ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2019, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (2): 390-397.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2019.02.017

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Effect of RNA Interference abcg-5 Gene on the Infectivity of Toxocara canis

LUO Yongli1,2, JIANG Aiyun1, HU Zhigang1, LI Xianglan1, YANG Xiaodi1, KUANG Ceyan1, ZHOU Rongqiong1*   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science, Southwest University, Rongchang 402460, China;
    2. Chongqing Three Gorges Vocational College, Wanzhou 404155, China
  • Received:2018-06-29 Online:2019-02-23 Published:2019-02-23

Abstract:

This experiment was conducted to study the effect of ATP-binding cassette G5 gene of Toxocara canis. Specific siRNAs of the Tc-abcg-5 gene fragment were synthesized in vitro, and adult T. canis and eggs were interfered by using RNAi techniques. Results were as follows:Compared with siRNA-1020 group and siRNA-432 group, the transcriptional level of Tc-abcg-5 in siRNA-744 group was significantly reduced after 24 and 48 h's treatments, indicating that siRNA-744 had higher silencing efficiency. The delivery efficiency of siRNA-744 to eggs was compared by electroporation and immersion methods. The results showed that immersion method was more efficient. Interference of T. canis infective eggs were performed using siRNA-744 by soaking. Pathology study was used to analysis of mouse liver, brain and lung tissues on the 7th day after oral administration of interfered eggs, which showed that RNAi reduced the infectivity of T. canis infective eggs, thereby reducing the lung and liver lesions. It is suggested that the Tc-abcg-5 gene may participate in the growth and development of T. canis by affecting the development of eggs.

CLC Number: