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. 2006 Sep;6(9):2099-108.
doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01427.x. Epub 2006 Jun 22.

Preventing renal ischemia-reperfusion injury using small interfering RNA by targeting complement 3 gene

X Zheng  1 , B Feng, G Chen, X Zhang, M Li, H Sun, W Liu, C Vladau, R Liu, A M Jevnikar, B Garcia, R Zhong, W-P Min
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Preventing renal ischemia-reperfusion injury using small interfering RNA by targeting complement 3 gene

X Zheng et al. Am J Transplant. 2006 Sep.
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Abstract

The complement system is one of the important mediators of renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). We hypothesized that efficient silencing of C3, which is the central component on which all complement activation pathways converge, could be achieved using small interfering RNA (siRNA), and that this would result in overall inhibition of complement activation, thereby preventing IRI in kidneys. A series of experiments was conducted, using a mouse model of IRI and vector-delivered C3-specific siRNA. We demonstrated the following: (1) renal expression of C3 increases as a result of IRI; (2) by incorporation into a pRNAT U6.1 vector, siRNA can be delivered to renal cells in vivo; (3) systemically delivered siRNA is effective in reducing the expression of C3 in an experimentally induced mouse kidney model of IRI; (4) similarly, siRNA reduces complement-mediated IRI-related effects, both in terms of renal injury (as evidenced by renal function and histopathology examination) and mouse mortality and (5) silencing the production of C3 diminishes in vivo production of TNF-alpha. This study implies that siRNA represents a novel approach to preventing IRI in kidneys and might be used in a variety of clinical settings, including transplantation and acute tubular necrosis.

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