The invention provides application of PTX3
protein in
tilapia mossambica antibacterial infection, and belongs to the technical field of
aquaculture. Specific immunoaffinity purification and glycosidase treatment are combined to prove that the
nile tilapia PTX3
protein has functional
glycosylation modification, and the modification characteristic is directly associated with the immunoprotection activity of the
nile tilapia PTX3
protein; an in-vivo
gene knock-down model is successfully constructed by utilizing targeting siRNA, so that the
pathogen removal capability after infection is remarkably reduced, the
pathological damage of tissues is aggravated, and the necessity of PTX3 in resisting
streptococcus agalactiae infection is confirmed; furthermore, a
foreign protein refilling experiment proves that the immune failure state caused by
gene defects can be effectively reversed by directly providing the PTX3 protein, the
survival rate of a host is remarkably improved, a foundation is laid for developing a fish
bacterial disease treatment strategy based on the protein, and the method has a wide application prospect. Meanwhile, the established
gene interference model provides a tool platform for quantitative evaluation for fish immune mechanism research.