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KMID : 0624620090420010059
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BMB Reports
2009 Volume.42 No. 1 p.59 ~ p.64
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Inhibition of HBV replication and gene expression in vitro and in vivo with a single AAV vector delivering two shRNA molecules
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Li Zhi
He Ming-Liang
Yao Hong
Dong Qing-Ming
Chen Yang-Chao
Chan Chu-Yan
Zheng Bo-Jian
Yuen Kwok-Yung
Peng Ying
Sun Qiang
Yang Xiao
Lin Marie-C.
Sung Joseph J.Y.
Kung Hsiang-Fu
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Abstract
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is highly prevalent worldwide. The major challenge for current antiviral treatment is the elevated drug resistance that occurs via rapid viral mutagenesis. In this study, we developed AAV vectors to simultaneously deliver two or three shRNAs targeting different HBV-related genes. These vectors showed markedly better antiviral effects than ones that delivered a single shRNA in vitro. A dual shRNA expression vector (AAV-157i/1694i), which simultaneously expressed two shRNAs targeted the S and X genes of HBV, reduced HBsAg, HBeAg and HBV DNA levels by 87±4, 80.3±2.6 and 86.2± 7% respectively, eight days post-transduction. In a mouse model of prophylactic treatment, HBsAg and HBeAg were reduced to undetectable levels and the serum HBV DNA level was reduced by at least 100 fold. These results indicate that AAV-157i/1694i generates potent anti-HBV effects and that the strategy of constructing multi-shRNA expression vectors may lead to enhanced anti-HBV efficacy and overcome the evading mechanism of the virus and thus the development of drug resistance.
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KEYWORD
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Adeno-associated viral vector, Antiviral therapy, Hepatitis B virus, Hydrodynamic transfection, RNA interference
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