猪流行性腹泻病毒感染对仔猪肠道损伤及肠道细胞巨泡式死亡的影响

doi:10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.12.028

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Abstract: To investigate the effects of new wild-type PEDV infection on the intestinal mucosal injury and intestinal cell methuosis of piglets, 8 healthy piglets aged 5 days were randomly divided into Mock and PEDV-infected groups. The clinical symptoms were monitored. After 2 days of virus infection, the piglets were euthanized and the duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, colon, and rectum were collected. Hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining, RT-qPCR and Western blot were used to detect the pathological changes of the intestinal tissues, the viral location in the intestines, and its effect on methuosis. HE staining revealed that PEDV-infected group had different degree of damage to the intestinal mucosa, and the jejunum showed more obvious pathological damage. Compared with other intestinal segments, the viral load was the highest in jejunum after PEDV infection using RT-qPCR. IHC staining showed that PEDV mainly distributed in the upper cortex of small intestinal mucosa, and the most positive signals were observed in jejunum segment, which was consistent with the result of RT-qPCR. Further study revealed that the expression levels of megavesicular death-related genes Rac1(Ras-related C3 sarcoma virus oncogene 1), Rab7(Ras-related protein 7) and LAMP1(lysosomal-related membrane protein 1) in PEDV infection group increased significantly in jejunum, which was further confirmed by Western blot. The above results indicate that the new wild-type PEDV mainly located in the small intestine, caused the most serious pathological damage to jejunum and induced methuosis of the jejunal cells. This study could provide a reliable basis for further understanding of the pathogenesis of PEDV infection.

Key words: porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, jejunum, pathological injury, methuosis

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S852.659.6

CHEN Linlin, ZHU Longxiang, ZU Shaopo, CHEN Hongying, LI Qinghao, JIN Xin, LI Yilei, MA Shijie, WEI Zhanyong. Effects of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Infection on Intestinal Injury and Intestinal Cell Methuosis in Piglet[J]. Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica, 2025, 56(12): 6271-6280.

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