Crouchet E, Saad R, Affolter-Zbaraszczuk C, Ogier J, Baumert T F, Schuster C, Meyer F
Inserm, U1110, Institut de Recherche sur les Maladies Virales et Hépatiques, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
J Mater Chem B. 2017 Jan 28;5(4):858-865. doi: 10.1039/c6tb01718e. Epub 2017 Jan 9.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic liver disease and cancer worldwide. RNA interference (RNAi)-based gene therapies have emerged recently as a promising tool to treat chronic viral infections. Indeed, small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) provide an opportunity to target host factors required for the viral life cycle. In this study, we evaluated a novel nanovector-based approach for siRNA delivery in a model of chronically infected hepatic cells. We designed original composite nanoparticles by coating the calcium phosphate core with siRNAs targeting HCV host-factors and pyridylthiourea-grafted polyethyleneimine (πPEI). Using combinations of different siRNAs, we observed an efficient and prolonged decrease of HCV replication. Moreover, we showed that the layer-by-layer technique of coating applied to our nanoparticles triggers a sequential release of siRNAs acting on different steps of the HCV life cycle. Together, our results demonstrate the efficacy of these nanoparticles for siRNA delivery and open new perspectives for antiviral therapies.
丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)感染是全球慢性肝病和癌症的主要原因。基于RNA干扰(RNAi)的基因疗法最近已成为治疗慢性病毒感染的一种有前途的工具。事实上,小干扰RNA(siRNAs)为靶向病毒生命周期所需的宿主因子提供了机会。在本研究中,我们评估了一种基于新型纳米载体的方法,用于在慢性感染肝细胞模型中递送siRNA。我们通过用靶向HCV宿主因子的siRNAs和吡啶基硫脲接枝的聚乙烯亚胺(πPEI)包被磷酸钙核,设计了原始复合纳米颗粒。使用不同siRNAs的组合,我们观察到HCV复制有效且持续下降。此外,我们表明应用于我们纳米颗粒的逐层包被技术触发了作用于HCV生命周期不同步骤的siRNAs的顺序释放。总之,我们的结果证明了这些纳米颗粒用于siRNA递送的有效性,并为抗病毒治疗开辟了新的前景。