China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2024, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (8): 3471-3483.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2024.08.025

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Construction and PRRSV Infection Characteristic Analysis of CD163 Gene Knockout iPAMs

DONG Zexia1,2, LIN Xin3, ZHOU Qilyu2, WANG Nan2, HUANG Lei4, LIU Zhiguo2, FENG Zheng1, MU Yulian2   

  1. 1. School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China;
    2. Institute of Animal Science of CAAS, Beijing 100193, China;
    3. College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin 300392, China;
    4. Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
  • Received:2024-01-29 Published:2024-07-31

Abstract: 【Objective】 The aim of this study was to obtain immortalized porcine alveolar macrophages (iPAMs) with cluster of differentiation 163 (CD163) gene knockout,and investigate the role of CD163 protein in the invasion process of Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus (PRRSV) at the cellular level.【Method】 The sgRNA plasmid (pX330-sgCD163) targeting the exon 7 of CD163 gene was transfected into iPAMs,followed by monoclonal cell selection and genotype identification using a limited dilution method after 48 h of transfection.CD163 gene knockout iPAMs were screened by Western blotting and off-target analysis.The PRRSV infection characteristics of CD163 gene knockout iPAMs were analyzed by Real-time quantitative PCR,Western blotting,indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID50).【Result】 Sequencing results showed that one of the 100 monoclonal cells was CD163 gene knockout iPAMs,with an efficiency of 1%.Western blotting results showed that there was no expression of CD163 protein in CD163 gene knockout iPAMs,and no off-target effects were detected at the predicted off-target sites.Real-time quantitative PCR results showed that compared with wild-type iPAMs group,the viral copy number of CD163 gene knockout iPAMs group was extremely significantly decreased (P<0.01).The results of Western blotting and IFA showed that there was no expression of PRRSV-N protein in CD163 gene knockout iPAMs group after 24 h of post-infection.TCID50 assays also revealed that there was no cytopathic lesions in CD163 gene knockout iPAMs group.【Conclusion】 This study successfully constructed CD163 gene knockout iPAMs using CRISPR/Cas9 editing system,which completely resisted PRRSV infection.The establishment of this cell line provided novel research materials for investigating the interaction mechanism between PRRSV and CD163 protein in future studies.

Key words: CRISPR/Cas9; CD163 gene; immortalized porcine alveolar macrophages (iPAMs); Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)

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