Expression Profiles of NOD-Like Receptors in Salmonid Cells after Infection with Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV)

Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNv) is a worldwide etiologic agent of one disease that causes severe economic losses in several species of fish, mainly in young salmonids. Its genome consists of two linear double-stranded RNA segments that encode five viral proteins. Teleost fish respond to...

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Main Authors: Gardenia Payne, Fernanda Fredericksen, Nicolás Maldonado, Melina Villalba, Victor Olavarría
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author Gardenia Payne
Fernanda Fredericksen
Nicolás Maldonado
Melina Villalba
Victor Olavarría
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description Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNv) is a worldwide etiologic agent of one disease that causes severe economic losses in several species of fish, mainly in young salmonids. Its genome consists of two linear double-stranded RNA segments that encode five viral proteins. Teleost fish respond to infectious agents, mainly through the components of innate immunity. This response to viral infections is initiated, conducted, and coordinated by pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs), which can detect the presence of microorganisms through the identification of molecular patterns associated with pathogens (PAMPs). Heterologous PRR molecules have been found in salmonids, even in teleost fish. NOD-like receptors (NLRs) are a multigenic family of cytoplasmic molecules involved in immunity and apoptosis; these receptors have been little studied in fish. However, they have recently been linked to antiviral defense. There is no information that relates the expression of NOD-like receptors with IPNv infection. Thus, the objective of this study was to analyze the gene expression of several members of subfamily A of the NLRs (NOD1, NOD2, NLR-C3, NLR-C5, and NLR-X1) in response to IPNv infection by real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and cellular models used in vitro and ex vivo. The expression analysis revealed that CHSE-214 cells, infected with IPNv, show a positive regulation of the NLRs, with the NLRX1 gene being the one with the highest expression. A similar result was obtained when primary cultures of head kidney of rainbow trout were infected with IPNv, but in this case, the most stimulated receptor was found to be NLR-C5. Overall, the results suggest that NLRs could play a key role in the regulation of defense mechanisms of salmonids against viral pathogens and justify the exploration of the precise molecular mechanism related to the immune system of the NLRs in these fish.
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spelling doaj.art-437545b05b9a4b4387cc5f0f3327bcc92023-11-20T02:54:30ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002020-06-015011910.3390/proceedings2020050019Expression Profiles of NOD-Like Receptors in Salmonid Cells after Infection with Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV)Gardenia Payne0Fernanda Fredericksen1Nicolás Maldonado2Melina Villalba3Victor Olavarría4Instituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Virología, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5110566, ChileInstituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Virología, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5110566, ChileInstituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Virología, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5110566, ChileInstituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Virología, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5110566, ChileInstituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Virología, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5110566, ChileInfectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNv) is a worldwide etiologic agent of one disease that causes severe economic losses in several species of fish, mainly in young salmonids. Its genome consists of two linear double-stranded RNA segments that encode five viral proteins. Teleost fish respond to infectious agents, mainly through the components of innate immunity. This response to viral infections is initiated, conducted, and coordinated by pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs), which can detect the presence of microorganisms through the identification of molecular patterns associated with pathogens (PAMPs). Heterologous PRR molecules have been found in salmonids, even in teleost fish. NOD-like receptors (NLRs) are a multigenic family of cytoplasmic molecules involved in immunity and apoptosis; these receptors have been little studied in fish. However, they have recently been linked to antiviral defense. There is no information that relates the expression of NOD-like receptors with IPNv infection. Thus, the objective of this study was to analyze the gene expression of several members of subfamily A of the NLRs (NOD1, NOD2, NLR-C3, NLR-C5, and NLR-X1) in response to IPNv infection by real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and cellular models used in vitro and ex vivo. The expression analysis revealed that CHSE-214 cells, infected with IPNv, show a positive regulation of the NLRs, with the NLRX1 gene being the one with the highest expression. A similar result was obtained when primary cultures of head kidney of rainbow trout were infected with IPNv, but in this case, the most stimulated receptor was found to be NLR-C5. Overall, the results suggest that NLRs could play a key role in the regulation of defense mechanisms of salmonids against viral pathogens and justify the exploration of the precise molecular mechanism related to the immune system of the NLRs in these fish.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/50/1/19teleost fishNODsgene expressionviral infection
spellingShingle Gardenia Payne
Fernanda Fredericksen
Nicolás Maldonado
Melina Villalba
Victor Olavarría
Expression Profiles of NOD-Like Receptors in Salmonid Cells after Infection with Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV)
Proceedings
teleost fish
NODs
gene expression
viral infection
title Expression Profiles of NOD-Like Receptors in Salmonid Cells after Infection with Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV)
title_full Expression Profiles of NOD-Like Receptors in Salmonid Cells after Infection with Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV)
title_fullStr Expression Profiles of NOD-Like Receptors in Salmonid Cells after Infection with Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV)
title_full_unstemmed Expression Profiles of NOD-Like Receptors in Salmonid Cells after Infection with Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV)
title_short Expression Profiles of NOD-Like Receptors in Salmonid Cells after Infection with Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV)
title_sort expression profiles of nod like receptors in salmonid cells after infection with infectious pancreatic necrosis virus ipnv
topic teleost fish
NODs
gene expression
viral infection
url https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/50/1/19
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