Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (11): 5875-5887.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.11.043

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Role of lncRNA PFN1-AS1 in the Inflammatory Response of Bovine Mammary Epithelial Cells

HU Ximin(), LUORENG Zhuoma, ZHOU Ran, LI Yuhang, WANG Xingping*()   

  1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750000, China
  • Received:2025-02-11 Online:2025-11-23 Published:2025-11-27
  • Contact: WANG Xingping E-mail:huximin0808@163.com;wxp@nxu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Studies have shown that long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) is differentially expressed in dairy cow mastitis, but the molecular mechanisms by which it regulates dairy cow mastitis are unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of lncRNA TCONS_00062289 in the inflammatory response of bovine mammary epithelial cells (bMECs). The lncRNA was named lncRNA PFN1-AS1 because of its sequence identity with the actin monomer-binding protein antisense (PFN1-AS1). LncRNA PFN1-AS1 was cloned by RT-PCR and its function was predicted. Inflammatory cell modeling with lipopolysaccharides (LPS) induced bMECs, in order to explore the effect of interfering lncRNA PFN1-AS1 on cell inflammation, proliferation and apoptosis in the inflammatory model. The lncRNA PFN1-AS1 is 811 bp in length, may be involved in the regulation of apoptosis and inflammatory processes. LncRNA PFN1-AS1 mainly distributed in the cytoplasm. In the LPS-induced inflammation model of bMECs, the expression level of lncRNA PFN1-AS1 was significantly down-regulated (P < 0.05). After interfering with lncRNA PFN1-AS1, the mRNA expression and protein secretion level of pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL) -6, IL-8 and IL-1β were significantly up-regulated (P < 0.05). The expression level of cyclin dependent kinase2 (CDK2), CDK4 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) were significantly down-regulated (P < 0.05), and the cell viability value and proliferation rate were significantly decreased (P < 0.05); the expression level of cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase (CASP3), CASP8 and bcl-2-associated X protein (BAX) were significantly up-regulated (P < 0.05), and the rate of apoptosis was highly significantly increased (P < 0.01). Interference with lncRNA PFN1-AS1 promoted the transcription and protein secretion of IL-6, IL-8, and IL-1β, promoted the level of apoptosis, and decreased the cell viability and proliferation. These results reveal the role of lncRNA PFN1-AS1 in the inflammation of bMECs, and provide a scientific basis for further investigation of its role in mastitis of dairy cows.

Key words: bovine mammary epithelial cells, lncRNA PFN1-AS1, lipopolysaccharides, inflammatory

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