Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (3): 983-989.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2022.03.032

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Effect of RNAi Targeting cofilin2 Gene on Duck Enteritis Virus Proliferation

WANG Wei1, HUA Min1, ZHANG Yun2, LI Tao3, ZHANG Qiandong1, YUAN Yang1, CHENG Zhentao1,4, WEN Ming1,4*   

  1. 1. College of Animal Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China;
    2. Guizhou Province Livestock and Poultry Resources Genetic Management Station, Guiyang 550025, China;
    3. Animal Prevention and Control Center of Guizhou, Guiyang 550025, China;
    4. Guizhou Animal Biological Products Engineering and Technology Research Center, Guiyang 550025, China
  • Received:2021-05-28 Online:2022-03-23 Published:2022-03-31

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the effect of cofilin2 gene expression on the proliferation of duck enteritis virus (DEV). The complete gene sequence of cofilin2 from duck (GenBank:MF434775),four pairs of shRNA sequences were designed,inserted into vectors and transfected into duck embryo fibroblasts. shRNA sequences with high interference efficiency were screened by FQ-PCR and fluorescence microscope observation. The shRNA sequences with high interference efficiency were transfected into duck embryo fibroblasts to inhibit cofilin2 gene expression. Then check how cofilin2 is expressed during DEV replication. Result were as follows:Four pairs of shRNA interfering plasmids were successfully transfected into duck embryo fibroblasts and expressed by fluorescence microscopy. The silences were 4.96%±0.78%, 41.12%±2.94%, 17.55%±2.07%, 54.02%±1.73%, respectively, and cofilin2-86 was the most efficient. After cofilin2-86 transfection into duck embryo fibroblasts and DEV infection, the expression of DEV nucleic acid decreased significantly at different time. In conclusion, RNA interference targeting cofilin2 gene plays an important role in DEV replication and proliferation.

Key words: duck enteritis virus, DEV, RNA interference, cofilin2

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