Establishment of a screening system for selection of siRNA target sites directed against hepatitis B virus surface gene.
Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai)
; 37(5): 310-6, 2005 May.
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| ID: mdl-15880259
ABSTRACT
To study the inhibitory effects of plasmid-derived small interfering RNA (siRNA) and synthetic siRNA on the expression of the hepatitis B virus surface (HBs) gene, three plasmid-derived siRNAs and one synthetic siRNA that complement the coding region of the HBs gene were prepared. The HBs expression plasmid pHBs-EGFP was also constructed. HeLa cells were co-transfected with pHBs-EGFP and the above siRNAs. The HBs mRNA quantities were measured by reverse-transcription PCR, and the level of HBs-EGFP fusion protein was quantified by fluorescent microscope. The concentrations of the hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) derived from the culture supernatant of transfected HepG2.2.15 cells were measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit. The results showed that the three plasmid-derived siRNAs and the synthetic siRNA can effectively reduce the quantities of HBs mRNA and protein. The plasmid-derived siRNA psiRNA1 was found to be the most effective inhibitor of HBs expression. It can inhibit HBs-EGFP expression by 63.3% and suppress HBs mRNA by 75.6%. To further substantiate the above observations, psiRNA1 was transfected into HepG2.2.15 cells (an HBV secreting cell line). The transfections resulted in almost complete blockage of HBsAg production, whereas control vector-transfected cells secreted high levels of HBsAg 7 days post-transfection. In conclusion, our data suggests that RNA interference (RNAi) is an efficient approach for reducing the level of HBs transcripts and proteins and for suppressing HBsAg production.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Engenharia Genética
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Análise de Sequência de RNA
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Marcação de Genes
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Inativação Gênica
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RNA Interferente Pequeno
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Antígenos de Superfície da Hepatite B
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai)
Assunto da revista:
BIOFISICA
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BIOQUIMICA
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
China