The present invention discloses the application of
ubiquitin-binding
enzyme UBE2L6 in preventing and treating blue ear
disease in pigs and identifying blue ear
disease-resistant pigs. The present invention first discovered that after pigs are infected with PRRSV
virus, the expression of
ubiquitin-binding
enzyme E2L6 will be promoted, and the expression level of UBE2L6 will increase significantly with the increase of
infection time. At the same time, UBE2L6
gene knockdown promotes PRRSV replication, and UBE2L6 overexpression significantly inhibits
virus replication; when the expression level of UBE2L6 in pigs is high, the pigs are resistant to PRRSV, and vice versa. Therefore, promoting UBE2L6 expression can improve pigs' resistance to blue ear
virus, and UBE2L6 can be used as a standard for determining PRRSV susceptibility or resistance. The present invention lays a
solid foundation for identifying pigs susceptible to PRRSV and resistant pigs by discovering
new disease resistance / susceptibility genes of PRRSV hosts, which is conducive to the breeding of excellent strains of pigs and has important significance for the prevention and control of blue ear
disease in pigs.