Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (8): 2233-2243.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2021.08.016

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Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Regulates Cell Apoptosis by miR-133c-3p/BCL2L2 Axis

ZHENG Hongqing1, WU Xujin1*, ZHU Xiaofu1, YIN Baoying1, GAO Junhua2, LI Yanzhi3, ZHI Chanping4   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemic Disease Diagnostic Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Xianyang City, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Xianyang Vocational Technical College, Xianyang 712000, China;
    2. Xingtai Agricultural Information Center, Xingtai 054001, China;
    3. Hengshui College of Vocational Technology, Hengshui 053000, China;
    4. Guangdong Maoming Agriculture & Forestry Technical College, Maoming 525000, China
  • Received:2021-02-04 Online:2021-08-23 Published:2021-08-21

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of miR-133c-3p in the process of cell apoptosis caused by porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) infection, and to explore its mechanism. In this study, PEDV-infected MARC-145 cells were used as a model to detect the expression differences of 6 apoptosis-related microRNAs during PEDV infection. The expression levels of 6 apoptosis-related microRNAs were measured by RT-qPCR during PEDV infection. The apoptosis of PEDV-infected, miR-133c-3p transfected MARC-145 cells was detected by flow cytometry. The effect of miR-133c-3p on cell apoptosis was determined by flow cytometry. The target gene of miR-133c-3p was predicted by bioinformatics method. The binding of miR-133c-3p and the 3'UTR of target gene was determined by the luciferase reporter genet. The expression levels of BCL-w and PEDV protein were determined by Western blot when miR-133c-3p was over-expressed. The cell apoptosis rate was determined by flow cytometry when knock-down of BCL-w. The results showed that PEDV infection could induce apoptosis of MARC-145 cells, and the expression of microRNAs related to apoptosis, such as miR-133c-3p and miR-149-5p, were upregulated (P<0.05 or P<0.001), the expression of miR-138-3p was down-regulated (P<0.05). The apoptosis-related microRNAs miR-133c-3p and miR-149-5p were up-regulated (P<0.05 or P<0.001), and miR-138-3p was down-regulated (P<0.05). Among these, the expression of miR-133c-3p was upregulated almost 5 folds (P<0.01). The cell apoptosis rate was significantly increased after overexpression of miR-133c-3p (P<0.01) and the cell apoptosis rate was reduced after knock-down of miR-133c-3p (P<0.05). Bioinformatics methods were used to predict the binding sites between the miR-133c-3p and the 3'UTR of BCL2L2 gene. The result of luciferase reporter gene experiment showed that miR-133c-3p could bind to 3'UTR of BCL2L2 gene (P<0.01). The expression of BCL-w in cells was significantly down-regulated after over-expression of miR-133c-3p (P<0.01). PEDV could inhibit the expression level of BCL-w. Knock-down of BCL-w could induce cell apoptosis. PEDV infection could down-regulate the expression of BCL-w by up-regulating the expression level of miR-133c-3p, thereby promoting cell apoptosis.

Key words: porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, miR-133c-3p, BCL2L2, apoptosis

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