期刊
JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
卷 50, 期 3, 页码 479-488出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.10.029
关键词
siRNA; Apolipoprotein A-I; Hepatitis C virus; Systemic delivery; Tissue microarray; SR-BI
资金
- Green Cross Corporation, South Korea
Background/Aims: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the major human hepatic RNA viruses. Recently, we developed a liver-specific siRNA delivery technology using DTC-Apo composed of cationic liposomes (DTC) and apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I). Here, we investigated whether DTC-Apo nanoparticles can systemically deliver siRNA into mouse hepatocytes expressing HCV proteins and inhibit their expression efficiently. Methods: A transient HCV model was constructed by hydrodynamic injection of plasmid DNA expressing viral structural proteins under hepatic control region and alpha 1-antitrypsin promoter elements. Using this model, DTC-Apo containing HCV-core-specific siRNA was intravenously injected to assess antiviral activity as well as the duration of silencing. Results: Post-administration of DTC-Apo/HCV-specific siRNA at a dose of 2 mg siRNA/kg inhibited viral gene expression by 65-75% in the liver on day 2. Improved activity (95% knockdown on day 2) without immunotoxicity was obtained by 2'-OMe-modification at two U sequences on its sense strand. Notably, the gene silencing effect of the modified siRNA was still maintained at day 6, while the unmodified one lost RNAi activity after day 4. Conclusions: Our results suggest that DTC-Apo liposome is a highly potential delivery vehicle to transfer therapeutic siRNA especially targeting HCV to the liver. (C) 2008 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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