title: Generation of nuclease resistant circular RNA decoys for HIV-Tat and HIV-Rev by autocatalytic splicing.
abstract: Circular exon sequences can be generated by splicing permuted intron-exon (PIE) sequences. The Anabaena pre-tRNA group I self-splicing PIE sequence was modified to generate circular forms of the HIV-TAR and the high affinity region of the HIV-RRE (RBE). RNA products containing TAR and the RBE were purified from splicing reactions and demonstrated to be circular. The circular form of these sequences was shown to be resistant to nuclease degradation in cellular extracts. Gel shift assays demonstrate that the circular form of the RBE is specifically bound by a Rev derived peptide. These data suggest that PIE-circularization of RNA may be an effective way to express small stable RNAs designed for therapeutics (eg-decoys).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Puttaraju
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Been
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D015694:Gene Products, rev / Q000378:metabolism*; D015696:Gene Products, tat / Q000378:metabolism*; D006678:HIV / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012326:RNA Splicing; D000079962:RNA, Circular; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D054321:rev Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; D054322:tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
chemical_list: D015694:Gene Products, rev; D015696:Gene Products, tat; D000079962:RNA, Circular; D012367:RNA, Viral; D054321:rev Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; D054322:tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; D012313:RNA