Virus-encoded microRNA-M7 restricts early cytolytic replication and pathogenesis of Marek's disease virus

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第一作者： Sun, Aijun

作者： Sun, Aijun;Liu, Ying;Yang, Shuaikang;Wang, Xiangru;Zhu, Xiaojing;Zhang, Gaiping;Zhuang, Guoqing;Teng, Man;Chai, Shujun;Luo, Jun;Zhang, Gaiping;Teng, Man;Luo, Jun;Zhang, Gaiping;Liao, Yifei;Sun, Aijun;Liu, Ying;Yang, Shuaikang;Wang, Xiangru;Zhu, Xiaojing;Zhang, Gaiping;Zhuang, Guoqing

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关键词： miRNAs; Marek's disease virus; Replication; Lymphoid organ atrophy; Pathogenesis

期刊名称：VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY （ 影响因子：3.293； 五年影响因子：3.599 ）

ISSN： 0378-1135

年卷期： 2021 年 259 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of -22 nucleotides non-coding RNAs that are encoded by a wide range of hosts. Viruses, especially herpesviruses, encode a variety of miRNAs that involved in disease progression. Recently, a cluster of virus-encoded miRNAs, miR-M8-M10, have been shown to restrict early cytolytic replication and pathogenesis of Marek's disease virus (MDV), an oncogenic avian alphaherpesvirus that causes lymphoproliferative disease in chickens. In this study, we specifically dissected the role of miR-M7, a member of cluster miRM8-M10, in regulating MDV replication and pathogenesis. We found that deletion of miR-M7-5p did not affect the virus plaque size and growth in cell culture. However, compared to parental virus, infection of miR-M7-5p deletion virus significantly increased MDV genome copy number at 5 days post infection, suggesting that miR-M7 plays a role to restrict MDV replication during early cytolytic phase. In addition, our results showed that infection of miR-M7-5p deletion virus significantly enhanced the mortality of chickens, even it induced lymphoid organ atrophy similar to parental and revertant viruses. Taken together, our study revealed that the miR-M7 acts as a repressive factor of MDV replication and pathogenesis.

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