ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2018, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (6): 1231-1240.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2018.06.015

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The Effect of Interfering and Stable Expression of GP5 on the Replication of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus in Early Infection

SONG Lin-lin1,2, JIA Cun-yu1,2, HAN Xi-meng1,2, ZHOU En-min1,2*, MU Yang1,2*   

  1. 1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China;
    2. Shaanxi Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Veterinary Pharmacology and Diagnostic Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling 712100, China
  • Received:2017-12-13 Online:2018-06-23 Published:2018-06-22

Abstract:

To investigate the effect of GP5, the most important structural protein encoded by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) ORF5, on virus replication and it's mechanism, a recombinant plasmid (named as pPB-GP5) was constructed using PiggyBac Transposon System Vectors and transfected into Marc-145 cells. Marc-145 cell line stably expressing GP5 was obtained by puromycin resistance screening and three times sub-cloning. GP5 was confirmed stable expression in Marc-145 cells by RT-PCR, Western blot and IFA detection and the cells was named as Marc-145-GP5. On the basis that GP5 expression does not affect cell proliferation, the effect of GP5 stable expression on virus replication was investigated by N gene copies, N protein expression, and viral titers in supernatant after PRRSV SD16 infecting Marc-145-GP5 cells. IFN-α, IFN-β, and IFN-γ protein levels were analyzed using monkey IFN ELISA kit. Then three pairs specific small interfering RNA (siRNA), siRNA GP5-471, siRNA GP5-404 and siRNA GP5-525, targeting ORF5 and one pair negative control siRNA, scrambled siRNA, were designed and synthesized. siRNAs were transfected into Marc-145 cells and then the cells were infected with 0.1 multiplicity of infection (MOI) PRRSV SD16 strain at 6 h or 12 h after transfection. The cells were collected at 24 h after infection and total RNA or protein were extracted. GP5 mRNA level was detected using real time PCR (qPCR) and N protein level was analyzed using Western blot, respectively. RT-PCR, Western bolt and IFA detection results showed that GP5 was stably expressed in Marc-145 cells and did not affect cell proliferation. But GP5 expression in Marc-145 cells promoted the replication of PRRSV in early infection time through down-regulating of IFN production. Transfection with specific siRNAs targeting ORF5 inhibited PRRSV replication and siRNA GP5-471, at a concentration of 100 nmol·L-1, showed the most effective inhibition and had highly significant difference compared to negative control siRNA treated group. These findings suggest that GP5 plays a regulatory role in PRRSV replication.

Key words: porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, GP5, small interfering RNA (siRNA), stable expression, interferon

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