GENE-TARGETED INHIBITION OF TRANSACTIVATION OF HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS TYPE-1 (HIV-1)-LTR BY ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES

DEMİRHAN I., Hasselmayer O., Hofmann D., Chandra A., Svinarchuk F., Vlassov V., ...Daha Fazla

VIRUS GENES, cilt.9, sa.2, ss.113-119, 1995 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 1995
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/bf01702654
  • Dergi Adı: VIRUS GENES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.113-119
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

We have used an in vitro approach to study the efficiency of antisense oligonucleotides in inhibiting LTR-(HIV-1)-directed CAT expression catalyzed by tat protein, the functional protein of the transactivator gene. We selected the target sequence localized near the 5' end of the tat mRNA. The following conclusions can be drawn from the data presented here: a) Antisense oligonucleotides modified by conjugation of cholesterol at the 3' end have a severalfold higher inhibitory response, b) inhibitory response is dependent on the mode of introducing oligonucleotides, and c) the inhibition by antisense oligonucleotides is sequence specific and directed towards the targeted region. This approach could be useful for targeting functional regions of regulatory gene products and designing gene-targeted inhibitors of virus replication.