Long noncoding RNA profiling reveals that LncRNA BTN3A2 inhibits the host inflammatory response to Eimeria tenella infection in chickens

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Title: Long noncoding RNA profiling reveals that LncRNA BTN3A2 inhibits the host inflammatory response to Eimeria tenella infection in chickens
Authors: Hailiang Yu, Changhao Mi, Qi Wang, Guojun Dai, Tao Zhang, Genxi Zhang, Kaizhou Xie, Zhenhua Zhao
Source: Frontiers in Immunology, Vol 13 (2022)
Publisher Information: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022.
Publication Year: 2022
Collection: LCC:Immunologic diseases. Allergy
Subject Terms: chicken, E. tenella, lncRNA BTN3A2, inflammatory response, host resistance, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607
More Details: Coccidiosis is a widespread parasitic disease that causes serious economic losses to the poultry industry every year. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in transcriptional regulation and are involved in a variety of diseases and immune responses. However, the lncRNAs associated with Eimeria tenella (E. tenella) resistance have not been identified in chickens. In addition, the expression profiles and functions of lncRNAs during E. tenella infection remain unclear. In the present study, high-throughput sequencing was applied to identify lncRNAs in chicken cecal tissues from control (JC), resistant (JR), and susceptible (JS) groups on day 4.5 post-infection (pi), and functional tests were performed. A total of 564 lncRNAs were differentially expressed, including 263 lncRNAs between the JS and JC groups, 192 between the JR and JS groups, and 109 between the JR and JC groups. Functional analyses indicated that these differentially expressed lncRNAs were involved in pathways related to E. tenella infection, including the NF-kappa B signaling, B cell receptor signaling and natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity pathways. Moreover, through cis regulation network analysis of the differentially expressed lncRNAs, we found that a novel lncRNA termed lncRNA BTN3A2 was significantly increased in both cecum tissue and DF-1 cells after coccidia infection or sporozoite stimulation. Functional test data showed that the overexpression of lncRNA BTN3A2 reduced the production of inflammatory cytokines, including IL-6, IL-1β, TNF-α and IL-8, while lncRNA BTN3A2 knockdown promoted the production of these inflammatory cytokines. Taken together, this study identify the differentially expressed lncRNAs during E. tenella infection in chickens for the first time and provide the direct evidence that lncRNA BTN3A2 regulates the host immune response to coccidia infection.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1664-3224
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.891001/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-3224
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.891001
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/697bfb6541a44613b1e20552f3278861
Accession Number: edsdoj.697bfb6541a44613b1e20552f3278861
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:16643224
DOI:10.3389/fimmu.2022.891001
Published in:Frontiers in Immunology
Language:English