However, its mRNA accumulation in leaves increases in response to various stresses, including viral infection. NtKPILP was demonstrated to affect chloroplast functioning. Using the virus-induced gene silencing approach, we have shown that NtKPILP downregulation negatively affects intercellular transport of macromolecules, inducing callose deposition at PD and suppressing beta-1,3-glucanase mRNA accumulation. Together, the obtained results indicate that NtKPILP is a viral infection-responsive cellular factor that is involved in PD permeability regulation, sharing thus the features of KPILPs from other Nicotiana species.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/plants14192955","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,23]],"date-time":"2025-09-23T15:54:54Z","timestamp":1758642894000},"page":"2955","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Nicotiana tabacum Kunitz Peptidase Inhibitor-like Protein Regulates Intercellular Transport"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Natalia M.","family":"Ershova","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0934-3902","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ekaterina V.","family":"Sheshukova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-5176-9630","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alfiya R.","family":"Alimova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia"},{"name":"Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kamila A.","family":"Kamarova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eugene A.","family":"Arifulin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6558-8755","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tatiana V.","family":"Komarova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia"},{"name":"Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"105","DOI":"10.1093\/jxb\/erx337","article-title":"Emerging Models on the Regulation of Intercellular Transport by Plasmodesmata-Associated Callose","volume":"69","author":"Amsbury","year":"2018","journal-title":"J. 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