Background: Avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is a gammacoronavirus that seriously affects the world's poultry industry Long non coding RNAs (lncRNAs), a subset of non coding RNAs greater than 200 nucleotides in length, have been recently recognized as pivotal factors during the pathogenesis of viral infection. However, how lncRNAs in host cul tured cells respond to IBV infection was little known. Herein, we detected the expression profiles of the mRNAs and lncRNAs in IBV infected HD11 cells.
Results: By RNA seq, 2640 novel lncRNAs were identified, and 181 lncRNAs (59 up regulated lncRNAs , 122 down regulated lncRNAs) exhibited significant difference in expression levels in IBV infected HD11 cells compared with the uninfected. Based on the gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) data bases, the significant diff erentially expressed (DE) lncRNAs, such as MSTRG.25416.43, MSTRG.6458.31, MSTRG.14220.1 and MSTRG.21445.2, were mainly involved in the regulation of cellular innate immunity and amino acid, nucleic acid metabolism. In addition, 30 DE lncRNAs were screened out, and these lncRNAs may interact with gga miR 30d to regulate IBV replication.
Conclusions:
Our results provided novel insights into the functions of lncRNAs and the possible pathogenic mechanism following IBV infection.