Abstract:
:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a small virus that infects the liver. The major obstacle in applying the RNA interference method as an anti-HBV weapon is the challenge to deliver the small interfering RNA molecules to the liver efficiently and specifically. Here we show that HBV-specific short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) are efficiently expressed from a recombinant HBV into which an shRNA-expressing cassette was inserted, resulting in a significant knock-down of HBV gene expression. Notably, this recombinant HBV still expresses the HBV Core protein, which is targeted by the shRNAs produced by the same vector. Our results set the stage for further use of this recombinant HBV virus with the potential to function as a "Trojan horse"; one that specifically targets the liver and uses the resident virus as an helper for its own propagation, and at the same time eliminate itself and the resident HBV by knocking-down their gene expression.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Shlomai A,Lubelsky Y,Har-Noy O,Shaul Ydoi
10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.10.016subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-12-18 00:00:00pages
619-23issue
3eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(09)01980-9journal_volume
390pub_type
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