›› 2015, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (8): 2074-2080.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2015.08.022

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Establishment and Identification of One Marc-145 Cell Line Stably and Highly Expressing Porcine CD163

WU Xiang-ju1,2, LI Fang-tao1, CHEN Lei2,3, CONG Xiao-yan2,3, SUN Wen-bo2,3, YU Jiang2,3, CHEN Zhi2,3, GUO Li-hui2,3, WU Jia-qiang2,3, DU Yi-jun2,3, ZHAO Xiao-min1, WANG Jin-bao2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention of Shandong Province, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271000, China;
    2. Shandong Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Breeding, Jinan 250100, China;
    3. Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan 250100, China
  • Received:2015-01-21 Online:2015-08-20 Published:2015-08-27

Abstract: This study was attempted to generate one Marc-145 cell line stably and highly expressing porcine CD163 (pCD163) and set the foundation for PRRSV isolation and vaccine production.CD163 was shown to be a cellular receptor capable of mediating infection of PRRSV non-permissive cell lines.The pCD163 gene was amplified by RT-PCR from porcine alveolar macrophages and cloned into the eukaryotic expression vector pCI-neo, then the positive plasmid pCI-pCD163 was transfected into Marc-145 cells.After selecting with G418 and subcloning for 3 times, Marc-145 cell line expressing pCD163 was established.IFA results indicated that the fluorescence of pCD163-Marc cells was significantly brighter than Marc-145 cells;Western blotting results indicated that the pCD163-Marc cells could express higher levels of CD163 and the expression level was 8.7 times higher than Marc-145 cells.The pCD163-Marc cell line could be stably passaged for 20 passages and the expression level of CD163 was similar with different passages, which would be a valuable tool for facilitating virus propagation and vaccine production.

Key words: Marc-145; CD163; stable cell line

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