Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2024, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (12): 2687-2695.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20231161

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Antiviral effects of gypenoside against bovine viral diarrhea virus in vitro

CAI Dongjie1(), SHEN Zifan1, ZUO Zhicai1,*(), TIAN Bin2, YE Gang1, LI Weiqiang1, BU Qinglong3   

  1. 1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
    3. School of Pet Technology, Shandong Vocational Animal Science and Veterinary College, Weifang 261061, Shandong, China
  • Received:2023-09-28 Online:2024-12-25 Published:2024-12-27

Abstract:

To investigate the effect of gypenoside on bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), the in vitro cell culture technique combined with cytopathic effect (CPE) observation and CCK-8 assay was employed. The safe concentrations of gypenoside and α-glycerol monolaurate were determined. Three different treatment protocols were used:pre-treatment with compound followed by viral infection, post-treatment with compound after viral infection, and pre-incubation of compound and virus prior to infection. Western blot and quantitative PCR were conducted to evaluate the changes of expression levels of BVDV E2 protein gene and 5'-UTR, to explore the inhibitory effect in vitro. The results showed that the cell viability at the concentration of 16 μmol·L-1 for gypenoside and 25 μg·mL-1 for α-glycerol monolaurate was not significantly different from the control group (P>0.05), indicating that these concentrations were the maximum safe concentrations of the two compounds. Compared to the control group, gypenoside exhibited significant (P<0.01) inhibition on the expression levels of BVDV E2 protein gene and 5'-UTR, and its direct virucidal effect was superior to the α-glycerol monolaurate. Gypenoside also showed significant (P<0.05) adsorption inhibition against BVDV, while no significant difference was found in replication inhibition when compared to the virus control group.

Key words: bovine viral diarrhea virus, gypenoside, antivirus

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