ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2014, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (9): 1518-1525.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2014.09.019

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Marek’s Disease Virus Oncogene meq is Targeted by the Viral microRNA miR-M7-5p

ZHAO Pu1,2,4,TENG Man2,LUO Jun2,CHI Jia-qi2,SU Jing-wei3,DANG Lu1,2,DENG Rui-guang2,ZHANG Gai-ping2,3*   

  1. (1.College of Veterinary Medicine,Northwest A & F University,Yangling 712100,China;2.Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology of the Ministry of Agriculture,Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology,Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Zhengzhou 450002,China;3.College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine,Henan Agricultural University,Zhengzhou 450002,China;4.Department of Animal Science and Technology,Henan Institute of Science and Technology,Xinxiang 453003,China)
  • Received:2014-04-10 Online:2014-09-23 Published:2014-09-23

Abstract:

In the viral genomes of Marek’s disease virus (MDV),dozens of miRNAs have been identified and some of them are suggested to potentially play important roles in MDV pathogenesis and oncogenesis.Previous studies have shown that the MDV-1-encoded miR-M7-5p is expressed at a high level during different phases of the developing disease.To investigate the potential self-regulation of miR-M7-5p on MDV during virus infection,we have presently scanned the MDV protein-coding genes utilizing bioinformatics method and obtained 10 potential target candidates for miR-M7-5p,including the most important viral oncogene meq.Dual luciferase reporter assay (DLRA) showed that miR-M7-5p can interact with the 3′-UTR of meq gene.Using real-time quantitative RT-PCR,we further confirmed that the transcription level of meq gene in MDV-infected CEF was down regulated by miR-M7-5p.Our data suggests that the oncogene meq is self-regulated by the viral miRNA miR-M7-5p in the infection processes,which may contribute to MDV oncogenesis.

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