Reproductive and Developmental Biology

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Inhibition of Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus Expression by RNA Interference

RNA 간섭을 통한 Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus의 발현 억제

  • Lee, Hyun-A (Department of Physiology, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine) ;
  • Koo, Bon-Chul (Department of Physiology, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine) ;
  • Kwon, Mo-Sun (Department of Physiology, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Te-Oan (Department of Physiology, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine)
  • 이현아 (대구가톨릭대학교 의과대학 생리학교실) ;
  • 구본철 (대구가톨릭대학교 의과대학 생리학교실) ;
  • 권모선 (대구가톨릭대학교 의과대학 생리학교실) ;
  • 김태완 (대구가톨릭대학교 의과대학 생리학교실)
  • Published : 2006.09.30
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Abstract

In recent years the number of patients waiting for organ transplantation has greatly outpaced the supply of human organs available, which leads to a renewed interest in pig-to-human xenotransplantation as an alternative. However, one of the biggest barriers in the xenotransplantation is presence of porcine endogenous retroviruses(PERV) that can infect human cells. In this study, to present a possible solution for this problem we tried to inhibit expression of PERVs using shRNAs(short hairpin RNA) at the level of RNA synthesis and virus release. The shRNA targeting the sequence of PERV A, B type was cloned into pSIREN-RetroQ vector under the control of polymerase-III U6-RNA gene promoter. Quantitative real-time PCR was performed to detect my alterations in mRNA production of PERV A, B targeted by the shRNA in each done. Depending on the target sequence of the shRNA, the transcription of PERV was decreased to as much as 4% and the number of progeny viruses was reduced to less than 1/200,000. Transgenic pigs producing such shRNAs may result in a highly reduced PERV expression in cells and organs, which is a prerequisite for safe xenotransplantations.

최근 돼지의 장기를 사람에게 이식하는 이종간 장기 이식에 관한 연구가 급속히 발전되고 있다. 그러나 돼지의 장기를 이식할 경우 가장 큰 문제점 중의 하나는 돼지 genome 내에 존재하는 내인성 레트로바이러스(porcine endogenous retrovirus; PERV)가 인간에게 그대로 전이될 수 있다는 것이다. 이에 대한 대안으로 최근 활발히 연구되고 있는 RNA 간섭을 통한 PERV RNA의 발현을 최대한 억제하는 방법이 제안되고 있는데, RNA 간섭(RNA interference)은 double-standard RNA(dsRNA)가 상보적인 표적 mRNA를 분해하여 결과적으로 표적 단백질의 발현을 특이적으로 억제하는 현상을 의미한다. 본 연구에서는 PERV에 대한 RNA 간섭 현상을 일으키는 shRNA 유전자를 레트로바이러스 벡터를 이용하여 돼지세포에 RNA)가 상보적인 표적 mRNA를 분해하여 결과적으로 표적 단백질의 발현을 특이적으로 억제하는 현상을 의미하다. 도입한 후 PERV의 발현율 감소 여부를 조사하였다. 그 결과, gag-pol 유전자와 env 유전자 발현은 각각 대조군 세포의 4%와 10% 정도로 억제되었다. 한편, virus 입자의 생산에서 gag-pol 유전자는 대조군 세포에 비해 300배 이상 억제되었으며, env 유전자에서는 20만 배 이상 억제되었다. 이상의 결과를 미루어 볼 때 형질 전환 돼지를 이용한 이종 장기 이식에 있어서 RNA 간섭 현상을 이용한 PERV의 발현을 억제하는 시도는 생물학적안전성을 크게 증가시킬 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

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