Establishment and Identification of One Marc-145 Cell Line Stably and Highly Expressing Porcine CD163

This study was attempted to generate one Marc-145 cell line stably and highly expressing porcine CD163 (pCD163) and set the foundation for PRRSV isolation and vaccine production.CD163 was shown to be a cellular receptor capable of mediating infection of PRRSV non-permissive cell lines.The pCD163 gene was amplified by RT-PCR from porcine alveolar macrophages and cloned into the eukaryotic expression vector pCI-neo, then the positive plasmid pCI-pCD163 was transfected into Marc-145 cells.After selecting with G418 and subcloning for 3 times, Marc-145 cell line expressing pCD163 was established.IFA results indicated that the fluorescence of pCD163-Marc cells was significantly brighter than Marc-145 cells;Western blotting results indicated that the pCD163-Marc cells could express higher levels of CD163 and the expression level was 8.7 times higher than Marc-145 cells.The pCD163-Marc cell line could be stably passaged for 20 passages and the expression level of CD163 was similar with different passages, which would be a valuable tool for facilitating virus propagation and vaccine production.