Li Zhelong, Zhou Xueying, Gao Xiaotong, Bai Danna, Dong Yan, Sun Wenqi, Zhao Lianbi, Wei Mengying, Yang Xuekang, Yang Guodong, Yuan Lijun
Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
The State Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
J Extracell Vesicles. 2020 Sep 6;9(1):1816710. doi: 10.1080/20013078.2020.1816710.
Therapeutically intervening the function of RNA in vivo remains a big challenge. We here developed an exosome-based strategy to deliver engineered RNA-binding protein for the purpose of recruiting specific RNA to the lysosomes for degradation. As a proof-of-principle study, RNA-binding protein HuR was fused to the C-terminus of Lamp2b, a membrane protein localized in both exosome and lysosome. The fusion protein was able to be incorporated into the exosomes. Moreover, exosomes engineered with Lamp2b-HuR successfully decreased the abundance of RNA targets possibly via lysosome-mediated degradation, especially when the exosomes were acidified. The system was specifically effective in macrophages, which are lysosome enriched and resistant to routine transfection mediated RNAi strategy. In the CCl4-induced liver injury mouse model, we found that delivery of acidified exosomes engineered with Lamp2b-HuR significantly reduced liver fibrosis, together with decreased miR-155 and other inflammatory genes. In summary, the established exosome-based RNA-binding protein delivery strategy, namely "exosome-mediated lysosomal clearance", takes the advantage of exosome in targeted delivery and holds great promise in regulating a set of genes in vivo.
在体内对RNA功能进行治疗性干预仍然是一项巨大挑战。我们在此开发了一种基于外泌体的策略,用于递送工程化RNA结合蛋白,目的是将特定RNA募集到溶酶体进行降解。作为一项原理验证研究,RNA结合蛋白HuR与Lamp2b的C末端融合,Lamp2b是一种定位在外泌体和溶酶体中的膜蛋白。融合蛋白能够被整合到外泌体中。此外,用Lamp2b-HuR工程化的外泌体可能通过溶酶体介导的降解成功降低了RNA靶标的丰度,尤其是在外泌体被酸化时。该系统在巨噬细胞中具有特异性效果,巨噬细胞富含溶酶体且对常规转染介导的RNAi策略具有抗性。在CCl4诱导的肝损伤小鼠模型中,我们发现递送用Lamp2b-HuR工程化的酸化外泌体可显著减轻肝纤维化,并降低miR-155和其他炎症基因的水平。总之,所建立的基于外泌体的RNA结合蛋白递送策略,即“外泌体介导的溶酶体清除”,利用了外泌体在靶向递送方面的优势,在体内调节一组基因方面具有巨大潜力。
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