Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (3): 1366-1375.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.03.035

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Effect of lncRNA 18850 on Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Replication

YU Xinya1(), HE Haijian2, WANG Lei1, NI Yuchen1, DU Jing1, ZHOU Yingshan1, DONG Wanyu1,*(), WANG Xiaodu1,*()   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Applied Biotechnology on Animal Science & Veterinary Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for Veterinary Diagnostics & Advanced Technology, Zhejiang International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for Veterinary Medicine and Health Management, China-Australia Joint Laboratory for Animal Health Big Data Analytics, Belt and Road International Joint Laboratory for One Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine of Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
    2. Agriculture College, Jinhua University of Vocational Technology, Jinhua 321017, China
  • Received:2024-04-17 Online:2025-03-23 Published:2025-04-02
  • Contact: DONG Wanyu, WANG Xiaodu E-mail:1131440070@qq.com;wanyudong@zafu.edu.cn;xdwang@zafu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Long-stranded non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a class of RNAs longer than 200 bp that lack protein-coding ability. lncRNAs have been shown to play important biological roles in viral replication. This study analyzed changes of lncRNAs in cells infected with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) and their effect on PEDV replication. Transcriptome sequencing was performed on Vero-E6 cells infected with PEDV at different time points. lncRNA 18850 was selected, and its overexpression plasmid was constructed. The effects of lncRNA 18850 overexpression on PEDV replication in Vero-E6 cells were analyzed by Western blot, qPCR and TCID50 methods. Transcriptome sequencing was also used to detect gene changes in Vero-E6 cells overexpressing lncRNA 18850, as well as lncRNA 18850 target genes and differential protein interactions. The results showed that the expression of multiple lncRNAs in PEDV-infected Vero-E6 cells changed significantly, especially the expression of lncRNA 18850, which showed an upward trend at both 24 and 48 hours after viral infection. Overexpression of lncRNA 18850 significantly promoted the replication of PEDV compared with the control group. The genes LIF, IL11, EPHA2, CCND1, DUSP5, and CCN2 in Vero-E6 cells have target relationships with lncRNA 18850. The findings indicate that PEDV infection upregulates the expression of lncRNA 18850 in Vero-E6 cells, and lncRNA 18850 may promote viral replication by regulating multiple target genes, providing new perspectives and insights for a deeper understanding of the replication mechanism of PEDV as well as for exploring the potential therapeutic strategies against it.

Key words: long non-coding RNA, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, RNA-seq, apelin signaling pathway

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