Preliminary screening of intestinal barrier genes associated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infection in pigs

ABSTRACT To screen intestinal barrier genes associated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) infection, in the present study we first detected PEDV-infected piglets ( Sus scrofa ) with intestinal damage using quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) and hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining. Then, we u...

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Main Authors: Xiaoyi Qi, Yafei Xu, Weiyun Qin, Haifei Wang, Shenglong Wu, Wenbin Bao
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Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2020-11-01
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author Xiaoyi Qi
Yafei Xu
Weiyun Qin
Haifei Wang
Shenglong Wu
Wenbin Bao
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Yafei Xu
Weiyun Qin
Haifei Wang
Shenglong Wu
Wenbin Bao
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description ABSTRACT To screen intestinal barrier genes associated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) infection, in the present study we first detected PEDV-infected piglets ( Sus scrofa ) with intestinal damage using quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) and hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining. Then, we used qPCR to identify expression differences of intestinal barrier genes between the PEDV-infected and control groups. The results showed that the expression levels of most genes were significantly different between the two groups. Hierarchical clustering and correlation analysis were performed for the expression levels of 25 candidate genes to reveal the key gene that may be involved in PEDV resistance. Two important candidate genes, GLP2 (glucagon–like peptide 2) and AQP3 (aquaporin 3), have their expression positively correlated (r = 0.84). We speculated that decreased expression of GLP2 and AQP3 might play an important role in the process of PEDV infection of piglets by reducing the expression of tight junction proteins and disrupting the junctions between intestinal epithelial cells. There may be an underlying biological interaction between the two genes, which together affect the functional integrity of the intestinal barrier.
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spelling doaj.art-0d514354692a47aba20468dceaa2e0d42022-12-21T21:28:59ZengSociedade Brasileira de ZootecniaRevista Brasileira de Zootecnia1806-92902020-11-014910.37496/rbz4920200064Preliminary screening of intestinal barrier genes associated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infection in pigsXiaoyi Qihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4919-5027Yafei Xuhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1343-2649Weiyun Qinhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6298-8785Haifei Wanghttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2424-9743Shenglong Wuhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-9483Wenbin Baohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5486-2253ABSTRACT To screen intestinal barrier genes associated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) infection, in the present study we first detected PEDV-infected piglets ( Sus scrofa ) with intestinal damage using quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) and hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining. Then, we used qPCR to identify expression differences of intestinal barrier genes between the PEDV-infected and control groups. The results showed that the expression levels of most genes were significantly different between the two groups. Hierarchical clustering and correlation analysis were performed for the expression levels of 25 candidate genes to reveal the key gene that may be involved in PEDV resistance. Two important candidate genes, GLP2 (glucagon–like peptide 2) and AQP3 (aquaporin 3), have their expression positively correlated (r = 0.84). We speculated that decreased expression of GLP2 and AQP3 might play an important role in the process of PEDV infection of piglets by reducing the expression of tight junction proteins and disrupting the junctions between intestinal epithelial cells. There may be an underlying biological interaction between the two genes, which together affect the functional integrity of the intestinal barrier.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982020000100409&tlng=engene expressionpigletquantitative real-time PCR
spellingShingle Xiaoyi Qi
Yafei Xu
Weiyun Qin
Haifei Wang
Shenglong Wu
Wenbin Bao
Preliminary screening of intestinal barrier genes associated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infection in pigs
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
gene expression
piglet
quantitative real-time PCR
title Preliminary screening of intestinal barrier genes associated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infection in pigs
title_full Preliminary screening of intestinal barrier genes associated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infection in pigs
title_fullStr Preliminary screening of intestinal barrier genes associated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infection in pigs
title_full_unstemmed Preliminary screening of intestinal barrier genes associated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infection in pigs
title_short Preliminary screening of intestinal barrier genes associated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infection in pigs
title_sort preliminary screening of intestinal barrier genes associated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infection in pigs
topic gene expression
piglet
quantitative real-time PCR
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982020000100409&tlng=en
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