Design of advanced siRNA therapeutics for the treatment of COVID-19

IF 0.8 Q4 GENETICS & HEREDITY
Iman Niktab , Maryam Haghparast , Mohammad-Hossein Beigi , Timothy L. Megraw , Amirkianoosh Kiani , Kamran Ghaedi
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COVID-19 is a newly emerged viral disease that is currently affecting the whole globe. A variety of therapeutic approaches are underway to block the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Among these methods, siRNAs could be a safe and specific option, as they have been tested against other viruses. siRNAs are a class of inhibitor RNAs that act promisingly as mRNA expression blockers and they can be designed to interfere with viral mRNA to block virus replication. In order to do this, we designed and evaluated the efficacy of six highly specific siRNAs, which target essential viral mRNAs with no predicted human genome off-targets. We observed a significant reduction in the copy number viral mRNAs after treatment with the siRNAs, and are expected to inhibit virus replication. We propose siRNAs as a potential co-therapy for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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新型siRNA疗法治疗COVID-19的设计
COVID-19是一种新出现的病毒性疾病,目前正在影响全球。多种治疗方法正在进行中,以阻止SARS-CoV-2病毒。在这些方法中,sirna可能是一种安全且特定的选择,因为它们已经针对其他病毒进行了测试。sirna是一类有希望作为mRNA表达阻滞剂的抑制rna,它们可以被设计成干扰病毒mRNA以阻止病毒复制。为了做到这一点,我们设计并评估了六种高度特异性的sirna的功效,这些sirna靶向必需的病毒mrna,没有预测的人类基因组脱靶。我们观察到,用sirna治疗后,病毒mrna的拷贝数显著减少,并有望抑制病毒复制。我们提出sirna作为急性SARS-CoV-2感染的潜在联合疗法。
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Meta Gene
Meta Gene Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Genetics
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期刊介绍: Meta Gene publishes meta-analysis, polymorphism and population study papers that are relevant to both human and non-human species. Examples include but are not limited to: (Relevant to human specimens): 1Meta-Analysis Papers - statistical reviews of the published literature of human genetic variation (typically linked to medical conditionals and/or congenital diseases) 2Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) - examination of large patient cohorts to identify common genetic factors that influence health and disease 3Human Genetics Papers - original studies describing new data on genetic variation in smaller patient populations 4Genetic Case Reports - short communications describing novel and in formative genetic mutations or chromosomal aberrations (e.g., probands) in very small demographic groups (e.g., family or unique ethnic group). (Relevant to non-human specimens): 1Small Genome Papers - Analysis of genetic variation in organelle genomes (e.g., mitochondrial DNA) 2Microbiota Papers - Analysis of microbiological variation through analysis of DNA sequencing in different biological environments 3Ecological Diversity Papers - Geographical distribution of genetic diversity of zoological or botanical species.
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