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标题：Synergistic and independent action of endogenous microRNAs 122a and 199a for post-transcriptional liver detargeting of gene vectors
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作者：Bijay Dhungel ; Charmaine A. Ramlogan-Steel ; Jason C. Steel 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：15539
DOI：10.1038/s41598-018-33801-4
语种：English
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：In hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which usually develops in a cirrhotic liver, treatments preserving normal liver function and viability are vitally important. Here, we utilise the differential expression of miRNAs 122a and 199a between normal hepatocytes and HCC to generate vectors harbouring their binding sites for hepatocyte detargeting. Using a reporter gene, we observed a synergistic detargeting of cells expressing both miRNAs as well as cells expressing either of the miRNAs; while expression was retained in HCC cells negative for both miRNA122a and miRNA199a. Mimics and inhibitors for individual miRNAs were used to confirm these results. Furthermore, suicide gene therapy with cytosine deaminase (CD)/5-fluorocytosine system resulted in limited killing of cells expressing either of the two miRNAs. Finally, we report feasibility of using adeno associated virus (AAV) based vectors for delivery of this dual regulated gene delivery system. These results present a novel dual targeted system whereby miRNA122a and miRNA199a act either synergistically or independently in regulating transgene expression with vectors harbouring binding sites of both miRNAs and have implications in detargeting vectors from multiple cell types in the liver.