Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (10): 3621-3630.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2022.10.033

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Effect of Interferon Stimulated Gene 15 Knockout in PK-15 Cell Line on Replication of Pseudorabies Virus

LI Chen, HE Wenfeng, ZHAO Lina, FAN Qi, YANG Guoqing, LIU Huimin*   

  1. College of Life Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
  • Received:2022-03-22 Online:2022-10-23 Published:2022-10-26

Abstract: Interferon stimulated gene 15 (ISG15), a gene stimulated by interferon, plays an important role during host-viral interaction. To study the effect of ISG15 on porcine pseudorabies virus (PRV) replication, in this study, ISG15 gene knockout cell line was constructed by CRISPR/Cas9 technology. Next, the cell viability of PK15-ISG15-/- cells was monitored by CCK-8 assay. Then, the following indexes were used to comprehensively evaluate the effect of ISG15 knockout on PRV replication:fluorescence intensity of PRV was measured by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA); mRNA level of PRV-EP0, PRV-gE, PRV-VP16 and IFN-β were detected by RT-qPCR; protein expression levels of PRV-gE and ISG15 were evaluated by Western blot; PRV titer was detected by virus plaque assay. Results were as follows:Firstly, ISG15 gene was successfully knocked out in PK-15 cell by sgRNA1 and sgRNA2; ISG15 gene knockout had no effect on cell viability; IFA detection showed that PRV fluorescence intensity of PK15-ISG15-/- cells was higher than that of PK-15 cells after PRV infection. Moreover, RT-qPCR and Western blot results showed that PK15-ISG15-/- cells could up-regulate PRV mRNA transcription and protein translation. Viral plaque assay further showed that knockout ISG15 could promote PRV replication. Besides, RT-qPCR results showed that up-regulation transcription of IFN-β induced by PRV infection was resisted in PK15-ISG15-/- cells. In conclusion, the above results indicate that ISG15 inhibits PRV replication in PK-15 cells, which might be linked to the IFN signaling pathway.

Key words: CRISPR/Cas9, interferon stimulated gene 15, porcine pseudorabies virus, gene knockout

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