Proteomics analysis of differentially expressed proteins in chicken trachea and kidney after infection with the highly virulent and attenuated coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus in vivo

• Published in: Proteome science Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 24
• Main Authors: Cao, Zhongzan, Han, Zongxi, Shao, Yuhao, Liu, Xiaoli, Sun, Junfeng, Yu, Demin, Kong, Xiangang, Liu, Shengwang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 31.03.2012; BioMed Central Ltd; BMC
• Subjects: Biotechnology; Cell cycle; Chicken; Gene expression; Infections; Infectious bronchitis virus; Infrared imaging systems; Kidney; Mass spectrometry; Pathogenesis; Poultry; Proteins; Proteomics; Trachea; Veterinary medicine; Viral infections
• ISSN: 1477-5956; 1477-5956
• DOI: 10.1186/1477-5956-10-24

Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is first to be discovered coronavirus which is probably endemic in all regions with intensive impact on poultry production. In this study, we used two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and two-dimensional fluorescence difference gel electrophoresis (2-DIGE), coupled with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS), to explore the global proteome profiles of trachea and kidney tissues from chicken at different stages infected in vivo with the highly virulent ck/CH/LDL/97I P5 strain of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) and the embryo-passaged, attenuated ck/CH/LDL/97I P115 strain. Fifty-eight differentially expressed proteins were identified. Results demonstrated that some proteins which had functions in cytoskeleton organization, anti-oxidative stress, and stress response, showed different change patterns in abundance from chicken infected with the highly virulent ck/CH/LDL/97I P5 strain and those given the embryo-passaged, attenuated P115 stain. In addition, the dynamic transcriptional alterations of 12 selected proteins were analyzed by the real-time RT-PCR, and western blot analysis confirmed the change in abundance of heat shock proteins (HSP) beta-1, annexin A2, and annexin A5. The proteomic alterations described here may suggest that these changes to protein expression correlate with IBV virus' virulence in chicken, hence provides valuable insights into the interactions of IBV with its host and may also assist with investigations of the pathogenesis of IBV and other coronavirus infections.