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Turkey B-cell Transcriptome Profile During Turkey Hemorrhagic Enteritis Virus (THEV) Infection Highlights Upregulated Apoptosis and Breakdown Pathways That May Mediate Immunosuppression

ABSTRACT: Background: Infection with Turkey Hemorrhagic Enteritis Virus (THEV) can cause hemorrhagic enteritis, which affects turkey poults. This disease is characterized by immunosuppression (IMS) and bloody droppings. The clinical disease usually lasts only a few days but secondary opportunistic infections due to THEV-induced IMS extend the duration of illness and mortality, which exacerbates economic losses. Although an avirulent THEV strain with only subclinical disease is used as a vaccine, some immunosuppressive properties remain in this prophylactic strain. To elucidate the mechanisms mediating THEV-induced IMS, we performed the first transcriptomic analysis of a THEV infection using bulk RNA-sequencing. Methods: After infecting a turkey B-cell line with the vaccine strain, samples in triplicates were collected at 4-, 12-, 24-, and 72-hours post-infection (hpi). Total RNA was extracted, and poly-Adenylated-tailed mRNAs were sequenced. Reads were mapped to the host turkey genome after trimming and gene expression was quantified with StringTie. Differential gene expression was performed with DESeq2 followed by functional enrichment analysis with gprofiler2 and DAVID from NCBI. RT-qPCR of select genes was performed to validate the RNA-sequencing data. Results: A total of 2,343 and 3,295 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified at 12 hpi and 24 hpi, respectively. At 12 hpi, 1,079 genes were upregulated and 1,264 genes downregulated, whereas 1,512 genes were upregulated and 1,783 genes downregulated at 24 hpi. The DEGs contributed to multiple biological processes including apoptosis, ER unfolded protein response, and cell maintenance. Multiple pro-apoptotic genes, including APAF1, BNIP3L, BMF, BAK1, RIPK1, and FAS were upregulated. Genes that play a role in ER stress-induced unfolded protein response including VCP, UFD1, EDEM1, EDEM3, and ATF4 were also upregulated and may contribute to apoptosis. Conclusions: Our data suggest that several biological processes and pathways including apoptosis, immune response, ER response to stress, ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process, and repression of essential cellular maintenance are important aspects of the host cell response to THEV infection. It is possible that interplay between multiple processes may mediate apoptosis of infected B-cells, leading to IMS.

ORGANISM(S): Meleagris gallopavo

PROVIDER: GSE286211 | GEO | 2025/04/01

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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