Abstract:
Bacterial septicemia is a systemic inflammatory reaction mainly caused by the infection of
Aeromonas hydrophila. Excessive development of inflammation may lead to septic shock or death in fish. A large number of studies have confirmed that miRNA is involved in the regulation of immune response after bacterial infection. To explore the regulatory mechanism of miR-462 in
Ctenopharyngodon idella kidney (CIK) cells infected with
A. hydrophila, the expression profiles of miR-462 upon
A. hydrophila infection was detected by real-time quantitative PCR; the target genes of miR-462 were predicted by RNAhybrid software, and identified by dual-luciferase reporter assay system; in addition, the regulatory effect of miR-462 on downstream genes was analyzed. The results showed that the expression of miR-462 changed significantly after
A. hydrophila infection, indicating that miR-462 participated in the regulation of immune response. Dual-luciferase reporter assay revealed that
cx32.2,
slc9
a3.1 and
tbk1 are the target genes of miR-462, which is further confirmed by the overexpression and inhibition experiments of miR-462. The expression of
slc4
a4
a,
tnfrs5,
cxcl9 and
cxcl11 were suppressed after miR-462 antagomir was transfected, which proved that miR-462 could affect the function of the downstream genes by targeting
slc9
a3.1 and
tbk1. Our results may provide a theoretical basis for investigating the molecular mechanism of miR-462 regulating immune response in
C. idella.