Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Delivery of antisense peptide nucleic acid by gold nanoparticles for the inhibition of virus replication.
- Journal:
- Nanomedicine (London, England)
- Year:
- 2019
- Authors:
- Ghaffari, Elnaz et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Biology
Abstract
We aim to use peptide nucleic acid (PNA) for antisense therapy against bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a surrogate model of human hepatitis C virus, and introduce an optimal approach for delivering PNA into the cell.PNA was designed for hybridization to the 5'-untranslated region of BVDV RNA in order to form a heteroduplex structure and inhibit the translation and replication of virus. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were used as a delivery system for PNA.The cellular uptake of PNA-AuNPs and inhibition of BVDV infection in the middle stage of viral replication were found.Further research is warranted to develop AuNPs as a potential vehicle for delivering PNA in order to remove viruses from the infected cells.
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