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Screening of siRNA Targeted for TLR9 Gene and Its Effect on the Proliferation Profile of BHV-1

HU Feng-li, XU Li-yuan, ZHANG Zhi-fei, ZHOU Wei-guang   

  1. Key Laboratory of Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Technology in Animal Disease, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China
  • Received:2016-08-19 Online:2017-02-20 Published:2017-02-25

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of Toll-like receptors 9 (TLR9) of the bovine embryonic tracheal (EBTr) cells in the innate immune response mediated by bovine herpesvirus type 1(BHV-1). Using small interfering RNA (siRNA) technology, three siRNA interference sequences target for TLR9 were designed and synthesized in this study. After siRNA-TLR9 interference, the expression levels of TLR9 gene were detected by Real-time PCR. After 48 h, the expression levels of TLR9 mRNA induced by siRNA-TLR9A, siRNA-TLR9B and siRNA-TLR9C were reduced to 60.90%, 24.05% and 40.75%, respectively. Comparing with the control group, the expression levels of TLR9 mRNA were significantly inhibited by siRNA-TLR9A fragments at 12 to 72 h (P < 0.05), and after transfecting the best fragments and infecting with BHV-1, the BHV-1 DNA copy numbers of siRNA-TLR9A group were lower than BHV-1 DNA of the control group at 6 to 72 h. The specific siRNA fragments target for TLR9 were successfully screened out in this test, and demonstrated that inhibition of TLR9 expressions could reduce the BHV-1 proliferation in EBTr cells.

Key words: siRNA; EBTr cells; TLR9; BHV-1; Real-time PCR

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