Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (10): 4646-4659.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2024.10.036

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Construction of a Passaged Porcine Alveolar Macrophage Cell Line Stably Expressing the Porcine BRD4-BD1/2 Protein and Its Effects on ASFV Proliferation

Mengli WU1,2(), Hualin SUN1,2, Jifei YANG1,2, Yaru ZHAO1,2, Guiquan GUAN1,2, Hong YIN1,2,3, Qingli NIU1,2,*()   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
    2. African Swine Fever Regional Laboratory of China (Lanzhou), Gansu Province Research Center for Basic Disciplines of Pathogen Biology, Lanzhou 730046, China
    3. Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
  • Received:2023-11-29 Online:2024-10-23 Published:2024-11-04
  • Contact: Qingli NIU E-mail:15238649312@163.com;niuqingli@caas.cn

Abstract:

Previous studies have identified that the host epigenetic regulator, bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) facilitates the replication of the African swine fever virus (ASFV). To further investigate the impact of BRD4 on ASFV replication, the BRD4-BD1/2 domain, which significantly enhances ASFV replication, was identified. Using a lentiviral expression system, a stably expressing 3D4/21 cell line of the BRD4-BD1/2 domain was successfully constructed to analyze replication differences between the 3D4/21-BRD4-BD1/2 cell line and the wild-type (WT) cell line. Initially, a recombinant plasmid, pLVX-IRES-puro-3x Flag-BRD4-BD1/2, targeting the porcine gene BRD4-BD1/2 and containing a 3x Flag tag, was constructed. This plasmid, along with plasmids pMD2.G and pSPAX2, was transfected into HEK-293T cells for lentiviral packaging to obtain infectious lentiviruses. Following lentiviral infection of 3D4/21 cells and selection with puromycin, a cell line stably expressing the BRD4-BD1/2 domain was established. The transcription levels of ASFV genes CP204L and B602L, and the expression levels of their corresponding proteins in ASFV-infected 3D4/21-BRD4-/BD1/2 cells, were detected using RT-qPCR and Western blot techniques, respectively. ASFV replication capacity was assessed using the HAD50 assay. The results showed that the stably expressing BRD4-BD1/2 domain in the 3D4/21 cell line significantly enhanced ASFV replication compared to the 3D4/21-WT cell line. This study provides biological material for in-depth research on the function of the BRD4 protein in ASFV replication and lays a theoretical foundation for the development of ASFV vaccine candidates.

Key words: African swine fever virus, BRD4, BD1/2, 3D4/21 cells, stable expression cell lines

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