Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2020, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (4): 894-898.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2020.04.027

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Prediction and Validation of Small RNA GcvB Target Gene of Salmonella Typhimurium

PAN Yong1,2, LIU Lijuan5, YANG Yang1,2, LI Chen4, MA Guangqiang6, YANG Qi1,2,3*   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China;
    2. Institute of Animal Diseases, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China;
    3. Guizhou Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Veterinary Public Health, Guiyang 550025, China;
    4. Guizhou Province Livestock and Poultry Resource Genetic Management Station, Guiyang 550025, China;
    5. Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau of Duyun City, Duyun 558000, China;
    6. Qiannan National Vocational and Technical College, Duyun 558000, China
  • Received:2019-11-01 Online:2020-04-25 Published:2020-04-21

Abstract: In order to screen the target genes regulated by Salmonella typhimurium small RNA GcvB, this study predicted genes that can interact with GcvB R1, R2 and R3 regions by TargetRNA2 software based on the transcriptome sequencing results of Salmonella typhimurium gcvB knockout strain, annotated the KEGG database and GO enrichment analysis and validated the predicted genes using real-time PCR. The predicted results of Target RNA2 showed that the narY, yeaK, trpB and STM2732 genes with the highest hybridization energy were able to produce at least 7 consecutive base complementary to the small RNA GcvB. NarY, YeaK and TrpB were respectively related to anaerobic respiration, tRNA that recognizes proline, and synthesis of tryptophan. The results of real-time PCR showed that the transcript levels of narY, yeaK, trpB and STM2732 were up-regulated by 3.4, 9.8, 12.1 and 18.37 times, respectively, under gcvB gene knockout conditions. These results indicated that the narY, yeaK, trpB and STM2732 genes were negatively regulated by small RNA GcvB and may be directly negatively regulated. This study laid the foundation for further understanding of the interaction between small RNA GcvB and target genes, the regulation mechanism of small RNA, and the pathogenic mechanism of Salmonella.

Key words: Salmonella, small RNA GcvB, transcriptome sequencing, target genes

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