Effect of cellular autophagy-related protein ATG9A on invasion of foot-and-mouth disease virus
In order to reveal the effect of cellular autophagy-related protein 9A(ATG9A)on foot-and-mouth disease virus(FMDV)replication,the co-localization of FMDV and ATG9A as well as the im-pact on ATG9A expression during viral infection were detected by indirect immunofluorescence assay,reverse transcription quantitative real-time PCR and Western-blot methods.The recombinant plasmid for expression of ATG9A and small interfering RNA targeting ATG9A were constructed and employed to esti-mate the influence for adsorption,internalization,genomic replication,polyprotein translation,and progeny production of FMDV,respectively.The results showed that the FMDV was co-localized with ATG9A and the expression of ATG9A was down-regulated after FMDV infection.ATG9A could not affect virus ad-sorption,but significantly inhibited FMDV internalization.Furthermore,overexpress ion(or knock-down)of ATG9A dramatically reduced(or increased)FMDV proliferation and the production of progeny virions.In conclusion,ATG9A might be deleterious to FMDV replication,which would provide insights into the replication cycle of FMDV in susceptible cells.
autophagy-related protein 9Afoot-and-mouth disease virusinternalizationrepli-cation