title: Expression pattern of genes of RLR-mediated antiviral pathway in different-breed chicken response to Marek's disease virus infection.
abstract: It has been known that the chicken's resistance to disease was affected by chicken's genetic background. And RLR-mediated antiviral pathway plays an important role in detection of viral RNA. However, little is known about the interaction of genetic background with RLR-mediated antiviral pathway in chicken against MDV infection. In this study, we adopted economic line-AA broilers and native Erlang mountainous chickens for being infected with MDV. Upon infection with MDV, the expression of MDA-5 was upregulated in two-breed chickens at 4, 7, and 21 d.p.i. It is indicated that MDA-5 might be involved in detecting MDV in chicken. Interestingly, the expression of IRF-3 and IFN- β genes was decreased in spleen and thymus of broilers at 21 d.p.i, but it was upregulated in immune tissues of Erlang mountainous chickens. And the genome load of MDV in spleen of broiler is significantly higher than that in Erlang mountainous chickens. Meanwhile, we observed that the death of broiler mainly also occurred in this phase. Collectively, these present results demonstrated that the expression patters of IRF-3 and IFN- β genes in chicken against MDV infection might be affected by the genetic background which sequently influence the resistance of chicken response to MDV.
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agriculture University, Ya'an, Sichuan 625014, China.
authors.forename: Ze-Qing
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lian
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yi-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030161:Avian Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001947:Breeding; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D050835:Interferon Regulatory Factors / Q000235:genetics; D016899:Interferon-beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D025922:Mardivirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008380:Marek Disease / Q000821:virology*; D008460:Meat / Q000821:virology; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D030161:Avian Proteins; C094532:IRF-3 protein, Gallus gallus; D050835:Interferon Regulatory Factors; D016899:Interferon-beta; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; C023927:monodehydroascorbate reductase (NADH)