利用RNA干扰技术干扰HBeAg表达的研究

Experimental study on the treatment of hepatitis B virus infection by using the RNA interference technique

构建针对乙肝病毒HBeAg前c/c区(HBV prec/c)的短发夹环RNA(shRNA)质粒(psiHBV),观察其在体内外对HBV复制的抑制作用。构建RNA干扰真核表达载体psiHBV,与1.5倍HBV真核表达质粒pHBV1.5共转染HeLa细胞,用微粒子化学发光分析仪(MEIA)分别检测细胞上清和细胞裂解液中HBeAg表达水平;用半定量PCR检测prec/cmRNA的转录情况。随后用水动力学方法,向小鼠尾静脉注射pHBV1.5建立小鼠急性乙型肝炎病毒感染模型。采用此感染模型,将pHBV1.5与在体外实验筛选到有明显抑制作用的shRNA表达载体(psiHBV4)共注射,注射后第6天用同样方法检测其干扰效果。结果显示,成功构建了针对HBV前c/c区的shRNA表达载体psiHBV4、psiHBV5、psiHBV6及无关shRNA表达载体psiC,筛选到在体外对HBeAg有明显的抑制作用的psiHBV4载体;注射pHBV1.5的动物血清高表达HBsAg和HBeAg。而共注射干扰性psiHBV4明显抑制了HBeAg的表达,与单纯感染组相比有显著差异,RT-PCR显示肝内HBV C mRNA水平亦明显降低。上述结果表明,siRNA能特异抑制HBV的复制和表达,对乙型肝炎的治疗有潜在应用前景。

To investigate the inhibitory effect of RNA silencing through plasmid mediated HBV shRNA on duplication of HBV in vitro and in vivo,the recombinant vector psiHBV expressing shRNA were constructed by gene recombination,and the eukaryotic expression plasmid pHBV1.5 containing 1.5 fold-overlength genome of HBV and the vector expressing sh RNA were co-trsnsfected to HeLa cells.The levels of HBeAg in the cell cultures and cell lysates were determined by MEIA assay with Abbot kits,and the transcription of pre-c/c...