China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2025, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (5): 2243-2252.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2025.05.028

• Preventive Veterinary Medicine • Previous Articles    

Construction of a IPEC-J2 Cell Line Stably Overexpressing NM-ⅡA Tail and Its Effect on Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Infection

HUANG Xiaojiu, LEI Lei, PENG Xiaoye, WANG Kaixin, CHEN Yingyi, WANG Jixian, WANG Yuge, DUAN Deyong, YANG Yi, WANG Aibing   

  1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
  • Received:2024-08-05 Published:2025-04-27

Abstract: 【Objective】 This study was aimed to construct a IPEC-J2 cell line stably overexpressing non-muscle myosin ⅡA tail (NM-ⅡA Tail) using a lentiviral vector system and investigate its role in the process of Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) infection,so as to provide a theoretical evidence for elucidating the infection mechanism of PEDV.【Method】 The recombinant plasmid pLV-CMV-NM-ⅡA Tail-3×Flag-CopGFP-Puro was constructed using homologous recombination technology.This recombinant plasmid was co-transfected with auxiliary plasmids pMD2.G and psPAX2 into HEK-293FT cells to produce the lentiviral particles.IPEC-J2 cells were infected with Lentivirus and subjected to drug selection,the expression of EGFP fluorescent tag protein was observed,and the construction of NM-ⅡA Tail-overexpressing cell line was confirmed using Western blotting and Real-time quantitative PCR.Western blotting and immunofluorescence assay (IFA) were used to examine the change during the PEDV internalization stage.The effects of NM-ⅡA Tail overexpression on PEDV replication and release were analyzed by measuring viral particle copy numbers and viral titers.【Result】 In the successfully constructed overexpression cell line,the mRNA transcription level of NM-ⅡA Tail was 15 times higher than that in control group (P<0.01),and Western blotting results confirmed the efficient expression of NM-ⅡA Tail protein.During the PEDV internalization stage,the expression of PEDV N protein in NM-ⅡA Tail-overexpressing cells was extremely significantly higher than that in control group (P<0.01).IFA results showed stronger fluorescence signals for NM-ⅡA and PEDV in NM-ⅡA Tail-overexpression group compared with control group.During the PEDV replication stage,the copy number of PEDV M gene and viral tissue culture infectious dose 50% (TCID50) in NM-ⅡA Tail-overexpressing cells were significantly or extremely significantly higher than that in control group (P<0.05 or P<0.01).During the PEDV release stage,compared with control group,the copy number of PEDV M gene in supernatant of NM-ⅡA Tail-overexpressing cells was 2.7 times higher,and the viral TCID50 was extremely significantly increased (P<0.01).【Conclusion】 This study successfully constructed a stable IPEC-J2 cell line overexpressing NM-ⅡA Tail,so as to provide a valuable experimental model for further investigation of the role of NM-ⅡA in PEDV infection mechanism.The results demonstrated that NM-ⅡA Tail overexpression significantly promoted PEDV internalization,replication and release,offering new insights into the infection mechanism of PEDV and potential strategies for disease prevention and control.

Key words: non-muscle myosin ⅡA (NM-ⅡA); Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV); lentiviral vector; overexpressing cell line

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