China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (4): 1556-1566.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2023.04.027

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Study on the Mechanism of DDX1 Inhibiting Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Replication

HUO Mingkai1, GUAN Feihu1, QIU Runhui1, WEI Chunyan1, YU Haitao1, ZHU Jiale1, ZHANG Hui1,2,3   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832000, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Control and Prevention of Animal Disease, Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Shihezi 832000, China;
    3. State International Joint Research Center for Animal Health Breeding, Shihezi 832000, China
  • Published:2023-04-06

Abstract: 【Objective】 The purpose of this study was to explore the function of RNA helicase DEAD-box family protein DDX1 in porcine ileal epithelial cells (IPI-2I) infected by Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV),and lay a foundation for revealing the biological function of DDX1.【Method】 According to the sequence of porcine DDX1 gene in GenBank (accession No.XM_021087822.1),specific primers were designed.The full length of DDX1 gene was amplified by PCR and ligated into pMD19-T cloning vector.After successful identification by double enzyme digestion,the DDX1 gene was ligated into pcDNA3.1 expression vector.After the transformation of the product,the positive colonies were screened.IPI-2I cells were cultured,and the cells that had been passaged twice were spread in a six-hole plate for follow-up experiment.The recombinant plasmids of the positive colonies were transfected into the six-well plate for 24 h.The protein was collected,and the transfection efficiency of DDX1 was detected by Western blotting.IPI-2I cells transfected with pcDNA3.1-DDX1 or PBS (control) were infected with PEDV with a multiple of infection (MOI) of 1.0 to establish a cell model of PEDV infection.Total protein and RNA were collected 12 h after PEDV infection.The expression of PEDV N protein at cell level was detected by indirect immunofluorescence assay,the expression of PEDV N gene mRNA was detected by Real-time quantitative PCR,and the expression of PEDV N protein was detected by Western blotting.Bioinformatics software was used to predict the phosphorylation site of DDX1 peotein,and immunoprecipitation test was used to detect the phosphorylation level of DDX1 after PEDV infection in IPI-2I cells for 12 h.【Result】 The target DDX1 gene band of 2 223 bp was successfully obtained by PCR amplification.The results of double digestion identification showed that pMD19-T-DDX1 cloning vector and pcDNA3.1-DDX1 eukaryotic expression vector were successfully constructed.The expression of DDX1 protein in the cells transfected with pcDNA3.1-DDX1 was extremely significantly higher than that in PBS group (P<0.01),indicating that DDX1 transfection was successful.The results of indirect immunofluorescence assay showed that compared with PBS group,there were a large number of green fluorescence signals in PEDV infection group,indicating that the IPI-2I cell model infected by PEDV was successfully constructed.In IPI-2I cells transfected with pcDNA3.1-DDX1 recombinant plasmid,compared with PBS group,the fluorescence intensity of PEDV N protein significantly decreased,the mRNA and protein expression of PEDV N gene were extremely significantly decreased (P<0.01).Bioinformatics analysis showed that DDX1 protein had multiple phosphorylation sites,including 17 serine,12 threonine and 6 tyrosine.The results of immunoprecipitation test showed that the level of DDX1 phosphorylation in PEDV infected group was extremely significantly higher than that in uninfected group (P<0.01).【Conclusion】 In this study,the eukaryotic expression vector of pcDNA3.1-DDX1 was successfully constructed.It was found that 12 h after PEDV infection,DDX1 inhibited the replication of PEDV and increased the phosphorylation level,indicating that DDX1 protein might inhibit the replication of PEDV through phosphorylation during PEDV infection.

Key words: DDX1; Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV); phosphorylation

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