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  2. Classical swine fever virus infection suppresses claudin-1 expression to facilitate its replication in PK-15 cells

Classical swine fever virus infection suppresses claudin-1 expression to facilitate its replication in PK-15 cells

  • Microb Pathog. 2021 Aug;157:105012. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2021.105012.
Xiangmin Wang 1 Yu'ai Yang 1 Xiaoying Yang 1 Xiao Liu 2 Xiaochun Wang 1 Libo Gao 1 Chao Yang 1 Rui Lan 1 Junlong Bi 3 Qian Zhao 4 Guishu Yang 1 Jing Wang 5 Yingbo Lin 6 Jianping Liu 7 Gefen Yin 8
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 College of Animal Veterinary Medicine, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China.
  • 2 College of Animal Veterinary Medicine, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China; Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 17176, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 3 Institute of Science and Technology, Chuxiong Normal University, 546 Lucheng South Rd, Chuxiong, 675000, Yunnna, China.
  • 4 Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Chuxiong, 675000, Yunnan, China.
  • 5 School of Clinical Medicine, Dali University, Dali, 671003, Yunnan, China.
  • 6 Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 17176, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 7 School of Clinical Medicine, Dali University, Dali, 671003, Yunnan, China. Electronic address: jianping.liu@ki.se.
  • 8 College of Animal Veterinary Medicine, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China. Electronic address: yingefen0616@163.com.
Abstract

Classical swine fever (CSF) is one of the most epidemic viral diseases in swine industry. The causative pathogen is CSF virus (CSFV), a small enveloped RNA virus of Flaviviridae family. Claudin-1 was reported to be involved in the infections of a number of viruses, including many from Flaviviridae family, but no studies have investigated the role of porcine claudin-1 during CSFV Infection in PK-15 cells. In this study, on the one hand, we demonstrated that CSFV Infection reduced the claudin-1 expression at both mRNA and protein levels; on the other hand, CSFV Infection was enhanced after claudin-1 knockdown, but inhibited by claudin-1 overexpression in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, negative correlation was demonstrated between the claudin-1 expression and CSFV titer. In conclusion, claudin-1 might be a barrier for CSFV Infection in PK-15 cells, while CSFV bypasses the barrier through lysosome mediated degradation of claudin-1, which could be repressed by bafilomycin A1. Although the elaborate mechanisms how claudin-1 plays its roles in CSFV Infection require further investigations, this study may advance our understanding of the molecular host-pathogen interaction mechanisms underlying CSFV Infection and suggests enhancement of porcine claudin-1 as a potential preventive or therapeutic strategy for CSF control.

Keywords

Classic swine fever virus; Claudin-1; Infection; Lysosome; NF-κB; PK-15 cells.

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