PMID- 37672899 OWN - NLM STAT- Publisher LR - 20230929 IS - 1873-2542 (Electronic) IS - 0378-1135 (Linking) VI - 285 DP - 2023 Oct TI - Porcine circovirus type 2 infection inhibits macrophage M1 polarization induced by other pathogens via viral capsid protein and host gC1qR protein. PG - 109871 LID - S0378-1135(23)00223-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109871 [doi] AB - Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) has been proven to co-infect with a variety of pathogens and cause immunosuppression. Previously, we have reported that PCV2 infection attenuates the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines induced by other pathogens in porcine macrophages. However, whether PCV2 can affect M1-type macrophage polarization induced by other pathogens is less well reported. Herein, we found that PCV2 infection suppressed M1 macrophage production induced by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and Haemophilus parasuis (H. parasuis) in the lung and promoted the proliferation of these pathogens in the piglets. Consistently, we confirmed that PCV2 inhibits M1 macrophage production and its associated gene expression in porcine alveolar macrophages (PAMs) both ex vivo and in vitro. Meanwhile, PCV2 inhibited lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced pro-inflammatory cytokines in vitro in a time- and dose-dependent manner. In PCV2-infected cells, LPS-induced signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT1) phosphorylation and its nuclear translocation were decreased. Based on these findings, we further identified a role for PCV2 capsid protein (Cap) in LPS-induced M1 macrophage-associated genes and found that PCV2 Cap can significantly reduce STAT1 phosphorylation and its nuclear translocation, as well as the production of M1 macrophage-related genes. As the binding protein of PCV2 Cap, gC1qR protein was also associated with this inhibition process. gC1qR-binding activity-deficient PCV2 Cap mutated protein (Cap RmA) appeared an attenuated inhibitory effect on other pathogen-induced polarization of M1-type macrophages, suggesting that the inhibitory effect of PCV2 infection on M1-type macrophage polarization induced by other pathogens is dependent on Cap protein and the host gC1qR protein. Altogether, our results demonstrate that PCV2 infection inhibits macrophage M1 polarization induced by other pathogens via capsid and host gC1qR protein modulating JAK/STAT signaling. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Yang, Xuefeng AU - Yang X AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China. FAU - Du, Qian AU - Du Q AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China; Engineering Research Center of Efficient New Vaccines for Animals, Ministry of Education, Yangling, China; Key Laboratory of Ruminant Disease Prevention and Control (West), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangling, China; Engineering Research Center of Efficient New Vaccines for Animals, Universities of Shaanxi Province, Yangling, China. FAU - Wang, Xiaofen AU - Wang X AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China. FAU - Shi, Jun AU - Shi J AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China. FAU - Wang, Tongtong AU - Wang T AD - College of Agronomy, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, China. FAU - Li, Peixuan AU - Li P AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China. FAU - Zhong, Jianhui AU - Zhong J AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China. FAU - Tong, Dewen AU - Tong D AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China; Engineering Research Center of Efficient New Vaccines for Animals, Ministry of Education, Yangling, China; Key Laboratory of Ruminant Disease Prevention and Control (West), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangling, China; Engineering Research Center of Efficient New Vaccines for Animals, Universities of Shaanxi Province, Yangling, China. Electronic address: dwtong@nwsuaf.edu.cn. FAU - Huang, Yong AU - Huang Y AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China; Engineering Research Center of Efficient New Vaccines for Animals, Ministry of Education, Yangling, China; Key Laboratory of Ruminant Disease Prevention and Control (West), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangling, China; Engineering Research Center of Efficient New Vaccines for Animals, Universities of Shaanxi Province, Yangling, China. Electronic address: yonghuang@nwsuaf.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230831 PL - Netherlands TA - Vet Microbiol JT - Veterinary microbiology JID - 7705469 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - Capsid OT - JAK-STAT pathway OT - M1 polarization OT - Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) OT - Pro-inflammatory OT - gC1qR COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no competing interests. All authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/09/07 00:41 MHDA- 2023/09/07 00:41 CRDT- 2023/09/06 18:10 PHST- 2023/07/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/08/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/08/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/09/07 00:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/09/07 00:41 [medline] PHST- 2023/09/06 18:10 [entrez] AID - S0378-1135(23)00223-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109871 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Vet Microbiol. 2023 Oct;285:109871. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109871. Epub 2023 Aug 31.