Comparative Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analyses Prove that IFN-λ1 is a More Potent Inducer of ISGs than IFN-α against Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus in Porcine Intestinal Epithelial Cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 3697-3707
Author(s):  
Mingzhi Zhao ◽  
Liang Li ◽  
Linhui Zhai ◽  
Qi Yue ◽  
Hongyu Liu ◽  
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2017 ◽  
pp. JVI.01677-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingzhan Zhang ◽  
Hanzhong Ke ◽  
Anthony Blikslager ◽  
Takashi Fujita ◽  
Dongwan Yoo

Type III interferons (IFN-λs) play a vital role to maintain the antiviral state of the mucosal epithelial surface in the gut, and in turn, enteric viruses may have evolved to evade the type III IFN responses during infection. To study of the possible immune evasion of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) from type III IFN response, a line of porcine intestinal epithelial cells was developed as a cell model for PEDV replication. IFN-λ1 and IFN-λ3 inhibited the PEDV replication, indicating the anti-PEDV activity of type III IFNs. Of the 21 PEDV proteins, nsp1, nsp3, nsp5, nsp8, nsp14, nsp15, nsp16, ORF3, E, M, and N were found to suppress the type III IFN activities, and the IRF1 signaling mediated the suppression. PEDV specifically inhibited IRF1 nuclear translocation. Peroxisome is the innate antiviral signaling platform for activation of IRF1-mediated IFN-λ production, and peroxisomes were found to decrease in number in PEDV-infected cells. PEDV nsp1 blocked the nuclear translocation of IRF1 and reduced the number of peroxisomes to suppress IRF1-mediated type III IFNs. Mutational studies showed the conserved residues of nsp1 were crucial for IRF1-mediated IFN-λ suppression. Our study for the first time provides the evidence that the porcine enteric virus PEDV downregulates and evades the IRF1-mediated type III IFN responses by reducing the peroxisomes.IMPORTANCEPorcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is a highly contagious enteric coronavirus emerged in swine in the US and has caused severe economic losses. PEDV targets the intestinal epithelial cells in the gut, and intestinal epithelial cells selectively induce and respond to the production of type III interferons (IFNs). However, little is known about modulation of type III IFN response by PEDV in the intestinal epithelial cells. In this study, we established a porcine intestinal epithelial cell model for PEDV replication. We found that PEDV inhibited the IRF1-mediated type III IFN production by decreasing the peroxisomes in number in the porcine intestinal epithelial cells. We also demonstrated that the conserved residues in the PEDV nsp1 protein were crucial for IFN suppression. This study for the first time showed the PEDV evasion of type III IFN response in the intestinal epithelial cells. It provides valuable information on the host cell-virus interactions not only for PEDV but also other enteric viral infections in swine.


Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 644
Author(s):  
Yajing Zhou ◽  
Zhanshi Ren ◽  
Shuai Zhang ◽  
Haifei Wang ◽  
Shenglong Wu ◽  
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Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) infects intestinal epithelial cells, destroys the intestinal mucosal barrier and then causes diarrhea in piglets. Glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) is a specific intestinal growth hormone that promotes the repair of damaged intestinal mucosa and improves the intestinal barrier. In this study, we investigated the functions of porcine GLP-2 gene in regulating PEDV infection. The intestinal tissues with damaged intestinal structures caused by PEDV infection were first confirmed and collected. Expression analysis indicated that the GLP-2 gene was expressed in the duodenum, jejunum and ileum tissues, and the mRNA level was significantly down-regulated in jejunum and ileum of piglets with damaged intestinal mucosa. Infection of PEDV to porcine small intestinal epithelial cells in vitro showed that GLP-2 gene was significantly decreased, which was consistent with the expression pattern in intestinal tissues. In addition, we silenced the GLP-2 gene by shRNA interfering and found that the copy numbers of PEDV were remarkably increased in the GLP-2 gene silencing cells. Our findings suggest that the GLP-2 gene was potentially involved in regulating PEDV infection and in maintaining the integrity of the intestinal mucosal barrier structure, which could contribute to our understanding of the mechanisms of PEDV pathogenesis and provide a theoretical basis for the identification and application of resistant genes in pig selective breeding for porcine epidemic diarrhea.


2016 ◽  
Vol 310 (7) ◽  
pp. C542-C557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Wang ◽  
Liang Han ◽  
James Sinnett-Smith ◽  
Li-Li Han ◽  
Jan V. Stevens ◽  
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Given the fundamental role of β-catenin signaling in intestinal epithelial cell proliferation and the growth-promoting function of protein kinase D1 (PKD1) in these cells, we hypothesized that PKDs mediate cross talk with β-catenin signaling. The results presented here provide several lines of evidence supporting this hypothesis. We found that stimulation of intestinal epithelial IEC-18 cells with the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) agonist angiotensin II (ANG II), a potent inducer of PKD activation, promoted endogenous β-catenin nuclear localization in a time-dependent manner. A significant increase was evident within 1 h of ANG II stimulation ( P < 0.01), peaked at 4 h ( P < 0.001), and declined afterwards. GPCR stimulation also induced a marked increase in β-catenin-regulated genes and phosphorylation at Ser552 in intestinal epithelial cells. Exposure to preferential inhibitors of the PKD family (CRT006610 or kb NB 142-70) or knockdown of the isoforms of the PKD family prevented the increase in β-catenin nuclear localization and phosphorylation at Ser552 in response to ANG II. GPCR stimulation also induced the formation of a complex between PKD1 and β-catenin, as shown by coimmunoprecipitation that depended on PKD1 catalytic activation, as it was abrogated by cell treatment with PKD family inhibitors. Using transgenic mice that express elevated PKD1 protein in the intestinal epithelium, we detected a marked increase in the localization of β-catenin in the nucleus of crypt epithelial cells in the ileum of PKD1 transgenic mice, compared with nontransgenic littermates. Collectively, our results identify a novel cross talk between PKD and β-catenin in intestinal epithelial cells, both in vitro and in vivo.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huinan Wang ◽  
Libo Zhang ◽  
Yuanbin Shang ◽  
Rongrong Tan ◽  
Mingxiang Ji ◽  
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Abstract Outbreaks of a new variant of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) at the end of 2010 have raised interest in the mutation and recombination of PEDV. A PEDV strain (CN/Liaoning25/2018) isolated from a clinical outbreak of piglet diarrhea contained a 49-bp deletion in the ORF3 gene. This deletion is considered a genetic characteristic of low pathogenic attenuated vaccine strains. However, CN/Liaoning25/2018 was highly pathogenic. Complete genome sequencing, identity analysis, phylogenetic tree construction, and recombination analysis showed that this virus was a recombinant strain containing the Spike (S) gene from the highly pathogenic CN/GDZQ/2014 strain and the remaining genomic regions from the low pathogenic vaccine isolate SQ2014. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry results confirmed that this strain was highly pathogenic and indicated that intestinal epithelial cell vacuolation was positively correlated with the intensity and density of PEDV antigens. A new natural recombination model for PEDV was identified. Our results suggest that new highly pathogenic recombinant strains in the field may be generated by recombination between low pathogenic attenuated live PEDV vaccines and pathogenic circulating PEDV strains. Our findings also highlight that the 49-bp deletion of the ORF3 gene in low pathogenic attenuated vaccine strains will no longer be a reliable standard to differentiate the classical vaccine attenuated from the field strains.


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