›› 2013, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (12): 12-20.

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Inhibition of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) JXA1-R Replication in Marc-145 Cells by shRNA and Establishment of Anti-PRRSV Cell Lines

LI Hong-mei1,2, HE Cong2, ZHANG Mao3, MENG Xuan2, ZHANG Jian-feng2, ZHANG Jian-fei2, GUO Peng-ju2   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China;
    2. Public Laboratory, Institute of Animal Health, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China;
    3. Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
  • Received:2013-05-17 Online:2013-12-20 Published:2014-02-11

Abstract: Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) was one of the most important infectious diseases of swine in the world.However,current vaccination strategies and antiviral drugs provided only limited protection. In this study, the ability of specific short hairpin RNA targeting to ORF1a, ORF3, ORF4, ORF5, ORF6, ORF7 were constructed, and it was found that ORF1a-4-shRNA, ORF3-1-shRNA, ORF6-2-shRNA could effectively down-regulate specific gene expression and inhibit viral replication in Marc-145 cells compared to the controls. In addition, in this study ORF6-2-shRNA was selected to be transfected into porcine fetal fibroblasts to establish anti-PRRSV cell lines. This work might provide the foundation for further research on the production of anti-PRRSV transgenetic pig.

Key words: porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV); RNA interference; anti-PRRSV cell lines

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