China Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Medicine ›› 2026, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (1): 418-426.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2026.01.037

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Effects of Fusobacterium necrophorum subsp. necrophorum on Mitochondrial Dynamics and Mitophagy of Bovine Dermal Fibroblasts

LIU Meng(), ZHANG Anchi, DING Ruxin, GE Yansong, ZHENG Jiasan()   

  1. College of Animal Science and Technology,Heilongjiang Bayi AgriculturalUniversity,Daqing 163000,China
  • Received:2025-03-28 Online:2026-01-05 Published:2025-12-26
  • Contact: ZHENG Jiasan E-mail:2533293567@qq.com;zjs3399@aliyun.com

Abstract:

Objective This study was conducted to investigate the effects and potential mechanisms of Fusobacterium necrophorum subsp. necrophorum (Fnn) infection on mitochondrial dynamics and mitophagy of bovine dermal fibroblasts(BDFs). Method This study isolated and cultured BDFs from the skin between cow toes and co-cultured them with 1×108 CFU/mL Fnnfor 12 h to establish an infection model group (Fnn). Uninfected cells were used as control group (CON), the morphological changes of BDFs afterFnninfection were observed. The cell activity of BDFs was detected by CCK-8 kit. Real-time quantitative PCR was used to detect the changes in the expression of genes related to mitochondrial dynamics, biosynthesis and mitophagy, and immunofluorescence assay was used to detect the changes in the expression of related proteins. Result Compared with CON group, cells in Fnn group showed swelling, bulging, and deformation, and Fnn infection significantly inhibited the activity of BDFs. Real-time quantitative PCR results showed that compared with CON group, after Fnn infection, the relative expression levels of peroxisome proliferator receptor gamma coactivator alpha (PGC-1α), nuclear respiratory factor-1 (Nrf1), mitochondrial transcription factor A (Tfam), mitochondrial fusion factor gene-2 (Mfn-2), phosphatase and tensin homolog induced protein kinase 1 (PINK1), E3 ubiquitin ligase (Parkin) genes in BDFs were significantly or extremely significantly decreased (P<0.05 or P<0.01), while the relative expression levels of optic nerve atrophy protein 1 (Opa1), Mfn-1, and Sequetosome 1 (P62) genes showed a decreasing trend (P>0.05). The relative expression of genes Fis1, light chain-3α (LC3α)and LC3β were extremely significantly increased (P<0.01). The results of immunofluorescence assay detection showed that compared with CON group, after Fnn infection, the fluorescence signals of dynein related protein 1 (Drp1), PINK1, Parkin and P62 in BDFs were enhanced, the fluorescence signals of Opa1, Mfn-1 and LC3 were weakened. Conclusion Fnn infection could disrupt the mitochondrial biosynthesis of BDFs, disrupt mitochondrial fusion and fission processes, and induce mitophagy. This results provided a new theoretical basis for a deeper understanding of the pathogenesis of hoof rot disease.

Key words: foot rot; Fusobacterium necrophorum subsp.necrophorum; mitochondrial biosynthesis; mitochondrial dynamics; mitophagy

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