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- Title
Long-term, efficient inhibition of microRNA function in mice using rAAV vectors.
- Authors
Xie, Jun; Ameres, Stefan L; Friedline, Randall; Hung, Jui-Hung; Zhang, Yu; Xie, Qing; Zhong, Li; Su, Qin; He, Ran; Li, Mengxin; Li, Huapeng; Mu, Xin; Zhang, Hongwei; Broderick, Jennifer A; Kim, Jason K; Weng, Zhiping; Flotte, Terence R; Zamore, Phillip D; Gao, Guangping
- Abstract
Understanding the function of individual microRNA (miRNA) species in mice would require the production of hundreds of loss-of-function strains. To accelerate analysis of miRNA biology in mammals, we combined recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors with miRNA 'tough decoys' (TuDs) to inhibit specific miRNAs. Intravenous injection of rAAV9 expressing anti-miR-122 or anti-let-7 TuDs depleted the corresponding miRNA and increased its mRNA targets. rAAV producing anti-miR-122 TuD but not anti-let-7 TuD reduced serum cholesterol by >30% for 25 weeks in wild-type mice. High-throughput sequencing of liver miRNAs from the treated mice confirmed that the targeted miRNAs were depleted and revealed that TuDs induced miRNA tailing and trimming in vivo. rAAV-mediated miRNA inhibition thus provides a simple way to study miRNA function in adult mammals and a potential therapy for dyslipidemia and other diseases caused by miRNA deregulation.
- Publication
Nature methods, 2012, Vol 9, Issue 4, p403
- ISSN
1548-7105
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nmeth.1903