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Targeting Marek's disease virus by RNA interference delivered from a herpesvirus vaccine.

Abstract
Live attenuated herpesvirus vaccines such as herpesvirus of turkey (HVT) have been used since 1970 for the control of Marek's disease (MD), a highly infectious lymphoproliferative disease of poultry. Despite the success of these vaccines in reducing losses from the disease, Marek's disease virus (MDV) strains have shown a continuing increase in virulence, presumably due to the inability of the current vaccines in preventing MDV replication. The highly specific and effective nature of RNA interference (RNAi) makes this technology particularly attractive for new antiviral strategies. In order to exploit the power of RNAi-mediated suppression of MDV replication in vivo delivered through existing vaccines, we engineered recombinant HVT expressing short hairpin RNA (shRNA) against MDV genes gB and UL29. The levels of protection induced by the RNAi-expressing HVT against virulent virus challenge were similar to the parent pHVT3 virus. However, chickens vaccinated with recombinant HVT expressing shRNA showed moderate reduction of challenge virus replication in blood and feather samples. Delivery of RNAi-based gene silencing through live attenuated vaccines for reducing replication of pathogenic viruses is a novel approach for the control of infectious diseases.
AuthorsLuke S Lambeth, Yuguang Zhao, Lorraine P Smith, Lydia Kgosana, Venugopal Nair
JournalVaccine (Vaccine) Vol. 27 Issue 2 Pg. 298-306 (Jan 07 2009) ISSN: 0264-410X [Print] Netherlands
PMID18977264 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Marek Disease Vaccines
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Viral Envelope Proteins
  • Viral Proteins
Topics
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Chickens
  • DNA-Binding Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
  • Herpesvirus 1, Meleagrid (genetics, metabolism)
  • Herpesvirus 2, Gallid (genetics, metabolism, physiology)
  • Marek Disease (prevention & control, virology)
  • Marek Disease Vaccines (administration & dosage, genetics)
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Poultry Diseases (prevention & control, virology)
  • RNA Interference
  • RNA, Small Interfering (chemistry, genetics, metabolism)
  • Recombination, Genetic
  • Viral Envelope Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
  • Viral Proteins (genetics, metabolism)

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