Provided is a method for preparing siRNA for inhibiting FXI
gene expression. The siRNA is Fitusiran, and the Fitusiran is a double-stranded
RNA composed of a
sense strand and an antisense strand that complement and are paired with each other. The preparation method comprises: mixing
sense strand substrates, antisense strand substrates and an
RNA ligase, wherein the
sense strand substrates can constitute the sense strand, the antisense strand substrates can constitute the antisense strand, the sense strand substrates and the antisense strand substrates are connected via
hydrogen bonds formed by means of complementary base
pairing, and no linkage is formed between head and
tail bases of the sense strand substrates and between head and
tail bases of the antisense strand substrates, thereby forming a nicked double-stranded
nucleotide structure; and ligating the bases at both ends of the nick via a
phosphodiester bond using the
RNA ligase to form the Fitusiran. The preparation method can solve the problem of Fitusiran prepared by means of the prior art having low purity.