title: Enhanced gene silencing in cells cured of persistent virus infection by RNA interference.
abstract: We compared HEp-2-derived cells cured of persistent poliovirus infection by RNA interference (RNAi) with parental cells, to investigate possible changes in the efficiency of RNAi. Lower levels of poliovirus replication were observed in cured cells, possibly facilitating virus silencing by antiviral small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). However, green fluorescent protein (GFP) produced from a measles virus vector and also GFP and luciferase produced from plasmids that do not replicate in human cells were more effectively silenced by specific siRNAs in cured than in control cells. Thus, cells displaying enhanced silencing were selected during curing by RNAi. Our results strongly suggest that the RNAi machinery of cured cells is more efficient than that of parental cells.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des virus entériques, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pelletier
authors.forename: Aure
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saulnier
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brisac
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jegouic
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vabret
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tangy
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blondel
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Colbère-Garapin
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D020868:Gene Silencing; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008459:Measles virus / Q000235:genetics; D010957:Plasmids; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000235:genetics*; D034622:RNA Interference; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000378:metabolism*; D012641:Selection, Genetic
chemical_list: D034741:RNA, Small Interfering
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