IFN-mediated lncRNA-ISL promotes SVV infection through G1P3.

lncRNAs play important regulatory roles in almost every aspect of physiological processes. However, the mechanisms by which animal-encoded lncRNAs regulate the interaction of viral infection with host antiviral immunity are unknown. To explore the mechanisms of lncRNA regulation of SVV infection and interferon responses. We performed complete transcriptome sequencing analysis of porcine kidney 15 (PK-15) after infection with SVV-1 strain and IFN-α treatment, and identified and screened the sequencing data to obtain potential functional lncRNA-ISL. selected genes were knocked down using CRISPR/Cas9 guide RNAs (gRNAs), and the results of the sequencing were monitored by qRT-PCR and protein blotting in multiple cell lines for selected gene mRNAs and their proteins as well as SVV infection. The results showed that 68 lncRNAs were significantly altered by IFN-α and 176 lncRNAs were significantly altered after SVV infection. We found that lncRNA-ISL gRNA significantly inhibited SVV infection compared to negative gRNA control. The expression of the antiviral ISG G1P3 was significantly increased following lncRNA-ISL gRNA editing compared to negative gRNA control in SVV-infected PK-15 cells. We observed that lncRNA-ISL regulation of SVV was independent of JAK-STAT signaling and not associated with G1P3 DNA methylation. Finally, we confirmed that the regulatory effect of lncRNA-ISL on G1P3 occurs during the initial transcription.