Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 19, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms19010160
Keywords
Paralichthys olivaceus; lymphocystis disease virus; transcriptome sequencing; differentially expressed genes
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundations of China [31472295, 31730101, 31672685]
- Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong Province
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Lymphocystis disease virus (LCDV) infection may induce a variety of host gene expression changes associated with disease development; however, our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying host-virus interactions is limited. In this study, RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) was employed to investigate differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the gill of the flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) at one week post LCDV infection. Transcriptome sequencing of the gill with and without LCDV infection was performed using the Illumina HiSeq 2500 platform. In total, RNA-seq analysis generated 193,225,170 clean reads aligned with 106,293 unigenes. Among them, 1812 genes were up-regulated and 1626 genes were down-regulated after LCDV infection. The DEGs related to cellular process and metabolism occupied the dominant position involved in the LCDV infection. A further function analysis demonstrated that the genes related to inflammation, the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, cell proliferation, apoptosis, tumor formation, and anti-viral defense showed a differential expression. Several DEGs including actin, toll-like receptors, cytokine-related genes, antiviral related genes, and apoptosis related genes were involved in LCDV entry and immune response. In addition, RNA-seq data was validated by quantitative real-time PCR. For the first time, the comprehensive gene expression study provided valuable insights into the host-pathogen interaction between flounder and LCDV.
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