Transcriptional Profiles Associated with Marek’s Disease Virus in Bursa and Spleen Lymphocytes Reveal Contrasting Immune Responses during Early Cytolytic Infection
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Ethics Statement
2.2. Experimental Animals and Design
2.3. Separation of Lymphocytes and Extractions of Total DNA
2.4. Absolute Quantitation of MDV in Chicken Lymphocytes Using Real-Time PCR
2.5. High-Throughput RNA-Sequencing
2.6. Bioinformatics Analysis of Differentially Expressed Gene Sets
2.7. Relative Quantification of Differentially Expressed Genes in Chicken Lymphocytes by Quantitative Reverse Transcriptase PCR (RT-qPCR)
2.8. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. The Differences in MDV Viral Replication between a Vaccine Strain and Virulent Strain in Lymphoid Organs of the Chicken
3.2. Differentially Expressed Genes (DEGs) in Splenic Lymphocytes Post-MDV Infection
3.3. Gene Ontology (GO) Terms and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) Pathways of DEGs Associated with the Immune Response in Splenic Lymphocytes after MDV Infection
3.4. Cytokines and Chemokines Differentially Expressed in Splenic Lymphocytes after Infection with MDV
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Primers * | Sequence (5′-3′) | Amplicon Size (bp) |
---|---|---|
GAPDH-F GAPDH-R | AGAACATCATCCCAGCGT AGCCTTCACTACCCTCTTG | 182 bp |
IL-6-F IL-6-R | AAATCCCTCCTCGCCAATCT CCCTCACGGTCTTCTCCATAAA | 106 bp |
IL-4-F IL-4-R | AGCACTGCCACAAGAACCT GCTAGTTGGTGGAAGAAGGTAC | 140 bp |
IL-10-F IL-10-R | GCTGCGCTTCTACACAGATG TCCCGTTCTCATCCATCTTC | 203 bp |
IL-1β-F IL-1β-R | CCCGCTTCATCTTCTACCGC GCTTGTAGGTGGCGATGTTG | 159 bp |
IFN-γ-F IFN-γ-R | GCCGCACATCAAACACATATCTG GCGCTGGATTCTCAAGTCGTTC | 127 bp |
IRF1-F IRF1-R | TGGGGTCGTCCTCAGAAGAT AGAAGCCTTTCCCCTCAACG | 105 bp |
IRF5-F IRF5-R | AACAAGAGCCGTGAGTTCCG CTGAAGTCATCCCCGGTCAC | 122 bp |
STAT1-F STAT1-R | CCAAGCGGATGGGCTTCTAT GCTGATCCGCGTTAAGTCCT | 163 bp |
IL8L1-F IL8L1-R | CCTCACTGCAAGAATGTGGA GGAGGAGGTAGGACGTTTTTG | 153 bp |
CCL4-F CCL4-R | CCTTCAGCTTTGTGGCAGAC GGTGATGAACACAACACCAGC | 71 bp |
CCL5-F CCL5-R | GGCTGATACAACCGTGTGCT CCTGGTGATGAACACAACTGC | 121 bp |
CCL19-F CCL19-R | TGTATGCTGGCAACAACGTC CACAGAGACGCTTGCCCTTT | 156 bp |
CCL26-F CCL26-R | TTCAGATGGCCTACCCACAAC GACTCCTCGGGGTTTACACA | 162 bp |
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Jin, H.; Kong, Z.; Mehboob, A.; Jiang, B.; Xu, J.; Cai, Y.; Liu, W.; Hong, J.; Li, Y. Transcriptional Profiles Associated with Marek’s Disease Virus in Bursa and Spleen Lymphocytes Reveal Contrasting Immune Responses during Early Cytolytic Infection. Viruses 2020, 12, 354. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12030354
Jin H, Kong Z, Mehboob A, Jiang B, Xu J, Cai Y, Liu W, Hong J, Li Y. Transcriptional Profiles Associated with Marek’s Disease Virus in Bursa and Spleen Lymphocytes Reveal Contrasting Immune Responses during Early Cytolytic Infection. Viruses. 2020; 12(3):354. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12030354
Chicago/Turabian StyleJin, Huan, Zimeng Kong, Arslan Mehboob, Bo Jiang, Jian Xu, Yunhong Cai, Wenxiao Liu, Jiabing Hong, and Yongqing Li. 2020. "Transcriptional Profiles Associated with Marek’s Disease Virus in Bursa and Spleen Lymphocytes Reveal Contrasting Immune Responses during Early Cytolytic Infection" Viruses 12, no. 3: 354. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12030354