Title

Specific delivery of therapeutic RNAs to cancer cells via the dimerization mechanism of phi29 motor pRNA

Authors

Authors

S. C. Guo; N. Tschammer; S. Mohammed;P. X. Guo

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Hum. Gene Ther.

Keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE-PHI-29 DNA; SEQUENCE REQUIREMENT; HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME; MAMMALIAN-CELLS; FOLATE RECEPTOR; POTENTIAL PARTS; PHAGE PHI-29; VIRAL-RNA; INTERFERENCE; INHIBITION; Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Genetics & Heredity; Medicine, ; Research & Experimental

Abstract

The application of small RNA in therapy has been hindered by the lack of an efficient and safe delivery system to target specific cells. Packaging RNA (pRNA), part of the DNA-packaging motor of bacteriophage phi29(phi 29), was manipulated by RNA nanotechnology to make chimeric RNAs that form dimers via interlocking right- and left-hand loops. Fusing pRNA with receptor-binding RNA aptamer, folate, small interfering RNA (siRNA), ribozyme, or another chemical group did not disturb dimer formation or interfere with the function of the inserted moieties. Incubation of cancer cells with the pRNA dimer, one subunit of which harbored the receptor-binding moiety and the other harboring the gene-silencing molecule, resulted in their binding and entry into the cells, and subsequent silencing of anti/proapoptotic genes. The chimeric pRNA complex was found to be processed into functional double-stranded siRNA by Dicer (RNA-specific endonuclease). Animal trials confirmed the suppression of tumorigenicity of cancer cells by ex vivo delivery. It has been reported [Shu, D., Moll, W.-D., Deng, Z., Mao, C., and Guo, P. (2004). Nano Lett. 4:1717-1724] that RNA can be used as a building block for bottom-up assembly in nanotechnology. The assembly of protein-free 25-nm RNA nanoparticles reported here will allow for repeated long-term administration and avoid the problems of short retention time of small molecules and the difficulties in the delivery of particles larger than 100 nm.

Journal Title

Human Gene Therapy

Volume

16

Issue/Number

9

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1097

Last Page

1109

WOS Identifier

WOS:000231955100010

ISSN

1043-0342

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