Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (6): 2847-2856.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.06.028

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Inhibitory Effect of Monocyte Chemotactic Protein Induction Protein 3 on Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Replication in vitro

ZHOU Hongting1,2(), SUN Xinru1,2, FAN Baochao2, ZHANG Xuehan2, ZHOU Jinzhu2, SUOLANG Sizhu1, SUN Min2,*(), GONG Ga1,*(), LI Bin2,*()   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science, Xizang Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University, Nyingchi 860019, China
    2. Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Nanjing 210014, China
  • Received:2024-07-02 Online:2025-06-23 Published:2025-06-25
  • Contact: SUN Min, GONG Ga, LI Bin E-mail:3502582463@qq.com;sunmin9084@aliyun.com;xzlzgg@163.com;libinana@126.com

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of monocyte chemotactic protein-induced protein 3 (MCPIP3) on porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) replication. The dynamic change of MCPIP3 transcription level after PEDV infection was determined by RT-qPCR. Then, using monkey kidney epithelial cell cDNA as template, ZC3H12C gene was amplified by PCR and cloned into P3×Flag-CMV-14 eukaryotic expression vector to construct MCPIP3 eukaryotic recombinant vector. MCPIP3 protein was overexpressed or interfered on African green monkey embryonic kidney cells (MARC-145), and the influence of MCPIP3 protein on PEDV replication was investigated by Western blot, quantitative PCR, and virus titer determination. The results showed that PEDV infection significantly up-regulated ZC3H12C transcription on MARC-145 cells. The MCPIP3 recombinant plasmid was successfully constructed, which could induce exogenous high expression of MCPIP3 protein after transfection, and the specific siRNA could significantly down-regulate the transcription level of ZC3H12C. Compared with the control group, high expression of MCPIP3 significantly inhibited PEDV N protein expression level, down-regulated PEDV N gene transcription levels and virus titer, while interfered with MCPIP3 expression had the opposite effect, indicating that MCPIP3 significantly inhibited PEDV proliferation on MARC-145 cells. Furthermore, the MCPIP3 expression negatively regulated PEDV induced transcription of IL-8, IL-12β and TNF-α. This study expanded the function of MCPIP3 protein, and provided a theoretical basis for the study of PEDV replication mechanism.

Key words: MCPIP3, PEDV, viral replication, antiviral effect

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