Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus(PEDV)is the main cause of diarrhea,vomiting,and mortality in pigs,which results in devastating economic loss to the pig industry around the globe.In recent years,the advent of RNA-sequencing technologies has led to delineate host responses at late stages of PEDV infection;however,the comparative analysis of host responses to early-stage infection of virulent and avirulent PEDV strains is currently unknown.Here,using the BGI DNBSEQ RNA-sequencing,we performed global gene expression profiles of pig intestinal epithelial cells infected with virulent(GDS01)or avirulent(HX)PEDV strains for 3,6,and 12 h.It was observed that over half of all significantly dysregulated genes in both infection groups exhibited a down-regulated expression pattern.Functional enrichment analyses indicated that the differentially expressed genes(DEGs)in the GDS01 group were predominantly related to autophagy and apoptosis,whereas the genes showing the differential expression in the HX group were strongly enriched in immune responses/inflammation.Among the DEGs,the functional association of TLR3 and IFIT2 genes with the HX and GDS01 strains replication was experimentally validated by TLR3 inhibition and IFIT2 overexpression systems in cultured cells.TLR3 expression was found to inhibit HX strain,but not GDS01 strain,replication by enhancing the IFIT2 expression in infected cells.In conclusion,our study highlights similarities and differences in gene expression patterns and cellular processes/pathways altered at the early-stage infection of PEDV virulent and avirulent strains.These findings may provide a foundation for establishing novel therapies to control PEDV infection.

Ouyang Peng;Xiaona Wei;Usama Ashraf;Fangyu Hu;Yongbo Xia;Qiuping Xu;Guangli Hu;Chunyi Xue;Yongchang Cao;Hao Zhang

State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol,Life Sciences School,Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou,510006,China;Wen's Group Academy,Wen's Foodstuffs Group Co,Ltd,Xinxing,Guangdong,527400,China;State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology,Huazhong Agricultural University,Wuhan,430070,China;Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation,Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital,Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou,510120,China

中国病毒学

[1]Ouyang Peng;Xiaona Wei;Usama Ashraf;Fangyu Hu;Yongbo Xia;Qiuping Xu;Guangli Hu;Chunyi Xue;Yongchang Cao;Hao Zhang-.Genome-wide transcriptome analysis of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus virulent or avirulent strain-infected porcine small intestinal epithelial cells)[J].中国病毒学,2022(01):70-81

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