Establishment of an animal model of CA16 infection in tree shrew lung fibroblasts and expression of its receptor SCARB2

  Objective: To explore the feasibility of establishing an experimental model of CA16 infection in tree shrew lung fibroblasts

  Method: TSLF was infected with enterovirus CA16, and human lung fibroblasts (KMB-17) were used as controls. The cellular lesions were observed under the microscope, and the expression of virus protein and infection related receptor SCARB2 protein was observed through indirect immunofluorescence assay. The viral load was detected by real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR using probe method β- Using Actin as an internal reference dye, real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR was used to detect the relative expression level of receptor SCARB2 gene. Combined with gene sequence alignment, its correlation with infection was analyzed

  Result: CA16 infection with TSLF can cause significant cellular damage, and immunofluorescence experiments show that the virus and receptor SCARB2 protein can be detected. Infection with TSLF at a ratio of 100TCID50/105 cells can reach the highest viral load after about 48 hours. The SCARB2 gene has high expression related to infection, and its gene sequence also has high homology with humans

  Conclusion: CA16 can infect TSLF, and tree shrew SCARB2 can participate in the infection