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MOLECULAR THERAPY-NUCLEIC ACIDS
卷 23, 期 -, 页码 1360-1370出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2020.11.022
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- Basic Science and Platform Technology Programs for Advanced Biological Medicine from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED
- Tokyo, Japan) [20am0401006h0002]
- JSPS KAKENHI from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan (Tokyo) [17H06109, 19H01016]
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company [2A308]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17H06109, 19H01016] Funding Source: KAKEN
Research has shown that DNA/RNA heteroduplex oligonucleotide (HDO) has a different intracellular trafficking mechanism compared to the parental antisense oligonucleotide (ASO), resulting in gene silencing through separation, endosomal release, and nuclear transport. Early separation of HDO in early endosomes allows for the more efficient transport of the antisense strand (AS) to the nucleus, with time-locked events occurring within 30 seconds.
DNA/RNA heteroduplex oligonucleotide (HDO), composed of DNA/locked nucleic acid (LNA) antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) and complementary RNA, is a next-generation antisense therapeutic agent. HDO is superior to the parental ASO in delivering to target tissues, and it exerts a more potent genesilencing effect. In this study, we aimed to elucidate the intracellular trafficking mechanism of HDO-dependent gene silencing. HDO was more preferably transferred to the nucleus after transfection compared to the parental ASO. To determine when and where HDO is separated into the antisense strand (AS) and complementary strand (CS), we performed live-cell time-lapse imaging and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) assays. These assays demonstrated that HDO had a different intracellular trafficking mechanism than ASO. After endocytosis, HDO was separated in the early endosomes, and both AS and CS were released into the cytosol. AS was more efficiently transported to the nucleus than CS. Separation, endosomal release, and initiation of nuclear transport were a series of time-locked events occurring at a median of 30 s. CS cleavage was associated with efficient nuclear distribution and gene silencing in the nucleus. Understanding the unique intracellular silencing mechanisms of HDO will help us design more efficient drugs and might also provide insight into innate DNA/RNA cellular biology.
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